Yet Another Anita Blake/Inevitable Poll (YAABIP)

[mhalachai]

In the comments to the latest chapter of Inevitable, cissasghost and I were pondering how we would sort the Anita Blake characters. So, I thought, why shoudl we hog the fun? I present to you:

Sorting the Anita Blake gang, Hogwarts style

[Poll #596724]

Comments

[catherinecookmn.livejournal.com]

Heh. The hardest part for me was trying to decide if Jason should be a Gryffindor (because he does silly-ass things all the time) or a Hufflepuff (because he is very durable and utterly devoted to Jean-Claude). Hufflepuff won out. Those badgers can fight!

[mhalachaiswords.livejournal.com]

That's why I like the half-houses. So Jason can be a Gryfflepuff. *snicker*

[catherinecookmn.livejournal.com]

Or a Huffindor. ;-)

[uten.livejournal.com]

And I made him a Slytherin because those "silly-ass things" come across as a mask to me. Total opposite end of the spectrum. That's why I love these polls.

[mhalachaiswords.livejournal.com]

That's actually why I stuck him in Ravenclaw :)

[thymidinekinase.livejournal.com]

I made him a Ravenclaw because he's such a sensualist. His big interest seems to be stimulation and a desire to know "what's it like?".

[watcher457.livejournal.com]

i'm happy to discuss my answers, because i think other answers are interesting. i but richard as ravenclaw, and i'm slapping myself for it. i was wrong. another one was nathaniel. I put him under gryffindor. why? neville. he reminds me of neville. sylvie i said was hufflepuff. she seems the epitomy of hufflepuff to me. so very... this is what must be done, and she's not afraid of the work. strangely, i put damian there too, and i stick by it. i can't remember asher and micah, the decisions i made for them.

[mhalachaiswords.livejournal.com]

What would you have put Richard as otherwise?

People are all over the map on Nathaniel. I put him as Slytherin, because he's manipulative of Anita (in that he's gotten her to do exactly what he wants, over the course of the last few books. Since it's what Anita kind of wanted anyway, she's not picking up on it).

[thymidinekinase.livejournal.com]

Whoa, I didn't even see that! I clearly need to reread the Richard-bits of the last couple of books. I put him in Hufflepuff (though Gryffindor came close) based mostly on his behavior in the very earliest books. He was such a Boy Scout (hard work, fair play, etc) and his attempt to "lead" the pack was so team-oriented. Actually, with Sylvie's strong involvement, it still is team-oriented, I guess.

[thymidinekinase.livejournal.com]

Ooops, I misunderstood. I thought you meant Richard all the way through. I was talking about Richard with regard to the Boy Scout comments. Regarding Nathaniel, I'd say Hufflepuff, because he's essentially a loyal order-taker, but I'd agree that he has a WIDE Slytherin streak.

[watcher457.livejournal.com]

other than gryffindor? god, i don't know. my brain wasn't functioning, i suppose. I'm pretty sure it was him i stuck in ravenclaw. i only put one person there.

nathaniel... see, i think that nathaniel is gryffindor through and through. he reminds me of neville... and you're right, he does manipulate anita, it's not manipulation for manipulation's sake or for his own benefit. it's for anita's benefit, or the benefit of others, and i think that is a very big difference. gryffindor's can be sly and crafty, but the difference is why they are being being sly and crafty. that's why i put him there.

[(Anonymous)]

brian still not functioning. he should be a gryffindor.

[watcher457.livejournal.com]

and that was me. must... have... coffee...

[rosedugloria.livejournal.com]

Nice poll! There were a few cases, like Anita's and Jason's, which were extremely hard to put into a House.

I'm now very much looking forward to the next chapter of Inevitable!

[mhalachaiswords.livejournal.com]

I thought Anita was pretty easy. Asher was the really hard one for me. I still can't place him.

I ended up with Jason in Ravenclaw, because he's really very smart. But he's one of those folks who could have gone to any house.

[uten.livejournal.com]

Anita is a Slytherin to the bone now. The only people she will rush in to save are HER people. Asher I figured for a Ravenclaw, although that's only because he got over his rage. Otherwise he would have been much harder for me to put somewhere.

Jason I put in Slytherin, simply because I think his care-free attitude is there as a mask for the deadly beast beneath. And he is smart as well, which all Snakes are supposed to be, and it's a trait that he doesn't go out of his way to flaunt.

I really love these polls now, just to read what other people think.

[eavling.livejournal.com]

Personally, I believe that they all have a deep core of Hufflepuff ie. Loyalty. After all, isn't that what pack structure is all about? Above that, they have a layer, to varying degrees of Slytherin i.e. Utmost Practicallity and the ability to do what ever it takes to attain their goals. After that they have a layer of Gryfindor i.e. Bravery and Courageousness; they will do what they think is right even to the detriment of their own selves. And some of them even have strong elements of Ravenclaw i.e. Learning, Knowolege and, quithas, Wisdom.

I really don't think that these characters can be qualified by the Hogwarts system. LKH builds her characters to be 'layered.' These characters are the best of all the houses in their own unique ways.

E.A.V.

[mhalachaiswords.livejournal.com]

Another side to the loyalty coin is in Gryffindor, they are very loyal to each other in some situations. The same could be said for each house, I'm just not sure why Hufflepuff gets that tagline.

The HP characters are also as layered, or at least they can be seen that way. The whole sorting system is bogus. I sure as hell wouldn't want to be pigeonholed for life based on the person I was at eleven.

[eavling.livejournal.com]

I divide the Hogwarts Sorting System into two part. Slyterin vs. Grifindor; Ravenclaw vs. Hufflepuff. Slytherin and Grifindor are based upon characteristics that are based upon personality while Revenclaw and Hufflepuff seem to be based upon work ethics and learning tactics. It doesn't really make sense.

It's like the US designations for race on questionaires...are you Black, White, Latino, Native American, etc.? Who ever came up with the classifications got confused about race, skin tones and cultural background. What's it like in Canada?

The loyalty tag is placed because of the Sorting songs.