Meme: Sorting hat!

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I vaguely remember someone (possibly me) mentioning this in a chat like a week ago, and I'm feeling meme-ish. So let's have some house sorting! Looks like we last did this one June, 2018:

For those of you not familiar with Harry Potter, there are four houses into which the students are sorted based on certain defining traits:

Gryffindor - daring, courage and chivalry
Hufflepuff - hard workers, loyalty, fairness
Ravenclaw - wit, learning, and wisdom
Slytherin - cunning, resourcefulness and ambition

A couple points for clarification because I've seen a lot of sorting stuff over the years:
All hero types are not necessarily Gryffindors.
All jerks/bad guys are not necessarily Slytherins, nor are all Slytherins necessarily jerks/bad guys.
Hufflepuff is not where you stick someone just because you can't think of anything else.
People can totally fit into more than one house.

All you have to do is ping your characters in, and people can chime in with which house they think your character belongs in. You can totally comment as to where you think your character should go, too. Feel free to give reasons when sorting people because that's half the fun, just don't be mean or I will totally come over there. And don't forget to check back during the day as more people ping in.

13 Days of Halloween!

[solarhippie]

We're officially well into spooky season, and this year our fair Fandom island is joining in on the fun with a string of thirteen random event days finishing off on All Hallow's Eve.

The first batch is as follows:

Saturday, October 19th: Candy corn rain! Fandom is welcoming back its Galapagos-traveling denizens with light sprinklings (and the occasional torrent) of candy corn.
Sunday, October 20th: Jump scare day! Random loud noises (with or without a good explanation), people suddenly walking into rooms when you thought you were all alone in the house... Prepare to get startled, often.
Monday, October 21st: Fake blood café! As soon as it's brewed, all the coffee on the island turns into fake blood. It tastes mostly like corn syrup - unless there's pumpkin spice in it, in which case it tastes like corn syrup and regret.
Tuesday, October 22nd: Spooky nightmares! People's dreams are invaded by monsters, ghosts and ghouls of the player's choice, just make sure they're scary. This affects sleep during the night from Monday into Tuesday, as well as any naps taken on Tuesday during the day.
Wednesday, October 23rd: Brother, can you spare a small gourd? All the loose change in your pockets turns into teeny tiny pumpkins.
Thursday, October 24th: Creepy clowns! Out of the corners of their eyes, people keep seeing creepy clowns standing menacingly at the ends of alleys and hallways, outside windows etc, doing nothing but watching you. As soon as you look straight at them, they're gone. It is definitely not concerning at all, no.

The second batch of events leading up to Halloween proper will be announced next week! Questions, comments, links to your favorite spooky tunes?