You're a Wizard, Harry! Which House Would These Skaters Be In?
The offseason is just about over but I'm still drowning in boredom so I thought (because I have way too much time on my hands)--let's sort the skaters into Harry Potter houses! I never read Harry Potter a s a kid but read (more like was forced to read) the books when I was a teen due to my best friend's addiction to it.
There are four houses:
Gryffindors:
Common Positive Traits: courage, pride, heroism
Common Negative Traits: arrogance, recklessness, lacking common sense
Comment: Gryffindor's are normally seen as one of the 'good houses' to be in, certainly Harry thinks so! But, what makes bravery so good? Perhaps it's because many people are afraid, particularly in the HP universe, where Dark Wizards and terrible creatures roam with the fairies, elves and mermaids (not that all of THEM are good, either!). I felt it important to add the negative traits to this house, because they are evident as it moves on. Arrogance, certainly. Recklessness as well. Lacking common sense was a bit harder, and fits with recklessness. But, honestly, a lot of Gryff's have 'I'm invincible!' attitudes, and that is very dangerous. Bravery is good, but it can get you killed if you don't use it properly.
Slytherins:
Common Positive Traits: Ambition, cunning, intelligence
Common Negative Traits: Cruelty, intolerance, greed
Comment: A common prejudice is that the students are all evil. Ambition is NOT evil, nor is cunning. Ambition is what gives people drive, which is essential to advancement. However, the cruelty aspect often mixes with the ambition and cunning. There is also a higher vocalized intolerance of those they consider inferior.
Ravenclaws:
Common Positive Traits: Intelligence, lust for knowledge, studious
Common Negative Traits: Lack of connection with real world, emotionlessness, eccentricity
Comment: Another 'good house'. Intelligence is great. But it doesn't mean you have the good sense to use it. It also tends to lead to a lack of connection with real people, because of viewing things by book standards, when the real world is considerably different. I'd imagine Claws are idealistic to a certain extent as well. A really extreme one may be like Spock, all knowledge and almost no emotion. Emotion, however, tends to rule everyone else, so not understanding it gives you a bigger disadvantage than those that are in tune with their emotions.
Hufflepuffs:
Common Positive Traits: Hard-working, honest, loyal
Common Negative Traits: Stubborness, stagnancy, laziness, and non-confrontational
Comment: Hufflepuff is often the underdog. I mean, all the other houses get what appear to be inspiring traits, whereas Hufflepuff are the leftovers for seemingly talentless students. This is really unfair, because working hard and honesty are important traits, as is loyalty. I'm also of the mind that a Puff, because of their nature, is the 'not rocking the boat' type, and find it harder to accept change. However, while they are not impressive predators the way the snakes, lions and eagles are, badgers have very sharp claws and will defend themselves and their families well.
Taken From: http://www.angelfire.com/realm3/quattuor_domus/Houses.html
Soooo everyhouse has a founder. I decided to base these founders off of famous coaches.
Tatiana Tarasova would so be Slytherin. Her dad was the coach of the Soviet Union's National Hockey Team and won five Olympic golds with them so the Tarasov family has a place in sports history. Prestige, prestige. Tatiana's amibitous, also cruel in her trainning methods (as was her father).
Alexei Mishin would be Ravenclawfor sure. Frank Carroll would be...Gryffindor? Brian Orser would be Hufflepuff? (I don't know aobut that one, but his students seem to fit Hufflepuff qualities).
I struggled to sort Stephane so let's just pretend he comes from that all girls school Fleur went to. Let's also assume Carolina Kostner went there as well unless someone can think of a house for her...
Gryffindor:
Mao Asada
Joannie Rochette
Gracie Gold
Katelyn Osmond
Max Aaron
Adam Rippon
Ryan Bradley
Kanako Murakami
The Shibs
Weaver/Poje
Daisuke Takahashi (?)
Jeffrey Buttle (?)
Yuna Kim (?)
Florent Amodio (?)
Slytherin:
Nikolai Morozov
Virtue/Moir
Sasha Cohen
Evgeni Plushenko
Michal Brezina
Elena/Nikita
Tanya/Max
Ashley Wagner
Nobunari Oda
Soctt Hamilton (homophobe/intolerant)
Tonya Harding
Nancy Kerrigan
Liza Tuktamysheyva (killed the spelling on that)
Alexei Yagudin (?)
Hufflepuff:
Javier Fernandez
Yuzuru Hanyu
Mirai Nagasu
Jeremy Abbott
Denis Ten
Jeremy Ten
Nelli Zhiganshina/Alexander Gazsi
Brian Joubert (?)
Adelina Sotnikova (?)
Cappelinni/Lanotte (?)
Savchenko/Szolkowy (?)
Pechelat/Bourzat (?)
Ravenclaw:
Christina Gao
Rachael Flatt
Alissa Czisny
Zijun Li
Davis/White
Duhamel/Radford
Shen/Zhao
Midori Ito
Michelle Kwan
Kevin Reynolds (?)
Feel free to tell me your picks and add some more skaters! :)