#my sorting

Mal really really needs a Cause to work for. In Descendants 1, her Cause is making her mother proud by stealing the wand. In Descendants 2, her new Cause is to be the perfect lady of the court and girlfriend for Ben. And she feels like she’s failing miserably at it, which is why she lives for the Isle. This and the fact that Mal is pretty much facing an identity crisis here and feels like her entire life is being caged by the life everyone else is planning for her. Both nightmarish situations for a Lion who isn’t entirely unburned yet. In the third movie, Mal’s Cause is to be a good queen for Auradon, no matter the price. I personally find Mal’s arc very compelling and intriguing as I think we rarely see a protagonist who is loved by the narrative supporting a point of view the narrative disagrees with, but still be treated with empathy by it.

Her Secondary is even more interesting to me cause before rewatching, I would have never thought she is a Bird Sec, but yet it is so plain! Mal uses magic as a very efficient tool despite never being formally taught. She just gets handed a book and is told to figure it out on the fly. And she does it spectacularly … by paying attention to the instructions like with the love potion. She’s also the planner of the group, some of the plans being better than others (drugging Ben, giving Uma the fake wand etc.). And last, but not least: Mal is an information gatherer. One seemingly insignificant scene that showcases a great lot about Mal is in the car in the first movie, when she asked which button opens the barrier. They almost died, witnessed magic for the first time and are leaving their homes, yet this is on her mind.

Evie

Evie is the textbook Badger Secondary. She is defined by her sewing and hard work. The girl is so good at it, she manages to buy her own castle with the money! I do think she has a Snake Secondary Model in order to play the role of The Temptress that was forced on her.

I had a harder time figuring out the primary, but one thing is clear from the start: Evie is a Loyalist. She’s the one who is more or less keeping the group together and she sometimes clashes a little bit with Mal, as Loyalists don’t see the bigger picture the way Idealists do, which in Evie’s case, is a very good thing. I contemplated Badger, but I’m pretty sure she’s a Snake actually. Evie may be one of the biggest advocates for the Isle kids, but she only becomes one after she says Dizzy again. In D2, Evie is willing to go to the Isle to save Mal even though she’s afraid she might get stuck there. And yet she still volunteers to stay with Mal there, because Mal is her best friend. Evie is a Snake through and through and I think it’s very interesting how in the third movie, which shows the darker side of Lion primaries, it’s Snake!Evie (and Uma) that are framed as being right.

Jay

Jay has a Snake secondary he uses to steal and charm people. And sometimes to exploit loopholes eg. making Lonnie captain in the second movie. He is a Lion Primary, of the Glory Hound variety in the first movie. His entire arc there is to learn how to work inside a team.

Carlos de Vill

Carlos is also an immature primary, but unlike Jay, he is a Hedonistic Snake. When they first arrive in Auradon, he’s mostly interested in eating chocolate and playing video games. He’s also the one most annoyed later on by Evie and Mal always going off to chat amongst themselves leaving him and Jay out of the loop. Bird secondary: he is a tech genius and knowledge gatherer (see how he tries to see if his clapping can make the statue change in D1).

King Ben

Let’s make one thing clear, D1!Ben is smart. And a troll (see him introducing Mal to his parents or how he tells Mal he knew about the love potion). He is framed as the Big Damn Hero in both the first and the second movie, which of course made me think he had one of the ‘heroic’ primaries: Badger or Lion. I settled on Lion, as it is incredibly easy for him to go against the grain. Something not a lot of people can say in this franchise. He’s also extremely concerned with upholding his role as a good king. He forgives Mal for the love potion because she risks her life to save him, which convinces him she is not an evil person. Ben has very firm convictions. He is the only one who stands up for the VKs at Family Day despite being the one with an actual reason to hate them.

He definitely has a Fluid Secondary, as a huge part of his charm is the fact that he tries to make himself liked. But he’s also a hard worker who disapproves heavily of taking shortcuts (see his fight with Mal over her using magic for everything) which made me go with Badger.

Uma

Uma is a classic (exploded) Snake primary. It seems to be all about Mal in D2. She’s enraged when Mal says she’s never given Uma a thought since she left. Ben offers her to come to Auradon and be part of a solution for saving other VKs. But Uma refuses. And I think it’s both because she wants to do things her way, but also because Uma is not exactly looking at the bigger picture here the way Ben is. ‘You don’t get to win everytime.’ These are her words to Mal when she realizes she had been tricked with a fake wand. Her secondary is a little trickier but I’m going with Bird because, here’s the thing, Uma is Mal’s mirror. Ben clocks it almost immediately: “She’s an angry girl with a bad plan. Not so different from you when you first came to Auradon.” Mal also constantly shows that she understands Uma and her methods better than anyone. Uma even uses the same plan as Mal when she uses the love spell on Ben. These girls are two sides of the same coin. (A bit of a side note, but I’m really curious how they are going to handle Uma as the Principal of Auradon Prep in D4. The clips we’ve seen so far make me really optimistic. Plus, since I’ve been hopelessly contaminated by TVD and never cured, Uma as principal reminded me of Caroline as headmistress in Legacies and yeah, I’m very optimistic this means good things for Uma xDD).

Li Lonnie

Lion Secondary as she is extremely honest and straightforward: “I know you hate us. And you are evil. But I’ve got money.” she says when she wants Mal to give her a new haircut. You don’t really get more Lion than that. Her primary was harder but from the first movie she looked to me like an Idealist with the way she saw the world: “Even villains love their kids.” I’m thinking Lion as in D2, she clearly goes to the Isle to prove herself by saving the king. Sounds familiar? Well, Lion primary Mulan did the same.

Princess Audrey

Audrey is another Lion Secondary girl in Auradon. Seriously this girl’s attempts at manipulation, make Mal look subtle: “Make me your queen and I’ll wake everybody up.” Villain!Audrey was a hammer: all raw power, no finesse. D1!Audrey was no better either, see her very blunt introduction to the VKs.

Audrey is a Badger Primary, no doubt in my mind about it. She’s very upset when the VKs disturb the Auradon Prep hierarchy and she exhibits some very typical Badger prejudices. “And then everybody looks good. So where would I be?” Audrey asks when she realizes Mal is giving the other girl make-overs, because she needs the social validation from being the prettiest princess there. In D3 it kills her that she did everything right and still someone else gets to be queen. I find it super interesting that Audrey asks Ben to ‘make [her] queen’ when she definitely had the power to crown herself. You might think it was because she loved him, but Queen of Mean ,which is her ‘I want’ song, shows very clearly that it was never about Ben the person. What she wants is his validation, because Audrey was raised to believe that his opinion, as the King, is the most important one. Audrey isn’t a Snake looking to have Ben for herself, a Lion seeking glory or a Bird trying to ‘rectify’ a system that is wrong; she is a Badger who is working within the confines of her society to achieve the status she wants.

Jane

Jane is so so Burned, I can’t help but wonder what the hell was Fairy Godmother doing cause she sure as hell wasn’t parenting her daughter the way she was supposed to. Jane is a Badger Primary who was ostracized by her only community so of course she latches onto Mal and Evie the first time they show her kindness. But D1 is a story about the failings of Badger primaries and the sheep mentality, so when she gains status and the VKs lose it following the events of Family Day, of course Jane aligns herself with the popular kids. She’s not gonna risk becoming an outcast again. This is also the driving force behind her stealing the wand. Her secondary is also super burned, but I’m betting on Lion. Not only is she extremely honest and impulsive, but Lion seems to be the default secondary for Auradon girls. Which is super interesting since generally Lion is not the secondary framed as the most feminine, but here it is.

...I just realized Jane is the burned version of Audrey. Oh, the irony!

Harry Hook

Double Snake, most likely. He is loyal to Uma and Uma only. He also has the ~vibe of a Snake secondary.

Prince Chad Charming

Chad is such a Snake Primary with Audrey as his person. He’s also pretty hedonistic as seen in D2: Ben might be dying, but the most important think is well, could Chad be second in line for the throne? I was a bit unsure of his secondary, but I think it is Badger as the only two times he’s successful (getting Evie in trouble for using the mirror, snapping at the VKs at Family Day) is when he involves other people.

Doug

Another Badger Primary. After Family Day, he gives into the peer pressure and shuns the VKs like everyone else. Maybe Badger Secondary too? Who knows, honestly this guy doesn’t have that much of a personality. But he seems to be a Bookkeeper Badger with the way he and Evie understand each other.

Gil

Gil doesn’t get to shine much, but I think he may be another Double Badger, and probably one of the sweetest Badger in the whole series. And considering he is the son of Gaston, I can’t help but appreciate the irony.

Dizzy

Dizzy is framed as a mirror for Evie in the second movie: the girl who could be so much more, if only she got the chance. This makes me think the two house share and Dizzy is a Snake Badger too. Which honestly tracks with the way she works at the salon and seems to hold no grudge on Evie getting to achieve her dreams while she doesn’t. Because Evie is her person, so of course Dizzy can’t be mad at her.

Celia Facillier

Celia is a Snake Primary who wants the guarantee of being able to see her father after she comes to Auradon, because she loves her father. It’s that simple. Considering how she throws the ember in the water out of rage when she realizes Mal has been lying to her, I’m thinking Lion Secondary.

Tl; Dr

Mal - (burned) Lion/Bird

Evie - Snake/Badger with Snake model

Jay - Glory Hound Lion/Snake

Carlos - hedonistic Snake/Bird

Ben - Lion/Badger

Uma - (exploded) Snake/Bird

Lonnie - Lion/Lion

Audrey - Badger/Lion

Jane - burned Badger/bunred Lion

Harry - Snake/Snake

Chad - Snake/Badger

Doug - Badger/Badger

Gil - Badger/Badger

Dizzy - Snake/Badger

SHC Primary: Snake w/ Bird model

SHC Secondary: Snake w/ Bird model, + a people-focused Badger performance & a things-focused Badger model

—old stuff that I don’t want to delete due to reminiscing purposes—

Celebrating the reboot of my Tumblr account

I’m starfrost, previously [redacted], and this blog will be about the Sorting Hat Chats, the fandoms I’m in, and things I find to my liking!

(A post containing me roasting myself while discussing my Sorting is coming soon!)

Tags:

#my day: daily Logs

#life thoughts: self-explanatory

#sortinghatchats / #my sorting: self-explanatory

#useful: things that are / could be useful

#inventory: may contain fan arts, memes, incorrect quotes, along with all others ;]

-💫❄️

Violet Bridgerton looks like a Double Badger at first: she is devoted to her family, to her community, a natural caretaker and very well-liked. But really she's just performing the Badger secondary. The few glimpses we get of Violet's point of view show us she's a mischiveous schemer st heart that enjoys manipulating people in subtle ways, especially her children. In reality she's a Badger Snake who only looks like a Double Badger because she wants to.

Lady Danbury is a force to be reckoned in this universe because she is not afraid to tell her honest opinion to anyone, and boy, does she have a lot of those. I am pretty sure she's a Double Lion whose two causes are intimidating the upper class and taking in orphans who don't get along with their fathers.

Anthony Bridgerton's entire motivation for wanting to get married is to provide an heir and continue his family line. He's a Badger primary who feels resposible for all his siblings, making him unbearable sometimes. He is also stubborn, reckless and prone to snap decision all marks of a Lion secondary and things he has in common with Kate Sheffield. But unlike Anthony, Kate's entire motivation is her sister, Edwina, and even if a marriage to a viscount would bring her family great advantages, Kate, a Snake primary, is not willing to sacrifice her sister's happiness.

Sophie Beckett was probably the easiest heroine to sort as her character defining moment was punching her stepmother not for the cruel way she'd treated her, but for not loving her two biological daughters equally. She is a Badger Lion if I ever saw one. Benedict was much harder to figure out, but the way he lived a carefree life full of indulgences only to latch onto the Lady in Silver first and later onto Sophie, imagining his future with one as his wife and the other as his mistress and refusing to let go of the fantasy, makes me think he is an immature Snake primary. He could be any secondary, but I would choose Bird: when he wants Sophie as his mistress, he makes a (badly thought) plan to seduce her and his hobby of collecting stones and pebbles from important places or days strikes me as something a Bird would do.

Colin Bridgerton is a very charming and even more observant Snake secondary, something obvious even before you read his book. He's also not a Loyalist as he spent his life till 33 away from his family or any other meaningful relationship. Instead he traveled Europe only to realize that at above mentioned age he had no purpose in life. This looks to me like a Lion primary without a Cause. Penelope Featherington most likely shares his primary, but unlike him, she has a Cause to serve: Lady Whistledown. And she does it by using Badger methods of showing up, being nice and listening.

Daphne Bridgerton looks like a Double Badger, just like Violet: family and community-oriented, friendly, well-liked, a caretaker. But just like Violet, she's only performing her Badger secondary. I think she's actually a Lion secondary which shouldn't be surprised given her bond with Anthony. Just like him Daphne can be impulsive (punching Nigel) and confruntational (her first instinct after finding out Simon lied to her is to fight with him) and despite her fake romance, she's not very fond of lying as she's the one who insists Anthony should know the truth. Simon Basset is super hard to figure out, but I would say Lion Snake seems like most likely. As a child, Simon decides that if he can't be the heir his father wanted he will be the opposite, something a young Lion would do. He also takes his vows very seriously, in a way that seems mostly characteristic to this primary. Snake secondary because he is a charmer when he wants to be and has no trouble lying and deciving people when he wants to hide his stutter or get rid of the matchmaking mothers.

Eloise is a Lion primary: stubborn, unwilling to compromise, with a very clear picture of what she wants. And what she wants are not the gentlemen of London which is why she runs away to meet a man she had been writing to for a year. A rather uncharacteristic move as she herself admits. Eloise likes to prepare, to make lists and plans, not sudden decisions. Typical Bird secondary and probably a reason why she bonds with Phillip Crane a botanist and another Bird. Phillip's primary is hard to see because it's clearly burned. He is no Idealist and the way he removes himself from his children's lives for their own good makes me think he is a Badger who removed himself from his own community.

Francesca is the odd one out in a loud family that loves to take up space. I think it's because unlike almost all her other siblings, there is no Lion in her. But she's also no Loyalist; she is a Bird who needs to take her information from the outside world and build her system accordingly. Her secondary wasn't easy to pinpoint but I think she is a Snake, but one who prefers to adapt like a chameleon to her surroundings rather than to be mischivious and troublemaking like most of the other Snakes in this series. Her secondary is the reason she get along so well with Michael Stirling, who is just as charming and an even better liar than her. Unlike Francesca, Michael is a Snake primary as well, one whose loyalities are divided when he falls in love with his cousin's -who also happens to be his best friend- wife. Michael chooses to keep his love a secret as to not hurt the two people he cares about most in the world and even after John is gone, Michael is too loyal to his memory to try and pursue Francesca at first.

Gregory Bridgerton, unlike his brothers, believes in true love. And he knows he will intuitively recognise The One when he sees her (Intuitive primary) and would be ready to do anything for her with no hesitation and no in-betweens (Internal primary). Yes, he's another Lion in this family. Another Lion secondary too as he's miserable when he tries to go with Lucy's plan and pretend he is indifferent and as impulsive as most of his siblings: first declaring his love to Lucy on her literal wedding day then trying to kidnap her on her wedding night. But Lucy Abernathy is a Bird secondary: she needs plans, she needs order, she figures out how to make Hermione fall for him by trial and error. She is also a Bird primary who knows how the world works (daughters of viscounts don't marry secretaries, betrothals are meant to be honored). Her system is a bit Snake-flavored for Hermione and her brother, but Lucy is an Idealist who can't trust the idea of "just knowing" when you fall for someone.

Hyacinth Bridgerton gets along very well with Lady Danbury and no surprise there as they are both hotheaded Lion primaries who know what they want. Hyacinth is not afraid of breaking rules, be them written (Don't break into people's houses!) or unwritten (Ladies don't ask gentlemen to dance) to get what she wants. At first it looks like she might be a Lion secondary too: she's direct and doesn't like manipulating people. But I think this is mostly a model she picked from Lady D and maybe some of her older siblings. She's actually a Lion Snake who enjoys living in neutral. As the narrstive itself notes, she's most similar to Colin and she is a troublemaker and a schemer at heart, her cameo in Gregory's book proves it. And just like Francesca with Michael, Hyacinth bonds with Gareth St. Clair over their shared secondaries. Gareth is another charmer and troublemaker who is horrified to find himself the voice of reason in his relationship with her. But he isn't above subterfuge to get what she wants as he proves when he sleeps with Hyacinth to make sure she won't change her mind when she finds his secret. Gareth is a Snake primary whose only Person is Lady Danbury, as he proves and he says that he visits her not because she is his grandmother, but because he likes her. Sadly as a Loyalist he's also very affected by his father's constant rejections and I don't think it's a coincidence he only stops caring when he falls in love with Hyacinth and has someone else to care about.

Tl;dr

Lady Danbury - Double Lion

Violet Bridgerton - Badger Snake, Badger 2nd performance

Anthony Bridgerton - Badger Lion

Kate Sheffield - Snake Lion

Benedict Bridgerton - Snake Bird

Sophie Beckett- Badger Lion

Colin Bridgerton - Lion Snake

Penelope Featherington - Lion Badger

Daphne Bridgerton - Badger Lion, Badger 2nd performance

Simon Basset - Lion Snake

Eloise Bridgerton - Lion Bird

Phillip Crane -burned Badger Bird

Francesca Bridgerton - Bird Snake

Michael Stirling - Double Snake

Gregory Bridgerton -Double Lion

Lucy Abertnathy - Double Bird

Hyacinth Bridgerton - Lion Snake, Lion 2nd model