Courtesy of Gambitten quoting Voltaire's "I know it is difficult to get out of here, but there are still hippogriffs to escape from Madame Alcine" - which is the Orlando-Furioso (or Händel's opera based on Orlando) referring comparison Voltaire also employs in his memoirs, i.e. Fritz as the bewitching sorceress Alcina - I was reminded that hippogriffs have been returning to pop culture again courtesy of J.K. Rowling using them for Harry Potter. (Sirius Black escapes on one in volume 3.) Which in turn made me wonder: which House for which Frederician contemporary?
The easy ones:
Émilie: Ravenclaw. AW: Gryffindor. Ulrike: Slytherin. Fredersdorf: Hufflepuff. Franz Stephan: Hufflepuff Peter Keith: Ravenclaw Wilhelmine: Ravenclaw, though insisted on being sorted into Gryffindor or Slytherin (whichever it was) to keep Fritz company Algarotti: Ravenclaw Trenck: the dumbest Gryffindor. But definitely Gryffindor. Gustav: the dumbest Slytherin. Seriously. EC: Hufflepuff SD: Slytherin
The trickier ones: MT: Gryffindor with strong Slytherin streak or Slytherin with a strong Gryffindor streak? You decide. Fritz: Ditto. Bravery, ambition and cunning all dominant traits. Voltaire: Ravenclaw gone bad or superintellectual Slytherin? You decide. Katte: Gryffindor. Despite his interest in the arts, I don't see him as a Ravenclaw. Heinrich: Is Fritz' other self, so, see above. Joseph: Ravenclaw who thinks he's a Slytherin. FW: Gryffindor gone bad who thinks he's a Hufflepuff
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The Sorting, or: The Harry Potter AU
Date: 2020-03-05 07:40 am (UTC)The easy ones:
Émilie: Ravenclaw.
AW: Gryffindor.
Ulrike: Slytherin.
Fredersdorf: Hufflepuff.
Franz Stephan: Hufflepuff
Peter Keith: Ravenclaw
Wilhelmine: Ravenclaw, though insisted on being sorted into Gryffindor or Slytherin (whichever it was) to keep Fritz company
Algarotti: Ravenclaw
Trenck: the dumbest Gryffindor. But definitely Gryffindor.
Gustav: the dumbest Slytherin. Seriously.
EC: Hufflepuff
SD: Slytherin
The trickier ones:
MT: Gryffindor with strong Slytherin streak or Slytherin with a strong Gryffindor streak? You decide.
Fritz: Ditto. Bravery, ambition and cunning all dominant traits.
Voltaire: Ravenclaw gone bad or superintellectual Slytherin? You decide.
Katte: Gryffindor. Despite his interest in the arts, I don't see him as a Ravenclaw.
Heinrich: Is Fritz' other self, so, see above.
Joseph: Ravenclaw who thinks he's a Slytherin.
FW: Gryffindor gone bad who thinks he's a Hufflepuff
Other thoughts? contesting opinions?