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what if i told you....and be ready
my patronus is a thestral....?
This is how the sorting hat came into being. No arguments.
So here’s one of my founders headcanons: Salazar Slytherin being a potions master is all well and good, but just because his house produced a lot of them doesn’t mean he was one. Basically, imagine Rowena Ravenclaw as a mad scientist. Imagine her working on a potion all night and almost falling asleep at the breakfast table. Imagine her with crazy hair and sooty clothing because “It exploded, Salazar! It’s not supposed to do that! Why did the hellebore have such a violent reaction to the aconite!!” and Salazar just sighs and “Rowena, I have no idea what you’re talking about. Were you experimenting with your potions again? You know that’s not my area of expertise.”
Imagine Rowena getting a pretty diadem from her aunt who thinks she should act more like a lady. And Rowena doesn’t know what to do with it because jewelry isn’t practical, what if it gets stuck in something or falls into a potion? So instead she leaves it on the table and gets distracted by her thoughts, and ´I wonder what would happen if I made a runic chain mixing sumerian and norse. Hmm… if I added mannaz there and.. but what would I use it for. It could boost someone’s intelligence if I added the hagalaz rune there but how do I apply it to a person without causing irreparable damage… what if….´ and then she remembers the diadem in front of her and grabs it, heading for her workshop.
Rowena finishing the diadem but noticing it only works on fullblooded humans, not centaurs or other similar beings. She tries to figure out why and sees the mannaz rune in her configuration. Mannaz, human. She removes it and adds some other runes for balance, because mannaz is usually used to stabilize. But she needs something to try the new rune chain on. She doesn’t really have any more jewelry. So she sneaks in and “borrows” Godric’s hat while he’s asleep, and works on it for hours.The end results are not quite what she planned. Breakfast the next morning is… interesting (maybe she shouldn’t have taken out the mannaz rune). “Hey, has anyone seen my hat?” “Er, about that Godric..” “Rowena what did you do.” “I… ImighthavemadeyourhatsentientI’msosorry!” “..did you just say you made my hat sentient? How the fuck did you even do that? Wait no, don’t answer that, just give me my hat.” “I.. are you sure you want it? It’s just that, well, it picked up some of your habits…” “What do you mean?” “Well.. you know how you sometimes sing drinking songs when you’re bored?” “Yes… Wait. Rowena, please don’t tell me-” “WHEN YOUR DRINK IS HALF EMPTY AND YOUR GLASS IS HALF FULL, WHEN YOU’RE DOWN ON YOUR LUCK AND YOUR LUCK IS DOWNHILL, I’M THE HAT FOR YOU IF YOU TIP YOUR HAT TO ME, OH HEYY, TIP YOUR HAT TO MEEE” “This is your fault Rowena”
Just, mad scientist Rowena. The other founders avoiding her part of the castle because of fumes. Students forbidden from going into the labs without supervision because she might have left a potion to brew or a bit of runework unfinished or another one of those carnivorous cauldrons lying around. Mad scientist Rowena Ravenclaw. Yes.
I'm in love with this quiz but now I need to know what the Gryffindor and Slytherin say!! Can someone share? Pls?
I made a quiz, its 36 questions, and y’all, I play-tested this, I got feedback, I hyper-analyzed, its good. I wasn’t like, I was gonna just let hogwarts houses die but apparently y’all be like,,, not knowing what a slytherin or hufflepuff is no shade and if all these quizzes are gonna ask you this question anyways: this is it. Idiot tested. Idiot approved
take it here! or copy paste if you need to https://uquiz.com/oz0xOu
I'M A BADGER B*ITCHES
So, Hi!
This is my first post, and I present to you a quiz I made. If you're interested please give it a try :)
It's my first time making one too, but yeah I tried. Do let me know what house you got.
Thanks xx
By Gryffindor, the bravest were Prized far beyond the rest
For Ravenclaw, the cleverest Would always be the best
For Hufflepuff, hard workers were Most worthy of admission
And power-hungry Slytherin Loved those of great ambition.
I’ve been sorted in Ravenclaw again !!!
So I guess I’m really a Ravenclaw !! YES !!
Witch.
~w i t c h ~
Magic.
In the changeling, what was it that made the hat decide Slytherin over Gryffindor? Do you think it was purely ginny and what being in Slytherin house would bring out in her and how necessary it would be, or did it sense the part of Voldemort’s soul she possessed like it did in Harry and what that might turn her into?
I made a very conscious decision to not have Ginny write or interact with the diary until after her sorting. I wanted to sorting to be about her, no about what would happen to her. Even more, I did want it woven in that the hat sorted her not just for who she could become, not just for her cunning and her ambition and ability to be ruthless, but what Hogwarts needed. The hat showed a lot of prescience throughout the books, and I think it’s totally reasonable to assert that the hat suspected troubled times were coming--Voldemort just having made an attempt to get back in his body a few months before, Harry Potter being at the school. The hat, having seen generation after generation go by, would know how essential unity would be to the survival of Hogwarts and the students within. I like to think Ginny’s sorting wasn’t out of character, but it was also a careful gambit on the part of the hat. It couldn’t know who she would become, but her potential, oh yes, that is where the hat’s strength lies. And what a choice it would become.
Never read the books nor watched the movies 😑
My bff's hyper fixation kinda rubbed off of me 🤷🏻♀️
Watching this video rn
I feel like I just have to accept my identity as a Slytherin, maybe I am cunning, sarcastic and ambitious but like really nice smh.
Just throw the whole sorting hat away.
Omg I love when my friends validate me hehe
"Or yet in wise old Ravenclaw, if you've a ready mind, Where those of wit and learning, will always find their kind." ~The Sorting Hat
"Or perhaps in Slytherin You'll make your real friends, Those cunning folk use any means To achieve their ends." ~The Sorting Hat
"You might belong in Hufflepuff, Where they are just and loyal, Those patient Hufflepuffs are true, And unafraid of toil." ~ The Sorting Hat
"You might belong in Gryffindor, Where dwell the brave at heart, Their daring, nerve and chivalry, Set Gryffindors apart." ~ The Sorting Hat
the sorting hat, barely touching my head for less than a second: THERAPY THERAPY STRAIGHT TO THERAPY
Why are crabbe and goyle Slytherins?
They're not really smart or cunning.
They're more like Hufflepuff. Loyal friends who always trust you and do what you want.
Why are crabbe and goyle Slytherins?
They're not really smart or cunning.
They're more like Hufflepuff. Loyal friends who always trust you and do what you want.