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2 | [[caption-width-right:350:This is what insanity looks like.]] |
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4 | ...Alright, here goes. |
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6 | ''Sorting Hat'' is a [[CrossOver pan-fandom]] [[ExtranormalInstitute Extranormal]] HighSchoolAU JournalRoleplay community set in [[Franchise/HarryPotter Hogwarts]], during the years of Voldemort and the Death Eaters' rise to power. Each member applies as a character from any fictional medium and plays him or her as a student or teacher in Hogwarts, as the game focuses on the cast's day-to-day life in the school. Every two weeks, a random event will happen and cause either hilarity or bring out the trauma and angst that [[DysfunctionJunction almost every student secretly has]]. |
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8 | It was started in 2005 and lasted for eight years before fizzling out in 2013, making it one of the longer-running roleplays. It can still be read [[http://sortinghat-rp.dreamwidth.org here.]] |
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10 | !!''Sorting Hat'' provides examples of: |
11 | %%Administrivia/ZeroContextExamples are not allowed on the wiki. Please expand them with context before uncommenting them. Thank you. |
12 | * AcademyOfAdventure: Forget Voldemort, our students provide enough excitement. |
13 | * AlternateUniverse: The entire premise. Take any character from any canon, give them magic powers, stick them in Hogwarts, and see how much you can screw with them. |
14 | %%* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Peter. |
15 | * ArrangedMarriage: More common than you'd probably think with a work set in current times, as there have been at least four instances of this in the past ([[VideoGame/DotHackGUGames Haseo]]/[[Manga/NabariNoOu Raimei]], [[Manga/Reborn2004 Rasiel]]/[[Manga/MythicalDetectiveLokiRagnarok Hel]] and [[Manga/Reborn2004 Belphegor]]/[[Manga/{{Bleach}} Hiyori]], [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyIX Beatrix]]/[[Manga/OuranHighSchoolHostClub Mori]], all [[PutOnABus dropped]]. |
16 | %%* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: Whether it's more the character or the players is up for debate. |
17 | * BerserkButton: Call [[Manga/SoulEater Soul]] by his real last name or hurt his friends. I dare you. |
18 | * BewareTheNiceOnes: You certainly wouldn't expect cheerful little [[Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers Antonio]] to be a Death Eater in the future, would you? |
19 | %%* BigBrotherInstinct: [[Manga/FullMoon Mitsuki]] tends to cause this on most people she meets. |
20 | * BigEater: |
21 | ** [[Franchise/KingdomHearts Roxas]]. Almost every journal entry is about seasalt ice cream to some degree. [[Manga/Reborn2004 Mukuro]] calls him out on it. Roxas denies of course. |
22 | ** Also [[Manga/Reborn2004 Kyoko]]. Watch her eat/talk about cake and you'll understand. |
23 | ** [[Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers Alfred]] ate two whole cakes. That's as many as two ones. [[IAmBigBoned He denies]] the effect this has on his waistline. |
24 | * BlessedWithSuck: [[Manga/SoulEater Death the Kid]] was cursed when he was young. This curse makes him impervious to physical outside toxins but also gave him three horizontal stripes on ''one side'' of his head. [[BerserkButton This bothers him slightly]]. |
25 | * BusCrash: The [[PutOnABus dropped]] characters [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing Zechs]], [[Franchise/CodeGeass Anya]], [[VideoGame/TalesOfTheAbyss Anise]] and [[Manga/{{Otomen}} Asuka]] died in the Death Eaters' attack on the Ministry. |
26 | * ButNotTooForeign: Most characters that are Japanese in canon have such heritage glossed over, and is hardly ever/never mentioned at all. Some characters incorporate it by making them have close Japanese relatives or be a child of immigrants. |
27 | %%* ChekhovsSkill: It's a panfandom AU game. Guess what kinds of thing these people can do in canon. |
28 | * ClosetKey: [[Webcomic/GirlGenius Maxim]] helped [[Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers Alfred]] figure out his crush on [[Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers Arthur]], all while reassuring him that it's okay to be gay! |
29 | %%* CloudCuckooLander: [[Series/{{Glee}} Brittany]] and [[Series/{{Skins}} Cassie]]. |
30 | %%* ConvenientlyAnOrphan: Take your pick. |
31 | * CrazyJealousGuy: [[Series/{{Sherlock}} Moriarty]] towards [[Series/{{Sherlock}} Sherlock]] due to the former's sociopathy and fixation on the latter. |
32 | * CrossoverShip: InUniverse; the game's a breeding ground for these. These go from [[Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers Matthew Kirkand]]/[[VideoGame/{{Tekken}} Lili Rochefort]] to [[{{Manga/Loveless}} Natsuo Sagan]]/[[Manga/FullMoon Mitsuki Koyama]]. |
33 | * CuteKitten: In contrast to Alfred and Botan's bromance, their cats 13 and Robin have made them grandparents about twice. |
34 | %%* CuteWitch: It's Hogwarts. |
35 | * CutHimselfShaving: The "I fell down the stairs" variant has been used a few times by injured characters. In at least one of those cases, it was technically true, but the character was actually ''pushed'' down the stairs. |
36 | %%* DamnItFeelsGoodToBeAGangster: Firo wishes, but [[Literature/{{Baccano}} in canon...]] |
37 | %%* DarkAndTroubledPast: Look at the list and try to find at least three characters who don't have one. It's fine, we'll wait. |
38 | %%* {{Delinquents}} |
39 | * DisproportionateRetribution: Half of Gryffindor's sixth year is ready to go after [[Manga/Reborn2004 Rasiel]] with torches and pitchforks because he... Hurt [[Manga/FullMoon Mitsuki's]] feelings and scared her. |
40 | * DudeLooksLikeALady: Leading to jokes about how, at Hogwarts, the guys are prettier than the girls, along with other merciless [[LampshadeHanging lampshading]]. There's been at least one occasion where someone ''forgot'' [[Literature/KyoKaraMaoh Saralegui]] is male. And some of the guys have even hit on him. |
41 | %%* DysfunctionJunction |
42 | %%* ExtremeOmnisexual: [[Webcomic/GirlGenius Maxim]] and the entire Jaeger Clan, as he will happily tell you |
43 | * FantasticRacism: The setting is an [[AlternateUniverse AU]] version of the ''Literature/HarryPotter'' world, so of course it's present in more of less the same way as the books. |
44 | %%* FauxAffablyEvil: Every Slytherin,and some Gryffindors really, can fall under this in some way. |
45 | * FlyingBroomstick: It's ''Hogwarts''. |
46 | * FriendlyEnemy: [[Manga/Reborn2004 Mukuro]] and [[VideoGame/TheWorldEndsWithYou Joshua]] were this for years, playing mind games back and forth before they eventually chilled and became frenemies. Feel sorry for Link and Puck. Please. |
47 | * FutureBadass: Quite a few of the students that went on to become Aurors and a few Death Eaters in the Ten Years Later event. |
48 | %%** Also, [[Manga/Reborn2004 Tsuna]]. |
49 | %%* GoneHorriblyWrong: |
50 | %%** That time when [[Manga/SoulEater Death the Kid]] unleashed a [[http://kid8dik.livejournal.com/7681.html living cat monster drawing]] onto the journals by accident. |
51 | %%** [[http://scythe-papa.livejournal.com/5258.html?thread=172682#t172682 Cake monster!]] |
52 | %%* HappilyAdopted: [[ComicBook/YoungAvengers Billy]] in his [[AlternateUniverse AU]] backstory, as is [[Manga/{{Kodocha}} Sana]]. [[Manga/SoulEater Crona]] and [[Manga/ChronoCrusade Rosette]] also became this over the course of the game. Also [[Franchise/KingdomHearts Roxas]], [[EvilParentsWantGoodKids to some degree]]. |
53 | %%* HotBlooded: The Quidditch commentators. |
54 | * HotForStudent: There were two characters dating one of their teachers, namely, [[VideoGame/DotHackGUGames Haseo]], who was dating the Herbology teacher [[VideoGame/DotHackGUGames Endrance]], and [[Manga/DeathNote Misa]], with Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher [[Manga/NabariNoOu Yukimi]]. Naturally, they try to keep it hidden, which lead to an [[HypocriticalHumor amusing]] conversation where they discussed ''why'' a student would do such a thing. The former couple (and one half of the latter) has been [[PutOnABus dropped]] though. |
55 | * HugeSchoolgirl: [[Manga/LovelyComplex Risa]], [[Manga/SoulEater Liz]], [[VideoGame/{{Tekken}} Lili]] and [[Manga/YuYuHakusho Botan]] are all in the 5'9"~5'10" range. Only Risa is [[NoGuyWantsAnAmazon particularly bothered by it]], although Liz finds that it [[AllAmazonsWantHercules does limit her dating pool]]. Lili loves it, though. [[BloodKnight Boys are more likely to agree to fight her if she's taller than them.]] |
56 | %%* IdolSinger: [[Manga/{{Nana}} Reira]], [[Manga/{{Kodocha}} Sana]], [[Theatre/{{Hairspray}} Link and Amber]]. |
57 | * LadyLand: Considering the girl to guy ratio in Hufflepuff, it might as well be. Never mind the fact that some of the guys are pretty girly looking. |
58 | * LampshadeHanging: It's not rare to find a character complaining that the school seems intent on screwing with them. |
59 | %%* LargeHam: [[Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers Yong Soo]] is such a ham, he might as well be honey-glazed. |
60 | %%* LikeAnOldMarriedCouple: |
61 | %%** [[Manga/NabariNoOu Yukimi]] and [[Manga/PhantomThiefJeanne Maron]]. |
62 | %%** [[Webcomic/GirlGenius Maxim]] and Vanamonde. Now officially a couple, too! |
63 | * LikeBrotherAndSister: |
64 | ** [[Manga/YuYuHakusho Botan]] and [[Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers Alfred]]. [[TheNicknamer She]] even calls him [[EmbarrassingNickname "binky"]]. He, on the other hand, calls ''her'' [[GratuitousSpanish "hermano"]]. |
65 | ** [[Franchise/KingdomHearts Roxas and Xion]] also fall under this category, but without the embarrassing nicknames. |
66 | * LikesOlderWomen: [[Series/{{Glee}} Puck]]. He's made not-so-subtle passes at some teachers, and even more with his housemates' mothers. |
67 | %%* LoveDodecahedron: Rampant. |
68 | * MamaBear: |
69 | ** Enough to set ActualPacifist [[VideoGame/RivieraThePromisedLand Cierra]] and [[Manga/PhantomThiefJeanne Maron]] out for blood. |
70 | ** Professor Peixes ([[Webcomic/MSPaintAdventures The Condesce]]) whenever anything even slightly improper could get in the hands of her daughters. |
71 | ** Bro Strider will punch you in the face if you insult or otherwise mess with his crotchdroppings. |
72 | * TheMatchmaker: Dear God don't let [[Webcomic/GirlGenius Maxim]] find out about your crush, he won't stop until he's satisfied. |
73 | %%* MeaningfulName: A lot of the journals have these. |
74 | %%* MiseryBuildsCharacter |
75 | * OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: We never get to see Dumbledore arriving during the attack and [[BigDamnHeroes kicking the Death Eaters' asses.]] |
76 | %%* OnlySaneMan: [[WesternAnimation/{{Mulan}} Mulan]] and [[Manga/SoulEater Tsubaki]] by far. |
77 | %%* ParentalAbandonment: And ''how''. Via DeathByChildbirth, MissingMom or DisappearedDad, or the classic DeathByOriginStory. |
78 | * ThePianoPlayer: Subverted by the fact that [[Manga/Reborn2004 Gokudera]] and [[Manga/SoulEater Soul]] both don't like playing in front of other people. |
79 | %%* PlatonicLifePartners: [[Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers Alfred]] and [[Manga/NabariNoOu Raimei]]. |
80 | %%* PromotionToParent: [[Manga/PhantomThiefJeanne Maron]] to [[Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers Alfred]], [[VideoGame/RivieraThePromisedLand Ein]] to [[Literature/{{Toradora}} Taiga]], [[VideoGame/RivieraThePromisedLand Cierra]] to...[[AndTheRest everyone.]] |
81 | * PutOnABus: What usually happens to characters that are dropped. What happens in character can go from simply not using their journal, to transferring, or in some rather nasty examples, being in a coma after falling out a window. |
82 | %%* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: Certain characters in their own native canon. |
83 | * RememberTheNewGuy: When a new character joins in the middle of the year. Usually explained by saying they'd 'lost their journals' beforehand. |
84 | %%* RichBitch: [[VideoGame/{{Tekken}} Lili]]. |
85 | * SchoolUniformsAreTheNewBlack: It's assumed by default that everyone wears uniforms most of the time. |
86 | * SettingUpdate: The game's backdrop was formerly the beginning of the first Wizardry War set in the current day, but has been changed to the aftermath of Voldemort's first defeat by Harry. |
87 | * SharpDressedMan: Firo wears suspenders. Enough said. |
88 | %%* ShipperOnDeck: Too many to count |
89 | * SiblingRivalry: [[Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers Alfred and Matthew]] once set each other on fire... |
90 | * SiblingYinYang: [[Series/{{Supernatural}} Castiel and Gabriel]] certainly come to mind. There are plenty of people who still don't even realize they're brothers, and others who had a hard time believing it. |
91 | * SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: [[http://slug-healer.livejournal.com/3209.html?thread=39561#t39561 ...i am not a homosexual by the way.]] |
92 | * TheTalk: |
93 | ** Thanks to the combined efforts of [[Series/{{Glee}} Rachel]], [[Comicbook/{{Runaways}} Molly]] and [[Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers Peter]], everyone in Hogwarts's younger years got it. And some of the older years, too. |
94 | ** A discussion about masturbation almost reached [[http://sortinghat-rp.dreamwidth.org/96510.html 600 comments]] before teachers shut it down. |
95 | * TeamMom: Sal Vantas ([[Webcomic/MSPaintAdventures The Signless]]). He doesn't care what house you're in, he will parent you to the end of time and back. |
96 | %%* TenderTears: [[Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers Katya]]... |
97 | %%* TimeTravel: There's been more than one Ten Years Later event. [[BadFuture The angst when it's over is worse than the event itself.]] |
98 | %%* TinyGuyHugeGirl: [[Manga/LovelyComplex Risa and Otani]]. |
99 | %%* TookALevelInBadass: Most of the students in the school could pull this off. If they haven't already. |
100 | %%* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Seasalt ice cream anyone? |
101 | %%* TrueCompanions |
102 | %%* UnreliableNarrator: Be careful about what you believe from what character. |
103 | * UnusualEuphemism: "... got lost" and "... on a desk" have become euphemisms among the players for... certain activities, the latter pertaining to it being someone's first time. |
104 | * VitriolicBestBuds: [[Manga/SoulEater Soul and Maka]]. Sure, they argue and insult each other a lot which often ends with Maka [[ThrowTheBookAtThem quieting Soul her own way]], but they're nigh inseparable. |
105 | * WhamEpisode: Hey kids, you know that field trip to the Ministry of Magic you've all been looking forward to? Well, guess when the Death Eaters will decide to attack the Ministry! |
106 | %%* WhatTheHellHero: [[Anime/CodeGeass Shirley]] certainly didn't pull any punches when she [[http://redwhiteandhero.livejournal.com/42617.html?thread=4667513&style=mine#t4667513 delivered]] hers to [[Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers Alfred]]. |
107 | %%* WholesomeCrossdresser: [[Manga/FushigiYuugi Nuriko]], Maora, [[Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers Feliks]], [[Anime/RevolutionaryGirlUtena Utena]], and [[Manga/PrincessJellyfish Kuranosuke]]. |
108 | %%* WizardingSchool |
109 | %%* YouNeedToGetLaid: This piece of advice is given perhaps more than any other. |
110 | %%* YouRemindMeOfX: Could be considered this when people from shared canons meet. |
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