miavi, un: s.

[slithering]

Portraits don't quite do people justice, no matter how lifelike they become through magic. But they are fascinating to study, nonetheless.

[ He is 100% sure that he will not grow up a balding old man with long white beard, and he will die on that damn hill. ]

An inquiry for those who use this form of communication: how many of you studied in Hogwarts? I would enjoy reading your experiences, should you wish to share them.

[ but really — tell him everything. ]

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( un: l.w. )

[lissomely]

I was a Slytherin. It was unheard of in my family.

[slithering]

That only means that you have more cunning and ambition than the rest of them, which is no terrible thing. [ And, that he is no muggle-born. The Sorting Hat should be the most aware of his opinions there. ] Do you believe you do?

[lissomely]

Than my family? Almost definitely.
It made family gatherings awkward for a while, though.

[slithering]

Let me guess, you come from a Gryffindor family.

[ he is 100% sure of it. hufflepuffs are a loyal and accepting bunch, which is a philosophy that hufflepuff believes in strongly — it should resonate well with the people that graduate from her house. ravenclaws are intelligent and erudite — as close to cunning as one can be, without being as shrewd as a slytherin. to slytherin, it would not be a grave insult, to be one or another.

(salazar, of course, doesn't take in the fact that those sorted to slytherin are can be considered potentially dark.)

gryffindors, however — even back then, they have been a certain rivalry brewing between his house and godric's. it doesn't help that they argue a lot, and — eventually, if the history of this place can be believed — that they end their friendship eventually due to unreconciliable differences. ]

[lissomely]

Mostly Gryffindor, yes. They came around, of course. They're not unreasonable people, and no matter what the Sorting Hat sees in you, one's school house doesn't determine one's future.

[slithering]

Indeed, the Hat is meant only to Sort you to a house that fits the characteristics you possess or have the potential to acquire. You may yet change as you grow and learn more about the world around you.

[ others might think it surprising, but salazar himself as a more realistic view of the world, now that he's here to see what the future has in store, he's surprised to learn that some things just do not change. but his way of thinking is screwed, in that sense — he still has his beliefs, and that is something that cannot be changed. ]

Did you enjoy your time at school, regardless?