Of Sorting and Snape

[houyhnhnm102]

No: HPFGUIDX 175766

Magpie:

> > It's still a house that was a Slytherin house 
> > and is now a Gryffindor house. Kreacher is now 
> > Harry's loyal slave

colebiancardi:

> I agree with Magpie on this one. When the Trio 
> *lived* in the house before, it was when Sirius 
> was the owner of said house.

houyhnhnm:

I think of the house at 12 Grimmauld Place more as 
a magical object than a piece of Muggle real estate 
and have done so since the personification in OotP.  
>>Snape might refer to their work as cleaning, but 
in Harry's opinion they were really waging war on 
the house, which was putting up a very good fight, 
aided and abetted by Kreacher.<< It doesn't care who 
owns it and neither does Kreacher.  Kreacher had to 
obey Harry when it was merely a matter of ownership, 
but in no way would I call him loyal. Mrs. Black's 
portrait is still on the wall and so is the tapestry.  
Orion Black's enchantments are still in place.  It's 
still a Slytherin house. I would say, rather, it is 
Harry who takes on Slytherin qualities from the house 
and the house responds.