My first thought was Gryffindor -- because it's where JKR puts the good people -- and then I also thought, "brave, bold, sometimes impulsive," but then I remembered that Holy Week was very much premeditated (Jesus knew what Jesus was getting into by going to Jerusalem). Jesus was brave, to be sure, but all the Houses can be brave. (It's arguably the defining characteristic of Gryffindor, but as I argue below, I don't see Jesus' bravery so much as being of the Gryffindor kind.)
I'm not sure I'd say Gryffindors are radical.
Also, I feel like Gryffindors are more likely to jump into a fight, whereas Hufflepuffs are more likely to see a need and do the (not-so-flashy) work that needs to be done to fill it. So I feel like the Messiah that people were expecting would be a Gryffindor whereas Jesus was (arguably) more of a Hufflepuff.
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Date: 2010-03-12 01:46 am (UTC)I'm not sure I'd say Gryffindors are radical.
Also, I feel like Gryffindors are more likely to jump into a fight, whereas Hufflepuffs are more likely to see a need and do the (not-so-flashy) work that needs to be done to fill it. So I feel like the Messiah that people were expecting would be a Gryffindor whereas Jesus was (arguably) more of a Hufflepuff.