tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8550058566159443898.post94203721399185176..comments2024-03-28T11:00:36.392-04:00Comments on Cyganeria: House Thoughts to follow up the Real Book Club ConversationMashahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06943998810222103926noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8550058566159443898.post-36987829321147790412014-02-10T10:54:37.565-05:002014-02-10T10:54:37.565-05:00In here most loved animal is more like a baby. Th...In <a href="http://www.petitepaw.net/" rel="nofollow">here</a> most loved animal is more like a baby. They need to be nurtured as if it were a baby. These animal are believed by some to be extinct, and even though that is half right, we still call them monkeysAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08278445203151069013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8550058566159443898.post-16997493479131470902013-06-01T11:55:32.709-04:002013-06-01T11:55:32.709-04:00"SPOILERFORTH". Love that.
-The Neglect..."SPOILERFORTH". Love that. <br />-The Neglected HusbandAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8550058566159443898.post-36179561993750879392013-06-01T10:14:03.812-04:002013-06-01T10:14:03.812-04:00Yeah, aren't honey badgers the meanest animals...Yeah, aren't honey badgers the meanest animals of all?Christiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18107748184124761940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8550058566159443898.post-31348748952713295642013-06-01T07:56:58.069-04:002013-06-01T07:56:58.069-04:00hahaha..that's a scary thought..and the only t...hahaha..that's a scary thought..and the only thing that kept me from naming our seven new, and interchangeably brown, chickens 'Legion' :p .. a bit too scary there! Mashahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06943998810222103926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8550058566159443898.post-48758499549688803392013-05-31T23:26:07.973-04:002013-05-31T23:26:07.973-04:00But Hufflepuffs are the OPPOSITE of bashers :( :(But Hufflepuffs are the OPPOSITE of bashers :( :(Lauranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8550058566159443898.post-39547495728308801812013-05-31T22:46:48.918-04:002013-05-31T22:46:48.918-04:00Hahahaha!! I like that idea. Be forewarned, though...Hahahaha!! I like that idea. Be forewarned, though. My experience with farm animals is that they often live up to their names.<br /><br />Had to Google woodchucks. It doesn't look like they bear any close relation to badgers. And now I need to figure out how to disable autocorrect on this device, because it was determined to make me say Handbags instead of Hahaha and bashers instead of badgers. :PJenna St. Hilairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04474588706124865006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8550058566159443898.post-49219418008882671602013-05-31T13:52:46.904-04:002013-05-31T13:52:46.904-04:00A proper Chimera.. I suppose, might also have been...A proper Chimera.. I suppose, might also have been part of the reason for NOT making it a goat ;)..Chimeras are exactly fun..but she's got all the other animals..and why isn't Gryffindor a griffin??? Does she explain that??? <br /><br />None of the houses ARE herbivores... I wonder if that's part of the reason..and goats are..you know..determined, anyway :) <br /><br />But you're right, Jenna, that goats don't really have a nice reputation (when I get them I want to name them after the Bad biblical women: Lilith (I know she's not technically there), Jezebel, Delilah..) Badgers at least have the whole C.S. Lewis thing going for them..I don't know Anything about Badgers..are they similar to woodchucks..because I hate woodchucks with a passion.<br /><br />Or maybe she did realize that the houses as she made them can never be cohesive.. <br />Mashahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06943998810222103926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8550058566159443898.post-16296116550787300302013-05-31T13:40:07.202-04:002013-05-31T13:40:07.202-04:00If Rowling had given Hufflepuff a goat, the houses...<i>If Rowling had given Hufflepuff a goat, the houses could have formed a proper creature - a whole being.</i><br /><br />??? This is a mystery to me. Something in mythology? (If so, Rowling was more likely to know about it than I am...)<br /><br />Reasons she might not have chosen a goat for Hufflepuff House include, but are not limited to, 1) not knowing that goats make chimeras with eagles and lions and snakes, 2) not wanting the sheep-and-the-goats symbolism hanging over Hufflepuff's head when they already had the Loser reputation to deal with, 3) goats are not nearly as cool as badgers, 4) SPOILERFORTH got the whole goat thing all to himself, and 5) goats just don't have a a very nice reputation overall, and Niceness is the one obvious thing we Hufflepuffs <i>do</i> have going for us. Well, that, and according to the movies, we're apparently "really good finders".<br /><br />I've had goats, and I like them, but I don't think I'd want to be symbolized by one. Possibly I'm missing something symbolically. But if she'd have made us the Goat house, I think I'd have stuck with Gryffindor. :PJenna St. Hilairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04474588706124865006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8550058566159443898.post-76096144294521972772013-05-29T14:18:46.949-04:002013-05-29T14:18:46.949-04:00If Rowling had given Hufflepuff a goat, the houses...<i>If Rowling had given Hufflepuff a goat, the houses could have formed a proper creature - a whole being.</i><br /><br />Hah! That's a good point. Maybe Rowling just liked the badger better as an image -- snuffly-yet-tenacious -- maybe she didn't think of it. Can the chimera have stubby badger legs? It's -- it's not like it wouldn't have locomotive problems anyway . . . <br /><br />Unfortunately, we really never do see the Houses working together in any meaningful way. It was kind of a cool idea, but it's not surprising that it got lost amid everything else in the books.<br /><br />And none of the House Animals are herbivores! I never noticed that before. I guess they all had to be able to work together without anyone getting eaten. . .(?)<br />Lauranoreply@blogger.com