As I was standing, waiting for my name to be called, I would be thinking about the things the Sorting Hat mentioned about each house... daring, brave at heart and chivalry are not near the top of my list when I think of words to describe myself. I have my moments, but in most cases, I'm chicken shit. I have a hard time with doing things that involve a lot of bravery... I worry a lot that something horrible is going to happen if I step too far out of my comfort zone. It's something I am working on, but especially when I was 11, I wouldn't have done much that would get me in the limelight, which is what I feel a lot of Gryffindor's do. With Hufflepuff, Justice and Loyalty aren't too high either. Sure I think that things should always be fair, and I am very loyal to people that mean a lot to me, but I also think that fairness is really just in the eye of the beholder, and what may be fair to one person will not be fair to someone else. Even so, I never like to be on the unfair side of that, but in most cases, I deal with it, even if I feel that I don't deserve it, because I don't think that it's my place to say I am better for any reason. Even being loyal to those I care about has it's limits. I love my family to death, but if worst came to worst chances are I would have a hard time standing up for them, helping them, or even living with them for long periods of time. That's not to say that I would never help my family, because I would, but if I felt that my needs were greater than theirs, or even if I was just feeling particularly lousy, I would help myself first. Reading back on that makes me feel kind of like horrible, but... It's the only way I can really explain it to get my point across. A ready mind, wit, and Learning A ready mind, to me, is just that. A mind that is ready to do _______. Learn, play, joke, study, etc. I like to keep myself ready for any situation. Granted, it doesn't always work, but I would like to think that I am always ready for something to happen. I have always considered myself to be pretty quick on the uptake. I can figure things out without much outside help, and a lot of people tend to be surprised when they realize just how much I know, compared to what they thought. I think that I would be able to mold that to fit into the category for whit. Wit to me also means being able to throw comebacks quickly. Not necessarily in a fight, but in every day conversation, thinking of something to say that is funny or factual, even mean, or sarcastic. Sarcasm is wonderful, in my opinion, but it can go too far, so I would prefer to consider myself witty, as opposed to sarcastic, which i believe I did say in my old application. For Slytherin, the Sorting Hat didn't give specifics like it did the other houses, but I think the main thing to touch on there is that Slytherins will do just about anything to get what they want. Not always, and I'm sure not every student would do so, but I see a Slytherin being the most likely to blame an enemy, -or a friend, for that matter- for something they did, just to get out of trouble. I also think that they would likely be able to talk their way out of a lot of punishments or accusations. I don't like to get other people in trouble. Regardless if the person is my best friend, or someone who has been extremely mean to me in the past, I do not want to be the person who tells on them. Even if I really want something, like a higher paying spot at my job, I wouldn't go as far as to tell the person doing the interview all the things the other person was not doing wrong, or what they weren't doing at all. I pay attention and catch a lot of thigns that are going on, but I will. not. use that information against them. Ugh. I feel like that last bit makes me sound like I think all snakes are jerks and bastards who like to get other people in trouble... that's not what I mean at all if that's how you took it. I just mean that they are more willing than I am to get their hands dirty to get what they want.
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shit. I have a hard time with doing things that involve a lot of bravery... I worry a lot that something horrible is going to happen if I step too far out of my comfort zone. It's something I am working on, but especially when I was 11, I wouldn't have done much that would get me in the limelight, which is what I feel a lot of Gryffindor's do.With Hufflepuff, Justice and Loyalty aren't too high either. Sure I think that things should always be fair, and I am very loyal to people that mean a lot to me, but I also think that fairness is really just in the eye of the beholder, and what may be fair to one person will not be fair to someone else. Even so, I never like to be on the unfair side of that, but in most cases, I deal with it, even if I feel that I don't deserve it, because I don't think that it's my place to say I am better for any reason.
Even being loyal to those I care about has it's limits. I love my family to death, but if worst came to worst chances are I would have a hard time standing up for them, helping them, or even living with them for long periods of time. That's not to say that I would never help my family, because I would, but if I felt that my needs were greater than theirs, or even if I was just feeling particularly lousy, I would help myself first. Reading back on that makes me feel kind of like horrible, but... It's the only way I can really explain it to get my point across.
A ready mind, wit, and Learning A ready mind, to me, is just that. A mind that is ready to do _______. Learn, play, joke, study, etc. I like to keep myself ready for any situation. Granted, it doesn't always work, but I would like to think that I am always ready for something to happen.
I have always considered myself to be pretty quick on the uptake. I can figure things out without much outside help, and a lot of people tend to be surprised when they realize just how much I know, compared to what they thought. I think that I would be able to mold that to fit into the category for whit. Wit to me also means being able to throw comebacks quickly. Not necessarily in a fight, but in every day conversation, thinking of something to say that is funny or factual, even mean, or sarcastic. Sarcasm is wonderful, in my opinion, but it can go too far, so I would prefer to consider myself witty, as opposed to sarcastic, which i believe I did say in my old application.
For Slytherin, the Sorting Hat didn't give specifics like it did the other houses, but I think the main thing to touch on there is that Slytherins will do just about anything to get what they want. Not always, and I'm sure not every student would do so, but I see a Slytherin being the most likely to blame an enemy, -or a friend, for that matter- for something they did, just to get out of trouble. I also think that they would likely be able to talk their way out of a lot of punishments or accusations. I don't like to get other people in trouble. Regardless if the person is my best friend, or someone who has been extremely mean to me in the past, I do not want to be the person who tells on them. Even if I really want something, like a higher paying spot at my job, I wouldn't go as far as to tell the person doing the interview all the things the other person was not doing wrong, or what they weren't doing at all. I pay attention and catch a lot of thigns that are going on, but I will. not. use that information against them.
Ugh. I feel like that last bit makes me sound like I think all snakes are jerks and bastards who like to get other people in trouble... that's not what I mean at all if that's how you took it. I just mean that they are more willing than I am to get their hands dirty to get what they want.
Bleh. that was long.