I would take Helena Ravenclaw out of the shadow of her mother and give her a chance to shine in Slytherin. We see that what motivates her is ambition to be great in her own right instead of always being viewed in comparison to her mother; being in her mother's house only exacerbated that issue. And she seemed to have impressed at least one Slytherin (if for the wrong reasons)...
As a stamped Slytherclaw myself, I agree. Excellent choice and excellent reasoning. And I personally would much prefer Uric the Oddball as ghost of Ravenclaw myself! If there’s a prime example of an ancient, utter Ravenclaw, it’s him.
Ginny Weasley would have done well in Slytherin. She’s talented, she’s popular, and she ends pursuing professional Quidditch? Slytherin could make her more than just an award-winning player. In Slytherin, she would find those with enough means and cleverness to invest in her, help her craft her brand, and make her into a star.
I feel like I saw that one a lot in fanfiction - back to the days of Slytherin Rising (which gave 23-year-old pre-HiH me, at a conference in Helsinki, an indication of who I really was)! She would have done well in Slytherin for sure... and would definitely have different influences over there. The one thing I wonder: is popularity necessarily a house trait at all - and would Ginny Weasley be popular outside her own House if she were a Slytherin?
I have to think she would have been popular outside of her house because at the end of the day, she still would have been the "little sister" of Fred, George and Ron who were all at school with her. She would have met Harry before she was sorted, and gotten to know Hermione. And I would like to think she had just enough of that Weasley stubbornness to ignore the "house prejudices" to keep them as her friends.
Great point about the “Weasley stubbornness.” I can definitely see Ginny becoming a school-wide celebrated Slytherin because of that. There might be a good deal of Gryffindors who like her, at any rate, due to her siblings, and like you said, her stubbornness might override all the house rivalry stuff.
I think Percy Weasley should have in Slytherin instead of Gryffindor. He definitely has the ambition, and the desire to be more than his family name would suggest to anyone else, ie. he doesn't want to be "just another Weasley".
YES! A THOUSAND TIMES YES FOR THIS! I never understood why he was in Gryffindor unless it was a family thing. Also the fact that he for a time, turned his back on his own family in order to further his ambition amongst those who were in a "better position" also screams Slytherin to me.
I feel like he fits the character traits for sure... and it would have accelerated his character path by seven years. His working for and aligning with the Ministry feels like it had the same effect that a Slytherin Sorting would...
Slytherin could have suited Percy well. He'd likely need to prove himself to many of its members, however, given the Weasley family's reputation among Slytherin high society. But eventually some might come to respect his ambition and sharp mind - unlike in Gryffindor, where he was teased and hounded by his brothers throughout his time at Hogwarts!
Here's a spicy one - Bellatrix Lestrange in Hufflepuff. "What? Are you mental?" You may be asking and yes, maybe I am a bit mental. But if there's one thing Bellatrix exemplifies, it's loyalty. Even when Voldemort's curse backfired and his Death Eaters were being rounded up in the aftermath, Bellatrix never once tried to claim that she had been under the Imperius Curse or that she had been coerced into doing Voldemort's bidding. She didn't try to switch sides or give up the names of other Death Eaters in hopes of a lighter sentence. Nope, she was open and honest about her loyalty to Voldemort, even though it meant serving many years in Azkaban as a consequence. She was ride or die.
She's definitely ride or die, all right. Lol. But at the same time, her desire to rise through the ranks, and to get as close to Voldemort as possible, speak to Slytherin ambition so strong that Hufflepuffs might be appalled. "You want to be at the top? Why can't you just do what you can to help the cause like the rest of us?"
So I'll admit - when I first read this, I thought it was bonkers. But it's been like...earwormed in my brain for a few days now and it settles into this weird evil!Hufflepuff idea that's far too intriguing. I've even thought about the very first sorting song, where the Hat tells us our first clues about Hufflepuff: You might belong in Hufflepuff/ Where they are just and loyal,/Those patient Hufflepuffs are true/ And unafraid of toil.
Now granted, no one can say Bella's sense of justice isn't warped beyond all belief, but to her (and the other DEs), it's not. Canonically, the Hufflepuffs are some of the stodgiest characters we see when it comes to defending their own, in believing in their cause to the utmost, in being loyal to a fault to whatever it is they believe in - from believing Harry's an evil Parselmouth bent on attacking Muggleborns to believing Harry's out to steal Cedric's glory to believing the lies in the Prophet. They're going to do everything necessary to get their point across, to fight for what's earned their loyalty
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I would take Helena Ravenclaw out of the shadow of her mother and give her a chance to shine in Slytherin. We see that what motivates her is ambition to be great in her own right instead of always being viewed in comparison to her mother; being in her mother's house only exacerbated that issue. And she seemed to have impressed at least one Slytherin (if for the wrong reasons)...
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Quidditch? Slytherin could make her more than just an award-winning player. In Slytherin, she would find those with enough means and cleverness to invest in her, help her craft her brand, and make her into a star.
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I feel like I saw that one a lot in fanfiction - back to the days of Slytherin Rising (which gave 23-year-old pre-HiH me, at a conference in Helsinki, an indication of who I really was)! She would have done well in Slytherin for sure... and would definitely have different influences over there. The one thing I wonder: is popularity necessarily a house trait at all - and would Ginny Weasley be popular outside her own House if she were a Slytherin?
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I have to think she would have been popular outside of her house because at the end of the day, she still would have been the "little sister" of Fred, George and Ron who were all at school with her. She would have met Harry before she was sorted, and gotten to know Hermione. And I would like to think she had just enough of that Weasley stubbornness to ignore the "house prejudices" to keep them as her friends.
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YES! A THOUSAND TIMES YES FOR THIS! I never understood why he was in Gryffindor unless it was a family thing. Also the fact that he for a time, turned his back on his own family in order to further his ambition amongst those who were in a "better position" also screams Slytherin to me.
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I feel like he fits the character traits for sure... and it would have accelerated his character path by seven years. His working for and aligning with the Ministry feels like it had the same effect that a Slytherin Sorting would...
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Slytherin could have suited Percy well. He'd likely need to prove himself to many of its members, however, given the Weasley family's reputation among Slytherin high society. But eventually some might come to respect his ambition and sharp mind - unlike in Gryffindor, where he was teased and hounded by his brothers throughout his time at Hogwarts!
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Here's a spicy one - Bellatrix Lestrange in Hufflepuff. "What? Are you mental?" You may be asking and yes, maybe I am a bit mental. But if there's one thing Bellatrix exemplifies, it's loyalty. Even when Voldemort's curse backfired and his Death Eaters were being rounded up in the aftermath, Bellatrix never once tried to claim that she had been under the Imperius Curse or that she had been coerced into doing Voldemort's bidding. She didn't try to switch sides or give up the names of other Death Eaters in hopes of a lighter sentence. Nope, she was open and honest about her loyalty to Voldemort, even though it meant serving many years in Azkaban as a consequence. She was ride or die.
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She's definitely ride or die, all right. Lol. But at the same time, her desire to rise through the ranks, and to get as close to Voldemort as possible, speak to Slytherin ambition so strong that Hufflepuffs might be appalled. "You want to be at the top? Why can't you just do what you can to help the cause like the rest of us?"
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So I'll admit - when I first read this, I thought it was bonkers. But it's been like...earwormed in my brain for a few days now and it settles into this weird evil!Hufflepuff idea that's far too intriguing. I've even thought about the very first sorting song, where the Hat tells us our first clues about Hufflepuff: You might belong in Hufflepuff/ Where they are just and loyal,/Those patient Hufflepuffs are true/ And unafraid of toil.
Now granted, no one can say Bella's sense of justice isn't warped beyond all belief, but to her (and the other DEs), it's not. Canonically, the Hufflepuffs are some of the stodgiest characters we see when it comes to defending their own, in believing in their cause to the utmost, in being loyal to a fault to whatever it is they believe in - from believing Harry's an evil Parselmouth bent on attacking Muggleborns to believing Harry's out to steal Cedric's glory to believing the lies in the Prophet. They're going to do everything necessary to get their point across, to fight for what's earned their loyalty ( ... )
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