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I don't know who or what to blame this on, but of late, I've been pondering which Houses certain non-Potterverse magical folk would've been Sorted into.

Take, for example, Cinderella's fairy godmother - surely a Hufflepuff if ever there was one.

How about Mxyzptlk? (Yeah, yeah, I know; alternate dimension. Work with me, here.) My instinct is to say Slytherin, but I have to wonder if, perhaps, Ravenclaw is more his style.

Then there's the Wicked Witch of the West (or Elphaba, if you prefer. *g*) The "wicked" title pegs her as Slytherin, but she's certainly got the brains to be Ravenclaw. And I'm sure there's a good argument to be made for Elphie-as-Gryffindor, too.

How about the unnamed magical person who put the spell on the young and spoiled prince in "Beauty and the Beast"? Her actions certainly smack of self-righteousness to me - not to mention a bit of "I'll-show-you" - points which, much as I hate to admit it, make me think Gryffindor. (But probably, like, a fifth-year student. You know how challenging that fifth year can be, after all; who can blame her for being a bit hasty with the hexing?)

You know who's really got me stumped? Count von Count, of Sesame Street fame. Sure, he's got the whole bats and dungeon thing going on, but he sincerely wants to help little kids learn their numbers - even little Muggle kids. What do we do with him?

And don't get me started on the White Witch. Always winter but never Christmas? Surrounded by her sleigh full of furs? Tall and physically imposing?

Obviously, she went to Durmstrang.