Riddle (was Re: Slytherin House / MALcolm BADdock / Eileen / Sorting Lily

[sistermagpie]

No: HPFGUIDX 185737

> Carol responds:
 Lily, for example, would have been an obvious
> misfit for Slytherin from the outset. Why it put her in Gryffindor
> rather than Ravenclaw, and quickly, too, I can't say. it obviously
> didn't consider her inclinations, probably because, as a Muggle-
born,
> she'd be uninformed or ill-informed. At any rate, there was no long
> conversation with her as with Harry (and, apparently, Seamus).

Magpie:
Why could it not have considered her inclinations? She seems like 
pure Gryffindor to the core, to me, so I didn't find it surprising it 
put her there quickly. If you mean she wouldn't have wanted to be 
Sorted in the same House as James Potter wanted, I don't see why 
should assume that's true to the point where she went under the Hat 
saying "Not Gryffindor" the way Harry said "Not Slytherin." Lily 
might not have held the House responsible for James wanting to be in 
it and just sat on the stool without thinking much of anything. The 
hat saw that her inclinations were towards bravery and standing up 
to/from people and Sorted her into Gryffindor without Lily ever 
thinking about James or Sirius (or even Snape) at all.

-m