wndx (wndx) wrote in thesortinghat, @ 2007-08-26 19:26:00 |
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If you had been born in the British Isles, and thus eligible to be invited to Hogwarts, would you have been likely to have been muggleborn, halfblood (one magical parent and one muggle parent) or from a pureblood family? Think about your heritage and the kinds of people your parents are, and their families.
Probably halfblood. I can't trace my family history back more than a four generations - and a bunch of my non-immediate family were adopted. So I would think that there would be a fair mixture both ways.
What house would you have wanted to be in as an eleven year old? Take into consideration the values of your family, and how you answered the last question, along with your basic nature. How would their world view in how they raised you affect your interpretation of the houses?
Ravenclaw - my parents are education fiends! Besides that I really am a book worm and find more witty humor better than the slapstick I was raised on. My parents tend to evaluate us on where they think we'd fit so I definitely think that there would be a pressure there to be in Ravenclaw.
What animal, if any, would you have taken with you? Would you have followed the rules, or taken another small pet with you (such as a snake or rat)?
I really like the traditional owl. I had a bird when I was younger that I just adored - so I think I'd jump at the chance to own an owl.
During the school year, when students can choose to go home during the holidays, would you? What would be your reasons for going home or staying?
I'd go home. Holidays are really "family time". I also get really edgy if I'm in one place for too long - I'm a wanderer.
Where would you be at during the Quidditch matches? Would you be on the team, if so, what position? Would you be cheering in the stands for your house? Just there with your friends having fun? Or relaxing in the common rooms enjoying the quiet?
I'd want to be in the common rooms - but I'd probably pressure myself into being in the stands where I'd half-heartedly cheer. Sports aren't my thing, but I'd have a sense of responsibility to try and enjoy the school experience.
What kind of reputation would you have at Hogwarts? Would people know you as being completely obsessed with studying, like Hermione, or as pranksters like the Weasley Twins? Is it likely you'd be in a clique like Pansy Parkinson? Or just one of the nameless masses just going through school? Try and be completely honest about how you really are or were, even if it might seem to give you a negative impression, or like you're "pushing".
A people pleaser. I'd go out of my way to help people out with what they needed, weather it be school work or mending robes. I try to fix things for everybody and keep them happy.
How well would you do at all of the required courses through years 1-5? Which electives would you have chosen, whether you were interested in them or because you were good at it (because you can be interested in animals without being capable in handling and dealing with them)? Which courses would you have chosen to take the N.E.W.T.s for (which classes you still had for 6th and 7th year), and why would you take them? For pure enjoyment value, or because it was required in a future job? How well, academically, would you have done at Hogwarts? If at your current age you would all ready have graduated, think of what you were like during the ages you would've been at school, and if you're school age, try and assume the likely hood of the future.
I'd be a fair student. I do better when I'm around people who do well.
I would have been passionate about Charms, Divination, and Defense Against the Dark Arts. Charms because I enjoy memorizing little bits. Divination because I like the sort of mysteriousness of it and I think I'd be like "you'll never guess what I saw!". There'd be a certain amount of romance about about the Defense Against the Dark Arts that would make me a good student. I'd be absolutely horrible at Potions - I have chemical fear so that would probably translate into a deep fear of potions.
After graduating Hogwarts, what's the most likely thing for you to do? Go on a Grand Tour and visit continental Europe, or to one of the other continents? Live among the muggles? Find a job and settle down? Start a family?
Travel. Lots and lots of travel.
What are three wizarding jobs that appeal to you, or you think you would be good at? If you have a special interest in something particularly muggle, try and come up with the magical counterpart.
Keeping the peace between different magical communities. Traveling from country to country in an official capacity would be great.
Write for the Daily Prophet. I love to write and journalism sounds great - but I'd want to be the anti-Reta.
You know those are the only two that really tickle my fancy.
Imagine if you had been the same age as the Marauders during the first rise of Voldemort, what sort of position would you likely to have fallen in? Would you have been one of the ones like James and Lily, recruited into the Order of the Phoenix? Would your interest in the Dark Arts have let you be seduced into the Death Eaters, even if you weren't necessarily an evil-intentioned person like Snape? Would you have been oblivious to it completely until the body count started rising? Try and imagine and explain what you think your life would be like.
I'm a very event and political oriented person so I would be aware from the beginning. I imagine that I'd be a bit of a liability for the Order since I'd want to scream knowledge at the top of my lungs - but I can keep a secret if need be so after a while they may have come to trust me. Either way I'd try and be an active participant against Voldemort.
Lastly, is there anything else about you you think we should know?
Nope. That's all I can think of. If you want to know more ask!