I know, but it had never evolved into a big thing. Just one or two icons that only a handful of people shared. It was just one or two that were sharing the joke and it never covered the entire common room like it does now. Now it's like, the new Gryffindor mascot and symbol and symbol is a pretty big leap forward. At least the Lion/Gryphon was a majestic and bold creature, strong and a leader etc. Pirates? Outlaws. Dirty. Murdered and raped the helpless on the sea. Cheated. Did underhanded things. etc. Sure, they were eventually granted a piece of paper that called them "privateers" and just -some- got that, but in every country, they're depicted as nothing remotely like what Gryffindors are.
And Jack Sparrow? A really cool character but this is the Harry Potter fandom, not Pirates of the Carribean, if that really is why the pirate thing is so popular then uh.. D:
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Re: I'll answer them one by one.
Date: 2006-09-13 02:12 am (UTC)And Jack Sparrow? A really cool character but this is the Harry Potter fandom, not Pirates of the Carribean, if that really is why the pirate thing is so popular then uh.. D: