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But when I took the quiz, something bad happened. Maybe I wasn't paying enough attention to the quiz, maybe I was paying attention, but my results were... unexpectedly bad, in my opinion. Let me walk you through it.
Let's start with my original Pottermore account. I joined Pottermore back when you could explore it chapter by chapter and you could collect items, duel with other users, and brew potions (which were super hard to do. You have no idea how many times I tried to make the Polyjuice potion so I could advance to the next chapter. It took months. MONTHS! And then Pottermore stopped with the whole exploring each book's chapters thing so all of my hard work was lost). But before I joined Pottermore I didn't have a Hogwarts house I even identified with, so I was so eager to find out which house I truly belonged to. Because you can take as many unauthorized online sorting quizzes but everyone knows that the Pottermore quiz is the only true definite quiz of it's kind, mainly because it was conceived by JK Rowling herself.
Here are the results from my original Pottermore account from years back!
My Original Pottermore Account
My Wand:
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Not knowing anything really about wands, I was perfectly happy with my results. Unicorn hair? Cool! (Ethically sourced at least, I hoped. Do they just yank those hairs out of a unicorn's mane or tail??) Quite Bendy and flexible? Whatever, I HAVE A WAND!!
My Hogwarts House:
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I remembered being a little disappointed when I was first sorted into Ravenclaw. After reading the books, who didn't want to be a Gryffindor? But after remembering the most memorable and unique Ravenclaw of them all aka the magnificent Luna Lovegood, I was totally okay with everything that being a Ravenclaw stood for: being intelligent (I wish), sharp (sometimes, but only in humor, not meanness), wise (only when giving advice to friends but never taking the advice myself), and individuality (aka being weird. Totally me!!). But I do have some rather Hufflepuff qualities like patience (towards others, not myself), loyalty, and fairness (I hate cheating of any kind). But I think being placed in Ravenclaw really identifies with my odd spirit and interests. I think it's safe to say that if Luna and I had gone to Hogwarts together, we totally would have been best friends. No one would call her Loony on MY watch!
My Ilvermorny House:
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Since the news of the American wizarding school Ilvermorny was just announced last year, we've only had JK Rowling's writing to go on about the qualities of each house. Each of Ilvermorny's houses is named after a magical creature from North America. The Horned Serpent, the house I was sorted into, represents the mind of a wizard or witch, and favors scholars. Even though JK Rowling wrote that the Ilvermorny houses are totally different from the Hogwarts houses, I feel like the Horned Serpent house is the American version of Ravenclaw. Which I'm perfectly fine with, because that means if I were actually a witch I would have gone to a wizarding school right here in the good ol' US of A! Though I'd still be down to be a foreign exchange student studying abroad at Hogwarts..
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Which leads me to last September, on that fateful night in Paris where I tried to take the Patronus quiz on my phone. I was distracted, tired, jet lagged, but so eager to figure out what my Patronus would be (who doesn't need protection from dementors?). But I had no idea there was a time limit (sort of) and I may have not been paying close enough attention to the questions that were given to me. And so I ended up with THIS as my Patronus:
My *sob* Patronus:
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WHAT??? What. The. NOOOO! A blackbird? A BLACKBIRD???
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No. No. No. No. This will not stand! A bird? My Patronus is a freaking BIRD? This is the magical animal guardian produced by the Patronus spell that will protect me from dementors? Um, I think not. I'm sure a blackbird is a fine Patronus for some other witch or wizard, but for me? Nope. Not at all.
My main question: how does a blackbird represent me?? How?? The quiz doesn't give an explanation at all for WHY a blackbird would be my Patronus. So for that reason alone and for the fact that the only use for blackbirds is in a nursery rhyme about having four and twenty blackbirds baked in a pie and LITERALLY NO ONE WANTS BLACKBIRD PIE, I reject the idea/conclusion that a blackbird of all animals is my Patronus!!!
Basically, I was just a tad bit upset about my Pottermore Patronus results (I'm sure you may have noticed). I knew in my heart of hearts that a blackbird was surely NOT my Patronus, so after waiting a while and ruminating over this very (not) serious problem, I decided to do the unthinkable: make a new Pottermore account and take the damn quiz again.
Here are the (hopefully) better results from the Patronus quiz that I took, where I made sure that I was NOT distracted nor in a foreign country (that honestly the best way to take an important quiz, anyway):
My New Pottermore Account
My Wand:
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First it was a unicorn hair that was my wand core and now it's a Phoenix feather? Whatever, it's a wand. As long as the Phoenix feather didn't come from the same bird as a Dark Lord, I think I'm good. The first wand seems more girly and honestly looks prettier so I think I'm going to stick with my first wand (but of course my ideal wand looks-wise would be a mix of Hermione's and Luna's from the HP movies, duh).
My Hogwarts House:
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Now, THIS was interesting! I've always felt like in some ways I was quite a Ravenpuff, but now it has been officially confirmed! I bet if the Sorting Hat had been placed on my head, I would have been one of those hat stalls, where it takes the Sorting Hat forever to place a student. Because if the Sorting Hat would have asked me if I'd rather live in a tower with fellow weirdos or live near the kitchens behind a giant portrait of fruit that you have to tickle the pear to get into the common room, I'd be incredibly torn and it would just have to make the decision for me. Thank goodness I'm not in charge of things! But in all honesty, I do now identify with being a Ravenclaw, with some Hufflepuff qualities. The two most underrated Hogwarts houses, IMHO. (Don't hex me, Slytherins and Gryffindors!)
My Ilvermorny House:
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Hmmm.... Pottermore sorted me into the Pukwudgie Ilvermorny house. Pukwudgie represents the heart of a witch or wizard and favors healers. Again, no offense JK, but Pukwudgie also seems to be the American counterpart to another Hogwarts house, only this time Hufflepuff. Doesn't that description of Pukwudgie exactly describe a fair and loyal Hufflepuff? I don't know about this "healer" thing because honestly I tend to faint at the sight of blood (my own and others). But the whole representing the heart I'm here for!
I took all of the other quizzes first and saved this for last. My Patronus. My REAL Patronus, not a dumb blackbird. And for now...the moment of truth:
My Patronus (aaaaaahhhh it better not be a bird and if it is a bird it better at least be a frickin' cute Kiwi bird!!):
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Oh em gee it's a kitty cat!!!! Yay!!! And not just any cat, a GINGER cat! Soooo much better than a boring ol' blackbird!
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Look how cute it is, leaping about all misty and stuff! I wonder what having a ginger cat represents. Does it mean I'm secretly scrappy or that I need a scrappy magical creature guardian to protect me? Or did the quiz somehow know that I was a cat person and that just any old animal wouldn't do because honestly I'm always covered in cat hair and I get excited and squeal whenever I see a cat, even it's a stray and have to make it's acquaintance and that cats just make everything in life better so it obviously had to be a cat??
But who cares, I have a GINGER CAT as my Patronus!!
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So is this my official Patronus? I have no idea. The Pottermore quizzes are probably the most definitive on the internet, as JK Rowling had a hand in coming up with them (being the mastermind of the wizarding world that she is), but we'll never truly know what our actual wands, houses, and Patronuses we'd actually have unless we actually lived in the wizarding world. So until JK finally outs the wizarding world and most of us HP fans finally realize we're all actually wizards and witches, we'll just have to settle for our Pottermore versions and what we actually feel in our hearts.
Did I cheat to find a Patronus that I actually identified with? Hell yes. Do I feel bad for doing it? Hell no. It was completely worth it. I love my cute lil ginger cat Patronus! As long as I have it and a pocketful of chocolate, I'll be prepared for any dementor that I come into contact with!
Stay Weird,
Emily
Emily
Have any of you taken the Patronus quiz on Pottermore? What animal did you get? Were you happy with your results or did you utterly hate them like I did? Let me know in the comments!
I can't remember what my wand is (but who really cares tho, right?), I'm a proud Huffledor (but mostly Hufflepuff since I've done the quiz a few times and got Gryffindor once and Hufflepuff every other time), a Thunderbird, and my patronus is a Hedgehog. I don't mind hedgehogs, but how is a tiny little hedgehog going to defend against a massive dementor? Nice post!
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Thank you so much for reading my post and commenting! :) I'm a total Ravenclaw, but I do somewhat also consider myself a Ravenpuff (I mean, who doesn't love Hufflepuff??). And honestly, I never remember my wand type either! Hedgehogs are adorable, but you're right, how would they scare off a dementor??? That's how I felt about my first Patronus (the blackbird) and I'm much happier having a ginger cat as my Patronus now. Maybe hedgehogs are secretly ferocious and have a snippy attitude that dementors just can't handle! ;D
DeleteI feel like I cheated, I was looking for answers on how to get the stag or doe and you know what happens i get a stag after cloaing the tab and taking the test. Now i don't know if my brain remembered the answers but i feel so bad!
ReplyDeleteI got a blackbird, and I loved it. My friends and I first chose to interpret it as a literal black bird, as we felt some sort of corvid would be more fitting for me, but as I learned about the meaning behind the blackbird, I was extremely confident that it was correct. Clarity, idealism, but a tempered intelligence and analytic mindset that kept me grounded. I'm curious and passionate, unwilling to bend against my own will just for the sake of others. I've always loved birds, the idea of having wings and being able to go somewhere with no grounding always intrigued me. Besides, the golden beak and rimmed eyes of the blackbird, along with their light twittery tune added whimsicality to their dark, mundane reputation that I identified with far more than any crow or raven. Blackbirds are far from dumb, they are a beam of light in the darkness! I love my patronus, and found this page when I looked up "blackbird patronus" to see if anyone else got the same result. I'm a little saddened that you didn't like your first result, but a ginger cat seems much more fitting to your seemingly finicky temperament, and people certainly know themselves better than anyone, so if you didn't feel a blackbird was you, you're probably right.
ReplyDeleteThat's really interesting about the blackbird! I think the main reason I was upset about getting the blackbird as my Patronus was that I wasn't paying attention when I was taking the quiz, was mad at myself, and then found out I got a blackbird, without any sort of explanation of why. I think if the Pottermore quiz had given me more information of WHY my Patronus was a blackbird, I would have been more accepting. But it's so cool you know all of the things that a blackbird represents. That's really cool and I'm glad you're so pleased with your results! :)
DeletePS. And I think you're the first person every to call me "finicky." I'm going to take that as a compliment, since I love cats. And now as a representative of felines, I think I'd go with the word "particular," rather than "finicky." ;)
Oh, most certainly! And maybe finicky wasn't the most complimentary word, and I do apologize for that.
DeleteOh, no worries! I wasn't offended, don't worry! :) And I loved how much you knew about blackbirds and what they represented! I just hope if they do a new Pottermore quiz, they'll (hopefully) give out an explanation for WHY you were given that Patronus, instead of us guessing or needing to do our own research. Though I did hear a rumor that someone got a snail as a Patronus, and now I really want to know if that's true or not!
DeleteAlso a blackbird, Slytherin house, Alderwood wand with 10 3/4 phoenix core unyielding, and Thunderbird.
ReplyDeleteNice blog. I found great website which help to prepare you for harry potter pottermore quiz. Thanks
ReplyDeleteI am a proud Hufflpuff, I have a great wand
ReplyDeleteof apple wood, unicorn hair, 13 3/4 in, surprisingly squishy flexibility, i am a smart horned serpent, and i have a freaking dappled gray stallion! the patronus is great.
I'm a Slytherin. My wand is Rowan wood Dragon Core 13" and hard flexibility. My patronus is a dragon. When I searched up what it meant, I got this:
ReplyDeleteThe dragon represents an inner element, one that is prominent in peoples with this patronus. The element can vary, but quite often it is fire. There is a strong passion and ambition in this person, and a fury like no other. This does not mean they are an angry person, though they do have a tendency to be temperamental, but merely that they have a drive that fuels them throughout their whole self. They can be impulsive, but luckily this is combined with good instinct and reaction, so they don’t find themselves regretting their choices very often. They tend to encase their emotions within themselves, and in that way can seem very cold and blunt. The most common house for a dragon patronus is Slytherin, the most common signs are Scorpio and Capricorn.
Pretty accurate for me except my sign is Leo.
Oooh, that's awesome! Your Patronus is a freaking DRAGON! You're the first person I've heard who has had that as their Patronus. Wow!
DeleteThat's a really cool blurb about your Patronus! I wish the Pottermore website offered a reason for each Patronus once you get yours. Then maybe I wouldn't have been so upset about getting a blackbird! ;)
Thanks so much for reading and commenting!
I've taken the quizzes millions of times. Almost always Ravenclaw (slytherin a few times)
ReplyDeleteAnd it seems my ilvermorny house goes between Wampus and Horned serpent.
My wand is Fir wood with dragon heartstring core. I always get so frustrated when ppl act like the wand doesn't matter, it's my favorite part. And if you look deeper, each wood has it's own personality. You just have to click more about my wand.
I wanted to retake the patronus because I recently had a baby and I wanted to use her as my happiest memory. I took it 3 times in a row and I kid you not got dolphin everytime and it felt more special then any other patronus result I had ever gotten, because it meant something. I was thinking of my daughter and got the same result 3 times in a row? Yeah I figured it was a sign. <3
Oooh that's interesting! Mostly a Ravenclaw but occasionally a Slytherin! I love the meanings of the wands too! It's so fun. I wish they did that with the Patronuses too. I'd love to know why I got a blackbird, haha. Awwww that's amazing! I bet a dolphin has a significant meaning. That's so sweet you used your daughter as your happiest memory. That warmed my heart SO MUCH! It's definitely a sign and an excellent one! You should research what a dolphin means- maybe it has something to do with mothers and daughters <3
DeleteThank you so much for reading and commenting!!
I really appreciate this question. "What do you do if it doesn't fit your personality?" There are 142 possible results for the patronus test so what do you do if none of these fit you? I couldn't say any of these fit me, so I looked into the baseline of what determines a patronus. It seems to be the parts of your personality that are close to identical with the creature, kind of like "you" as an animal. (which is why it matches the animagus form) So after long thoughts of self-reflection and discussions with my closest friends we have determined that my patronus would probably be a thunderbird. My reasoning is as follows; I have generalized anxiety disorder and react quickly to danger. Thunderbirds also do this to the extent that thunderbird feather wands sense danger to the point of preemptively casting curses. I am most comfortable in the rain. Thunderbirds are the stormbringers. I hold the same idea of freedom and protection that the thunderbird represents. And in the end the Pottermore tests are personality tests and as fun as they are they can't ask the "why's" or the "how's" which are essential to the human condition. This isn't to say that the Pottermore tests can't be right, I only suggest that you take your fantasy self into your own hands rather than devote your entire self to the results of a test coded by someone who may or may not actually know J.K. Rowling. She may have created the world, but she doesn't know who you are and she said in the words of Dumbledore "It is our choices that determines who we are." P.s. sorry for the bad grammar
ReplyDeleteWow! I loved your answer to that question! And I didn't know there were 142 possible results for the Patronus quiz as well. I love that you came to the conclusion that your Patronus was a thunderbird. It makes so much sense after what you said. I truly don't know what my Patronus would be out of this fictional world, but for right now I'll just go with ginger cat, because I love cats and I think they're the sweetest and yet so complicated at the same time (quite like myself in that manner). Thank you so much reading and thank you so much for this insightful and wonderful comment! I loved that you thought so deeply about this and I truly appreciate hearing your thoughts!
DeleteI'm a Ravenclaw, a Thunderbird, and my patronus is a Unicorn. I think it's cool!
ReplyDeleteHi Sanya! Ooh you have a fun combination! And your patronus is a unicorn?? That is SO cool and unique!! I'm sure that's a rare one!
DeleteI'm a Ravenclaw, my wand is black walnut wood, 10" with unyielding flexibility. I first took my patronus and got a mastiff, but I find dogs scary and I deleted my account. Then I got the exact same results except for my patronus, which had changed to a heron. Anyways, I'm happy that I didn't have to have a scary animal descended from a wolf for my patronus.
ReplyDeleteIm a proud hufflepuff, my wand is Silver lime wood with a phoenix feather core, 12 ¾ and my patronus is a blackbird. I loved the idea of the blackbird and how it symbolises free spirit and individuality it was tottaly me but i can see how you may of thought it was a bit lame
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ReplyDeleteI am soo happy to tell you that I have a cute Ginger Cat as my patronus. I just loved it and it suits my personality so well. Ginger cats are intelligent, creative and comfort loving peoples patronuses. I am so happy with it.