Saturday, August 31, 2013

Camp Half-Blood Cabins and Hogwarts Houses

So, I was thinking about if demigods who were at Hogwarts were sorted into houses based on their demigod parentage, what house each cabin would be in.
Zeus: Zeus, in the Percy Jackson books, always kind of seems power-hungry to me, doesn't he? He isn't really anything else in the books. So the Zeus cabin would probably go in Slytherin.
Hera: Hera doesn't have any demigod children. So we don't need to argue about whether that cabin would be in Hufflepuff or Ravenclaw. Probably Hufflepuff.
Poseidon: Poseidon might be in Slytherin. Want to know what made me think of this at first? I'm not sure how true this really is, but I heard somewhere that each house has an element. Hufflepuff's is earth, Gryffindor's is fire, Ravenclaw's is air, and Slytherin's is... water. Poseidon being the god of the sea, this made sense to me. But if we went off of elements of the houses, then the Zeus kids would go to Ravenclaw. (Which actually kind of makes a little bit of sense too.) But, if we were to place the Poseidon campers, um... I'm just not sure. This guy just doesn't belong at Hogwarts. I guess there's a reason that demigods aren't wizards.
But I can't give up, so I sort the Poseidon into... Ravenclaw keeps coming to mind. I don't know, it just doesn't seem right! Whatever shall we do. Ugh. I don't know. Let's go with Ravenclaw. But Slytherin might work! But he... yeah, Slytherin. Slytherin is good.
Demeter: Well, this is tricky. Demeter doesn't play a gigantic role in the Percy Jackson books. So you don't know much about the campers. Demeter might be a Gryffindor. She kind of seems like an outgoing lady, and her child that we know of, Katie Gardner, seems pretty brave too.
Athena: Athena? Ravenclaw, no question. Knowledge is kind of the Athena campers' thing. Goddess of wisdom and all that? Yeah.
Hestia: Hufflepuff or Gryffindor, I think. Probably Gryffindor, if she had children. She gave up her throne on Olympus to keep peace between the Olympians. That's a pretty big sacrifice.
Apollo: Apollo is just kind of a fun-loving guy. Where do we put his children? Maybe we can put these kids in... I just don't see Hufflepuff. It must take a lot of wisdom to be in control of music, poetry and medicines. That could make them Ravenclaw. I don't see Slytherin, and could they be Gryffindor? Well, Ravenclaw is the best we've got. Hogwarts isn't for everyone, folks.
Artemis: Artemis may not have any demigod children, but she does have the Hunters, right? They gotta go somewhere to get their magical education. "But where to put you...?" --Sorting Hat. Well, I'll be honest, the first thing that comes to my mind is Ravenclaw. Maybe it's Artemis's whole goddess-of-the-moon thing, which kind of makes me think of blue and silver, blue being one of Ravenclaw's colors. Also, I can't remember if I've said before, but Ravenclaw and the Hunters seem to have the same sort of... snobbiness...... It just seems fitting.
Ares: Very ambitious, like the Slytherins. But even more ready to fight, which means that the Ares campers definitely belong in Gryffindor.
Aphrodite: These kids do nothing but look pretty and gossip and such. Hufflepuff and Gryffindor don't seem to fit. Slytherin a little, but I think the obvious choice is Ravenclaw. The Aphrodite campers aren't as brainless as they seem.
Hephaestus: Hard worker? Certainly Hufflepuff.
Hermes: The Hermes campers generally get along with everyone with a mischievous streak. Certainly seem like Hufflepuffs to me.
Dionysus: Dionysus! Not very smart, brave, or ambitious. Seems Hufflepuff is the place for these kids. (Remember, Hogwarts isn't the place for everyone.)
Hades: He's not so ambitious or brave. Not expecially loyal and hard working, either. Must be a Ravenclaw.
But what we must remember, readers, is that we are all individual people. We are not exactly like our family. (Like the Patil twins, for example.) So since everyone is different, why don't we sort our favorite Percy Jackson heroes?
Percy: Percy's really brave, but he would do anything to help out his friends. He might be a Hufflepuff. And I'm sure all you Percy Jackson fans are going "Noooo! Not Hufflepuff! Percy's too good for Hufflepuff!" But hey, guys. Stop hating on Hufflepuff. It's a good house.
Grover: Grover also should be put in Hufflepuff. He's a great protector and searcher, he was born to help people and he is as loyal as they come. The Percy Jackson fans are now saying "Find, GROVER I can accept being in Hufflepuff!" But just stop! Hufflepuff is a good house, and Grover is a good guy!
Annabeth: As I said above about all of the Athena campers, knowledge is kind of Annabeth's thing. Ravenclaw.
Luke: (Spoilers if you haven't finished The Lightning Thief) Luke kind of had that traitor problem, so Hufflepuff wouldn't work. But he was really brave (spoilers for The Last Olympian) when he saved Olympus by killing himself. He was always pretty ambitious, so that could put him in Slytherin. Hm, I don't know. He was a fighter. He might need to go in Gryffindor.
Thalia: Thalia was brave, loyal, ambitious and smart. She probably would be in Gryffindor.
Nico: He was pretty brave, extremely loyal, but never overly smart and ambitious. Doesn't quite have what it takes to be a Hufflepuff. (Don't say it doesn't take anything to be a Hufflepuff. It's not true.) So I guess it's Gryffindor for Nico.
Tyson: Brave and loyal. He has some Hufflepuff qualities, but Tyson can't go anywhere but Gryffindor. (Need any reasons? Refer to the scene where he faces Polyphemus in The Sea of Monsters or the Sphinx scene in The Battle of the Labyrinth.)
Clarisse: She was ambitious as they come. She was brave, but mostly ambitious. Slytherin it is.
Rachel: Our mortal friend Rachel! Very brave, so Gryffindor fits, but she also has the Ravenclaw sassiness about her. I know no one likes her because we're all Team Annabeth, but we still have to consider how brave she is to be thrust into this mythical world. Gryffindor it is.
Chiron: He is wise enough to be a teacher, so Ravenclaw could fit, but he is patient and loyal. I say Hufflepuff.
Hope you enjoyed that! Hopefully not only did you recognize a few of the greatest qualities of the Percy Jackson characters, but you realized that Hufflepuff isn't so bad.


1 comment:

  1. Annabella would be ravenclaw because she is very intelligent, but she is also very ambitious. She belongs in slytherin.

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