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fandomsecrets2013-03-03 02:47 pm
case) wrote in fandomsecrets2013-03-03 02:47 pm
[ SECRET POST #2252 ]
⌈ Secret Post #2252 ⌋
Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.
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[Billie Piper - Doctor Who/Secret Diary of a Call Girl]
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[Steam Powered Giraffe]
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[Teen Wolf]
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[Kuroko no Basket]
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[Princess Tutu]
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[Kuroshitsuji]
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[Queer as Folk]
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[The Reward]
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[Spartacus: War of the Damned]
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[The Following]
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[Les dossiers du Professeur Bell]
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[Misfits]
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[Saint's Row The Third]
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[Penn and Teller]
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[Harry Potter]
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Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
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I actually have had to debate this before, having formerly been actively role-playing in the HP universe. I found out that most of my fellow RPers did not put much stock in how important the House system would be after Hogwarts, and I couldn't imagine why it wouldn't be.
I mean, each House has a list of somewhat inherent qualities that are considered the most important attributes a member of that House can possess. Now, we all know intellectually that bravery, or loyalty, or ambition aren't necessarily inherent in a person from birth onward, they can be taught, they can manifest later. But the idea is that if you go to Gryffindor, you are brave and moralistic, and if you go to Slytherin you are ambitious and cunning (neither of which are necessarily bad traits!). And, somehow, Slytherins also became the evil racists.
Okay, so, you've got these kids who are taught what each House represents, and then they graduate and go out into the world. By Harry's time there are a thousand years worth of generations of witches and wizards who have gone to Hogwarts and know that Gryffindors are bold, Ravenclaws intelligent, Hufflepuffs hardworkers, and Slytherins ambitious.
So then what happens at a job interview? Here in the IRL Muggle world, many people are judged based on what university they went to... I can just imagine a Wizarding employer interviewing an applicant; do they want the bold and reckless Gryffindor, or the loyal, hardworking Hufflepuff? They don't know this person from a hole in the wall, but they know Hufflepuffs are hardworking.
Knowing what House someone was in at Hogwarts can be seen as a shorthand for knowing what kind of person they are, and it doesn't matter that in reality it's a load of B.S. Human beings LIKE being able to make snap decisions based on very little actual facts. It's why we like to label people in the first place.
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(Anonymous) 2013-03-04 05:53 am (UTC)(link)That stuff can be partially attributed to networking opportunities, but I was also thinking of even stupider labels: the way we react when we find out someone was homecoming queen in high school, for example. For some people, it carries some kind of status even at 30, and for others, it is grounds for some serious eye-rolling, lol.