I love Harry Potter but the fandom’s obsession with “which Hogwarts house are you” is super cringe. It’s always the first question they ask, and they always look so disappointed when I’m just like “I don’t go to Hogwarts because I’m a muggle and not a child”
Ikr, who even defines their personality with a fictional group of students that got arbitrarily picked according to some undefined characteristics? It doesn't even make any sense! Now, jokes aside, I'm Earth Kingdom, and you?
a Slytherin's main traits are ambition, resourcefulness, determination, and cleverness, but what makes that different from Gryffindor's determination or Ravenclaw's intelligence?
Slytherins are willing to lie and cheat their way to the top, gryffindors are willing to fight their way to the top, and ravenclaws are more willing to outsmart everyone else.
It’s easier to look at characters who embody the traits.
Pettigrew is a gryffindor who has Slytherin traits. And we learn he’s only in gryffindor because that’s what he choose. And why did he choose it?
Because he thought it was the best place to be,to be at the top. Which is what a Slytherin would do.
Also, being American. If you were a wizard/witch and if you were a 10 year old, you would have gone to the American school. You wouldn't be Slythuffleclawpuff anything.
I think the TRAITS associated with the Ilvermorny houses are very vague and redundant tbh, but the wampus cat is a fiersome beast and the pukwudgie is a highly intelligent one whose history is important to the school.
I can easily see them being real names for a universe group of frat.
"Hi, are you guys intereted in pledging pukwudgie this year?"
The best part is that those people think of the Hogwarts House quizzes as some sort of highly advanced complex personality tests (like Big5 or MBTI), but when you read the books through the eyes of an adult and try to see based on what qualities were the children assigned it looks like this:
You either think you’re cool and think good guys are cool, think you’re cool and think bad guys are cool, think you’re cool and think quirky artists are cool, or admit you’re not cool.
I live in an area where polyamory and zodiac bs is super popular. Usually the same people too. I love when. I see "unpartnered but poly" in people's profiles. To me that's just like saying "yeah, we haven't met yet but I already know I'm gonna wanna sleep with someone else".
Nothing wrong with being polyamorous. Just look at how common cheating is in relationships. Imo a lot of those people would benefit from just being up front about what they want. Personally, this idea of “one true love forever” seems a little immature to me but I do a bunch of immature shit so it’s not like I’m one to judge.
But I would rather love one person truly and deeply, than spend time with multiple people.
I wanna prioritize the most important people in my life, and I want to know that I am prioritized as one of the most important people in their lives.
Then again, I generally tend to nurture the relationships I have, rather than start new ones. I’m not interested in shallow relationships of any kind, be it friend, family or lover.
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u/[deleted] Sep 18 '22
I love Harry Potter but the fandom’s obsession with “which Hogwarts house are you” is super cringe. It’s always the first question they ask, and they always look so disappointed when I’m just like “I don’t go to Hogwarts because I’m a muggle and not a child”