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

[potioncat]

No: HPFGUIDX 144861

 Bart asked:
> 	Seriously, can anybody who is involved in this discussion 
explain why 
> it matters? One of the themes I see in the books is that House 
rivalry 
> becomes kind of irrelevant when people like the self-styled Lord 
> Voldemort are running around.


Potioncat:
Speaking only for myself, it was an exercise in sticking to canon and 
nitpicking. It's very easy in this group to buy into HPfGU theories 
and forget where they came from. That is, that you've discussed 
something so many time, you forget where canon fades and opinion 
picks up. It's just like the Peaceful Expression exercise we did a 
few months ago.  

To me it became very interesting to discover that there is so little 
canon about DD's house. Particularly as I would have said "Oh, it's 
in CoS or HBP, he was Head of Gryffindor when Tom Riddle was there." 
Well, it isn't in CoS or HBP.

Yeah, there is Hermione's quote and Gryffindor symbolism all around 
him. I have no doubt he's a Gryffindor. Now, could JKR be teasing us? 
Yes she could. We'll all meet at the local pub and raise a few if it 
turns out he's in Slytherin. Oh, heck, let's meet and raise a few any 
way.