Timelines (was No canon!! Dumbledore in Gryffindor?)

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No: HPFGUIDX 144827

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Miles" <miles at m...> wrote:

> 
> Miles, still waiting for an answer from the Lexicon
>

We haven't been ignoring you, I promise you. We've been having an 
internal discussion about how certain we find Hermione's statement 
in book one that she's "heard that Dumbledore was in Gryffindor." 

Technically, we can't be absolutely certain that what Hermione is 
saying is actually true, so by strict interpretation of canon, we 
don't know that Dumbledore was in Gryffindor. 

However, in my judgement, Rowling wrote this sentence intending to 
say that Dumbledore was in Gryffindor. There is no reason whatsoever 
for this sentence to be here otherwise. There are plenty of other 
clues in the books to support the idea that Dumbledore is a 
Gryffindor, from the griffon door knocker on his door to the fact 
that he breaks school rules to help the Gryffindor Quidditch team 
build a team after a disasterous season the year before. Even more 
convincing is the simple fact that Rowling has put all the "good 
guys" in Gryffindor, including Hagrid, James, Remus, etc.

So in the end it's up to you to decide what you want to believe. As 
for the Lexicon, we'll edit the pages to reflect the slight 
uncertainty in canon. We are convinced, however, that canon places 
Dumbledore in Gryffindor.

Steve 
The Lexicon