Sorting Hat (was: muggle baiting...)

[houyhnhnm102]

No: HPFGUIDX 155429

Dungrollin:

> It gives us a nice explanation for why Pettigrew, despite 
> being a coward, ended up in Gryffindor - because he admires 
> bravery in others (fawning over James and Sirius), and wishes 
> he had the courage to do what's right instead of what's easy 
> himself ("I was never brave, like you and Remus and James.")
 
Magpie:

> I've always thought that was how the house system works--
> though with the Twins one is, imo, forced to take it on faith 
> because they're really not shown prizing doing the right thing 
> over being ambitious.

houyhnhnm:

However shoddy an excuse for a human being Peter is, I 
don't think he is necessarily a *physical* coward.  After 
all, he ran with a werewolf for years in the form of a 
rat!  He cut off his finger, and later his whole hand.  
That takes some guts.

And when did Gryffindor morph into the House for those 
who Do The Right Thing?  That is really being Gryffindor-centric.