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Sep. 2nd, 2013 10:25 amRe: the Harry Potter sorting quiz that's been circulating recently:
I came up with Ravenclaw, the only real surprise being that I registered merely at the 95th percentile.
( The details... )
I've actually never taken a sorting quiz before, because it seemed so obvious that I'd come up with this result that I hadn't bothered. The more interesting development was that that better half, whom I've always thought of as the quintessential Gryffindor, came up with Hufflepuff. (Folks who've met her: a surprise, right?) Just going by the criteria established, I'd say she's hardworking but not particularly loyal, patient, or kind (Hufflepuff traits, as defined by the test) and certainly brave, proud, stubborn, and extroverted, if not especially impulsive (Gryffindor). The test description says that the questions are drawn from NEO-PI Personality Inventories but doesn't explain how personality traits like extroversion, openness, agreeableness, conscientiousness, and neuroticism are translated into the characteristics of the four Houses. I'm inclined to trust my own instinct here.
Last week I recommended Before Peace, itself a highly intellectual fic about intellectualism and Ravenclaw involvement in political turmoil at Hogwarts over at![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
hp_friendship. (Well, not just "last week"--I still recommend it today!) But it got me thinking about the Houses and what an odd kind of universe it would be to live and study and play with the people who are most like you in terms of personality. There's so much self-selection in the Muggle world of adolescence--in terms of class, gender, subculture, race and ethnicity--but personality type doesn't seem to be a strong criterion for friendship and companionship. In fact, if anything, different personality types seem to complement each other.*
Anyways, that brings me to my question: I've seen some of your sortings, but what kind of relationships are you in with romantic partners, close friends, children, siblings and family members, close coworkers? Are the people who are closest to you also similar to you in terms of personality?
* Arguably, that's the case in HP, as well, with most of the action taking place in the world of Gryffindor, but with Hermione and Neville bringing some of the best qualities of other Houses and Luna sneaking over the border altogether.
I came up with Ravenclaw, the only real surprise being that I registered merely at the 95th percentile.
( The details... )
I've actually never taken a sorting quiz before, because it seemed so obvious that I'd come up with this result that I hadn't bothered. The more interesting development was that that better half, whom I've always thought of as the quintessential Gryffindor, came up with Hufflepuff. (Folks who've met her: a surprise, right?) Just going by the criteria established, I'd say she's hardworking but not particularly loyal, patient, or kind (Hufflepuff traits, as defined by the test) and certainly brave, proud, stubborn, and extroverted, if not especially impulsive (Gryffindor). The test description says that the questions are drawn from NEO-PI Personality Inventories but doesn't explain how personality traits like extroversion, openness, agreeableness, conscientiousness, and neuroticism are translated into the characteristics of the four Houses. I'm inclined to trust my own instinct here.
Last week I recommended Before Peace, itself a highly intellectual fic about intellectualism and Ravenclaw involvement in political turmoil at Hogwarts over at
hp_friendship. (Well, not just "last week"--I still recommend it today!) But it got me thinking about the Houses and what an odd kind of universe it would be to live and study and play with the people who are most like you in terms of personality. There's so much self-selection in the Muggle world of adolescence--in terms of class, gender, subculture, race and ethnicity--but personality type doesn't seem to be a strong criterion for friendship and companionship. In fact, if anything, different personality types seem to complement each other.* Anyways, that brings me to my question: I've seen some of your sortings, but what kind of relationships are you in with romantic partners, close friends, children, siblings and family members, close coworkers? Are the people who are closest to you also similar to you in terms of personality?
* Arguably, that's the case in HP, as well, with most of the action taking place in the world of Gryffindor, but with Hermione and Neville bringing some of the best qualities of other Houses and Luna sneaking over the border altogether.
