Tonal difference, I guess? Hamilton would be on the edge of his seat, ready to pull the sword of Gryffindor out of the had and, like, do something stupid and IMPRESSIVE with it. Slytherin would be tense, focused, less capital letters.
Gryffindor's can have ambition. Hermione did. So did Cedric, he's a Hufflepuff! I don't think ambition is the sole dominion of Slytherin. "Cunning folk use any means to achieve their ends." <-- Slytherin's.
Now, the later poem (I am doing this off the top of my head, typos expected.) "by Gryffindor/the bravest were/most worthy of admission...while power hungry Slytherin/loved those of great ambition." Which argues that all Salzar wanted was ambition, we know it's more than that. Tom Riddle was an ambitious orphan too, but while both of them craved power and recognition, I can't imagine Tom Riddle wanting to start in a war as a soldier. He would have been happy as Washington's secretary, building a power base to then run for president when George stepped down.
NOW I AM WRITING TOM RIDDLE AU.
I dunno, I think it's how the ambition expresses itself that marks a lot of the difference. We have hard-working Slytherins and brave Ravenclaws, so the whole things a hodge-podge. For Gryffiondor, it would have been how the bravery expresses itself as well - bravery sans ambition works for Gryffindor, while ambition sans bravery is fine for Slytherin.
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Date: Dec. 6th, 2015 19:27 (UTC)Gryffindor's can have ambition. Hermione did. So did Cedric, he's a Hufflepuff! I don't think ambition is the sole dominion of Slytherin. "Cunning folk use any means to achieve their ends." <-- Slytherin's.
Now, the later poem (I am doing this off the top of my head, typos expected.) "by Gryffindor/the bravest were/most worthy of admission...while power hungry Slytherin/loved those of great ambition." Which argues that all Salzar wanted was ambition, we know it's more than that. Tom Riddle was an ambitious orphan too, but while both of them craved power and recognition, I can't imagine Tom Riddle wanting to start in a war as a soldier. He would have been happy as Washington's secretary, building a power base to then run for president when George stepped down.
NOW I AM WRITING TOM RIDDLE AU.
I dunno, I think it's how the ambition expresses itself that marks a lot of the difference. We have hard-working Slytherins and brave Ravenclaws, so the whole things a hodge-podge. For Gryffiondor, it would have been how the bravery expresses itself as well - bravery sans ambition works for Gryffindor, while ambition sans bravery is fine for Slytherin.