Random HP poll.

[shiiki]

This random question has been floating around in my mind for the last fifteen minutes, so I thought I'd put it to a poll:

Poll Aunt Petunia's house

Comments

[magikcat112]

You know, now that I read your explination, it seems obvious.

I put down a Hufflepuff, because...she seems to have a bit of loyalty to her sister before the train ride, and she's awfully loyal to Vernon.

But I like Ravenclaw better.

[shiiki]

You and I are the only ones who veer towards Ravenclaw, in that case.

Though the argument for Gryffindor is rather compelling. I did think 'Gryffindor' initially, but couldn't back it up with anything concrete. Seems like some others have been able to, though!

[shiiki]

They all do seem to have stubbornness firmly ingrained in them, now that you mention it.

[arasnaem]

I voted Slytherin because of the way she & Vernon act all the time. They're ambitious--they have to be better than everyone else. Even as a kid, she didn't want Lily to have something she didn't have--and she cunningly tried to get admitted anyway.

I dunno, just my thought.

[govcampbell]

That was my thinking too, actually.

[shiiki]

That's certainly a compelling argument - and there is some amount of Draco Malfoy in the way Petunia reacted in jealousy ...

But then, there's the Muggle-born factor.

Which makes me wonder where all the Muggle-borns who embodied Slytherin's characteristics were sent eventually.

[vegablack62]

I picked Hufflepuff. Which I didn't want to do because I can't stand Petunia and I am a Hufflepuff fan

[shiiki]

Well, it is true that she does all that, and your description does remind me of Zacharias Smith.

It set me thinking, though - what is the defining characteristic of Hufflepuff? We've always believed it to be 'loyal and hardworking', and I don't doubt that it is, but what about inclusiveness? I've always seen Hufflepuff as being the house which in general is most welcoming. (True, there are exceptions, and I suppose Petunia could fit as one of those nastier Hufflepuffs.)

[vegablack62]

I agree that inclusiveness is a Hufflepuff quality, that's how I knew that Tonks was a Hufflepuff. Who else but a Hufflepuff would marry a werewolf? (The same goes for her father. Who else but a Hufflepuff would marry Bellatrix's sister?)

Petunia does not show any inclusiveness as far as I can tell. She is a snob.

Perhaps that makes her an inadequate Hufflepuff lacking an important trait but still fitting in. (NOt all the members of a house have all the traits I think.) Or perhaps it shows she is a Slytherin.

[shiiki]

NOt all the members of a house have all the traits I think.

I definitely agree with you there. It's impossible to classify an entire house as all embodying every single trait the house prizes!

Perhaps, though, being among others who emphasise those qualities, might help them to grow to appreciate it. But that's going down a whole new path of 'what if'!

[shiiki]

Any particular reason?