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Post by unbeastly on Mar 17, 2013 15:44:39 GMT -5
I've been playing sims medieval and when creating the characters you have to pick two traits and more importantly a fatal flaw. This got me thinking about the traits given for the houses at Hogwarts and the flaw that defines each as much as the given traits.
For Gryffindor I would have to say that it is Pride. It has a streak a mile wide. Harry definitely has a bad case of pride with his inability to ask for help and struggle to accept it when it's given. Hermione's pride in her intelligence that rubs people wrong. Ron's pride that causes him to take offense at every little thing. Percy's overwhelming pride in his own overblown idea of his place in the world that blinded him to Fudge and then his inability to set it aside to apologise to his family. They all have it to some extent and it makes them Gryffindors as much as their bravery.
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Post by Nahara46 on Mar 17, 2013 16:20:26 GMT -5
Quite true, agree completely with the pride bit.
I don't know what it would be for Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff, but for Slytherin, I think it's a two-way street. Their Ambition is both a great asset and hefty burden. Cause them to either do great things or commit tragic crimes.
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Post by physicssquid on Mar 17, 2013 18:30:42 GMT -5
For the Hufflepuffs I'd have to say it's their trust. I know that trust is good, but the Hufflepuffs seem to trust blindly, without looking for alternatives to any given situation.
For example, the way they treated Harry, both in his second year, with the Chamber incident, and in his fourth year, with the Tournament.
In both of those instances, none of the Hufflepuffs actually asked Harry what was going on. When the Chamber was opened, none of them asked him whether he was the one opening it, they just trusted the rumour-mongers who said that he was, and the same with the tournament, when Harry's name came out of the cup, they all treated him like dirt, purely because they, like most of the rest of the school, believed that he'd deliberately put his name in, and none of them, not even Cedric, believed that he hadn't.
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Post by G. Novella on Mar 28, 2013 0:09:01 GMT -5
For Ravenclaws I think it's their dependency on Facts. They aren't very open-minded, as seen in the way they great Luna. It's hard to pinpoint it, but maybe even a fear of new ideas? I feel like the Claws go out of their way to shun what isn't 'true', which makes it rather hard to have brilliant new ideas when they rely so heavily on what's real. Look at Marietta. She saw Harry and interacted with him, but refused to alter her perceptions based on what she accepted as legitimate from the news and her parents. Cho does the same thing where she accepts the written words of Skeeter as fact against Harry. But they all make fun of Luna's facts because there isn't any proof to back it up.
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Post by Kitty279 on Mar 28, 2013 2:18:44 GMT -5
They seem to be like Hermione - book facts are everything, and the reality doesn't count because it's not printed to prove it  |
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Post by Miss Wings on Mar 28, 2013 9:07:41 GMT -5
Wow we have every house lol. No need to attempt to comment.
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Post by ayrine_sun on Sept 18, 2013 12:43:15 GMT -5
on a better side, the houses really complement each other, don't they? I feel that one of the reasons the founders of Hogwarts got together to build the school, despite their differences, is maybe because they wanted their students to learn from each other?
basically, you have to be ambitious in life to achieve your dreams but for that you also have to use your brain, be brave and do your best. the four qualities really makes a successful person.
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