It seems so far that JKR is pushing 'heart' over 'head' and Ravenclaw like Slytherin, as you mentioned, are very much in the latter category. Someone mentioned recently (anaid_rabbit?) how irritated they were that all Ravenclaw have been used for so far is romance fodder, especially Cho, who has no role except Harry's Girlfriend (one of these days I'm gonna have a nice long rant about Harry/Cho. Weirdly enough, post OotP; I prefer it to the fanon variations - Harry/Luna, Harry/Ginny, Harry/Hermione.);
The Gryffindors have never picked on Neville the way Luna is picked on.
No, but they haven't shown him much compassion either. Everyone laughs at Neville when he's jinxed, the twins play tricks on him, the Trio avoid him... Then again, Gryffindor doesn't show much compassion to anyone - they're willing to turn on Harry if they have to, and he's their meal ticket!
by OotP I'd say Ravenclaw has become a very negatively portrayed house.
Heh, pre-OotP I had high hopes for the 'female' houses - I was a little contemptous of their fangirling Gryffindor in competitions instead of putting themselves forward; but in general, they seemed to stay out of it (I loved that part in GoF when the Gryffindors are blithely slagging off all the would-be competitors - 'Can't be Warrington, he's a Slytherin! Pretty Boy Diggory, no way! I hope Angelina gets it, she's one of us!' - and the Hufflepuffs are looking angry.) Then along came OotP and all the houses just morphed into the DA versus the ISquad; and 'rose as one' and all my respect just...died. *hums the death march*
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Date: 2004-11-02 12:33 pm (UTC)Someone mentioned recently (anaid_rabbit?) how irritated they were that all Ravenclaw have been used for so far is romance fodder, especially Cho, who has no role except Harry's Girlfriend (one of these days I'm gonna have a nice long rant about Harry/Cho. Weirdly enough, post OotP; I prefer it to the fanon variations - Harry/Luna, Harry/Ginny, Harry/Hermione.);
The Gryffindors have never picked on Neville the way Luna is picked on.
No, but they haven't shown him much compassion either. Everyone laughs at Neville when he's jinxed, the twins play tricks on him, the Trio avoid him...
Then again, Gryffindor doesn't show much compassion to anyone - they're willing to turn on Harry if they have to, and he's their meal ticket!
by OotP I'd say Ravenclaw has become a very negatively portrayed house.
Heh, pre-OotP I had high hopes for the 'female' houses - I was a little contemptous of their fangirling Gryffindor in competitions instead of putting themselves forward; but in general, they seemed to stay out of it (I loved that part in GoF when the Gryffindors are blithely slagging off all the would-be competitors - 'Can't be Warrington, he's a Slytherin! Pretty Boy Diggory, no way! I hope Angelina gets it, she's one of us!' - and the Hufflepuffs are looking angry.)
Then along came OotP and all the houses just morphed into the DA versus the ISquad; and 'rose as one' and all my respect just...died.
*hums the death march*