Pottermore Sorting: Sorting Hat Analysis and Meta

J.k. Rowling created Pottermore to help us experience what the students at Hogwarts experienced. They didn’t get a second go round at the sorting hat in the books or films, so I think that the people that created a second account are just ruining it for themselves. When I was put in Slytherin I was truly upset, but I stuck with my house and now, although I think that I would suit Ravenclaw better, I am proud to call myself green.

Attention: THIS IS NOT THE ACTUAL SORTING HAT. It is frequently wrong, in the sense that many people will not get the same House consistently.

There are people who pull a bad round of questions – who get a House because they like water instead of because they’re ambitious. There are people who pull bad questions (unless you seriously want to argue that you’re not a true Hufflepuff unless you like the trumpet, or that liking the trumpet says something about your loyalty and work ethic.)

As long as people delete the extra accounts, there is nothing wrong with Sorting multiple times “to be sure” or because they didn’t get what they wanted. Or would you honestly prefer the account abandonment that’s occurred en masse, ruining the House Cup for Hufflepuff?

If seeing a green background makes a person happier, so be it. If someone was honestly mis-Sorted and can’t identify at all with the welcome letter, then let them delete their account and go through it.

Pottermore was created for fans to enjoy. If said fans don’t feel cheated, then you’re not one to act as the fandom police.

(There’s also the current bug where a foreign-language Sorter can’t get Ravenclaw in their native language – it’s broken for Spanish, German, and Italian – no matter which answers they put. I don’t think the Sorting Hat has ever had a year where it just refused to put any students in Ravenclaw. Again, IT’S AN INTERNET QUIZ. If people would like to delete their first account and re-Sort, let them. It’s about enjoying your experience to the fullest, not treating this as some be-all end-all “THOU MUST TAKE THINE RESULT ON THE FIRST TRY” thing.)

(And, for the record – because I almost always get a message or something about this – I was Sorted into Ravenclaw on my single Beta account. It’s what I wanted and what I’m happy with. That doesn’t mean I won’t admit the quiz has faults, or tell other people what they can and can’t do, or what they should and shouldn’t do, with their own Pottermore account and their own Internet time.)