Why is Lupin a Gryffindor?

[northsouth17]

No: HPFGUIDX 125181



How did he end up sorted into Gryffindor? He has something of all the 
traits I associate with the houses - except Gryffindor. 

He's bookish (Ravenclaw), loyal to a fault (hufflepuff) and I might 
be out on a limb, but he has some Slytherinish snarkiness and 
diregard for rules. What he lacks, as far as I can tell, is that sort 
of plucky Gryffindor bravery. 

He's far from a coward, certainly, what with participating in the 
Order and everything, but it's hardly his defining trait. 

The only thing I can think of is that under the "what you want" 
Sorting method, he might have been desperate to be in Gryffindor, 
beacuse it's SLytherin's opposite, and he would very much want to 
distance himself from anything in any way associated with Dark stuff, 
to deny his lycanthropy. 

Keeping sane through the years with the werewolf thing also seems 
like somethign that would demand a lot of strength, but again, it 
dosen't quite strike me as the Gryffindorish brand of bravery. 

It seems to me as though he might be a better fit for Ravenclaw, or 
even Hufflepuff, but of course he is in Gryffindor, so i'll trust the 
author and assume that that is his place, I just can't quite figure 
out why. 

Northsouth