I'd have to say Gen's a mix between all the houses. Mostly Slytherin, though. But he's got the loyalty for Griffindor and the smarts for Ravenclaw. Hufflepuff...ehh, I don't know. I guess he's hardworking, but tolerance and fair play? Psssht. Please.
As for the others, I agree with pretty much everyone's opinions. One of the things I dislike (don't kill me!) about the HP books is that the author goes to great lengths to divide people into groups, as demonstrated by the four houses or by the whole good guys/bad guys thing that goes on the whole time. Everything seemed so archetypal. Which is fine, and MWT's got a few archetypes too, but she mixes and matches her characters so much more.
I think that's why we're having so much trouble pinning Gen down to just a single house. He's all of them. All of the characters are, to an extent, because real people don't fit into categories like this.
But yeah. If I had to pick, he'd be in Slytherin. Hands down.
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Date: 2/8/10 03:34 am (UTC)As for the others, I agree with pretty much everyone's opinions. One of the things I dislike (don't kill me!) about the HP books is that the author goes to great lengths to divide people into groups, as demonstrated by the four houses or by the whole good guys/bad guys thing that goes on the whole time. Everything seemed so archetypal. Which is fine, and MWT's got a few archetypes too, but she mixes and matches her characters so much more.
I think that's why we're having so much trouble pinning Gen down to just a single house. He's all of them. All of the characters are, to an extent, because real people don't fit into categories like this.
But yeah. If I had to pick, he'd be in Slytherin. Hands down.