The Ravenclaw Thread

[DirectorAbbie]

Intelligence
Wit
Wisdom
Creativity
Originality
Individuality
Acceptance

So the Slytherins have a thread, and they challenged the Gryffindors to make one. I'm not quite a Gryffindor, but it seems to me that the Ravenclaws have the greatest claim to socionics.
While the Slytherins seem to have dedicated their thread to clothes, I suggest ours be dedicated to puzzles and riddles.



Riddle:
I went into the woods and got it.
I sat down to look for it.
I went home because I could not find it.

Maurice the bull has just swallowed a time bomb, and it's set to go off in four minutes! What word best describes this situation?
A. Atrocious
B. Abominable
C. Horrifying
D. Catastrophic

[Chae]

"Wit beyond measure is man's greatest treasure."
—Rowena Ravenclaw



Slytherin here for inter-house support! This is for you, Eagles.

Post quotes, outfits, songs, people, aesthetics, memes, and art under the sign of Ravenclaw. And since you're the most cerebral and wise of us, ramblings, thoughts, insights, resources and more food for thought can also have their place here. But you do whatever special thing comes to your minds either way so you can expand on this however you like and wish.

Starting off with an aesthetic impulse:



@Aylen @Nanooka @Slugabed @Director Abbie @Subteigh @Cassandra (?) @Cosmic Teapot @reverie and @Vespertine of course

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[Nanooka]

I nominate Bill Nye for house head. I know there's no canonical evidence that the houses are run democratically like that, but if not we can always rise up and demand The Science Guy be instated as our leader. #ViveLaResistance

[DirectorAbbie]

Bill Nye for Ravenclaw is like Wormtail for Gryffindor: he gets in because he values our values, not because he embodies them.
How about Tesla? I guess he's dead though...Tesla for Ravenclaw ghost?

Chuck Hall for house head? He invented 3D printing.

[Nanooka]

I'd be down with Tesla for house ghost.

If Bill Nye is not house head though, then Neil deGrasse Tyson must be. I motion for the latter as a compromise candidate.

[DirectorAbbie]

If Bill Nye is not house head though, then Neil deGrasse Tyson must be. I motion for the latter as a compromise candidate.

Who is that and did he ever invent anything or come up with any remarkable theories?
I don't want us nominating a smart slytherin.

[Nanooka]

Who is that and did he ever invent anything or come up with any remarkable theories?
I don't want us nominating a smart slytherin.

He's an astrophysicist, best known as a popularizer of science and the current host of Cosmos. Protege of Carl Sagan.

[DirectorAbbie]

He's an astrophysicist, best known as a popularizer of science and the current host of Cosmos. Protege of Carl Sagan.

So another TV personality, but one with a more relevant degree?

We need someone who embodies the creativity, originality, wit, and acceptance of Ravenclaw.
Like an obscure eccentric genius.

[Nanooka]

So another TV personality, but one with a more relevant degree?

Another person who's done a lot of work popularizing the prevailing scientific theories of the day, and setting an example that encourages all people to think critically, inquisitively, and rationally. Also showing the excitement and discovery of the sciences, encouraging children to go into them as Carl Sagan once did. For Ravenclaw, I couldn't imagine better qualifications in a leader.

Like an obscure eccentric genius.

Unfortunately, those rarely make good leaders. If they do, they're usually an eccentric genius of the Slytherin variety, e.g. Newt Gingrich.

[DirectorAbbie]

Well, I'm against having a Ravenclaw head who's nationally recognized. That's the sort of pride I'd expect from Gryffindor or Slytherin.

I'd rather have Nanooka as house head.

[DirectorAbbie]

popularizing the prevailing scientific theories of the day

Popularizing prevailing theories?! Ravenclaws are neither into popularity nor the status quo.

and setting an example that encourages all people to think critically, inquisitively, and rationally.

This is very good. As Digory said, "Why don't they teach logic in these schools?"
But some of these quotes by him look close-minded, not inquisitive.

[Nanooka]

Well, I'm against having a Ravenclaw head who's nationally recognized. That's the sort of pride I'd expect from Gryffindor or Slytherin.

I'd rather have Nanooka as house head.

I'm down for that, but I think Nye or Tyson is far more deserving than some rando who literally just joined the forum yesterday.

Popularizing prevailing theories?! Ravenclaws are neither into popularity nor the status quo.

Most Ravenclaws are big on imagination and logical thought, also on research and making the available data known to aid in making said judgments. Stirring the former two and doing the latter, with a large dash of wit (also a Ravenclaw trait), is essentially the job of a popularizer of science. I can't even count the amount of people I know who became scientists due to falling in love with Carl Sagan's Cosmos, modern students in the sciences usually cite his heirs like Tyson and Nye.

In looking for a house leader, we're not really looking for the Ravenclawiest Ravenclaw. Slughorn is far from the most Slytherin of Slytherins. We're looking for a leader of Ravenclaws.

[Jeremy8419]

Heisenberg?

DaVinci?

Locke?

[DirectorAbbie]

Heisenberg?

DaVinci?

Locke?

Dead.

[Nanooka]

Heisenberg?

DaVinci?

Locke?

Dead, dead, dead.

Elon Musk is a thought for someone who isn't a popularizer of science. Though the Hyperloop has come under fire lately for vastly underperforming expectations and likely coming in way overbudget, I think he might go down as an embarrassment. So I'd prefer to not pick him.

[DirectorAbbie]

In looking for a house leader, we're not really looking for the Ravenclawiest Ravenclaw. Slughorn is far from the most Slytherin of Slytherins. We're looking for a leader of Ravenclaws.

In that case, I nominate SubT! He was a forum leader once and is a senior forumite. And I think it would be better to have a house leader who is actually available to lead. I reconsidered him before because he lacked a couple of the traits I was looking for.

I think I want DaVinci instead of Tesla for Ravenclaw ghost though...just because he seems so very Ravenclaw.

[Nanooka]

In that case, I nominate SubT! He was a forum leader once and is a senior forumite. And I think it would be better to have a house leader who is actually available to lead. I reconsidered him before because he lacked a couple of the traits I was looking for.

Fiiiine. If we're not going to spread this to the outside world and organize the planet into Hogwarts houses as some sick group-psychology experiment, a senior forum member is probably best.

I think I want DaVinci instead of Tesla for Ravenclaw ghost though...just because he seems so very Ravenclaw.

House ghosts are supposed to be comedic, usually obviously crazy, though. Tesla fits that better. Einstein for a more jovial, less "we're probably shitty people for making fun of his crippling OCD" case.

[Skepsis]

He's an astrophysicist, best known as a popularizer of science and the current host of Cosmos. Protege of Carl Sagan.

Carl Sagan was the founder. The torch was passed to Tyson.

[Olimpia]

[Tigerfadder]

https://www.pottermore.com/features/...th-a-ravenclaw


‘I don't think you should be an Auror, Harry,’ said Luna unexpectedly. Everybody looked at her. ‘The Aurors are part of the Rotfang Conspiracy, I thought everyone knew that. They're working to bring down the Ministry of Magic from within using a mixture of dark magic and gum disease.’

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The Beast is likely Slytherin, and Belle is obviously Ravenclaw.
Ravenclaw-Slytherin couple, cute.

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[Skepsis]

Ravenclaw needs it's own novel and subsequent movie.

[Chae]

Ravenclaw needs it's own novel and subsequent movie.

Yes please. Ya'll probably figured out intellectually already what is going to be featured in these so let me hear you out

[Chae]

About Hermione and Ravenclaw:

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