I do have some INFJ in me, too, but I'm so heavily INTJ (and glad of it, lol). I'm also a Scorpio (which I believe you know) and a Year of the Rat and Hour of the Snake so I definitely feel I'm one of Salazar's chosen, lol. Like you, though, I'm also a split with Ravenclaw (and only recently Gryffindor as well). Like you, I also see sorting far differently than I did when I first got into HP.
When I first started getting into HP I was 15 and back then I was having a lot of problems trying to get ahead in school so much so that I felt I felt I was too stupid to possibly be a Ravenclaw (for all my nerdy/geekiness and love of learning). At that time I was also super brainwashed Christian and thought Slytherin was well all evil. I despise myself for being so brainwashed and narrow minded, but that's where I was. I didn't think much of Hufflepuff's at the time, so I it was pretty much Gryffindor was the only House I thought I could be in (not because I felt brave or had a courageous and noble heart) but because I was very much a Neville type- clumsy, late bloomer, constant obstacles, uncool, etc. Then I grew older and had various shitty things happen to me and so many life lessons learned and I realized a LOT of things and came to understand that I am actually quite intelligent and worthy of Ravenclaw every bit as much as I am very much of a Slytherin (even though I have to struggle for EVERYTHING and have zero connections and have trouble networking- I hate it really). I think what really did it is that I saw a lot of myself in Percy Weasley (who I have psychoanalyzed within an in inch of his life and understand so completely and he's awesome and I don't care what anyone else says) and realized he is more Slytherin than Gryffindor (in the best way! I role play Percy and Neville often and know them inside out, you see).
When I first started getting into HP I was 15 and back then I was having a lot of problems trying to get ahead in school so much so that I felt I felt I was too stupid to possibly be a Ravenclaw (for all my nerdy/geekiness and love of learning). At that time I was also super brainwashed Christian and thought Slytherin was well all evil. I despise myself for being so brainwashed and narrow minded, but that's where I was. I didn't think much of Hufflepuff's at the time, so I it was pretty much Gryffindor was the only House I thought I could be in (not because I felt brave or had a courageous and noble heart) but because I was very much a Neville type- clumsy, late bloomer, constant obstacles, uncool, etc. Then I grew older and had various shitty things happen to me and so many life lessons learned and I realized a LOT of things and came to understand that I am actually quite intelligent and worthy of Ravenclaw every bit as much as I am very much of a Slytherin (even though I have to struggle for EVERYTHING and have zero connections and have trouble networking- I hate it really). I think what really did it is that I saw a lot of myself in Percy Weasley (who I have psychoanalyzed within an in inch of his life and understand so completely and he's awesome and I don't care what anyone else says) and realized he is more Slytherin than Gryffindor (in the best way! I role play Percy and Neville often and know them inside out, you see).
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