Ranking Every Slytherin From Least Evil to Most Evil (Harry Potter)

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[@iceshadow625]

Let’s be honest, Dolores Umbridge needs her own tier of evilness.

[@j.woodbury412]

She belongs in the Beyond Evil category.

[@timothyjohnson2961]

I concur with that statement all together there’s literally no argument against it I mean he missed one crucial thing that Umbridge did and that was that her use of a blood quill in detention on students not only on Harry Potter himself individually in at least one instance but also at least at one point she forced an entire class room full of students including Harry to use blood quills to right lines which not only is it highly illegal but it’s also a form of torture and child abuse so she was torturing children and teenagers by forcing them to use a quill that uses their own blood to write not only on their parchment but also to carve whatever they were writing on the back of their hand

[@davidragan9233]

Agreed, almost started a thread of my own on it. I mean Tommy and Grindy would look at her as say DaaaUUUUM! and the Carrows "Mistress!!!" Category: Beyond The Veil!

[@JoseFigueroa-iz2on]

She really does. She did bad things for shits, kicks, and giggles, unlike Voldemort. Voldemort had a reason for his brand of evil. Umbridge makes Voldemort look like a reformed Harley Quinn in Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker.

[@Bella.H75]

She does

[@wookieeworld1195]

Personally I think Andromeda should be in the hero tier but that’s just my opinion. I mean she had multiple chance to join Voldemort, was tortured for hiding Harry for more than a couple of minutes, helped the order of the Phoenix in the deathly hallows and when Tonks died she and Harry basically raised teddy lupin which I think puts her above a lot of other characters. Also if anyone says Barty crouch jr was a slytherin then I will be the first to tell you that (I’m not 100% sure but I think that) Barty crouch jr was a Ravenclaw getting as many OWLS as Hermione did and that’s dedication

[@audreyharty4859]

Totally agree on Andromeda. Thank you!

[@wookieeworld1195]

@ryennjorgialim4783well it was probably a bit longer but harry was knocked out so we don’t know how long and they got the original port key so it can’t be been too long

[@matteoairaghi790]

He actually got more OWLS than Hermione if I'm not wrong, but ambition is a slytherin trait so he could be a slytherin. Also Percy got all 12 OWLS and he is a gryffindor

[@wookieeworld1195]

@@matteoairaghi790 true that's my bad

[@JohnathanPong]

barty crouch jr was a slytherin just like his dad

[@mellow3995]

One of the reasons I'd love a legacy show about the founders is because Slytherin becoming evil all of a sudden seemed extremely random. Like they were best friends for many years, founded a school together, then suddenly a massive fight happens about his beliefs and he leaves the school. Kinda sounds like we're either missing crucial details, or the true story has been 'Chinese whispered' into something else.

[@ThePrincessSabrina]

Not flush out, sure; however, I don’t think it was random. If Slytheryn is cunning and resourceful, why couldn’t he play the game , hide his true intentions, realize he had to stand on principle, and retreat? Cunning, resourceful, ambitious and self-preservation 22:08

[@charlielynch3916]

I think it came down to him always sort of having those beliefs but as muggles were hunting down wizards he got sick of them and eventually wanted rid, whilst the others were like "no you can't go after them all based on the actions of a few"

[@RADARMYBRAT32]

all that's left is Hufflepuffs, most likely Least Loyal to Most Loyal

[@SebastianGonzalezVera]

Except there’s like, 5 important hufflepuffs

[@christopherjove7035]

Yup, excited for that!

[@SebastianGonzalezVera]

Cedric, sprout, helga, the one Neville married, annndddddd…….

[@orangedinossaur962]

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@@SebastianGonzalezVera Tonks and Mad-Eye

[@rowanjoy419]

Having Leta Lestrange in Hero and Bellatrix Lestrange in most evil is so funny and interesting 😅

[@HarryPotterwandsandwhatifs]

Pretty much like the rookwoods then one in hero one in most evil one in evil the rookwood family started off so well

[@rowanjoy419]

@@HarryPotterwandsandwhatifs good point, and that type of person that characters that aren't the focus, I just forgot about.

[@sam_waslive7583]

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[@gaminsomnia084]

i mean, they aren't related so 🤷 but it's funny cause these two are my top favourite Wizarding World characters 😅

[@bhuchin]

Bellatrix was married to the Lestranges.. She was a Black, a pure blood obsessed family except for 2 people Sirius and Andromeda and one redeemed character (RAB).. her husband and brother in law who were Lestranges were equally evil though.

[@BenDBeast]

The fact that the older era Slytherins are on average far higher up this list than those of Harry's time goes to show that 'Evilness' is not an inherent trait of Slytherin house but rather a result of the fact that some of the traits of the house happened to fall in line with some of the qualities valued by death eaters which created a kind of echo chamber of those views in the same way that horrible views grow in communities in real life like 1930's Germany for example. The only 2 rankings I disagree with here is Narcissa and Snape. While Snape is undoubtedly a hero he is also undoubtedly not a good person so should at least be moved down to the good tier at highest. Narcissa should be questionable while she did lie to Voldemort that was only to protect Draco she didn't care about Harry and supported Voldemort for most of the series.

[@darajeeling]

So agrre on both changes! Severus Snape is my favorite character (best arc and so on) but he had to many flaws to be heroic I would even think of good/average for him I also agree with Narcissa for the same reason!

[@pratyushraman2514]

​@@darajeeling I too like Snape the most and I think he can be put in Good(it depends on how many kills he has as a Death Eater). And Regulus Black as well.

[@Roughguy666]

And also the fact that Narcissa never abandoned her bigotry and blood supermascist views. Not even after everything happened to the Malfoys.

[@GuinDog4]

20:56 yeah she didn’t kill anyone, but she sent dementors to attack Harry. If they were successful, she would’ve given him a fate worse than death. So yeah she’s pretty bad

[@officialmonarchmusic]

Yeah, she solicited a case of double-sucking. As well as gleefully sending Muggle-Borns off to what is most likely their deaths. She didn't have the guts to do it herself, with her own wand, but that doesn't mean she hasn't tried to kill people, or wouldn't

[@allanorme2093]

Her plan was to get Harry to use the patronus charm. If they did kiss him, people would ask too many questions and the ministry would be questioning how a dementor got him

[@GuinDog4]

@@allanorme2093 still, the chance of the kiss happening was there. No sane or rational person would talk that chance

[@officialmonarchmusic]

@@allanorme2093Yes, but she couldn’t have known Harry produced such a good Patronus. No one really knew. Wizengamot only found out during the trial. So Umbridge was clearly intending to take Harry out

[@IAmMissingnoMaster]

Even disregarding that whole angle, y'know that horrible quill that makes you cut your own hand and write with your own blood? _She invented that!_ She straight-up invented an inhumane torture device which she then used on teenage students who were in detention! Who _does_ that?!

[@JordanIdk]

I feel like Lucius should really be in most evil. He gave Ginny the diary, purely to make Arthur look bad. Setting a giant, murderous snake loose on the school is basically terrorism. In fact, I'd say he drags his wife down a tier, just because she stuck with such an evil man.

[@artcory6224]

Also he didn't hesitate to "Avada kedavra " Potter , when he rescued Tobby , who happily saved Harry

[@asamiisaweaver]

If you're talking about what happened at the end of the 2nd movie, that didn't happen in the book, so it doesn't count. Lucius is an asshole but he wouldn't kill a child outside Dumbledore's office, his reputation is more important than his house elf

[@josecuestas7246]

Yeah. According to some interveiw with the actor of Lucius, he simply was saying a random words to apparent that he was about cast a spell to harm Harry. And out of pure coincidence, it sounds similar like Avada Kedavra, creating the rumor that Lucius tried to kill Harry, something illogical, because if he would managed it, then Lucius should to deals with a downfall and problems for this incident, that could implies be put under investigation by the ministry, adding that Albus Dumbledore would be breathing his neck, without count to put in jeopardize his reputation as "respectable" pureblood wizard, making a reckless act behalf Lucius, if he tried to kill Harry with an unforgivable curse in the hallways of Hogwarts.

[@jessicablack9960]

@@josecuestas7246 I could be wrong on this, but didn’t the actor know about Avada Kedavra and that was the first spell that popped into his head? I’m pretty sure enough books had been out at the time for the cast to know about Avada Kedavra. If that’s the case, that would’ve been a directional error allowing that to stay in there.

[@Ev3lina_Marz]

I feel Snape should have been in good tier at most. Yes he protected Harry and followed Dumbledores orders but he was still an awful person. The only reason he quit being a death eater was because he loved a woman who wasn’t interested in him at all. If it was Neville instead of Harry he would still be a loyal death eater which is not my idea of a hero. He did good things for a more selfish reason.

[@qe3boo-rz3zk]

Yes but regardless to his motivations, he still did tremendously good and risky acts

[@jaydas8976]

I disagree, yes he did good things but he was still a bad person. He bullied his students and was truly just an awful person. He was Neville’s biggest fear, which really goes to show how awful of a teacher he was. I think at best he could be in the questionable tier, but not the good tier, because he’s not a good person.

[@joshuahallett6235]

I frankly think that putting him in the heroic tier is a vast disservice especially when he put many non death eaters in the questionable tier for one murder and we know Snape as a Loyal Death Eater for years would have killed and tortured many to prove his loyalty and devotion to the Dark Lord! His betrayal of the Dark Lord was done for selfish reasons, and from what we know, he initially was meant to appear to be a turncoat so as to gain Dumbledore’s trust and be a spy for Voldemort. He is worthy of nothing more than questionable, and that's being generous

[@MrHam-fq1gu]

I agree, he did the up doing heroic acts, but only because Voldemort killed Lilly. Plus when he learned that Voldemort was going to kill Lilly, he went to Dumbledore and asked him to save Lily, not caring about James or Harry

[@vedjoshi260]

Hope uk Dumbledore to changed after Ariana's death, orelse he too was quite evil... Besides, every redemption has one primary cause.

[@dmidkif]

I think Snape is the one character whom you could argue belongs in both the heroic and questionable tier.

[@randompersonthatexists123]

yeah definitly

[@coachgoltzbizpro23]

That's what makes his character so interesting. On one hand, he did redeem himself through honoring the memory of someone he loved, but on the other, wasn't a likeable person and it took a perfect storm of events to ensure the redemption. One change, such as Voldemort going after the Longbottoms rather than the Potters, puts us on a different path.

[@ulicaytt4211]

No, not really, you can't.

[@HarryPotterforever2004]

Philosophers stone - Half blood prince (Questionable / average) Half blood prince - Deathly hallows (Good/heroic)

[@Soph1aF]

@@HarryPotterforever2004 what about the part in the pensive though?

[@Dragonspawn24]

I know that a lot of the stuff done on Bellatrix Narcissa and Andromeda’s parents aren’t cannon, but I feel if you put Sirius and Regulus’s parents in the questionable tier you probably can for them as well given the path Bellatrix went down and the fact that they actively shunned Andromeda for marrying Ted Tonks.

[@whirl43]

I am a Slytherin and i hate how Rowling makes most of the Slytherin evil people

[@harmonetheanimationaddict4419]

To be fair, I believe that lots of people in universe have this stereotype of Slytherins being bad, or at least have a low opinion of them.

[@hannay27]

Same. But can a Slytherin be also half ravenclaw cuz I am

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Same​@@hannay27

[@arch7517]

No offence mate,but that is the least of jk's problems.

[@TheRealTricky]

Perhaps, seeing as the novel revolve around Gryffindor, the house whose founder appeared to have the greatest quarrel with Salazar Slytherin, and apparently the fight went on in their houses after the two died, I guess the prejudice against Slytherin may also give us a bit of a distorted view. Malfoy, Crabbe and Goyle being the three most prominent Slytherins and Voldemort being a Slytherin even trying to unify his identity with him (he was the heir of Slytherin after all) making Slytherins to easily follow him, may also not have helped. Perhaps putting Albus Potter into Slytherin as the main character for the Curst Child, might just have been done in order to put Slytherin in a better light. Now Pottermore did put me into Gryffindor, but to be frank, I've always seen myself as a Ravenclaw.

[@crisscrossam]

Hot take: i would bump Snape down from hero to good or probably even lower, for a kinda simple reason: the TL:DR is that all the good he did in his life, he did for Lilly Potter even after her death. To elaborate (bear with me for this one) for the good part he was definitely essential to bringing down Voldemort, but that was when Lilly's life was at stake and then after her death as well. Remember the patronus scene? When he shows his patronus to Dumbledore. Or when he died and Harry found him, and he just wanted to look in his eyes to see Lilly's. Everything he did was for Dumbledore and himself because of his loss. That's when he became a double-agent. Otherwise he's definitely got some evil blood in him, from the spells he created to harm enemies, to abusing childen at the school, being a death eater and stuff like that. His love for Lilly is the only thing that kept him from being completely evil. So although he did a lot of good, he did so for very selfish reasons. This is definitely not the full story, he did do good deeds without Lilly being the motivation and he gets some redemption in the end, but again if Lilly wasn't in the picture, things would be very different.

[@ulicaytt4211]

The fact that he did it for love, proves that he's a hero. And later he didn't do it just for her but for everyone

[@ulicaytt4211]

The fact that he did it for love, proves that he's a hero. And later he didn't do it just for her but for everyone

[@playa_bolivianav8283]

no, even as a death eater he wasnt't that bad, he was bullied by his muggle father and petunia evans, sirius almost Made him be murdered by lupin, he was bullied by all gryffindors specially the Marauders, all that shit can drive anybody crazy and become evil but he redeemed himself in the end

[@alesonu]

Draco, I gotta admit, I felt him to be average really. He was a bully and continued being one for 5 years so ofc, he was no saint! But there are several things about Draco, I had to take into account. 1) His family environment where he was raised just like Dudley 2) In HBP, the fact that he was breaking down and crying over the overwhelming pressure to kill someone, makes me feel, he was not a murderer but rather a desperate teen. He was only 16, his family was threatened, his life was at stake, and he was trying to put on a brave front which all teens do, but when Dumbledore gave him another option to save his and his family's life, he started lowering his wand. That just goes to show, how on wits end he was and couldn't see any other way out! 3) For me, his only redemption was the fact that he kept refusing to recognize Harry, Ron, and Hermione in the Malfoy Manor though Ron & Hermione were not even in disguise. He obviously knew who they were, but he kept saying "I am not sure" and lastly, though he chased the trio to the Room of Requirement in the DH, he also tried to stop Crabbe from trying to kill the trio which Crabbe was very much prepared to do. So, I don't think he was evil, but he was most certainly a bully who learnt his lesson the very hard way! So, to me, he was just Average.

[@ashterrifictales7317]

These were all of my thoughts exactly!! Sure, he’s not good. But he’s at least average cause most of what he did were just from the pressure of his father and Voldemort

[@BlazeIgnitus]

Goyle still belongs in Evil. Even if he didn't do Crabbe's actions in the Room of Requirement, Neville pointed out that Goyle was one of the star students of the Dark Arts class run by Amycus Carrow, gleefully performing the Cruciatus and Imperius Curses for extra marks on students who were being punished. You also can't really call Severus a true hero. His actions were motivated purely by one-sided love of Lily, but this also included his betrayal of her, the cause of James Potter's death, the cruel actions he took as a teacher against multiple students (not just Harry). He was selfish, and his actions as Rowling said were not done out of kindness or a care for others, certainly not of Harry, but of Lily. If Harry wasn't Lily's son, as Rowling put it so bluntly, he would not have cared about Harry's safety in any way. He is not a hero. He belongs in Questionable.

[@sastryvnk4402]

Snape turned against Voldemort to protect Lily. And he did ask Dumbledore to protect the Potter family. The fact that he acted out of love for Lily should make him selfless, not selfish.

[@emily79519]

​@@sastryvnk4402he asked him to protect Lily, he didn't care about James or Harry at all.

[@BlazeIgnitus]

@sastryvnk4402 “Ah, yes,” said Dumbledore. “How much did you relay to Lord Voldemort?” “Everything - everything I heard!” said Snape. “That is why - it is for that reason - he thinks it means Lily Evans!” “The prophecy did not refer to a woman,” said Dumbledore. “It spoke of a boy born at the end of July -” “You know what I mean! He thinks it means her son, he is going to hunt her down - kill them all -” “If she means so much to you,” said Dumbledore, “surely Lord Voldemort will spare her? Could you not ask for mercy for the mother, in exchange for the son?” “I have - I have asked him -” “You disgust me,” said Dumbledore, and Harry had never heard so much contempt in his voice. Snape seemed to shrink a little, “You do not care, then, about the deaths of her husband and child? They can die, as long as you have what you want?” Snape said nothing, but merely looked up at Dumbledore. “Hide them all, then,” he croaked. “Keep her - them - safe. Please.” Snape didn't ask Dumbledore to keep all of them safe until Dumbledore expressed his disgust with Severus for not caring if Harry and James died, so long as Lily survived, when Snape asked Voldemort to spare Lily. Severus never cared about Harry's health or safety for Harry's own sake, purely because he was Lily's son. Severus is not a hero. He did brave, heroic things, but not out of care for anyone's sake but Lily's.

[@birgitschuster3361]

Great Video! I feel putting Narcissa in the goods is a bit over the top. Her redemtion should get her out of the evil or the questionable into the average, but no higher. Same goes for Snape. He was a Hero in the end, but it does not fully make up for the bad things he did. Overall, he should be in the goods, not the heroic.

[@YuuSHiiiN]

"Most Evil" should've had an "e" at the end of evil, just like the book, "Magic Most Evile". Would've added more flavor to the list.

[@IG7799-c4u]

You'd just get a bunch of people who don't get the reference trying to correct him on the title.

[@MemeNoya-ic4mo]

Not to be that guy but it was 'Magick Moste Evile'

[@candysketchezyt]

@@MemeNoya-ic4mo oh god. you sound like hermione now

[@First-Name--Last-Name]

​@@candysketchezytshut up bruh you ain't funny

[@gingerkays7362]

I’m pretty sure that since Voldemort boasts about being a descendant of Slytherin and his uncle was shown to be a parslemouth, the Gaunts are Slytherins

[@conradag11]

I think everyone agrees they're pretty obvious Slytherins, but it's just not confirmed

[@CJDM310]

They may not have gone to Hogwarts, which means they were never sorted.

[@Alwarin1]

@@CJDM310 fair point, but to counter that point, they are LITERALLY Slytherins. Sure, some way up some female Slytherin married male Gaunt, but they are still direct descendants. To further that point, Salazar Slytherin himself was never sorted as well, as he is the founder, yet he was on the list.

[@MovieFlame]

I mean considering the low level of intelligence for Morfin and Merope I doubt they went to Hogwarts. Also it wasn’t confirmed so that’s the end of it, they can’t be considered in this video 🤷🏻‍♂️ simple as that

[@gingerkays7362]

@@MovieFlame fair enough, but now, because you brought up the low intelligence, I have a head cannon that Morfin and Merope did go to Hogwarts and they were lackeys to a Malfoy ancestor, similar to Crabbe and Goyle

[@Franzboy25]

Great video! Glad to see that Regulus Black was included and given the much deserved ranking of hero.

[@Julius_JMC]

Slytherin's main characteristics are ambition and cunning and they are also sometimes attributed with things like greed or a hunger for money and power, so I imagine the most common career paths that the average student would follow would be things like entrepreneurs, business owners, lawyers, or even things like stock brokers or other things in the financial industries.

[@chumbucket1313]

People seem to forget that Sabastian's Uncle was trying to kill him (and us) in the fight before the cut scene . I think Sebastian was justified.

[@AristasTheMonsterHunter]

It would make no sense tho, also the killing curse isn't something you can cast by accident, nor by convinience. The sole purpose of the spell is to kill, it straight up doesn't work if you have other motives, like self-defence, it ONLY works for murder.

[@sydneysmith2968]

I recently bought the game and I told Sebastian the truth about seeing ancient magic when he showed me that secret room he and Ominis use. If you tell him the truth, he actually agrees to help you and shows you his research on something (I can't remember on what it is). Plus, he keeps you a secret from the librarian when he gets caught. So maybe not questionable, but maybe average.

[@Avatar-1989]

@@AristasTheMonsterHunterhonestly, if sabastian didn’t cast the spell, I would like to do him a favor and do an avada to his uncle (if I can learn that spell by that point.) his uncle is really annoying, and I indeed suspected him to be a spy from the goblin side.

[@antoniashahrami-niya806]

Even though I’m not a Slytherin, I think that they have interesting personalities and are Sirius-ly misunderstood and underrated. Edit 1: sorry I had to make the joke

[@Eryn-bf6qb]

Don’t worry, even fan films use that joke all the time!

[@BrawlEdits3K]

I see a ton of people yapping about where they think people should go yet why aren’t we just enjoying the new video? He works hard and doesn’t deserve that. Just enjoy the new ranking video

[@laraduff4949]

Andromeda Tonks is a real unsung hero in Harry Potter. I wish we could have seen her in the movies

[@BowieSlayz]

Actually, Umbridge DID kill. She sent muggles to Azkaban for no reason other than the fact that she didn’t like them. When they were finally released, some of them had been found dead

[@michaelkidder2311]

Ominis Gaunt should be in the hero class. He went into a dangerous situation with unknown dark magic even though he was blind, to save friends.

[@SweetSlytherinGirl-Jennifer]

As a Slytherin, thank you! Leta Lestrange is my favorite Slytherin character, and I always use her wand when I cosplay.

[@prodferg9037]

14:50 Pansy Parkinson did try to give Harry up in the book when you said that she never did. It happens right after Voldemorts message requesting Harry in the Battle at Hogwarts chapter

[@SRI_IRS]

Was looking for this

[@jenkings0367]

I would have put Snape in the questionable tier because although he played a crucial part in Voldemort’s downfall, he only changed sides once Lily became a target and the part he played did not require him to torment children that did nothing wrong.

[@playa_bolivianav8283]

salazar slytherin as most evil is a overstatement, sure he hid the basilisk but he hated muggle for a reason ( even Dumbledore has a similar story), and he didn't have an agenda like conquer the world or some straight evil thing like that he just wanted to teach and make his students their best versión posible

[@LordSidious066]

I agree with Snape being a hero. While he helped Dumbledore for selfish reasons and had a less than stellar teaching record and death eater record, I'd argue that he was sincere in helping the wizarding world. I mean, he had every opportunity to kill Lupin during the battle of the seven potters as revenge for letting the marauders bully him, but he tried to save him. No one is born evil, they are made evil. His backstory with his family is sad, so when he got a friend in Lily, he had someone he could rely on. I'm not trying to excuse his bullying behavior, but I'd also argue he was swallowed by guilt for calling her a mudblood. He didn't mean to. It was a heat in the moment thing, as all of us, as humans, are privvy to.

[@jessetholl1804]

Now don't wanna get all technical on you, but voldemort was actually kind of born evil since his mother forced his father to have him with love potion, in turn making their child, voledmort, literally unable to love, which is a huge part of what makes him so evil.

[@qs2668]

Questionable hero

[@LordSidious066]

@@jessetholl1804 Yeah, I meant to put Voldemort on there, but some people say it's not in actual Canon and is just a headcanon that he can't experience love due to a love potion for some reason.

[@daft_j]

I'd call him an anti-hero. He has some heroic traits and sacrificed himself to keep Voldy in the dark. At the same time, he was selfish and bullied children to the point Neville's Boggart looked like Snape.

[@cranejy2945]

Slytherins usually walk the path of evil because their ambitions usually take over their senses of rules.

[@johndoe-yn9ko]

Andromeda black deserves to ne in the hero tier, she risked her life to let harry escape from the seven potter battle by letting her house be used as a portkey hub, and she also went against her family by marrying muggle born Ted Tonks. Legendary.

[@StareachValcin]

I'm honestly surprised that in the Wizarding World, Merlin is a Slytherin. Merlin definitely has some of the qualities found in Slytherin house, but he seems to fit better with Ravenclaw.

[@Godly_Yeagerist_140]

I think JK Rowling just wanted to make a Merlin a Slytherin for an interesting backstory, and also to stop that "All Slytherins are evil!" stereotype. I'm a Ravenclaw, so I don't know.

[@allanorme2093]

The hat picks you based on your qualities and what you value most.

[@Verezen]

honestly yeah, if you judge based on what you value, he valued honor and courage most (so Griffindor) and if you judge based on the traits they have, Merlin had a deep desire for gathering knowledge, a trait that clearly makes him a Ravenclaw

[@anthonyfarshaw8619]

Merlin being a Slytherin is the biggest lie JKR created, as Merlin supposedly lived about 3 centuries before Hogwarts was even founded.

[@silverslayer6262]

Oh, of course you Gryffindors would put evil next to our name (In all seriousness, thanks for disproving that all of us are evil)

[@Kaiser2019]

My brother is a slytherin and he does batter me but only as a joke. He doesn’t lack on ambition

[@oneforgottenmember7187]

Imma gryffindor and a true potterhead I know slytherins

[@Carpathia1918]

Movieflame is I’m pretty sure a Hufflepuff

[@thewusociety6061]

​@@Carpathia1918nah hes a gryffindor

[@Carpathia1918]

@@thewusociety6061proof plz cuz I don’t know 😂

[@sifilore9462]

Now we need Hufflepuff. Ranking the loyalist, or honest, or most selfless characters.

[@thedragonwarrior5861]

No matter what is being ranked, Smith is definitely at the bottom

[@sifilore9462]

@@thedragonwarrior5861 And Cedric at the top.

[@thedragonwarrior5861]

@@sifilore9462 yup, he is the epitomy of our house

[@Roughguy666]

Someone might add Penny Haywood from hogwarts mystery as a top contender too. That also makes sense because she also perfectly matches all of those criteria you mentioned. But sadly that's not canon 😞

[@El_12181]

Im glad that someone did this, as this shows that not all slytherins are evil, it really helps rid the stereotype

[@ManOfthePublic]

Some of the villains you list afterwards include a number of chracters who might be antagonists in a way but aren't villlains, like Cornelius Fudge.

[@tobiasdarkrai1134]

Ever since you started this series, I've been wondering where Sebastian Sallow was going to rank. Glad to see that you recognized the nuances in his story.

[@olenaolena9073]

No way Narcissa is good👀 she fully supported Voldemort’s ideas until her family was in danger. Her tier is average or questionable.

[@roccothepuppy8332]

Hey Movieflame! Love your videos! I started watching and reading Harry Potter not to long ago and finished the movies but haven’t finished the books. I didn’t know that much info I wanted and looked for KZbinrs for that. Then I found you. You have made my knowledge on Harry Potter grow drastically. On the video with things only book readers would know, I got all of them right just from watching you! Thank you man! Appreciate your work and videos! ❤

[@AdrianTang-vn5oi]

Snape is one of my favourite characters in the series but should move down a tier for me personally. I mean sure he did protect Harry , but if Harry wasn’t Lilly’s son, he genuinely wouldn’t care . Besides , deep down Snape isn’t a good person anyway , an example being how he tormented Neville. One heroic act just can’t cover up his evil side in my opinion .

[@Dark_Voice]

I would put him in Evil (not even questionable) tbh. So I would put him down several tiers. He was egotistical megalomaniac and sociopath with huge ego that tortured children, was totally prepared to kill people, was death eater. Tried to manipulate house cup in Slytherin favour and stuff of lower importance. His behavior towards harry is acceptable because he needed that to stay undercover.

[@Bobban12345]

Yes a new movie flame video (I saw every Harry potter video you have(started this year in april))

[@Euphrasie_Meredith]

I started this February

[@SlayingSuperNerdX]

5:39 oh my god the fact JK wrote that to be him I’m speechless

[@ryanslearningchannel7427]

fr

[@Eryn-bf6qb]

Jk only said the cursed child was cannon, was for the $$$$$. She let the money and fame go to her head. I read a post on KZbin about her views on trans people and it disgusted me! She said on the interview that “Danial Radclifft should back her up as he would be nothing without her” He doesn’t owe her anything’

[@qs2668]

Morgan, have you heard of the Carlin Brothers' take on Salazar Slytherin? What do you think of it? (mainly that it was never Salazar's plan to kill muggle-borns, he just showed some distrust in them due to hate crimes committed by muggles against his family. The basilisk was just a pet he was keeping, but then his legacy got twisted and his descendants ascribed intentions and beliefs to him that he never had)

[@sanjidatasnim7249]

It makes sense seeing that he was gryffindors best friend. They would not have been so close if slytherin was pure evil.

[@demonsandotherblessings6387]

Sadly, this theory gets disproven by Hogwarts Legacy. Inside the Scriptorium, the player finds Slytherin's personal notes and yeah... They are not kind.

[@qs2668]

@@demonsandotherblessings6387 Yeah, and even without that evidence, it seems more like wishful thinking rather than an actual possibility, and the Carlin Brothers do lean a bit far out the window sometimes with their head canons

[@Lordmewtwo151]

@@qs2668 "Even without that evidence, it seems more like wishful thinking rather than an actual possibility." Granted, I've read the books a long time ago, but may I ask how that theory does not seem like an actual possibility without WoG or contradictory evidence from canonical sources (like the Hogwarts Legacy example)? @sanjidatasnim, yes, but if Griphook's explanation of the Sword of Gryfffindor's backstory is anything to go by, Godric Gryffindor isn't exactly a paragon of virtue either. Then again, that goblin is probably not the most reliable narrator.

[@lightdragon8849]

21:44 - wait, seriously? So, Rowling confirmed houses of background dummies like Goyle Senior, but didn't confirm what houses Barty-junior or Corban (who have a major-minor and minor antagonists roles in the series) belongs? Man, before that video I was sure Crouch was from Ravenclaw and Yaxley was from Slytherin... Must be fandom's headcanons then

[@Dark_Voice]

I think the Crouch being Ravenclaw is because Crouch has INSANELY good marks in school and excelled in everything and he would probably be the most skilled Wizard if it were not for his affiliation and madness induced by Azkaban. Yaxley probably because he was an evil person who shared the blood obsession of slytherins and stance on muggles.

[@barrydanial]

15:35: And don't forget too that Slughorn was manipulated by Voldemort, he didn't give him Horcrux information voluntarily.

[@roccothepuppy8332]

Hey Movieflame! Just wanted to say one little suggestion: "Ranking Hufflepuffs from least to most loyal"

[@elizabethoneill8612]

Umbridge had one awesome thing about her, she liked cats who are seriously awesome animals in my opinion 😊❤❤❤

[@Ciscstudios]

I don’t know if Narcissa should really go in the good tier. Yes, she did lie to Voldemort, but not really to save Harry or anybody else from Voldemort. As it says in the books, she knew that she would only be able to enter Hogwarts and find her son as part of the victory party announcing that Voldemort had one. So well she did do a brave and heroic act, it wasn’t really to save Harry but just so that she could find her son. Despite that, Narcissa didn’t do anything particularly evil except hold onto her family’s pureblood beliefs so I think she belongs in average.

[@emily79519]

I agree, she's basically as bad as Lucius in my opinion

[@bookworm7076]

I agree with all your rankings, Morgan! You're the ultimate Harry Potter fan! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 Since I'm a Hufflepuff I'm looking forward to you finally making a video ranking the wizards and witches in my House.

[@VihaanReddy-up3sd]

Been waiting for this… am excited to watch❤

[@Kolmioleipaa]

Honestly these videos are so good. The commentarys so good that you can listen to these like a podcast while doing something else, but the visuals are so good you can easily watch the video without doing anything else. Thank you movieflame!!!🎉❤

[@alexisstiel]

I love these videos even if I don't like Harry Potter, my friend learns english through these so I watch them for him.

[@vivianp5962]

👍

[@Isthatthegrimreaper170]

I liked Horace Slughorn a lot, he has the slytherin traits of being charismatic, cunning and similar to the Malfoys he likes to network but instead of gaining power and acclaim Slughorn just likes to throw dinner parties and tell stories

[@brodenz1020]

So glad this series is back it’s such an interesting concept! Ty movieflame!

[@digitaladventurer2142]

I think Draco may have hesitated in his attempts to kill Dumbledore since we never see or read about him enacting the plans. Like you said he really didn't have a choice since not only would Voldemort do far worse things to him then just kill him (right away) but his mother was also on the line. I remember your video on Rowling stating Draco was never redeemed and while I still agree with that to those who consider the cursed child canon I'd say he did have a small one, he not only helped get his and Harry's son out of their trouble he was the one who supported letting the 2 stay friends even admitting he was always jealous of Harry's friendship with Ron and Hermione.

[@user-is3zf7gn4p]

As a Slytherin tired of her terrible house reputation, I'm so glad you made this detailed list so people can finally see that we are not ALL rotten eggs, and that we even have great wizards and witches, even some to call heroes. Thank you!

[@alecjackman2655]

If there’s one unique thing that the upcoming HBO show can do while retelling the same story for third time, it’s them actually attempting to paint members of Slytherin house in a more sympathetic light. Showing that there are more exceptions than what we’re lead to believe.

[@whirl43]

0:45 Gilderoy lockhart, quirrel, Peter Petigrew:🤨

[@wolfgang1572]

ron said that before all of them were proved to be bad and in the books its hagrid who said it

[@TheRealTricky]

Lockheart and Quirrel were in Ravenclaw and Pettigrew in Gryffindor. Just fittingm as at that spot of the video he mentioned his videos of those other two houses.

[@SGB000]

Bru Lockhart wasn’t evil he just committed plagiarism

[@Nate-fb1rr]

​@@SGB000He took away peoples' memories to commit that plagiarism. Absolutely diabolical.

[@SGB000]

@@Nate-fb1rr oops. When I wrote that I completely forgot about the memory wiping

[@jdosser]

You missed out that Amycus Carrow also spat in Mcgonagall's face, causing Harry to use the Cruciatus Curse in response (Harry at this point had been unable to ever truly use the Cruciatus Curse, even against Bellatrix), Augustus Rookwood was responsible for the explosion that killed Fred (which sent Percy into a rage as he charged him) and Andromeda, even after losing her husband, daughter and son in law, raised her grandson, who would later become Head Boy at Hogwarts (Even getting sorted into Hufflepuff, a house that values hard work and loyalty)

[@robertbuckley2429]

I'd Like the next episode of Ranking to be Hufflepuffs, most likely Least Loyal to Most Loyal please!

[@BobWalterRoss]

20:54 oh,I thought she was a Gryffindor. I never knew she was a slithering. I would’ve never of guessed that.😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@Binotto1895]

I think you forgot to put the screenwriter for Percy Jackson as most evil

[@ryanslearningchannel7427]

fr though. Those Movies suck

[@rainbowshiningstar2770]

So true!! 😂😂

[@nightflame389]

The first movie was fine Whoever wrote Sea of Monsters should get a tier at the bottom all to themselves

[@bro9ium]

andromeda deserves heroic as she was tortured but didnt give harry away in the deathly hallows

[@allisnn39]

I feel like Snape needs a tier just to himself . His whole personality is just contradicting itself

[@Ollie.H-23]

Snape belongs in the Questionable tier. He only did the good things he did because Dumbledore told him to and because he was too much of a child to move on from Lily. He was shown to be awful even as a child. Petunia insulted his clothes, so he caused a branch to fall on her head. Unnecessary assault. When Lily confronts him about his friends using Dark Magic, he just says "oh it's only a bit of fun, it's a joke." He then tries to defend himself by comparing it to the stuff that the Marauders did, but they weren't using Dark Magic. James was a bully, Snape is a bully, and that's what makes them different. James moved on and grew up and corrected the error of his ways, Snape never truly moved on, even in their seventh year, he would become the one who started fights with James. Potter only hexed him because Snape started it and he wasn't going to take any crap from him. If Lily and Snape hadn't met, Snape would've remained a Death Eater and would've been much worse. Really just goes to show how much of a pure soul Lily is if she can make someone as vile as Snape look good. Even after he quit as a Death Eater, he was still an awful teacher. Every student hated him that wasn't in Slytherin and he is mentally abusive to Neville. I mean, what did Neville even do? It's not like he doesn't try, and Potions barely require wandwork so it isn't a lack of skill, it's fear of consequence. Harry often missed a couple steps in Potions because of Snape's poor teaching methods but in Half-Blood Prince, Harry is the only student using Snape's instructions and he becomes the best in their year and creates perfect potions every time. Snape is just an awful person.

[@darajeeling]

what I do OT get about the Petunia incident. ALL other small children perform magic sponatneously - Harry (who is by the tie older then Severus is) blows up his aunt, he grows his hair back, he liertally escapes on top of his school) - this is unintentional. But after Petunia mockes Severus and the branch falls down - he did that on purpose? So what about Lily who makes Petunia hold the peta, which clearly frightens Petunia, or reads her Hogwarts letter - without asking? Is she as bad as Severus? We do not really know how Severus (child is Severus, Snape is the grown up) stands towards muggle borns, except that he tells Lily "it makes no difference" whe he was a child. Why did the Marauders bully? According to Lupin "because he was there" - it srated when Severus stated he wanted to be in Slytherin (as his mom was and that was probably his only reason) also... where did Severus learn all those dark spells he knew before he even started? Probably from his mom as a defensive help for him. Sirius tried to KILL a fellow student for fun (which would be bad enough) and the balame would have fallen on his best pal, Lupin. Is he as bad as a death eater? James only ever stops bullying Severus when Lily is around (Lupin conforms that) - so... NO I do not see him growing up. Lily is NOT a pure sould, she is neither as kind(nice nor as clever. She is abusive towards her sister, does not respect her privacy she does not believe her only magical friend at the time Either she does not see the signs with Lupin and his condition (which makes her not inteeligent or less intelligent then Hermione, who only needed a book and her eyes to figure it out) OR she knows and lies about it gaslighting Severus (who at the time is still her friend) I wrote apsychology paper (for my bacherol) on characters of the Potterverse - and believe me, if you stick with what is actually written about Lily is nothing as pure. That does not mean I approve of Snape s teaching style - he was not a good teacher by any means nad I agree for me he does not belong in heroic.

[@doctor_alfa]

Your hair and glasses look relly good

[@tottenvillelegend826]

If you guys like the Slytherin characters, chances are you’ll like the fanfiction “They Shook Hands” by Dethryl. It’s an alternate universe story in which Harry becomes best friends with Draco and gets sorted into Slytherin.

[@ryanslearningchannel7427]

Let's go!!!!! The series is back!!!!

[@Chris-qo4rt]

From what i remember Salazar Slytherin built the chambers as a defensive mechanism, not out of murderous lust. Also if you look at the time he lived in wizards and especially witches were being brutally murdered by the muggle society so it makes sense he would be distrustful of muggles.

[@mohammadyeasinkhan6885]

Tom Riddle should be heroic, he had the balls to challenge Grindelwald on his reputation as the most powerful dark wizard of all time!

[@jacksonsfuntime7187]

Bruh that was dumbledore

[@free2sigh753]

​@@jacksonsfuntime7187 Think he meant the point, as Tom visited Gellert to ask him bout where to find the elder wand (not much of a challenge though as the old man kinda just waited for death..)

[@jacksonsfuntime7187]

@@free2sigh753 ohh

[@DryBones271]

So If you are having trouble finding a trait for Hufflepuff, their biggest traits are being friendly/welcoming, and being hard-working. Hard-working or Friendliness could be the tiers used, I say being nice should be the trait though. It could go: Jovial Nice Friendly Not Friendly and Mean! I feel like non of the Hufflepuffs could really classify as mean but I could be surprised.

[@Maxw3ll0-0]

Snape only saved harry because he loves Lilly he doesn’t care about harry

[@latertheidiot]

Ik Voldemort is like the main villain, but he almost feels like he is just a force of evil than a character. The most interesting character is malfoy he has like one of the best arc.

[@IndigoWilliams22]

I can put the characters that were not confirmed in Slytherin. Barty Crouch Jr - Most Evil Barty Crouch Sr - Questionable Cornelius Fudge - Questionable Marvolo Gaunt - Evil Merope Gaunt - Questionable Morfin Gaunt - Evil Albert Runcorn - Average Pius Thicknesse - Average Corbin Yaxley - Most Evil Thorfinn Rowle - Evil Antonin Dolohov - Most Evil Fenrir Greyback - Most Evil Morgana - Most Evil

[@lightdragon8849]

I agree with the most of you headcanons, but... Why Rowle is "the most evil" while Yaxley is just "evil"? I mean, Corban helped Voldemort to take Ministry down and terrorised innocent muggleborns, sadisticly smiling while one of them were begging him and Umbrige to spare her for her kids. Rowle, as I remember, killed his fellow Death Eater, Gibbon, in accident and tried to catch Main Trio, but nothing more.

[@Olde-Tymer1893]

Lucretia Black (Sirius and Regulus' aunt) and her husband Ignatius Prewett (Molly Wesley's uncle) were both Pureblood Slytherins

[@Cats3life]

One of the best KZbinrs

[@Dojaaas]

MovieFlame, I am a big potterhead from when I was 7 years old. I am now 14 and I have atleast watched each movie 15+ times. I love when you make a video based about Harry Potter! Keep making more please!

[@sarvanikodavanti6834]

Wow! Amazing video! Keep uo the good work!

[@shep9231]

That was an excellent video. I highly enjoyed. I only got one minor concern. Snape. I would not pout him in the good teir, but I can understand why you did. But I have suffered at the hands of abusive teachers who expected three hours of homework out of me a night.

[@lindholm3117]

He kinda looks like James Potter.

[@lenaaaaaaaa78]

fr

[@ryanslearningchannel7427]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@oneforgottenmember7187]

True

[@alexiaclark8367]

You should do a video on Ron and Hermione’s relationship and how it progressed throughout the series🥺

[@Aravind-ace]

Love your videos ❤️

[@ryoon8512]

You did actually miss one. It was CORELIUS fudge he is actually in, but he’s a hidden character that a lot of people don’t know he’s in Slytherin

[@JSSJSSSSuper]

Cool vid

[@soundblaster1987reviews]

I think you did miss one, Morgan. Ominis Gaunt belongs in the Hero tier simply for being the least racist member of Voldemort's bloodline. That and his willingness to help the Avatar character and Sebastian Sallow throughout the story mode.

[@fannietsui4431]

To be honest,draco was forced to do his murder attempts

[@Annie-zr6xy]

Pansy Parkinson absolutely tried to give Harry up in the Battle of Hogwarts. It happens in Chapter 31 of the 7th book and it happens almost exactly like the movie, except it’s the entire Gryffindor table that stands up to protect Harry shortly followed by Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff tables.

[@KateLathen-jr1vk]

Draco didn't have a choice

[@oopsididitagian2685]

That doesn’t mean he deserves a redemption arc lmao

[@h_e_l_l_o_41]

the pansy thing did happen in the books tho? “Then a figure rose from the Slytherin table and he recognized Pansy Parkinson as she raised a shaking arm and screamed, “But he’s there! Potter’s there! Someone grab him!”

[@JamesS805]

I think Snape is generally evil. Even if he had the redemption arc, he was still motivated by selfishness and creepdom. He wouldn’t have cared about the prophecy if it was any other woman’s kid that would die, it was only because it was Lily that he cared. He would have let anyone else die without a second thought. Dumbledore basically had to blackmail him at certain points to help with the plan, all because he loved Lily, who at one point he called a mudblood. I think he’s a very complex character, one of the all time greats imo, but to call him a hero is i think a bit much. I’d put him as questionable at best.

[@Phil_McNally]

PEAK as always

[@rodenconsolacion1655]

I was thinking about levels of ambition or resourcefulness that that character had. But I respect on what the video represents that not all Slytherin are evil. Keep up the good work 😅

[@Lihinir-ngjggj3]

if we are taking the cursed child into account, i think draco desereves average. in the end, he was a very good father teaching his son that muggle borns should not be treated diffrently

[@shezmu6928]

I like how Hogwarts Legacy didn't go with Slytherins are evil route. The game showed us that Slytherin have a dark past, due to the artefacts and chambers we find with Sebastian and Ominis, but the game also showed us that their past doesn't need to be reflected on their current house, as many Slytherins have good intentions and morals. I wish JK wrote the series with the same mindset.

[@DarrenLogue]

You're looking professional in this video, Morgan.

[@Mr_Timi1]

I love that you put bullies in the average tier and at least one bully into the heroic tier because he was obsessed with Harry's mother.

[@danmargo2376]

Nice video. Fun fact about Merlin, he was an animagus who could turn into a cat. I know this since he did it the book King Arthur