Of Basilisks and rubies/Hermione as Ravenclaw

[sistermagpie]

No: HPFGUIDX 155580

> Ceridwen
What > was the purpose, if other than the obvious, of the Gryffindor 
rubies > spilling on the floor?

Magpie:
I thought it was supposed to look like blood.  The school/SS had 
been wounded and was almost-literally bleeding (spilling out rubies 
on the floor).  Who could resist such a dramatic symbol, especially 
in HBP, the Slytherin book dripping with liquids of all kinds.


srhchttrsn:

I don't know if this topic has already been discussed, but doens't it
seem that Hermione has qualities better suited to those in Ravenclaw?

Yes she is honorable and brave, but I feel that more than anything 
she is clever and intellectual.

Magpie:
Can't say I agree.  Hermione seems very Gryffindor to me. As she 
states it herself, however much she superficially enjoys books and 
cleverness, what she thinks is important are other values, and she's 
definitely driven to using knowledge in the world to change it for 
the better.  It's a means to an end.  

-m