I've chosen always to follow my heart, to be around those that feel most comfort with.
At times, it has felt as though the concept of Houses and Covens was either taken way to seriously, or viewed and ridiculed as a joke.
Eventually, I've learned that they are a place to share without the prying eyes of the world at large- to be thought of as a potential for whatever you want to make for it, or gain from it.
They are also places of support, should it be needed, for smiles and for seriousness, where the ability to express can be had, without worrying if some trumpet-blowing asswipe will try to shoot you down, just becasue they can.
Or for some, it can be a purgatory.
And yet others, will never see value, nor be included in this aspect of the site, simply because they are better off being left to their own devices, with which they usually blow themselves up (and maybe a few around them).
There have been painful lessons during the evolution of the system, which has brought a great deal of suspicion between houses and members who might have been friends, but for the petty manipulations and deciets which were played out.
I guess a skepticsim towards others motives, whilst healthy, can lead to fear and mistrust. This is what a House is meant, for me, to represent- A barrier against the BS and backstabbing.
But sadly, there are those with nefarious agendas who care nothing for their House-mates and instead, only for their own position and power trip.
