Sorting Hat meta
Nov. 1st, 2018 11:13 pmSo ![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
melannen has an interestingly provocative single question Sorting Hat game. It's generated a lot of discussion, some of which is the usual fun game of picking holes in JKR's worldbuilding, but also some really interesting stuff about how people interpret the houses and the stories they tell about their own identity. I don't want to hijack Melannen's post too much, so I'm bringing it over here too.
Firstly, a response poll: what do you think ofmelannen's Sorting Hat trick?
( poll, and Liv's opinions )
Annnnyway, thank youmelannen for giving me something to think about. There is lots of Harry Potter in my life at the moment because my partners' kids are super into it, bringing Potterverse into every conversation and every game and dressing up as HP characters at every opportunity. They're almost Talmudic in their interest in discussing every detail of both book and film canon, including the prequels and sequels and any number of fan videos, it's absolutely glorious.
Thinking aboutmelannen's analysis might help me when the children ask me to sort everybody into houses. I mean, I think trying to apply Sorting Hat principles to people who are not fairly simplistically drawn fictional children can be quite futile, but it's made for some interesting discussions. And of course, Hogwarts houses are canonically like gender: people might match the superficial / stereotypical characteristics you associate with a particular house, but ultimately it's how each person chooses to identify.
melannen has an interestingly provocative single question Sorting Hat game. It's generated a lot of discussion, some of which is the usual fun game of picking holes in JKR's worldbuilding, but also some really interesting stuff about how people interpret the houses and the stories they tell about their own identity. I don't want to hijack Melannen's post too much, so I'm bringing it over here too. Firstly, a response poll: what do you think of
melannen's Sorting Hat trick? ( poll, and Liv's opinions )
Annnnyway, thank you
melannen for giving me something to think about. There is lots of Harry Potter in my life at the moment because my partners' kids are super into it, bringing Potterverse into every conversation and every game and dressing up as HP characters at every opportunity. They're almost Talmudic in their interest in discussing every detail of both book and film canon, including the prequels and sequels and any number of fan videos, it's absolutely glorious. Thinking about
melannen's analysis might help me when the children ask me to sort everybody into houses. I mean, I think trying to apply Sorting Hat principles to people who are not fairly simplistically drawn fictional children can be quite futile, but it's made for some interesting discussions. And of course, Hogwarts houses are canonically like gender: people might match the superficial / stereotypical characteristics you associate with a particular house, but ultimately it's how each person chooses to identify.