Lockhart - Gryffindor? Was: Re: Opposite of Gryffindor? - Nature of Sorting

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Hannah originally:
Do you think GL was a Gryffindor, Magda?  I've always seen him 
as the stereotypical Slytherin.  

<SNIP>

Magda replied:
Yes I do.  I don't believe you can ascribe all the Good Things to 
one house and all the Not As Good Or Even Bad Things to the other 
three. However flattering to Gryffindors the idea might be.



Alla:

I really disagree that Lockhart was Gryffindor for one simple reason 
( and not because Gryffindors could not have negative qualities, on 
the contrary).

I simply don't see Lockhart showing any form of courage anywhere in 
the books. I am not speaking about positive  courage only . Could 
you show me where he displays "reckless bravado", call it whatever 
you like.  And without courage person cannot be Gryffindor, right?

As we know, he did not do all those brave deeds he wrote about in 
his books, and when the courage is needed from him ( to go to 
Chambers) he runs away as typical Slytherin does to save his own 
neck. :o)

Could you show me some canonical example of Lockhart courage, please?

Just my opinion of course,

Alla.