Interhouse Activies: Sea Beasties!

I have a confession to make. I was the kid who was afraid to swim in a lake for fear that a fish would brush against me or worse, bite me. My parents tried to convince me that the fish were more afraid of me than I was of them but I found it hard to believe.

Last term was my first term in Ravenclaw and my first term participating in the HPKCHC in general. Not long into the term, I noticed that the word, "cephalopod" would pop up sporadically and somewhat frequently in The Tower. I had a hard time imagining myself jumping on the cephalopod bandwagon since the thought alone of all those tentacles gave me the heebie-jeebies. 

At the start of my second term, I finally asked someone why cephalopods are so popular in The Tower. Upperclassmen were more than willing to share this bit of Ravenclaw history and knowing the history has changed how I view cephalopods. I'm not going to divulge into the history in this post since I know it is on Soprano1's research list. (In other words, keep a look-out for a post in the future on this part of Ravencalw history.) But let me tell you this: according to Wikipedia, cephalopods are widely regarded as the most intelligent of the invertebrates. That alone is reason enough for cephalopods to be a mascot of sorts for Ravenclaw.

All this to say, this month you have an opportunity to participate in a piece of Ravenclaw's cephalopod/sea beastie history. I am pretty sure once Soprano1 properly enlightens/reminds all of us of this unique aspect of The Tower, you will be glad you jumped on the bandwagon.

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