so link got me thinking, so I posted a question about it on my link and wrote down all of my thoughts on the subject in a really disjointed and unorganised manner, since my silly iPad won't let me line break on Facebook comments.
anyway, cause it came up and all, I'm gonna post it here too, still all disjointed and unorganised cause I cbs edit it :p enjoy!
I might get some hate for this, but I think in this case we, the fans, actually know better than Jo does. I don't mean that we know the houses better or something, I mean that we know ourselves better than Jo ever could. some of us have maybe taken sorting hat tests, and some of us have just decided based on what house they think suits them best, and some of us may have done both, but I think most of us were certain of their house before Pottermore came along. it wasn't until then that people really began to doubt their house choice, thinking "am I brave enough to be in Gryffindor? smart enough for Ravenclaw? loyal enough for Hufflepuff? generally good enough for Slytherin? it wasn't until then that people started doubting things that up to that moment had pretty much defined them. of course, I don't know about you people, but for me knowing that I was a Ravenclaw finally gave me a place to fit in, a place to feel like I belonged (of course, certain people helped too ♥). it finally gave me something to define myself by, something that I could tell people I am and know it for sure. and now what? now I'm apparently a Gryffindor which, no offence to Jo or anyone, I just really disagree with. the only Gryffindor trait I've been able to identify with is impulsivity, while I'm almost everything Ravenclaw has ever been defined as. my point is that the Sorting is an incredibly individual thing -- and incredibly important. after all, the house you get sorted into at the beginning of your first year at Hogwarts is, as McGonagall says, basically like your second family. it's what people think of you as, at least subconsciously. what happens if you're completely unlike your family? if you have very little in common with them? if you simply don't fit in with them? family is supposed to be the people who love you unconditionally, the people with whom you will always feel at home. but for me at least it isn't like that. Ravenclaw was that for me, but now I'm supposed to be a Gryffindor. I'm not against this decision because I don't like Gryffindor house (although I do think it's overpopulated and somewhat mainstream, but that's a rant for another time). I'm against this decision because ask anyone who knows me (and the houses), and they'll tell you I'm not a Gryffindor. people are saying Pottermore is right because Jo made the test and Jo knows the houses better than anyone else -- the *houses*. I, however, am of the opinion that we know *ourselves* better than anyone, certainly better than someone we've never met. people's houses can be extremely descriptive and fitting, but to know what describes who you have to either know them well or be able to see into their minds, neither of which (sadly) applies to Jo and/or Pottermore. also, has anyone noticed that in the amounts of students sorted so far, all the houses are almost even? it doesn't work like that, I think. it shouldn't work like that, at least -- humanity isn't divided into four equal parts, one per house. it's just not possible, considering all the personality-altering experiences, situations and other things in the world. even if people were born at an equal ratio of one per house, our experiences and environments shape us to be the people we are today, and it's the people we are today that determines which house we should be sorted in. it's the people we are today, and those people are way too complex and many-layered to be figured out in seven questions, no matter how much of a genius Jo is. which is why I think the house Jo/Pottermore puts you in is not always right, and I will proudly wear my Ravenclaw colours until the very end♥
anyway, cause it came up and all, I'm gonna post it here too, still all disjointed and unorganised cause I cbs edit it :p enjoy!
I might get some hate for this, but I think in this case we, the fans, actually know better than Jo does. I don't mean that we know the houses better or something, I mean that we know ourselves better than Jo ever could. some of us have maybe taken sorting hat tests, and some of us have just decided based on what house they think suits them best, and some of us may have done both, but I think most of us were certain of their house before Pottermore came along. it wasn't until then that people really began to doubt their house choice, thinking "am I brave enough to be in Gryffindor? smart enough for Ravenclaw? loyal enough for Hufflepuff? generally good enough for Slytherin? it wasn't until then that people started doubting things that up to that moment had pretty much defined them. of course, I don't know about you people, but for me knowing that I was a Ravenclaw finally gave me a place to fit in, a place to feel like I belonged (of course, certain people helped too ♥). it finally gave me something to define myself by, something that I could tell people I am and know it for sure. and now what? now I'm apparently a Gryffindor which, no offence to Jo or anyone, I just really disagree with. the only Gryffindor trait I've been able to identify with is impulsivity, while I'm almost everything Ravenclaw has ever been defined as. my point is that the Sorting is an incredibly individual thing -- and incredibly important. after all, the house you get sorted into at the beginning of your first year at Hogwarts is, as McGonagall says, basically like your second family. it's what people think of you as, at least subconsciously. what happens if you're completely unlike your family? if you have very little in common with them? if you simply don't fit in with them? family is supposed to be the people who love you unconditionally, the people with whom you will always feel at home. but for me at least it isn't like that. Ravenclaw was that for me, but now I'm supposed to be a Gryffindor. I'm not against this decision because I don't like Gryffindor house (although I do think it's overpopulated and somewhat mainstream, but that's a rant for another time). I'm against this decision because ask anyone who knows me (and the houses), and they'll tell you I'm not a Gryffindor. people are saying Pottermore is right because Jo made the test and Jo knows the houses better than anyone else -- the *houses*. I, however, am of the opinion that we know *ourselves* better than anyone, certainly better than someone we've never met. people's houses can be extremely descriptive and fitting, but to know what describes who you have to either know them well or be able to see into their minds, neither of which (sadly) applies to Jo and/or Pottermore. also, has anyone noticed that in the amounts of students sorted so far, all the houses are almost even? it doesn't work like that, I think. it shouldn't work like that, at least -- humanity isn't divided into four equal parts, one per house. it's just not possible, considering all the personality-altering experiences, situations and other things in the world. even if people were born at an equal ratio of one per house, our experiences and environments shape us to be the people we are today, and it's the people we are today that determines which house we should be sorted in. it's the people we are today, and those people are way too complex and many-layered to be figured out in seven questions, no matter how much of a genius Jo is. which is why I think the house Jo/Pottermore puts you in is not always right, and I will proudly wear my Ravenclaw colours until the very end♥