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fullupwithfire) wrote2019-08-28 01:48 pm
fullupwithfire) wrote2019-08-28 01:48 pm
Come, let the darkness die
So. The overall month has continued to be not-great, but it's not... unmanageably terrible, either. I'm still twitchy over work stuff when I think about it, but the next evaluation comes in the next 2-3 days, and I can't do anything til I know where I stand then.
Anyway, distractions have been plentiful the last couple of days, and I haven't necessarily looked for them but I'm not... exactly complaining, either. First, a game I've been waiting for got released -- Telling Lies, by the same guy who did Her Story, which is a quiet obsession of mine -- and while I can't get it until there's some kind of sale, I am quietly reading reviews and being excited. Then I got super wrapped up in a mind-bending movie we rewatched the other day (Coherence, if anyone feels like gleeing and searching for information with me).
Then the people who do Sorting Hat Chats finally came out with a quiz for their system and that has eaten my last... 24 hours or so. I did it two or three times, and then the lovely and patient Bast not only did it as well, but let me ramble about sorting a bunch of our original characters at them this morning.
It's been fun and as much as I keep trying to do other things I keep getting pulled back into thinking about it so... that's where I am now, yep. This is not quite a meme/discussion/whatever thing but if you want to discuss SHC sortings -- whether yours and/or mine, or character sortings -- or hear me ramble about any character/fandom, feel free to ask, because I think I may be on this for a while.
♥ to all.
Anyway, distractions have been plentiful the last couple of days, and I haven't necessarily looked for them but I'm not... exactly complaining, either. First, a game I've been waiting for got released -- Telling Lies, by the same guy who did Her Story, which is a quiet obsession of mine -- and while I can't get it until there's some kind of sale, I am quietly reading reviews and being excited. Then I got super wrapped up in a mind-bending movie we rewatched the other day (Coherence, if anyone feels like gleeing and searching for information with me).
Then the people who do Sorting Hat Chats finally came out with a quiz for their system and that has eaten my last... 24 hours or so. I did it two or three times, and then the lovely and patient Bast not only did it as well, but let me ramble about sorting a bunch of our original characters at them this morning.
It's been fun and as much as I keep trying to do other things I keep getting pulled back into thinking about it so... that's where I am now, yep. This is not quite a meme/discussion/whatever thing but if you want to discuss SHC sortings -- whether yours and/or mine, or character sortings -- or hear me ramble about any character/fandom, feel free to ask, because I think I may be on this for a while.
♥ to all.
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I think the secondary is smack on. Not sure about the primary.
A burned Gryffindor still thinks it’s important to try to do the right thing. They just have some doubts, insecurities, or cynicism around the idea that anyone can know what “right” is. The world would be easier if they could trust their gut, but they know they can’t. They still strive to do what they can, and often build a constructed morality system (or adopt an external legal, philosophical, or religious code) in order to live as well as possible. But unlike a Ravenclaw Primary, who would be satisfied and righteous using this external system, a burned Gryffindor will always be disappointed and even guilty using this out-sourced moral system.
A Burned Hufflepuff Secondary might want to be reliable, hard-working, and trustworthy, but they feel like they are (or like people think they are) flaky, shaky, or flighty. Doing things steadily and well-- showing up-- is the right way to achieve their goals, but Burned Puffs know that's not going to work within their capabilities. So they take other paths and use other tools-- maybe a Gryffindor's bluntness, a Slytherin's flexibility, or a Ravenclaw's collection of skills and tools.