Sorting Hat for a Day

[potioncat]

No: HPFGUIDX 188492

 > Alla:
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> 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 

Potioncat:
Yes, I know what you mean. Not sure if I would pick Harry or Neville if I had to name only one. And there are lots of others to choose from as well. One of the fun things about HP, is that JRK wrote characters who displayed different types of courage. Chivalry is also supposed to be a Gryffindor trait, but many fall short of it.
 
> Alla:
> 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?

Potioncat:
We have Cho, but I don't recall if we ever saw her intellectual side.
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> Alla:
> Hufflepuff? Heck, I guess Cedric counts.

Potioncat:
Yeah, I'd say he'd have to be the cream of the crop, and like Ravenclaw, we don't many to choose from. But let me ask, do you think Hufflepuffs are really duffers?


> Alla:
> 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.

Potioncat:
I agree with most (not all) of your description of Draco--but I don't get how he exemplifies the house. (I don't have to agree, you're the Sorting Hat for the day.)

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

Potioncat:
Real question, are you joking or serious? I mean, do you think DD meant that Snape was not a true Slytherin? Because I thought he meant Snape could have been a Gryffindor. It was meant as a compliment, I'm sure---but it's sort of like, "You're so good at math, you should have been a boy."


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

Potioncat:
I don't really get Pettigrew. He seems to be a pretty darn accomplished wizard, although McGonagall didn't think so. He was "brave" enough to sneak out of the castle and go on adventures. He really seems to lack loyalty and ambition--and a bit of worth-while courage too.


> Alla:
> 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.

Potioncat:
Ditto. She would have been an excellent Ravenclaw, but I think she did well in Gryffindor too.

Potioncat, using a different computer and unable to combine responses into one and so had to use 3 posts to cover the topic. Thanks for playing. I'll post my answers later.


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