If You're Sure, Better Be......SLYTHERIN?
I'M PRETTY SURE THAT'S NOT HOW IT GOES.
So I got to be one of the one million people who got to Beta test Pottermore before it opens to everyone at the end of October. I'm so excited to be a part of the website. It's amazing so far and I've really enjoyed reading about the different types of wand cores and wand woods. The backstories for the characters are so amazing (Prof. McGonagall's was so sad) and I love learning more and more about the magical world.
Spellcasting is tricky but fun when you finally get it. I need work on Potions though.
NOW FOR THE DOWNSIDE: THE SORTING. If you follow me on Twitter you've probably heard me rage about this 10584739595 times. This is my last time I swear. And bear with me because this is going to start off pretty bad and I know a lot of you are in Slytherin House.
I love Gryffindor. I stan that house. But I always knew that there was nothing Gryffindor about me and that I was more of a Ravenclaw/Hufflepuff. I've taken so many house quizzes since I was 10 years old and when I cheated, I got in Gryffindor. When I answered honestly, I got in Ravenclaw, when I took the 120 Question Analysis, I got Hufflepuff.
SO IMAGINE MY SHOCK WHEN THE SORTING HAT PUT ME IN SLYTHERIN. I WANTED TO THROW A FUCKING BUS.
I've bashed the shit out of the Slytherin House. There was someone on Twitter who went "if it wasn't for Slytherin House, Harry would still be looking for Horcruxes" and I was like "if it wasn't for Slytherin House, we wouldn't have any fucking Horcruxes". I didn't see how anyone would want to be in the house whose Founder sicked a Basilik on Muggle Borns and whose members cause two Wizarding Wars and formed an army dedicating to promoting their backwards ideas and forcing them on the world. I did not like this fucking house.
And I got put in it. Because apparently wanting glory and greatness makes me evil. I'll remember that shit next time.
And then I read the Prefect's Welcome message and we sound like a damn gang. "We look after our own unlike the Ravenclaws who stomp on each other for the best exam grade and we love the beat the Gryffindors and who's going to remember the Hufflepuffs years from now they won't do shit when they leave Hogwarts". It made me dislike this house even more.
I suppose it's Karma for talking so much shit. I know a lot of people have gotten into Houses that they hate. People who wanted to be in Slytherin got made Hufflepuffs or Gryffindors. People who wanted to be in Hufflepuff got in Slytherin, etc, etc. A lot of people are complaining about being put in the "Wrong House" and are going through Identity Crisis right now.
And I'm one of them. It makes me sad. It makes me think "I answered each question honestly. Am I really that cunning, ambitious, glory-hungry....and evil? I thought I was better than this. And I see Slytherin qualities in me, and I feel bad for seeing them."
And then I read this statement by a YouTube User:
"There are kind Slytherins (Slughorn), There are brave Hufflepuffs (Cedric and Tonks), there are twisted Gryffindors (Peter Pettigrew) and STUPID Ravenclaws (Lockheart). Your house does not define you. That is all."
And I started to think about it again. Outside of the Canon of the Harry Potter Universe, there ARE people who don't fit their houses completely. I'm sure all of us have traits of each house in us. Yeah I want fame, glory, and greatness. I've always said that because I don't want to be forgotten when I'm dead. Does that mean I'll cut a bitch to get it? No. Do I have points when I stand up for what's right? Yes. Do I have points when I'm a loyal friend? Kind of. Do I have points when I'm really smart? Every single day! XD
So I'm not going to quit Pottermore. I'd rather be an honest Slytherin than a Hufflepuff/Ravenclaw who lied to get there. And I'm not going to be depressed about this anymore. I've finally gotten out everything I wanted to say about the subject. Thank you Livejournal. XD
IF YOU HAVE A POTTERMORE ACCOUNT ADD ME. I'M ICESILVER122! :D
Also a video from the best Slytherin ever....if Lions could get into Hogwarts.
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