I got sorted by LJ - THE RESULTS

[birdsofshore]

Well, 15 lovely flisters very kindly voted in my sorting poll. Aaaaaaand – I am now more confused than ever :D

These were the scores:

Gryffindor 3
Hufflepuff 5
Ravenclaw 3
Slytherin 4

I would have liked a bit more of a clear win, really; it's a bit random, isn't it? Still, it does look like a victory for Hufflepuff. Yay, I'd be happy to be a Puff and was very flattered by the comments about my alleged Hufflepuff qualities.

However, two of my besties on LJ, omi_ohmy and who_la_hoop, THEY didn't think I was a Hufflepuff. Oh no. They both clicked “absolutely certain” (they were the only people to do this) and they both said “Slytherin”. Hmm. Interesting. Ok, I'm a bit scared of this result, but can't say I'm not attracted to the devious and delicious snakes.

But, what if we look at people's second choice answers? The results for this were:

Gryffindor 7
Hufflepuff 2
Ravenclaw 5
Slytherin 1

Not a lot of support for Hufflepuff or Slytherin there. O_o

If you take this into account, with 2 points given for the first choice of house and 1 point for the second choice, you get:

Gryffindor 13
Hufflepuff 12
Ravenclaw 11
Slytherin 9

A COMPLETE SHAMBLES, yes?

I am really none the wiser. Therefore, I have decided to make my OWN HOUSE. It will be called Featherbeak. Our House colours will be... hmm. There's not much left, is there? How about purple and orange? Mmm, NICE! Featherbeak is for people who are, well, like me. We stand for, erm, fluff. And cock. And cake. Yay! My own House! Applications welcome. It is a bit lonely here in the common room at the moment.

Thank you very much to everyone who voted and especially for the very kind things that were said. I adored having everybody talk about me far more than I should have done, heh. If you still want to add a vote you can do it here.

While we are on the subject of Houses, I don't see much Hufflepuff hate around here, but I have seen it on the internet in general. I liked this article about Why Everyone Should Want to be a Hufflepuff.


Now, as a lovely reward for YOU, for having read this far, here's some super delicious art of Harry and Draco. *cue 'never wanting to come out of the closet' joke* ♥ ♥ ♥



Closet by ~stefuhknee on deviantArt

Comments

[torino10154]

I think Slytherins want the right kind of people around (think of Draco when he meets Harry and Slughorn in general) so that your two good friends think you belong with them makes sense. :D

Good essay--I always sort Hufflepuff and am not at all embarrassed or ashamed of it. All houses have pluses and minuses. It suits the story to focus on the negatives in Slytherin but there are times I'd definitely prefer them to Gryffindors. Also, can you imagine if Harry always thought everything through, weighing all the pros and cons? Adventures would have ended on Day 1. Heroes, almost by necessity, have to be a bit stupidly reckless as well as brave.

That essay used the graphic about Tonks and I want to say, I've seen it said she was a bad mom for leaving Teddy and rushing off to battle. I can't say I am a huge fan of hers generally but I think that's about the biggest pile of shit ever. She's an AUROR, it's her fucking JOB. Why do I never see anyone say, actually, of the two of them REMUS should have kept his sorry arse at home? Though he's the Gryffindor and never, ever would (look at Sirius) but that's not really the point. And I've gotten way off topic. ROFL

Anyway, I like being a Hufflepuff. I'm mostly an agreeable person who doesn't go off half-cocked or plot to take over the PTA. :P I'm pretty smart but not especially nerdy or pedantic and if you need a favor I'll do my best (most of the time). But I do see why each house has a purpose because you really don't want any one group/type of people in charge of everything.

That said, that Featherbeak House sounds pretty sweet. Especially the focus on cock. ;) Sorry for the tl;dr <3

[birdsofshore]

Augh, I wish I had your certainty about where you belong. I'm mostly an agreeable person, but I do go off half-cocked, and I do plot to take over the PTA. I'm fairly smart, nerdy AND pedantic, and I hate doing favours. I've never quite fitted in anywhere, but you'd think at least in the world of Harry Potter I could find a place to call home *wail*

I have been guilty of judging women (in RL) who pursue dangerous jobs / sports, get killed and leave young babies behind. I know it's wrong of me. Of course Tonks should have fought. I just... I don't know. It's just very emotive, isn't it?

[torino10154]

Well, remember, by definition, Hufflepuff takes "the rest". LOL

[birdsofshore]

Yes, someone else said that! but seriously, who wants to get into a House because the Founder was kind enough to take all kinds of flotsam and jetsam? If I'm a Hufflepuff, I want to be an UBER-PUFF. Ok, now I *am* sounding like a Slytherin :DD

[ms-hecubus.livejournal.com]

Except Tonks didn't rush off to do battle, but to look for Remus. The first thing she says to Harry is that she couldn't stand not knowing and then asks where Remus is. A couple paragraphs later she's asking someone else about Remus.

Personally I think both Remus and Tonks are shit parents and have an incredibly unhealthy relationship.

[torino10154]

Well, I do agree that their relationship appears to be the picture of dysfunction and they likely would have divorced by the time that Teddy was 5. It just seems to me that mothers are still judged more harshly than fathers when it comes to leaving their children and most of the times I've seen anyone say anything about her that's what it boils down to, "How could she leave Teddy?" but I rarely, if ever, see anyone wondering that about Remus. Men are just sperm donors it seems. *shrugs*

[ms-hecubus.livejournal.com]

I honestly think they were both shits to leave so she's not getting all, or even most, of my scorn.

I guess I had given up on Remus by that point. He had already tried to run away so many times that I wasn't exactly shocked he'd choose possible death over staying with his son. I suppose I just wish Teddy had had one parent who cared enough to hang around.

[ellaridell.livejournal.com]

Can I join your new house? I will bake you a cock shaped cake.

http://m.imgur.com/gallery/JjpLL

A gallery of pics of a woman who struggled to reuse her cock shaped cake pan.

[birdsofshore]

YOU'RE IN!

That will be our House emblem. The wizard / cock cake. In purple and orange. It'll look right classy on a Hogwarts blazer.

[ellaridell.livejournal.com]

Agreed. Lol

[evilgiraff.livejournal.com]

I like that article! It makes me feel much better about the Quizzy tests saying I was a Hufflepuff (although when Quizzying for character, I came out as Molly Weasley...). I've always thought of Puffs as nice-but-dim, and though I think I'm reasonably nice, I'd like to think of myself as quite bright too. However, I am helplessly honest and loyal to a fault, so perhaps Hufflepuff is the place for me after all. Pottermore put me in Ravenclaw, and I have a Slytherin scarf of my very own (more because of my love of Draco than any real association with the house, though), so maybe I'm a bit wibbly wobbly housy wousy.

Mind you, Featherbeak sounds good... Cake and cock? What's not to like?! :D

[birdsofshore]

Hufflepuff is an awesome house. I can relate to being wibbly woblly housy wousy, though. Maybe you belong in Featherbeak after all? :D

[who_la_hoop]

But, but, if you're going to join a fifth house, surely the only option is Sparklypoo? I'll join you THERE, no worries.

[birdsofshore]

No, hush your mouth, it's much better than Sparklypoo. We have cock cakes. Cake cocks? We have the definitive interface between baking and genitalia, anyway.

[who_la_hoop]

In Sparklypoo, Draco will cook you a cock cake wearing a frilly apron, and then he and Harry will have sex in front of you for your pleasure. Just saying.

*changes allegiance from Slytherin to Sparklypoo*

[birdsofshore]

Pshaw! They do that all the time, anyway!

Be off with you, evil temptress, and hie back to Slytherin. Your icon would look pretty good with "Sparklypoo Mind" on it, though :DDD

[icmezzo.livejournal.com]

Okay, in what was an incredibly giggly fandom friend meetup of sorts last fall in Washington, DC, we very much got in on the baked genitalia scene. bsmog, envy_venis, coolbreeeze, sapphirescribe, sessahhh and I all gathered in bsmog's kitchen with the (in)appropriate cake tin and attempted to make a very large cock-ie.

Yes; that's right. It was a giant cookie shaped like anatomically alarming but impressive male set of bits. We undercooked it, of course, because, well, it was quite thick...

My recollections of the evening are slightly sketchy (ahem) but I do remember a lot of hands getting involved in the cock-ie formation and even more grease.

All this is to say, you should let me visit your common room sometimes. I'll bring wildly inappropriate, possibly underbaked snacks. And possibly a host of other friends (see above) who also have experience in this matter.

And, in the true spirit of sharing, here was our finished work of art, minutes before we put it in our mouths. *cough*
(photo by Envy_Venis)

[birdsofshore]

Wowzers! It's spotted? You made a chocolate chip cock cookie? It's like some perverse tongue-twister.

Well, you ladies are welcome to visit the common room any time. You clearly have a head start on us where genitalia baking is concerned.

[icmezzo.livejournal.com]

:D

No custard?

[wemyss.livejournal.com]

I mean, it is clearly spotted dick....

Re: No custard?

[icmezzo.livejournal.com]

Haha. I will file this under Things that would Never Occur to a Bunch of Americans, but Should Have. (Sadly, it's a very thick file.)

The chocolate spots do add a little something special, don't they?

[celestlyn.livejournal.com]

Have you ever taken the sorting tests on some of the various sites online? I've done several and they are quite thorough, with lengthy questionairs that I think focus on the house traits. Here is a couple that I think are good and not at all random.

http://personalitycafe.com/personality-test-resources/51651-get-sorted-into-your-hogwarts-house-myers-briggs-way.html


http://www.personalitylab.org/tests/ccq_hogwarts.htm

[birdsofshore]

Ah, cool, thanks celestlyn! I have tried taking some tests before but the answers never convince me. I think I got Ravenclaw at Hello Quizzy and Slytherin at Pottermore.

[celestlyn.livejournal.com]

I have taken many sortings and I always get Ravenclaw and I don't think I'm a mental giant, by any means. I think it's by default. Because I lack the defining traits of the other houses. I admit to being selfish, but not nearly enough to take advantage of others and I am not particularly cunning or manipulative, so Slytherin is out. I am far too spineless to be a Gryff and much too much of an independent thinker for a Puff. So that leaves me in in Ravenclaw. I do love to read and learn and ponder things. Education is so important. It seems a good fit.

I don't know you well enough to guess what your real live traits are, but a Meyers-Briggss test is great for figuring that stuff out. Just don't get caught up on what you want to be like or think you should be like vs how you really behave.

[eidheann_writes]

You shall not tempt me from my house! (But I'll bring more delicious baked goods to support your parties)

[birdsofshore]

Baked cock goods? *hopeful*

[eidheann_writes]

I don't see why I wouldn't be able to shape cookies like cocks...

[birdsofshore]

Purple and orange, remember? Very important.

[eidheann_writes]

That's what sprinkles and colored finishing sugar is for. ♥

[icmezzo.livejournal.com]

see above comment. *ahem*

[capitu]

Aha!

Two of your besties said you're Slytherin, huh?

It'd be just like a Slytherin not to act like one, too! hmmm.



I'm keeping my eye on you, Birds.

XD

[kitty_fic]

Aw :( I'm sorry that didn't work out! I thought it was such a great idea to have your flist sort you! I was thinking about following your lead ;D