Oooh!

[conuly]

I wonder if this is true, that we don't know what houses the Marauders were in.

*thinks back*

It could be! I don't do fanfic (I don't like how I write, no, really), but now I really really want to see a fic where they're all in different houses.

Since I'm not writing one myself, the only solution is to throw myself on the mercy of my friends, many of whom do write fanfic.

We are never specifically told which house the Mauraders were in. JK Rowling has said in an interview that Lily was in Gryffindor, but I took a class on the books last semester and the professor challanged us to find out which house the rest of them were in, and nobody could find it. Not even a representative from Scholastic who posed the question to our professor.

That being said, we've all got our lovely hang ups that they were all nobel Gryffendors, but I think that a lot of the evidence shows otherwise. They could have all been in different houses actually. Wormtail has the merits of a Hufflepuff, or so we think before he betrays the Potters. Lupin could definitly be a Ravenclaw. Sirius' entire family were probably Slytherin and we know that many families all come from the same house. I think it's safe to say James could also be a Gryffendor as well, they talk about him like he was the greatest seeker for Gryffendor.

At the time that Hagrid says this statement, he believes that Wormtail was killed by Black. If this were to be true at the time, it'd mean that AT LEAST Sirius was in Slytherin. I don't think he'd make such a broad sweeping statement if it weren't true. If one of the most "vicious killers" in history was from Gryffendor, he'd remember it

Yeah, I asked the OP to unlock the entry. And she did!

Comments

[lakidaa.livejournal.com]

Protected Entry: DO NOT ENTARRRRR.

In other words: cannae read, Captain.

[missfahrenheit.livejournal.com]

Peter is the only Marauder whose house is not clearly defined (http://www.hp-lexicon.org/hogwarts/houses/gryffindor.html), and the Lexicon's always jolly good for stuff like this :)

[rainbow-goddess.livejournal.com]

I don't even know who or what the Marauders are, and I can't view the entry you linked to.

[l33tminion]

James was on the Gryffindor quidditch team, and Sirius and Remus were in the same house as him.

Peter's house hasn't been mentioned yet, but I'm guessing he's a Slytherin. He's one of the most cowardly characters in the books, he's only loyal to the person who frightens him the most at the time, and he doesn't strike me as the scholarly sort.

[conuly]

Question. The Lexicon states that the fact that Sirius and Remus are in Gryffindor was confirmed in OotP, but the only comment I can remember even remotely to that effect is that Remus was chosen as prefect to keep an eye on Sirius and James. And, in fact, many people were upset at this because it didn't make sense that James could become Head Boy without first having been Prefect.

I'm going to look it up now in my Chris' copy of OotP, but I'm pretty sure it doesn't confirm anything, it just raises the possibility.

[sporks5000.livejournal.com]

I'm pretty sure that Hagrid was saying this as a generalization. Clearly there are other schools of wizardry and they aren't divided into the four houses - some of them must have joined as well.

Rowling's been known to make mistakes (expecting her to be perfect all the time is just as silly as expecting anyone else to be perfect all the time)

Then again, the fans have been making mistakes for years: I remember an incident in one of the books where she describes someone standing outside the great hall, going up one flight of steps, going up another flight of steps, and then saying that they're on the second floor. Everyone's arguing that they're clearly on the first floor and Rowling made a terrible error, and I'm arguing that in Britton what we call the first floor is called the ground floor, so Rowling's completely correct. And everyone ignored me and I got angry and then I got offline and went to sleep.

What does this have to do with your above post? You may never know!

[sparkofcreation.livejournal.com]

I would have bet money that I had read either on jkrowling.com or in an interview transcript that they were all Gryffindors, but now I can't find it. *sigh*

[allassein.livejournal.com]

Found it. Here (http://www.acciofirebolt.com/books/jkr/interview_04march.php).

[allassein.livejournal.com]

Here, (http://www.acciofirebolt.com/books/jkr/interview_04march.php) the second question and answer.

What houses were Sirius Black, Remus Lupin, James Potter and Peter Pettigrew in? Everyone tells me they were all Gryffindor, but I won't believe it unless I hear it from Ms. Rowling herself!

J.K. Rowling: JK Rowling says: This is JK herself saying that they were indeed in Gryffindor!

[conuly]

Yeah, I saw that myself a little while ago. Would you hush it? I want some fanfic here! It'd be a nice change from "they all sleep in the same dorm, and much sex happens".

[allassein.livejournal.com]

Er, sorry then. Delete the thread if you want.

[conuly]

Nah, it's cool.

[lakidaa.livejournal.com]

Protected Entry: DO NOT ENTARRRRR.

In other words: cannae read, Captain.

[missfahrenheit.livejournal.com]

Peter is the only Marauder whose house is not clearly defined (http://www.hp-lexicon.org/hogwarts/houses/gryffindor.html), and the Lexicon's always jolly good for stuff like this :)

[rainbow-goddess.livejournal.com]

I don't even know who or what the Marauders are, and I can't view the entry you linked to.

[l33tminion]

James was on the Gryffindor quidditch team, and Sirius and Remus were in the same house as him.

Peter's house hasn't been mentioned yet, but I'm guessing he's a Slytherin. He's one of the most cowardly characters in the books, he's only loyal to the person who frightens him the most at the time, and he doesn't strike me as the scholarly sort.

[conuly]

Question. The Lexicon states that the fact that Sirius and Remus are in Gryffindor was confirmed in OotP, but the only comment I can remember even remotely to that effect is that Remus was chosen as prefect to keep an eye on Sirius and James. And, in fact, many people were upset at this because it didn't make sense that James could become Head Boy without first having been Prefect.

I'm going to look it up now in my Chris' copy of OotP, but I'm pretty sure it doesn't confirm anything, it just raises the possibility.

[sporks5000.livejournal.com]

I'm pretty sure that Hagrid was saying this as a generalization. Clearly there are other schools of wizardry and they aren't divided into the four houses - some of them must have joined as well.

Rowling's been known to make mistakes (expecting her to be perfect all the time is just as silly as expecting anyone else to be perfect all the time)

Then again, the fans have been making mistakes for years: I remember an incident in one of the books where she describes someone standing outside the great hall, going up one flight of steps, going up another flight of steps, and then saying that they're on the second floor. Everyone's arguing that they're clearly on the first floor and Rowling made a terrible error, and I'm arguing that in Britton what we call the first floor is called the ground floor, so Rowling's completely correct. And everyone ignored me and I got angry and then I got offline and went to sleep.

What does this have to do with your above post? You may never know!

[sparkofcreation.livejournal.com]

I would have bet money that I had read either on jkrowling.com or in an interview transcript that they were all Gryffindors, but now I can't find it. *sigh*

[allassein.livejournal.com]

Found it. Here (http://www.acciofirebolt.com/books/jkr/interview_04march.php).

[allassein.livejournal.com]

Here, (http://www.acciofirebolt.com/books/jkr/interview_04march.php) the second question and answer.

What houses were Sirius Black, Remus Lupin, James Potter and Peter Pettigrew in? Everyone tells me they were all Gryffindor, but I won't believe it unless I hear it from Ms. Rowling herself!

J.K. Rowling: JK Rowling says: This is JK herself saying that they were indeed in Gryffindor!

[conuly]

Yeah, I saw that myself a little while ago. Would you hush it? I want some fanfic here! It'd be a nice change from "they all sleep in the same dorm, and much sex happens".

[allassein.livejournal.com]

Er, sorry then. Delete the thread if you want.

[conuly]

Nah, it's cool.