3. I was on my best behavior when I filled the old one out. It wasn't really letting my personality shine. Plus I really have changed (or simply allowed myself to fully be myself?) in the past year. Take from that what you will.
Try again, please, on 1 and 2. Think to yourself, "why would she be asking these questions? What could she possibly want to see to make her sort me?"
I'll give you a little hint on #1: Gryffindors are known for being stubborn, believing themselves to be always right to a fault. Lily's change of opinion of both Snape and James Potter is a big damn deal in the books because it seems very strange that she'd be able to do that kind of thing, especially in relation to James Potter.
I'll give you another hint on #2: EXPLAIN WHY HE IS NOT BRAVE, COULD NEVER BE SEEN AS BRAVE, ETC.
If you don't want to answer these questions, why bother appealing?
Hi there, I'm not an idiot. They seemed like very simple questions. How about elaborating without seeming like an ass?
1. Obviously it was possible because that's just what she did. I don't think her opinions about her friends fall into a right/wrong category. Like, "I think Bob is a good person. Therefore Bob is always good." It was her ideals that were right/wrong, and because Snape no longer fit into those ideals she dumped him. We aren't told about the James thing but I'm guessing he cleaned his act up and began to fit very nicely into her ideals.
2. He was cowardly for obvious reasons. Betraying his friends under threat of his own life may have been very slightly forgivable, but he kept going back for more. If it wasn't for Pettigrew there wouldn't have been a second coming of Voldemort. He was pitiable but he was in now way, shape, or form brave, and to me it is so obvious why that it doesn't even warrant an explanation if you've read the books.
I didn't say you're an idiot. There have been many appeals before you that you could have looked at if you were unclear about how they work. In general, they involve long, detailed replies to questions asked by judges. You're trying to convince us to send you elsewhere and you basically told me you don't care enough to even try and answer questions about what it means to be a Gryffindor.
I'm a Gryffindor judge. You want to be sorted in Gryffindor. Your way to get there is to insinuate that I didn't read the books because I asked you if Peter Pettigrew could be considered "brave" for going against his friends? Remember that he was sorted Gryffindor, so he had to exemplify some canon traits, ex: Black and white thinking.
Meanwhile, you just called me an ass while you brush off my questions as "simple."
OT, we need to have a discussion of Peter and why he was put into Gryffindor. What club can we do this in? I think Sorters Anon? Hmm. XD (Could I stretch this into a HoM thing somehow? 8D)
I think it's because the Sorting Hat puts people in the House by the personality traits they most admire. Usually for most people it's personality traits they already have because most people are egoistical (which is a positive trait in this case). Sometimes its not.
Like ... let's say Moaning Myrtle. She's borderline Ravenclaw- she's not really intelligent, or witty, or particularly creative (what's creative about sitting in a bathroom crying and moaning for 569 000 years?!) BUT she must've valued Ravenclaw traits over others. (That and I can't see anyone so impractically emotional anywhere else other than Ravenclaw.) Or liiike um, Tonks. She could be in Gryffindor because she's courageous, bold, has her moral code, etc., but she values fairness and hard-work over boldness and chivalry.
Dude, dude... chill. I know you needed me to elaborate. That's cool. Your tone in that post was unwarranted, however. You can tell me to elaborate without a facepalm and saying "if you want to appeal then ANSWER THE QUESTIONS" because of course I want to appeal and I did answer the questions, and have spent hours doing so. Just because I didn't get the full jist of what you were asking did not mean you needed to talk down to me. It was ass-ish, and just because you're a judge doesn't mean I'm going to let you do it and not say anything.
I am not implying or insinuating anything. I am not one for implying or insinuating. So calm down, okay?
Guess we're going to have to agree to disagree here. I don't think my reply to you was any more "ass-ish" than your three word reply to my question, so I don't feel the need to either justify my "tone" or apologize for it either.
I appreciate the fact that you don't back down from what you think you should be able to do. I do wish you'd have taken my questions more seriously. Good luck with your appeal.
But because I'm obnoxious and need to explain everything I do that's taken the wrong way: As for my answers, I misunderstood the questions so I wasn't actually sure how to answer them. Like, if you had stuck a "How" at the beginning of #1 (Saying "Did Lily do __" just made me think "... didn't she do that? IS THIS A MIND TRICK") or a "Please explain your answer in detail" at the end of #2, I would have gotten it. It was... kind of late too lol. Letters confuse Shan after midnight and I was like "uh ok why the rage and talk-down? Kind of uncalled for" when you responded.
You don't have to change your mind or anything but yeah, that's what was in my brain-head.
2) Peter Pettigrew: Brave or cowardly?
3) What about the tone of your appeals application is different from your original application? What do you want us to see that's different?
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2. Very, very cowardly.
3. I was on my best behavior when I filled the old one out. It wasn't really letting my personality shine. Plus I really have changed (or simply allowed myself to fully be myself?) in the past year. Take from that what you will.
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Try again, please, on 1 and 2. Think to yourself, "why would she be asking these questions? What could she possibly want to see to make her sort me?"
I'll give you a little hint on #1: Gryffindors are known for being stubborn, believing themselves to be always right to a fault. Lily's change of opinion of both Snape and James Potter is a big damn deal in the books because it seems very strange that she'd be able to do that kind of thing, especially in relation to James Potter.
I'll give you another hint on #2: EXPLAIN WHY HE IS NOT BRAVE, COULD NEVER BE SEEN AS BRAVE, ETC.
If you don't want to answer these questions, why bother appealing?
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1. Obviously it was possible because that's just what she did. I don't think her opinions about her friends fall into a right/wrong category. Like, "I think Bob is a good person. Therefore Bob is always good." It was her ideals that were right/wrong, and because Snape no longer fit into those ideals she dumped him. We aren't told about the James thing but I'm guessing he cleaned his act up and began to fit very nicely into her ideals.
2. He was cowardly for obvious reasons. Betraying his friends under threat of his own life may have been very slightly forgivable, but he kept going back for more. If it wasn't for Pettigrew there wouldn't have been a second coming of Voldemort. He was pitiable but he was in now way, shape, or form brave, and to me it is so obvious why that it doesn't even warrant an explanation if you've read the books.
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I'm a Gryffindor judge. You want to be sorted in Gryffindor. Your way to get there is to insinuate that I didn't read the books because I asked you if Peter Pettigrew could be considered "brave" for going against his friends? Remember that he was sorted Gryffindor, so he had to exemplify some canon traits, ex: Black and white thinking.
Meanwhile, you just called me an ass while you brush off my questions as "simple."
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Like ... let's say Moaning Myrtle. She's borderline Ravenclaw- she's not really intelligent, or witty, or particularly creative (what's creative about sitting in a bathroom crying and moaning for 569 000 years?!) BUT she must've valued Ravenclaw traits over others. (That and I can't see anyone so impractically emotional anywhere else other than Ravenclaw.) Or liiike um, Tonks. She could be in Gryffindor because she's courageous, bold, has her moral code, etc., but she values fairness and hard-work over boldness and chivalry.
IDK AM I GOING ON A TANGENT?
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NO. WHY?
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I am not implying or insinuating anything. I am not one for implying or insinuating. So calm down, okay?
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I appreciate the fact that you don't back down from what you think you should be able to do. I do wish you'd have taken my questions more seriously. Good luck with your appeal.
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But because I'm obnoxious and need to explain everything I do that's taken the wrong way: As for my answers, I misunderstood the questions so I wasn't actually sure how to answer them. Like, if you had stuck a "How" at the beginning of #1 (Saying "Did Lily do __" just made me think "... didn't she do that? IS THIS A MIND TRICK") or a "Please explain your answer in detail" at the end of #2, I would have gotten it. It was... kind of late too lol. Letters confuse Shan after midnight and I was like "uh ok why the rage and talk-down? Kind of uncalled for" when you responded.
You don't have to change your mind or anything but yeah, that's what was in my brain-head.
Peace, yo.
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