Regulus nods. "We're sorted at age eleven, and then we have to live with the stereotypes and inter-house rivalries."
"Gryffindors are a bunch of foolish, near-suicidal Quiddich jocks with a tendency to show their supposed bravery - assuming it doesn't really come in a bottle labeled 'firewhiskey' - by bullying Slytherin students who didn't have the sense to form enough allegiances to have adequate backup. And in any altercation, they'll be the ones forgiven and thought the victims, since the Headmaster favors them, and since Slytherins, of course, cannot be trusted."
"Ravenclaw is the house of arrogant know-it-alls, always with their nose in a book. But at least they and the Hufflepuffs are fairly neutral when it comes to the worst of the rivalry. Hufflepuffs are considered naive, weak, and easy to take advantage of, when they're not simply thought of as the 'rejects' that didn't fit anywhere else. And Slytherin..."
"One doesn't make friends in the house of snakes, only allegiances, as those who seek only to further their own ends can't possibly care about anyone but themselves. If there has been a fight and a Slytherin was involved, they probably started it, since of course we're manipulative and can't be trusted. We're treacherous, traitorous, and often evil, expected to end up in Azkaban unless we have the family connections or money to bribe the authorities to turn a blind eye to what horrible monsters we are." This is said with no small amount of sarcasm.
To the last, he simply says, "If anything. I've made certain I don't know the PIN coordinates for my own world, just to remove the temptation. And the portal that delivered me here closed right afterward."
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Date: 2013-12-30 04:21 am (UTC)"Gryffindors are a bunch of foolish, near-suicidal Quiddich jocks with a tendency to show their supposed bravery - assuming it doesn't really come in a bottle labeled 'firewhiskey' - by bullying Slytherin students who didn't have the sense to form enough allegiances to have adequate backup. And in any altercation, they'll be the ones forgiven and thought the victims, since the Headmaster favors them, and since Slytherins, of course, cannot be trusted."
"Ravenclaw is the house of arrogant know-it-alls, always with their nose in a book. But at least they and the Hufflepuffs are fairly neutral when it comes to the worst of the rivalry. Hufflepuffs are considered naive, weak, and easy to take advantage of, when they're not simply thought of as the 'rejects' that didn't fit anywhere else. And Slytherin..."
"One doesn't make friends in the house of snakes, only allegiances, as those who seek only to further their own ends can't possibly care about anyone but themselves. If there has been a fight and a Slytherin was involved, they probably started it, since of course we're manipulative and can't be trusted. We're treacherous, traitorous, and often evil, expected to end up in Azkaban unless we have the family connections or money to bribe the authorities to turn a blind eye to what horrible monsters we are." This is said with no small amount of sarcasm.
To the last, he simply says, "If anything. I've made certain I don't know the PIN coordinates for my own world, just to remove the temptation. And the portal that delivered me here closed right afterward."