Month: March
Theme: Identity

March welcomes discussion of identity as we celebrate Hogwarts House Pride.

Hogwarts houses play a very important part in the Harry Potter series, as they act as a tight-knit community for students. Through shared values, students grow among those within the same house as them. Houses serve as a kind of surrogate family while at school; they offer support, camaraderie, and help with identity formation. Houses also encourage competition through things like the Hogwarts Cup, quidditch, and gobstones.

This month, your Potterdom Mods are inviting you to discuss identity as it relates to the Hogwarts houses. Feel free to discuss any topic that relates to this theme. We can think about things like house stereotypes, what aspects of the houses could be improved on, what works about the houses. Anything that you can think of that connects to the houses.

Here are some threads that may inspire discussion:

General: Should there be a fifth Hogwarts house?
General: Funny House Headcanons
General: What Houses would your pets be sorted into?
General: Which character has the most complex identity?
Books: How much do family expectations shape a witch or wizard's identity?
Books: What if Harry was sorted into Slytherin?
Movies: Were the characters’ House traits accurately portrayed in the movies?
TV Series: Can characters grow beyond their House stereotypes?
Potter Polls: Does a House truly define who you are?