Ooh, I just had to share this. I was reading Joe Mallozzi's
In the Making of Avalon pt 1, and he was mentioning random stuff. And I just had to share this quote:
Loved Merlin -- but that hat! It was ... certainly ornate. When he first appeared on dailies wearing that hat, I couldn't help but announce: "Mitchell ... Gryffindor! Vala ... Ravenclaw."