Embracing My Hogwarts House - A Slytherin's Story

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[@Ben-vf5gk]

A Ravenclaw here. The reason our house shows up the least in the books is because we'd have solved all the problems by the end of the first book.

[@nygren83]

Arrogance is one of the biggest failings of a lot of Ravenclaws.

[@Ironorchids]

Bob SHOTS FIRED

[@quinnsinclair7028]

Bob Really? Cause it took a Gryffindor nine months to figure out that a disembodied voice that could move between floors was in the walls. They jumped to “it’s an invisible person” “it can pass through solid object” “it can transform into unassuming objects” before going with the blindingly obvious. Occam’s Razor: the simplest explanation is the most likely to be correct.

[@nygren83]

Considering that they know invisibility cloaks exist and they don't know that Harry can speak to snakes or anything else that's not human-like, I think the invisible person explanation is pretty good from their point of view. I've never hear of heard of a person that can move around inside walls. There is also no way for them to know that Hogwarts has such extensive plumbing considering most castles only have very rudimentary plumbing which also isn't usually in the walls (well Hermione might have known since she had read Hogwarts: a history, but she didn't put much thought into it until later on).

[@BeachBlondie5263]

Thank you. 😉♥️

[@vinesnono3589]

Only in the films is Slytherin house locked in the dungeons-which is admittedly a super weird choice. In the books they are evacuated out of the secret passage along with the other three, and any of age who want to stay and fight can.

[@emilymorano2923]

As a fellow slytherin, I'd like to elect you as our house representative 🤣

[@KayleighBourquin]

The Super Carlin Brothers are pretty good representatives too, similar content to our Council master here, worth checking out ;-)

[@langleymneely]

As a newly discovered Slytherin I second this! Lol

[@dieCG]

A Prefect, if you please.

[@Honsejpeg]

He's got my vote for sure

[@PhantomAngelofMusic]

Instead of a single House Rep how about a mini council of reps between him and SuperCarlinBros?

[@crisfneves]

Young Dumbledore is an example of a bad Gryffindor. He even says to Harry something like when he makes a mistake it is a real bad mistake. That is how he got involved (and fell in love) with Grindelwald, and that also lead to the death of his sister.

[@KaizenKitty]

there's plenty of 'bad' Gryffindors in the books (Petter Pettigrew??) but next to none 'good' Slytherins... :/ (do we count Snape as 'good'?)

[@RikuMasenify]

When I was 11-13 I totally thought I was a Slytherin but really it was just my tween self enamored with being...bad. I've grown to believe that what house you are is less about "what" you are and more about what you value or what you strive to be. We all have a little bit of every house in us, and Harry has even shown us that just by pleading with the hat ('not Slytherin') that you can change the outcome of your house. I think at my core I'm a Hufflepuff, if you take my baseline traits, but I lean towards Gryffindor because its ideals are ones I most value. As someone who suffers from anxiety, doing little things can feel like big things, and although doing that 'little thing' wouldn't be a brave act for one it would be a brave act for me. It's funny because I honestly think that having Gryffindor as my house throughout high school and college made me make bolder choices in my life; I thought, 'well, if I don't go through with this study abroad program then I'm a failure to my house.' Of course, the 'am I failing my house?' was never the leading factor in my choices, but it was certainly a small internal therapy for me!

[@vampirica89]

A proud Slytherin here! 😊 I had a similar coming to terms after thinking I'd been a Ravenclaw for many years and then I had to do Pottermore quizz 3 times and got Slytherin each time. 😅 But after pondering upon it and reading the welcoming speech that mentions Merlin, also thinking about Snape who is my favourite character, it feels right now. I proudly wear my Slytherin scarf everyday in winter time. 💚🐍 Husband got me a t-shirt with a dark mark on it, to which I said: "just because I'm in Slytherin, doesn't mean I'll be wearing a wizarding equivalent of a swastika!" and drew my line there. 😅

[@emilyangel13]

I was certain I was a Hufflepuff but did the same thing. I did pottermore 3 times and got Slytherin then I was like maybe taking this quiz 3 times trying to trick it makes it more obvious I'm Slytherin lol

[@remixccccbc7768]

Council of Geeks says: something a tiny bit hurtful to Hufflepuff _Seamus Gorman has left the chat_ Also I’m Slytherin. They’re just the best. Council of Geeks says: Hufflepuffs are Flawless. _Seamus Gorman has entered the chat_

[@BaloonBoy7]

Me: Sees reference to Seamus Gorman Interest has entered the chat

[@finn7435]

i’m a major hufflepuff and i loved how you were listing how all the houses could go bad and then you were just like welp no all hufflepuffs are adorable. 💛🖤💛🖤 i think there’s kind of this element of like, developed and undeveloped house qualities, if that makes sense. as an example, you could have an undeveloped gryffindor who’s kinda rash and show-offy *cough*jamespotter*cough*, but then you can have someone who has the best side of the gryffindor traits, who’s truly brave and chivalrous (more like Lily Evans, honestly). idk i hope that made sense. awesome video!

[@IanBeaumont128]

A Hufflepuff here, I love the fact that you think we’re awesome. Thank you.

[@Never_Really_Here]

I grew up watching the movies (I know, don’t judge me), and even as a child I was drawn to Slytherin. When I became an official Potterhead at 15, I identified as a Slytherin before even being sorted by Pottermore. So I wasn’t surprised when I took the Pottermore quiz and I was officially sorted into Slytherin. I love Slytherin for all the reasons you gave in your (well written) video. I like that we are calculating and we like to look at all available options. I like that we are ambitious, analytical, cunning and relentless because that’s how you get things done. Slytherin aren’t evil, we’re driven. Slytherin and Death Eaters are two different groups, yes they intersect greatly but there are still different groups. I have always identified as a Slytherin, but always condemned Death Eaters. I’m not gonna rant and try to justify why many Slytherins joined the Death Eaters or supported them, because this would be a much longer post. I recognize the short comings of my house but I will always be proud of it, and I will work to improve its reputation amongst Potterhead and non-Potterheads.

[@ScottishDragonNinja]

Contented Hufflepuff and glad to be so. I'd be more than happy to take some time to see if i can make a truly bad person out of the house traits. However for the time being I want to pose this: the bad Hufflepuff might not be a terrible person but their dedication, loyalty and kindheartedness I feel has all the makings of being an enabler. The person who cares so much about someone else that their care and how they love could just allow the person to get worse and worth because they won't confront the problems, instead becoming an accomplice while hoping that eventually the other person will see the error of their ways and they can support the path to redemption

[@rowanwax]

Gaxxy I’d say The Mayor in Buffy the Vampire TV series was Hufflepuff. XD Totally kind and loyal and loving while ending the world.

[@Katherine_The_Okay]

I see two possible bad outcomes for Hufflepuffs aside from the doormat/enabler one you already mentioned. One (the far more plausible) is a person who lies to and manipulates others "for their own good" to keep them happy or to shield them from things the Hufflepuff doesn't think the other is quite ready for or should have to face. The other is one you see in sci fi works (especially older ones, but also that terrible Will Smith movie) where a perfectly well-meaning, kind, loving force (generally a computer, sometimes an alien race) robs humanity of its free will out of no other motive than to keep them safe from all the hurts that they've spend so long inflicting on themselves and others. They just love people so much that they don't want to see them keep hurting themselves, so of course this "free will" nonsense has got to go. Clearly it's the source of the whole problem. (on a lesser scope, it's not hard to picture a hufflepuff using some sort of mind-altering magic to rob a single loved one of some personality trait that makes them harmful to themselves or others. again, for their own good. out of love and loyalty and a desire to make things easier for everyone)

[@ScottishDragonNinja]

@@rowanwax Haha, love it. I can definitely see that in him.

[@ScottishDragonNinja]

@@Katherine_The_Okay Oh yeah, those definitely work too. Gotta admit that I never would have thought of the latter, mostly because i tend to associate it with machines, as you mentioned. If I wasn't at work right now I'd probably be writing down all sorts of notes about this. Elaborating a bit further I can see an extreme version of an overly protective parent working well in both of your suggestions.

[@Katherine_The_Okay]

@@ScottishDragonNinja lol, I'm a compulsive note-taker. I carry a notebook with me everywhere, and the one i use for my work tasks, counts, etc, MAY also have a lot of very random scribbles in the margins (trope names, book recs, things to research, random names I like the sound of lol). I think my bosses would be appalled if they realized that not all of my meticulous note-taking at work was actually work related ;p (shh, don't tell) There's actually a good (single-target, not wide-scale) example of a character using mind-altering magic to "help" a friend. In a series of urban fantasy novels called The Dresden Files (also about a wizard named Harry, but that's where the similarities end), there's a character named Molly Carpenter who, for various reasons, never received a proper education on what magic is and isn't dangerous/unacceptable. So when her friend develops a drug addiction, she decides to "fix" him with magic rather than going the traditional rehab route and risking relapse. It's been a few years since I read the book that happens in, but I believe there was brain damage to the friend that needed more skilled wizards to cure...

[@DalamReviews]

Hufflepuff and proud! Also, you're awesome Nathaniel, and so is your house!

[@ellalions3622]

Me to!

[@peacefuldawn6823]

Thank you for this. Now I can finally accept myself as a slytherin.

[@remixccccbc7768]

Peaceful Dawn Welcome....

[@dragonfireartistea]

If you wait to get a scarf....I can crochet one and send it to your PO box 😄

[@modmaker7617]

Slytherin - Ambition Gryffindor - Bravery Hufflepuff - Loyalty Ravenclaw - Intelligence (my house) From my house main ability. Yes. This man is a Slytherin. He is a LGBTQ+ fanatic.

[@KaizenKitty]

well... I think anyone from any house can be Intelligent :) .....I see Ravenclaw more like the Open-minded House, versus Hufflepuff's (not Dumb) but Hard Working and pro equality. Ravenclaw values individuality and creativity, while Hufflepuff seems to care more about the community and less about the individuals that make up the community... im thinking Ravenclaw would be more accepting of viewpoints that differ from 'the norm', while Hufflepuff would want everyone to think the same way

[@williamzinedineh]

3:30 and that's why Slytherin fits you, it's also the symbol of water, and you're very fluid and non absolute in most things XD

[@chadstitycopeland6960]

Ravenclaw is my house and I think each house has flaws and great qualities

[@Formoka]

I had a lot of trouble figuring out my house. Pottermore always sorted me into different houses every time I retook the quizzes. I finally took a massive amount of quizzes and took the general consensus; Hufflepuff. I wanted to be Ravenclaw, but I find myself much more drawn to the kindness and understanding of Hufflepuff. I was always analytical, but intelligence is much less important to me than using it for helping people. That said, no matter what your house, I love you all! You're all my Hogwarts family! Be proud of your house!

[@KaizenKitty]

one way Hufflepuff could turn toxic I think could be their over-emphasis on uniformity and equality in the sense that everyone should be the same (instead of everyone should have the same rights), that mindset can be twisted in a very vicious way to exclude everyone who is a little bit different or who has different ideas. Like censorship, or an echo chamber, shutting down people who voice opinions that oppose the accepted 'norm'.

[@LaurenceGill2000]

Slytherin, Ravenclaw: Utilitarians Hufflepuff, Gryffindor: Deontologists

[@spoonietimelordy]

This is so true O.O

[@teddymasters1347]

I always get annoyed that everyone (including manufacturers) think that our bird is a raven and that our colors are blue and silver. We are Eagles and our colors are blue and bronze, the crest is a bronze eagle on a blue background. stop messing with our bird and colors I like them the way they were written.

[@Stargazer_Ley]

Ravenclaw pride! I've actually done research on the Eagle. There are myths to support that choice.

[@carmanwillis7537]

I'm a Hufflepuff (also came as a surprise to me as I also thought of myself as a Ravenclaw) and my boyfriend is a Slytherin. Learning about him and seeing the Slytherin qualities in him have given me a huge appreciation of that house. We also balance each other out really well; I tend to bring the human emotional element to our problem solving and he gives me the real-world application to our solutions. And I think it's awesome. Also, you loving on us Hufflepuffs made me very happy! So thank you for that. ❤️

[@kibert135]

I get that not everyone likes Snape even after the reveal in Book 7. And I agree that his intentions doesn't negate everything bad he did. But to me Snape was the one person that showed Harry what Slytherins could be (I am not saying Snape is the best Slytherin could be but he did sacrifice a lot in the late part of his years). The epilog showed how he changed his outlook on this house.

[@highvoltage7797]

kibert135 The good doesn’t always outweigh the bad, but the bad doesn’t always outweigh the good. That kind of mentality.

[@Katherine_The_Okay]

You can be an asshole and still be a fundamentally decent person. I think Snape is a clear example of that. You're allowed to hate him. He's a total jerk. But you can't dismiss his contributions or fail to realize that he was working for the good guys all along, and at great personal risk, while the world thinks you're evil (I'd be pissed off and bitchy in a situation like that, too). It's kind of interesting that Snape is the first, but not the last, Slytherin we see who acts out of love (for Lily's mother) and ultimately helps bring about the fall of Voldermort. Narcissa Malfoy, when she tells Voldemort that Harry is dead, is doing Harry that favor because she loves her son. So that's twice when a Slyherin's love has helped save the day. I'm not sure if that's a stealth lesson about the Slytherins themselves, or if it just speaks to the power of love in the Potterverse as a whole, but I definitely find it interesting.

[@myrealnameisjohndoe116]

Yeah, it seems Snape is a good example of an Anti-hero - Not exactly the friendliest character, but obviously his heart was in the right place, and I would be interesting to see a younger Snape in a future movie/TV show🤔

[@fangsabre]

I still cant stand Snape. Fucking wizard nazi stalker asshole. Like I get that he sacrificed for Harry, but his feelings for Lily were not love, it was obsession, possessive and selfish. What finally made me resolve to hate Snape even after his death was his treatment of Neville Longbottom. Neville was the other possible chosen one, the information Snape gave to Voldemort likely led to Bellatrix going to the Longbottom house to begin with. And Snape probably intended for Voldemort to go after the long bottoms instead of the Potters. And then, even after intentionally it unintentionally causing the torture of his parents, Snape proceeded to make Nevilles life hell to the point of being his greatest fear for at least 3 years. There is no excuse for that. Not to mention, he willingly joined the wizard nazis. And he didnt leave because he felt bad about their mission, he left solely because the object of his obsession had become a target. If Voldemort had promised to spare Lily as some sort of sick reward for Snape, Snape wouldve never turned on Voldemort.

[@Fernandanatac]

Skeptic Psychologist It’s because of people like Fangsabre here that I would LOVE a movie or series telling Snape’s backstory. Because even though we were TOLD some things about his past, that doesnt mean we know what actually happened. And usually Snape haters tend to try to make him completly bad (saying he was a stalker, for example. There is NOTHING in the books mentioning he was sickly obsessive with Lily. Nothing. The only thing he was obsessed about was Lupin’s condition) painting everything in black and white, when he is a fundamentally grey character. The thing is, besides his love for Lily... we don’t know ABSOLUTLY NOTHING about what was going on in his mind! We don’t even know how his friendship with Lily was! Only how it started and how it endend. We know he was racist when he was 15-16, but he was not anymore as an adult (he told a character not to call Hermione a mudblood at one point). What changed that? When it changed? Why Dumbledore was surprised to know to Snape was still grieving for Lily? How was his relationship with his “death-eater friends”? Why did he become a Death Eater? Practically all we know about the character is in a Harry Potter/Marauders perspective. I really wish we could see HIS perspective, Lily’s perspective (she WAS best friends with him for years, you know), perspective of people that did not immediately saw him as bad (because we already know the extent of his bad side) I know that there are people that like the mystery more than confirmations... but I really can’t stand seeing people distorting such a complex character into a one-dimensional disney villain. (And about the “if Lily was not in danger he would still be a death eater”, oh well, if Ariana didn’t die would Dumbledore had left Grindewald’s side? Snape was protecting Harry in Lily’s name. But does that means it was his only reason for being in the good side? Doesn’t 20 years of life alongside Dumbledore capable of evolving somebody’s mind even just a little bit? Like I said we do not know ANYTHING that was going on in his mind)

[@bandotaku]

Gryffindor here, and like you, I also had to come to terms with my house. Before Pottermore, I also thought of myself as a Ravenclaw, and a couple quizzes told me also, because I thought of the virtues I admire, and one of them was wisdom and intelligence. But when I found out I was a Gryffindor, I was taken aback. I thought "how boring of a result, I'd rather be any other house," so I took the quiz two more times over the years and each result is the same. I'm a proud Gryffindor now. I don't really see that many of them on the internet these days. Probably in the crowd of all the loud Slytherins and Hufflepuffs. But I know they are out there.

[@superraegun2649]

You’re not a Gryffindor because you don’t deal in absolutes? Does this mean that the Gryffindors are Sith??! Because that changes everything I thought I knew about the world! And their house colour is RED!! Holy shit!

[@fangsabre]

Even the phrase "only a sith deals in absolutes" is an absolute. Much of the Jedi teachings are hypocritical at best. To ignore all absolutes and principles besides the principle of not dealing with absolutes is pointless and does more harm than good. Both the Jedi and the Sith are inflexible and thus imperfect

[@CailinRuaAnChead]

I'm a classic hufflepuff and totally happy with this. Slytherin are underrated though

[@galinor7]

I took the Pottermore test when it all started and to my surprise, I was sorted into Ravenclaw. I hadn't been on the web site for a long while, when got an apologetic email from the them, informing me that my account had been lost in a website update and if I wanted to continue I would have to create a new account. So I did. I took a new set of questions and guess where they put me. Ravenclaw again! "They don't mind that I'm eccentric" Excuse me! There are some weird characters in my house, but at least we've got Flitwick. I didn't want Gryffindor or Slytherin because they often cheated and broke the school rules in order to win. I was hoping for Hufflepuff though.

[@rebeccamccreary8530]

I think Sirius was getting pretty close to the extreme end of Gryffindor. We know that he was a bully in school, and we know he doesn't really have a problem with 15 year olds fighting adults as he was all for Harry joining the Order (though that may be due to his inability to accept that Harry isn't James). He was so sure of his own abilities that he wouldn't get caught that he puts countless people in danger as he wanders around as Padfoot, because going to Little Whinging and watching the Quidditch matches had nothing to do with catching Peter, and his attendance at the Quidditch match almost killed Harry. In this particular story he is on the right side, but if he had survived...he definitely has potential for causing a lot of problems. But that could just be a Ravenclaw over analyzing things...

[@jenellienostrabo]

Hmmm, I am a Slytherin too :) I think we do get a few "good" Slytherins... well sorta. So Regulus Black (once a Death Eater) realises his error and tries to destroy horcruxes.... Snape (once a Death Eater) turns spy for the love of Lily, Slughorn (who is a self centred social climber) but is inherently good, erring on the side of neutral to keep himself safe.... Even Narcissa covers for Harry (for selfish reasons) and Phineas Black is not the worst (he helps just enough... to keep himself in the good graces). Even Draco does not reveal Harry at the mansion to Bellatrix, (possibly his act of redemption, or his payback for the treatment of his family by Voldy) So yes, you are right. Every person on this list does what they do to for themselves first. And I can be guilty of that too :) #TeamSlytherin

[@Wormwoodification]

Diehard Slytherin here. Glad you're growing into it. I knew I was Slytherin almost before book one ended and I never doubted any silly quiz which told me otherwise. I even went out and got myself a snake. Loved it right away. I found the more I grew up, and had the guts to be authentic, the more I found my personality to be Slytherin in truth. It's like my Slytherin side hid behid a mask and I had to find her beneath it. But it's a great journey, I adore Slytherin because it feels so much like me, the real me I really liked your comments and especially the idea we must accept the worst aspect of Slytherin representation as an aspect of ourselves. Like the house and all its members are actually internal, part of the psyche, of what we are all capable of. Love that. It does mean Voldemort is part of every one of us though. However, I want to contest your summation is his primary motivation. I think he was afraid, which is a stereotypical Slytherin flaw/strength yes but really valid here. He wasn't yammering on about blood purity from a place of true belief in superiority, though he might have convinced himself he was, he was really afraid of death and of being rejected. Of being the bad guy, the feared one, the monster. Of being alone in the end. Which is why he became exactly that. Fear is a driving point in all Slytherins because they then mold themselves around a way to overcome it. He chose to embody the worst in order to so. It's something to consider when looking at yourself and claiming Slytherin, or whichever house, as a part of you. If you recall Merlin was Slytherin according to Rowling. Merlin you'll find is actually Hermes/Mercury/Thoth. A triple god who is either married to a triple godess or is the triple goddess herself as well. Gemini, a sign of. Mercury, is naturally Slytherin. Gemini is Air. Air is communication. Slytherin's think so damn much. And Thoth was father of written language, magic, medicine, philosophy, etc. Hermes was a messenger able to visit the underworld, the land of the Dead and return a will, and also a tricker god. Mercury and Hermes in each Roman and Greek mythology were god of thieves and merchants and travelers. All this history is part of Slytherin house in my mind. I know it's a lot to read into a product of a children's story but in essence the house is an Archetype and as such needs to be seen in Universal context. If you defined yourself this way, seek out all its shadows and corners in effort to know self. That is definitely the Slytherin thing to do.

[@sarahweiner6924]

I'm a Gryffindor, but if I take the full Pottermore test (if you get sorted on Pottermore, you only get asked like, eight questions, but someone made a version that has all 31 questions and then weights your answers to give your house- it's pretty cool and probably created by a Ravenclaw), anyway, if I take the full Pottermore test, something like 88% of my answers are Gryffindor, but 70% of my answers are Hufflepuff (yes, answers can be for more than one house at the same time). Because of that, often, I can be like, oh, that's my Gryffindor side, or oh, that's the Hufflepuff part talking. Because of that, I've noticed two major downsides of being a Hufflepuff- ones that could probably lead to being a bad Hufflepuff. The first, as others have pointed out, is loyalty to a person who is actually wrong, and so you become unable to stop them and even possibly enable them. A corollary to this is that a Hufflepuff might recognize that the situation is wrong, but won't have the courage or the wherewithal to stop it. They also may not be realistic enough to realize that this problem can't be solved with love. The second "Bad Hufflepuff" version is one I experience more often- probably because of my Gryffindorness- is being unable to accept people who don't have the same sense of right and wrong as I do. Hufflepuffs do the right thing, but in the real world, not everyone is a Hufflepuff. Sometimes, I just want to write-off people who have done terrible or just offensive things because I cannot accept that they can also be good. Similarly, because I value loyalty so much, I have difficulties with gossipy friends or even friends who don't put others before themselves- those people are good people, but I often can't look past some of their less Hufflepuff qualities.

[@roxxychik06]

I've taking house quizzes but I have never gotten anything but gryffindor and that makes me proud. I love every description of the house. I have a ton of gryffindor stuff and I love getting new stuff

[@ChrisHarperBooks]

sitting at my desk laughing at the "death eaters" part. I literally had this conversation about how not all slytherins are death eaters over the weekend at my brother's wedding (it was Harry Potter themed, and it was freaking awesome) where I was proudly displaying my Slytherin pride.

[@loner844]

Love seeing fellow Slytherins, in general but also Slytherins defending our House. As for my story, I grew up with Harry Potter, so I spent the first couple years basically believing that stuff in the books/movies about all Slytherins are evil. But then I took an interest in Slytherin characters, starting with Snape, and then came to like Slytherin itself. But I didn't think I qualified as one, so I took quizzes around the internet, most of which called me Ravenclaw, so that's what I thought I was. Then I joined Pottermore and took the Sorting quiz as soon as I was able, and got Slytherin. I was shocked that actually qualified to be a Slytherin, but excited because I felt vindicated. All that time I liked Slytherin but never imagined I would be invited into its ranks, and it turned out I was enough after all. I knew our House's reputation, but I'd been fighting it all this time, so that wasn't really a problem for me. I was just proud to be a Slytherin.

[@Katherine_The_Okay]

Every house has very good traits, that can easily become very bad traits. Sorry, this is long as I go into a bit of detail about each house and try to provide an example. Starting with our designated heroes, the Gryffs, they are supremely brave and self-confident: so brave they don't consider the consequences of their actions and so self-confident that there can be a tendency towards arrogance. You definitely want them at your back in a fight, but there's also a tendency towards moral myopia and even protagonist-centered-morality on the extreme side ("I'm the hero, so this thing i'm doing MUST be right!"). For me, the worst of the worst Gryffs are the "murder hobos" that you see in pretty much any D&D game involving players who haven't quite figured out the intricacies of tabletop RP yet. Anyone who's seen JourneyQuest will recognize Glorion as a character who's taken bravery and self-confidence too far, spouting lines like "I'm too brave to grant you mercy!" as he cheerfully leaves a path of dead bodies behind (and, hey, who wouldn't be proud of destroying every last evil, stinking orc in that entire... old-age home?) Ravenclaws are wonderfully clever and analytical and honestly believe that "wit beyond measure is man's greatest treasure". For them, there's no nobler pursuit than the advancement of knowledge. But that can lead to its own degree of arrogance, thinking you know more than everyone else no matter what, which is definitely a bad trait for anyone to have (especially someone who's dedicated their lives to learning). And, of course, when you take TOO analytic or academic an approach to life, sometimes you lose touch with your humanity a bit. You put your emotions on a back shelf and stop thinking of human connections as important. Taken to the worst extremes, these are your magical equivalent of mad scientists. In a way, Nikola Tesla (if you believe the urban legends and hype) was very much a Ravenclaw who took things too far. "Hey, I know how we can ensure world peace! Free Death Ray plans for everyone!!!" and "Hmm, I wonder if I can build a machine that creates earthquakes?" ... he had a pigeon instead of an owl, but other than that, it fits Hufflepuffs are hard working, loyal, loving, and just generally chill as all hell. How could this possibly go wrong, you ask? Well, pull up a chair while I completely skip over how easily these poor individuals can be turned into emotionally and psychologically abused doormats and head straight into much, much darker territory >:) Ever read one of those science fiction stories where aliens or robots or computers or some kind of mutant overlord entirely enslave humanity? Seems a little extreme for a Hufflepuff at first glance, BUT, what if the Hufflepuff in question, having seen with considerable distress how easily prone people are to causing themselves and others pain, has finally realized that the best way to express their love for and loyalty to all these people s/he loves so much is to simply deprive them of the power to cause each other pain any more. For their own good, of course. Because, left to their own devices, humans ARE going to hurt each other. And Hufflepuffs are so kind, compassionate, and helpful that OF COURSE they'll want to put a stop to all that. Kind of like that Halloween episode of The Simpsons where Homer's time travel led to a world run by Flanders, where anyone who wasn't truly happy was brought to a reeducation center for a yummy glass of warm milk followed by a nice, relaxing lobotomy. (ok, i may have let my imagination running away with me on this one, lol -- but, you know, it *is* usually the ones you least expect) Slytherins are cunning (which can itself be good or bad) with a tendency towards insularity and xenophobia (which can easily-enough be twisted into the whole racial purity bit), but they're also fiercely protective and loyal to their own AND (which can be forgotten by their detractors) they're loyal/protective to those who have done a favor for someone they love. We should never EVER forget that it was a Slytherin (Narcissa Malfoy) whose lie to Voldemort was what allowed Harry to go on and defeat him. It's ironic is a way that LOVE is what defeated Voldemort again. This time, rather than the love Harry's mother showed for him, it was the love that a SLYTHERIN showed (coupled with that good old Slytherin ability to stab someone in the back if the need arises). How can you NOT see that these guys are as capable of good as any of the others? I'm not going to list an example of a bad Slytherin here. We've had far too many of those from the canon. These poor guys are the fandom whipping boys and have been since JK started scribbling on that napkin. (re: your analogy to Nazis and Germans, that hit damned close to home since my grandparents and their children lived in Germany during the war. most Nazis may have been German, but I guarantee that most Germans were NOT Nazis. they just kept their heads down out of fear -- when my father came to this country years later, he got so much shit because everyone assumed he must be a Nazi by default; world's youngest Nazi, apparently, since he was 3 when the war started. I think that's always made it very easy for me to sympathize with House Slytherin in general. I'm not cunning enough to belong, but their loyalty to their loved ones is easily their most admirable trait)

[@ingonyama70]

The friendship and loyalty can also turn into stalkerish behavior if applied to an unwell mind. I see Annie Wilkes from Stephen King's 'Misery' as a prime example of a truly derailed Hufflepuff.

[@Katherine_The_Okay]

@@ingonyama70 ooh, good point. Annie Wilkes is *so* what happens when a Hufflepuff goes off the rails :D

[@vdesatch6273]

How fortunate this video gets uploaded the day I finally take the Pottermore quiz and get Slytherin! Had the exact same "yeah...Yeah...YEAH" kind of realisation with the major traits.

[@fangsabre]

Recently sorted into Gryffindor, and I'm unsurprised by it. Not as a boast or anything, but I always figured I would be a gryffindor or Hufflepuff. I'm not pragmatic or ambitious (not a bad thing) for a Slytherin, nor am I near good enough of a student to be in Ravenclaw. But I am sure in my convictions, value bravery, honor, and loyalty above most things. And like a Hufflepuff I've always valued friendship and honesty among friends and the value of modest people. I've always related most to Harry, but I hope I havent been as much of a whiner as he is in some parts of the books

[@USUKfan454]

I also struggled with being placed in to Slytherin 'officially' on Pottermore, especially when it seems to be an even split with me between Hufflepuff and Slytherin with every other quiz, and while I now wear the green and silver with as much pride as the rainbow, this video helped me see how many Slytherin qualities I do possess and see where that half of me comes from. Thank you for helping me discover parts of myself I didn't see in full before

[@happysquirrel]

Ravenclaw here, with a Slytherin sister though! I find the prejudice against Slytherin to be one of the most fascinating aspects of the Potter books, though people in real life being all "oh so you support Voldy?!" are indeed ridiculous and kind of missing a huge part of it: that Harry was wrong about Slytherin. He's prejudiced against them from the word go, based on something that isn't even true, Hagrid's "not a witch or wizard who went bad who wasn't in Slytherin" speech when... well, he very much knows about Sirius Black, considered the biggest traitor in the wizarding world, infamous for it, and also a Gryffindor. So wonderful, loving, sees the good in the monstrous, faces huge prejudice himself Hagrid knows on some level that it isn't true. And he still says it to 11 year old Harry. The prejudice goes so deep that even he's spouting it between visiting Aragog the giant carnivorous spider and giving Fluffy the terrifying three headed dog tummy rubs. And it self perpetuates. Excited kids turn up, get Sorted into Slytherin and suddenly three quarters of the school are seemingly against them, actively rooting for their downfall at quidditch or the house cup. We saw it happen to little Snape. They get rejected for being on the bad side by association, but are more likely to go to the bad side because they are rejected, leaving them vulnerable to the influence of a group of people who are more than happy to accept them. Because they're kids. And then when a handful do go bad everyone points and goes "see, the evil House!" It's fascinating when you think about it, all very chicken and egg. Harry's false assumption that all bad guys are Slytherins and all Slytherins are bad guys is proven wrong over and over through the series. By Quirrell and Lockhart and Wormtail. By it not being a Slytherin student opening the Chamber, despite people calling for them all to be expelled to make everyone else safe. By Dumbledore's entire backstory and what could have been. By Draco, Narcissa, Regulus Black, Slughorn and Snape who all defy Voldemort in one way or another at great personal risk. Again and again, Harry's black and white assumptions turn out to be not true and as he grows up he starts to realise it really isn't that simple. Sure some Slytherins are jerks but that's true of all the houses. But fundamentally by the end he changed his mind about Slytherin, he learnt that it wasn't just Sorting out the evil evilees, and weirdly some people seem to forget that part, despite his whole speech to his kid. I kind of wish this was more explicitly explored in the stories, like you said the wholesale turfing out in the final battle could have done with a little more nuance, but you know, Harry was dealing with saving the world and all that. Gryffindors can be obnoxious and cowardly, Ravenclaws can be incompetent and cruel, Slytherins can be selfless and brave. Hufflepuffs are mainly just pretty cool though. Zacharias was kind of an ass. The rest are cool. But, yeah, there isn't anything inherently good or bad about any of the houses. ...was this a super Ravenclaw moment? I got carried away. But it's SO INTERESTING! Also 3am. It might also be some of that. 3am plus Ravenclaw equals ALL THE RAMBLING!

[@annaboes8359]

3 am and Slytherin with a tinge of Ravenclaw does as well. I love your rambling, though. Thanks for your very interesting little essay! Plus, Ernie McMillan and Justin Finch-Fletchley weren't all too nice, too. They gave Harry quite a lot of trouble about him being the heir of Slytherin, while all he did was talking Parsel - to which the snake reacted by calming down and turning into a lamb-like puddle. And yet they were absolutely positive he must have tried to edge it on to kill Justin... Sorry. 3 am, Slytherin with a Ravenclaw-tinge here. The result is rambling. So I better shut up now.

[@borjankosarac3645]

@@annaboes8359 The 'Puffs - and really, the Houses as a collective - also show their worse side in many ways when Harry's name pops out of the Goblet of Fire. The Gryffindors are too caught up in the glory to even consider Harry's feelings, like that he's NOT a glory-seeker and is very uncomfortable (not to mention Ron's jealousy); Hermione is the only stated exception among the students. The Ravenclaws are convinced that he's let his ego consume him, rather than thinking it through logically, and stick pretty hard to that. And the Hufflepuffs… well, they show that loyalty can be very VERY blinding; not only do they wear the "Diggory for Champion/Potter Stinks" badges more than maybe even the Slytherins, they are basically showing solidarity for their OWN Champion, Cedric by ostracising Harry - they don't consider his side, they treat him as a glory-hound who is undermining them when they get one of their few shining points in the series. It's telling that even Cedric, who doesn't believe Harry's claims at first, doesn't wear a badge and while he's chuffed by the attention he doesn't like the NEGATIVE of it. He's a deliberate contrast, from start to finish (even in death) by showing a representation of all his House's best qualities... WHICH IS ANOTHER REASON THAT "CURSED CHILD" IS SMOKING HOT GARBAGE FOR BASTARDISING HIS CHARACTER WHY DID YOU ALLOW THEM TO PUBLISH THIS TRIPE ROWLING WHYYYYYY!? ...Ahem. That being said, concerning Ernie and Justin, they do show their better qualities in SPITE of their worse ones, later on. Justin is stated to apologise to Harry profusely, after he's unpetrified, and barring GOF is pretty swell from that point forward. Meanwhile, Ernie (and Hannah) join Harry and Ron's group in Herbology, where he concedes his prior bullheadedness and admits that Harry would not have attacked Hermione (showing he recognises that sort of internal loyalty in their group); also, when Harry is a divisive figure in OoTP, he boldly walks up and publicly declares his support for Harry and faith in his word - showing that from that point on, Harry has Ernie's (and most of Hufflepuff's) backing pretty firmly, and it makes GoF the last point he had trouble from them. I also like to think that Cedric's example inspired the 'Puffs (with the exception of say, Zacharias Smith) to be their better selves; indeed, pompous as Ernie is he (and the others, following his lead almost) shows their best side with the war breaking out.

[@annaboes8359]

@@borjankosarac3645 Yeah, you're right, that was a pretty awful form of loyalty they showed there. I don't particular mind that they preferred Cedric over Harry, but I was weirded out by them being so spiteful towards another student from their school, since - hey, just in case Cedric looses, you Hogwarts-lot have another horse in the race, so why aren't you happy? ... Is my Slytherin showing...? :-D I don't know, I love the Harry-Potter-Universe, and I can't stray away from the books for too long or I become some form of homesick, but Rowling always had a habit of portraying all kind of figures somewhat ... ugly. Like Mrs Norris - it's a cat, forgodssake, it may be a nasty one, but if the cat is already half bald and starving, than that's not it's own fault or a characterization... Chrm. Anyway, that makes it somewhat complicated for me to always be sure whether something is as mean as it sounds to me - I'd have loved to see the back of Ernie, because his pompous manner was utterly on my nerves, so even when he proclaimed his loyalty to Harry, that didn't make him or the other Hufflepuffs (because they followed his opinion, seemingly, instead of thinking for themselves) any more sympathetic to me. Personal. Subjectively. Oh boy, don't harm me... Well, I refrained from reading The cursed child and only got myself some reviews and conclusive summaries, so I don't want to talk out of my a**e here. But from what I have gathered Rowling had great opportunity there to go back and portray some elements of her universe in depth - and Cedric, the angelic figure of GoF, turning evil, because, uhm, reasons... THAT is somewhat surreal to me. A bit like Lucifers fall in the bibel... Hmm... Uhm, yeah. Suppose that was not where she was going with this. But, yes, I agree with you, the Hufflepuffs did show their true colors in the battle of Hogwarts, when they stayed even though they were scared to death.

[@renab.7390]

Fellow Slytherin here. 🐍 Had quite the similar experience of having to warm up to my house and look beyond them being presented as the bad guys in the books and movies. Thanks for relating your experience!

[@AlexFyrehartDGAFCave]

I always used to joke that being a ginger (and from a working class family) I should probably be in Gryffindor. But then I took the Pottermore test and got Sytherin. Twice as well, given they gave me a chance to redo the test for that. Hell my wand was even pretty much the same when I redid it. Weird. lol. I think at first I was like "aw man, really? Come on!" but I've softened on it over the years. Given the points you made I can kinda see why I ended up getting sorted that way, haha. Though as at least one other person pointed out, there always seems to be a little overlap, which seems to be canon really. I mean Harry was almost sorted into Sytherin, so it's clear he fits both. Plus the Sorting Hat never really makes Sytherin out to be a crappy house to end up in.

[@cmmosher8035]

If a Hufflepuff goes evil do you get the Joker?

[@KayleighBourquin]

I can't think of any other house he'd fit into... He has no steadfast convictions, he is carefully analytical but all too willing to throw it all away on a whim, he is super cunning but often undermines himself by rarely planning... He is dedicated to whatever scheme he is working on in so far as it's benefiting him, and usually has the patience to carry it long term, his loyalty... is perverse and abusive but he can't seem to quit neither Harley not the Bat. Fair play is another Hufflepuff quality... not one Joker shares, stacked decks is his mo. He would seem to fit most into Hufflepuff...

[@Formoka]

That's a scary thought. I think an evil Hufflepuff would be someone who does something "for your own good" despite what you want. Hufflepuffs care so much about people that taking that too far could wind up with a Hufflepuff that hurts people to protect others, necessary or not.

[@Katherine_The_Okay]

@@Formoka All those stories where benevolent computers/robots/aliens enslave humanity literally for their own good (not that as the JUSTIFICATION that they're using, but as the actual true REASON that they've completely taken away all humanity's freedom and agency , because we have this nasty habit of hurting ourselves and others left, right, and center)... *there* are your Hufflepuffs gone wrong. They care about you SO much, and want to take care of you SO well that clearly the only option is to enslave you. And, you know, if you resist, maybe give you some kind of sci fi/magical lobotomy to "help out" with all those horrible dangerous instincts

[@emilyangel13]

@@Katherine_The_Okay This made me think of Clockwork Orange

[@Katherine_The_Okay]

@@emilyangel13 oh, yeah. it's been done a million times. Clockwork Orange, the I Robot movie (which bears no resemblance to the book, but i believe there actually WAS an instance of this kind of thing in either that or one of Asimov's other collections), arguably Childhood's End (although keeping humanity safe was kind of a side-effect in that case), the Polity series from what I've heard, even the tabletop RPG Paranoia (although that one's played more for humor than anything). And those are just the top-of-my head examples where it's done on a large scale. Molly, from the Dresden Files uses magic on her best friend to cure his drug addiction (and it does NOT end well -- she was very lucky that the Wardens didn't behead her once the smoke cleared).

[@StonedHunter]

As a ravenclaw, another possible worse outcome would be one so focused on their work (creatively speaking because we are known for that as much as our analytical side) that they see people only as obstacles or models. Essentially, we have the potential to get so lost in our own heads that we do not see people as people and will isolate ourselves forever. Also I've always found the characterization of slytherin as "evil" to be....well stupid... It doesn't make sense at all! I'm glad that as a community we are pulling away from that mindset (mostly).

[@allyas]

Ravenclaw here. I was very apprehensive about this sorting, although I liked Ravenclaw, because I didn't see me as this witty and eager to learn person, as I was failing college and just wasn't able to learn properly for my whole life. After a few years, I was diagnosed with ADHD at 23 and as soon as I had my medication, I was finally able to concentrate long enough to take all the information in that I craved and I am a pretty good student now. Like in the books, the sorting hat judges by potential, not just on how a person is at the moment of sorting. I wanted to be a Hufflepuff before, but I just am not, even though I love Hufflepuffs so much. I'm not that incredibly loyal. I'm kind of individualistic and in my own head and not very diplomatic. Like a Ravenclaw.

[@Katherine_The_Okay]

I blame you for the fact that I've just spent a couple of hours I meant to dedicate to writing to putzing around on Pottermore. Maybe MY Patronus should be a squirrel, too... So, apparently, I'm not a Hufflepuff but a Ravenclaw (I shall continue to self-identify as Ravenpuff). My patronus is a big, shaggy, doofy newfoundland (I'm not sure if that says more about my personality or my taste in animals...). My wand is alder wood with unicorn hair, 10 inches, surprisingly swishy. My Ilvermorny House is Wampus (which amuses me no end since I once took care of an injured bat by that name and he was a grumpy little chatterbox). Ok, now that I've posted all that for no reason whatsoever, maybe I can finally get some actually productive use out of my day off :D

[@KaizenKitty]

X3 lmao relatable! good luck writing!!

[@jaydee4697]

In terms of other-houses-having-villainous-characters, I remember that Umbridge was apparently a Ravenclaw. Also, if we're going into AUs, Hermione Granger has the potential to become a dark wizard. I mean, she does some messed-up things in the books but her heart was in the right place. What would happen if her heart wasn't in the right place?

[@gRinchY-op5vr]

Umbridge was confirmed as Slytherin on Pottermore's info page about her

[@jaydee4697]

@@gRinchY-op5vr I'm personally inclined to treat that website with a pinch (or bucket) of salt, given their track record.

[@tracydale154]

There are a lot of seriously awesome Sneks 🙂 And yeah, they get a bad rap. Gonna rant a bit about my own Hogwarts House experiences, cause the last 9 months or so, Hogwarts and my love for this fandom and my House has re-emerged as a major part of my life 🙂 I’m a Ravenclaw. Have always known it, done sortings and that was almost always where I landed (sometimes with a side of ‘Puff) I have a humanities degree 📜 Knowledge just cause learning is cool? Pretty much my life’s story 😉 Not overly analytical, but yeah... this is my House. And I can at times get lost in my own head. So, I’m a ‘Claw. But until this last year, that was a semi-casual thing as far as fandom and self-identifying... until February. When I mentioned in a Facebook post that yep... took the sorting quiz... #stillRavenclaw. A friend who I used to work in a bookstore with in college saw my post and asked if I walk/run- cause there’s this amazing online group (Hogwartsrunningclub) A virtual running group that combines running/walking for charity, and Potterverse fandom. (Fan run- not an official WB or JK Rowling group, just to be clear.) It was- seriously- love at first site. And not exaggerating that it’s been life changing. I was not much of a walker/runner before- and still not gonna break any speed records but my own- but I’ve logged 350+ miles so far since Feb and pushing to hit 500 by Year End. More importantly, the community has been so wonderful. There are tens of thousands of members, several thousand claws... and the Ravenclaw Tower feels like home- a genuine safe space. And it’s also been amazing to see how the Houses interact. There is a House Cup, but it’s very supportive and the Houses get along and we love our Sneks. Anyway, rambled enough probably... but all the Houses are amazing and it’s so cool to see how people embrace them.

[@Touhou-forever]

I have a little bit of Gryffindor a little bit of Slytherin and a little bit of Ravenclaw In me but I am a HuffiePuff at heart to quote the moto of my house"Happiness can be found even in the darkest of times if one only remembers to turn on the light."

[@wintersnow998]

I am a Hufflepuff, along with two of my sister's. Although, I was sure the younger one would be Gryffindor because of how headstrong she can be. My father is a Gryffindor and my brother is a Slytherin. I still remember the double take my dad did when he found out my brother is a Slytherin. But my Dad likes Snape (at least, he does after the Deathly Hallows), so my brother being a Slytherin was never much of an issue beyond a hilarious first reaction.

[@BrytteM]

I'm so very glad for this!!! Honestly we Slytherins deserve better representation. I keep seeing everyone lauding Severus Snape as the best example of a "good" Slytherin and I just... can't. Hey I know Slughorn had his problems and he could have been braver or whatever, but: he cared for his students. He actually wanted them to learn and prosper, to enjoy potionmaking, and their school years. So I would love to have Slytherin lss demonized, but from canon I think only Slughhorn and Regulus are actual good Slytherins?

[@tiny-shieldmaiden9358]

I went through the same thing! I thought I was a Gryffindor for the longest time but I did the official sorting a little while back and it put me in Slytherin. So I turned to my family and was like "lol guess what house it put me in?" and they all unanimously were like "Was it Slytherin? Cause you're the most Slytheriny witch ever" So I did some soul searching and realized they and the Hat were pretty right. I am cunning and resourceful, I have a huge ambitious streak and don't suffer fools. I agree that Slytherins tend to get the short stick in the books/movies and that the Cursed Child doesn't really make up for it (but in it's defense I've been told by a trusted source that the play itself when on stage is actually *really* good). I personally think it has more to do with the commonality of good v. evil narratives in Western media thus what was good (Gryffindor, Harry, Dumbledore) had also to have an evil counterpart (Slytherin, Draco, Voldemort). There are few ambiguous characters, most everyone falls solidly in the Good camp or the Bad camp and those characters who at one time fell into the Bad camp had to have a Redemption (in this case Snape) for their past transgressions (like aligning with wizard-Nazis, hurling slurs at your friend, and verbally abusing children for a decade, wtf Rowling? Why redeem this character?) or had to align themselves with a greater Good element to negate the minor Bad element (like Slughorn aligning himself with Dumbledore). All that boiling down to Rowling's tendency to write binary black and white stories.The Slytherin/Gryffindor rivalry acts as a small scale proxy for the Voldemort & the wizard-Nazis/Dumbledore & Everyone Else war, which is itself is a Good/Evil narrative. As in Slughorn and Snape are both forgiven for their houses and past alignments in the narrative because they align with the Ultimate Good in the story personified by Dumbledore, while characters like Draco who's still a child at the end of the series and working under the threat of losing his loved ones and social conditioning since birth, is not given any form of redemption because he doesn't solidly align with Dumbledore or a similar figure and must narratively act as a foil to Harry. But real life morality doesn't work like this, so the way characters and the houses are treated can feel unfair and empty.

[@bluejay4960]

I think the part of this that hit me the most was finally hearing Slytherin traits described with “we” instead of “they”. Not something I see a lot of, and I don’t think the lack of discussion of Slytherins by Slytherins made coming to terms with being one any easier.

[@bobsrussi598]

Thanku for being so lovely about Hufflepuffs! I find it intriguing that so many of my friends are slytherins, I feel like slytherins and Hufflepuffs get on well for some reason.

[@Ashaasmith2]

As a Hufflepuff, you definitely brightened my day with your comments about us being good and made me smile

[@SherwoodAnderson]

I paused the vid to ask for references for where you got your merch please. Also, I resisted Ravenclaw for YEARS before I finally accepted it. I didn't have anything against it but it wasn't what I wanted. I took multiple online quizzes that all pointed to Ravenclaw. I'm now confidently and fully embracing the blue and white!

[@teddymasters1347]

I think that people often get slytherin traits confused with Ravenclaw ones, I think the main difference is that ravenclaws take knowledge and creativity for their own sake while Slytherins use them as a means to an end, both are valid just different

[@Kirby_girl_]

As a proud hufflepuff I’m so happy we have Newt now. But I actually always like Draco Mallfoy in the books and you guys have Snape as well. They weren’t always the nicest people, but their complexity was fascinating. And now there’s Leta.

[@maurinet2291]

What a great video!! I have been officially sorted to Ravenclaw but NO. I'm a Hufflepuff. The minute Luna was answering riddles to get into the common room, I knew Ravenclaw would not be the house for me. I'd never get in, I'd just stand sadly in the corridor hoping someone would come by. My brain doesn't work the same as anyone else's. I can't even play story based video games because my obvious next step is something the devs never thought of. I loved the whole discussion and rationales. I so agree with you on the Battle for Hogwarts treatment of the Slytherins. Especially since adult Slytherins decided to help the cause, I thought it was unrealistic for the whole house to want to flee before the battle began. We saw adults in shades of gray, but not the kids? Oh, and the Cursed Child. I have heard from multiple friends who've seen it performed...that you have to see it performed. That the script alone is like 60 percent of it. So I would think in fairness you might have to see it before doing a video bashing it. Then, bash away if you feel it still deserves it.

[@jaimeheather]

I'm pretty sure that a lot of slytherin's thought they were ravenclaw at first, judging by myself and other's that i've seen, because it's similar enough to slytherin but without the prejudices against it

[@Ironorchids]

Slytherin is best house, dork butts!* *Not a guarantee

[@ChrisHarperBooks]

If I wasn't completely a Slytherin, I think I might fit best as a Ravenclaw...except for one little problem. I am absolutely horrible at riddles so I would never be able to get into my own damn common room. I would have to set up camp outside and wait for someone else to come along and answer those stupid questions.

[@winterdragon4125]

I was in a weird situation where I'd anticipated being in Ravenclaw. After several Pottermore quizzes, I'm just rolling with being a Slytherin. (It's the result I've gotten multiple times.)

[@Darth_Nycta_13]

I'm a slytherin too, slytherins are great and wonderful people embrace your ambitious and cunning side

[@RuviGaPo]

Slytherin is such an aesthetic tbh. Fellow ravenclaws will be upset but tbh the blue and bronze is hhhh not that apealing to me. I like slytherin a lot. I think the interesting thing about bad slytherins is that it's not just the traits that people fit, but in universe there's a cultural biass that's existed since the houses were created. I think that's some interesting lore. Irl it's uh.... the narrative biass is kinda dumb right??

[@gRinchY-op5vr]

For years people mistook me for a Slytherin, myself included actually. Wasn't until Pottermore I was sorted into Ravenclaw, took me a while to accept that purely due to the years of assumptions and my favourite characters being Snape and Bellatrix (2 famous Slytherins). As a somewhat adultier adult I see it now, my patronus is also an Adder...make of that what you will. Edit - in regards to personal relationships, my two closest friends are Slytherins, my other half is a Ravenclaw and the only sibling I have a healthy relationship with is a Hufflepuff...the other 3 are the Slytherins that would most likely be Death Eaters.

[@Never_Really_Here]

I saw that you said you need a Slytherin scarf. Do not fret my good human, I have an extra, never used (still has the tags) Slytherin scarf that I have wanted to gift but never had a fellow Slytherin to gift it to. Sadly the post office will be closed until Tuesday so I’ll have to wait till then to mail it. It’s going to be in a PetsMeds box because it’s the only box I have big enough to fit the scarf in. So don’t be confused when you see the box.

[@hk-51fan7]

I was first sorted into Slytherin, then Pottermore got an update, and gave the option to do everything again. I was curious, and got sorted into Ravenclaw. I liked my original house, so (true to my slytherin nature) I deleted my account and took the test again, this time being sorted back into slytherin. I like to think I earned my place in this house.

[@Mei987]

I remember the days before Pottermore. I loved to take so many house sorting quizzes and the results were always so different for me. I ended up in Gryffindor, Ravenclaw and Slytherin, there was even one time I was sorted into Hufflepuff. To say the least I most likely would have to lead the poor sorting hat into a hat stall. If I had gotten my letter to Hogwarts or maybe the owl got lost in a storm on the way? Oh well, muggle life comes with its own challenges. I never liked how Slytherin as a house was treated in the books nor in the films. But all books need their "darker aspects," and more misunderstood side of things. Somehow I'm very much drawn more to those sort of character stories than the main protagonist at times. I remember when I first came over the early version of Pottermore where you could hidden object yourself through the books and buy school supplies in Diagon Alley and attend classes at Hogwarts. I was terrible at potions, my timing was never the best. I was slightly better at duelling though. Anyway, I'm getting off track here when I got to the sorting quiz on Pottermore. I was dead set on being as honest as I could be. And to my utmost joy, I ended up in Slytherin! I was so happy when I considered it "official" that I would have been sorted into Slytherin, about three years later I made another account and still ended up in Slytherin. I cannot escape the truth.

[@TheNoviceOAO]

2:26 - 2:34 i am a ravenclaw, and i used to do the exact opposite bc i assumed from (some) pre-pottermore tests that i was a slytherin. it stung me, trying to get over it, but i embraced it. smart, curious ppl are in ravenclaw. luna is one of my fav HP characters, and she is in ravenclaw.

[@TheNoviceOAO]

i havent read the cursed child. wouldnt the best slytherin advocate be Snape for example?

[@TheNoviceOAO]

16:27 peter pettigrew for gryffindor

[@jaymiechan]

My personal theory, without having seen any Fantastic Beasts movies? Grindelwald is the perfect example of an evil Gryffindor. Remember that Dumbledore was a Gryffindor and they agreed on a LOT of things. It took a lot to shake Grindelwald out of his certainty, and in Deathly Hallows, he is clearly atoning for his sins and taking on the results of it, until Voldy kills him. Also, Slytherin.

[@susiearnold]

Griffindor can have an evil version of your traits. Ravenclaw can have an evil version of your traits. Hufflepuff are all cinamonrolls and I love them they couldn't possibly do anything bad ever.

[@ingonyama70]

Hey, we're equally as dated! I started reading with the 3rd book when I was in high school, and I ignored Pottermore for a while too. In the old LJ quizzes, I was Gryffindor from the start. Every quiz, every test I took, always landed me in the same place. I never tried to 'finesse' them the way you did (total Slytherin move, BTW, I commend you for that!), and Gryffindor still came up. So when Pottermore came along and I decided to eventualy, finally get 'officially' sorted, being in Gryffindor didn't come as a terrible shock to me. That said, my stubbornness and moral certainty (which, yeah, fair) extends to the four Houses and the way they're represented. Just because a bunch of the villains in the books were Slytherin doesn't make them all bad. Three of my five boyfriends are also Slytherin, along with a Hufflepuff and a Ravenclaw (we think; he doesn't want to get sorted but he has a lot in common with Luna), so the usual prejudices don't apply to me. Especially since ambition - a Slytherin's defining trait - also has a synonym: Hope. Yeah. Good Slytherins can also double as Blue Lanterns. And since I also identify as one of those, Slytherin House and I have quite a bit in common. Here's how I see bad versions of the other three Houses: Bad Gryffindor: Wormtail does not exemplify a bad Gryffindor. He turned his back on the Gryffindor trait of courage in favor of his servitude to Voldemort. Cowardice is not the Gryffindor way. However, the Bishop in the Castlevania animated series...and most religious extremists, really...serve as EXCELLENT examples of moral conviction gone wrong. Zealotry, bellligerence, the utter conviction of one's rightness turning into a willingness to start a fight at the drop of a hat. Basically a healthy chunk of the MAGA types (and boy howdy does THAT ever hurt to say). Bad Ravenclaw: Mad scientist types like Victor Frankenstein or Professor Hojo from Final Fantasy VII come to mind. Someone to whom intllect and wit matters more than the lives of the people around them. I see an evil Ravenclaw as someone who pursues dark or forbidden magics, not necessarily for their own power, but for their own knowledge and study of it without thought to the consequences. Although of course a desire for power would come into play as well. Sciencia es potencia and all. Bad Hufflepuff: I love Hufflepuffs to death, I do. However, there are some seriously creepy extents to which excess, even of good traits like of hard work, loyalty, and friendship, can lead. Hufflepuff loyalty can turn into a very Gryffindor-esque judgmentalism of anyone who holds a criticism against your friends, and a blindness to the faults and flaws those friends may possess. Hard work is only a virtue if it comes with a side of self-care, otherwise it's just blind obeisance. A good example of a bad Hufflepuff, I think, is Annie Wilkes from the Stephen King novel and movie Misery'. These are just my takes on it, other fans may have different ones. EDIT: Also my Patronus is a basset hound, which pleases me. I've owned cats my whole life, but I do love dogs as well.

[@Lovemypirates11211]

I totally agree with you on Slytherin! And I'm a Hufflepuff. I've actually differed with a fellow Hufflepuff on this, especially the idea that Slytherins are selfish. We would sort characters from other movies into Hogwarts houses and her only qualification for Slytherin is "Are they selfish". I went by the traits listed in the sorting hat's song. Are they cunning, ambitious and perhaps possess a well earned chip on the shoulder? As I said, I'm a Hufflepuff and when I first was taking the Pottermore quiz, I thought I would get Ravenclaw because I love to read and learn and I knew I was not a Gryffindor. Like yourself, I am not that certain of myself, but for a few things and even then I am willing to entertain another point of view and possibly change my mind if it's a good argument. And I got Hufflepuff, and this was when the site first came out, and there just wasn't much about Hufflepuff other than "they're nice and loyal and they live next to the kitchen", but I came to embrace my house, I just wish we had more merchandise available! Though it is better than it used to be. I have a Hufflepuff t-shirt, pj pants, and a hoodie, and a window sticker on my Beetle. And a mug. 😁

[@sleepymushroom844]

Great video, thank you for sharing! I also had to learn to embrace the fact that I'm a Slytherin. I wasn't thrilled at first, not because of the "Slytherin is evil" mentality, which I knew was inaccurate, I just couldn't really relate to this house (and yeah, it was a little hard to swallow that I got sorted into the least beloved one). I didn't consider myself to be an ambitious person, nor was I cunning (still not), so I just didn't understand how I ended up in Slytherin. I wanted to be in Ravenclaw, because that's the house I thought fits me the most, because I am creative and I do think I'm pretty smart from time to time, and also because Luna's one of my faves so there was that too. Long story short, I eventually identified certain traits within me that could be Slytherin-like that aren't specifically stated to be Slytherin (like pride), and I learned that just because I don't seek power, fame, money, or even recognition it doesn't mean I'm not ambitious.

[@cosmodious1755]

When you were talking I realised that if Slytherins are like the Axis powers then locking up all the Slytherins at the battle of Hogwarts seems a bit like a US internment camp. So uh, I don't think I'm gonna pull on that thread again.

[@quinnsinclair7028]

I believe Slughorn was meant to be the curative for how black Slytherin was painted. Of course given how he basically gave Voldemort the key to his rise to power that’s not much better.

[@charlietarantola3570]

Maybe I am weird, but I knew I was a Slytherin as long I started to ask myself “what house I am in?” My experience was quite similar to Severus Snape. I have seen the darkness in myself what I was capable of and pulled back. Maybe I am just a grey Slytherin. If I describe myself as someone whose grey. I protect those I love, without fool hardy behaviors. I will defend those I love till the very end. I don’t connect with people easily. I am though someone whose also in it to protect my own neck. (Cough Pansy) But then again I do things I believe are right like Regulus. I love my family like Narcissa, protect my own neck like Pansy. Do what I believe is right like Regulus. Saw the edge and backed away like Draco. And I will forever be as grey and misunderstood like Severus Snape.

[@aarononeil9832]

I seem to tiptoe the line between Gryffindor and Slytherin as a person, ultimately fall on the Gryffindor side which I was admittedly pretty underwhelmed and confused by when I first did the test.

[@lindsayantwine1097]

Proud Hufflepuff here! Love your channel, just discovered it a few days ago. Kinda stumbled across it, as I do most good things in my life. Lol

[@Blue_Cas]

I'm a Hufflepuff and my boyfriend is in Slytherin. I used to want to be sorted into Slytherin so I could prove that Slytherin can be friendly and welcoming and we can all get along. I later realised how much of a Hufflepuff that made me sound. I believe a wise Gryffindor once said "The world isn't split into good people and death eaters. We all have got both light and dark inside us. What matters is the power we choose to act on. That's who we really are."

[@myrealnameisjohndoe116]

Hopefully after the Fantastic Beasts book has been closed, we can get a series of movies representing Slytherin, followed by a series of movies representing Ravenclaw - I'd also love to see WB do a streaming service with a show that takes place in the Wizarding World, and representation of schools outside of Hogwarts, but I digress...

[@caylenrudd7699]

Hufflepuff here! I always like hearing talks about the House's strengths and weaknesses. Especially since the story was so polarized. Also I really appreciate the compliment to Hufflepuff!

[@Epsilon1Zeta]

So according to the Sorting Hat, I am not a Ravenclaw (which was a bitter suprise to me). Nor am I a Slytherin. As far as the Pottermore Sorting Hat is concerned I am a member of Gryffindor...

[@ElizIndRhythm]

My ex husband introduced me to the Potter books I need my late 20s, so I always had a bit more of a jaundiced view of the whole House system. Because seriously, people don't change once they turn 11?!?!! Right... But anyway, I also have done many quizzes to try and sort myself, just for giggles. And while I am primarily a Hufflepuff, I find that as I work on incorporating my shadow self, I am getting more Slytherin responses. I absolutely agree with this Hufftherin placement; and love the idea of my yellow coat with an emerald green lining, mwah-ha-haaa.

[@Sourcoolness]

Perhaps the ultimate example of the extreme Hufflepuff would be Chidi from the good place. I know, people may assume he's a Ravenclaw, but Hermione and Ernie McMillan kind of prove nerds can come from any house. He's still a good person at heart but cares so much about doing the right thing for everyone that he ends up helping noone.

[@koivunen2489]

I've done the current Pottermore test a few times (because who can keep up with passwords, lol) and the one that has all the PM tet questions and I'm always a Slytherin. I've never really minded that. And my Patronus is a snake. I find that a bit funny, 'cause I'm kind of afraid of snakes. And a funny thing, Hufflepuff and Slytherin are probably likely to get along, because both houses value loyalty. In slightly different ways, but the core quality is the same.

[@gabrielarredondo3825]

Where are my fellow Ravenclaws at?

[@youtubingjaguar5082]

Hello! *waves through the window of the Internet* ;)

[@jasminedancinghands1526]

+Gabriel Arredondo Hello! I just took the Pottermore quiz a few days ago. 😊

[@dieCG]

Yo

[@mediterranean_penguin_1863]

I've taken Pottermore test 3 times and all results were Slytherin; I even tried to choose some answers about wisdom and knowledge to get in Ravenclaw in my third time but it didn't work. Finally I had to embrace Slytherin and looked up its characterics and admitted that's totally right for me. I even liked Potions, it's like magical cooking and agreed what's said Snape about Potions in his first class; it'd be probably my favorite class. And Marietta's betrayal and Cho's reaction afterwards in fifth book were too Ravenclaw for my taste, that could be wise but unloyal for a Slytherin. And about not-all-Slytherins-are-bad thing; Andromeda Black, sister of Narcissa and Bellatrix, were a Slytherin, her family rejected her because she married to muggle-born Ted Tonks and she helped Harry a lot in the last book.

[@gregm766]

Saw most of the movies (All but Deathly Hallows) before I read the books. Thought I was a Ravenclaw, went with wife and kids to Universal Florida, bought all kinds of Ravenclaw gear. Then I took the test, and I was going, I better get Ravenclaw since I spent all this money on it. I got Ravenclaw and have gotten Ravenclaw on every test on the subject since.

[@beatrizteixeira2245]

"What's the worst of Hufflepuff?" J.K . Rowling ruining the story with "new" information.

[@TheGerkuman]

Pottermore says I'm Griffindor and I don't know why. I'm really not. Unless I'm a Neville. In which case, it'd be nice if I had that character development please.

[@loner844]

tbh, if you're facing your fears a lot, I think that qualifies as a Gryffindor trait. Not that I'd know, not being a Gryffindor, but I suspect it's the case.

[@greasyhair5754]

I would like to apologise to ever Sytherine that I have offended, as a Gryffindor I have the tendency to stick to what I believe and for so long I believed that all Sytherines were bad. I see now, that that isn't true. Thank you for opening my eyes. Most of the time I do intend it as a joke. Let's be honest the real bad guys are Ravenclaws. They are Sociopaths haha. (I'm joking please don't hurt me you left brain lot!)

[@dieCG]

Greasy hair : As a Ravenclaw, worry not. We completely understand jealousy tends to get the better of others. 😊

[@greasyhair5754]

@@dieCG few, I'm so glad you understand!

[@ingonyama70]

Well said, fellow Gryff. And for the record, the fatal flaws of both Gryffindor and Ravenclaw are pretty well illustrated in your comment. An excess of logic at the cost of human empathy and compassion can result in sociopathy, and bravery and idealistic moral conviction can turn to self-righteousness, prejudice, and zealotry (as you said, believing all Slytherins were bad). Fortunately, these flaws CAN be overcome if we're aware of tem and work to mitigate them.

[@greasyhair5754]

@@ingonyama70 wow you write fast and yes I completely agree. Why the hell doesn't Jk see this? Haha

[@baronnumnums]

Too late. We're preparing to deliver unto you a monster essay explaining 'Why You Are Wrong' which will cover just enough paper to crush the average sized person into toothpaste.

[@liminal_spice1712]

Wow you made me just remember live journal lolololol I kinda wonder if all the junk on there still is up... I wish I remembered my login, I'm half tempted to check lol

[@marinalimia5911]

Taking into consideration that one of the main characteristics of a Hufflepuff is loyalty. The worst version of a Hufflepuff can be when they are so loyal to someone that they do not see that they are doing horrible things and support him in that.

[@odile8701]

Hermoine can sometimes show the dark side of the Gryffindors. Sirius as well. She can stomp all over others in her moral certitude, and Sirius can be cruel to those he feels are unworthy.

[@tatrocks100]

Hello fellow Slytherin. I love this video. I’m a proud Slytherin. If I wasn’t a Slytherin I feel like I would be a Hufflepuff.

[@hillareyborg6024]

I feel this on a spiritual level. When I was younger, I was FOR SURE a Gryffindor. But like, the worst parts of it. As I’ve had children and I’ve aged I didn’t feel super connected to that house anymore and that’s when I took the Pottermore quiz. I got Hufflepuff and I was kind of irritated at first until I did some serious reflecting and now I totally get why I am a Hufflepuff.

[@ishaandw]

I've taken the quiz multiple times on different platforms whether official or unofficial and I've always gotten Gryffindor. I guess I expect and accept it.

[@blondiedies]

I think every Slytherin or Hufflepuff, or at least a lot of them, think they're Ravenclaw or Gryffindor a lot of the time. For the longest time, I thought I was a Ravenclaw, but I was just embarrassed of being a Hufflepuff... the forgotten house. But it's also the house that hosts a lot of my closest, dearest friends. And a lot of my Slytherin friends also feel this way? It's interesting.

[@slashandbones13]

I am not a massive fan of Harry Potter but the idea of the houses has always been interesting to me. I was talking about it with my girlfriend so I took it just for curiosity. I give me Ravenclaw.