So recently I saw where someone was pointing out the parallels between the Hogwarts houses and the four duke houses in Pandora Hearts, and I realized, oh my god, I have just been assuming that connection on such a deep level that I hadn't even really given it conscious thought. Like, I was thinking of it as "Harry Potter symbolism" or something. Wtf, self, Harry Potter symbolism? Do I think that HP is some kind of religious text? Idek.

I guess it's because PH is so full of references to other things already that it just didn't occur to me to find it odd until someone pointed it out as odd. I mean, Alice in Wonderland, Sherlock Holmes, Wizard of Oz... Maybe she would have even used the Hogwarts house names if she could have gotten away with it. XD;

(Although probably not, since having Raven be the special chain for what's obviously PH's Slytherin would have confused things terribly.)


ALSO, OH MY GOD someone finally scanlated that little comic from PH 8.5! OZ, YOU ARE TERRIBLE. JUST TERRIBLE. Sometimes I wonder why Gil doesn't seem to see that his precious master is the world's biggest little asshole. Although I can hardly blame Oz, as I would probably be horrible to Gil if it got him to make those faces, too.