Ravenclaw Report: the View from Gryffindor Tower

When we last met our heroines, they were adjusting to a new life in a new House at Hogwarts...

I hadn't realized until this term how comfortable I had become in Ravenclaw. There we were sorted into Dorms by year so as time went on, the dorm turned into a core group of people with guests in and out from term to term. Cyprienne's and my dorm consisted of mostly introverts who enjoyed sharing WIP (work in progress) pictures and personal life tidbits. In Gryffindor, students are divided into sizable Prides with discussion themes for each day. I have found my pride to consist of several chatty extroverts. I haven't been as intentional about getting to know my pride-mates as I had intended and hope to rectify this over the rest of the term.

In addition to getting to know my pride, there is a lot to learn about the ins and outs of Gryffindor. There are all sorts of missions to inspire participation, particularly since Gryffindor is making a big push to win the House Cup this term. Overall, everything is just so new and I'm still adjusting. I find myself focusing more on my knitting and less on the game which is an acceptable approach but not exactly in the spirit of exploring the houses. Fortunately there is still plenty of time for me to become more familiar with Gryffindor House and this lovely group of extroverts.

I have used more exclamation points this term then in all previous terms combined...  that may not be an actual stat, but it feels like it sometimes!!  (Regular sentences get one exclamation mark!  Two punctuation points mean I'm here to party and feeling emphatic!!)

I was lucky enough to get swept into the Common Room during the later half of December.  I came bearing cookies -- the legendary Gryffindor sweet tooth? not exaggerated! everything from disappointment to a dissertation is celebrated with ice cream -- and they've consistently pulled me back in throughout the term with Martin Freeman gifs...  a gateway nugget to convince me to ROAR! and drink the kool-aid, perhaps?

What have we learned so far?

• There is a definite culture of excitedly Doing.All.The.Things, with copious yardage-tracking and tagging of posts and badges, badges, badges
• This term, Gryffindor has put WIP the First on the back burner -- with a new focus on Advanced Studies proposals, the Lions are keeping pace with Ravenclaw and Slytherin!  Surprised?  Don't be.  It's no accident.
• In Ravenclaw, the Common Room is the chatty place to be while the Dorms are where the low-key discussions happen. In Gryffindor, the Common Room is less chatty and the Prides are where all the action resides.