Ooo! I'm kind of torn between Hufflepuff and Slytherin, because one of the
defining traits of Gryffindor is there tendancy to do whatever it takes, heedless of rules, logic or common sense to do what they think is right. There's a very black and white good/evil stance there, making it the house of righteous heroes,
and whilst initially that sounds like Doug to a tee, I realized that there are some things he does that, whilst not exactly evil, are at least a very
dark shade of grey. Doug is indeed a hero but also as a soldier, more concerned with the greater good (at least that's my impression), and I think
there are lines he could cross that the idealistic Gryffindors would abhor (Read: The excerpt where he's telling Hermione that he's going to use
MAGICAL NUKES on their enemies, and her horrified reaction). And I would tend to rule Ravenclaw right out of the running, as whilst knowledge and tactics, as
well as scientific exploits are a key feature of his personality, I agree with what the others have said about it being a tool. It's important, but not the
cause he fights for, but for Ravenclaw it is.
Hufflepuff, being one of the more underdeveloped houses, is harder to get a
read on, but the main impression that I get from them are two things.
1) Intense loyalty. Be it to your
friends, school, cause, whatever, they are loyal to a fault
2) Perseverance - Especially in the early
books, emphasis was put on the fact that, whilst they were comparatively unremarkable in most ways, they never gave up on anything. These people just keep going not matter the damage, strain how long it takes or cost to themselves, they are damn well going to get the
job done. This (kind of) selfless disregard for there own goals until the job is done, as well as freaking ludicrous determination to get shit done reminds me
of Doug's loyalty to his own superheroic code and Vows. He often makes mention of the Oath's he's taken, and his drive to not only acknowledge
them, but fulfill them to the letterat all times. Doug is incredibly
loyal and preservers to his own code, and I think that in some weird way makes him both too flexible and too Inflexible for Gryffindor and Ravenclaw at the
same time, but fits within the boundary of Hufflepuff quite comfortably. Gryffindor are willing to do anything for a very narrow set of reasons, and Ravenclaw
aren't concerned with the reason so much as the why, but Hufflepuff will go through anything for a why, whatever it may be. (does that make sense? It did
in my head...) .Plus on a less moral note, I think it would be great to see Hufflepuff have a COOL teacher for a change. Hufflepuffs as we've seen with
Cedric Diggory, are very enamored (and loyal!)of their heroes, and I think Doug would soon have a massive
following amongst the neglected Hufflepuffs.
Now, on the other end of the scale, Slytherins are all about doing
absolutely anything to achieve what they think is right, with very different set of ethics guiding them
compared to Gryffindor. But whilst they lack the Hufflepuff's bloody-mined determination, they have a quite unique degree of tencacity
with which to achieve their goals. Hufflepuffs wear a problem down over time, but Slytherines use finesse and cunning to get what they want. In negative terms, this makes them sneaky, underhand and selfish. In the positive, this makes them
tenacious, flexible and intelligent. They strike me as being a mixture of Ravenclaw's intelligence and Gryffindor's drive. I could see Doug, who so
often has to agonize over his ethics, having his conscious strained here, but his sometimes (situationally justified) dark actions, as well as the guile and
underhanded methods he can use to achieve them, does make a disturbingly apt description of the Slytherin way. The main obstacle of course, is the motivation
behind their actions. Slytherins are almost always in it for themselves. Doug's almost always in it to save the world.Doug justifies the nasty things he has to do sometimes as being for the greater good. So with the far more selfish motivations of
the standard Slytherin, they would cross lines that Doug would loath, and he would rapidly come to (at least) dislike them. However, all this speculation is
based on the idea that Slytherins do everything for personal gain, and whilst I don't think there have ever been any explicit exceptions shown, I doubt
that every single one of them are self-obsessed manipulators. If there are people in there with more noble (or at least less selfish) motivations, then I think Doug would see them more as soldiers to guide rather
then snakes to be defanged. (crap example I know, but it was all I could think of).
So to round up this rambling post,
Gryffindor - No, too restrictive
Ravenclaw - No, different goals
Hufflepuff - Yes, ethically similar
Slytherin - Maybe, depends if they're all
selfish
defining traits of Gryffindor is there tendancy to do whatever it takes, heedless of rules, logic or common sense to do what they think is right. There's a very black and white good/evil stance there, making it the house of righteous heroes,
and whilst initially that sounds like Doug to a tee, I realized that there are some things he does that, whilst not exactly evil, are at least a very
dark shade of grey. Doug is indeed a hero but also as a soldier, more concerned with the greater good (at least that's my impression), and I think
there are lines he could cross that the idealistic Gryffindors would abhor (Read: The excerpt where he's telling Hermione that he's going to use
MAGICAL NUKES on their enemies, and her horrified reaction). And I would tend to rule Ravenclaw right out of the running, as whilst knowledge and tactics, as
well as scientific exploits are a key feature of his personality, I agree with what the others have said about it being a tool. It's important, but not the
cause he fights for, but for Ravenclaw it is.
Hufflepuff, being one of the more underdeveloped houses, is harder to get a
read on, but the main impression that I get from them are two things.
1) Intense loyalty. Be it to your
friends, school, cause, whatever, they are loyal to a fault
2) Perseverance - Especially in the early
books, emphasis was put on the fact that, whilst they were comparatively unremarkable in most ways, they never gave up on anything. These people just keep going not matter the damage, strain how long it takes or cost to themselves, they are damn well going to get the
job done. This (kind of) selfless disregard for there own goals until the job is done, as well as freaking ludicrous determination to get shit done reminds me
of Doug's loyalty to his own superheroic code and Vows. He often makes mention of the Oath's he's taken, and his drive to not only acknowledge
them, but fulfill them to the letterat all times. Doug is incredibly
loyal and preservers to his own code, and I think that in some weird way makes him both too flexible and too Inflexible for Gryffindor and Ravenclaw at the
same time, but fits within the boundary of Hufflepuff quite comfortably. Gryffindor are willing to do anything for a very narrow set of reasons, and Ravenclaw
aren't concerned with the reason so much as the why, but Hufflepuff will go through anything for a why, whatever it may be. (does that make sense? It did
in my head...) .Plus on a less moral note, I think it would be great to see Hufflepuff have a COOL teacher for a change. Hufflepuffs as we've seen with
Cedric Diggory, are very enamored (and loyal!)of their heroes, and I think Doug would soon have a massive
following amongst the neglected Hufflepuffs.
Now, on the other end of the scale, Slytherins are all about doing
absolutely anything to achieve what they think is right, with very different set of ethics guiding them
compared to Gryffindor. But whilst they lack the Hufflepuff's bloody-mined determination, they have a quite unique degree of tencacity
with which to achieve their goals. Hufflepuffs wear a problem down over time, but Slytherines use finesse and cunning to get what they want. In negative terms, this makes them sneaky, underhand and selfish. In the positive, this makes them
tenacious, flexible and intelligent. They strike me as being a mixture of Ravenclaw's intelligence and Gryffindor's drive. I could see Doug, who so
often has to agonize over his ethics, having his conscious strained here, but his sometimes (situationally justified) dark actions, as well as the guile and
underhanded methods he can use to achieve them, does make a disturbingly apt description of the Slytherin way. The main obstacle of course, is the motivation
behind their actions. Slytherins are almost always in it for themselves. Doug's almost always in it to save the world.Doug justifies the nasty things he has to do sometimes as being for the greater good. So with the far more selfish motivations of
the standard Slytherin, they would cross lines that Doug would loath, and he would rapidly come to (at least) dislike them. However, all this speculation is
based on the idea that Slytherins do everything for personal gain, and whilst I don't think there have ever been any explicit exceptions shown, I doubt
that every single one of them are self-obsessed manipulators. If there are people in there with more noble (or at least less selfish) motivations, then I think Doug would see them more as soldiers to guide rather
then snakes to be defanged. (crap example I know, but it was all I could think of).
So to round up this rambling post,
Gryffindor - No, too restrictive
Ravenclaw - No, different goals
Hufflepuff - Yes, ethically similar
Slytherin - Maybe, depends if they're all
selfish