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animorphs in hogwarts?

i'm really sorry if this was discussed before, as i'm sure it's come up somewhere at some point :) what houses do you think the animorphs would be in? i would say the following:

rachel: gryffindor
cassie: hufflepuff
marco: slytherin (or possibly ravenclaw)
ax: ravenclaw

i'm a little up in the air with jake and tobias though. jake for example is very brave but not reckless the way rachel is. i feel like he's a bit of a gryffindor/ravenclaw in the beginning and then turns more towards slytherin towards the end as the decisions he has to make have bigger consequences. as for tobias, possibly hufflepuff as he's extremely loyal but then i also sense ravenclaw from him too. what do you guys think?

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I'd say Jake was definitely a Gryffindor. I wouldn't exactly say cleverness or ambition/ruthlessness motivated him, so I can't see him as Ravenclaw or Slytherin. Rachel's the one I'd be up in the air about being Gryffindor or Slytherin, simply because she does become so reckless in the end.

For Tobias I'd like to say Ravenclaw just because of the name and his whole being a hawk thing, but he could also be Gryffindor--he was the one pushing them to fight the Yeerks to begin with.

Ax's major character issue was loyalty (deciding to be loyal to the Animorphs or to the Andalites), and given his cleverness really only stems from being part of a more technologically advanced race, I'd say Hufflepuff for him instead of Ravenclaw--intelligence wasn't a motivator for him

Marco is totally Slytherin with a dash of Ravenclaw, and Cassie is *such* a Hufflepuff.

The important thing, really, is to define what traits are most important for each house, and figure out who really exemplifies them. I'd say it goes Hufflepuff=loyalty & optimism, Ravenclaw=cleverness, Gryffindor=bravery, Slytherin=ambition & ruthlessness.

that's a good point actually, about tobias -- he is sort of the neville of the group!

I'd never thought of it that way before, but he really is, huh?

Ax has a bit of Neville in him, too, in that he rises up to be so much more than people expect of him. I think that's part of why those two were shorms even before they knew about their connection with Elfangor. They were both underdogs.

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i can see tobias as both a ravenclaw and a hufflepuff. but i'd probably side him in hufflepuff because besides being loyal, he is honest and kind, compassionate, hard-working and emphatic. i think all those traits are more prevalent in him then anything ravenclawy.

jake i'm on and off with. he's definitely more of a planner than most gryffs are but, idk, hermione liked to plan. she wasn't very reckless, neither was neville or percy. i'd probably put him in gryffindor because of his bravery, practicality and tendency to be blunt when need be.

Jake and Rachel are two sides of the same coin, in my opinion. they're definitely both Gryffindor.

Marco's a Slytherin, definitely.

Cassie I was wavering between Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw, but she's more based on morality than knowledge, so Hufflepuff makes more sense imo. Tobias as well -- they've always seemed like two sides of the same coin to me as well (which makes sense considering their

I disagree with Ax being in Ravenclaw, to be honest. He fills the role of tech guy/knowledge boy (along with Cassie), but he's not a Ravenclaw, imo. If he'd been on Earth his entire life, he probably would be, but in his culture he's a student, and not a particularly good one, either - in school he was mostly bored and not paying attention because he was too busy thinking about girls. Imo, he's a Gryffindor as well -- the whole Absolute Loyalty thing makes me feel that.

So, in my opinion:

Gryffindor: Jake, Rachel, Ax
Hufflepuff: Tobias, Ax
Slytherin: Marco
Ravenclaw: gets no love

Honestly, I think they'd all be Gryffindors, except Marco - and only because Marco would ask to be in Slytherin. He definitely sees himself as a Slytherin, but these kids gave up their entire lives to save the world. Gryffindors through and through.

If I had to assign houses, Rachel and Tobias Gryffindor, Ax Ravenclaw, Cassie and Jake both Hufflepuffs, Marco Slytherin.

We did have this discussion last year, actually (http://animorphs.livejournal.com/681102.html) :)

;D thanks!!!

I remember this coming up before too, although I can't for the life of me remember where XD

Marco to me is definitely a Slytherin, not a Ravenclaw. Ravenclaws to me are the kind of people who love knowledge and intelligence, and Marco doesn't really value that...at all. He spends waaaaaay too much time sleeping in class to be a Ravenclaw.

Rachel I agree would be Gryffindor. I can't see her in any other houses - her recklessness and fearlessness to me embodies Gryffindor too much.

Cassie's a tricky one for me. Hufflepuff is about loyalty and hard work, and yet Cassie avoids responsibility and is also the only Animorph to ever actually bail. Although she does match the 'fair play' part of Hufflepuff. Possibly her knowledge of animals could count her for Ravenclaw, although that is a bit of a stretch. She's definitely not a Gryffindor or Slytherin though, so Hufflepuff probably is the only one she'd fit into for me XD

Ax I remember putting in Ravenclaw last time, but there have been good arguments made for why that's not as good a fit for him. In which case I'd put him in Gryffindor, because Ax is all about Andalite Honour and being a brave warrior.

Tobias could be a Gryffindor much in the style of Neville. Sure, he doesn't look like someone who's brave on first look, but he's ready to leap into that war from the get go. But he could also be a Hufflepuff, I think.

And Jake...yeah, Jake's still tricky XD He kinda doesn't neatly fit into any of the houses, and it also depends on where he is in the series. (Early Jake couldn't be a Slytherin so much, but later Jake could.)

Tobias kind of bailed in book 3 when he went all-out hawk for a couple of days. I wouldn't say Cassie avoids responsibility, either--if anything, she took too much responsibility at times and thus was unable to distance herself from her actions in the war.

I would actually place Rachel in Slytherin (and I flove Rachel, so this isn't an insult).

Hmm, I wouldn't really call that bailing, since Tobias didn't consciously choose to do that. He more had a mental breakdown. And with Cassie, I meant more the way she avoids the responsibilities of many decisions. Like how if a decision might result in really serious consequences, she'll often try to avoid being the one to make the call. She does take on responsibilities in lots of other ways though, so I'm probably explaining really badly here XD

I love Marco and I stick him in Slytherin, so I get that it's not an insult :P I just can't imagine Rachel there, because to me Slytherin is all about ambition and cunning, and I just can't can't really see those traits in Rachel.

Agreed. The book was an absolute trainwreck, but I think it's one of the few things #37 got right. Rachel will and can do terrible things. That's not the same skillset as being able to make terrible plans. That is more Jake, Marco and at times Cassie's terriority. Not to say she isn't capable of being cunning and doing what needs to be done -- they all are -- but it's not her forte.

I just can't see Marco as a Slytherin. He does fit the technical description--cunning, ruthlessness, and all of that--but I don't think the majority of people in Slytherin really fit that. Crabbe and Goyle, cunning? Just can't picture it. Slytherins never struck me as having much of a sense of humor.

I think that's more because Slytherin just ended up meaning villainous in the HP books.

What

streussal said. Marco's actually a good example of how a heroic Slytherin would work (Snape and Slughorn are more anti-heroes, imo). Then again, it wouldn't take much adjusting to make Marco a villain, honestly... but you could say that about all of them.

Thirding that. Cunning can be used for good as well as evil, and from the little I remember of Marco he's definitely the ambitious type. :)

I like those games, so here are my picks:

Jake - Gryffindor (later Slytherin)
Rachel - Gryffindor
Tobias - Gryffindor (or Hufflepuff)
Cassie - Hufflepuff
Marco - Slytherin
Ax - Gryffindor

Now I'm tempted to do a similar thing with the Hunger Games characters but that's off-topic.

out of curiosity, what do you think they would be? :)

Let's see...
I would say that Katniss is either Gryffindor or Slytherin (she's got a bit of a manipulative side)
Peeta is either Gryffindor or Hufflepuff.
Gale - Slytherin
Johanna - Slytherin
Finnick - Gryffindor/Hufflepuff

I'm late but here are my sortings anyway!

Jake: Gryffindor. Perhaps a Slytherdor by the end of the series.

Cassie: Hufflepuff.

Rachel: Gryffindor.

Marco: Slytherin, no doubt. He has elements of Hufflepuff, definitely, when you look at how overwhelming loyal he is to Jake and his parents. That loyalty is a driving force but I think it's the means by which he achieves his ends that makes him a Slytherin. (While I agree with everyone that Slytherin does not equal evil... let's be honest, in a simpler series, Marco would've been the "bad" kid on the team.)

Tobias: I think he's a bit fit for Ravenclaw than Ax. Not just because of the bird theme, heh, but he's shown to live in his own little world before the war starts and I think that's as much of an element of Ravenclaw as pure book smarts. Just look at Luna for example. Not to say Tobias doesn't have the brains to back it up... the kid is a total nerd.

Ax: I say Hufflepuff for the reasons everyone has mentioned.

I'd never really considered the Hufflepuff angle for Marco before, but if you tilt your head at it it kinda works, as a 'slight leanings' sort of thing XD

Hearing you talk about Tobias and Ravenclaw makes me remember his dinosaur obsession though...memorising all those dinosaur names is definitely very Ravenclaw XD

Oh, good, I was kind of worried I was the only who saw it that way. To be fair, Pottermore says something like "Slytherins can be very loyal... to their own" which basically summarizes Marco perfectly, so perhaps it's not strictly a Hufflepuff thing. (Or there's a lot more overlap between the houses than we're led to believe, which is my interpretation, but heyyyyy this is comm is about Animorphs not Harry Potter.)

The dinosaurs were what clinched it for me, actually! I was thinking that's such a Ravenclaw thing to do. Plus I'm pretty sure it's mentioned more than once that Tobias used to escape into books, like, all the time.

Well, I don't think a trait being associated with one house means that ONLY THE PEOPLE FROM THAT HOUSE can have that trait? It just means that those are like...the dominant traits. (Not to mention those people who are borderline). ~~And hey, it's all literature! :P~~

And he's also help the others with their homework, despite not having to go to school. And correct Marco's spelling ~~Although admittedly that seemed to be something of a group effort~~

VERY TRUE. The picture we get of the houses can be very narrow sometimes but I don't think JKR intended it to be. Like you said, it's based on what traits a person has most of. And even Dumbledore admits that can change throughout a person's life! (Plus all the borderline people. Like, say, Harry. And Hermione. And, according to Pottermore, McGonagall and Flitwick... wasn't there also a mention of Neville being stuck between Hufflepuff and Gryffindor? And I'm sure there are many more.)

Good point! I can't recall what the books had to say about Tobias's grades but I've always figured he was either a) a good student on Rachel's level or b) had a potential but struggled due to his home situation. Or even a mix of both. ~~Pfft, I'm pretty sure even Ax helped with Marco's spelling which is all sorts of sad.~~

There is quite a gap between what the houses are stated to be and what they're actually portrayed as in the books. Like, JKR tells us that the Slytherins aren't all bad and that being a Slytherin doesn't meant hat you're evil, but she never actually shows that (which I tend to view as her own biases coming through.) I think you mentioned somewhere that Marco's a good example of a 'heroic' Slytherin, so he's basically a lot like what I imagine many Slytherins would be like, if they weren't being cast as the villains because JKR doesn't like cunning and ambitious people so much.

I can definitely see that! And I could imagine that with his home life, knowledge could have been something of a friend - since books are something that wouldn't neglect or abuse him. ~~It is sad, and yet so incredibly amusing XD~~

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