Now, I see Ginny more as not the brave/foolhardy Gryffindor when she's in New!Ginny mode. We've seen Harry, Ron and Hermione doing the same sorts of things, and the whole feel of the scene is different. At least, to me. Ginny changing her entire personality to get a guy is the ends justifying the means in a sleeker way.
I'm not suggesting that the Sorting Hat got it wrong. So, yeah, those traits aren't Slytherin in the basic sense of the word, they can go to any of the houses. It's the way they're applied that tailors them to the house. And I think that when Ginny puts on her act, she comes off more as a Slytherin-thinking, rather than a Gryffindor-thinking, character.
She definitely is Gryffindor at the MoM. And maybe that's another reason that I personally see her as a curious character. She slips from one house to the other as her goal shifts. IMO, of course. She's mutable.
But, everyone has traits from all the houses. It's just the way they use them, and which comes out on top. DDM!Snape is very brave. But I wouldn't accuse him of being a closet Gryffindor. Harry accessed his Slytherin side in HBP, but he's still Gryffindor. Dumbledore is old enough, wise enough, and educated enough to display each house's traits at one point or another. I tend to see elaborate, yearlong plans to 'trap' a particular boyfriend as being more Slytherin Ambitious than Gryffindor Courageous due to the clandestine nature of those plans.
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Date: 2005-12-15 11:03 am (UTC)I'm not suggesting that the Sorting Hat got it wrong. So, yeah, those traits aren't Slytherin in the basic sense of the word, they can go to any of the houses. It's the way they're applied that tailors them to the house. And I think that when Ginny puts on her act, she comes off more as a Slytherin-thinking, rather than a Gryffindor-thinking, character.
She definitely is Gryffindor at the MoM. And maybe that's another reason that I personally see her as a curious character. She slips from one house to the other as her goal shifts. IMO, of course. She's mutable.
But, everyone has traits from all the houses. It's just the way they use them, and which comes out on top. DDM!Snape is very brave. But I wouldn't accuse him of being a closet Gryffindor. Harry accessed his Slytherin side in HBP, but he's still Gryffindor. Dumbledore is old enough, wise enough, and educated enough to display each house's traits at one point or another. I tend to see elaborate, yearlong plans to 'trap' a particular boyfriend as being more Slytherin Ambitious than Gryffindor Courageous due to the clandestine nature of those plans.