On Quiddich, Houses and False Fealty

[3potionproblem]

Something I’ve wondered about for quite some time now: do students always align their preference in Quiddich teams based on their house? Would it be a breach of fealty to root for another house even if they are superior in skill? We wear our house colors to matches so in order to root for another house, would we have to go and find robes of their colors so as to show preference?

I really don’t understand the houses anyway. Seems like an intentionally antagonistic means of categorizing people by their basic personality types. Smart students can be in any house just as students with poor marks can be in Ravenclaw and not everyone outside of Gryffindor is a coward. We’re sort of dealt with imposed prejudice by being grouped with people “like us” who are in fact no more our kin than any other student in any other house.

Did you know that statistically, women do not work well together? There is constant completion in the ranks because they share enough similarities just in their gender that the need to stand apart becomes the driving force rather than working together. I would imagine this would be the same for the houses. Outside of Quiddich, the competition exist inside the houses between each student in an attempt to not just be a Ravenclaw, let’s say, but the Ravenclaw.

There are no studies where Hogwarts was not segregated to compare to but it seems a flawed system. If we were to remove Quiddich alone, and forgo that major source for commonality and community, would the houses tear themselves apart rather than engage in different cross-house hostility?

I wasn’t actually paying attention but I hear Slytherin did well. As Ravenclaw and Slytherin are currently locked in a house points war, I suppose I should be disappointed? I’m not.

Comments

[snjoland]

I do not understand the 'house' system at all. It is suggested that we all act as one huge thing and yet it is as though we need to beat each other in something. Without Quidditch, there is still the matter of the house cup. Even so, I am still attending so the only thing to do is ignore it and pay matter to yourself. But it seems that one person can 'ruin' things for the 'rest of us' and make 'us' look bad when we are all supposed to be the same. So it is all rather backwards.

[luxextenebris]

It's probably kind of weird, but I don't take sides in Quidditch at all and I only get competitive when I'm playing for Hufflepuff. I think everyone's an equally good player to the next, whether they win or lose, and honestly if you lose you should look at it as a chance for improvement.

Though I guess that could be said about all aspects of school, whether it be study or sports.

[greenteengenius]

Perhaps it's simply a matter of like-minded interests. That is to say, we call Ravenclaws intelligent but what is really meant is that they are interested in having a quiet study environment, so it makes sense to group them together. People will always form into groups, the school is simply expediting the matter.

[mysterytwin]

Honestly half the time it seems like the House system is just in place for the sake of it. Dividing students by their perspectives at the age of eleven and seeing how they develop among people like them is kind of discriminatory when they should be allowed to interact and grow with people that are vastly different from them.

It's not hard to maintain friendships outside of your housemates but really you have to wonder what the founders were thinking. And you're right, sometimes students can be a mixture of things and exist outside of the House dedicated to that one thing. I think that's why Hufflepuff exists; they seem to be a mixture of everything. It might be an easier way to keep up with the student roster.

Personally I don't pay attention to Quidditch or play the game, but I know people prefer to stick to their House teams because House pride is a thing to some I guess. I really don't care for sport but my sister drags me along to games every now and then.

[actuallyspeakslatin]

It's fine to cheer for another team. I cheered for Gryffindor on Sunday because my friend is the Seeker.

[moveslikejaeger]

well i dont know about other people but i would rather there werent houses either? but that is because i have friends in all of them and i would like more time to spend with them and sometimes being around the same people all the time is very frustrating

also i do not like the way you talked about girls like their so much worse than boys about competitiveness that is not true at all boys are just as bad if not worse you know its why phrases like pissing contests exist

not to mention games like limp biscuit or i dare you to eat this or comparing their wieners or fighting in general!