The Wheel Weaves Podcast: A Wheel of Time Podcast Bonus Episode: The Sorting Hat Experience
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May 31, 2019 A playful Sorting Hat experiment placing Wheel of Time characters into Hogwarts houses. Short debates on bravery, loyalty, cunning, curiosity, and ambition. Quick takes on where Rand, Mat, Perrin, Egwene, Nynaeve, Moiraine, Lan, and others land. Lighthearted banter and future revisits teased.
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Make Early Guesses And Revisit Later
- Brett asks Dani to make first-impression sorts based only on the first eight chapters and promises to revisit these as characters evolve.
- Dani will act as the 'Sorting Dani' and give gut-listings to compare later.
House Traits Are Nuanced Not Moral Labels
- The hosts summarize the four house archetypes: Gryffindor brave, Slytherin ambitious, Ravenclaw intellectual, Hufflepuff loyal.
- They stress these traits can be positive and aren't strictly 'good' or 'bad' in real people.
Houses Cultivate Sparks Into Strengths
- The Sorting Hat looks for 'sparks' of trait potential that students will grow into across Hogwarts.
- Brett uses Harry's sorting hesitation between Slytherin and Gryffindor to show houses cultivate latent qualities.
