
Hi guys! It's me Denise, the third of your co-leaders, the one who has been absent because of an illness. Carmen had oral surgery today so she's asked me to post today's post. I came up with an idea last minute but I think it's fun.
So we're going to be talking about our secondary Hogwarts house. As you can see my Hogwarts house is Slytherin but my secondary house is Hufflepuff, my hybrid is Slytherpuff. What about you guys, what are yours? Do you feel they fit you? Did any of you get hatstalls at Pottermore?
By chance do any of you use #Habitica? If you do and need a party let me know, mine is needing more members!
I tend to get Hufflepuff more than anything. Once I got Slytherin, but I tend to get Gryffindor second. Huffledor!
Huffledor/Gryffinpuff!!!! I'm curious by the one time Slytherin. It's your secret emergency third house lol.
I've not done Pottermore due to a data cap on my home internet, but most of the online quizzes put me in Slytherin. I have gotten a few Ravenclaws, so that's probably my secondary house. I think both fit me pretty well, but I also think those 2 houses go together well anyways.
(And I haven't used Habitica, but it looks like something I should check out)
That sucks about the data cap on the home internet! I have had to deal with that before and omg I hate that! Yay for another Slytherin! And Slytherclaws rock! I personally tend to collect Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff friends. I don't know why but with my personality (and me being bipolar) I tend to clash a lot with Gryffindors, though I have a few that are good friends.
I LOVE Habitica. I will push that site on everyone for ever! lol. If you do join please consider joining us at the imzy community! I'd really like that to be a support place for people who need motivation to stay on track with their tasks or to share things, or just to chat in general.
It's really annoying. As much as I like rural living, it has some major drawbacks. I'm hoping when they actually (start &) finish the repair work on my house I'll be able to get better internet there since its a bit closer to the road. My parents house (where I'm living currently) is way off the road & the phone company claim they can't stretch the dsl cable that far so we had to get DishNet.
Is it just website based or is there an app too?
Nope there is an app! I mostly use that since I can use it in my phone and use it anywhere.
Okay. Awesome. I'm definitely checking this out. :D I tend to take my planner w/ me, but sometimes its just me & my phone
I tend to clash with them too, though it depends.
I'm still figuring out the Habitica thing, but so far I like it. :)
We'll let me know if you would like to join my party and I will send an invite. And check out /Habitica and feel free to post there and ask questions or just start chats!
Ok. :) I joined the group and after I get the feel of the game, I'll touch base with you again. I'm sure its even more fun w/ people.
Thanks Denise! I thought I could make the post today, but I was really hurting when I got home lol. I can now throw oral surgery on my list of things that I never want to do again because, boy, does it hurt! I'm over here trying to slowly eat dinner. I feel like someone punched me in the face and all over the inside of my mouth lol.
Great topic! My secondary house is Gryffindor, making my hybrid a Gryffinpuff or a Hufflegriff. I feel like Gryffinpuff sounds better than Hufflegriff lol! Anyway, my secondary house fits, but no hatstalls for me!
Trust me I've had my wisdom teeth surgically removed it was not fun and that was WITH pain medicine, I don't know how you are doing it.
Thanks! I was messaging Nicole asking her if certain things had been done so I could quickly get a post up and to make sure I hadn't done something that had already been done! And yeah people normally say Gryffinpuff. 😉
I feel so bad for people who have to get oral surgery all the time. I'm like, HOW DO THEY DO IT?! I couldn't. Everyone in the office is so cool though. I'm like, if anyone I know needs a good oral surgeon, I've got one lol.
You're welcome! I love this topic <3 I was suddenly like, wait, is it Hufflegryff if I'm a Hufflepuff with Gryffindor as a secondary house?! lol!
Hope you're feeling better! I had a rough time with my wisdom teeth removal, but when I had to get a root canal, compared to the abscess the pain was so mild, I had an easier time with it.
Thanks! I'm feeling a lot better today. I've heard so many horror stories about wisdom teeth removal. I'm sorry to hear that you had a rough time with yours! At least your root canal went well. My mom had a root canal and was completely fine afterward. She was like, "Ahhhhh. It feels as good as new," lol.
So, how is everyone's week so far? Here in New York, we're expecting a big snow storm, starting at around noon tomorrow. Everything's shutting down, so I guess I'll binge watch tv and maybe chat here on Imzy.
My week is starting off good. Tomorrow I have to take my car down to the mechanic. I'm not sure if he's just looking at it or if he's starting repairs on it. *shrugs* I know this week, at the beginning, it's going to be cold thanks to the weather you're getting out there but it is supposed to warm up towards the end of the week. Thursday I am going to some class at my aunt's house to learn to make some type of rug out of cloth. I think it's like this:
Oh that's awesome about the class. That's very pretty! I hope that you enjoy it.
Yeah, we've been having warm weather, though it did snow the other day as well. The sun was hot enough to melt most of it and I'm hoping we have a repeat of that pretty soon. I have to go to the city and I haaate public transportation when there's snow all over the place.
I thought I read something about like 15 inches of snow in places out that way?
And I'm really looking forward to it. It's going to be interesting to see how my fingers do! The needles needed for it though are large so I am hoping I will be okay and I plan on taking my small tube of aspercream with me.
Stay safe!!!! <3
My week is starting off eh. I was doing good until everything wore off and I felt the full pain in my mouth lol! I'm sending positive thoughts your way. A snowstorm! ((hugs))
I feel so bad for you, I'm hoping the pain wears off quickly! Are you taking something for the pain? I know what they gave you at the doctors has worn off.
Same here. Apparently the pain will get better and then get worse in 4-5 days and it's totally normal. I'm like, what kind of hell? lol! They gave me something for the pain. I think they consulted someone about medication options because of all of my allergies because they were originally like "uhhhhhh we don't know what to give you" when I had my consultation lol.
Ibuprofen! Take that, if you can, it helps a lot with oral pain. Also absolutely, under no circumstances, are you to use a straw until your dentist says so, I assume you're going in for a follow up? Seriously dry socket is the WORST. You think you're in pain now, dry socket is a million times worse. Also did the they give you a little plunger thing to clean out your holes after you eat? You need to make sure they stay completely food free.
They gave me a high dose ibuprofen. It's good to know that it helps a lot with oral pain! OMG YESSSS. I've heard about the horrors of dry socket. I was drinking with a straw yesterday and was like, it's the last time I'll see you for a while, straw lmao. I've also got the little plunger thing to clean out the holes as well as a mouth wash with antibiotics in it to use starting tomorrow. Plus, there's all the gauze. I get to brush my teeth soon and I am not looking forward to this lmao.
Well my dentist is kind of rude now. I think they should have gave me mouthwash with an antibiotic in it! 😆 Yeah oral surgery is NOT something I ever want to have done again. But I think TMJ surgery is considered oral surgery and I need to eventually have that done.
Yikes! Hope you're staying safe & warm. We've finally gotten some cold weather here, you know, right before spring winter showed up. No snow though.
Week is starting off busy, but at least I'm getting stuff accomplished so I'll take it.
No hatstalls for me. I've been sorted on Pottermore a few times and I always get Slytherin, but I honestly think that I can fit into the other houses too.
I have what I think is a strong Gryffindor side.
Sometimes I can't keep my mouth shut when I should, and I don't always know when to let things go.But I've got some of their good tendancies too, I swear.I always feel that you're a little more Ravenclaw than you are Gryffindor! I mean I know that you have a ton of Gryff qualities but idk, I just feel that Claw is such a bigger part of you and your interest. But I suppose that's the thing right? It's what we decide is important us that decides what our houses are.
When I first read the books, I thought that I was a Ravenclaw. Everyone around me was kind of like haha, no you're a Slytherin. I see those Ravenclaw qualities, but maybe I do just see my lion traits as more important to me.
Maybe it's because of the way you talk LOTR and SIL that just makes me think of a Ravenclaw. idk idk idk I just can't help but think of you as a Slytherclaw.
Also I'm legit one of those people who was like lol no you're a Slytherin when you were all 'I'm a Gryffindor b*tches'
Yeah, I definitely have claw like tendencies. It's funny you bring that up, I was just talking with my sister and she was telling me all about how insanely annoying it was to have to listen to me connect everything to Tolkien when we were younger. lol.
Yeah, my whole fam was like, mm, you'd definitely be sorted into that house, while they also side eyed me. lol. I see the Gryffindor in me, but the way others see me is def interesting and can't be ignored. 😉
"the way others see me is def interesting and can't be ignored"
True that. I mean I ignored how other people viewed what house I should be in forever and what my secondary should be forever. lol
I spy a secret Slytherclaw :P
More like a Slytherclaw in denial. 😉
Ravenclaw's one of the first houses I identified with! I just don't see it being my main hybrid. lol.
I know I'm teasing you! I've definitely always been more strongly a Slytherin but the other three houses have changed for me as far as hybrids.
Like when I first got sorting in a comm on LJ (hat_sorting lol) I was definitely more of a Slytherdor. I was more outspoken, gave little shit about what anyone thought, etc etc (rash, headstrong, super super super super stubborn, I was also a lot more brave and daring, putting myself out there more to meet people and make friends, I was also an unmedicated bipolar, and yes this had a huge impact on my personality) As I got older, learned new things, interests changed, gone through some of the abuse I had, my personality changed a lot and my secondary house had changed. I was much more a Slytherclaw. It's been about 15 years since that first sorting and here I am a Slytherpuff. And when I look back those Puff traits were there at the time, they've always been there but they were overshadowed by other personality traits, things going on, but more how I chose to see myself at that given point in my life.
I think every test I've taken has placed me in Gryffindor, but I secretly want to be a Slytherin. Of course no one agrees with me. They would say I am mostly Gryffindor with a good Ravenclaw second.
And I'm a Slytherin that's trying to get people to see her Gryffindor qualities. lol. Welcome to the club. I love Gryffindors, though.
I love that you secretly want to be a Slytherin lol. Instead, you find yourself a Gryffinclaw :P
I'm trying to get my friend to accept her inner hufflepuff. She's a strong Ravenclaw candidate too, but Pottermore sorted her into hufflepuff before she redid it. I don't know why people feel hufflepuff shame.
I always feel like the books should've treated Hufflepuff differently. This is just my opinion, but when I was first reading the books, I felt like Hufflepuff seemed like the easy house. I'm going to look up sorting songs, but I'm pretty sure there's a lyric that Helga Hufflepuff took all the rest, which at the time made me think of leftovers. This is so not what Hufflepuff is about. I think it's an awesome house. Most of my favorite people identify as Hufflepuffs! And there's nothing easy about loyalty, hard work and a sense of justice.
I agree. I don't think that "taking the rest" was meant to comment on the quality of students, but more on Hufflepuff's sense of inclusion and being loyal. Its so easy to dismiss people, but to be a true Hufflepuff takes strength.
Exactly! And that's something that didn't click with me until other fans chatted with me about it. Inclusion is important to me, so once I looked at it differently, my feelings on the house totally changed.
There's a lot of Hufflepuff shame going around. So many people are like, ugh. Hufflepuff. I second @Barebones because the books treated Hufflepuff differently and I feel like it should've been treated equally to the other houses.
The surprising thing is that JKR considers herself a Hufflepuff. Buuut, Newt Scamander is a Hufflepuff so I'm hoping the new movie series gives us some insight.
I know! The confusion is real here lol.
Okay so as I mentioned in the main post my secondary house is Hufflepuff. I've always been a Slytherin, even though I resisted that sorting at first, and tbh I resisted the Hufflepuff secondary at first. What can I say, I'm contrary. lol. When I got sorted on Pottermore I did get a Slytherin/Hufflepuff hatstall which I laughed about and it just cemented it for me. I do find that Hufflepuff is very fitting for me. I have a lot of the qualities of them, but they definitely come secondary to my more vocal Slytherin traits, well in some cases. I'm very, very big on things being fair and just.
I wanted to see what it was like to have that happen on Pottermore, but alas, it was not to be. lol. So what is it, they give you a message and then you answer tie breaking questions?
Nope it pops up with two cards, I have a screenshot of it SOMEWHERE, with the houses that you got. Then you are allowed to choose which one you want. It seems with hatstalls they went with the whole 'the hat takes your choice into consideration' thing.
That's good! That always popped into my mind in those sorting places. The person should have the last say. That's so cool that they did that on Pottermore.
I'm very interested by your hat stall! I've only heard of that happening on Pottermore, but I didn't know that I knew anyone who had it happen!
I seriously laughed. I was expecting Slytherin to come up, I seriously had no doubts that it would, so when the hatstall came up and with Hufflepuff, it was a time I thought I was a Slytherclaw, I just started laughing. And completely embraced being a Slytherpuff. Seriously nothing else feels right to me.
This is such a great story! I love it.