Sorting Hat thoughts?

[jacedesbff.livejournal.com]

I recently read a really good Harry Potter-Avengers crossover with a Clint/Natasha focus that got me thinking about how the Avengers (notably our delightful 'ship yacht) would/should be sorted. I've seen it discussed here and there but decided to throw it out as a post of its own. How do you think the Avengers should be sorted?

I'm putting my thoughts under a

Clint - Hufflepuff. Just, loyal, hard-working, doesn't have to be in the thick of things, is just off getting the job done, not concerned with glory or accolades - but is actually the one overseeing the entire picture and having everyone's backs [owning up to bias: I am a dyed-in-the-wool, flag-waving, yellow and black-wearing Hufflepuff. Just sayin'. :-)]

Natasha - Slytherin. Seriously? Ambitious (to be the best in her chosen profession), cunning, doesn't let anyone stand in her way, focused, ruthless, effects change in the world around her. Again I say - seriously? (Every crossover fic I've read, save one, had her in Slytherin. The lone holdout had her in Gryffindor. It made it very hard for me to take the rest of the story seriously. Not that I have issues. ::ahem::)

Tony - Slytherin. I considered Gryffindor or Ravenclaw (either of which an argument could be made for), but ambitious, cunning, doesn't let anything stand in his way, charging his way through life to bend the world to his will. IMHO, dude's a Slytherin.

Bruce - Ravenclaw. I could explain my reasons, but it seems REALLY unnecessary. :-)

Thor - Gryffindor. I mean, come on.

Steve - Gryffindor. Again, every story but one has put him in Gryffindor, and that one put him in Hufflepuff. I copped earlier to being a 'Puff and being very biased in their favor (and towards the idea that we're underrated as a general rule), but I simply can't see Captain American as anything but a Lion.

Fury - Slytherin. There is way too much conniving going on there to quite let him slide over into Gryffindor. But I would certainly respect the argument.

Coulson - Hufflepuff. Doesn't need glory, loyal beyond reason to those he supports and cares for, does all of the work in the background w/o which everything else would fall apart. SUCH a Hufflepuff.

Maria Hill - good question. Thoughts? I would say either Gryffindor or Slytherin, but I'm genuinely not sure. Maybe someone who knows more of her backstory from actual comic canon??

Jane Foster - Ravenclaw. 'Nuf said.

Pepper Potts - Hufflepuff. See above explanations. :-)

Bottom line, though, I do believe that a Hufflepuff and a Slytherin can find true and lasting love together. :D And they shall have sweet Slytherpuff spawn in AU Avengers/HP-crossover-land. *snortlaughs* Of COURSE they will! LOL


Obviously Natasha and Clint are the focus, but I threw in the rest b/c that really good fic motivated me, dangit! :-) Love to hear your thoughts!

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Comments

[sugar-fey.livejournal.com]

I definitely see Clint as a Hufflepuff. Everyone knows Hufflepuffs are secret badasses. ;)

Fuck Yeah Black Widow made a good case for comics!Natasha being a Gryffindor or a Ravenclaw, because she's actually not that ambitious at all (http://fuckyeahblackwidow.tumblr.com/post/30049902372/ive-actually-answered-this-a-few-times-before#notes). She didn't choose to be a spy, it was forced on her, and she became the best spy in the world through talent and a need to survive.

Movie!Natasha is not the same character as comics!Natasha, so I go back and forth between Slytherin and Ravenclaw for her.

[jacedesbff.livejournal.com]

Everyone knows Hufflepuffs are secret badasses. ;) Well, YEAH! Funny thing is while I am a longtime waver of the Hufflepuff banner, my bff always claimed Slytherin until Pottermore sorted her into Hufflepuff. She was a little taken aback until I reminded her that there are many evil!badass Hufflepuff wandering around, hiding beneath a mild exterior. She then fully embraced the Hufflepuff ethos. :D (And she really is loyal, just, all those things, too.) :-)

Fascinating link, btw. Outstanding point about her not choosing her life or even to be the best at it. Surviving out of necessity like that and through your wits...definitely cases to be made for either Gryffindor or Ravenclaw. I would say in the movie!verse, she's a Slytherin. In the comic!verse, though, based on what that post described, I'd say Ravenclaw.

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[sugar-fey.livejournal.com]

Pottermore sorted me into Gryffindor, which really surprised me. I thought I would be a Ravenclaw.

I don't see movie!Natasha as that ambitious either, I think they dropped enough hints that her skills were forced on her. I see her as survivalist more than ambitious, but that might be my comics knowledge creeping in. I think I see her more as a Ravenclaw in the movies as well as the comics.

I read one fic where she was a Hufflepuff, which threw me at first but then it made a weird amount of sense. Again this is based on my own interpretation, but I think she's fiercely loyal to Clint, even to a fault. There is some truth in "your world in the balance and you bargain for one man," even though she was putting on an act at the time.

[ashen_key]

Her skills might be forced on her, but I got the impression that she got out of the Red Room, and then chose to use them (made a name for herself, didn't care who she used her skills for, etc), and it was that which lead to SHIELD tracking her down. If she'd just vanished and found a quiet job, I don't think SHIELD would really care. But she chose (as I see it) to be a free-lance assassin, and she chose to make that name, and that to me speaks of ambition (among...other things admittedly).

[sugar-fey.livejournal.com]

I'm basing this all on my own headcanon (so YMMV), so I have Natasha as a survivor above all things, and she's ruthless in that, which could be a Slytherin trait. I guess she could be ambitious in that she's learned she needs to be the best in order to survive. And I do see her taking a certain level of pride in her skills.

I guess I see the ability to be cold, calculating, quick thinking and to a certain extent emotionally detached from the task at hand (not that Natasha is inherently emotionally detached, you know how much I hate that trope!) as Ravenclaw traits, which is why I go between Slytherin and Ravenclaw for movie!Natasha.