House Elves and Pets + casual development of a new Hogwarts House
allhailthewatcher Speaking of house elves (looking back in the chat) do you think they have pets?
Queen of the Cards, Lady of EHoW can't imagine they would be allowed to
allhailthewatcher Funnel spiders or something?
Queen of the Cards, Lady of EHoWfunnel spiders?
Theodore Z DiAngelo Funnel spiders have pets toads
allhailthewatcher Idk probably not funnel spiders
Queen of the Cards, Lady of EHoW they look kinda cute
allhailthewatcher They are mostly in Australia tho
Slight drawback
Queen of the Cards, Lady of EHoW maybe that's the go-to for australian house elves, then
allhailthewatcher Hey true
Queen of the Cards, Lady of EHoW are they venomous or something?
i could imagine wixen allowing their house elves to keep pets if they are useful in some way
allhailthewatcher Ah. Consensus appears to be m “not most of them but the ones that are are so dramatically so that we’re acting like all of them are”
I bet magic funnel spiders would be something
Have we heard of magic spiders yet?
Queen of the Cards, Lady of EHoW lol what how does that happen
don't think so. lees tarantula in the first book was just a normal spider
oh
allhailthewatcher “All funnel-web spider bites should be treated as potentially life-threatening, even though only approximately 10% to 15% of bites are venomous. “
Queen of the Cards, Lady of EHoW OH acromantula
allhailthewatcher Oh shit
We’re stupid
Lmao
Queen of the Cards, Lady of EHoW are they like snakes and can decide whether they want to release venom or what
allhailthewatcher I. Don’t know?
Queen of the Cards, Lady of EHoW also, why am i not surprised that it's immediately a life-or-death situation
allhailthewatcher I’ve never heard of retractable venom or something on a spider
They really do seem like the death or nothing type
Queen of the Cards, Lady of EHoW well if it's a localised mutation that gave a group of them venom, then that group got busy to grow to 10 percent
knife gremlin Heir of HoS could you elaborate on that?
allhailthewatcher Ah so it seems like only the males are the really venomous ones
It’s most potent during the mating season
Queen of the Cards, Lady of EHoW lots and lots of spider procreation in a small group
allhailthewatcher And they have trouble piercing skin with their lil chompers
Queen of the Cards, Lady of EHoW huh
so basically they likely won't manage to pierce the skin, but if they do, you're dead
fucking australia
can never be chill
allhailthewatcher Dammit Australia
The things they use their venom on most seems to be. Cockroaches and flies
Queen of the Cards, Lady of EHoW one day we'll find out that god used it as a prison island for all the super violent and absurd animals
allhailthewatcher And their venom is potent enough to kill a human with one bite.
Why.
Queen of the Cards, Lady of EHoW can't let snakes have all the glory
demolish slytherin and replace it with a new evil house with spiders as a symbol
allhailthewatcher Now THAT would be a house
What would their values be? Independence for one
Queen of the Cards, Lady of EHoW death to all basilisks
allhailthewatcher Innovation, for webs
Definitely that one
Fear of ford anglias
Queen of the Cards, Lady of EHoW connections, and luring people into traps, also for webs
allhailthewatcher No fealty whatsoever to marital or romantic partnership. The females literally eat the males
Queen of the Cards, Lady of EHoW good plan
found my new house
allhailthewatcher I’m down for this
Now what to call it
Queen of the Cards, Lady of EHoW something spider related in a different language
allhailthewatcher Oo I love it
Queen of the Cards, Lady of EHoW arachnia would probably a bit too on the nose tho lol
allhailthewatcher Aranea is latin
And quite pretty
Arane- something?
Araneich?
With a K sound at the end I mean
Queen of the Cards, Lady of EHoW arane- something i like
the k at the end has such a finality to it tho
which, i suppose, would fit for all the dudes who get sorted there
allhailthewatcher True. This is than it looks lol
Araneus is a genus of spider already
Queen of the Cards, Lady of EHoW Aranev? with a soft v?
allhailthewatcher And sounds more like a name
Where’s the accent? Is it Ar-enev? Or A-RAN-Ev? Or Aren-EV? Each one has different vibes
Queen of the Cards, Lady of EHoW it does, but then it'd be one syllable longer than all the other houses and the symmetry would be gone
allhailthewatcher Sticking with the prefix I guess it’s the second
Queen of the Cards, Lady of EHoW yea
allhailthewatcher I meant more like Araneus sounds like a person name to me more than a House name
Queen of the Cards, Lady of EHoW ah ok
allhailthewatcher Like I’d see a pureblood named that some day. Araneus Greengrass
Queen of the Cards, Lady of EHoW and then he'd get eaten