Talk:Hogwarts AU/@comment-62.61.181.13-20130717163617/@comment-70.176.221.227-20130820235049

Honestly, if you're going to get that specific, you might as well throw the lot in Gryffindor and be done with it. I'm going to provide a counter-example here: Peter Pettigrew. The most slimy, selfish, disloyal Gryffindor I ever had the misfortune to learn about. I honestly cannot FATHOM why the Sorting Hat let him in Gryffindor. The only way he got in was either a) because the rest of the Mauraders wanted in or b) his family wanted him to be. It was certainly not because he was brave and reckless; he is a pure Slytherin. Another mild example: Cho Chang. Someone please explain to me why she is a Ravenclaw because I see no evidence that she truly belongs there (especially when you look at the movie version of her).

Now, I'm starting to sense a "Slytherin is bad, Gryffindor is good" theme appearing here. Let me make this clear: your House does not make you good or bad. There is such a thing as a good Slytherin, and there is such a thing as a bad Gryffindor.

Now, I'd like to point out a few things about Jack--while he is not overly antagonistic, he has grown used to being alone. He can get prickly and upset with people rather quickly (i.e. Easter Kangaroo). When Pitch offered to rule the world with him, as you say, he did turn it down, but what he said was, "No, they'll fear both of us. And that's not what I want." He only helps the Guardians in the first place at the chance of gaining his memories back. Being self-preserving is not always a bad thing.

Merida was not thinking very clearly or very thoroughly when she 1) simply rejected the entire marriage ordeal, 2) never considered what the reprecussions of shooting for her own hand might be, and 3) making the very vague request to the witch to change her fate. This is reckless at its finest. However, she turns this recklessness in her own favor when she rides after her mother and saves her from being chopped to pieces by her own father. She realizes what she has done, she even decides she will accept the arranged marriage before Elinor said otherwise. (And besides, who said Gryffindors had to be self-sacrificing?)