Have you ever wondered what the books would be like..

Ravenclaws can be brave but not foolhardy brave like many gryffindors

I can imagine a Ravenclaw sorted Harry analyzing and thinking problems through rather acting first and jumping in to potentially dangerous situations

I think most Ravenclaws are brave, it's just that they pick their battles more carefully than a Gryffindor would. Harry was brave but he was also a bit stupid, always rushing off and getting himself into trouble because he didn't take the time to think first. If it weren't for Hermione (who really had more Ravenclaw tendencies than anything else) constantly talking sense into him, he probably would have died long before the seventh book from pure impetuous idiocy. I gotta say though, even though I'm a Ravenclaw, the books just wouldn't be as fun if they weren't from a Gryffindor POV. Harry's constant leaping before looking, while sometimes extremely frustrating, was was also very entertaining :D

Slytherins aren't defined by intelligence like Ravenclaws many slytherins such as Crabbe, Goyle, and Pansy aren't that and I think Slytherin/Ravenclaw rivalry would be interesting because generally Ravenclaws are open minded whereas many Slytherins are not plus Slytherins use cunning means to achieve their ends while Ravenclaws use creativity

You asked for opinions, so I gave mine. ;) "Well, if you'd rather be brawny than brainy..." quote from Severus Snape on the Hogwarts Express, upon meeting James and Sirius for the first time.