Onto Batman...

[neotoma]

so, sanj, ellen_fremedon and I were talking today as we walked from the Takoma Folk Festival, and the question came up of "what House does Batman sort into"?

ellen_fremedon brought up that you really have to take his personae into account here. There is 'Bruce Wayne the playboy', Batman, and the combination that is the real Bruce Wayne.

'Bruce Wayne', the silly role that Batman fronts to the world is, pretty much a Gryffindor in the eager-but-dim-puppy school. No one thinks he's dangerous, or even observant.

Batman, on the other hand, is an angry Ravenclaw. sanj was most firm on this -- *angry*, then Ravenclaw. Yojimbo was brought up for comparison.

The combined, *actual* personality of Bruce Wayne is, of course, Slytherin. Terrifyingly so.

Of course, we can't leave out Hufflepuff. That's Dick Grayson. And Superman. And Wonder Woman too, come to think of it.

Batman needs a lot of Hufflepuffs to sit on him, apparently.

Comments

[sanj.livejournal.com]

Fun to see you!

I think who had which point might be swapped, up there, but we talk all this crap out together anyway. ;)

Dick = Hufflepuff, okay, but I am not buying Superman or Wonder Woman, so you had better get selling....

[immora.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I'd have to agree that Batman is an angry Ravenclaw! So would you say that Tim Drake is a Ravenclaw with his mad Batman identity determining skills?

Wonder Woman as a Hufflepuff though, hrmm... That one I have to think about more.

[gehayi.livejournal.com]

Based on my memories of Wonder Woman comic books, I think that she's a very brave, very loyal and very kinky Hufflepuff. I say "kinky" because every single cover that I remember from my childhood showed her tied up or chained. I think that Wonder Woman was my first exposure to the concept of bondage.

Supes is a Gryffindor--the sort who thinks that if he's doing it, it MUST be all right. Kind of like Hermione in OotP and HBP. Hermione is usually one of the good guys, brave and determined and willing to risk her life for what she feels is right...but she can also do things that I utterly despise and feel fully justified.

(For proof that Superman has a darker side, check out the Superman is a Dick (http://www.superdickery.com/dick/1.html) covers over at Superdickery.com. I'll wait.)

[murasaki99.livejournal.com]

I agree, the more Hufflepuffs around Batman, the better! And he better not hook up with Snape. Ever. 0_o