For me, the fundamental Gryff/Slyth divide, as I said, is that Gryffs are old-style leaders-by-example/doing, while Slytherins are leaders from behind the front lines (remfs).
If you want to put it on a two-dimensional scale, than Gry & Huf are more emotional and Sly and Rav more logical, while Gry and Sly are natural commanders and Rav and Huf natural followers/backup/support types.
Harry: he's a natural leader with both idealism and rationality when he's not manipulated to the snapping point, but by natural instinct he and Dumbledore need to be at the front lines. It costs Harry Sirius and it costs Dumbledore his life. They can't muster the emotional distance to know that, yes, a strategist/leader's life is more valuable than his troops and for the good of the group he cannot sacrifice himself for the group. Hence, while they're borderline, in the end they're griffindor.
Notice that in the square I set up S-G | | R-H
You say that Gale has S and H traits but end up with R. S & H are the ones with similar traits to R. If you're choosing between S & R, think: are they more like G or H? If G, than S, if H, than R.
Heat, the choice is between H & G. So, ask yourself: is he more S or R? His base person was R, and he can't do cold-blooded rationality, holding himself back from helping for a long-term goal, worth a damn. So, H.
With Serph, you give a triad: G's in the middle of the three, as with Gale ending up a Ravenclaw.
Sera: more like a Slytherin or Ravenclaw? Ravenclaw. She's a Hufflepuff.
With Roland, the trinity you give ends up with Gryffindor in the middle, but with him I'd say he's balanced between Slytherin, Ravenclaw, and Hufflepuff. He fundamentally hates leadership/being the one to make the tough decision in the clinch. The Griffindor type finds that their element: they don't want someone else doing it for them. Roland wants Greg to be doing it and then he switches over to Serph. I kind of see him, as a Ravenclaw, on the opposite extreme from a Gryffindor on the chart above, but to each his own.
The issue with Argilla is that while she's certainly not any sort of pushover, she's fundamentally a support type. She wants to help others and even her big break away from the group is to go follow Roland. Is Argilla more like a Slytherin or a Ravenclaw? Ravenclaw. So, by my chart above, I'm going with Hufflepuff.
As for Harry, is he more like a Ravenclaw or Hufflepuff? He's loyal to his friends and he hates studying. Hufflepuff. Hence, Gryffindor.
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Re: Hmm... as you're speccing about houses continued.
Date: 2008-03-04 08:05 am (UTC)If you want to put it on a two-dimensional scale, than Gry & Huf are more emotional and Sly and Rav more logical, while Gry and Sly are natural commanders and Rav and Huf natural followers/backup/support types.
Heat: emotionally-driven supporter type: Hufflepuff.
Harry: he's a natural leader with both idealism and rationality when he's not manipulated to the snapping point, but by natural instinct he and Dumbledore need to be at the front lines. It costs Harry Sirius and it costs Dumbledore his life. They can't muster the emotional distance to know that, yes, a strategist/leader's life is more valuable than his troops and for the good of the group he cannot sacrifice himself for the group. Hence, while they're borderline, in the end they're griffindor.
Notice that in the square I set up
S-G
| |
R-H
You say that Gale has S and H traits but end up with R. S & H are the ones with similar traits to R. If you're choosing between S & R, think: are they more like G or H? If G, than S, if H, than R.
Heat, the choice is between H & G. So, ask yourself: is he more S or R? His base person was R, and he can't do cold-blooded rationality, holding himself back from helping for a long-term goal, worth a damn. So, H.
With Serph, you give a triad: G's in the middle of the three, as with Gale ending up a Ravenclaw.
Sera: more like a Slytherin or Ravenclaw? Ravenclaw. She's a Hufflepuff.
With Roland, the trinity you give ends up with Gryffindor in the middle, but with him I'd say he's balanced between Slytherin, Ravenclaw, and Hufflepuff. He fundamentally hates leadership/being the one to make the tough decision in the clinch. The Griffindor type finds that their element: they don't want someone else doing it for them. Roland wants Greg to be doing it and then he switches over to Serph. I kind of see him, as a Ravenclaw, on the opposite extreme from a Gryffindor on the chart above, but to each his own.
The issue with Argilla is that while she's certainly not any sort of pushover, she's fundamentally a support type. She wants to help others and even her big break away from the group is to go follow Roland. Is Argilla more like a Slytherin or a Ravenclaw? Ravenclaw. So, by my chart above, I'm going with Hufflepuff.
As for Harry, is he more like a Ravenclaw or Hufflepuff? He's loyal to his friends and he hates studying. Hufflepuff. Hence, Gryffindor.