Talk:Hogwarts AU/@comment-16059609-20140908190755

So I've previously said on this page that the Sorting hat would put Merida in Gryffindor because she needed to strengthen that side of her- yes she is very Slytherin, but that's what got her into trouble, her pride and cunning. I've got two more points that put her in Gryffindor.


 * Slytherins seem to have pride in their heritage. Merida wants to live her own life, not grow up to be her mother.


 * Ok so this is a freaky psycological thing I found somewhere that somebody posted on tumblr, it wasn't my discovery and I can't credit the person b/c I found the conversation on Google. The basic idea was that the difference between Slytherins and Gryffindors can be determined by this: "After an argument a Gryffindor will take pleasure in slamming your door. A Slytherin will leave it open, taking pleasure in the fact they made you get up to close it." That's a paraphrase. I know it works because we thought for the longest time that my sister was a Gryffindor, yet she would leave the door open to make you close it. (If she was really angry she'd come back and open the door to make you close it again.) Then she took the Pottermore quiz and got Slytherin- it was a surprise until I remembered this tidbit here. Correct me if I'm wrong, but Merida seems like the kind of person to slam the door in your face.