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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I JUST HAVE LOTS OF FEELS.

[anuna-81.livejournal.com]

Oh I did a meme not too long ago where I had to sort various characters into Hogwarts houses. Anyway, my short version would be this:

Natasha - Slytherin
Clint - Hufflepuff
Steve - Hufflepuff
Thor - Gryffindor
Tony - Slytherin
Bruce - Ravenclaw

Here be more detailed thoughts I used in that meme of mine; and I'm bit lazy right now (and also have to leave house really quickly, but I want to share all the thinky thoughts!)

Steve - he is a brave soul, but Huflepuffs are brave as well - they're just not loudly brave as Gryffindors are. He is honest, loyal, hard working and genuine; his heroism is of a quiet and humble kind; all of that belongs to Hufflepuff house. He can show compassion, he dislikes unfairness (think - his answer to the question of he wants to kill Nazis - that's typical, typical Hufflepuff), and most of all, you can rely on him. maybe it helps to compare him with Thor, who is a Goryffindor poster boy. Or Ron Weasley, or Fred and George. Gryffindors have a bit of recklessness in them, and I don't think Steve does. He is a peaceful man, his primary motivation isn't the fight, isn't heroism, it's righting the wrongs. His weapon is a shield. His loyalty is fierce but selective; think of his reactions to Tony - it takes a while until Steve is convinced that Tony is, in fact, a good guy who would lay himself down on a wire. Steve is a tough one, I think, but when he said "I hate bullies I don't care where they're from", that solidified him as a Hufflepuff for me.

Tony - a Slytherin poster child. He is definitely the best that Slytherin house can offer - smart, cunning, picks his fights, ambitious, powerful, classy. He's arrogant, but that arrogance is a mask, beneath is a good man who will do good things. He just doesn't want to be called a hero; and he doesn't want it because he doesn't believe he is one. Oh, he does like flash and glitter, but that's different than being a hero. That's hollow stuff, beneath his classy, fine, playboy bravado is a lonely man with daddy issues who feels so very alone. I heart Tony because I can relate *points to icon* We Slytherin people are tough on the outside, and very soft on the inside. I heart how he reacted to Bruce - he was the only one to approach poor man and face him, mostly because Tony knows how it feels to live with a monster inside you, only Tony is Iron Man's monster. Slytherin loyalty is selective, but once it's given, it's forever, no matter what. When everyone thought they'll never see bruce again, Tony kept asking, in the middle of a battle, "Is Banner here?"

Clint - could make the sorting hat take a minute or two to ponder where to put him - maybe. Someone might say that he's a Gryffindor because he doesn't even bat an eye during the entire fight in Manhattan. That guy is fearless in action, but he lacks the loud, I'm - a - star mentality of a Gryffindor. he rather wouldn't be seen; he prefers being up there, observing, essentially, doing his work. So, Hufflepuff. Is Clint nice? I think he is, once he gets to know people; he is definitely less approachable than Ryan or Carson, but I can imagine three of them getting along rather well. I think he's the example of the toughest that Hufflepuff house can offer; I also see him as genuine and honest, and someone you can rely on, but his loyalty isn't free. It has to be earned, and you can see that aspect nicely hinted at in his interactions with Natasha. You just have to wonder what happened between them to make their bond so solid - I love that scene when he wakes up, and Natasha is there (obviously!), and whatever they have, it's incredibly solid. Her devotion to him is strong and even painful at times, his loyalty to her is steady and, I think, endless, and it's amazing how he recognizes her during their fight even while he was under Loki's control. (I just heart them! And I better stop blabbing about them, because this might turn into a shipper manifesto).

Re: I JUST HAVE LOTS OF FEELS.

[anuna-81.livejournal.com]

Natasha - a "combat - Slytherin". You don't want this girl after you. Her ambition isn't oriented towards achieving status, it's focused on getting the job done, so whatever her goal is, she will reach it. She is also, determined, subtle, she comes prepared (that's basically, what Natasha is all about), she fits the goal justifies the means mentality. She's pretty ruthless when she needs to be, and she can separate herself from the things she does - in fact, she can separate her different selves, she can operate under entire identities which are temporary, while keeping the real self somewhere inside. She is loyal, but her loyalty is selective (and that's also a typical trait of the house). When Natasha takes one for the team (but not really for the team, it's more for Clint), it hurts. I think that the loyalty she feels toward her partner (romantic or not) expands to the team during the film, so both of these feelings are the motivation for her decision to go into a war; that's why she becomes a soldier. Slytherins are usually more loyal to people than to ideas, we really don't weep over regimes falling, but they (we! I heart my house!) we'd do anything to keep our loved ones safe, and it usually means more to us than keeping the world safe.

(also? Slytherin myself. *nods*)