#resorting

Wrote on myself instead of smoking

I've been thinking a lot about Harry Potter for my own reasons, and what if in like 4th year, every student was sorted again? Sure, you'd have a good chunk of students stay the same, but a lot of people would change.

Like, nobody is the same person that they are when they're 11. Maybe someone who went into Ravenclaw discovers hidden cunning, or maybe they just don't like spending all day with a bunch of bookworms. Maybe a Gryffindor discovers that yeah, they're brave, but they'd really prefer a house with less of a reputation for loudness and messes.

Albus Dumbledore is a manipulative, cheating bastard. He not only left harry to be abused by his relatives (which he could have handled better, for fucks sake) but he managed to create an army of soldiers with 17 year olds, sometimes 16 and even 15. In the marauders era I´m certain that he chose the marauders as his to be part of the order at some point between their 5th year to their 7th year. We know Sirius ran away in 1975 to the Potters and honestly, I think as a fandom we decided that the Blacks were way more abusive than they were portraited as, even if mentioned at all. Am I the only one curious as fuck to know if Bellatrix was as insane before Azkaban, if it rooted in what her family could have done to her to indoctrinate her? Nobody can discuss that Bellatrix was one hell of a dueler, there´s a reason besides her blood lust of why she was Voldemort´s second on command. She was insane, yes but she was also smart as fuck, there was no reason for her to live as long as she did without getting arrested before 1981 if she wasn’t clever.

A lot of people think Bellatrix should be in hufflepuff and it´s not that I exactly disagree, it´s just that I think being a hufflepuff is so much more than the loyalty mentioned in the books.

One of the things I´m ranting about here and why tf not, is the sorting. How does that damn hat works?? It just looks inside your soul and then is like “well, you are a ravenclaw” like honestly wtf. Every time a do a test it appears either Ravenclaw or SLytherin, depending on the questions so how does it exactly works? There is a lot more to each house than the stereotypes given by Rowling (who, I must say, can very much go and fuck herself, thank you) but the point is that, beyond the ships that may be the base of a fanfic, the resorting trope makes a lot of sense if you think about it.

I mean, you spend 7 years in a house that may become very well your friends for the rest of your life if you know how to work those friendships into becoming that, friendships. I don´t know if I´m the only one who thinks that a basic example of personalities and how a house may influence them are the Black brothers. Sirius was sorted in Gryffindor when he was eleven and I genuinely don´t think the hat was mistaken with him, I just think that he took his rebellious straw to a next level namely to get a reaction out of his parents while Regulus, who canonically is described by Sirius as “soft enough to believe them” was the perfect son, the preferred one. Also Said by Sirius.

Please tell me what you think but I really think Sirius wasn´t loud and brash since he was a kid. He wasn´t a “slytherin” and really, how could you know what house is a six year old gonna sort? Childhoods can and will change people. But anyway, I think being in Gryffindor didn´t necessarily meant he stopped talking with Regulus or left him behind that exact moment or changed his whole personality from night to day but I do think it changed how he view behaved. I don´t think he was the perfect heir but I think he was responsible enough to know that rebellion would just get him punishment (and please share what you think about the blacks being physically abusive to him, I don´t think they were extreme at the point of Crucios but they were more towards emotional and psychological abuse, in the Order of the Phoenix it is clear that although Sirius hated his parents when he ran away he also kind of found solace on Walburga´s bedroom and why Is that if she was such a bitch?) so, once sorted a lion, I think Sirius needed an outlet and he found It bullying slytherins, Severus Snape, to be specific (who in the marauders era could be redeemable enough but in the golden trio era was just plain abusive, and I´d like to get into that too in another post, maybe) Snape wasn´t a known name, he was a penniless halfblood with no status and Sirius, eventhough never became a death eater, was cruel but smart. A parallel to Bellatrix, if you will.

Sirius became rebellious and his outlet to his fear of rejection and the constant disappointment he was made by his parents (and that Is what I´m talking about when I say psychologically abusive) was Snape, he was portrayed as a bully who messed with the slytherins and while I do not think it was a lie, I don´t think he messed with other, more important slytherins. The pureblooded ones, the ones who came from an old family and had resources. Again, Sirius could be cruel, as proved by the prank (and that is a whole another matter) but he was smart. Gryffindor influenced him to look for freedom because it became a synonym to him of rebelliousness and therefore, of being different to the rest of his family, the death eathers and blood purists.

Now Regulus, I´ve read a lot of fanfiction so I´m biased, I totally accept it but I don´t think it really was easy for him when Sirius became loud, brash and started acting impulsive, specially if they grew up together and him knowing Sirius before Hogwarts and Gryffindor. He was a slytherin and please don´t come at me I don´t say it as something bad or anything but reading Harry Potter as a raverin was so fucking stressing. They were kids, yes and that makes it worse but there was so much more that could have been explored regarding Harry´s personality beyond trying to frame him into the reincarnation one James Potter.

Anyway, Regulus was a slytherin and one thing to notice throughout the series is that in war, a fight is a noble way to die. Which is pretty and all but really, not all react to it the same way. I think he didn´t want to die by being tortured or kidnapped by neither side so he died in his own way, which as a fellow snake, I can understand and respect but also see through. He indeed was the unspoken hero of slytherin but he also went to the cave knowing he was gonna die and nobody can convince me otherwise. He wasn´t and didn´t want to fight anymore if he even fought at all, he was just 18 when he died and that hits hard. Do I think he should have been a ravenclaw? Nah, absolutely no. I think it was a possibility for him but not his choice; Hence, slytherin. Being smart isn´t a synonym of ravenclaw, that´s a stereotype and if you look at it, Regulus retrieved the locket in a most slytherin way. I think ravenclaws and slytherins can be confused because of principles and morals in each one. Is the way of living what decided each one, not a sorting being an eleven year old kid.

I think Slytherin trained more profusely in matters of learning how to survive and cope at the same time, it trained in a way that even if you noticed it became useful to him later in life to learn and be quiet and honestly? Understandable. If I had a brother who liked to argue thinking if they didn´t they weren´t enough of a lion I would like to present myself as soft enough to believe in bulllshit and still keep my image with whoever necessary. Let´s debate this, the guy found out about horocruxes when he was probably 17 if a timeline is to be followed, with what I believe were nor enough meetings with one dark lord. Just Bellatrix fancy on him and random clues from Voldemort´s boasting. He was clever in a quiet way, I do not think he was the blood purist Sirius believed him to be but I am not saying he wasn´t prejudiced. He was indoctrinated at home and school, that is basically 24/7 and even then, he turned without anyone knowing. I believe he wanted to protect his family, Sirius included, when he went alone for the horcrux and it actually worked, which, woah.

IF you disccover a horcrux based on casual boasting and Bellatrix fan case, I refuse to believe he was stupid enough to believe in blood purism any more than he believed his parents were a justified case of parental love. Like, come on.

Back to my first point tho, I think sorting and leaving everyone 7 years in a house is really, really unhealthy for kids in development. Nobody is the same when they were eleven to when they are 14-15 which is why I think a resorting would have made sense in either the marauder or the golden trio era (tell me which house do you think they would be. Hermione is hufflepuff for me, Harry slytherin and Ron would have stayed in Gryffindor. Sirius would have sorted Gryffindor or hufflepuff, James canon Gryffindor, james fanon too but with the chance of hufflepuff, Remus Lupin I have a conflict of emotions regarding him but I´d say Ravenclaw, didn´t see Gryffindor anywhere tbh and Peter was a goddamn Gryffindor too, I´ll explain if you want me to?)

Just imagine the world of possibilities, please imagine the quality content.

Late night musings in the Common Room and the very first Slytherin party

https://archiveofourown.org/works/39371001/chapters/101394381

Evitative

In the summer before his fifth year at Hogwarts, Harry is drawn to a room in Grimmauld Place. Like the Gryffindor he is, he enters the room without fear. The room is a library, and Harry is surprised to find that he’s eager to learn. 

Then he gets the bad news: he’s been accidentally expelled from Hogwarts and needs to be sorted again. Everyone is confident that he’ll go straight back to Gryffindor, but with what he’s been learning, Harry’s not so sure.

Bill - Ravenclaw or Hufflepuff

Bill was described as laid-back and easy-going, but also brave considering his career as a curse-breaker and position in the Order. He was a great student with great grades and it’s implied that he took his studies seriously. He also held loyalty in regard, shown when Ron left Harry and Hermione in DH, but he was understanding and compassionate towards Ron also

While I understand the choice to place him in Gryffindor, I think he could have been better suited to Ravenclaw or Hufflepuff

Charlie - Dragons 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🐉🐲

We see a lot less of Charlie than the other Weasley children. We know he loves magical creatures and dragons in particular, and Ron tells us that he’s outdoorsy. He was friendly, although he can lose his temper.

Percy - Slytherin

I get why the obvious answer could have been Ravenclaw, but I wholeheartedly think Percy is Slytherin. For the record, this isn’t a case of “I don’t like this character and Slytherin is an evil house,” because 1) I love Percy, and 2) I am Slytherin myself. Percy’s character largely revolves around his ambition which is a Slytherin trait. He has set goals for himself academically and in his career, and he will do whatever he must to achieve those goals, including spending all his time studying/working and kissing up to his teachers/bosses

Fred - Slytherin

Fred was the more daring twin which is a Gryffindor trait, but he was also very determined which is a Slytherin trait. He was the first to forgive Percy after everything happened which would suggest patience and fairness, Hufflepuff traits. Along with George, he invented a variety of products for their shops which showed creativity, a Ravenclaw trait. Really, Fred’s a good candidate for any house, but I would put him in Slytherin ultimately. He was resourceful in finding ways to create products, determined to sell their products despite what Molly said, cunning in the way he worked and certainly ambitious. I actually think that Percy and Fred were quite similar in this way. They both had goals they wanted to achieve and would stop at nothing to achieve them, it’s just that their goals sent them down different paths

George - Hufflepuff

The twins are very alike in many ways, but they are not the same person. Over the books, George is the quieter, gentler twin. While he has an extremely similar sense of humour to Fred, his jokes are usually softer (can’t think of a better word). He was courageous (Gryffindor) as his family were in the way he defied Voldemort and fought in the Battle of Hogwarts, he was extremely creative (Ravenclaw) in the way he was able to think up and create his products for WWW, and cunning (Slytherin) in the way he worked with Fred to develop their products in secret. That said, I would ultimately put George in Hufflepuff. Hufflepuffs are hard-working and that certainly explains George and the way he works with WWW, he’s loyal to his family and Fred in particular. Honestly, he’s just the sweetest

Ron - Gryffindor

My love, my life. Where to put you? We know more about Ron than the others, of course, because he’s the most present as Harry’s best friend. Like every other Weasley, he was put in Gryffindor. Throughout the series, he stuck by Harry through thick and thin and showed fierce loyalty which is very Hufflepuff of him. (Note: this might be questioned because of him leaving Harry and Hermione in DH, but I think it’s worth noting that it’s stated that the Horcrux did affect him far worse than Hermione and Harry, and that he stormed off in a huff, but the moment he left, he wanted to come back. Haven’t a lot of people stormed off in anger at some point only to regret it? Difference here is that Ron had no way of getting back, but he kept searching until he found them) Ron was an excellent chess player, a game which required wit (a Ravenclaw trait). I would say he rightfully belongs in Gryffindor. He showed courage throughout the series, even as young as he was in PS when he sacrificed himself so that Harry could go on. I’m not saying Ron was fearless. In fact, he was quite fearful a lot of the time, but that’s why his acts of bravery were so bold - because he was terrified but he did it anyway

Ginny - Gryffindor