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About me

Who tagged me : apileofsmiles Who am I: dancingloki name: Connor nicknames: Pebbles (long story) birthday: 30 March 1990 star sign: Aries gender: trans man height: 5′6″ and mad about it sexual orientation: pan romantic orientation: also pan favourite color: bright red time/date at the moment: 6:47, April 10th 2015 average hrs of sleep: I am in bed for around eight hours but I have a lot of trouble sleeping so maybe like 4 a night? More if I’m lucky LUCKY NUMBER: don’t have one last thing googled: "watch archer online” first word that comes to mind: fuck (I’ve had a day) A place that makes me happy: alone in the woods, especially in winter how many blankets I sleep under: 1 blanket and 1 sheet favourite fictional character: that’s kind of a toughie...I have a lot. Alanna the Lioness from Tamora Pierce’s books, I guess favourite famous person: my future husband Adam Lambert favourite books: Lord of the Rings favourite animes: Baccano!, Free!, OHSHC, Naruto, Sailor Moon favourite musician/band: also my future husband Adam Lambert. And My Chemical Romance. Fucking fight me. favourite games: like video games? Legend of Zelda. dream holiday: exploring rural parts of China with my future husband Adam Lambert, on our honeymoon dream job: I wanna go to space wearing right now: blue jeans, Firefly t-shirt, and my Gryffindor hoodie last book I read: Chasm City by Alastair Reynolds

my answer is that Steve is one of those characters that shows the fundamental flaw in the House sorting system, which is: actual three-dimensional people simply do not have One Defining Characteristic which makes them easy to categorize. And a well-written, three-dimensional character won’t either.

(It’s true that once in a while you do meet a person who can be fit into one of the Hogwarts boxes--I myself am one of them--but we’re outliers and honestly extremely rare. People are just too complex)

I’m not dismissing or insulting the idea of Houses, though, I’m honestly not. They’re super fun to talk about, and it’s really interesting to hear the huge variety of headcanons for Hogwarts!AUs that people come up with.

But the thing that I think it’s important to remember is that your headcanon for a character’s House says a lot more about you than it does about the character. A well-rounded, complex character is going to have a lot of different traits, strengths and weaknesses; which ones you prioritize, and which ones you see as their dominating or defining traits, is very revealing.

Let’s take Steve as the example here. The argument for Slytherin is the afore-mentioned rulebreaking, combined with a willingness to enter into moral greys--or at the very least, to tolerate it in people under his command. The argument for Ravenclaw is that he’s really fucking smart. The dude speaks like 6 languages and is an incredible tactical planner, making him a brilliant leader. The argument for Hufflepuff is his well-established loyalty, and his determination to do what’s right no matter the cost. The argument for Gryffindor is his bravery; he never backs down from a fight, and he’ll take any risk to accomplish his goal.

Wells: hi clarke

*hugs you* I’m sorry sweetheart

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