Have we never had a Hogwarts house debate?

[ninety6tears.livejournal.com]

Apologies if some of you aren't Harry Potter fans, but seeing as part one of Deathly Hallows hits the US tomorrow and almost everyone is talking about it, I thought this would be a fitting day to don the Hogwarts Galactic Fleet Academy Sorting Hat (Sorting...helmet?)

For those not magically initiated, Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry has a rather controversial way of sorting students into houses, in which students put on a very old stinky talking hat, the hat tells them based on personality traits (or other arbitrary factors) what house they should live in, thus determining their entire social life both throughout their schooling but probably during their adult lives, all in a matter of seconds. I have a feeling spunky young Kara would tell Dumbledore this is major B.S., but that's the way it is.

The houses are these:

Gryffindor, valuing courage, bravery, loyalty, nerve and chivalry.
Ravenclaw, valuing intelligence, creativity, learning, and wit.
Hufflepuff, valuing hard work, tolerance, loyalty, and fair play.
And Slytherin house values ambition, cunning, leadership, resourcefulness (bonus points if you have pure wizard blood).

Feel free to discuss away in comments how much Kara would kick ass at Quidditch, what Lee's best subject at Hogwarts would be, etc. But EVERYONE LOVES A POLL, so:

[Poll #1645886]

Comments

[ddt73.livejournal.com]

Ok this is just weird to me lol. This week the Biography channel has been doing specials about the movies, about the actors, how it was made, music, etc. Made me decide to watch all the movies.

Before last night I don't think I ever sat and watched one of the movies straight through, I watched the first one last night. I'm planning on watching the 2nd one tonight. If I keep liking them I'll wind up watching them all.

Harry Potter is not something that appeals to me. I always thought it was a kid's thing. I've always been more of a scifi guy then fantasy.

Last night showed me how well they were made, and I decided as an open minded guy to give them a chance. When you are a fan of scifi you need to be open minded, so I'm going to give them a chance. The books and movies are such a big thing it's only fair to at least give the movies a chance.

Anyway I watch the first from beg to end and the next day here's a Harry Potter topic lol. What are the odds? lol

[ecstaticdance.livejournal.com]

The books are so much better than the movies. But watch the movies first.

Yes, the books are "juvenile" fiction, but all that really means is that it's rated PG, and maybe doesn't tackle sexuality so much. It's well-written and complex and totally enjoyable for adults, too. Once you get past the first couple of chapters. (There's a lot of introductory material to slog through in the books that takes less time in the movies, I think.)

/Harry Potter tangent

[ninety6tears.livejournal.com]

Hah! This reminds me a lot of my bf...He was kinda tired of hearing about HP, really didn't see the appeal and thought it was just kid's stuff and he's definitely way more into sci-fi than fantasy. And then I dragged him to see Order of the Phoenix with me and he thought it was pretty awesome, and shortly after he - begrudgingly - started reading the books. Now he's read them all multiple times.
Anyway, I couldn't begin to tell you which movies you'd probably like best, cause the opinions are all over the place. A lot of people think they get better with every movie, others thinks they keep getting worse.