Sorting Hat for a Day

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 188531



> Julie:
> I'm slipping in late here, but this is one of those scenes I
> take with a grain of salt, because it so obviously reflects
> JKR's own bias in ranking the Houses in terms of virtue and
> character. Thus all (or virtually all) of Gryffindor stands
> up for Harry, most of Hufflepuff, some of Ravenclaw, and no
> Slytherins. From the best to the worst, all in a tidy order.

Pippin:
It's not as tidy as it looks. Not everyone who leaves is fleeing in terror. Some are going to sneak back, some are going to get help, some are going to join their parents in the Death Eaters.   Three whose parents we know are DE's stay behind, a Gryffindor sneaks back, a Hufflepuff DA member flees in obvious panic and the Head of Slytherin gets help. Not what you'd predict from their houses, is it? Maybe more Hufflepuffs than Ravenclaws stay behind because Justin is more popular  than Luna is. 

But wait, there's more. Everyone stands up to face the Slytherins, right?
I haven't got my books with me, but that's the way I remember it. Only, when it comes to actually fighting LV and an army of Death Eaters, as opposed to student wizards who are outnumbered three to one, it seems a lot of Ravenclaws and Hufflepuffs, and maybe a few Gryffindors as well,  suddenly had business elsewhere. I wonder who are really shown to be the cowards here?

Pippin