You know what time it is? Time for some more Sorting Hat fun! I love Harry Potter and I love Gilmore Girls, so this post is like a dream to write. And even better? Liz* is helping! Yay for Liz.
1. Lorelai Gilmore
Charlotte's take:
Lorelai goes to Gryffindor! There are a lot of great things about Lorelai, and quite a few factors go into this sort. Obviously she's brave and courageous. Sista left her comfortable and safe lifestyle to go raise her baby and follow her dream. It was definitely the road less traveled. She's also a little reckless at times, both as a teenager and an adult. It's never in a horrible way, but the wild side of her makes me narrow it down to Hufflepuff or Gryffindor. Combine that with her bravery and she joins the house where dwells Dumbledore and Martin Sheen.
Also, I'd be in Gryffindor, and I'd want to be in the same house as her. That's a good reason, right?
Liz's take:
Lorelai goes to Gryffindor! Look at all of the stuff she did. Raising Rory, making her own path, starting her own career- that takes so much courage and strength. She's also a momma you don't want to fuck with.
Okay, so we're agreed! An excellent addition to Gryffindor.
2. Rory Gilmore
We're disagreed on this one!
Liz's take:
Rory goes to Ravenclaw! I feel pretty confident about Ravenclaw. She's obviously bookish and loves learning no matter where she is. She was also for a long period of time the weird one at school. The quiet loner. Also I don't think she had the patience of a Hufflepuff. Remember when she realized she needed charity work on her resume and how she bailed on Dean to do ALL THE THINGS for her college app in one weekend? She wanted to get into Harvard so much. Not just because of the name, but because of how much she thinks she'd learn there.
Charlotte's take:
All of the things Liz said about Rory's love of learning are true. And I was torn on this one. Rory reads all the time. Usually if someone reads that much, they're big thinkers. Rory is incredibly smart but I don't know if she's the kind of big-thought-intellectual smart that Ravenclaws strike me as. Rory would fit in well in Ravenclaw, but that doesn't mean it'd be her best fit.
I sort of think people will be appalled at this, but I don't think that she should be in Ravenclaw. I'm not suggesting she isn't brilliant - she is very, very intelligent. But I don't think she's the same kind of smart as, say, Luna. She's often down for things like getting bad take-out food and heading off to watch dumb movies. And that's fine! I do the same. It doesn't mean she's not smart, I just don't think she'd enjoy sitting in the Ravenclaw common room discussing the implications of capitalism or something if she knew she could be elsewhere.
Lest you think all smart people belong in Ravenclaw, let me remind you of the brightest witch of her time: Hermione. Hermione is brilliant, well read, overachieving, eager to learn, and down right nerdy. But she's got other traits that make her better suited for Gryffindor.
Other traits of Ravenclaws are creativity and originality. Rory is book smart, certainly, but that's not the same as creative or original. Outside of that one article she wrote about her school's parking lot, turning it into some brilliant piece of work, Rory doesn't display those qualities frequently. Brilliant? Yes. Analytic? Yes. Creative/artsy/original? Eh, sometimes. Ravenclaws remind me of academics. I love academics! But I wouldn't call Rory an academic.
So where to put her? Obviously I'm not gonna throw girlfran' in Slytherin. That said, Gryffindor doesn't feel right, and I wouldn't call Rory the same kind of brave as her momma.
Traits of Hufflepuffs include kindness, hard work, dedication, and fairness. These are traits that Rory displays throughout the entire series. Kindness? The entire town loves her specifically for her kindness. Hard work? That's how she excelled in school and got into Yale and Harvard. Dedication? She's so super dedicated to her goals, dreams, family, and friends. I mean, look how she sticks by Paris' side despite Paris being.... Paris. That is dedication. And fairness? Girl can't take cereal from the cafeteria without leaving a dollar or two behind because it wouldn't be fair not to pay for it.
I can easily see her, the smartest in her group of Hufflepuff friends, going to Hogwarts' movie night or something and having a good old time.
Rory goes to Hufflepuff!
3. Luke!
Charlotte's take:
Luke goes to Hufflepuff! Alright, this is pretty clear, yes? The man owns and runs a diner, getting up before the sun rises to get the day started. Clearly a hard worker. And oh man, what a good friend. The level of loyalty and dedication he shows throughout the series is *precious.* Dude builds Lorelai an ice rink. Makes Rory cake and ties balloons to her chair for her birthday. Though he's grumpy about it, he brings the guys hot chocolate when they're reenacting Stars Hollow's role in the Revolution.
He's basically the best and most reliable friend you could have. Yay for Hufflepuff!
Liz's take:
Hmm. Yes. Agreed. Hufflepuff. He's got a hard exterior but he's such a big softy on the inside. And he's obviously an exceptionally hard worker.
4. Sookie St. James
Liz's take:
Sookie goes to Hufflepuff! Loyal. So loyal to Lorelai and Jackson. Hardworking - SHE WILL DRIP BLOOD SWEAT AND TEARS TO PERFECT EVERYTHING SHE COOKS. Talk about hard worker. (Charlotte here - hopefully she is NOT dripping blood sweat and tears....)
She also doesn't have a lot of the characteristics associated with the other houses.
Charlotte's take:
Yes, I agree with everything Liz said. Sookie goes straight to Hufflepuff. Hardworking, loyal, and she is the friendliest friend of all the friends in the world! Or, to take from movie Dumbledore's obituary for Cedric - she's a fierce, fierce friend.
5. Paris Geller
Charlotte's take:
Paris goes to Slytherin. There, there, get your panties out of a bunch. Not all Slytherins are bad. Professor Slughorn was a Slytherin, and he wasn't a bad guy.
Paris is very ambitious. I've said before that I generally loathe people who are overflowing with ambition, and I stand by that. A little ambition is good. Working toward goals and dreaming is good (see: Lorelai, Sookie). Throwing everything and everyone else away because of your own ambition is bad.
On an ambition scale of 1 to 10 with 10 being the most vile sort of ambitious person, I'd probably put Paris around a 7.5. For the most part, she is only concerned with self-advancement. She manages to keep it in check sometimes, though. And I do love her. She's pretty much in the same category as Slughorn for me. She's too ambitious and self absorbed, but she's not necessarily a bad person. Some shining moments that come to mind for her: getting Nanny to take care of Doyle, covering with Dean for Rory by telling him she had a crush on Jess, and honoring her late professor/lover by throwing him a wake.
See! Slytherins are people, too.
Liz's take:
Paris goes to Slytherin! She is so self involved. She does whatever it takes to be the best at everything. And she often doesn't do things out of the goodness of her heart- she does them because she thinks they'll advance her position. She had been volunteering since she was a kid for the sole purpose of getting into Harvard. (There was a reason we all secretly loved that she didn't get into Harvard.)
Also VERY COMPETITIVE.
6. Richard Gilmore
Charlotte's take:
Richard was hard to sort, but ultimately I think he goes to Gryffindor. Part of me wanted to put him into Slytherin, since he and Emily are often manipulating everyone/thing around them to suit their own needs, and since class is such a big deal for them, the way blood status is for many Slytherins.
But I couldn't put him in Slytherin for that alone. Remember, there are upper class and purebloods in the other houses as well (James Potter, for instance).
He's also a little less snooty than I imagine most Slytherins to be. So I thought about the traits of the other houses, and I think he matches up pretty nicely with Gryffindor. Specifically, he's stubborn/strong willed, chivalrous, and full of nerve.
I think his nose will probably be tilted toward the air, but that he'll fit it just fine with Gryffindors.
Liz's take:
I kinda think Ravenclaw or Slytherin... He cares a lot about social rank but he was born into it... I thought Ravenclaw because he is bookish and academic. I thought Slytherin because of pride and social ranking. But we went over those traits. What you said makes sense. I think Gryffindor overall fits him better.
7. Emily Gilmore
Liz's take:
Emily cares much more about social rank than Richard. She's also much more manipulative... how she treats Lorelai and all. She's also prideful and very interested in material possessions. Yeah, uhm. I am inclined towards Slytherin.
Charlotte's take:
Emily IS very manipulative and cares way too much about her social standing. She's pretentious and acts very shallow sometimes. My first inclination is to put her in Slytherin.
That said, something feels off.
Don't get me wrong, she'd fit in well in Slytherin. We know Slytherin tends to be an exclusive house, and Emily loves all exclusive things. But, but, but there are a few things that point me in a different direction with her.
First, on the eve of her vow renewal she goes over to Lorelai's and gets drunk as hell. And she just chills and laughs her ass off with the lowly gals of Stars Hollow. She can have regular fun! Without the DAR or rich people things like lapels.
Second, and more importantly, while she's prideful and manipulative, she ultimately does what she needs to to keep Lorelai in her life. Hear me out!
- She went to Luke's diner and told him (in a very patronizing way, of course) that he should get back together with Lorelai.
- She served pudding!
- She sat at the bar to have dinner with Lorelai.
- She stole a robe!
- She bought Rory a cheesy bracelet instead of fancy pearls.
None of this changes her Slytherin-like traits but these things display that she makes choices she wouldn't normally make for the sole purpose of keeping her family together. That kind of devotion sounds like something a Hufflepuff would display, but again... she makes choices to stand by Richard and to be with Lorelai. So I think Emily is one of those cases where the sorting hat would take her request, and she'd want to be with her husband and daughter in Gryffindor.
And that's it! At some point later in the week we'll have seven more Gilmore Girls characters, hooray!
*Liz wrote her comments via Facebook chat, which is why they are less thought out than her previous post.
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Charlotte & Liz
Other Sorting Hat Posts:
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Sorting Hat: The West Wing, Part 2
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Other Sorting Hat Posts:
Sorting Hat: The West Wing
Sorting Hat: The West Wing, Part 2
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