It feels like it's been more than a week since my last post, though clearly it hasn't. Even though I love the holiday break, it gets a tad boring at the end, especially when I have homework that I should be doing. I mean, I want to get it done, I honestly do, but the procrastinator in me just won't die. Every time I get the mind to start, my mind drifts to another thing, which I have done countless times already this break and does not assuage my boredom at all. I think I actually want to return to school, if only to be reunited with my friends.
So I was on Mugglenet the other day, looking up something, and there was a
discussion linked in the sidebar that caught my attention.
Does Ron Weasley really deserve his place in Gryffindor house? I thought the idea was intriguing, so I checked it out. Apparently because of his great ambition, ego, and fear, some people think he could have had a place in Slytherin house. At first I thought the idea was ludicrous, Ron is a Gryffindor through and through. But after thinking on it for a bit, and over today, I have decided that Ron would have made a fair addition to Slytherin. He always had high ambitions; wanting to be Quidditch team captain and Head Boy. He didn't seem to mind how it happened, either, and didn't protest the 'use' of Harry's Liquid Luck to aid this.
I read through some of the comments, and about 99% of them are against this idea. Most of them state that Rowling put him in Gryffindor, so he must be one. Personally, I think that his inclusion in Gryffindor was more to keep the trio together and get them started in their friendship than a real in depth look into their characters. Harry could have been placed in either Slytherin or Gryffindor, and it was only his aversion to the house that kept him out of it. Hermione was a brilliant young which who would have made an excellent Ravenclaw. So who's to say that Ron wouldn't have made an ambitious Slytherin. It's not to say he would have been evil or anything. And we don't get his perspective when he is being sorted; maybe he was asking the hat the same thing Harry was.
Another interesting comment that came up was that all of Ron's family were in Gryffindor, so it was natural for him to fall into the same house. This may be true, that family lines tended to follow this pattern, but the Black family saw this exception with Sirius. The entire Black family were in Slytherin, but Sirius was in Gryffindor.
I'm interested in knowing what you all think of this, since it could go either way. Heck, Ron could have ended up in Hufflepuff. In the end, I think he deserved his place in Gryffindor, it is undeniable with everything he did, but his personality could have easily landed him in Slytherin.
I don't do New Year's resolutions, as I think that the entire basis makes them unattainable. Last year I did something called the Big, Fun, Scary List, which was basically a new year's resolution, but less strict. It's more like things I would like to see happen, or that I would like to try, but nothing that I have to 100% stick to. I don't think I even fulfilled half of what I had written for 2011.
Katie, I used to do the New Year's countdown when I was a bit younger, but after the New Year's that I spent away from my family due to a false move situation, I stopped doing it. I just stay up like as usual during the break. This year I didn't even notice it until about 10 minutes after when my mom came in to wish my a happy new year. I like your resolution of keeping positive and smiling more. I can also be pretty pessimistic, but I have found that pessimism sometimes makes the good times stronger. Or I say that to make myself feel better.
Kate, I hope your speech went well, and that you were able to remember everything. With such an awesome one, I have no doubt that it went fantastically. Also, when it comes time, Canada would be happy to have you for school. Or at least, I would be happy to have you in Canada. =D
You had a really good question, Kira, that I don't have a really good answer for. The idea of a preordained fate or future is a little far fetched for me. I think that life is just a series of actions that lead to consequences, and nothing is really pre-organized for us. I think that to think of life like that is to look on a negative side. Especially when bad things happen. It's better to say 'I made a wrong choice' instead of 'Why does my life have to be like this'. As for free will, I think we have a certain degree of free will, which is dependent upon different people and situations. Generally, we can do what we want. To me, there is no great being that says 'No, puny human, you cannot go outside today'. Life happens. It's a story that is being written as time goes on, not one that we are living through to the end. (wow, I sound kinda philosophical there.)
I hope your last year of high school will be a good one, Campion. My mind still has yet to come to terms that it is my last year, despite everything I have done to prove it wrong. What are your plans, if any, after this year? Because there will be an after, as there is no 2012 apocalypse. Please don't tell me you believe in that nonsense.
Adam, I miss you and hope that you have had a good holiday. Hopefully you will be up to writing this week, as we all miss your presence here. Also, still waiting on that channel name. *pleading look*
Long post has been exceedingly long, and thankfully at a decent hour. Happy New Year, I wish all of you the best of luck in 2012, and don't forget to be awesome! Thanks for a great half year of A Week of Awesome!
