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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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Notes:
Secrets Left to Post: 04 pages, 093 secrets from Secret Submission Post #322.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 1 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 1 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ], [ 1 - posted twice ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.
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I think what many people (even those in the Uk forget). JKR didn't ever INVENT the idea of four school houses in the first place. They're a part of many UK schools!
They're a part of many uk schools. Thing is though MOST british schools and their students don't give a flying f*** about them in day to day life I think. I mean I've never HEARD of anyone taking them seriously. In our school all it did was define teams on sports day (like I was in the 'yellow' house, have two friends in red and two in green. I think in boarding schools they CAN use them to divide people (at random) into where they'll be sleeping? Or even sometimes academic classes in some other schools? (After all each school is different). But I honestly have NEVER heard of a school which took houses so damn seriously among themselves as they do in HP.
Of course, a part of that has to do with the selection process (not random- its based on your own desires it seems and if you don't make those known, personality/abilities) as well as the fact there is only one school which serves the whole UK (... and possibly Ireland?) I guess. Plus school sports is actually considered of life-and-death importance in the Wizarding world unlike most of the rest of muggle britain.
I mean Quidditch certainly is more exciting to watch then say school football or rugby or hockey but... yeah. Weird.
All in all, the fact HP's world takes the school houses seriously is realistic I guess given the circumstances. It was mostly JK borrowing something real and actually making it MATTER/IMPORTANT in some way unlike in real life. But it's still pretty messed up and people don't say that it is.Besides Hermione. And I think certain events made that fall flat.
I just kind of wish we had more 'evil' people from other houses too, not just maybe the few 'good' slytherins. I always felt Umbridge was a Hufflepuff myself- she's loyal to whoever is running the Ministry after all. Doesn't matter who is RUNNING it maybe but she's loyal to whatever the Ministry is doing no matter how morally dubious or awful. Plus it helps she's racist I guess.
I guess it's just that while ambition can be turned to evil (though why not desire to be the greatest healer in the world as your ambition?)- loyalty, a thirst for knowledge and even bravery can be used to poor ends. I mean someone could be recklessly loyal to Voldemort or a cause, or a follower could be brave to the point of suicide in a fight for his cause (Gryffs are a bit like a mix of Puffs and Slyths to me really) or perhaps some Ravenclaw could be tempted to join by the fact they would be able to preform morally dubious experiments or what have you (pursue knowledge in areas people deem unacceptable in society etc.)
Oh for Death Eaters from the other houses who actually followed those houses ideals to the letter in utterly terrifying ways. If only.
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(Anonymous) 2013-03-05 09:03 pm (UTC)(link)