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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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8It 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:
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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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