#burned gryffindor secondary

[k-she-rambles]

since I'm on a temeraire kick...sortinghatchats thoughts!

Laurence: Gryffindor/Hufflepuff with an incredibly strong Bird Primary model. Behaves like a Burned Lion --possibly a deeply underdeveloped one?

Temeraire: Slytherin/Ravenclaw (with a Lion Primary model?)

Granby: Slytherin/Hufflepuff

Tharkay: Ravenclaw/Slytherin, mirroring Temeraire. (not totally certain about his primary)

Jane Roland: Double Snake (aviators tend towards snake it seems

Bonus Rankin my Beloathed: double badger

Laurence analysis under the cut:

• first instinct for Lawrence was Ravenclaw/Gryffindor. I thought 'that man will be himself if it kills him' (ran away twice to join the navy), a sure sign of a Lion Secondary, and he relies heavily on Structures of right and wrong, a Bird Primary trait.

But then I thought about it. Bird Primaries are relatively okay with what they believe in being disproved. They don't like it, but if they find they have to modify or replace some of the moral or philosophical structures they rely on, they're going to be glad to have learned better much sooner than another Primary would.

Lion Primaries though...they carry their beliefs deep in their hearts, and attacks on those beliefs feel, to them, like attacks on their hearts. When Laurence discovers that something he believes is morally wrong, the most positive reaction he ever has is grief. To truly excise something rotten that Laurence believes, you have to cut him open.

As for the good, he feels incredibly guilty for abandoning his Bird structures, but not as guilty as he does when he realizes he's not doing what he knows in his heart to be right.

With his secondary, it's not so much that Laurence will be himself if it kills him, but that he believes in Showing Up no matter what. He's going to be there doing something, no matter where "there" is--he holds himself and those around him to that standard. That's Badger Sec! As a result, Badger Secondaries tend to attract people resources --both allies and enemies. Badgers do this mostly without noticing. If that's not Laurence...

[keeperofmemory]

sorting the moving (무빙) parents into the sortinghatchats system - a quick character analysis

(if you’re new to this theory, your primary house is about why you do things, while your secondary house is about how you do things. you can take the quiz here — it’s fun!) 

[!!! spoilers below !!!]

jang juwon: [hufflepuff primary / gryffindor secondary + hufflepuff model]

“boss, was it about money in the end?”  “what else would it be? being a gangster is a job. (…) aren’t we all here to make money?" “no. i did it to protect our boys"

juwon, juwon, juwon, steel-skinned, soft-hearted monster of a man, who uses 존댓말 and doesn’t see jihee any differently because she is a person like any other, who’s in a gang for the sole purpose of protecting his boys. jang juwon is a hufflepuff primary because he treats people fairly and he belongs, he does not own. hufflepuff primaries value community, and bond to groups, rather than solely individuals, which you can see in his mentality regarding his gang. they’re his people, like he is theirs. they are together, and they are home, what do you mean you aren't here for nothing else but each other? 

of course, the ones he considers his end up betraying him, and he loses his way. (his hufflepuff primary burns, if you will. it is now safer to be alone.) where does he go when he has no home anymore? he does not know. but he finds jihee, and for the first time it feels like he knows where to go. (it does not solve everything, not really, but it is close enough.) 

in the end, he feels the most at home when he is part of team. and when the NIS is shut down and he is put inside walls in front of a screen that never listens, and a keyboard too small for his clumsy fingers, he feels lost again. this is not people, this is cold, lifeless walls, none of them he can run through. the team of superpowered people he later gets put in doesn’t feel exactly right, not really, but he is using what he is good at to help people, and that is the closest he can get to that feeling.

his secondary is a gryffindor; he runs into walls until the walls break, for it is the only way he’s ever known to get through things. (gryff secondaries meet their problems by charging at them, by responding directly to situations.) he has only ever chosen the easiest way, after all, and for a man whose body doesn’t break, simply running into things was the obvious easiest way. why change, why think, when he can simply push through and get through it anyway?

(he does model a hufflepuff secondary, once it's only him and his daughter. he does it for her, gives up everything to build her a better life. it's about doing the work, about showing up. it's odd jobs but honest jobs, moving constantly but still putting in the effort to show steadiness and consistency, to give his daughter a home despite the possibility of the NIS finding them at any moment.)

hwang jihee: [slytherin primary + gryffindor model / gryffindor secondary]

jihee is a healthy slytherin primary if i’ve ever seen one. she advocates for herself, (and she has to, doesn't she? or else nobody else will. not in the line of work she is,) puts herself and her dignity first despite it all. she does have a sense of justice (“that car hit and ran? did it hit you? do you want me to chase it?”) but it doesn’t eat her whole ("but if we find the culprit we split the money:)”) — it’s a nice gryff primary model she likes being in when her slytherin loyalties are not threatened.

juwon is the first person to see her fully as a person, and not a coffee lady. it softens her up immediately. — it doesn't make her fall for him, of course, nor does it get him into her circle. (if it did, she wouldn’t be a slytherin primary). she is a smart girl who advocates for herself, after all. but once he does, he does not leave. she will run into a mob of gangsters and disregard the police for him, will tell him to put himself first, even if it means having a more difficult life for both of them. because putting yourself, and the people that are yours, first, is what matters in the end.

she has a gryffindor secondary she shares with her husband. she can hold her tongue and be perfectly polite, but in the end her problems will be met head on. what other house would throw itself in 100+ mobsters without a plan? she said to hell with it, she’ll figure it out on the way.

gryff secondaries’ honesty is part of their personality and morality — jihee has seen the men play the sappy part only for their own selfish gain, and hates it deeply within her core. once she sees juwon isn’t pretending to be anyone but himself (he is also a gryffindor secondary after all) —  a simple man who reads books on stories where men are bloody but loved, who is willing to buy a ticket to simply share conversations with her  — she finally lets him in, slowly but surely. (her slytherin recognizes that he is also someone the world has shunned for who he is, for the labels they have stuck on him, and she embraces him warmly. he is hers now. and she is his.)

their kid is a gryff/gryff btw . she houseshares with her bf’s dad n i think that’s rlly cute . (her bf houseshares with her dad so . soulmates or whatever)

lee mihyun [gryffindor primary / ravenclaw secondary]

lee mihyun lee mihyun lee mihyun, who uses her powers like she uses her gun, carrying them around and doing the maintenance of each part every night. some would call it overdoing it, but she calls it a habit, calls it being prepared. (and amidst the very real danger that looms above her, can you blame her?) they're all tools she has on her, and years of training have taught her when to use which to get out of a situation with the upper hand. she's a ravenclaw secondary, the house that collects knowledge, tools or skills and then picks them up in times of need. she scouts for danger daily on social media, assesses the situation from a vantage point to collect intel; and yes, she's an agent, at this point it's probably second nature. but this is where she's most comfortable, pulling out from her pocket the information she gathered and the problem-solving systems she’s built whenever she gets tossed into danger.

lee mihyun’s specific brand of claw secondary has her being an adaptable problem solver — understandable, considering her tool set includes her heightened senses (six: her five senses and her common sense) and her gun (make that seven), as well as her general training as a black op agent. however, ravenclaw secondary tools are task-specific. sure, she can take out several enemy agents on her own with nothing but a gun and the strap of her handbag, but have her son bring a new pretty friend home and you’ll have her like a deer in headlights. (...the NIS did not prepare her for this)

her primary is a gryffindor, and it’s what makes her turn away from being an agent even after everything that’s on the line. it doesn’t matter, that she’s running away from the most powerful government agency, not if it’s the right thing to do. (it tires her, after losing her husband and having to do it all on her own. but she doesn't burn, not fully —she can't, not with her son still by her side.) now gryff primaries believe in trusting yourself and your gut, in doing so even if the whole world (or several hundred government agents) is against you. at the end of the day, the most important things is staying true to what’s inside of you. 

so in that fateful moment when the mission was clear, the orders indisputable, she turned away from her organization, her boss, her colleagues, to do what she felt was right. gun in her hand, she said to hell with consequences, i have to stay true to what i believe in — these people are enemies, but they are people and what we’re doing right now is wrong. (from afar, her future husband will see her act upon everything he had been feeling until then, will see a braver reflection of his own gryff primary, and he will fall in love.) 

kim dooshik [gryffindor primary/gryffindor secondary]

kim dooshik is a bit harder to sort; we really don’t see him as much as we could have. he has a gryffindor primary he shares with his wife; their whole story is about finding someone who believes in the same thing they do, stuck in an organization that tells them otherwise. he can look hufflepuff, in the way he values people and fairness — but the core of gryff primaries is about trusting your beliefs and doing your best to live by them. it’s about the bravery to pursue them, even if it leads him to a life of being chased, and captured, and tortured (…literally). 

he has a gryffindor secondary to go with it. that time he tried to diffuse the bomb on a civilian plane under no orders but his own? no orders, no plans, just him flying and trying to save people? very gryff/gryff of him. he also shares a lion secondary with his partner and they play off each other very well. (dooshik casually just letting juwon fall several hundred miles from the sky into where the enemies are and letting him figure it out… #justgryffsecondarybrosthingz)

sure, sure, one could argue for a ravenclaw secondary — but i think that’s just him being an agent. of course he would train and strategize. of course he would have backup plans. but at the end of the day, the method he falls back on is his charging, making it up as he goes. most of all, it’s his blunt honesty, his genuineness that we see shine in his actions. (even in the way he pursues mihyun — not a single disingenuous bone in his body) 

at the end of the day, he’ll rush into a problem when he believes it is right, no matter the consequences. he’ll fly into the enemy’s hands to protect his family, spend years imprisoned in a cave not faltering in his beliefs. a gryff/gryff through and through. 

[funkymbtifiction]

Hey there Charity! Happy (belated) new year!! Hope you're doing well :)

I was wondering if the situation I am in right now is indicative of any typing, especially enneagram I suppose, and if you might be able to give me a thought or two of yours regarding it. I'd really appreciate it!

I'm pretty sure of being an INFP, and strongly relate to both the super-ego and the frustration stances. As of right now, I'm leaning towards sp/so 1w9(/9w1?) or 6w7... maybe? […] I realized the other day that all of this might line up with type 1 - the high standards and black and white thinking regarding what a good life is, the beating up for not living up to that. The line to 7 through indulgence in distractions, not wanting to face the harsh truth of how messed up everything is, clinging to the good stuff (eg. at least I'm living close to my family now). The line to 4 through envying those who live up to my standards, and the despair of not being able to get what I really want, and the dwelling in that instead of doing something about it.

I’m sorry that you’re currently in this situation—it’s hard to realize when we’ve taken a wrong turn in life and get back on the right track, but it does seem important to me that you pursue what you want—and that is this career, through this course of study, in a decent college that has a high academic standard that will keep you motivated. So do what you think is best for yourself, even if it takes a few years longer (I assume this won’t put you a hundred thousand dollars in student debt loans…).

Your self-assessment seems to be solid. I think your evidence for using 7 as a means of self-distraction and escape from your super-ego is strong; also strong is the 4ish envy of someone who has what you want. So yes, I would say 1w9 is very likely. You do seem like a super-ego type, but I don’t see the self-doubt or over-thinking of 6. You know what you want and intend to get it, the sign of a gut type.

MBTI-wise, there wasn’t enough to go on. An INFP or an INFJ would both know what they wanted and struggle to adapt to anything else.

I've also been stuck between Ravenclaw and (burned) Gryffindor primary. For some time I even considered Hufflepuff primary. I'm at least sure about being a Ravenclaw secondary, so that's what I've been rolling with for the past few years. 

Ravenclaw secondary seems likely. But are you motivated by finding a Cause like a Gryffindor? You didn’t say what your career was, but is it driving you as something you “must” do? That would be more Gryffindor I think. A Ravenclaw would adjust their thinking given new evidence, and it seems like your heart won’t let you do that. I’d say Gryffindor.

[painted-crow]

How does someone unburn? At first I thought I was a double Hufflepuff but after looking back at how I acted before I was harshly bullied in high school, I've figured out I'm a badly burned double Gryffindor with a Hufflepuff model and a really unhealthy Ravenclaw model that I use to cope with my ADHD. Do I just need to work on my self-confidence somehow?

I'll give some general advice, then try to take a shot at helping your specific situation. I'm not, like, an expert at this though, so I'm relying on my own and my friends' experiences to inform this.

The things I'm about to describe are really difficult and my description of them is going to sound pat and simplistic. Sorry about that. I'm not trying to minimize the struggle that's involved here, it's just that giving general advice for something this deeply personal is always going to sound kind of trite.

1. Get out of toxic situations and relationships, as much as possible.

Of course this is easier said than done, but it's really really important. If you can't leave the situation or relationship entirely, which would be best, try to work on setting healthy boundaries--as much as is safe for your particular situation. Don't put yourself in danger if you're reliant on someone abusive.

Related: try your best to replace these relationships with ones involving people who aren't shitty. Isolation is generally not good, and you want to avoid slipping back into shitty relationships out of loneliness.

I'm not talking specifically about romantic relationships, btw, just the people you surround yourself with in general.

2. Be patient with yourself.

Give yourself space to be wrong and suck at things. That's called recovery, and the less you can beat yourself up about needing to take time and space to recover, the easier it'll be. Trust that the people who love you don't consider you a burden.

3. Talk things out with someone non-judgmental.

Using your primary as it un-burns can feel really weird. You might feel guilty or uncertain. Sometimes, talking to someone else just to check that the decision you feel is right (but are conflicted about) isn't totally off the deep end can be really helpful. Choose the person wisely, though.

4. Do things that make you feel like yourself.

Don't apologize for taking the "easy" or "lazy" or "impractical" way to solve a problem, especially a low-stakes one. In context of an unburning secondary, that's probably your real secondary you're feeling weird about using.

Maybe take up a hobby that lets you play with your unburning secondary in a low-stakes situation. If you use Lion secondary to experiment in the kitchen, the worst thing that can happen is you ruin a little food and feed the neighborhood raccoon--it's not the end of the world and you can do better next time :)

Now, for your specifics...

If you're out of high school--hooray! You're out of the toxic environment. The thing you need to be careful about is making sure you don't subconsciously seek out similar environments in work or college because they feel familiar.

Also try to challenge the assumption that those around you are just the same as the bullies you left behind--it's very easy to still feel defensive after people were shitholes to you for that long. (I got bullied too.)

If you're not out of high school yet, try to set boundaries for yourself about what deserves your emotional and physical energy. If the only things asking for your attention are destructive, find something that isn't. I picked up writing fantasy novels, which I recommend because you're able to craft your own self-indulgent escapism and it's free and you don't even have to show it to anybody.

If you're in university in the US (and probably a bunch of other places, but I don’t know specifics about them) then you almost certainly have access to free therapy/counseling through your university. Take advantage of that. Don't feel bad about dumping your therapist if you can tell the relationship isn't working, either--I've had a couple of laughably bad therapists, but I've also seen some pretty good ones. And no, your experience isn't "too insignificant" or whatever to see a therapist--if you want to or feel like it could help, you should.

Since you bring up unhealthy model(s), I wonder if I should mention the 4F responses as something to be aware of. We can become over-reliant on one of the four (fight, flight, freeze, fawn) after long-term shitty situations. Unhealthy Hufflepuffs and fawn responders have some overlap. Same with unhealthy Ravenclaw secondaries and flight responders. This may or may not apply to you specifically but it's worth investigating.

Here's a very well-written, accessible explanation of the 4F responses, and here's the detail-rich academic version.

Anyway, back to your Houses. The more you can use your unburning Houses in light, low-stakes situations where failure isn't costly, the better. Play with them as much as you can, basically. Try to not get too upset when they fail; you're relearning them and they'll get better. If you think you're shitty at using them, try to be okay with that and be patient. Try not to dismiss them as not valuable or practical; lots of people use the different Houses to great effect.

Uhhhh so this is just a brain dump of different advice, and I have no idea if any of this is helpful. Anyone else want to weigh in?

[ten-of-imps]

I think... I think I was mistaking my burned and toxic badger secondary with lion secondary. Maybe there's a toxic model on top of it. Maybe this guess is wrong, but... I do mirror people quite easily. I like honesty and believe things should be done the way they should be, it's the safest best way. Surrounding myself with people feels safe. I do want to work on things, but there's reasons why I don't, mostly boredom or lack of focus. I can change too much for someone else without feeling guilty, and still feel like myself to be a lion secondary. I think I connected to it through the fact that I'm burned and I just do things, I just go head first, meet things as I am and let it do its thing and then I recover for some time.

I'm not a hard working creature, not patient, not social enough to ever feel enough and good and doing things the way I want to. Plus I tried to refuse gender norms and lived as me, which I thought was a lion secondary trait, you know.

But there's just something that does not fit with lion secondary. Neither does badger secondary fit quite perfectly. Maybe I'm not, maybe I just want to say that I do whatever and go and do things just as I am.

P. S. With people, I came with this metaphor. Imagine I'm a black tea (my favourite). Every person that comes in my life mixes something, some spice into my black tea and gets to drink that, we both do. Sometimes it's good. Sometimes it's not. I do have the list of the spices, although I love when I don't. Those moments are what I live for, when live gives me a spice that I had no idea existed. But the fact is, I never come just as I am, just offering black tea. It doesn't work like that. Unless it's a bitter black tea when I'm really tired or annoyed. That part is why I thought maybe I do have snake secondary with it's neutral space, but I do t thin kso now anymore.

P. P. S.

Maybe that's jsut something I imagine to be. Idk.

[ethereal-skye]

Burned Gryffindor Primary // Ravenclaw Model Slytherin Secondary // Hufflepuff Model as according to @sortinghatchats' system.

[wiltedthrone]

okay wHEW CHILE i think i’ve finally FINALLY  got it. here’s the tldr version and then under the cut is more indepth with certain parts that stood out to me

* primary house exposes why your muse does certain things. reasons, motivations and drive. a * secondary house defines how your muse does things. their methods, actions and behaviors.  * model house defines morals your muse admires and tries to abide by, but wouldn’t mind dropping for the sake of other priorities.

We think you’re a Slytherin Primary and a Slytherin Secondary.

Slytherin Primaries prioritize their own selves and loved ones first. Slytherins don’t feel guilty or selfish about this– they feel righteous and moral. The most important thing is to look after your own. Abandoning or hurting one of your own is the worst thing you can do.

Slytherin Secondaries adapt. They’re flexible and multi-faceted. It doesn’t feel disingenuous to them to act differently in different spaces.

You also may have a Hufflepuff Primary Model.

Hufflepuff House is the house of fairness and loyalty, and Hufflepuffs use those values to help them determine what the right thing to do is. If you model Hufflepuff Primary, you also value these things and like to live by them. You probably have a community, culture, or group that’s really important to you– but you wouldn’t feel guilty for abandoning your community and its values in the service of other, higher priorities (whether that’s sticking by your chosen family, following what your logic tells you, or crusading after a cause that calls to you). But you’d like to value the communal loyalty and even-handness of a Hufflepuff. It’s good, solid, and satisfying. It would be nice if you could stick with people and help those in need– but you have other, more important things to do sometimes, and you don’t feel bad about that.

SLYTHERIN PRIMARY

Slytherin Primaries are fiercely loyal to the people they care for most. Slytherin is the place where “you’ll make your real friends”– they prioritize individual loyalties and find their moral core in protecting and caring for the people they are closest to.

Slytherin’s reputation for ambition comes from the visibility of this promotion of the self and their important people– ambition is something you can find in all four Houses; Slytherin’s is just the one that looks most obviously selfish.

Because their morality system of “me and mine first” is fairly narrow in scope, Slytherins often construct an additional morality system (a “model”) to deal with situations that are not addressed by their personal loyalty system.

While Slytherin has a reputation for being insular and amoral, a Slytherin’s loyalty does not have to be limited to a small group of loved ones. Some Slytherins have “inner circles” so large they look like Hufflepuffs. But it's a big possessive type of love.

To quote Terry Pratchett’s Tiffany Aching: “Then turn selfishness into a weapon! Make all things yours! Make other lives and dreams and hopes yours! Protect them! Save them! Bring them into the sheepfold! Walk the gale for them! Keep away the wolf! My dreams! My brother! My family! My land! My world! How dare you try to take these things, because they are mine!”

A Slytherin can also have no one in their inner circle except for themself. But the idea of prioritizing your self (and, if you have them, your people) is a moral good in its own right-- it’s healthy, honest, and grounded. You can do lots of other things with your life-- be generous, ambitious, contrary, cruel, kind-- but you don’t feel bad about stepping back and taking care of you and yours. There’s nothing wrong with that. In fact, there’s something really right about that.

HUFFLEPUFF PRIMARY MODEL

It would be nice if you could stick with people and help those in need-- but you have other, more important things to do sometimes, and you don't feel bad about that.

Maybe you picked up this model because you like it, or someone taught it to you as a child. Maybe you picked it up because the people you love really value it, and this is one of the ways you show your love and devotion. Maybe it just makes sense, and you find it satisfying to prioritize this morality system when you can.

But dropping these values would make you feel practical and grounded, maybe a little melancholy or disappointed-- it wouldn't make you feel like you were a bad person.

SLYTHERIN SECONDARY

A Slytherin Secondary’s defining constant is to change. They adapt to the situation, going with the flow and making use of advantages as they come. They are good at spotting unexpected opportunities and rapidly shifting their aim and approach in order to snatch up the possibilities in front of them. Sometimes this leads them to appear lucky where they are actually better described as opportunistic.

This maneuverability adds to the Slytherin reputation for manipulation, cunning, and deceit– but from the Slytherin’s perspective, those opportunities were there for other people to see, too, and taking advantage of them is neither dishonest nor tricky, but resourceful.

It doesn’t feel deceitful to a Slytherin to change to fit the needs of their environment– to be kind with this person, forceful with this one, erudite to the next. This adaptability can be applied to manipulation, influence, and power, but a Slytherin secondary can just as easily focus their efforts on maintaining friendships, making people happy, encouraging positive social change, or streamlining communication.

Most of the time, most Slytherin Secondaries live comfortably in a system of shifting facades and able code-switching, singing a different tune to every situation. But when they are feeling safe, in the company of trusted people, or when they are feeling particularly apathetic and done with the world, Slytherin Secondaries often let all those shifting layers drop— this is the neutral state. The neutral state is easy to mistake for a Gryffindor Secondary because there is a similar sharp-edged, unreserved honesty to it. But the motivation for this honesty is coming from different places.

The neutral state is blunt and often rough, unphased by stepping on people’s toes. For some Slytherin Secondaries, it’s a luxury not to care about stepping on toes— their best tools for their own comfort, success, and joy may involve paying close attention to their circumstances and reacting accordingly in order to manipulate the spaces they inhabit. Other Slytherin Secondaries, less threatened or less protective of themselves, might spend lots of time in their neutral state. But they indulge in that bluntness for pleasure, efficacy, or ease-- being less honest and forthright would feel just as ethical, whereas to a Gryffindor "lying" is inherently negative.

While Slytherins are stereotyped as “slimy” or disingenuous, that’s hardly fair. Slytherins are practical and flexible, seeing situations honestly and not imposing their own ideas and behaviors on the external world. They become what they need to be to achieve their goals, because why and what you’re doing are more important than how. How you act doesn’t determine who you are-- only you can do that.

It’s important to note, that that there is a consistent core to a Slytherin secondary. They are not less reliable or more flighty– they are more adaptable, and that has no impact on the integrity of their core or the relationships they form. Long term friends or allies of a Slytherin secondary are likely to know and trust the underlying consistency of the Slytherin secondary, and to rely on their flexibility and support.

[itsmeimcathy]

THIS QUIZ WAS WAY TOO REAL WTF

(the neverending quiz)

[lamentedhope-a]

SORTING HAT CHAT QUIZ RESULTS:

PRIMARY:  BURNED GRYFFINDOR

A burned Gryffindor still thinks it’s important to try to do the right thing. They just have some doubts, insecurities, or cynicism around the idea that anyone can know what “right” is. The world would be easier if they could trust their gut, but they know they can’t. They still strive to do what they can, and often build a constructed morality system (or adopt an external legal, philosophical, or religious code) in order to live as well as possible. But unlike a Ravenclaw Primary, who would be satisfied and righteous using this external system, a burned Gryffindor will always be disappointed and even guilty using this out-sourced moral system.

SECONDARY: GRYFFINDOR

Gryffindor Secondaries are more likely to change their volume than their content. They can hold their tongue. They can be polite, patient, proper people—but when the going gets rough or the rough get going you can find a Gryffindor Secondary by the way their problems are met head on rather than subverted, negotiated, or cajoled. They have an efficiency so direct it can be almost combative.

Gryffindor secondaries can be subtle, skilled, and even quiet, but they will cut to the core of things unflinchingly. They will sacrifice social harmony, reputation, and peace before they sacrifice their own outward integrity.

Gryffindor secondaries can be an interesting mix of stand-up integrity and mischievous rule-breaking and chaos. These potentially conflicting traits fall to this— Gryffindor Secondaries are self-defined. Their integrity and their honesty is a deal with themselves, not others.

It can be easy to overlook the efficacy of the Gryffindor secondary when distracted by their tactics. Friends (and opponents) will forget that simplicity and directness of method says nothing about the level of complexity and intelligence in their motivations. Honesty means neither shallowness nor immaturity. The drive and ability to cut to the heart of matters which backs up a Gryffindor’s directness makes them powerful in conflict and refreshing in friendship.

[hoodienanami]

this sorting hat quiz just read me like a goddamn book and idk how to feel about that

[persefoneshalott]

Season 3 of stranger things DOES NOT FIT with my sorting of some of the kids so I’m IGNORING IT

[quillsandink]

took the sortinghatchats sorting quiz & got hufflepuff primary / burned hufflepuff secondary...and Wow i’m just rly a Puff huh

[reave-n-puff]

Unknown: *asks a lot of questions*

Ravenclaw: *responds correctly without any hesitation*

Gryffindor: *responds with confidence, but she tries to argue with Ravenclaw even if she's wrong*

Ravenclaw: they told us that before.

Gryffindor: but that...

Unknown [looking at Ravenclaw]: five points for Gryffindor.

Ravenclaw [wearing Ravenclaw hoodie]: actually, I am Ravenclaw.

Unknown:

Unknown: oh.

Ravenclaw [in her head]: how exactly did you assume that I am a Griffie?

[evolretla]

Well.... this was extremely spot on. Haven’t really felt like a Hufflepuff in a while, but the description of a Burned Hufflepuff fixed that.

not my fault pottermore’s a bitch idiot coward this one is my new best friend

[painted-crow]

Any suggestions for trying to cook Gryffindor style? I realized I've been modeling my mom's Bookkeeper Puff secondary really hard over my burned Gryff for years and I don't even know how to improvise anymore. I'm really scared of failing. Cooking seems like a low stakes place to play around. I'm really good at cooking so how badly can I screw up, right?

Decide what you wanna make, and then just go for it?

If you have trouble with the vagueness of that direction because improvising is hard, maybe meet it halfway by watching a YouTube video or two, or picking a simple recipe.

Orrrr!

I suggest making bread! The ingredients are cheap and easy to get, and it's not as picky as people make it sound. I could link you a recipe, but that would defeat the purpose, so instead I'll give you some hints like you're on one of those "you don't get a real recipe" cooking shows:

Bread, at its most basic, is just flour, water, yeast, and salt. You don't actually need anything else! You can stir it up in a big bowl with your hands and bake it off in lumps on a cookie tray.

Check that your yeast is alive by stirring in a few tablespoons of water and a pinch of sugar. It should foam up. If you just bought your yeast it's probably fine, but it's good to check.

You'll want about a tablespoon of yeast per pound of flour, maybe a bit less.

Your dough should be stretchy and not *too* sticky or goopy--it should come away from the sides of the bowl pretty easily and be shapeable.

You can let the dough rise in the fridge, covered, and then it's less picky about when you bake it ^^

I suggest 400F for your oven temperature, but I've baked it off anywhere from 350-450F. Keep an eye on it around the half hour mark, sooner if you use a higher temp.

You can try eyeballing when it's done from the crust, you can try thumping the bottom to find out if it sounds hollow, or you can use a thermometer and pull it when its internal temp is around 180-190F ish.

Don't eat undercooked bread. If you slice into it and find it's gooey in the middle still, you can try throwing it back in the oven and see what happens, or slice it up and throw all the slices in a toaster, or whatever you wanna do--just make sure it's cooked through. Food safety!

Now, here's the real improvvy bit: you can mess with this in all kinds of different ways.

You can dig a handful of shredded cheese out of your fridge and knead it into a handful of dough, and bake that

You can make it into rolls and stuff them with lunch meat or ground hamburger or sauteed veggies

You can sprinkle herbs and stuff on top

You can try to turn them into cinnamon bread/cinnamon rolls/cinnamon bread rolls

What happens if you add butter? Oatmeal? Instant mashed potato flakes?

Idk, dig stuff out of your fridge and try something weird lol

What's the worst that can happen?

You make a mess, set off your smoke alarm, and waste $2 in ingredients? You'll live.

Your mental image of your mom that lives in the back of your head starts to yell at you? It's a good opportunity to practice telling her to buzz off.

This should be a solid enough starting point, then you can just try things and... roll with it. (That pun wasn't intended when I started that sentence, but it sure is now.)

[ten-of-imps]

How do people sort themselves in sorting hat chats system? I know I know they have a test, the fact is I don't think I belong anywhere in it. It's so complicated. I thought I was a slytherin primary. Then a burned puff or gryff. Just now I thought maybe I'm a ravenclaw primary who decided there's no real truth there and I'm not smart enough and the world is too chaotic so just do whatever and let's just take gryffs and slytherins models on top of that.

.... I was doubting that before a couple of minutes but now I think maybe that could work. When I was little I did thought there are rules, principles in how we should act and treat eatch other and how we could live the best way I guess. Then I saw that the wolr doesn't care about these things. But then, I should let go of my heroic principles and add it the most logical thing - that the world is based on money, that it has the most value and everything is measured by that. But I can't. It sound s disgusting and cruel and "but how about the person, how about being you and a human being?" I can't let go of these, althou it's not logical to hold on to that. It wasn't logical to say I won't lie because I don't like to lie and because I would feel guilty if I'd take away information from someone and they'd make a decision without knowing everything. No, I can't do that. You have to know everything. I will lie mostly when it will save my own butt. That I can do, but of course its fuelled by fear, so....

I have my moments where I think – "oh, so that's how the world works", and it both liberates me and chains me to my experiences.

I thought I was burned puff, but something was just bothering me. Deep down I really don't know how to bond with a community. To me, it feels like I have to bond with each and everyone of them. I just.... I can't. I don't have that much energy and love for everyone. And I don't think I dehumanize. So that is probably out for a couple of months.

Not that I'm really good at bonding with a person. Sometimes I feel like I'm a bull at china shop. But I think that's because of my kind of useless rash gryff secondary. This is something I won't doubt for a week. It's rash. I don't want to say things that aren't mine, I don't want to be someone else. I react to situations, my first instinct would be to jump in, be confrontational, but then I have to remind myself how useless and stupid that would be,so just shut up. I take a great joy and pride in every other model I've built to help that little peace of me keep afloat, but if it would be my choice, and if it would be the best choice, I'd be me, thank you very much.