Application for Head of House

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 120559


Tammy wrote:
> > <snip> Madam Pince - not really mentioned too much, I'd see her as
a Ravenclaw though, being a librarian and all, or a Slytherin, since
she's apparently mean.
> 
> Potioncat responded:
><snip>
> I don't  think Madam Pince is a Ravenclaw because she doesn't really 
> want the kids using the books.  A Ravenclaw librarian would be more 
> encouraging and helpful. 

Carol adds: 
Having just read Albus Dumbledore's delightful Foreword to QWA, which
focuses on Madam Pince's shocked reaction to his request to copy QWA
for Muggle readers, I think Madam P. may be a Slytherin. Either that
or the WW in general is thoroughly prejudiced against Muggles and
she's just expressing the view that the WW should remain hidden from
our prying eyes. If that's the case, I'll go with Ravenclaw. Note her
attitude that books are precious objects that should not be "pawed
about, dribbled on, [or] generally maltreated," to which Dumbledore
responds that such treatment is "a high compliment for any book." That
protectiveness suggests Ravenclaw to me. Come to think of it, so does
her reluctance to allow students into the restricted section. A
Slytherin might think differently about allowing students access to
Dark Magic.
<snip>

Tammy:
> > Madam Pomfrey - Honestly I've no clue what house Madam Pomfrey 
> would have been in. I'd say she's probably a little too busy nursing
> > students to actually be Head of House though.
> 
> Potioncat:
<snip>
> Pomfrey is interesting because I'm not sure where JKR and I differ 
> on the House traits or on medical stereotypes.  If ambition and 
> skill drove her to be the Mediwitch in charge then she could be a 
> Slytherin. (Here of course I'm looking at my view of outstanding 
> nurse practitioners in the U.S.) and of course taking the view that 
> not all Slytherins are bad.
> 
> On the other hand, she could be Hufflepuff, because she is a hard 
> worker.  (And I don't think Hufflepuffs are Duffers.) I can't give 
> really good reasons why, but I don't think Gryffindor or Ravenclaw.

Carol responds:
I think she's a Hufflepuff--loyal and hardworking, with a touch of the
Helga Pufflepuff philosophy of treating all the students in the same way.
 
<Tammy's comment on Kingsley as HoH snipped>
> Potioncat:
> I'll bet Kingsley is Gryffindor.  He could come in if he were 
> injured enough that he couldn't continue as auror. (Shaded of To 
> Serve Them All My Days) He'd be good too!

Carol responds:
I agree that Kingsley is a Gryffindor. In fact, I'm willing to bet
that most if not all of the Order members other than Snape and Mrs.
Figg are Gryffindors. Loyalty to Dumbledore, himself a former
Gryffindor, courage, and possibly antipathy to the Slytherin values
that can push students in that house toward the DEs seem to be common
traits among most of the Order--which really makes Snape the odd man
out--and his moral courage extraordinary if he really is on DD's side,
as I think he is.

Potioncat: 
> Of course all this speculation would assume someone in the Head of 
> House position has to move out and a new one is needed for the plot.

Carol responds:
Well, I've changed the focus a bit here to focus solely on which House
I think these people belonged to, but as for an HoH position being
open, if DD is killed, MM will almost certainly become Headmistress,
in which case, Gryffindor would need a new HoH. And Snape, though I
hate to admit it, is also in danger, or will be in Book 7 (we know he
won't die in Book 6), so Slytherin could need a new head as well. I
don't think that Flitwick or Sprout is on the DE hit list, though I
could easily be wrong.

Carol, with apologies to the List Elves for posting twice to the
mooseming thread before seeing their administrative warning