Sorting Hat for a Day

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No: HPFGUIDX 188456



--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "potioncat" <willsonkmom at ...> wrote:
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> The chapter discussion on "The Sorting Hat" has generated a long thread about house traits and values. So, I was thinking it might be fun to see how each of us would do if we were able to be the Sorting Hat for a day. Here are some questions, just for fun. Please provide canon support for your answers and feel free to add other questions.
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> Which characters do you think exemplify the attributes of their houses? There can be multiple if you think there are several, but choose one main representative from each house.
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> Are there any characters who don't live up to their house standards?
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> Dumbledore thinks they sort too soon. Are there any characters you would sort differently than the Sorting Hat did?
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> Are there any characters who are sorted appropriately, but you think would have fit in another house just as well?
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> Do you think being in a different house would have made a difference in a character's life?
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> Potioncat-in-the-Hat
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Alla:

Oh I love this! So which characters exemplify the values of their houses? See, I am already running in the too many to choose from for Gryffindor - Harry of course, Ron and Hermione - I mean, all their fight against Voldemort is one huge canon example, I am not sure which ones to choose from?

Okay, going through stone defenses of course was extremely brave to me, Ron sacrificing himself in Chess game, Harry putting himself against Quirrel!Mort.

Harry fighting Tommie in the Chambers. We have Harry and Hermione daring rescue of Sirius in PoA.

We have Harry's daring duel in GoF, we have Hermione idiotically and IMO extremely bravely leading Umbridge to centaurs.

We have the whole book of Trio's bravery in DH.

Of course we have Neville standing up to Trio and Neville standing up to Malfoy and Neville and Ginny fighting good fight in DH. I mean, really seriously really hard to choose the bravest warrior for me.

See, and now it gets bad already. We have a House of Intellectuals, Ravenclaw and whom do we have there? Luna? THAT is the best example JKR could come with?

Really, I have nothing against Luna, I mean I am not a big fan of her, but I do not dislike her or anything, but where is the example of wonderful, powerful intellect from that House?


Hufflepuff? Heck, I guess Cedric counts.

Slytherin? Oh, Draco Malfoy, absolutely, sneaky, sleasy, hateful bastard IMO, somebody who considered anybody whose blood is less pure than him to be beneath him and supposedly having ambition to be the best servant for Dark Lord till he saw what that really meant and not having stomach for that. Of course this characterization is how I interpret him, I am not saying that this is the only possible reading or anything.

Hm, characters who do not live up to their House standards? Well, Snape I guess if we go per Dumbledore lol.

Pettigrew? But do we know that he was indeed a coward?

I thought I would sort Percy differently, I would definitely put Hermione in Ravenclaw, just because I would love somebody from there to shine. But I understand why she was sorted to Gryffindor.

So, except Hermione, nope I do not know any characters who would have fit in another House just as well. As I mentioned before, I thought Hat was testing Harry and always meant for him to be in Gryffindor, but nobody else comes to mind.

Except I guess Snape, if we go by Dumbledore lol.

Fun game, thanks.

JMO,

Alla