Let's just get it out of the way straight off the bat: I know basically everyone wants to be a Gryffindor. There's good reason for that. Harry Potter author and actual goddess who deigns to speak to we mere mortals/muggles, J.K. Rowling set up Gryffindor to be the house. It's where Harry, Ron, Hermione, and pretty much every consequential character in the series winds up. Fans imagine themselves joining Gryffindor's winning Quidditch team and having long conversations with Ginny Weasley and Dean Thomas in the common room. They like to think they would have the audacity and fortitude to join Dumbledore's Army and take a stand against the Death Eaters during the Battle at Hogwarts. But who really has the makings of a true Gryffindor?
My son, that's who.
No, really. I've thought about this for a really long time and after much careful consideration, I have taken it upon myself to sort him "where dwell the brave at heart." This isn't simply the overly proud and smug declarations of a doting mother; I'm totally a Ravenclaw, and if anything, I'd want him to follow in my magical footsteps. (Side-note: I recognize that I never actually attended Hogwarts and I'm OK with that... or I will be... with time and continued talk therapy.) But my fiery little dude is all Gryffindor. Will our kids be classmates? Let's find out what characteristics they must possess...