I never did get an explanation, so thank you for answering my late-night shouting into the void 😀 

But this mentality happens in real life? Outside of movies and TV and fic? It’s really that dichotomous? Does it have to do with how in some school districts people go to different middle/elementary schools so by the time high school rolls around they’ve figured out their place in the social hierarchy and are thrown in with people they don’t know?

sorry i shouldn’t have all these questions, just my school was small enough we knew each other from birth. like you were friends with the same people from preschool/kindergarten and maybe some of you ended up being good at sports or school or art or drama but like you weren’t in cliques based off that because those distinctions came later? if that makes sense? 

i was on a couple sports teams, but i’d always end up eating lunch and hanging out with my group – half were ‘band geeks,’ then there was the two-sport varsity athlete who ended up valedictorian, a couple other sporty types who did artsy stuff, and a choir kid. but then again, a small school meant that nobody was just one thing? there’d be no band if choir/sports/artsy/smart kids weren’t in it too? so there were smart jocks and athletic nerds?

and don’t even get me started on college, i didn’t know anyone in my class’ names let alone whether they were intelligent or physically inclined. but maybe there was a distinction? social queues aren’t my strong suit lol.