Sirius Black - Big Bad Slytherin Extrodinare

[Eol]

Don't forget that the Sorting Hat wanted to place Harry in Slytherin, Gryffidor was the second choice.

We don't know that the Hat was going to put harry in Slytherin. Harry was just thinking "Not Slytherin, not Slytherin" while the hat was on his head. The hat just was making sure of Harry's choice before he put him gryffindor.

[Meg Boyd]

If the movies allowed James to be in Gryffindor, when he was really in Slytherin, then it must not be a big deal to the story line because JKR would not let something like that slip through the cracks, you know? So unless she just didn't care what house he was in, James must have been in Gryffindor, and the same with his friends...

[Holly Golightly]

Meg: did the movies ever definately place James in Griffindor?

Anyways, wy wouldnt' someone have told Harry if James was in Slytherin?

[Gwared]

Meg: did the movies ever definately place James in Griffindor?

Anyways, wy wouldnt' someone have told Harry if James was in Slytherin?

James was on the Quidditch trophy as Gryffindor seeker, so they made a mistake with his position...who's to say his house wasn't a mistake either?

And Harry seems to have a lot of important information kept from him in the books..., Sirius, Voldermort, Tom, Petunia's protection, Arabella etc.

[Dink Meeker]

Meg: did the movies ever definately place James in Griffindor?

Anyways, wy wouldnt' someone have told Harry if James was in Slytherin?

I could understand why someone wouldn't tell Harry that his father was a Slytherin (unless it was Malfoy). But why wouldn't anyone tell him that his father was in Gryffindor.

I think there is a reason that JKR has been so cryptic about the houses the Marauders were in. I don't see any reason to keep it a secret unless it was Slytherin. Anything else would be anti-climatic.

[Meg Boyd]

Now everybody please don't get mad at me...

But I think we are taking this a bit to far...

I honestly don't think JKR meant to keep The Marauders' houses so cryptic...I just think she thought it was a given, you know?

[Dink Meeker]

Don't worry Meg, nobody's going to get angry. There's a good chance that you're right. This is a Theories forum and everything posted here is only speculation.

Personally, I just find it to be too much of a coincidence that after 5 years of trying to find out everything you possibly can about your parents that their houses haven't been mentioned. Could be JKR just assumed that everyone would know.

Me, I just don't buy anything until JKR puts it in ink.


IMHO

[Dink Meeker]

Sorry for the double post, but it just occured to me. Aren't there anything like yearbooks in this school. The wizarding world obviously believes in portraits and photographs. And if there were yearbooks, wouldn't they keep them in the library?

Maybe Meg is right and it was just to obvious for JKR to mention their houses.

[Hermy]

Maybe JKR hasn't mentionned it in order for people who use forums to get wound up about it and produce lots of theories concerning it!

[Nacht]

Do they have to display these qualities at school?
Remember that Harry has saved Peter's life, and DD said it would pay off in the end. I wouldn't be surprised if Peter showed his brave side at the end of the final book and helped Harry defeat Voldemort, or saved Harry's life from Voldemort and got blown up as everyone thought he had before.

Or maybe he'll show his bravery by trying to kill Harry. I mean, bravery is not a moral term. You can be brave and on the wrong side. It's only because we tend to call our enemies cowards that we think so.

Still I have to agree, that he haven't shown much braveness upto now.

[Eol]

As for the quote "all dark wizards came from slytherin" that's not true. The actual wording was "Slytherin's turned out more dark wizards than the other houses combined" ---> "its our choices not our abilities which define us"

Holly, I thought that James was a seeker. Where does it say what position he played?

[Devinci]

*In the movies the plaque thing that James' name is on says Gryff. I watched carefully to see...*is still torn about what house they were in*

But alas, I'll just stalk JK until she tells me...*just kidding...haha...

[Holly Golightly]

Eol, aparently JK said that James was supposed to be a Chaser, but I haven't personally heard/seen that... He was listed as a seeker in the movie, and seemed to be playing withthe Snitch alot on OotP...

And personally, I'm for Griffindor all the way for the Marauders!!!

[Colin]

A little known fact is that Sirius is also a satillite radio service.



The man pictured here is Not Sirius Black, but Jimmy Spencer who drives the #7 car in NASCAR:



Freaky!

[Vivian Borgin]

I think it's just meant to be a given, unfortunately (b/c I really wanted this theory to work! ) Not only does James have the Gryffindor Quidditch trophy, but I remember when Sirius first described Hogwarts-aged Snape to Harry (I don't remember the text or have the books on me right now, though.) He said something to the effect of, "He [Snape] was part of a gang of Slytherins that all turned out to be Death Eaters." It kind of implies, the way Sirius mentioned a gang of Slytherins that he was talking about a House other than his own. If Sirius were Slytherin, too, wouldn't he have more likely said something like, "Snape was part of this group kids" or something more casual like that, because he would be referring to kids from his own House, that he knew personally? Does that make sense? He sort of implies that Slytherin is the other.