'Shindig'
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Makes me wonder if, to get into Slytherin, you had to turn around and punch a classmate.
Or shank 'em.
Slytherin: "Hey, lemme in, I gotta go to the bathroom. Stupid painting are you--GAAAHHH!!!"
Slytherin Classmate Behind First Slytherin: (as door opens) "Hidden shiv in the wand. Works every time."
And I am trying to parse why Hermione is in Gryffindor and Luna in Ravenclaw. I would say, even though Luna is "looney", she is just as brave as Hermione.
Yeah, Hermione seems to be much more of a Ravenclaw.
Although I liked the riddle idea, it doesn't seem to be very secure. I guess, though, the idea is that if you're clever enough to figure it out, you deserve entry to the tower, whether or not you're actually a Ravenclaw.
Yeah, Hermione seems to be much more of a Ravenclaw.
And surely Cedric was both brave and smart.
Not really sure about the essentialism of the sorting hat.
Not really sure about the essentialism of the sorting hat.
It seems like Ravenclaw and Gryffindor are sort of interchangable, while Hufflepuff and Slytherin are one-dimensional. Also, was Peter Pettigrew a Gryffindor, too?
Maybe there was another way into the Ravenclaw tower.
"Which came first the phoenix or the flame?"
"Which hurts more, Cruciatus or a sledgehammer?"
"All right, fine, go in. Bastard."
And I am trying to parse why Hermione is in Gryffindor
'Cause otherwise Harry would've been screwed?
That was another thing I loved, the password as question for Ravenclaw.
Totally! I would, without a doubt, be in Ravenclaw.
Or Hufflepuff.
Maybe there was another way into the Ravenclaw tower.
"Which came first the phoenix or the flame?"
"Which hurts more, Cruciatus or a sledgehammer?"
"All right, fine, go in. Bastard."
"Who would win in a fight: pirate or ninja?"
"Batman."
"Well done. You may enter. Nerd."
I hope the door asks easier questions of the poor little first-year Ravenclaws.
And I am trying to parse why Hermione is in Gryffindor and Luna in Ravenclaw.
I think it is a question of what qualities you value as well as what you possess. Luna's explanation of the Ravenclaw password - that you wait until someone has an answer, that's how you learn - was what made me think she really belonged in Ravenclaw.
Hermione, while definitely being clever, is most defined by a kind of chivalry, defending the weak. Not that I can recall any specific examples besudes SPEW, but I think there were some.
Eta: I'd be in Hufflepuff