baaad plotbunny, funny video, and Slytherin House

[pinkpolarity]

This thread on fanficrants has given me a silly shortfic parody bunny, wherein Salazar Slytherin enforces the "no electricity, must use parchment and quills" rule while the others are off distracting themselves. (Rowena Ravenclaw is busy reading the blogosphere. She has to be.) If I can manage to get some work done, I think I'll actually write this. Crackfic

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[bloodyrose82]

(cont from above

[pinkpolarity]

Anton LaVey himself wasn't exactly quiet in his opinions, but he was certainly sly, cunning and ambitious, and would have made a wonderful Slytherin.

Gosh, yes. He even has the photo of himself with a snake to prove it. :)

Lastly, Slytherin most certainly would be a hot-house for individuality, simply because those who are ultimately self-serving tend to carve their own path and own methods in life.Absolutely, even if only because the "default settings" don't work for the true individualist. "Recognize my authority!" "Why?" I think Slytherins that do serve groups do so because they've run the group through their own internal calculus and decided that the group serves their needs, and individualists (who subordinate groups by nature) do the same. I also think Slytherin affiliations are always somewhat looser than those of the other houses, as you point out with Lucius

[bloodyrose82]

I think Slytherins that do serve groups do so because they've run the group through their own internal calculus and decided that the group serves their needs.

This is bang on target. The basic instinct of a Slytherin is self-service, so I suppose my advice to non-Slytherins would be to look out if a Slytherin suddenly joins your group. I think that a lot of Slytherins are often linked with Ravenclaw traits, because there is a certain element of intelligence involved with being fully cunning or manipulative. A Slytherin has to know when to utilise each of the tools at his/her disposal to get the desired result.

I also think Slytherin affiliations are always somewhat looser than those of the other houses, as you point out with Lucius. Exactly! Although I wonder how often this is known by the associate

[prettyshiny]

Firstly: Dance White Boy? Freaking hysterical. *grins*

Secondly: I think that the Slytherin House should be the home of the independent thinker as well as the individualist. While granted there's a lot of peer pressure, it seems to me that they're more protective of their kind than other houses (even Gryffindors can't help but take digs at Neville).

Thirdly: I've found that the people I hassle about cuts ignore me, then act surprised when I go nuclear on them after asking time and time again. *eyeroll* Weenises (weenisi?)

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[mafdet]

The most clear-cut case of an "individualist" in HP is Luna Lovegood, who is a Ravenclaw. I would hesitate to call her fierce, though. She is quiet and kind. But she is absolutely immune to peer pressure and uncaring of what others think of her.

Harry is also something of an individualist; so, too, is Hagrid in his galumphing way. And they are Gryffindors.

If I'm reading your statement correctly, though, you say that a certain kind of individualist is more likely to be in Slytherin. Draco perhaps; he's selfish as all get-out, but I haven't seen him act subtle yet; he's about as subtle as a kick in the teeth.

Keep in mind, I'm a Gryffinpuff/Huffledor, and no sorting test or quiz I've taken has EVER considered putting me in Slytherin. ;) Definitely the House I'm least qualified for.

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[mona_lisa_frown]

Harry and Hagrid as individualists? Hmm.

What I took the post to mean when referring to "individualism" was more along the lines of Ayn Rand's theory of objectivism. Wherein the heroes, the most moral men, are those who are "selfish"--but that gets complicated to explain, because the terminology is different. Rand would classify someone like, oh, say, Paris Hilton, who spends hundreds of thousands of dollars on herself every tear as selfless rather than selfish, as ultimately, she's spending the money to impress other people. Someone that helped the poor for their whole life because it was the "right" thing to do would be selfless, while someone who helped the poor for her whole life because she gained satisfation from helping other people would be selfless; Rand places the selfish people as those who are morally correct

[nights_mistress]

*l* I applied for sorting_elite not as myself, but as a conglomerate of all the Hufflepuff traits referenced in the books. I even have page reference numbers, if anyone's particularly interested. Apparently the Hufflepuffs in the books are either squibs (meaning unSortable) or...Gryffindors. This amuses me endlessly, and I would actually go along and count how many votes I have for either of these two, but I can't get the page to load. Too many banners.

[impinc]

Yup. That's me, all right. :)