If I were a sorting hat...

[amiabledorsai]

No: HPFGUIDX 132214

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "davenclaw" <daveshardell at y...>
wrote:
> Hi everyone, I was looking at the Database and saw a post which was 
> lamenting (among other things) the fact that all of the "good guys" 
> seem to be in Gryffindor, which seems a bit lazy on the part of 
> JKR.  Surely there are some prominent members of Ravenclaw and 
> Hufflepuff in the Order?  

Well, Snape isn't a Gryffindor (I don't like the man at all, but he
seems to be on the side of light), we don't know what house many of
the other members were in--Tonks, Diggle, Vance, etc. could be from
other houses.  

> 
> - Hermione: She says (I think in OotP) that she was considered for 
> Ravenclaw.  And while she's no coward (and I have a feeling that HBP 
> is going to showcase a particularly brave action), let's face it: 
> her over-riding personality characteristics are intelligence and 
> studiousness. I say, put her in Ravenclaw.

I don't know, I think you could make a case that Hermione is 
braver than *Harry*.  Bravery isn't a lack of fear, bravery is 
going ahead and doing what needs to be done even though you're 
afraid.  Hermione has that quality in spades.  She's afraid of 
heights, but she got onto Buckbeak to rescue Sirius, and she 
climbed onto a thestral she *couldn't even see* to go to the 
Ministry when she *knew* it had to be a setup.

Reading between the lines, I'll bet she even stood up to the Sorting
Hat and told it she wanted to be in Gryffindor.
 
> - Percy: 

> ...Not only have we never seen him act bravely, 

Other than, of course, when he jumped into a bare-knuckle fight 
with a bunch of Death Eaters at the World Cup.

Amiable Dorsai