You said your experience being sorted has caused you to see yourself differently in terms of where you belong and how you see yourself. How did you see yourself before, and what's changed?
Wow, I hate questions like this, because I always feel like I can't avoid coming off as pushy. But, okay..
I used to see myself as a mix of a Hufflepuff and a Slytherin. I don't anymore. Starting with Hufflepuff, I think I mostly see myself that way because of my loyalty. Which, granted, is a large part of who I am. And so I still think that Hufflepuff is a large part of who I am... just, maybe not so large as I considered it to be in the first place? Because while I am a very loyal person, I'm not extremely hard-working, and I am far from patient. So rather than saying that I'm not a Puff, I think it's better to say that I have less Puff qualities than I originally thought, when I was taking a more shallow view of the houses and what their qualities are.
As for Slytherin, I no longer see myself as much of a Slytherin at all. I think I only ever thought that in the first place because I really am such a bitch, and my friends tease me that I belong in Slytherin because of it. One friend in particular, who is unfortunately not a part of Hogwarts is Home, used to tell me that I was a great Slytherin because I was so damn catty, especially to the people I care about. But that really is such a stereotypical view of the house, and I've moved away from the more general stereotypes, I think. Bitchiness is something that can come from any of the houses, it's the nature behind the bitch that determines where you'll be. And I'm really not a very sly or cunning person -- I can lie okay when I need to, I guess, but on the whole I'm really quite bad at it. So while I am ambitious, I think I take different routes to my goals than most Slytherin's would.
So I think it's pretty obvious, then, that I view myself as a mix of a Ravenclaw and a Hufflepuff now. I even got sorted into Ravenpuff at Four House Union, which is pretty much what I expected. I've come to realize that my brain means a lot more to me than I was originally giving it credit for -- mostly because I tend to avoid stupid people, and people who just have no desire whatsoever to learn. But once I started working again, I was forced to deal with those people again, and it's a real slap in the face to see how many people just don't care about how much they don't know, and how stupid they make themselves look.
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Wow, I hate questions like this, because I always feel like I can't avoid coming off as pushy. But, okay..
I used to see myself as a mix of a Hufflepuff and a Slytherin. I don't anymore. Starting with Hufflepuff, I think I mostly see myself that way because of my loyalty. Which, granted, is a large part of who I am. And so I still think that Hufflepuff is a large part of who I am... just, maybe not so large as I considered it to be in the first place? Because while I am a very loyal person, I'm not extremely hard-working, and I am far from patient. So rather than saying that I'm not a Puff, I think it's better to say that I have less Puff qualities than I originally thought, when I was taking a more shallow view of the houses and what their qualities are.
As for Slytherin, I no longer see myself as much of a Slytherin at all. I think I only ever thought that in the first place because I really am such a bitch, and my friends tease me that I belong in Slytherin because of it. One friend in particular, who is unfortunately not a part of Hogwarts is Home, used to tell me that I was a great Slytherin because I was so damn catty, especially to the people I care about. But that really is such a stereotypical view of the house, and I've moved away from the more general stereotypes, I think. Bitchiness is something that can come from any of the houses, it's the nature behind the bitch that determines where you'll be. And I'm really not a very sly or cunning person -- I can lie okay when I need to, I guess, but on the whole I'm really quite bad at it. So while I am ambitious, I think I take different routes to my goals than most Slytherin's would.
So I think it's pretty obvious, then, that I view myself as a mix of a Ravenclaw and a Hufflepuff now. I even got sorted into Ravenpuff at Four House Union, which is pretty much what I expected. I've come to realize that my brain means a lot more to me than I was originally giving it credit for -- mostly because I tend to avoid stupid people, and people who just have no desire whatsoever to learn. But once I started working again, I was forced to deal with those people again, and it's a real slap in the face to see how many people just don't care about how much they don't know, and how stupid they make themselves look.