a vitally important question

[gogollescent]

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.

Comments

[azurelunatic]

Cordelia might have fancied herself a Ravenclaw until she needed to learn to manage scientists, at which point she embraced her inner Slytherin.

[gogollescent]

I am toying a bit with the idea of Cordelia as a Slytherin-- I can never get over Ezar's line about "I've always felt that theists were more ruthless than atheists", it's one of my favorite quotes from Shards-- though I'm not sure ambition is what's required to command Betan intellectuals. Well, you need some to get the command in the first place, I guess, as demonstrated by her ex-fiance, but even so. On the other hand, she's definitely a capable manipulator once on Barrayar.

[nineveh_uk]

though I'm not sure ambition is what's required to command Betan intellectuals

If they are anything like present-day Earth academics, positively Machiavellian levels of cunning, ambition, and ruthlessness.

[gogollescent]

But these aren't like present-day Earth academics, they are like Earth academics who have been locked in a tin can for a year and armed with ray guns--

--you know, I begin to see your point.