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*There are books everywhere in the Ravenclaw common room.
*Like, literally, everywhere. All the furniture has shelves and cubbies built in for books, scrolls and manuscripts.
*While deep enough on the inside to hold large tomes, the bookshelves lining the walls are, on the outside, only a few inches deep.
*These TARDIS-style shelves can be rolled back like sliding doors to reveal new layers of books behind.
*There is a process in place for annotating and updating texts
*But otherwise, DO NOT DAMAGE THE BOOKS
*USE A BOOKMARK, YOU NEANDERTHAL, DON'T DOG-EAR THE PAGE!!
*Graduating seventh-years donate a book to the collection
*There is no fireplace actually inside the common room--books, duh--but there is a boiler on the floor below, running up to steam radiators above.
* These were introduced in the 20's by a muggleborn Ravenclaw, who wondered aloud why it was always so bloody cold.
*The only area not taken over by books are two places where students can paint or play music.
*No one expects the academic Ravenclaws to be artistic, but art is basically math with its hair down.
*Muggleborn Ravenclaws began talking about Dancing With the Stars, and floor space was cleared away so they could all learn to ballroom dance.
*During a Yule ball, the Gryffindor kids were showing off their dubstep moves, then floor cleared, and a pair of mousey Ravenclaws executed an Argentine Tango so electric, it was a wonder no one got pregnant.
*Ravenclaws aren't half the flirts the Gryffindors or Slytherins are, but they are well-educated on human physiology, and there are several volumes of antique erotica hidden in the Ravenclaw collection.
*Ravenclaw upperclassmen take it upon themselves to make sure the younger students are thoroughly educated on puberty, sex, and associated topics.
*Word gets around, and a few seventh-years start an anonymous "Ask the Oracle" newsletter
*Ravenclaw doesn't often win the House Cup because they're always blowing crap up FOR SCIENCE!
*Or experimenting on the younger students.
*Or stealing equipment.
*Or trying to smuggle in horrors from the Forbidden Forest.
*Nobody plays pranks on Ravenclaw kids, because when they retaliate, they UNLEASH HELL ON EARTH.
*Stressed out students bypass the Knocker's riddles with creative profanity.
*When younger Ravenclaw students are bullied, the upperclassmen don't really leap to the rescue, but they do help the younger students learn how to cope and to defend themselves.
*Seventh-year mentors encourage the younger students to discuss their problems in a judgement-free environment
*It can seem cold to the Hufflepuffs and Gryffindors, but Ravenclaw wants it's students to be empowered to soar on their own two wings
*There are regular yoga, tai-chi and meditation classes to deal with academic stress
*The Hogwarts LGBT+ support group was co-founded by a Ravenclaw and a Hufflepuff
*There used to be regular wizard chess tournaments until a muggle-born introduced everyone to Dungeons and Dragons
*Another muggleborn worked out how to modify the wizard chess animation spell to accurately apply to Pokemon figures.