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[junethebright]

Taken from mythoplicious
~*~SORTING HAT MEME~*~
Your characters are off to Hogwarts, and they've got the option of being sorted into Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff, or Slytherin. Or, you could always just be one of those creepy centaurs living in the Forbidden Forest with the spiders and the unicorns.

- Comment stating what houses your crew would be in, explain

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In the past few games I've had Ree, I always sorted towards Gryffindor.

Even though back when she was Rhea and not Ree, she was a more amoral character who had her viewpoints moulded by the people around her, she's always had a streak of courage and bravery. She's also loyal as fuck to her friends and generally tries to live by the law - or her definition of the law. That doesn't mean she won't be tempted off the straight and narrow - I can think of a half dozen examples off the top of my head where even I was surprised by how easily she could be tempted towards the...not the dark side. The grey side?

It's difficult to start off with "Rhea's amoral" then add "sticks to the law", but a lot of the time what is 'good' and what is 'evil' in a moral sense has nothing to do with what is lawful and what is unlawful. Both Ree and Rhea have difficulties believing (or caring) that anything that is law might ever be bad - though Ree has a slightly stronger chaotic streak. Amoral might generally point in the direction of Slytherin, but the distaste for breaking/bending the law - unless he sees it as necessary, in which case he'd fully admit it and bear the consequences - shifts it back. He can be described as slightly chaotic because he does odd things on a whim - such as giving Pearle money - and because his thought process isn't exactly...completely normal.

I know that 'good' and 'evil' have nothing to do with Hogwarts houses despite how the early books play with the concepts but there is a strong sense that Gryffindor = everything that's "good" (ex: Harry) and Slytherin = everything that's "evil" (ex: Voldemort). Even though the story is from the point of view of a narrator who reads things according to how he wants to see them (ex: he sees Snape (Slytherin) as a threat every book despite the fact that Snape has been proved to be on his side every time and even though we are shown (through his eyes) Sirius (Gryf) breaking Ron's leg and abusing Kreacher, Harry p much has stars in his eyes for him the entire time after finding out he's family...which is another essay for another time o harry bb ilu ;;) the vague idea that Slytherin = "bad" and Gryffindor = "good" remains within the text until nearly the epilogue - this is what happens when things are filtered through the eyes of a biased narrator. Jesus, you can tell I'm a lit student.

That's not to say that in the world of HP one is bad and the other is good - just in Harry's head. I'd say more that Slytherin focuses on the inner self of its students in a way which can be read as focusing and increasing traditional "flaws" (pride and ambition to the point of world domination, for example). I don't think that's so. I think that Gryffindor focuses on more selfless traits - self-sacrifice, bravery, loyalty and dedication to others and Slytherin simply focuses on traits which allow for a longer, smarter life. Cunning, while not a word with positive connotations, is a type of intelligence applicable in real world, every day situations. Leadership skills too - and leadership generally entails empathy, level-headedness and the ability to be a quick thinker. JESUS CHRIST GREEN SHUT UP.

Because Rhea tends towards lawfulness and holds a great deal of respect for other people (regardless of what they are - if they can think in a reasonable way and hold a conversation, they are people) I suppose there's an argument for Hufflepuff. However, Ree would throw himself into any sort of dangerous situation to help a complete stranger, simply out of respect for life. He's got a very selfish type of selflessness; sacrifice comes completely naturally to him. While he's quite well read, Ree's also the sort of person who'd more or less just throw himself out of a window if he had to read too much, which strikes out Ravenclaw from the list. And he has almost no inner life. When I write out his thought process - well, I always think of that quote from Sherlock Holmes about how his mind is a filing cabinet. Ree's is the same way - pretty much just a giant set of drawers with things filed away in boxes. Though he's cunning and has some leadership abilities, he doesn't have the same inner life - or any focus on himself - that a Slytherin would have. Gryffindor all the way.