Ooh, someone in the comments made the case for Willow as Slytherin, which I had never considered, but it makes sense. And then someone else finished it up by noting that Buffy is Gryffindor, Xander is Hufflepuff, and Giles is Ravenclaw.

I think you can make a good case for Giles as Gryffindor though. It seems to me that if Hermione is Gryffindor, Willow probably is too.

It is what the hat senses you want. In Seasons 1 and 2, for Willow I think the answer would be Gryffindor.

True. I think the way she uses magic, though, constantly using it to fix her problems, often without taking other people into consideration, speaks to her Slytherin side.

I like Xander in Hufflepuff, though, since one of his most salient qualities is his loyalty. Although his bravery in going out into the fray without having any special powers is very Gryffindor.

I think the way she uses magic, though, constantly using it to fix her problems, often without taking other people into consideration, speaks to her Slytherin side.

But this is Season 3-5 Willow, not Season 1 or 2 Willow, yes?

Oh, yes. I was talking about Willow as a whole.

Isn't he making money off of never doing that?

Pretty much. Which has made him less interesting to me. I mean, props for making money off of it but I'm not interested in his reactions now. I am often only skimming Buffistas Read Mark Watches Buffy. I stopped reading his posts a while ago.

It's a shame browsers don't have a "change to sentence case" function.

I would pay for this feature.

Giles is Ravenclaw

Damn right he is. t / is maybe a little over-invested in being sorted into Ravenclaw every time

It's a shame browsers don't have a "change to sentence case" function.

That would be so useful.

Pretty much. Which has made him less interesting to me. I mean, props for making money off of it but I'm not interested in his reactions now.

That's weird to me. I don't think his posting style has changed at all since he was able to make blogging his full-time job. And it's not like he wasn't making money from ads and store things before. Like many other bloggers. I guess there's more suspicion of disingenuousness if you have financial investment in retaining readership? What about other professional bloggers?

No, I wasn't being disingenuous. I am genuinely pleased he is able to do this full time and that he has been making money for a while.

I just started reading his watching of Buffy "live" and it's not of interest to me. Previously I'd picked and chose things of his to read in bits. He works as snack reading for me.

I guess there's more suspicion of disingenuousness if you have financial investment in retaining readership? What about other professional bloggers?

I do go into professional (is that the word I want? Sponsored?) blogs knowing there is some level of advertising at play. It's not all F-150 on Alias levels, but if they are being paid, it's advertising. That's okay though. Gmail advertises to me as well.

So go him for doing something he seems to enjoy for a living. But his thing is not (and never has been beyond grazing) my cuppa.

No, I wasn't being disingenuous.

Oh, I didn't mean you were being disingenuous. I meant that people would suspect Mark of being disingenuous.

I do go into professional (is that the word I want? Sponsored?) blogs knowing there is some level of advertising at play. It's not all F-150 on Alias levels, but if they are being paid, it's advertising.

What about bloggers who aren't full-time but do make money from their blogging activities, either by advertising or selling merchandise?

I sort of get it, but then I start thinking about the fact that, well, money for art is a thing, can I not trust any artist who makes money? Is only the starving artist truly pure and honest and uncorrupted? Sometimes I think about these things, and sometimes I don't. I remember being a little wary when The Guild got a corporate sponsorship, but it didn't seem to affect the stories at all; they just got to look nicer and do bigger and better things, and, you know, more power to Felicia Day for being able to do what she loves. But other times I think, ah, I remember when you were funded solely by PayPal donations and your own cash, beholden only to yourselves!