What's my House, anyway?

[pegkerr]

This is one of those idle questions that I spend too much time mulling over when I'm dying to get out of work. I got curious about this because chaeche has been second-guessing her Gryffindor loyalty. I've usually had the vague sense that I'd end up in Gryffindor, but I wonder: is that simply because EVERYONE wants to be in Gryffindor? most people want to be in Gryffindor? (well, except for the die-hard Slytherins, of course.) I was voted Ms. Brain of my high school graduating class of 825 (maybe this is hard to believe if you've read my journal for very long, but it's true). So does this mean I should be a Ravenclaw? As for Hufflepuff, well, I am loyal and hard-working, with perhaps an overdeveloped wish to Be Fair. Slytherin? Hmm, not sure. I had that burning ambition for a long time to write a Book That Really Matters. Would that place me in Slytherin?

LiveJournal, as some on my friends list have remarked, is the repository of all wisdom. So tell me, friends list. You've been reading my journal for five years, some of you. Which House would you put me in?

Comment if you have more to add. Yeah, I'm curious.

[Poll #1109951]

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[pixelfish.livejournal.com]

My youngest sister, the elder of my two brothers, and I all figured we'd be Ravenclaws. My youngest brother would be Hufflepuff, and the elder of my two sisters would be either Gryffindor or Hufflepuff, but probably Gryffindor.

[aome.livejournal.com]

You strike me mostly as Ravenpuff. You are brave as you solder on despite various woes, but it's your combination of the way you think about things, and enjoy learning, and your loyalty, which really stand out in my mind. The loyalty in particular - you clearly would stand by your friends and your causes no matter what. But you also care so deeply about things, which is then how you sometimes get burned. I am not sure which house I would pick, if I were the Hat and could only choose one.

[skg.livejournal.com]

I agree with aome's assessment, but would add that just because a person is in a particular house doesn't mean they *can't* have the qualities of other houses.

Peg, you strike me as very intelligent and clever, brave and ambitious--but your loyalty and hardwork and dogged determination to learn things and persevere through difficulties really stand out (at least through this LJ). I would pick Hufflepuff for you.

(And I think of it as a compliment, not Hagrid's "buncha duffers" kind of thing, in case that's not abundantly obvious.)

[dichroic.livejournal.com]

That is pretty much what I was going to write, though I'd have been less eloquent. I have a feeling that's not what I'd have said if I'd known you 20 years ago; Dumbledore's got a point about Sorting too early, because some qualities take time and experience to show up.

[fairmer.livejournal.com]

I took one of those on-line meme quizzes about this and came up Hufflepuff/Ravenclaw almost evenly divided (though the "sorting hat" of the quiz threw me into Hufflepuff). Enraged, I sniffed and turned up my nose at the quiz. And then I really thought about it. And started reading hufflepuffpride.com. And now, I think, I would be proud to be a Hufflepuff, if it came down to it. I just think that Harry, as the viewpoint character, didn't have a really good view of anyone who wasn't Gryffindor, honestly. Ravenclaw isn't well-presented, either, and I think their popularity among the readers is that most people with a college education tend to value intelligence.

[alfreda89.livejournal.com]

Ravenclaw, of course, sweet brainy thing.

You've already written a Book That Matters.

There is no rule that says you can't belong in all these houses. But you might be most comfortable in Ravenclaw -- even while having traits and strengths from all the other houses.

Remember -- Harry could have been placed in Slytherin. He made a snap decision (on little knowledge and a lot of gut instinct) for Gryffindor. And in the end, his courage and brains and loyalty and desire to triumph (in a strange sort of way) gets him through.

So -- house highlights a special strength. It doesn't mean you have nothing else. We know you have courage.

[vass]

I picked Hufflepuff because you're persistant and hard-working and loyal.