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(sound of howling husky) ([personal profile] gogollescent) wrote in [community profile] vorkosigan2012-11-04 03:13 pm

a vitally important question

Given the chance, how would you sort the Vorkosigan characters into Hogwarts houses?

Don't look at me like that. This is clearly key information that I am gathering. Is Cordelia the world's most ruthless Hufflepuff, or would she at eleven be hustled off to Ravenclaw, only later in life to develop interpersonal convictions? Does Miles con the hat into putting him into Gryffindor despite the fact that if cut him open you would find a great big S drawn in green on his heart? For that matter, where would Aral have wanted to be put when he was eleven, a pretty formative year for him by any yardstick? Are Illyan and his chip in different houses entirely-- no, don't answer that one--

And so on

This inquiry definitely not made for gruesome fusion research purposes of any kind, of course.
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[personal profile] crisis_control 2012-11-05 04:32 pm (UTC)(link)
My first instinct pegs Aral as Gryffindor (although I buy the argument about him being a Puff, his early self strikes me as a bit too violent and idealistic (and violently idealistic...)), Miles as rule-breaker type Gryffindor (Miles is probably a bit -- a lot -- like Harry; the Hat probably stalled between Gryffindor and Slyth, and Miles would sweet talk it into sorting him into Gryffindor, because, you know, Vorthalia the Bold. Plus, his lack of ambition for Gregor's camp stool). Illyan as a Ravenclaw (inclining towards a Slytherclaw, really)- he can be sneaky, he can be hardworking, but he sure loves his data. (I can actually see him volunteering for the chip, because of the sheer shiny attraction of something that could possibly make him smarter.)

Cordelia I'd place as a Hat-stall. She reminds me of McGonagall, and ultimately I'd slide her into Gryffindor (with her views on the Vor, she's probably not enough of a pureblood fanatic to be Slytherin although she certainly has many characteristics of one), though it's a very close shave with Ravenclaw.

Mark I'd peg as a Slytherin. He's certainly sharp enough, he doesn't share that brand of heroism that Miles does (though he has his own). Strangely enough, I can also see him as a Hufflepuff.

Ivan - is really hard for me. He screams Hufflepuff to me, except for the laziness...

Having said that, I think what this very fascinating discussion shows is that - people really can be placed in all kinds of different Houses, depending on what you define as their defining characteristic and the the House's defining characteristic :) It must be a pain, being the Sorting Hat...
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[personal profile] crisis_control 2012-11-05 05:35 pm (UTC)(link)
*laugh* Beauxbetans in all its punnish glory is fantastic. She probably looks upon all the Sorting as archaic and a little crazy, and probably lobbies for the entire system to be abolished...

Miles, possibly the first person to ask the Hat what its elephant is.

Re Illyan - hm, I think what calls out to me is that his very dispassionate observer status and the ability to hold multiple realities in his head strikes me as very much a Claw trait. Baby!Illyan in Shards isn't a Slytherin either, and too fade-into-the-background to be Gryff or Puff...
Edited 2012-11-05 17:35 (UTC)
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[personal profile] hedda62 2012-11-06 01:45 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, to get back to your original question, what if Simon is a Ravenclaw and the chip is a Hufflepuff? Or the other way around? (I do suffer greatly from anthropomorphic tendencies, if you couldn't tell.)

Miles and the Hat would be a great name for a band. (somehow I think Ivan would be outvoted in the naming process)

Not sure I want to know what happens if the hat and the chip get together.
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[personal profile] hedda62 2012-11-06 06:53 pm (UTC)(link)
culminating in his live cover of Memory.

*dies* *just dies*