Which House Was Hagrid In? | Harry Potter Theory

[@karolinenoer6253]

1:38 - Btw concerning all of the manual labour they make Hagird and Filch do - I actually think this is very typical Dumbledore. When you are an outcast or/and someone without any great powers, what is the one think that you desire so much? To be needed. Dumbledore could easily replace both Hagrid and Filch with magic, but he knows that they have nowhere else to be, so he makes them feel needed and makes them belive that they have a purpose. And for that, we love you Dumbledore

[@ethangriffiths7802]

Karoline Noer Rasmussen I've never thought about it like that! It makes so much sense and is perfectly in line with Dumbledore's personality

[@Preussfam]

I was thinking that too. Its like a magical disabilities work equality thing there.

[@teaganfriend1807]

Knock knock

[@lakeheartislost9686]

yeaahhh....

[@alex13taylor]

And THATS the tea sis 🙌🙌

[@jerricho11]

I love how in the comment section, despite all the discord in what house Hagrid belongs to, everyone agrees... Ravinclaw is not it.

[@tanmayihegde9028]

*Ravenclaw

[@TnT_F0X]

Poor Hagrid, thought as a dumb, big, cuddlebear... He was kicked out of school in US grade 10/Sophmore... how much did you know in your second year of Highschool? Hagrid is a trade school boi!

[@wee143]

@@TnT_F0X he was kicked out in 3rd year so 8 grade in the us though

[@gav1nbruh859]

HOW DARE YOU SPELL THE NAME OF MY HOUSE WRONG!!!!ITS RAVENCLAW!!!!

[@gav1nbruh859]

J.K😜👻

[@humanperson4364]

Hagrid is a physical embodiment of a Hufflepuff. Also, when you said he was calling Hufflepuff duffers, he was saying "everyone says", and also he was about to say but- which obviously implies trying to defend Hufflepuff.

[@gwenc7805]

Also, Hufflepuff common room is also in the basement! Not in the dungeon per se but certainly closer to potion classroom than Gryffindor tower

[@cookiedough4825]

I also think that hagrid could be hufflepuff and perhaps tom riddle knowns him because he is a half gaint and stands out

[@ruubennn]

I coulda sworn he literally says that in the video

[@redknight8340]

@@cookiedough4825 nope his house is gryfindor

[@jatziberoja04]

I also think so

[@Shin_FTW]

So according to J.K. Rowling, Hagrid is Gryffindor. According to his character, Hagrid is Hufflepuff. And according to circumstantial facts, Hagrid is Slytherin. But nowhere is he Racenvlaw.

[@ThatWildcard]

There are a lot of words to describe Hagrid but educated isnt one of them

[@GreyPunkWolf]

I love how everyone says "according to Rowling" while dismissing her arguments every time, like she isn't the one who wrote the story. Like. No. You lost your say in this. You left way too many plotholes, and now we have filled them. Your opinion is irrelevant. Like most of her opinions anyway.

[@CidVeldoril]

@@GreyPunkWolf Most people's opinion are relevant or irrelevant to the same degree. However, Rowling as the author holds supreme authority over canon, so theories and fanfics sadly are just that. Her opinion on anything Harry Potter related is what the lore is.

[@lweaver2988]

@@GreyPunkWolf That's not really something to love, just dismissing someone's arguments because you come into it from a different perspective.

[@EllaDABAMMS]

This is the best summary of this video, I love it! 😂

[@Crazygirl-mz1wd]

A pet dragon in a wooden house, definitely not Ravenclaw 😂

[@Jacquer68]

Mighty ambitious, if you ask me.

[@naomi_falk]

Crazy girl, LOL yes

[@johngadbois1097]

Bob, Slytherins are generally really ambitious. (Edit grammar mistake)

[@cathleenallen5572]

Crazy girl I agree

[@FlabbyPigLegs]

Crazy girl you call this a house?

[@lara2137]

The actor who played hagrid lives in my area and we see him a lot 😂.

[@sangeethak274]

Really ask him Daniel s autograph

[@pompom4318]

Cool!!! I would love to be able to meet a celebrity!

[@jodiehoskin3015]

Luckily

[@tobynunley4128]

Ask him what house he’s in. That will prove everything

[@greybeggs7233]

Lucky! I would have him tell me I was a wizard every day!!!

[@armorfrogentertainment]

It's because, when Philosopher's Stone was written, Rowling had a pretty simple idea for the houses (that got more developed in later books.) Gryffindor: good guys. Slytherin: bad guys. Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw: unimportant guys.

[@MineCraftrules17]

*Cries in Slytherin*

[@echoplots8058]

@@athepathe5985 I know the books don't exactly hit you over the head with it, but the hufflepuffs actually play a hugely important role in Hogwarts. Helga Hufflepuff was responsible for setting up the kitchen and the great hall when Hogwarts was founded, two very important elements in the castle. The hufflepuffs are everyone's best friends because they are the least ambitious. They're not obsessed with learning, personal gain or bravery, they have the ability to give in. They're the diplomats of Hogwarts, and without them the school would fall apart.

[@aunnobiitsu]

Echo Plots YASS

[@aunnobiitsu]

ArmorFrog Entertainment **cries in hufflepuff**

[@ningk5492]

I mean at least I’m part of the good guys? But I was almost unimportant as a hat stall between Ravenclaw and Gryffindor

[@moondancer7993]

I definitely think Hagrid is a Hufflepuff. He wasn't being brave to take care of people and animals, he did it bc he had so much compassion for them. Like, he didn't want to let go of them bc he wanted to take care of everyone and everything. Fluffy the ferocious 3 headed beastie was just a puppy to him. The dragon lit his face on fire and he still thought it was a sweet cute little baby. Even wanted to protect the spiders. He wasn't coming up with any big plans, he constantly let out too much information, wasn't super into solving problems or knowing tons of facts, that man was the epitome of Hufflepuff.

[@andrewkirkland8888]

1. In the book when he's crying because of leaving baby Harry 2. In the movie when they took his dragon "what if the other dragons are mean to him?" Both extreme Hufflepuff moves.

[@MountainFisher]

And yet when Aragog sensing the Basilisk in the castle begged Hagrid to let him go, Hagrid selfishly kept a terrified Aragog locked up. Hagrid often did selfish things. Like keeping a dragon he could not continue to care for and endangering Ron, Hermione and Harry. Hagrid's monster fixation often put students in danger. When it came to dangerous creatures Hagrid was selfish and just as often endangered his creatures. Under his instructions Hagrid darn near got Harry and Ron killed by giant spiders. Started with boxes of Skrewts ended up with two.

[@RscccAnderlecht]

the person who litterly created the character said Gryffindor, end of story.

[@MountainFisher]

@@RscccAnderlecht Well she screwed up writing in the book about Tom Riddle knowing way too much of Hagrid's doings if he lived up in Gryffindor Tower. I guess he followed Hagrid around then from up there. She said that like she says other things to please fans. I guess Cursed Child and its contradictions is canon too.

[@allenkeith7160]

Agreed!

[@swimm3rcity]

My guess before the video starts is Hufflepuff After watching: my only conclusion is Jk doesn't read her own books

[@greenmouli]

Well, JK doesn't seem to compare notes and double check that they make sense is what I am thinking.

[@ashergaming1986]

J.K is a sellout trying to appease everyone, only to have them turn on her because she opened her mouth.

[@greenmouli]

@@ashergaming1986 It's perfectly okay to open her mouth but she should have revised her notes, because through the course of writing, authors do realize that some of their original plans have changed to better suit the story, in which case they keep revising their notes. You could see that in Tolkien's notes on Middle-earth revealed by his son.

[@icecrazyvictoria4401]

XD

[@imsunnybaby]

@@ashergaming1986 TRU

[@staceybaranov7510]

It makes a lot of sense that Hagrid was a Hufflepuff. He said that "everyone", as in the other three houses, says that Hufflepuff are duffers. Then, before Harry cuts him off, the "but" indicates that he was about to defend them. Also, the Hufflepuff comon room is in the basement, closest to the dungeons other than Slytherin. Tom probably spotted Hagrid going down from his common room, and confronted him. All the teachers were presumably on the upper floors, so he could've snuck down one floor whenever he wanted.

[@delfi909]

Stacey Baranov Don’t forget that Jk Rowling wrote the book and she saw Hagrid as a Gryffindor.

[@thogthemighty7960]

My current theory is he was sorted into Hufflepuff, and Tom was familiar with him because he had already snuck beasties into Hogwarts and he was a big old fella. And I feel Tom would be willing to have a Hufflepuff in his posse if it afforded him extra muscle and a ticket to the giants. Perhaps Hagrid was the only proto-deatheater who wasn't Slytherin, and because he wasn't in Slytherin, Tom felt more comfortable snitching on him. And maybe Dippet thought he was the heir of Slytherin out of a belief that giants would only breed with villainous humans or something. Maybe Hagrid was a hatstall like Harry, and people thought he was Slytherins heir, because everyone in the school saw the sorting hat go "you, Rubeus Hagrid, the boy whose head I am currently sitting on, would do great in Slytherin, oh boy what a Slytherin you would make. This kid over here sure would be a Slytherin, being so eager to prove himself and succeed. How very Slytherin of him indeed. But he likes pancakes, so Hufflepuff it is. But let the record show how I think he should have been in Slytherin!"

[@viapixel9867]

@@delfi909 she also said the cursed child was cannon despite the fact it breaks all the harry potter laws

[@mrtnslppbntso]

@@thogthemighty7960 it all adds up, except in the books the sorting hat isn't speaking out loud, only the person it's sitting on top of can hear what it's saying, but tbh i still think of hagrid as a hufflepuff

[@thecrazydisneyparksfanatic921]

It would also make sense that he would be in Hufflepuff because they say where people who were in Hufflepuff were immensely loyal and who is he immensely loyal to, Dumbledore. I would also think that even if he was in a Hufflepuff considering he’s half giant it would be immensely hard not to see him, how can there not be a rumor that someone who is half giant is currently residing at hogwarts not be spread and when Tom hears about it he would try to make an effort to seek him out even if he was in a different house.

[@dabeyguanche7966]

There’s this too. It’s not hagrid but this is funny too *The letters fly in* *Harry jumps up and down in attempt to catch a letter instead of picking one up off the floor* *This is why Harry is not in a Ravenclaw ^_^*

[@6298-u9c]

Dabey Guanche lol I agree

[@erlaasgeirs8323]

He also went with a half giant, who broke in and entered and also told him he was a wizard, and said he was gonna take him to a magic school....

[@brycegoder3297]

Erla -_- yeah😂 and Hagrid looks exactly like the person out parents told us not to talk to while walking home from school

[@ashleypanzica4924]

When the letter first came to Harry, why take it in the kitchen where his 'family' could see it? Why not just put it in his room, take the rest of the mail to them, then go to his room later on to open the letter? He could've also, instead of jumping all around, grab one of the letters, then run out of the house to the point where Vernon isn't following him and read it there. Ugh, it angers me that Harry didn't do any of these!

[@44RisingSun44]

@@ashleypanzica4924 The list of times HP did something illogical that angers me in this series is innumerable lol

[@luciussakura5031]

I feel like you're forgetting that Hagrid probably would have been pretty infamous in Hogwarts by this point, I mean he probably would have garnered attention from day one since he's a half-giant and really hard to miss, but it really would have kicked off once the school found out about his love of dangerous creatures. I mean Argog could hardly have been the first creature that Hagrid snuck in, and with him taking care of magical creatures it would have been even more obvious. And Voldemort probably had some of his followers keeping him up to date with all the notable rumors in Hogwarts and he would have been looking for someone to blame the chamber of secrets on, so it wouldn't have been all that surprising for him to know about Hagrid, even if he was in a different house. As for them being on a first name basis, it wouldn't be impossible for Voldemort to "befriend him" in private not long before the scene in the diary to make sure the rumors are true (and that he has an animal at school right now).

[@theravenwizard]

That's a pretty good point but I also think Riddle in particular had very little interest in what was going on outside Slytherin house. Despite being a successful, charismatic young man, his followers are exclusively members of his own house... why? Not because he can't convince anyone else, but because he doesn't care to. It could also be for practical reasons, but I do feel like that's just kind of... well, not it. He knew about the room of requirement at some point during his time there, so meeting in secret would be trivially easy even if they had people from other houses, and there are some pretty darn powerful wizards coming from every single one, especially bloody Gryffindor. So why the Slytherins only if not because no one else was worth the effort to him?

[@survivordave]

​@@theravenwizard Voldy most certainly did not hold secret meetings in the Room of Requirement. The only reason he hid his Horcrux there is because he thought he was the only one who knew about it.

[@theravenwizard]

@@survivordave I never said he did, friend. I just said it was an option if he had to meet with people outside Slytherin house. It was a hypothetical. As for why he hid the horcrux there, maybe he did think he was the only one who knew about it. Maybe. But could it perhaps be because it's literally purpose built for whatever you need?

[@survivordave]

@@theravenwizard It wasn't an option even hypothetically though. From Deathly Hallows we know his thought process from Harry reading his mind that he thought the diadem was the safest Horcrux of all because no one knew about its hiding place. Compare that to the cave, which only a handful of Muggle children 50+ years prior had ever seen firsthand. He wouldn't have considered the Room of Requirement even more secret if he'd let in anyone else no matter how much he trusted them. And Voldemort certainly didn't know about the room's ability to shape itself to your needs. Voldemort was way too egocentric to have been content hiding his Horcrux in Hogwarts's junk drawer if he knew it could have turned into a grand-looking dangerous magical gauntlet that would have only allowed himself to pass through safely.

[@barboraklepalova3886]

Lots of people are using the argument, that Hagrid wasn't a Slytherin bc of his personality. But you have to remember, that Hagrid was over 60 at the begining of series. Yet , he was 11 when he was sorted into a house. While I wouldn't describe Hagrid as cunning or valuing cunning of others (you're sorted not only based on you personality, but also what you value - Hermione values courage over knowledge, hence shes a gryffindor, Wormtail values bravery even though he's not brave and gets sorted into Gryffindor) In the series he seems to value Dumbledore's LEADERSHIP or at least follows his every order. He is i very DETERMINED to raise magical creatures, which I consider AMBICIOUS. Kinda. But when he was 11, his father had already died and Hagrid wanted to make him proud. He wanted to be succesful wizard and I think Slytherins value success a lot. Then there is an argument that Hagrid is half giant and Riddle would still notice him. But why would a PREFECT called him RUBEUS? And why would Hagrid called a random PERFECT BY HIS FIRST NAME? Also, Tom would have to had known that A Hagrid was fond of large and dangerous animals and B he HAD a giant spider in the castle? Its lot more plausible for Voldemort to have known that if they were in the same house.

[@soccergal07]

Well he was looking for a scape goat, probably. How he noticed him? Well when you have a huge fondness for dangerous creatures or are just different, even in the wizard world everyone gets to know it, example Newt. Not arguing he isn't just saying my thoughts. :)

[@domskillet5744]

Check out my theory for why Hufflepuff above in the comments, you might be convinced

[@gryphon-iu6kw]

That’s a long comment😂

[@korecores]

hermione WOULD of been in slytherin if she was a pureblood

[@veronikaczr1105]

@@soccergal07 he couldn't be looking for him for long, he didn't have much time. When it came to a point he needed somebody to put the blame on, he decided to put it on his "friend", somebody he had known for a long time already. Somebody close to him, but not too much. He knew everything about him, that's not something you learn in a few minutes, even if he was lucky and saw him doing something sus. And also: would anyone believe an already bit suspicious Slytherin accusing a Huflepuff? After he asked what would happen if the culprit was found? And then, suddenly, the same student found the "culprit"?

[@liloanduni3601]

Remember when they say “TROLL IN THE DUNGEON” and they go the there houses but the slytherins is in the dungeon

[@jitaamesuluma9730]

well more than one dungeon , lol they clearly did not use slytherin house to hang students by their toes in ....

[@patchworkfellow]

*Malfoy* : BUT THE SLYTHERIN HOUSE IS _IN_ THE DUNGEONS!!!!! *Dumbledore* : OMG MALFOY DOES ANYONE CARE

[@angelaphsiao]

Tbh I always felt like they should have barricaded the Great Hall or something rather than send the students running in four different directions. Leave the prefects to guard over the entrance to the hall while the teachers sweep the dungeons. It’s much less chaotic that way. Of course that would make it significantly harder for Harry and Ron to sneak out though.

[@BlackTomorrowMusic]

The thing I always wondered is Why does a SCHOOL have dungeons in the first place?

[@arty217]

@@BlackTomorrowMusic Salazar Slytherin existed. No explanation needed.

[@mila-ky5iv]

But honestly I know why Girls go to the bathroom in groups, it is because: Hermione was attacked by a troll Katie was possessed (put under the imperius curse Ginny was possessed by Tom Riddle And Myrtle died

[@mila-ky5iv]

Madelyn Jones just added that

[@sawyerphillips370]

You stole that from something.

[@CheshireTeaVT]

This made my day

[@casualkhajiit]

Sawyer Phillips Yeah, I saw it on Pinterest ages ago.

[@clearhippo57]

Emilia L yup pretty much myrtle scared me for life

[@uddhavsrivilasan8460]

If he were a Hufflepuff, he'd have surprisingly decent access to the dungeons. But still, I love the idea he might have been in Slytherin

[@mysteryman765]

He was a gryffindor confirmed by rowling. He even said "there wasn't a witch or wizard who went bad that wasn't in slytherin"

[@vyran7044]

@@mysteryman765 im afraid you have a square vs rectangle problem here. its "every one who went bad was a slytherin" not "every slytherin went bad"

[@fedeeeeee]

@@mysteryman765 and he's bullshitting hard there. At the time he believed Sirius to have bettayed the Potters and killed 12 muggles+Peter Pettigrew

[@ThreadBomb]

Once this video had me thinking about it, and before Jay even gave his theory, I realised that the answer was probably Slytherin. Hagrid's attitude to Slytherin is probably due to him having a bad time there. He's certainly not the only student to be sorted into the wrong house. I think this is a case where fanon > canon.

[@joshuaboyd6798]

Newt Scamander Hard working Loves creatures Loyal to Dumbledore Hufflepuff Rubeus Hagrid Hard working Loves creatures Loyal to Dumbledore ??????????

[@jinsstyle]

That's why I think he is a Hufflepuff with gryffindor qualities

[@weirdo_okie7959]

Ruby 1F4 Cut-4ND Gryfinndor

[@lorelikesthings]

Exactly!!!

[@i.2776]

Gryffindor.

[@ianjohnsonviolin]

Slytherins are actually extremely loyal to close friends

[@codered6138]

There’s a troll in the dungeons! Dumbledore: Everyone return to your dormitories at once Draco Malfoy: Our dormitories are in the dungeons Dumbledore: like I care, 500 points to Gryffindor for following orders. WOW! I didn’t expect 500 likes, thanks!

[@ioanazamfir7148]

? Your point exactly?

[@salfordshan3545]

@@ioanazamfir7148 r/whoosh

[@mccaskey266]

So true though

[@paulahorig6047]

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[@shanmugaveluramaiyah6526]

Lol

[@angiemichelsen462]

J-"we take JK's word like gospel" JK- "cursed child is canon" "hagrid is in gryffindor" J- we'll see about that

[@ayanaalles5934]

Lol yes

[@KnightRaymund]

the latter is just a fun theory. the former... Cursed Child is shit

[@LordDragon1965]

Sure, we treat Jo's words as gospel, by which we mean we interpret it by our own wisdom and make it say what we want it to say...

[@xCorvus7x]

@@LordDragon1965 Underrated.

[@billymanziel5666]

KnightRaymund Hagrid being in gryiffindor is not a theory, that’s canon.

[@Cute_Charlotte]

Hagrid fits in Hufflepuff for sure! He is loyal and caring and doesn't make difference in his love for creatures, even if other call them monsters. Like Newt Scamander he is a bit of an outsider cause he cares for what others see as weird or scary. And he is a bit naive (together with being huge) he would be an easy target for Voldemort to recruit. I think the first name calling is an attempt to lower the other. Hagrid is called by his last name by people who cares for him. Tom hates to be called Tom. It's not cause they're close, its cause they don't care for each other!

[@kay.lacollins]

1 Snape 2 Luna 3 Tonks 4 Cedric 5 Newt (I know he's not in the HP books but idc) 6 Merlin 7 Slughorn 8 Cho Chang

[@cathleenallen5572]

CoziestMango331 Ur right

[@auzzy999]

CoziestMango331 mostly all minor characters. All the important good guys are from Gryffindor it’s kind of annoying

[@cagedtigersteve]

Flitwick (Ravenclaw) and Sprout (Hufflepuff).

[@cosplayerqueen9878]

@@auzzy999 yes, it can be annoying, but remember the books focus on Harry Potter who is in GRYFFINDOR! His friends need to be in the same house as him, that way he can talk to them about his plans in the common room, meet up in the same place, etc. So of course all of the people we know to be close friends with Harry would be Gryffindor. While I do know that there is a way that more of Harry's friends could have more house diversity, don't take it out on the house, because it's not like the house purposely forced the characters to be in that house.

[@auzzy999]

Cosplayer Queen98 Yes I agree about Ron and Hermionie needing to be in Gryffindor but Hagrid doesnt have to be lol I think he makes a perfect hufflepuff. Oh well Slytherin ftw! 🐍

[@LukaszSebastian]

For me he fits perfectly for Hufflepuff - their dormitory is close to Slytherin, so it's still easy for him to sneak into a room in the dungeons, and he's in many ways very similar to Newt Scamander. And he was so big, that Tom Riddle would definitely notice him at the Great Hall for example.

[@captaincuddles8643]

I can see that but I don’t know 😑

[@sapirshahar5516]

Plus, as far as I remember Tom was very charismatic in his youth, and had no problems trying to recruit from other houses.

[@gillybuckley4274]

He may have the Slytherin traits of ambition and resourcefulness, but Hufflepuff is a far better fit. I don't care what JK says, Hagrid is a Hufflepuff, full stop, end of conversion.

[@tiffany-up2ii]

And I bet hagrid had at least a little popularity because he's a half giant and probably had other wild creatures

[@ThreadBomb]

@@tiffany-up2ii I don't know about that. I picture Hagrid as being very shy at school due to his size and unusual background. This would also explain why he is more interested in animals than people.

[@adawuz7342]

I think you should, at the end of a video, make a poll whether we think the theory is true. And maybe at the beginning, too. I think that would be extremely interesting!

[@ori5021]

maybe you can also make for every theory a respond video for our problems about your theorys.

[@elburro26]

This NEEDS to happen!!!

[@Andromeda-mz1qk]

Anabel Dietz good idea!

[@jennysteele28]

Anabel Dietz I

[@dragosungureanu2067]

Snapes slytherin

[@graciefloyd7013]

The hufflepuff common room is very close to the dungeons as well tho. There's still a possibility he is hufflepuff but I do admit hagrid has amazing ambition. I personally still hold onto the hufflepuff theory but I can see why the slytherin theory is possible.

[@aetherealbeing690]

J: Snape, Luna, ... Me: CEDRIC TONKS NEWT ETC Ben: I think Tonks was in Hufflepuff. Me: Ben your my favorite now.

[@ducktk]

Sprout,Flitwick

[@ducktk]

Also....... It openly shows that in the last book when Pansy Parkinson shouts 'JUST GRAB HIM' when Voldemort wants Harry... The whole of Ravenclaw,Hufflepuff and Griffindor stood up to protect him. Also not all Griffindors are good... FRICKING WORMTAIL

[@SedNobisCosplay]

Except for tonks and snape the others were not in the order. Thus why he didnt mention them :’D

[@ducktk]

Brandon Talimeliush Yup,I didn't think of Horace Slughorn and Regulus Black... Also, I'm pretttttttttty sure that in the books they mentioned moody being in Hufflepuff

[@Susan-ri4dz]

I love it when people read my mind 🥰

[@corylusbluefox9482]

You make good points about the logistics of Hagrid being in Slytherin (being in the dungeons and knowing Voldemort, etc), but in terms of personality, there is really nothing to justify it. Hagrid never values or displays any ambition. He is much more of a 'keep-your-head-down-and-help-other-people-whilst-being-a-bit-eccentric' sort of person. I think he's a Hufflepuff.

[@troyarrington5492]

What ever JK says, goes

[@moodforanime6116]

Personalities change in time. Just as the guy in the video ( i dont know his name) said, after Hagrid saw how Voldemort and co. were, he never returned to them, so that might've been a crucial point in his being.

[@cadenallgier5519]

Well he is ambitious in his study of mystical and mythical creatures

[@victorvvc1925]

Corylus Bluefox We thought those same things about Dumbledore... and then he surprised all of us befriending another dark wizard who became powerful and famous!

[@victorvvc1925]

troy arrington This is just a silly comment: Not even a writer can be so pathetic to explain things THAT AREN'T WRITTEN IN THE BOOK!

[@zoeymeeks9479]

Regulus Black was a Slytherin- he was a good person and attempted to destroy a Horcrux, Andromeda Black was a Slytherin and married a Muggle-born- that's two more good people in Slytherin house, beside Snape.

[@happyotter8085]

ZOEY MEEKS also there's people like cho chang and that ernie guy and their friends along with cedric's friends who are chill and for the good guys but not in the order of the Phoenix because it's like an exclusive secret place also everyone in the da

[@zoeymeeks9479]

Yeah, not everyone who's good is in Gryffindor.

[@zoeymeeks9479]

Well, you have to start somewhere, and you could argue that his parents played a big part in all of his flaws. Regulus just didn't stand against them as much as Sirius did, that probably put a lot of pressure on him by them to be a death eater and think that muggles and muggleborns are bellow them.

[@happyotter8085]

regulus black and Draco Malfoy only really believed that because of their parents and brainwashing but draco low key redeems himself in the cursed child but to me that isn't canon

[@zoeymeeks9479]

happy otter true

[@dungusglumbus9946]

“All the good guys are in Gryffindor” Me, a Cedric Diggory fanboy: 😭

[@threeimaginaryboys]

😔 🙏 Can we get an F in the chat For Deadric

[@timbervandenhul9383]

@@threeimaginaryboys F

[@adrishaguhabiswas9455]

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[@noodley6941]

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[@Noodle2274875]

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[@carissaanne5614]

How would anyone not know who Hagrid he’s double the size of anyone else at Hogwarts Tom would %100 know who Hagrid was just because of his size

[@cayenigma]

I agree. I have the same experience from my youthhood, I was big and thus targeted to be bullied. EVERYONE knew who I was, but I did not know anyone. I was alone, friendless. Yet they all knew my name.

[@unknownperson5337]

Cay Enigma aw

[@MasterMadaraXD]

I know that feeling =.=

[@monicachavez3402]

But wasn’t Hagrid incredibly tall even since a kid? He would have tower over the other students making him easy to recognize and very unique among the students

[@ewok0075]

Yes but then how did he sneak to the dungeons?

[@TEKKENKING23]

@@ewok0075 that is simple he used a extremely big invisibility cloak 😂

[@lijunyin1341]

monica chavez good theory

[@barboraklepalova3886]

But still, why would Tom/Voldemort called him by his first name? And Hagrid called him Tom back?

[@angelaphsiao]

Ulick Owen if he was a Hufflepuff, it would still make sense. I believe the Hufflepuff dorm is on the first floor, or just below, as it is next to the kitchens. It would be much easier to get to the dungeons from there than from Gryffindor or Ravenclaw towers, though of course the Slytherin dorm is still the easiest.

[@caramelunicorn8023]

I think his personality is hufflepuff, but I think he always roots for gryfffindor

[@QuanticBlob]

Hardworking and loyal. Btw my guess on why he always roots for gryffindor is because Dumbledore and Harry who are both kind of his idols are in Griffindor.

[@yittycohen2453]

Cause he loves harry

[@nograpes83]

It’s gryfffindor he’s a gryfffindor

[@bobbysingh5666]

GalloY helpfull. When hogwarts started they were cooks and helped everyone. They were the least ambitious. They don’t just go for personal gain all the time they help others

[@ThatWildcard]

The problem is that I just cant see a half-giant being sorted into Slytherin. Even Muggle-born wizards are pretty rare as Slytherin was a known blood-purist.

[@jaccokoet3888]

The sorting hat isn’t tho

[@ThatWildcard]

@@jaccokoet3888 the sorting hat just sorts according to the values of the founders. He doesnt make the rules, he just applies them.

[@edh_alters7116]

Agreed. Only pure bloods are allowed in Slytherin.

[@ArnoSchmidt22]

@@edh_alters7116 not really, Tom Riddle wasn't a pure blood.

[@ThatWildcard]

@@ArnoSchmidt22 there have been exceptions from that rule if the witch/wizard in question embodies slytherins values to a t, but it rarer. Halfbloods nowadays, yes, due to the scarcity of purebloods, and muggleborns are a handfull in a century.

[@fishingwillys2364]

Maybe next time we could get a theory on the Marauders? Or maybe Remus Lupin specifically. I don’t see much of him, that quiz you recently did was about the first whole video I’ve ever seen discussing him. Maybe Why Did Dumbledore Let Lupin Come To Hogwarts? Or just a video discussing the group in itself.

[@laurahamilton857]

Yes I need Lupin theory videos in my life!! Please do some, Ben or J!

[@fayem4091]

Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaassssssssssssssssss

[@alexaphillips7134]

Lynne Hamilton yeeeeeEEEEEESSSSS!!!!

[@serenitydawn8017]

They should!!

[@ronh5509]

I think the manual labor is to make Hagrid and Filch feel more useful. Filch and Hagrid don’t seem like the type of people to accept hand outs.

[@Ingemaja]

Solid Ronin I agree with you there, but I would also like to add that I think both Filch and Hagrid would have problems if they had to live outside of the magical community. Manual work would make for an excuse to keep them around, as well as giving them a chance to feel accepted. Both of them had valuable knowledge, as well: they probably knew hiding-places and so on that the rest of the staff would have problems finding. Hagrid and his immense knowledge regarding magical creatures could also be helpful if anything dangerous were to ever cross the grounds. It would be easier to patrol the grounds with more people, and them being used to not having magic would perhaps make them a little more observant and so on. I think it’s a win-win: they could feel valuable and stay in the world they grew up in, and the school could get help with certain issues. What do you think?

[@MsWatismyname]

I always made sure to clean my shoes before walking inside after that one time..

[@ThreadBomb]

He might not accept a handout, but I'm pretty sure Hagrid would accept a working wand!

[@ariannamonson4092]

To be fair about Hagrid being in Griffindor, Neville is a Gryffindor and I bet most people initially thought he belonged in Hufflepuff

[@tricksor6589]

Hermione was supposed to belong to Ravenclaw, Ron to Hufflepuff and Harry to Gryffindor but Rowling changed her mind.

[@ToddGonsalves1]

harry also is pretty much like 70% Slyth... and really only dumb courage and friendship in the Gryff category.... i think the biggest thing for Gryff is they need to want to go there... or value those traits.

[@Ashro_j]

The golden trio represents each of the other houses. Hermione- Ravenclaw. Ron- Hufflepuff. Harry- Slytherin.

[@meko7878]

Arianna Monson but Neville could hold the Gryffindor sword which only a true Gryffindor can hold sooooo 🤷🏽‍♂️

[@harryharry40]

Arianna Monson I bet he so Ly Ik gryffindor bcuz he could’ve been part of the prophecy

[@fleetstreet11]

Dumbledore himself told Harry (a Gryffindor) that Harry possesses qualities Salazar Slytherin prized in his students: determination and a disregard for rules. That fits Hagrid, raising a forbidden pet in the dungeons under Headmaster Armando Dippet's nose. Gryffindor and Slytherin qualities can overlap.

[@abbyheiser1586]

super Carlin brothers: HEY BROTHERS James Charles: HEY SISTERS

[@lucylousie8512]

Lol I never noticed that before

[@teaganfriend1807]

Knock knock

[@martinsitepu7659]

Hey its austin

[@rosegoldiicarii5519]

AbbysTrxshcan * OMG never noticed!!

[@rosegoldiicarii5519]

Teagan Friend whos there?

[@kaylathompson6296]

"You know, sometimes I think we sort too soon" Heres my theory. Young hagrid had it rough as a kid, being half giant and all. He wanted, no needed to prove that he was more than that, preteen angst and all, and was willing to do whatever to prove it. Hagrid gets sorted into slytherin. Time goes by at Hogwarts and he sees how the need for power manifests in some of his housemates and deep inside knows that's not what he truly wants. He starts making friends with and/or idolizing gryffindors as he sees how their values carry them to their goal in a noble way he didnt know was possible. As time goes on it becomes apparent to all who really know him Hagrid belonged in gryffindor all along, so once he was kicked out of Hogwarts as a student and his classmates left Dumbledore acknowledged the sorting hats mistake and took it upon himself to ensure future generations didnt associate hagrid with the house he should have never been in to begin with. Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk.

[@thecount_1957]

That's accurate!

[@britanysingelyn6195]

Sounds like a similar story to malfoys as well... u never know he could turn good

[@JKrowlingrockx]

It's also interesting to me at least that someone like Harry also had the sorting hat question whether he would do better in Gryffindor or Slytherin. Hermione also had a similar experience with either Gryffindor or Ravenclaw. So it may have been something similar for Hagrid, where it could tell he had the capacity to do well in perhaps Hufflepuff or Slytherin. (Or maybe even Gryffindor, it's hard to know). At such a young age, Hagrid's desires may have been different and that could have landed him in Slytherin. It seems a little strange to me that a Half-blood obsessed with blood purity like Tom would have taken interest in being close friends with a half-blood like Hagrid. I kinda just assumed Tom knew him because he caused trouble a lot, probably wasn't the first time he'd tried to bring creatures into the castle with him. But I could see Tom taking a special interest in Hagrid because of his size and possible connection to the giants. If he was Slytherin, I would agree that folks like Dumbledore would want people to think that Hagrid was a Gryffindor instead, especially with the way Hagrid changed as he got older.

[@zemtov]

@@JKrowlingrockx Tom wasnt a pureblood

[@zemtov]

@@JKrowlingrockx His mother was a witch of the marvolos and his father was a muggle. A part of him that he tried VERY hard to conceal.

[@Subangelis]

Hagrid is a half giant. As a third year, he was already taller than everyone else. Would be hard to miss him, and would be a perfect scapegoat for Tom.

[@barboraklepalova3886]

No. He was a perfect scape goat bc he loved giant and dangerous creatures. How would Tom even known that?

[@dutchpangermanist5673]

@@barboraklepalova3886 Really? You're asking how the guy that found hidden magical artifacts figured out someone had a pet?

[@Alucard-gt1zf]

@@barboraklepalova3886 because people can talk....

[@gabyward5855]

I don’t think he would’ve gotten into Slytherin considering how much it’s founder valued pure-blood, I mean Hagrid wasn’t even fully human

[@Boundwithflame23]

I don’t think that argument works very well because Voldemort, Slytherin’s own heir, is half-blood as is Snape and both of them ended up in Slytherin

[@Jade-tf5kb]

Harry is also a half blood and was nearly put in slytherin

[@Boundwithflame23]

@@gabyward5855 I mean fair Umbridge also uses it as a slur against Lupin and werewolves in general which I think is unfair. It’s not like they chose to become werewolves or anything. Sure Greyback relishes being one but I imagine most of them hate the affliction that’s basically ruined their lives.

[@lavenderlctus]

Let’s be honest here, RAVENCLAW AND HUFFLEPUFF ARE BARELY EVEN MENTIONED IN THE BOOKS AND MOVIES *cries in Ravenclaw*

[@rhiannon2933]

*cries in Hufflepuff*

[@barboraklepalova3886]

May I join ya? ToT

[@kaidiliu4064]

😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@sof7068]

Random Monkey but Hufflepuff got Newt, and a play, Ravenclaw can’t even get (correct) official merch.

[@GalaxyVaporeon]

I'm in ravenclaw

[@alicearts5641]

JK Rowling: Hagrid was in G- J:I'm gonna stop you right there

[@CavegirlMelanieHobby]

oh my gosh he was so serious about it for sure

[@AdalineRae]

LOL

[@kassie5212]

JK Rowling:Hagrid was in Gryffindor! J:I can hear you...but I won’t.

[@fatherdog346]

what? but hes so obviously a hufflepuff!

[@Rachel-uy7pv]

Alice Arts lol

[@shady_dodo]

"we'll make him drag the trees" i laughed way too hard at that

[@saiyuriinuzuka6400]

Everything u said makes 100% sense. I never thought about how quickly everyone accepted him as an heir to Slytherin. Felt like there wouldve been riots.

[@combatking0]

Fun "Fact", Hagrid was known among his friends for enjoying mini golf. On the green he earned the nickname of "Hairy Putter".

[@fusel5883]

Combat King 0 well to be fair, even normal golf would be mini golf to him...

[@brodyrecker9986]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[@jonskowitz]

Combat King 0 groooan! Get out...

[@willdelpizzo2488]

Combat King 0 lol

[@arsonmcl2299]

Lol I laughed so hard 😂

[@naughtyniffler404]

I understand why he would be a slytherin because of the story itself, but why would the sorting hat ever put him in Slytherin? I mean, has he even one characteristic from Slytherin house? Then you might say the sorting hat knew he was going to get some friends in Slytherin, but I'm pretty sure a lot off Hufflepuffs would befriend him as well, and some Ravenclaws and Gryffindors too.

[@christianduarte59]

Some hats just want to watch the world burn.

[@ThzIzLia]

We don't know. Maybe in that point in time, Hagrid had ambitions to not only be accepted and have friends, but even respected and/or feared. Yes people could easily fear him cause of his size but Hagrid was mostly a "soft spoken" fellow by heart and that made him an easy victim for bullying so. We don't know. But wow am I mind blown ny this theory xD I like it. I love Hagrid 💙💛 and if this theory were rock solid, it'd show that you can come from a "bad background" (not saying that Slytherins are terrible, just referring to the death eaters and stereotypical thinking) and yet still be a beautiful loving soul.

[@frigginresulrum]

What TLC said, even at the point in the books/movies, Hagrid is incredibly passionate and ambitious when it comes to animals. He even gets a brand new class made for him to teach the students about them. It's totally possible that he was a prime candidate for Slytherin during his time.

[@frigginresulrum]

Nevermind on the class being made up for him (for some reason I thought it was) but my point remains that his ambition and passion were up there.

[@faresragab1125]

Maybe he was sorted in Slytherin because of his giant blood?! Giants we're evil at that time right?

[@naii_7521]

Another good guy that is not in gryffindor Cedric.

[@maticpogorelec8269]

But in the cursed child, he becomes a death eater.

[@tetsushinjou6456]

Matic Pogorelec because apparently being a laughingstock and having your competition’s best friends turn you into a sideshow event means death eater time. Actually now that I put it that way, if Cedric was hazed badly after that then maybe yeah guess he can go evil...

[@maticpogorelec8269]

@@tetsushinjou6456 I was joking.

[@caitlin5770]

Isn't Cho in Ravenclaw???

[@tetsushinjou6456]

Matic Pogorelec I mean you weren’t wrong lol

[@chasonw323]

I was reading chamber of secrets last night and the part with riddle and Hagrid confused me, this theory makes a lot of sense to me

[@Nerdpainter]

way too many Gryffindors. my main gripe with the books.

[@seanakinskywalker2619]

I know right sometimes as slytherin I feel underrated thanks JK

[@FairbrookWingates]

Fully agree. JK claims the house 'traits' are only generalizations, but she hammers those generalizations home in the books so that you seriously can't escape them. The problem is the traits she divided them by are too easy to select as "good" or "evil". More neutral traits, or a more neutral portrayal of the traits, would have helped level things out. I wonder if the books, and the houses, would have been better had Hermione been in Ravenclaw and Ron in Hufflepuff. Broaden the base.

[@nicopoop989]

Same

[@nicopoop989]

What house are you in?

[@Nerdpainter]

Hufflepuff

[@onerandomnerdygirl2306]

I think Hufflepuff makes the most sense. There are so many similarities between Hagrid and Newt and and thinking about it logically but it might be a similar thing with Hermione. She could have fit Ravenclaw but she values bravery so Gryffindor. Same with Hagrid? He fits into Hufflepuff but he values bravery so Gryffindor? Either way, sorry J but I don’t buy the theory. He’s a half breed. No way would Tom want him around

[@liammargetts]

Onerandom Nerdygirl Voldemort recruited Snape. And what was Snape? Half-blood!

[@liammargetts]

Winged Fury. J made that point and said he disagrees with pottermore

[@LeaF-vo2mx]

Half-blood and half-breed are really not the same thing.

[@liammargetts]

Lea F True. But Voldemort was more open-minded as he probably just wanted a large following.

[@PixelOverload]

Didn't Voldemort ally with many giants during his original rise to power? Recruiting a giant half-breed wouldn't be to absurd. I was thinking it would be odd considering Slytherin thought little of non-pure blooded wizards in the first place but his house still seems to allow in mudbloods anyway so who knows.

[@u.v.s.5583]

What does Rowling know about Hagrid? How old was she when Hagrid was in Slytherin?

[@shruthilakshmi7090]

😂😂😂

[@sofiyyasujuandy493]

I-I mean ur not wrong

[@questionsxxquestionsxx776]

Like 7!😂😂😂

[@agame._.]

Yeah like she'd be 6-7 and you need to be 11ro go to Hogwarts

[@agame._.]

*to darn it (┛✧Д✧))┛彡┻━┻

[@kigagamer8999]

Referring to the scene with Tom Riddle alone I would have guessed that Hagrid was a Slytherin even if Hufflepuff seems quite fitting as well. And I like it because there would be another vry important "non griffindor" character!

[@ellanaomi8656]

Isn’t Hagrid basically a burlier part giant version of newt scamander though???? And Newt was as hufflepuffy as a hufflepuff can be!!! They both have the thing for the dangerous magical beasts and wanting to convince people they are actually ok, fiercely loyal to friends (e.g. Jacob Kowlaski/Dumbledore) and hard working, Newt to make his book and care for all the creatures in his case and Hagrid the same at Hogwarts! Hagrid will always be a hufflepuff in my eyes, sorry J I think everybody just has there own opinion on these things as the house qualities aren’t exactly black and white and are largely up to debate, but great theory with more evidence than I expected!!❤️

[@Altorin]

Geek Girl that's the thing. There are no hufflepuff traits. Not really. Hufflepuff is about being a rising tide to lift all ships. The traits associated hufflepuff - kindness, patience and consistency are just the consequences of raising a person as a hufflepuff. Hufflepuff traits are developed in house. You might come in being kind but you don't get sorted into hufflepuff because you are excessively kind. Other houses need their kind members. You're sorted into hufflepuff because you don't necessarily feel like you belong anywhere. Helga hufflepuff believed that all wizard children deserve a place to grow and learn and feel like a family. So those lost little first years feel welcome in Hogwarts by being sorted into hufflepuff. Other houses are sorted by their traits. The house looks for certain aspects of a character that they can hone to an edge. Hufflepuff is different. Hufflepuff just wants to know if you are magic capable. If you are they'll take you and treat you like a brother. That all being said, there is still more evidence that hagrid certainly might have had the "trait" of feeling lost or overwhelmed on his sorting. Hagrid as he is as an adult would be sorted into hufflepuff or gryffindor certainly. But we don't know what he was like at 11. He wanted to be a wizard even though the world told him that he couldn't. That much we know for sure. And if he wanted it badly enough that could certainly swing him out of hufflepuff and into slytherin during his sorting. The only house that breathed a sigh of relief when he was sorted was ravenclaw. Everyone else would have wanted hagrid. Gryffindor and slytherin because a half giant can be an incredible asset. And hufflepuff because they want everybody.

[@Altorin]

I suppose "having a capacity for kindness" is an important hufflepuff trait - it's not a house for sociopaths, but if you're lost and scared and happen to be an unkind first year they'll show you what true friendship is and let that capacity for kindness flourish.

[@crybaby3486]

Altorin, You can say the same about a lot of other traits that would be used to sort you into other houses, like ambition or cleverness. (It's literally 3 AM and I totally lost my train of though on this, but I thought I'd give my 2 cents.)

[@saramunozmunoz]

Geek Girl as a fellow Hufflepuff, I'd love to claim Hagrid. But I think he really is a Gryffindor.

[@rickymanelski5616]

Altorin, I'm with Crybaby on this. You can say that about any of the houses. Gryffindors aren't really extra brave, they are just put in a house that values that, and they become brave. Ravenclaws aren't really extra smart, they are just put in a house that values intelligence so they study and become intelligent. This treads into the whole nature vs. nurture debate that psychology has been arguing about for decades. Are people really the way they are because they are because they are born that way, or because of the way they are raised and grew up. I personally think it is somewhere in the middle, not completely nature or nurture but both combined. Also, my personal headcannon is that the sorting hat sorts, or at least heavily takes into account, based on what someone values the most, not necessarily what attribute they are. So if someone values bravery the most, they will go to Gryffindor, even if they aren't the bravest. Then they are around a bunch of people who value bravery and most end up developing those traits. This would explain people like Peter Pettigrew, as well as Neville, who turned out really brave, but that was developed, he wasn't that brave when he was sorted. If this is the case, then the people who are sorted into Hufflepuff are the people who value kindness, loyalty, hardwork, and acceptance over the traits of the other houses. Then even if they aren't that way naturally, they house helps them become that over time, like you said. I just think it's the same for all the houses though, and you can't take one houses traits and say, well those people aren't born that way, those are developed by being in the house, but all the other houses the people are just naturally those traits.

[@maxi1968]

I think Tom Riddle knew who Hagrid was, because he was prepared to frame someone fitting if needed. Also no matter what house he was in Hagrid was always really hard to overlook...like at dinner and stuff, I’m sure he was talked about.

[@manladan5929]

I feel like every student would know hagrid

[@shadowstorm125]

Hagrid: You're a wizard, Harry. Harry: You're a hairy wizard.

[@Mary1337]

Shadow Storm12 fuck I used to know a Harry Potter joke that I said all the time Something with Lupin... And Harry... I think

[@Mary1337]

Or maybe Snape too...

[@Mary1337]

OK HERE IT GOES

[@ca-hg9ih]

Lol

[@thelostgirl101]

It makes sense that Hagrid was in Slytherin. Being friends with Tom Riddle isn't a far stretch either because -- 1) Riddle wasn't evil back then and 2) Hagrid is willing to be friends with anyone because he has a good heart. :)

[@darwinskeeper421]

I have slight issue with 1). In "Half Blood Prince", Dumbledore makes it clear that Riddle was evil before he ever came to Hogwarts. The difference was that he was careful to keep his evil hidden, only Dumbledore suspected it.

[@saxchick9]

Riddle was evil since he was born basically, it’s implied that he tortures other kids at the orphanage especially on a trip in the cave where he later hides the locket. Due to being born from a parent who was under a love potion he didn’t have the emotions and empathy that everyone else usually has and he learned at Hogwarts how to hide it and manipulate people in order to get what he wanted

[@LOLC2k]

Riddle already made his first Horcrux in school. He was *very* evil by then.

[@ThreadBomb]

Riddle was pretty evil back in school. I don't know why you'd say he wasn't.

[@elliottrusso1203]

I always assumed “I can’t spell it” was in reference to him being scared of spelling Voldemort

[@geraldgrenier8132]

@Haku infinite You really need to look at the stats of ow many people make it though high school being illiterate was strong faking it comping skills. name one mention in any of the book the Hogworts had a class that an analog to a high school English class?

[@ayzecknozniksid3126]

@@geraldgrenier8132 They have to write in their exams...

[@geraldgrenier8132]

@@ayzecknozniksid3126 So do people in real world high school, but yet there not an insignificant number of illustrates that manage to graduate. After all lmost every subject has both a written and practal exam componet, an illitreate just avoid goin for NEWTS in History and Astronomey and Aramanacy that are written only.

[@abhilashakekatpure8549]

Me too

[@flameco]

Same

[@ajayanshsingh]

Also the sorting hat says when sorting harry that a he has s thirst to prove himself like a Slytherin and hagrid wanted to fit in or prove himself so he got sorted into Slytherin

[@EmJem]

I always thought Hagrid was Hufflepuff too until I read he was in Gryffindor

[@thanehuesy8895]

EmJem ur pretty

[@brandonjoaquin194]

Potato man gaming your grammar isn’t correct

[@mysticladyrachel]

No. Tonks was a Hufflepuff. The order was not all Griffyndors.

[@EmJem]

Ashley Hammack Tonks is my favourite Hufflepuff!!! Although she joined the order the second time round so maybe everyone in the first order were Gryffindors, I’m not sure though ✨

[@ts9627]

EmJem hey! Your like everywhere I am, lol!

[@xavierraynor2673]

It would make sense that Hagrid was in Slytherin and managed to resist the sway of Tom Riddle. Its possible that he was another instance of a hatstall but got placed in Slytherin for one reason or another. Him turning Riddle down while in school may have also been what caused Riddle to retaliate and get him expelled as well as why he was later held hostage...

[@flexiblenerd]

Diggory was a Hufflepuff, as I recall. He seems like a good guy.

[@patchworkundead4787]

"Cursed Child" eat your heart out

[@mochisan8104]

Patchwork Undead whats that?

[@mschrisfrank2420]

More like a neutral character who was only important because of his death.

[@samylemzaoui2298]

@@mschrisfrank2420 He is not neutral at all you never see him do anything bad and in the maze he insists on letting harry win

[@stinkylott]

Yea he was, it’s kinda sad that the only hufflepuff character in the movie that was somewhat important died 2 hours later (in movie time, not real time)

[@clairefromtrollhunters3991]

I believe Hagrid is the perfect embodiment of a griffinpuff

[@kirkt3970]

AAH

[@olliee478]

👏👏👏👏

[@nickskuza6036]

Neville too

[@Sofia-kw9wq]

*Ye, my bff is a griffinpuff.* *Oim a 'pure' Ravenclaw.*

[@Allie-rs8yk]

Gryffindor, Slytherin, Raven-Claw,and Hufflepuff I am pretty sure ravenclaw is one word lol

[@lucashuss5957]

1. Snape 2. Luna 3. Newt (Kinda) 4. TONKS!!!! 5. Cedric (Even more kinda) ("KILL THE SPARE!!") If you ask me I think old Voldy is quite the duffer... (I'm a Hufflepuff)

[@smolone1623]

Cho (kinda) Professor sprout (kinda) Professor flitwick (again kinda)

[@bess5673]

Hi fellow huffelpuff

[@amandadebara8612]

Also Slughorn people forget about him. He was never a death eater and he fought for the good guys. sure he made some mistakes but everyone does!

[@MsWatismyname]

I think Voldemort is a secret Gryffindor. He likes grandeur a bit too much and doesn't really plot all that well..

[@carlrood4457]

Ever wonder what half the population thought of this Slytherin/Gryffindor War?

[@ANONYMOUS-sl2mj]

We can obviously tell that Hagrids a hufflepuff. I mean when you look at the other houses it might be like “oh he could be a gryffindor” but hes just such a huge softie and trusts people and cares for them. The cutest moment was probably when he was sad about sending the baby dragon he found in the first movie to Romania. “What if he doesn't like it there, what if the other dragons are mean to him.” Like that's a hufflepuff for sure.

[@MountainFisher]

Hagrid treated many of his pets selfishly. When Aragog sensing the Basilisk in the castle begged Hagrid to let him go, Hagrid selfishly kept a terrified Aragog locked up in a box. Hagrid often did selfish things. Like keeping a dragon he could not continue to care for and endangering Ron, Hermione and Harry. Hagrid's monster fixation often put students in danger. When it came to dangerous creatures Hagrid was selfish and just as often endangered his creatures. Under his instructions Hagrid darn near got Harry and Ron killed by giant spiders. Started with boxes of Skrewts ended up with two. Hagrid often did what he wanted regardless of danger to students or pets. If not for Ron's brother who could take his dragon how many students could have got hurt if it got loose? Hagrid utterly refused to believe it would hurt anyone even after Ron was bitten by it and had to go to the hospital wing. Borderline sociopath if you cannot or will not see the harm you cause to others.

[@coltonstewart8698]

​@MountainFisher Hagrid cared for the monsters so deeply and could only (in his mind) keep them safe in his care. His "acts of selfishness" are just him being dumb. Noone has ever accused Hagrid of being too smart. He did those things not because of some grand plan to own them or to be selfish, it is because he truly believed that he could provide the best life for them. 🖤💛🖤💛 Hufflepuff 100%

[@yu-gi-ohcasual6294]

JKR: Hey, this stuff I'm saying after the books have been out for a while is cano- Everybody, even the fans: Sure, JK, sure.

[@inacruz5709]

I think this should also apply to the cursed child-

[@mikshinee87]

@@inacruz5709 The Cursed Child is a cash grab that JK didn't even have to write, wouldn't you say? Easy money.

[@inacruz5709]

@@mikshinee87 I haven’t thought of that.. It is... Wow.

[@mikshinee87]

@@inacruz5709 She always was a shrewd businesswoman, not that there is anything wrong with it. After all, she started out as a single mother writing down her ideas on napkins and ended up richer than the Queen. It's just... don't BS us with stuff about stories you wanted to tell but couldn't until "The Cursed Child" came along, okay, JK ? Many of us aren't children anymore.

[@parkerschmitt1594]

@@inacruz5709 that was just a dream...later he wakes up to the nightmare that someone in the muggle world made a musical about his kid.

[@dentskull977]

Any Ravenclaws?

[@mochievious1552]

ME

[@derekq337]

Present

[@jcdeleon741]

shhhhhhhh, no Ravenclaw waste time on social media, I am Ravenclaw though

[@anaelizarraras7276]

Meee

[@lettuce8635]

Hello

[@geniusiq.]

I feel like hagrid had to be in slytherin *because how can professor dipit even think he was the Heir to slytherin if he was not in slytherin*

[@matthiaslenzen460]

How could he Think it was aragog when acromantulas dont even get that old ? Its because he is the fudge of hogwarts headmasters !

[@lost7149]

@Lyla Pattin I mean... he can speak Parseltongue... y'know someting Salazar's descendants are known for

[@greenmouli]

I just replied with the same argument and scrolled down to realize there was already one. :) I totally agree with you. I had the exact same thoughts. I think there are certain things that make people believe in instantly. If Hagrid were a Slytherin and was accused of opening the The Chamber of Secrets, people would think twice to believe in that fact than if he were a Gryffindor and was accused of having opened the chamber.

[@greenmouli]

@Lyla Pattin Harry was believed to be one because he was a parselmouth. Otherwise people would hardly doubt him being the heir of Slytherin.

[@cheeseboi8769]

My logic

[@adrianahazlett3961]

I personally think Hagrid was in Hufflepuff. Not only is he incredibly hardworking and loyal (like the video points out), but I feel like there is a connection between being in Hufflepuff and loving magical creatures. Newt Scamander was in Hufflepuff and he was very fond of magical creatures, and broke school rules to take care of them or study them in some way, just like Hagrid. This doesn't necessarily mean that Hagrid was in Hufflepuff, but there is a similarity. I see the points that Hagrid could be in Slytherin, and that could be possible, but I just think that on a personality basis, Hagrid has the most Hufflepuff traits than the other houses.

[@thomashonjr]

"Unless you're one of those people who's like, "Voldemooore." Y'mean like JKR?

[@cornelia4838]

I mean considering it's french we are saying it wrong. I can't switch though it's been too long.

[@alearnedman]

She should have clarified that someone working on the movies then, and she also had many appearances before that tweet claiming the "T" is silent where she does pronounce it. And the fact that Riddle came up with the name by making an anagram of his own name that has a hard "T" as the very first letter also lends to the idea that you should pronounce the "T", and if not he's just pretentious AF.

[@aalin5701]

@@alearnedman ok I've now got an image of a drunk Snape complaining to Dumbledore that Voldermort is pretentious af. Thank you for giving the seeds for that image

[@dradel2050]

Fun fact: I first read the Harry Potter books in french and Voldemort's name is so french that I thought it was a traduction, and I was amazed with the traductors who had come with a name for Voldemort who also fit with Tom's real name.

[@jayjaythejetplane5390]

JKR lost her author privileges long ago for stuff like this

[@lindseyschiro6668]

Here's the thing. This is a fabulous theory. Well-researched and it makes alot of sense. BUT I think you thought it out better than J.K Rowling did tbh. I think you are seeing connections that J.K. Rowling may not have intended to be there (so kudos there cause damn this is well thought out and well connected) However I think there are a few problems with your theory. First of all, even though I know that sorting is partly about values and where you wanna be placed I really could not see Hagrid in Slytherin at all. Even though it would be cool if he were, I can't see it. He's not ambitious at all really, nor is he cunning, resourceful, or self-preserving. Despite this, it COULD be possible that maybe his values do align with Slytherin, even if his traits do not, but I highly doubt it based on what we know of him. In fact his values and traits fit perfectly with Hufflepuff as you said: he's loyal, hardworking, dedicated. Additionally those pieces of evidence you brought up could be debunked - Hufflepuff is also in the basement for one, Hagrid is the only one with giant blood so of course he would stand out a bit, the Slytherin heir suspection thing might have been because he was a giant and people have been shown to be a bit giant- hating PLUS he did have a giant spider sooooo its not much of a leap and people would have discarded the Slytherin heir thing in light of that information, plus any of these points, though cleverly put and interesting to think of, are just circumstantial and cannot be taken as hard evidence. So we kind of have a mess here. Ravenclaw is out for sure, but J.K. Rowling says Gryffindor, some circumstantial evidence suggests Slytherin, and Hagrid's own personality and values suggest Hufflepuff. So heck, there's a bit of weight in all three. Personally though? I think all the evidence definitely fits him best in Hufflepuff. And I think you might have a sliiiight bias towards Slytherin especially since there are not many good characters represented in Slytherin (which I get you on honestly.. there needs to be more) But overall? Really interesting theory. Keep doing these. They are always fun to watch and make me think! - A Ravenclaw who very much enjoyed this video!

[@FulcanMal]

I would argue that Hagrid is resourceful and ambitious. He always manages to acquire extremely rare creatures by making connections with people. Not to mention that he managed to get a job as grounds keeper at a school from which he was expelled after supposedly causing a students death, and a school that teaches magic despite him not being allowed to use magic. This suggests both resourcefulness, and ambition.

[@MsWatismyname]

He tends to get the restricted creatures in Knockturne Alley, sometimes helped by an outside plotting force. He was hired again as groundskeeper since Professor Dumbledore didn't believe in his guilt and thus hired him out of pity. In my opinion, he would make for a wonderful Hufflepuff an awkard Slytherin.

[@ori5021]

Fulcan -that is maybe becouse dumbledore hellped him. and not becouse of his ambition. and Liendsey - i couldn't have made this argument better.

[@ZenaraX]

I agree! I think that there is more of a case for him being in Hufflepuff because it seems to fit his values and his personality (I was actually pretty surprised to learn he wasn't a Huffie). The only justification I feel I can make in favour of Gryffindor is that we don't really know what his values were when he was at Secondary school age as in-depth as we seemingly do for adult Hagrid. His run in with Tom Riddle and getting expelled and banned from using magic, very likely, would have altered his outlook on life and what he values in general. I think he can be resourceful and ambitious (I think to do the work he does without magic he would definitely have to be resourceful in any case), but I would also make an argument that people's actual skills don't really matter so much with the house choices, as we saw with the golden trio and even the Marauders, it seems to come down to values first and foremost.

[@Nortarachanges]

I agree that Hagrid fits the personality of Hufflepuff NOW, but maybe he was a more ambitious eleven year old. Numero Uno on my list of why the Sorting Hat is garbage. I always assumed he was a Slytherin because of the Tom Riddle knowing so much about him and he’s keeping a pet in the dungeons thing anyway. Didn’t know about Pottermore. If he was a Gryffindor, why choose the dungeons as a hiding place? It would make more sense to keep Aragog in like a nook on the roof or somewhere in a tower room or even the Room of Requirement. That thing shows up for anything ^_^

[@cupcakepink1299]

I think Hagrid could have been a Hufflepuff because the Hufflepuff common room was by the kitchen. Thus making the trip to the dungeons would also not be as far away as the Gryffindor tower is.

[@msk-qp6fn]

i totally forgot that the hufflepuff common room was underground like slytherins'!

[@vanessapatterson6583]

Cupcake Pink129 i feel like the dungeon argument isnt very compelling considering hagrid would want to have aragog as far away from regular clases and a lot of people as possible. The dungeon makes sense!

[@cupcakepink1299]

Vanessa Patterson I know that Hagrid would want aragog away from others. Just with the argument that is given in the video, I don't believe that Hagrid could possibly be in Slytherin. I think that his personality points towards him either being in Gryffindor or Hufflepuff.

[@Mr224465]

Cupcake Pink129 Just like Peter Petigrew's personality points towards him being a Gryffindor? No, wait.

[@cupcakepink1299]

Luka_NoOne I have no idea why Peter Pettigrew was in Gryffindor when he should have been in Slytherin. I think that if Hagrid's giant side came into it, then because his human/wizard side of him was so kind and gentle, he would have to be Hufflepuff not Slytherin!

[@backonlazer791]

Yea, I don't really like how almost everyone important was a Gryffindor. This theory is awesome, makes sense, and doesn't conflict with anything, so I'm just going to regard it as canon.

[@FancyGeeks]

J! You didn't ask the most important question! How good is Hagrid at finding things?

[@avengingThuban]

Finding Harry is literally the first thing we ever see Hagrid do. In fact, Dumbledore seems to be so confident in Hagrid's ability to find things that he constantly sends him on retrieval errands, #HufflepuffConfirmed

[@caliecat8275]

avengingThuban actually he's a Gryffindor look up Hagrid pottermore It should be the top result in his info it saus he was a Gryffindor

[@FancyGeeks]

calie cat: So... didn't watch the video, huh?

[@dumont7478]

Honestly though, it makes a lot more sense for Hagrid to have been in Hufflepuff.

[@maxx.6994]

And since they are in the basement, he could have made the trip downstairs without detection

[@samanthaguyer9381]

Exactly!

[@littleearth488]

Dumont ikr yeah

[@beatrixthegreat1138]

he does fit the qualities... he cares a lot about animals like Newt did, he is a hard worker, he's loyal as hell...

[@dumont7478]

really? do you know which one?

[@Yuffie]

At first when you said Slytherin, I was like "No. Definitely not. I love my fellow Slytherins, but he's not a Slytherin." Then I realized the Chamber of Secrets and you started explaining why you thought this and everything clicked. XD

[@kelly2716]

Issie Coleman Hello fellow Slytherin, I too am a Slytherin!

[@otterstarwarriorcats889]

Hello other slytherins.

[@EchoUnraveling]

@@kelly2716 Hello fellow proud Slytherins

[@achyuththouta6957]

@@EchoUnraveling stinking Slytherin . Full of twisted old loonies. I'd leave Hogwarts if I were sorted into Slytherin. Imagine being a Slytherin. It would be so horrible

[@tngtrivedi]

@@achyuththouta6957 sheesh, not all Slytherins a bad. There are so just many examples I can give: 1. Severus Snape 2. Regalus Black 3. Merlin 4. Horace Slughorn Anyhow, I might be a bit biased as I myself am a Slytherin, but to say they're all bad is like calling all Gryffindors as idiots.

[@lucaslesmes]

Some may already know this but the reason why Hagrid could not just perform magic to complete his duties was because well, he was not actually allowed to do magic due to his incompletion of education at Hogwarts. After Hagrid was accused of opening the Chamber of Secrets from being found out by Tom Riddle (Voldemort) he was expelled. After his wand was snapped by Dumbledore (not to mention the one person convinced that he was innocent) it was later repaired in secret by Dumbledore with the use of the Elder Wand and hidden in the form of a pink umbrella (seen in the first movie). Filch as many know is a squib, a person born by 2 wizards who is not able to perform magic, essentially a muggle pureblood. That being the reason Filch could not just use magic. I also do know that someone else could have done it but that would take out the purpose of their jobs.

[@ayanaq3825]

JK. Rowling said Hagrid was in Griffindoor , plus in the flash back when Tom Riddle blamed Hagrid for opening the chamber of secrets Hagrid is wearing a Griffindoor tye

[@loganpribil3774]

C&A Forevermore yep

[@autumnh9225]

C&A Forevermore exactly and I THINK they said in the books too.

[@samjtdrew]

ItzAtomic yes they are

[@dr521]

C&A Forevermore He was wearing a Gryffindor tie? We all know the movies are stupid. They put Padma Patil in Gryffindor and left out the potion riddle, among many, many other things.

[@Nowheremanmoran]

Also, who's flashback is it? Is that person presuming? Remembering wrong? Harry might presume he's in griffindor, Voldemort might refuse to remember a half giant could become an ambitious slitherin - the people he was housed with would reflect his own grouping.

[@cevest_blirobo7308]

When you’re a Slytherin: Hagrid’s a Slytherin.

[@MrMarinus18]

I do think Hagrid had a strong desire to prove himself a wizard given his mother. I think the houses are that Slytherins want to make their superiors proud of them, or make a crowd proud of them. Hufflepuffs want to help their fellows and support them. Ravenclaws want to show off themselves and their abilities. Griffondors want to prove themselves and show they can defy the odds. Dumbledore always looked more like a ravenclaw to me. At least when he was young he was obsessed with his abilities. His plans with Grindelwald for a wizard ruled world were very theoretical. Harry would indeed be hard to put since he has attributes of all four. He wants to prove himself a wizard to his parents, he wants to help his friends, he wants to show off his skills and he wants to defy the odds. Griffondor and Slytherin have the thing in common that they focus on others but there is a crucial difference. Slytherin's try to work up to their superiors while Griffondors try to work against their superiors. Most Griffondor's are quite defiant and self assured therefore. While Malfoy can talk a big game he almost always acts through someone else. When in the sixth book he has to stand on his own he seriously struggles. The heads of house really define them as well. Especially Magonacle, while she is strict she also can be extremely defiant if she wants to. For example when the Dursley's wanted to stop Harry she took it as a challenge and only after considerable effort did she use Hagrid to just brute force the letter in. More so against Umbridge when she was by far the most defiant of them. Even against Dumbledore who she reveres she is not afraid to voice disapproval. Such as when Dumbledore left him with the Dursley's. She advised against it and that it would be better to keep him with Sirius. Slughorn also is classic Slytherin in how he wants to feel he is important and others admire him. He wants to feel that wizards in higher positions then himself still look up to him.

[@urmommassogae]

marinus18 woah ok boomer

[@jitaamesuluma9730]

he could never be a slytherin and i always get sorted there , most likely because as i said i descend from people called black and prince , he is only half wizard and he is not able to have the pride needed to be slytherin

[@Adisikeeee]

DUN DUN DUN

[@Rachel-uy7pv]

Cevest_Blirobo lol

[@annabethchasesimp6816]

It’s scary how much sense this makes. J had me and I was pretty convinced the whole vid but when he mentions how he was captured during the battle it just blew my mind because I’ve always wondered about that too

[@bethmackenzie9954]

Hagrid is half Giant. In Order Of The Phoenix, spells and curses fired at him by Umbridge, et al just bounce off due to his Giant blood.

[@gaventovar5820]

Also in the Sorcerer’s Stone Hagrid says to Harry when discussing Voldemort “Well, some say he died. Codswallop in my opinion. Nope, I reckon he's still out there, too tired to carry on” Hagrid obviously must have seen Tom Riddle’s skill as a Wizard in school and knew that a wizard that was as skilled as Tom was wouldn’t let themselves be killed just like that and Hagrid rightly suspected that his old friend was still alive

[@brittanya.7063]

Well JKR also says Cursed Child is canon even though that doesn't add up, and I don't know any Potterhead that counts it truly as the 8th book, so I'm completely on board with your theory. It makes the most sense, there's no plot holes in it. No offense to Gryffindors, but Hagrid to me seems like someone that doesn't like attention. Also, he spent a long time trying to convince people that magical creatures aren't inherently bad, and I can see him trying to fight against the Slytherin stereotype in his youth. In my opinion there's no way he wasn't a Slytherin. If he was a Gryffindor he wouldn't have done so many tasks alone, like going to talk to giants with only the Beauxbatons woman and taking care of Aragog; imo that's a Slytherin thing, they tend to take care of business without drawing attention to themselves. And he's not a pureblood wizard I don't think, so maybe that's why he got so hurt when Malfoy called Hermione a mudblood. Maybe he was called that as well.

[@brittanya.7063]

Cloi Coleman I could see that. I could also see him having resentment though-- maybe seeing his friends get recruited made him bitter as he got older? I'm not really sure, I just know I don't support JKR's answer ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@karenilich]

NOT ALL gryffindors seek atention! Harry is an example of that!

[@Rattys]

In context, he said that all of Voldemort's followers were Slytherin. If he were in Slytherin, this would be from first hand experience watching Riddle build his group. It also would explain why he would hate Slytherins so much when they ruined his life, had him expelled, and wanted nothing to do with him.

[@Janoha17]

Brittany A. Tom Riddle was a Prefect, someone in a position of authority and trust, which Tom gleefully abused to get away with murder, and take away one of the few things Hagrid had left. (His mother had long since left, and his father had died the previous summer. Hagrid had only three things: His wand, his home at Hogwarts, and Aragog. Tom Riddle took all those away from him just to cover up his own crimes.) A Slytherin ruined Hagrid's life, and he had to watch as most of his classmates became Dark wizards who followed that Slytherin. Is it any wonder he says most Dark Wizards are from Slytherin? He knows better than most that true evil has been spawned by that house.

[@lucbrink-morrison5593]

Of course he’s not pure blood. He’s half GIANT half human

[@corlee1714]

HARRY DID JA PUT YO NAME IN DA GOBLET OF FAYA

[@anastasia8659]

Dumbledore asked calmly

[@sarahgbarber]

But not in the movie

[@zaxer1waxer1]

relevant profile pic

[@meganbumpus1973]

• CorleeKat • no

[@atlasdudson6928]

• CorleeKat • lol

[@ActiveAdvocate1]

I am an extremely proud Hufflepuff and I WISH we could claim this fan favourite for ourselves, but I'm almost positive that Rowling states somewhere in one of the books that Hagrid was in Gryffindor. However, and this is a big however, he has SO many of the Hufflepuff traits that I value. I wonder if he could have been a Hat Stall?

[@crunchybilly_3964]

SoulFire39 yees

[@Stark-Raving]

Except, there's a canon list of hatstalls if I recall correctly.

[@ToadSlaysStool]

If Rowling had stated he was Gryffindor in one of her books, she needn't have clarified what house Hagrid was a part of in an interview.

[@markleavitt3297]

These are the kind of hufflepuffs that I like👍

[@Khamiru]

SoulFire39 nope your right. Hagrid is in Gryffindor. For the longest time I thought he was a Hufflepuff

[@Lucythankshun]

Also I think Tom knew of Hagrid because he was a prime candidate who could be framed considering his love for beasts and that he had Aragog. Basements near dungeons and their species likes dark and damp which Hagrid would so go out of his way to make it right for Aragog :) I think I do think he’s hufllepuff btw

[@OriginalJayByrd]

It's a quick no, I would say. You're reading a bit too much in to it imo. If he isn't gryfindor, he's hufflepuff. It's the only two houses where he fits the characteristics. He doesn't fit slytherin, he's neither ambitious or power-hungry. Voldemort is very clever an will have kept an eye on anything out of the ordinary, and I think everyone in school knew hagrid.

[@merlinsghost756]

Harry was almost sorted into slytherin and he was neither ambitious or power hungry. From appearances the only reason he did not want to be a slytherin was because he did not want to be around people like draco.

[@spicyjimbo3605]

Harry was almost sorted into slytherin because he had a part of Voldemort inside of him.

[@katwatson007]

Tom Riddle was too smart and too cunning. He knew he needed a scapegoat, and he probably knew about the spider and Hagrid as soon as Hagrid had it, for late-night dungeon dwelling sessions he did himself. Easy to spot Hagrid sneaking around, and bam! Perfect scapegoat.

[@dhdusidjdjso]

true i dont know why the whole scchool woudln't know a oversizd kid

[@swuid.]

The Original JayByrd AND HES NOT A PURE BLOOD HES HALF GIANT!!! so he CANT be in slytherin

[@cartersessal4551]

Slytherin? No, Hufflepuff fits way better for him :)

[@crunchybilly_3964]

AustrianFanof TheKedosZone yeh

[@cassandragidney7682]

The kitchens were in the dungeons too, weren't they? If I remember correctly they were and the Hufflepuff common room was right next to the kitchens.

[@ellaramer5761]

AustrianFanof TheKedosZone exactly!

[@rurikvolkov2810]

He's a Gryffindor end of it all

[@xavierr8308]

You know what the way Tom and Hagrid spoke to each other always gave me the feeling that they were some kind of roommates

[@syralina]

xavier r oh my god they were roommates

[@madz7245]

And they were roommates

[@carsonwolff121]

Only house members of the same year room together

[@cryssiortiz6977]

😱

[@anthonychiperuniverse4923]

now yos said that a lot of fanficts of that is coming, than you -_-

[@blackpinklover5457]

Heroes in Harry Potter who aren't in Gryffindor : Luna, Snape, Slughorn, Flitwick, Kingsley, Tonks, Sprout, Cedric, Cho, Mr. Ollivander, Promfey ( I think ), Fleur and Krum, and other student in Dumbledore's Army and Order of the Pheonix who aren't Gryffindor. And Literally * *Rowena Ravenclaw, Helga Hufflepuff* *

[@samuelhall7214]

Regulus was in Slytherin, but he turned out good in the end!

[@curtisdunn2909]

Horace Slughorn as well.

[@catfish1616]

@@curtisdunn2909 And Snape, Andromeda and Narcissa were ok.

[@XXmidgetzzXX13]

Merlin was put into Slytherin also

[@francespowell6923]

Being less evil isn't necessarily "good".

[@lincselo]

The whole theory is based on the location of Hagrid's spider, but you know which common room is close to the dungeons? The Hufflepuff's, next to the kitchen, which is under the great hall, so under the surface as well.

[@phenextears5140]

I like this idea. And maybe he was good friends with the house elves (likely!), and maybe they helped him get around even with the heightened security.

[@marjoleindupree7926]

It would be nice of Hagrid was friends with the House- Elves, but then why is he against S.P.E.W. so much?

[@Ingemaja]

Marjolein du Pree I believe Winky gave us the answer to this one: house elves live to serve. Every house elf at Hogwarts were fired by their masters, at least as far as I know (please correct me if I’m wrong, the last time I read the books were 7,5 years ago). The elves see it as an honour when they have someone to serve, and they (I’m not including Dobby right now) don’t want any kind of payment for doing so. Hagrid knows a lot about magical creatures: diets, natural habitat, values etc... he probably knew what elves would think of SPEW. Seeing as SPEW kinda broke their moral and honorary code, they would dislike it. Hagrid were against SPEW because he knew that most elves would be offended by it

[@marjoleindupree7926]

Ingemaja That can indeed be the case. It makes sense. But the House- Elves don't know any better. I agree with Hermoine on the whole S.P.E.W. thing. But of course, Hagrid would believe that they didn't want it, for he would know them well. So I guess it makes sense, yeah.

[@SamFlanders1]

Exactly what I was thinking, the Hufflepuff common room is in the dungeons too! I always thought of Hagrid as a Hufflepuff, no matter what J.K. Rowling said in some interviews afterwards. Hagrid is fiercely loyal and accepts everyone, as you can see in his treatments of magical creatures. He's a bit like Newt Scamander in that (who is a Hufflepuff) :)

[@hauntedteethcupboard]

"guys, its cool. well make him drag the trees"

[@williamozier918]

counter-theory: Swagrid was in gryffindor, but during that time Tom Riddle did try to get Hagrid within his early forming inner circle. Maybe as a set up to frame Hagrid the whole time, or realizing Hagrid was a softie then framed him.

[@pattymathes-nelsonstlnflt6865]

Hagrid could not be a slytherin. And yes, Tom Riddle would know who he was... after all he was a half giant... how many people you think would NOT know who Hagrid was. It would have been hard to miss him. A six foot tall 1st year... yeah he would be quite hard to notice... NOT. And before I forget... Cedric Diggory and Newt Scamander were also Hufflepuffs... as I am.

[@XxXSelenjaXxX]

But they were not in the Order of the Phoenix

[@dynawesome]

Yeah just because he was hufflepuff/gryffindor doesn't mean he couldn't help voldemort look at Pettigrew

[@rurikvolkov2810]

He's a Gryffindor end of it all and as a fellow half giant and Gryffindor we fit it well

[@trombonegamer14]

Evidence?

[@dynawesome]

Jack Marlow it's quite obvious. Imagine seeing a 6ft 6th grader.

[@keirarush9505]

I'm convinced. I also think JK Rowling is biased to Gryffindor. She naturally makes every strong character that because she identifies closely to them.

[@marissareimer7572]

Keira Rush just saying I saw an interview were she said she is a huffelpuff not saying your wrong lol just letting you know

[@amypuri5695]

Marissa Reimer actually she is a gryffindor but her favorite house is hufflepuff

[@lauraportillo8193]

Keira Rush actually she prefer Hufflepuff 😂

[@keirarush9505]

I think her actions speak louder. She says she prefers hufflepuff but there is little to no representation of them in the books.

[@marissareimer7572]

I thought she said she was hufflepuff in the interview I could be wrong tho 😁

[@cherryquartz810]

Spoiler alert for Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban: Peter Pettigrew is a villain and he's in Gryffindor

[@actuallyash2438]

Aqua Marine Yea peter doesn’t make sense because he’s a coward...definitely not Gryiffindor(y) (Brave) Tbh he is more of a Ravenclaw or Slytherin

[@kaysu4540]

That’s because the rest of the marauders were in gryffindore and he didn’t possess the rest of the traits of the other houses...

[@sieannaeller5235]

Was the sorting hat high that day?

[@dogmaniac1238]

@@sieannaeller5235 maybe because he sorted Sirius into Gryfinndor even though his family were sorted into slytherin

[@mgthale]

Maybe Peter had met the others on the train to Hogwarts and desperately wanted to be in the same house as them... the hat does take personal wishes into account

[@randyjenkins6165]

Hagrid also has apparently no issues going into Knockturn Alley as well. Maybe it’s because of his size that he’s generally left alone but perhaps his possible former Slytherin status allows for the others there (mostly dark wizards and witches) to regardlessly accept him.

[@marythomas29]

J, I think you were too convincing with your Hufflepuff argument. Most of the comments I'm seeing are "Hagrid is a total Hufflepuff!" Personally, I believe the Slytherin idea, because it fits _perfectly_ in the story. Plus, Slytherins are intensely loyal to those who have earned their trust, like Dumbledore and Harry. He no longer felt any loyalty to Slytherin house after seeing the ways it had treated others and himself. And don't say Hagrid doesn't have ambition! It's pretty dang ambitious to: 1) Buy a dragon egg and try to raise it in a wooden house without any help 2) Be expelled in the *third year* and somehow become gamekeeper, then manage to get whatever qualifications needed to teach students (hello, they're not going to let just anyone teach). 3) Barter with giants and live near them 4) Travel home alone with one of said giants and manage not to die 5) Attempt to teach said giant English 6) ACTUALLY SUCCEED at a lot of this. I'm fully convinced.

[@dominickeijzer5844]

An ambition is something you want to do. Him wanting to get expelled is unlikely.

[@thetertinator9562]

Vold Ravenclaw Are you saying Hagrid didn't want baby Norbet?!

[@dominickeijzer5844]

Norbert was only a plot tool to introduce the Centaurs.

[@beepboop3529]

I disagree partly with number two, Dumbledore would let anyone teach. Look at the DADA teachers throughout the years, *almost* every teacher has a reason why "hey maybe I shouldn't hire them" JK Hagrid's great and I agree with you

[@awkwardathena434]

I see your point, personally, I think you got your point across better than J did because I stand by the Hufflepuff theory strongly and yet you got me to rethink my point where as J did not. Great job.

[@501stCloneStudios]

I think he is a Hufflepuff, because he is friendly and hard-working, and (like he said) he is loyal to Dumbledore.

[@emeraldemperor2601]

YAS

[@sergeyoneill1344]

Well, Hermione exhibits a lot of Ravenclaw traits. People argue that Ron could be in Hufflepuff (something I don't agree with). Finally, let's look at the big man himself, Dumbledore. A man who exhibits traits from all four houses and represents a united Hogwarts, is still a Gryffindor.

[@asafupps]

"We'll make him drag the trees" xDDDDD

[@rurikvolkov2810]

And he won't care

[@thefanwithoutaface8105]

Hufflepuff is the only choice that makes any kind of sense, Hagrid isn't especially cunning or ambitious, so Slytherin is out, He's not insanely smart, so Ravenclaw doesn't make sense, and while he is brave to a certain extent giving his desire to work with dangerous animals, I seriously doubt that's the kind of Bravery they are looking for.