I think (and I'm bad with HP canon) that the idea that Sherlock needs to prove to anyone that he's clever makes it accomplishment-oriented, and therefore Slytherin. It's not about the pure acquisition of knowledge that would characterise a Ravenclaw.

Yeah, I'm bad with HP canon, myself. I think I'm sticking (or, rather, my brain's sticking) on "ambition" in her paragraph, because I think she's twisting the definition to fit her hypothesis.

I think because he was probably dismissed so often as a child

GAH STOP RIGHT THE FUCK THERE

Right, now I'm wondering if Bandom gets houses.

I know I've seen a bandom HP fic, but I can't bring it to mind.

Pete Wentz wears Gryfindor colors. He might be protesting too much...

Gerard would be in Gryffindor, Mikeyway would be in Hufflepuff, and Gabe Saporta is obviously Slytherin.

Consuela, I'm marking your post because that's probably the most concise explanation of the issues around fanfiction, and slash in particular, that I've seen. I want to keep that puppy around for reference.

Femmeslash: Scully could be her own category...just about every strong, smart woman on nineties TV has been paired with her. I've done it too...I wrote flashback Scully/Megan Reeves(from Numbers) And I can believe Tara was once Sophie's girlfriend, even though I like Nate/Sophie.

Aw, thanks Sail.

FPREG--is that any female pregnancy story, or just ones femmeslash ones?

I've never seen that used. Seems kind of redundant, no?

It's as if there is so much mpreg in fanfic that they felt the need to differentiate. . . or they've lost touch with reality.

Wait, does MPREG stand for male pregnancy or magical pregnancy?