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Bold Gryffindor, from the wild moor, Fair Ravenclaw, from the glen, Sweet Hufflepuff, from the valley broad, Shrewd Slytherin, from the fen.
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Hermione Granger as Athena, Greek goddess of wisdom, warfare and handicraft
“Harry — I think I’ve just understood something! I’ve got to go to the library!” And she sprinted away, up the stairs.
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Hogwarts houses + Claude Monet paintings
The Cast of Yu-Gi-Oh...Sorted!
Hey guys! I’ve done several other posts like this for other fandoms and I’ve even Sorted some of these characters in other Sorting Hat asks in the past, but...well, I just decided, why not compile all of those thoughts in one big post to answer the question: where would the main cast of characters from Yu-Gi-Oh: Duel Monsters be Sorted, if they attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry?
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Draco Dormiens Nunquam Titillandus
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Anonymous asked:
Could you also do Sukki and Toph for the Sorting Hat =)? If it's not a bother ^^ I liked the way you explained the gaang =)
Thank you! And I'd be happy to. (For those who didn't see the rest of the Gaang's Sortings, you may read them here!)
Suki ~ Gryffindor!
As the leader of the Kyoshi warriors, Suki is tough, courageous, and most of all noble. When it is a choice between her friends' lives and her own, she always will hang back, whether it involves scaring Appa away so he doesn't get captured by the Fire Nation or urging Sokka to remember their mission to take down the airships rather than worry about her safety. She always thinks of the greater good and will take on any hardships herself if it will protect others. Suki's inner fire makes her both a fierce warrior and a passionate lover, and I think Gryffindor would suit her to a tee.
Toph ~ Slytherin!
Toph's sole goal is to seize her own independence, and she is willing to sacrifice her family, status, and home to get it. She also demonstrates great resourcefulness when she discovers the art of metalbending, all because she was trapped in a metal cage and the only weapon she could use to try to get out was her Earthbending. Toph may be less flexible than a lot of Slytherins tend to be, but I still think her unrelenting determination, self-focused ambition, and pride would make her fit very comfortably in the House of Snakes.
Anonymous asked:
For the sorting hat; Aang, Zuko, Katara, Sokka?
Aang ~ Hufflepuff!
As an Airbender, Aang is pacifistic, compassionate, and gentle-hearted. What sets him apart from other Airbenders, however, is his great attachment to his loved ones. When he learns he'll be sent away from his mentor Monk Gyatso, he is so distraught that he runs away, disregarding his status as Avatar and his role in protecting the world and airbenders. When the Guru tries to help him access the Avatar State, the thing that prevents Aang from fully detaching is his love for Katara. Aang may be an Airbender, but love is what keeps him grounded.
Katara ~ Gryffindor!
Katara is courageous and noble-hearted, always ready to protect the helpless and unable to turn her back on someone who needs her. Her emotions dictate her actions and although she is the most mature member of the Gaang, she has a fiery temper and a strong drive to fight injustice wherever she sees it.
Zuko ~ Gryffindor!
Honor. That one word sums up Zuko's sole motivation throughout the series as well as his entire character arc. Zuko chases honor initially by trying to do what will please his father and nation -- in other words, what will earn him glory and make him well-liked -- but when he earns that glory, he realizes that it's not enough. His heart still needs something else...and so he does what his heart tells him to do and ends up finding honor by doing what's right, not what will earn him esteem. Isn't that Percy Weasley's character arc in the HP books? Like Zuko, Percy picks being well-liked by the masses over his loved ones, only to realize his error and fight for the side of good when it most counts. Both of them learn that what constitutes honor -- in other words, doing the brave and noble thing -- comes from within, not from others.
Sokka ~ Ravenclaw!
In the beginning, Sokka is a sarcastic, aggressive, faintly prejudiced, and resourceful young man who would seem ideal for Slytherin. Over the course of the show, however, I would argue Sokka grows largely because he embraces more Ravenclaw-like values. Upon meeting Aang and joining him on his quest, Sokka gains a more "worldly" worldview and thinks more of the world in general, rather than just the safety of his tribe. Upon meeting Suki and the Kyoshi warriors, Sokka largely drops his sexist tendencies and, upon befriending Zuko, stops hating the Fire Nation, at which point he embraces a much more tolerant, open-minded world view. Upon the War becoming worse and his friends and himself being put in more danger, Sokka matures and becomes more practical in his plans and strategies, to the extent that he becomes the de facto "brain" of the Gaang. Upon taking an apprenticeship with Piandao, Sokka embraces his creativity fully and shows off how well he can think outside the box. By the end of the series, Sokka has grown into a brilliant, creative planner with a talent for organizing, planning, and swordsmanship: a soaring eagle of a man, more than a sleek serpent.
Anonymous asked:
Sorting Hat ask: Marinette Dupain-Cheng and Adrien Agreste (both from Miraculous Ladybug; if you want to also think about their traits as Ladybug and Chat Noir in this, that's fine, too!), Nausicäa, Arriety, Nina Sayers (Black Swan), and Lily (Black Swan). Sorry if any of these are too hard to answer!
Marinette Dupain-Cheng ~ Slytherin!
To those people who think all Slytherins are bad guys or at least dark anti-hero types, I'd like to introduce the Miraculous Ladybug herself as exhibit A in my case proving you wrong. Marinette's goals of being a fashion designer and earning Adrien's affection are very self-focused and she chases them with single-minded determination, but Marinette is not a selfish or mean-spirited person. Yes, she can be girly and a little spastic sometimes, but when she's looking to help, her resourcefulness is what always ends up pulling her through, whether as a civilian or as Ladybug. Marinette is the hero that we Slytherins have been waiting for, showcasing our values of ambition, cleverness, determination, and resourcefulness in the best possible light.
Adrien Agreste ~ Hufflepuff!
What Adrien craves over and over throughout the series is to be loved, whether by his father or Ladybug or through the new friendships he's made. He is loyal to his father Gabriel despite the way he's treated him, and he loves his friends and partner Ladybug more than anything else in the world. As Chat Noir he also frequently will put himself in harm's way to protect Ladybug, showcasing a selfless quality that Hufflepuffs are known for. At the same time, though, Adrien is no hot-headed, knight-in-shining-armor Gryffindor -- he's patient, down-to-earth, and modest, a lot like Hufflepuff paragon Cedric Diggory. There has been some conjecture online about how RL Hufflepuffs and Slytherins often end up getting along well and/or have romantic chemistry, and in the case of Marinette and Adrien, I'd say it's true!
Nausicaa ~ Ravenclaw!
Nausicaa may be a courageous warrior and princess, but at her heart she is a pacifist and a scholar. She is fascinated by the Omnu and the poisonous forest surrounding her kingdom and actively studies them, and it is thanks to her wisdom and knowledge that she is able to prevent whole-sale destruction. I do see Nausicaa as being on the cusp between Gryffindor and Ravenclaw, but in the end, I see Nausicaa as the sort to choose peace and restoring order over nobility and championing a cause.
Arrietty ~ Gryffindor!
Like most Borrowers, Arrietty is incredibly resourceful and smart, but what sets her apart from her family is that she is unafraid of confrontation and of humans. She follows her heart for the core of her morality like Gryffindors do, and she will rebel against the way things are both to protect her family and do what she thinks must be done.
Nina Sayers ~ Ravenclaw!
Nina's drive throughout Black Swan's runtime is to chase perfection -- in other words, achievement. It becomes her obsession and causes her to neglect everything else, whether her relationships or emotional and physical health. A love of achievement is often associated with Ravenclaws, and in this case Nina takes that love to the extreme. She is lost in her own head and too in love with the idea of perfection to acknowledge the real world and accept the conflicting emotions inside of herself. Her madness only detaches her further from the world, when she was already rather detached to begin with. And that perfection she seeks isn't for the sake of her loved ones, the audience watching her, or even a personal ambition to become a great dancer. She doesn't care that she's bleeding out on a mattress by the end of the movie and will probably die -- her performance was perfect. Nothing else matters.
Unfortunately Lily's motivations and personality are a bit hard to discern, given how much of her part is purposefully muddled with the doppelgängers of her in Nina's head, so I don't know if I could accurately Sort the actual character.
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[Fairy Tale Characters, Hogwarts Style] Cinderella Aesthetic
A Gryffindor would be a defiant Cinderella. This is the Cinderella working a low-paying job while also going to school full-time in a desperate attempt to earn enough to get away from her abusive stepfamily, who frequently demean and punish her for her bad behavior. She’s the sort to chase a once-in-a-lifetime audition that could put her name up in lights, rather than just to seek a day off at a fun party. She’s no one’s damsel in distress – her romance is purely by chance.
A Hufflepuff would be a traditional Cinderella. She knows that this is a fairy tale – there’s no point in messing with the classics or trying to over-intellectualize everything, because people fell in love with the fairy tale and its magic exactly the way it was. She understands the theme of her story, and of her life, is the importance of hard work, goodness, resilience, optimism, and true love. No matter what misery is inflicted upon her, she remains ever gentle and kind.
A Ravenclaw would be a unique Cinderella. She is outcasted by most of modern society – she’s seen as odd and is scorned for her interests, but she still dreams of one day finding someone who might accept her as she is. When she goes to the ball at the local castle, she’s unrecognizable in a gorgeous dress she secretly stitched together herself, and for the the first time in her life, she’s finally able to be herself . Finding an intellectual equal in the form of a handsome prince is a blessing that she never would’ve seen coming.
A Slytherin would be a political Cinderella. In this time and place, she’s fenced in by societal walls too steep to climb, so she’ll bide her time and hold her tongue, waiting for her chance. She and the prince meet long before the ball, so the prince goes out of his way to make sure she can come. The entire kingdom must attend? Check. Masks to hide everyone’s identities? Check. Now all she needs to do is leave before everyone takes their masks off at midnight and leave something behind that could only be traced back to her…
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The Hogwarts Houses as Enlightenment Philosophers Aesthetic
Slytherin as Thomas Hobbes
The author of Leviathan, Hobbes argued that the absolute power of a king comes from a choice made by his subjects, where they choose to sacrifice some of their freedoms for the sake of protection. In his view, nature was created without law and order, and that state could only be changed by civilization and authority. He also expressed a great deal of distrust toward organized religion, believing that it could be used to spark unrest and civil war. Although he was the most conservative of all of these enlightenment thinkers, as he upheld the virtue of monarchy, it was nonetheless Hobbes who first developed many ideas that influenced later thinkers: mankind’s inherent equality; the right of the individual; the need for the people’s will to be represented by their leaders; and the “social contract”, where a king only has power because of the will of the majority.
Hufflepuff as John Locke
The author of Two Treatises of Government, Locke agreed with Hobbes on many points but disagreed on a few key things that would make him the most famous of all these thinkers and the “Father of Liberalism.” His best known contribution was the notion that, at birth, every man is endowed with natural, inalienable rights – life, liberty, and property – that cannot be given away or taken by anyone else. In Locke’s view, every person is born a “tabala rasa” (or “blank slate”), and knowledge is only gained through experience and sensory perception. Locke also believed in quiet, restrained government that only interferes when it absolutely has to, not unlike what future American revolutionaries like Thomas Jefferson would later champion. Locke favored a representative democratic government that would mainly protect property and trade and little else.
Ravenclaw as Charles-Louis de Secondat, Baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu
The author of The Spirit of the Laws, Montesquieu contradicted both Locke and Hobbes, proclaiming that in nature, humans are not inherently good or wicked, but rather just weak, fearful creatures that naturally avoid violence.Therefore once mankind joins society, they lose their inherent equality and knowledge of their own mortality and learn to pursue war and conquest. It’s that thirst for war and conquest that then leads to government and the creation of laws. Montesquieu theorized that the best approach to government was to split it into distinct, separate entities – he liked the concept of three branches (executive, legislative, and judicial) that could check and balance the others. This of course would later inspire the United States’ three branches of government. His idea of three would also shape his concept of the three types of government – monarchy, ruled by honor; republic, ruled by virtue; and despotism, ruled by fear.
Gryffindor as Jean-Jacques Rousseau
The author of The Social Contract, Rousseau is generally considered the most radical of these thinkers. He believed that all people are born happy and equal, only to be corrupted by society at large as they grow up. In Rousseau’s mind, the only reason that people are subservient to kings is because the lower classes were deceived into seeing higher ones as superior. Thus the so-called “social contract” is in truth a scam perpetrated by the wealthy against the rest of society. Rousseau’s central theme, however, was individuality – not only did he strongly believe in the idea of a direct democracy (rather than a representative one), but he believed all decisions, both legal and legislative, should be made “by the people” alone, and not by any sort of court or executive authority. He also championed the idea that it was more valuable for children’s education to revolve around morality and character than about imparting to them information and concepts.
Note: All of these philosophers have their strengths and weaknesses, and I’m sure all of you will have your own opinions about their theories. All I wanted to do was use these thinkers to draw parallels to the psychological split between the four houses, not dictate what everyone personally believes. Hell, I’m a Slytherin, and I personally think that each of these thinkers brought something good to the table. And I would not mind giving each of them a boot to the head for some other stupid thing they believed in. So there you go.
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[Fairy Tale Characters, Hogwarts Style] King Arthur Aesthetic
A Gryffindor King Arthur would be motivated by chivalry. He is a knight wearing a king’s crown, defending the weak and chasing adventure and glory for his people. He falls in love with Guinevere for her courage in the heat of battle, but she devotes herself to the bravest, most modest of knights instead. This Arthur is doomed to watch the amazing, beautiful kingdom he’s built burn to the ground before his eyes.
A Hufflepuff King Arthur would be motivated by justice. No other man could have come up with the concept of a round table where every man is equal completely on his own – he treats every man as a king, and every woman as a queen, regardless of rank or wealth. He falls in love with Guinevere for her kind, gentle heart, but alas, that heart belongs to another. This Arthur is doomed to watch all of the people he loves and trusts betray him.
A Ravenclaw King Arthur would be motivated by wisdom. Merlin taught him well, and with his education and natural brilliance, he brings about a Golden Age of peace and understanding. He falls in love with Guinevere for her free spirit, but because of that free spirit, she will never truly be his. This Arthur is doomed to watch the peace he’s fought so hard for devolve once again into war and ruin.
A Slytherin King Arthur would be motivated by nobility. Upon learning that he is the chosen heir of the last great king, he vows to bring back the stability and prosperity of that bygone era, the kind of which he has never seen with his own eyes. He falls in love with Guinevere for her strong passions, but because their marriage was a political move, they both know they will never feel as strongly for each other as they’d like. This Arthur is doomed to have all of his worst mistakes come back to destroy him – to be impaled on his own sword.
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[Fairy Tale Characters, Hogwarts Style] Snow White Aesthetic
Snow White, were she a Gryffindor, would be considered the noblest one of all. The Evil Queen would pursue that title by making sure she was the rightful queen of the land, amassing wealth and marrying and/or disposing of any other rightful heirs to the throne. And yet it is the servant girl Snow White who is truly worthy of the title, for despite her quiet nature, her honor and courage is enough to rival an army’s.
Snow White, were she a Hufflepuff, would be considered the fairest one of all. The Evil Queen, in all her vanity, would be perfectly bewildered and furious that her young stepdaughter, so plain and childish in her appearance, could be considered lovelier than her. But what really earns Snow White the loyalty of her people are her kind heart and her strong sense of justice, which makes her treat everyone she meets with dignity and respect.
Snow White, were she a Ravenclaw, would be considered the wisest one of all. The Evil Queen would be a perfectly brilliant genius, being talented in both magic and strategy, and would have been able to put the whole of the kingdom in the palm of her hand through politics and curses. Alas, the Queen is too arrogant to see that wisdom comes from no book – something our open-minded, artistic, thoughtful courtier Snow White knows purely on instinct.
Snow White, were she a Slytherin, would be considered the strongest one of all. The Evil Queen, threatened by the patriarchal system that demands she remarry upon her husband’s untimely death, asserts her strength by coldly eliminating anyone who gets in her way. She also takes to abusing her younger stepsister, Snow White; when she does, however, Snow White shows the true meaning of strength – that is, resilience, confidence, and resourcefulness.
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[Fairy Tale Characters, Hogwarts Style] Robin Hood Aesthetic
A Gryffindor would take on the mantle of Robin Hood as an act of rebellion. After fighting alongside King Richard in the Crusades and escaping captivity in Jerusalem, he comes home to find an England subjugated by the unlawful and unjust Prince John, a man who Robin vows he will never bow to. One of the first to join Robin’s side is the fiery Maid Marian, King Richard’s favorite cousin, who is more than worthy of being queen herself if she so chose – that’s certainly what the scheming Prince has in his head.
A Hufflepuff would take on the mantle of Robin Hood as an act of charity. When he sees the peasants being taxed within an inch of their lives, he, as well as other nobles like the fair Maid Marian, give more in their taxes so the peasants don’t have to. Unfortunately Robin’s family resides on land that the spiteful Prince covets, and so Robin’s home and family are destroyed in a covert raid by the Sheriff of Nottingham’s men. Robin miraculously survives, and now that he is as impoverished as the people he once helped, he vows to lead them, so that nobody else suffers at Prince John’s hands again.
A Ravenclaw would take on the mantle of Robin Hood as an act of order. He is well aware that the miserable state of affairs in England, from the large-scale poverty to the frequent abuse of power, largely come back to Prince John, who has taken to acting as king in Richard’s stead. With some help from his more sensible other half Maid Marian, Robin decides the best way to fight corruption and restore peace would be to work outside the confines of the Prince’s unjust laws – he’ll make his own kingdom in Sherwood Forest, to serve as a safe haven for John’s victims and to counteract his cruelty.
A Slytherin would take on the mantle of Robin Hood as an act of survival. When England starts going to hell in a hand basket, he has every intention of staying at court and fighting Prince John in his home turf, quietly paying off strangers’ debts and writing anonymous pamphlets to urge his fellow courtiers to stand up to the Prince’s tyranny. Unfortunately Robin’s treason is discovered and he is branded an outlaw, but thanks to a coded warning sent from his childhood love Maid Marian, Robin is able to escape execution and decides that the time for talk is through – now is the time for action.
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[Fairy Tale Characters, Hogwarts Style] Beauty Aesthetic
A Gryffindor Beauty would be named not just for her face, but for her spirit. She is a rebellious, artistic soul who is enamored with the revolutionary spirit sweeping the countryside, so much so that she is about the only woman in town who has never dreamed of being a princess. But when her father gets lost on his way home from a trip, Beauty must hurry to rescue him from a terrible Beast, even if it means nobly choosing to stay in his place.
A Hufflepuff Beauty would be named not just for her face, but her heart. She is a girl of few needs – in fact, unlike her sisters who lament the life they lost when their father’s business went under, Beauty’s only regret about the ordeal is the loss of her rose garden. When she learns her father is indebted to a horrible Beast, she selflessly strikes a bargain where she will serve as a servant in the Beast’s castle until her father’s debt is repaid.
A Ravenclaw Beauty would be named not just for her face, but her mind. She is a dreamer through and through, perfectly unaware of the hustle and bustle of normal day-to-day life and always with her nose in a book. When her ill father is taken prisoner by the Beast, Beauty uses cool logic and a good pinch of honor to propose a compromise – if her father stays, he’ll die, but the Beast demands a prisoner…so wouldn’t he prefer her instead?
A Slytherin Beauty would be named not just for her face, but her grace. Despite her family’s financial trouble, she never once loses her dignity, and she raises her father and sisters’ spirits with her resourcefulness and love of music. When her father takes ill, Beauty volunteers to go to the city in his place, and on her way home, she stumbles upon a strange castle adrift in the middle of an ice cold lake…