The Slytherin PARADOX Explained | Harry Potter Film Theory

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Any chance of any tours to the UK?

[@tanishaasederali6882]

What if Neville never lost his toad

[@Wryven28]

Thank you for this you guys. This message means a lot.

[@Spiderfan3261]

@@tanishaasederali6882 bro just found out the new series What if Neville never lost his toad

[@adamrobinson6951]

I've seen more kids worried about being in Hufflepuff than Slitherin. Whilst the books eventually try to highlight Hufflepuff as friendly and loyal, the general vibe given is that they're the ones that "take the rest". Does any kid really want to be told they aren't brave, smart, cunning or ambitious?

[@TheCuriousLo]

As a Hufflepuff, I love it lol Loyal, friendly and kind. I'm happy with those defining traits.

[@crawdaddy2004]

I have a friend, who is a pharmacist, get Hufflepuff. She was disappointed when she told me. I’m said something like, “You realize Hufflepuff is the most important house, right? They’re the ones who stop the other three houses from killing each other. Hufflepuffs are the ones who make sure every kid gets the same size piece of cake at a birthday party. They make sure that everyone is heard. They’re the ones who make sure the shy kid in the corner gets noticed.”

[@thon5941]

Bro I would've hated being sorted into ravenclaw. They seemed useless in the books and I remember imagining them being like hermione but not brave or nice just brainy

[@crawdaddy2004]

@@thon5941 I agree that many of us Ravenclaws can be insufferable d*uche monkeys… myself included.

[@MarinaTilich]

@@thon5941 *Cough Ravenclaws are not like that. Have you forgotten Luna?

[@triforceofcourage100]

The problem of being in protagonist, evil, Luna’s house, or yellow.

[@robfab5204]

Hahaha

[@codydues8708]

Luna's House!

[@insertclevernamehere1186]

Yeeeeeelloooooow

[@CrashCubeZeroOne]

Perfect description.

[@beagc2859]

Luna's house ftw 🦅

[@zatar123]

The What if Harry Potter was in Slitherin story you guys did does a wonderful job of showing what it really means to be a Slitherin.

[@SuperCarlinBrothers]

Thank you so much! 🐍

[@blaze048]

That explains why i love it so much

[@zainiaz07]

Bro, I love the hidden message of this video. Thank you, guys, for acknowledging this paradox.

[@mattlucier9740]

Can’t believe a channel like this would call out “woke culture” like that, but I’m all for it!

[@gilconnelly3782]

This feels kinda like the Stanford Prison Experiment, where the guards, who were supposedly good, did terrible things to the prisoners. Very similar situation.

[@veezopolis]

My god you have brain worms ​@mattlucier9740

[@vicenteabalosdominguez5257]

​@@gilconnelly3782 wasn't that experiment a sham, with the guards being actively encouraged to treat the prisoners poorly?

[@resathe6760]

@@mattlucier9740 If you think those guys are anti woke you haven't watched the channel much

[@dgarner2693]

There is at least one dark wizard from Hufflepuff in universe. Eunon Blackwood. He lived in the Middle Ages and was a horticulturist who killed muggles.

[@kyellverdonschot9922]

Also Zacharias Smith, worst villain ever, because I had to read about him

[@janelleramler6440]

I just learned about Eunon. That’s crazy.

[@chrisblanc663]

As one does.

[@ToxicNyteShade]

I miss pottermore I was around when they first launched , the potions class and spell casting was SOOO ahead of their time for a flash games

[@Aelffwynn]

I remember Hufflepuff was always winning the house cup, which was so funny because they never got close in the books. 💀

[@dandereninja4750]

I remember that the Slytherin welcome message used to mention that even Hufflepuff had its own dark wizard.

[@TheKingDreamerLB]

And the interactive book

[@delilahs8037]

I miss it too :( it was so fun and then for whatever reason they decided to change it and I'm still sad about it

[@angelux2793]

Omg yes and planting and cultivating your own mandrake!

[@stuffingtonjfluffypantsiii]

What about the Hufflepuff Paradox? even the sorting hat in it's song labeled Hufflepuff as the house you get put in when nothing else fits. the Overflow House if you will (and this is coming from a Hufflepuff. I admit when I was sorted into Hufflepuff at first I was disappointed. Then I got used to it. Now I have great pride in calling myself a Hufflepuff)

[@yuurou7927]

Fellow Hufflepuff here. The interesting part is that if you're brave, ambitious, and persue knowledge at the same time, you'll be sorted into Hufflepuff. People misunderstood what it means to be a Hufflepuff, or what the house stands for -- inclusion and unity. Being loyal is one of the more talked about traits of Hufflepuff, the reason is "unity despite differences" requires loyalty and trust.

[@williamolohan1089]

lol nerd hufflepuffs

[@6316]

same here

[@chrisblanc663]

I always liked Hufflepuff. They embodied acceptance, friendship, hard work and fair play. All valuable attributes, and crucial for harmony and a thriving society. You might guess which house I was sorted into. 😅

[@andrewgelos9778]

Dimension 20’s Misfits and Magic season 1 addresses this with their Hufflepuff analog, Chimeron. Go goat house. Mess with the goat, you get the horns.

[@bipolarbear7337]

Me: "Just because I'm in Slytherin, doesn't mean I'm a bad guy." 🥺 Also me playing Hogwarts Legacy: "I CAN KILL OVER 6 PEOPLE AT ONCE USING AVADA KEDAVERA?!" 😈

[@jayt9608]

Cool!!

[@fairfathom]

I think that falls into the same logic of "if we all had Lightsabers, we'd definitely hurt ourselves about 4 minutes into owning it"

[@hackmxn]

The real paradox is that unity is not achieved in the books yet it works out in the fandom.

[@GoPterosaur]

That’s so true

[@abraham2172]

It is sort of achieved at the very end with Voldemorts fall, when the Malfoys are not on his side anymore, Harry embracing the house for his son etc.

[@hackmxn]

@@abraham2172 the Malfoys have nothing to do with house unity and even at the end they’re not united with us against Voldemort. All they care about is themselves. They are not on his side anymore but they’re not even against him. And as far as house unity goes nothing changes. Harry loving his son regardless doesn’t change the fact that Slytherin is still a breeding ground for racism and discrimination.

[@gilzineto]

The real paradox is that the book teaches unity while the author preaches anything but unity😂

[@luskaneseprince]

​@@gilzineto Nah she is much more pro unity than the people she stands up against though.

[@SPKunite]

You chose a very interesting time to drop a video with this specific topic😊 You're not tricking me I see you trying to bring together this divided country lol and I love it

[@juanmacias5922]

I'm happy I wasn't the only one to pick up un the subtle topic!

[@sethkeown5965]

I voted for trump

[@hello-lz4xj]

@@sethkeown5965 isn't he a felon

[@iammar1159]

@@sethkeown5965good for you..? Lol

[@jordanbenoit8868]

​@@hello-lz4xj And quickly none were united

[@riluna3695]

That "Fraternity" house trait is interesting, and really gets at the heart of the Paradox. Forming close bonds with the people around you is by no means a bad thing. That's _literally_ what friendship is. But the Slytherins in the book show us how it can be misused. Draco has Crabbe and Goyle (and I guess Blaize?), who work together as friends to lift each other up, by virtue of taking others down. Same with Pansy Parkinson and her unnamed group of girls. They may or may not genuinely like each other (sometimes groups like these do betray each other), but the danger comes not from who you include, but from who you _exclude._ It's sort of a tautology that pretty much everyone in the world does the most that they can do to better the lives of the people they care about. And that careful wording means that it extends even to dangerous people who hurt others for their own gain. They ARE helping everyone they care about. Just themselves, no one else. A lot of the world's horrors come from people hurting each other, because they simply do not care about the feelings of those particular people. Whether they inherently have no empathy (Voldemort), or have had it shut off by intense hatred (Harry's Crucio) or long-standing demonization of other groups (such as Muggle-borns). If you don't care for those people, there is no motivation (other than laws) to avoid hurting those people. Worded this way, a solution to the problem opens up. Not to make other people change, but to allow yourself to. It's easy to say and very hard to do: Care about everyone. Force yourself to, by constantly reminding yourself that other people are complete beings with their own feelings, desires, and life stories, and part of the group of Humans that you share with everyone. Don't get swept up in divisive us-vs-them battles. Don't fall into the trap of thinking that an entire group shares the qualities of one person within that group. They are not a mass of group-members, they are each and every one of them a named character with complete backstory and character arc. Without exception. Keep reminding yourself of this, day after day, and before you know it it will have become second nature, and you will officially have intentionally changed yourself for the better. Though do also remember that being inclusive of everyone does not mean being accepting of everything anyone ever does. There are still people hurting others who need to be stopped. But doing so while understanding that they're a person is going to get you a great deal farther than doing so while thinking of them as an inhuman monster. This also helps you avoid the trap of forgiving horrible behavior from your own friends or allies due to them being "the good guys" and thus necessarily justified. _Everyone's_ harm should be reduced, and the sad truth is that sometimes, the people who like you are the only ones who will bother listening to you.

[@EternalFireseal]

"So, how did your fan group handle all the childish pettiness?" "We grew up."

[@jaredbennett7677]

Hmm, this feels like a very intentional plea for unity in spite of appearances that is also highly topical for today... Good on you guys 😊

[@charlie8379]

"We mist not let one dark shadow tear is apart" Beautifully said ✊️

[@sim771]

Ginny should have been Slytherin in the story, the biggest miss of the series by far. It would have a game changer and added soo much depth to the work

[@graci0maci]

Oh that would be an awesome what if-video!

[@greendemon905]

Not Ginny, Percy. He fits Slytherin like a glove. Extremely ambitious, to the point where he abandons his family for the sake of his career.

[@fairfathom]

Arguably by the time Ron joined or even sooner, the sorting hat was so sick and tired of sorting Weasleys that it probably just was on auto-sort. "Ah! Another Weasley. I know just what to do with you" and all that.

[@umwha]

I agree!! It sure would be a curve ball. It would fit beautifully for Harry’s love to be from slytherin. She’s ambitious, clan centric. She was seduced by Voldemort, and I think she had the potential to be power hungry.

[@carlrood4457]

Dumbledore: We all have to stick together McGonagall: Put the Slytherins in the dungeon.

[@takix2007]

Quirrell : "TROLL! IN THE DUNGEONS!" Dumbledore : "All students follow their prefzcts back to their common rooms"

[@abraham2172]

She didnt do that, read the books.

[@KkeojyeoOW]

She did put them to dungeons just so they don't see their parents in fight possibly dying etc. Thats what I would say was the reason even if everyone was cheering like it was a punishment.

[@aliceanne3952]

Really love this video. Thank you for being genuine, level headed and caring people I can look up to. You're a safe space for me amidst all this craziness ❤ I don't care much for social media and I'm glad I've stayed away from it, but I stick to youtube for channels like yours! Love from a Chicagoan Polak ❤️

[@Jan_Koopman]

Saying all Slitheryns are evil, because Voldemort is like saying all Austrians/Germsns are evil, because Mustacheman.

[@gabrielfiore8847]

I prefer to say that all slitheryns are evil because she who should not be named is a terrible writer.

[@Jan_Koopman]

@gabrielfiore8847 , fair enough

@@gabrielfiore8847 Although I don't like her attitude today, calling her a terrible writer, in the light of us all loving the Harry Potter Series, is a little strong, don't you think.

[@gabrielfiore8847]

Not really. I love the world she built, but when you think about how: - House elfs are slaves that enjoy being slaves and the only person to question this is ridiculed - ALL slitheryns in the 7 books that have any sort of important role in the story, have some kind of bias against muggles/muggle-born - All fat characters are evil - All non-white characters have some kind of racist name (Kingsley Shacklebolt, Cho Chang, Parvati Patil) - The problem in the society that gave origin to Voldemort (the racism against muggles and the belief in wizard supremacy) is not solved by the end of the series (everything just goes back to how it was before Voldemort) Amongst other things that happened in the books. Reading Harry Potter was a great part of my childhood, but looking back, the great message is: fight to keep everything like it is, and fight the problems that arise from this system. If we take a look at Percy Jackson, we see Percy in the end trying to change the problem in the system. All the problems happened because the gods didn't care for their children. So in the end, when offered immortality as a god, Percy asks instead that the gods swear by the river Styx that they care for and claim every single demigod. What I'm saying is that the story could have been much better

[@Jan_Koopman]

@gabrielfiore8847 , amazing take. I love it.

[@Dragosteaa]

Clever, determined, resourceful & a certain disregard for the rules! Power is not automatically greed or stepping on others, power is also love, knowledge & justice. Proud to be Slytherin!

[@jayt9608]

The desire for power as an end is evil, but having ambition is not.only those willing to have us all live the gray lives of endless mundanity would have us believe otherwise. Even in the harsh blandness of the Soviet Union Boris Yeltsin dared to be ambitious, and he nearly toppled the Soviet Union single-handedly during the 1991 coup.

[@marilynlucero9363]

I have a friend who ended up in Slytherin, she's great!

[@katiehoraczek399]

Not so subtle. Nice. I like it

[@crazysasha1374]

It did take me untill the literal last line of the video to get it.

[@nanadroid]

@@crazysasha1374I started understanding it about half way through but I wasn’t sure 100% how it was connected until the end! 😅

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[@ayiza8511]

I got Slytherin when I took the test all those years ago, awesome

[@khodexus4963]

I never had an issue being sorted into Slytherin. They're based on the philosophical principles of water, as in Water Tribe. Family, community, flexibility, adaptability, ambition, cunning, etc. In the books, Harry lived in times where many of those ideals, such as family, had been twisted into things like pureblood supremacy.

[@ariesstorm9577]

I always thought that was kind of prejudice of Harry to assume that at least one Slytherin wouldn’t want to be part of Dumbledore’s Army. Surely that attitude of exclusion is just going to push those Slytherins into the arms of the Death Eaters who will accept them (even if those Slytherins didn’t really want to).

[@abraham2172]

Harry had very good reasons though, even before the foundation of the DA, the strong impression was that Slytherin overall supported Umbridge and her methods, for example her rigorous "defending" the Slytherin seeker and robbing the Gryffindor Quidditch team of three of its best players after they beat the Slytherin team. Looking at how the Slytherins became Inquisition team members and profited massively from it, Malfoys high position within the house and how the DA was eventually ratted out to Umbridge, they likely would have been crushed immediantly if they told any Slytherins of their plans.

[@legendarymermaid]

I've always said that assuming everyone in a certain group is prejudiced without getting to actually know the individuals is in itself a type of prejudice.

[@RAWDEAL064]

​@@legendarymermaidunfortunately, during war (or any conflict like that) you have to be highly selective and there are always indicators. We've learned that lesson over and over and over and over throughout history. Yeah, it sucks to be shunned/excluded because you're linked to (insert group). If you're really that passionate and "for the cause," you'll find another way to assist. Sucks, but that's life

[@AlakaxamM]

The real problem was that the kids were factioned off and he didn't really have a chance to interact with many kids from the Slytherin house aside from Draco's crew. Too bad there wasn't more bonding and team building across house lines built into Hogwarts's curriculum. It seems like a huge failing of Dumpledore and the administration tbh. I get what you're saying and I agree. Ijs, the time to start crossing those lines was before the war even began.

[@zephodb]

Ravenclaw here. :) And no, it didn't cause me to look down at anyone, was a bit older reading the books and understood that was the issue. The 'Core' issue with Slytherins in the Books was they were all part of the 'favor network' of Voldemort. Voldemort, who used the nature of the house against it to put himself on top of the heap. ...however, you want to see the 'good face' of Slytherin, there's simply one thing to show you the good side of Slytherin: His name is Slughorn, the old-boy's-network, the group working to get ahead with the help of your friends at the expense of others, wanting to build such a collections of favors and debts owed between each other that you loose track and just work towards each-other. The 'merit' of wanting the favor-flow very-much can spread to anyone, inside the house or not, like with Slughorn, it is just that all the Slytherins understand how their friendships work: Make yourself of value to other Slytherins and they'll do their best to do it for you as well.

[@Zachfive]

I'd be curious to see a discussion on the Ravenclaw Conundrum- wherein the Ravenclaw rebrand from books to movies leaves fans stuck with the dilemma of only being able to find book-lore inaccurate representation available for purchase from official branding. I suspect that WB will only double down on this with the MAX series, as they won't want to change what they've already invested in.

[@coreyTR27]

THIS! As a Ravenclaw, I've basically given up on buying any official merchandise since I know it won't have the eagle or any bronze. I loved the Ravenclaw shirt the brothers put out that had the bronze eagle in it, but I ended up wearing it so much that the stitching started to unravel. As much as I would like to buy official merch, I just know I won't find anything that I feel truly represents Ravenclaw correctly

[@Margaret-yv9ed]

PREACH!!! I am so glad that SCB makes sure all their house merch is Ravenclaw approved. 🦅🥉 #RemoveTheRaven #BringBackTheBronze

[@WhoreForTheLore]

*me, alone in the corner, hugging my silver raven* 🥺

[@DrFranklynAnderson]

If I ever get to meet MinaLima, THAT is the question I want to ask. Why change the design for the house who will care MOST about the books!

[@imaginepageant]

I think they did already! Maybe it’s called In Defense of Ravenclaw?

[@avaglennon9873]

Round of applause for Isybelle's British accent!

[@itchybelle]

thank you I was so nervous

[@familyfuntv9933]

12:43 if you consider Hogwarts Legacy cannon I think there is a whole mini story about an Evil Hufflepuff.

[@turtleman69420pp]

Yee

[@captaindc3889]

Life isn’t just Gryffindor and Slytherin

[@2fewgames]

wasn't Eunon Blackwood an evil Hufflepuff who built a maze that's responsible for more deaths than Voldemort?

[@djerykhornubis2466]

Timely release of that video... Love to all

[@Spiderfan3261]

How are you How are you feeling… …Like a Slitherin

[@hello-lz4xj]

The most accepting of the slytherins are the Ravenclaws. They can understand some of their qualities. Unlike Hufflepuffs, they don't care how others think, and unlike Gryffindor, they don't think of themselves as the good guys while the slytherins are the bad guys. Ravenclaws are open minded and independent, so obviously they would be fine with slytherins even though they're in the "evil" house

[@jayt9608]

In the books, while each side stands on its own, Gryffindor and Hufflepuff are mostly aligned together while the same holds true with the houses of Ravenclaw and Slytherin. I actually would not be surprised to see that there also tended to be intermarriages between the two factions of each side. The alignments are very like, though each house has qualities that the others can value for themselves.

[@JessicaClark-lq4gw]

I took the Pottermore quiz when i was 11. It came out as Slytherin. I was so disappointed. I immediately set up a new account to take it again and gamed it to get Gryffindor. Looking back on it that was my true Slytherin self coming out.

[@jayt9608]

Lol I have gamed it every time I get on. Mostly I get Slytherin. I wonder why? 😁

[@alisonremusandlil]

Better help is a scam. If you want to see a therapist, find someone who takes your health insurance (or get on a waiting list of a legitimate practice). Better help does not actually provide the services that they advertise as being part of their subscription plan.

[@hunterballard67]

I took the test at 11 and really hoped for Gryffindor. You guessed it, I got Slytherin. I retook it, and got it again. I've taken other tests, and still I'm in Slytherin. And so I started to research and discovered Merlin. By the time I was 11, the Half-Blood Prince was the latest in the series and so I had encountered slughorn, whom I always liked. He wasn't a coward for not wanting to put himself in potential danger, I absolutely would have been the same way. Long story short, I came to terms very quickly and have been giving Slytherin House a good name ever since. Hogwarts graduate 2013

[@fairfathom]

I got Slytherin too, and always saw it as the misunderstood compassionate house. You can't fault someone for not being brave enough to save the world...but willing to do absolutely anything to keep their loved ones safe. Its like back in Covid when people were stockpiling everything.. you know other people might need that more than you.. but you need to look out for your family.

[@CHELE1231000]

I haven’t seen your post in years till now I got notify

[@mayalackman7581]

They have grown A LOT.

[@JitteryJackanape]

Oooh you have a lot to see. I recommend their harry potter podcast through the griffin door. They have gone weekly chapter by chapter and just finished year 3. and their following theories What if Harry was in slytherin What if Dumbledore didn't put on the ring Dumbledores big plan What if James kept kept invisibility cloak What if Neville was the chosen one And their currently ongoing What if Ron was in hufflepuff?

[@chris-hz2wd]

@@JitteryJackanapeexcellent recommendations especially through the gryffindor that podcast makes my Sundays these days ha

[@JitteryJackanape]

@@chris-hz2wd I love it. I save it for Monday morning to start my work shift off right unless one of my other pods gets delayed. Fantastic way to start my week.

[@chris-hz2wd]

@@JitteryJackanape nice good idea to start your work week off on a positive note like through the gryffindor!

[@yatithebeast]

When I took the quiz I was happy that I was sorted into Slytherin. Many of the characters I liked were Slytherin. I actually was hoping that I wouldn’t get Griffindor.

[@chris-hz2wd]

Judging by the results of your guys election across the pond, this was a very much needed video I’d say, well done!

[@OrlyVlogt]

Meta communication 😂

[@claytonsmith5761]

I took the pottermore test and have been a loud & proud Slytherin for the past 6 years 🎉

[@Sepricotaku]

I was always proud to be a Slytherin, I have been sorted into Slytherin every sorting since I was 14.

[@SunriseSunsetK]

Thank you for promoting unity at this time instead of furthering division amongst us. I love this company so much!

[@SweetSlytherinGirl-Jennifer]

There's a reason I always announce myself as a "sweet Slytherin," and this is exactly that reason. I'm just ambitious and resourceful, that's all. I remember being upset at first, but I've since advocated for tolerance of all houses. Great video, J!

[@barbiquearea]

There's no reason to be upset. Snape was ambitious and resourceful, but it didn't prevent him from having a moral backbone and doing the right thing whenever it counted. His love for Lily was the reason he tried to save her life, and then tried to keep Harry safe and protected. He also collaborated with Dumbledore, not to save his own skin or for personal gain, but for the greater good. Not all Slytherins are one note villains. Sometimes even a Gryffindor can out to be bad to the bone as proven by Wormtail.

[@SweetSlytherinGirl-Jennifer]

@barbiquearea Oh, I 100% agree! When I took the test, I will admit I had not read the books yet (have since read them several times), nor had all the movies come out (only up to Goblet or OotP, I think, and now I watch them all annually). So my view of Slytherin was very skewed and narrow at that point. I think that was J's point. Now, I am very proud to be a Slytherin, and even have the crest tattooed on my arm!

[@ASLTheatre]

I remember as a kid taking the quiz and got Slytherin. Then retook it so I wouldn't be labeled as a “bad guy”. Now as an adult I thought about myself and my life choices. Why I choose and did the things I did. Made me realize I am Slytherin because of my Focus and Determination. Yes the other traits are still there but Slytherin traits are prominent.

[@handsomesquidward2665]

To be fair, the sorting hat does take your choice into account.

[@jayt9608]

I had a supervisor who was very bad about trying to turn people against one another and then removing the "weakest link". Not to brag, but I was one of three people to last his tenure and now have had his position longer than he did. I have also been the second person to break the "two year curse" on this position, which was that the average a supervisor lasted was two years. Having and valuing Slytherin traits is not evil, it is what you do with them that matters.

[@kimwelch4652]

Quick! Voldemort is attacking! All the houses must work together to fight for Hogwarts! Now, lock all the Slytherin's in the dungeon!

[@fightingfaerie]

I hate the movies for that. The book made a point to show that there were Slytherins that stayed to fight. Sure a lot less than the other houses, but a number did choose to join the fight. Including Slughorn who had been mostly portrayed as cowardly up to that point.

[@Priorrr]

​@fightingfaerie there were no Slytherins fighting in the book at all

[@robt2577]

@@Priorrr Well there was Professor Slughorn, but yes no Slytherin students stayed to fight against Voldemort.

[@robt2577]

@@fightingfaerie The book actually makes a point that no Slytherin students supported the fight against Voldemort: "Harry heard the grinding of benches and then the sound of the Slytherins trooping out on the other side of the Hall...The Slytherin table was completely deserted, but a number of Ravenclaws remained; even more Hufflepuffs stayed behind, and half of Gryffindor remained in their seats" The other three Houses had students stay but Slytherin had only Malfoy, Crabbe, and Goyle; and of course they stayed to try to get Harry and support Voldemort not support the other Houses.

[@edopronk1303]

In retrospective and the later books becoming more adult, less childish, it would have been good if at least a couple of slitherins would have stayed, sitting at the complete opposite end of the table of Malfoy and co. Maybe with a short reassurance of Slughorn; "their parents are in hiding because they protected muggles, we can trust them" or something, so it's totally clear they are on the good side.

[@AlistairZands]

Not being able to find too many dark wizards who were Hufflepuff kind of makes sense. Their main traits are things like loyalty, honesty, kindness, caring, etc. Traits that are generally considered the defining characteristics of good people, and certainly the ones of those who would be least likely to start dealing with evil magic. Especially since they'd have spent their formative years around other loyal, kind, and caring people.

[@ChairyCrasher]

Slytherin take care of each other, slytherins has traits of having loyalty.

[@dortheschlelein5000]

@@ChairyCrasher That is interesting. You are sorted, at least in part, by the traits you value. Voldemort values loyalty very much. At least other people’s loyalty to him. He is probably a hard worker, since he got top grades in every subject he took in school. And he is patient and tenacious. Could Voldemort have been a Hufflepuff? 😀😂

[@TGPDrunknHick]

of course grouping people that value those things probably works out well. until they trust the wrong person and their world comes crashing down after school.

[@blakdeth]

All the welcome letters say something about each of the other houses. Ravenclaw is probably the nicest of the three to slytherin. "They're not all bad, but you'd do well to be on your guard until you know them well." We're the only house that'll even give them a chance at civility. Benefit of the doubt. In fact the ravenclaw prefect writing it has way more negative to say about gryffindor. Slytherin's rude description of ravenclaw kinda stings a little.

[@Irememberhuggabunches]

My youngest niece ( the two are 6 and 9) was obsessed with Slytherin from the first book. She loves all things Sllytherin, snakes, the color green, and has the biggest crush on Malfoy. She always pretends to be Pansy when they play Hogwarts. She’s always loved anti heroes ( the Grinch, Jack Skelington). I like to think there’s some allegory here about needing to embrace and acknowledge your darkness lest it sneak up on you and create problems in your life, also it feels connected to the wild woman archetype, typically more comfortable in the reality of the grime, gore and ugliness in nature that can give birth to incredible beauty.

[@TheAAJYu]

I’ve taken the Sorting Hat quiz five times in the past. Once I was Ravenclaw, another time I was in Hufflepuff. The other three times I was in Slytherin. Guess it was meant to be. 🐍🐍🐍

[@KAKnyght]

Didn’t know much about the Cursed Child but hearing that Merlin has been presented more as the ideal Slytherin (my sorted house) makes me wonder; video idea … Camelot in the Wizarding World. Like did it really exist, since Merlin clearly did, was it a wizard kingdom and not just a fictional adaptation of Charlemagne and his Paladins and other folklore for the English. If so, what was their history compared to what we muggles are aware of? Which tales happened in that world? Arthur, Excalibur (connected to the Sword of Gryffindor?) and the Lady of the Lake? Lancelot and Guinevere? The Knights of the Round Table? The Quest for the Holy Grail (related to Hufflepuffs Cup, especially with how the cup acts in Ron in Hufflepuff?)

[@hannahswan1193]

I always took the Sorting Hat songs as what being in each house meant. E.g. being in Slytherin meant you were ambitious and cunning and those traits were what you most valued, not that Slytherins were evil. I'm a Gryffindor, so I'm not biased. Just because one or two Slytherins do some horrible things doesn't mean the whole house is evil. The other houses have bad eggs too. e.g. Gryffindor - Peter Pettigrew, Hufflepuff - Zacharias Smith, Ravenclaw - Gilderoy Lockhart.

[@relicking9207]

I always wanted to be a Slytherin for two reasons: First I dislike heights so Ravenclaw and Gryffindor are out of the question(I would do anything to get out of Broom Lessons), and Second I like snakes, and if I was beside the kitchens I would be sneaking food constantly.

[@TheRabidPanda]

Perfect time for a message of Unity.

[@Saimeren]

3:01 I see Isybelle! She's the best one.

[@itchybelle]

🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻 tyyyy

[@Jp85850]

I see you. Well done boys.

[@leventebardossy5962]

Basic Slytherin traits are not inevitably evil, they are just easier to turn evil if taken to the extreme. There is no character trait that can't be turned evil. I even know an "evil Hufflepuff". I'm a Slytherin surrounded by only Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw friends. Enough said.

[@handanyldzhan9232]

An evil Hufflepuff would be acting based on a misguided sense of loyalty, empathy or justice.

[@barbiquearea]

Being a Slytherin is about having ambition. Ambition is good. Having goals and wanting to better oneself is good. But like all traits, too much ambition can lead one astray, especially if they are willing to bend their morality and break the ways to achieve said goals.

[@leventebardossy5962]

@@handanyldzhan9232 That's exactly what he is, a highly loyal person, but loyal to the wrong man, thus ending up on the wrong side of morality.

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

Rocking the stache!

[@blairmason5680]

Proud Slytherin since Pottermore! 🙋🏾‍♀️🐍

[@ginnyjollykidd]

My best friend was sorted into Slytherin and I Gryffindor, and both of us embraced our house thoroughly. But she said something that made sense to me: That every Gryffindor needs a Slytherin to rein them in when they go off half-cocked trying to do the chivalrous thing and save everybody to their own detriment. Slytherin, therefore is the keeper of self-care, the practical thing that has your adult self putting your own mask first in a plane before you put one on your child. That is how you save both of you. We need each other.

[@acelovesdiyschristopher7023]

Personally I'm more of a fan of the slytherin hufflepuff pairing. As a slytherin myself I just adore the old Fandom made iconic house duo.

[@barbiquearea]

The key difference is their virtue and how well they can act on said virtues when the rubber meats the road. For Gryffindors, the virtue that makes them standout is their courage. When tested to stand up for their convictions and do the right thing, Gryffindors tend not to go against their conscious even if doing so would be inconvenient to them. For Slytherins, their virtue is ambition. While Gryffindors can be ambitions, their virtue will prevent them from doing whatever it takes to fulfill their ambitions. But Slytherins are not often constrained by moral hangups, they will often do whatever it takes, even if sometimes it means compromising their morality. That is why when they have to meet a challenge. A Gryffindor will boldy meet it head on without considering the consequences, whereas a Slytherin will do a cost-benefit analysis and find the best way to deal with the challenge that will give them the best possible outcome.

[@GubbiGap]

I have an amazing friend who's literally one of the nicest dudes I've ever met who's in the Slytherin. He was always full of smiles and had the most loving nature towards everyone even if they didn't show him the same compassion. Because we played the Commander format of Magic the Gathering a lot I associate Slytherin with someone who's competitive, determined and good at using their words to their advantage.

[@shadowmannine]

Thank you for your message ❤

[@GaryGiggles]

“We must not let one dark shadow tear us apart.” Well that’s timely.

[@henryheissenbuttel4615]

i took that quiz and got a 25% 25% 25% 25% across all 4 houses lol it said that was EXTREMELY rare

[@willnestor6422]

Course you did.

[@henryheissenbuttel4615]

@willnestor6422 dont be a hater, im the chosen one. 🤣

[@Nor-tc8vz]

So your a Divergent.

[@henryheissenbuttel4615]

@@Nor-tc8vz no im him

[@ToaCody1]

I still find the tests for wands and Patronuses to be more revealing as they are the ones the vast majority of people will be going into with the least amount of biases. I also love how I was able to take the Ilvermorny test a few months before it was cut and got a rather interesting result. As I saw most people ended up in the House analogous to their Hogwarts House; I ended up in Horned Serpent while my Hogwarts house is Hufflepuff.

[@deathangellink]

fun fact : when i did the quizz the first time, i was send into slytherin, but didn't want that, so i redid the quizz and changed my answer to the question that i KNEW would send me back into it, then i realized "wait, i'm changing the result of the test to get the result that i want, not the one they gave me.............FUUUUUDGE I AM A SLYTHERIN"

[@jayt9608]

The fact that you were not appalled at the idea is an immediate disqualification from Hufflepuff. 😁 I never had to retake the quiz, though I have done so a few times. I have gamed the system by being able to correctly guess which answer would take me to the correct house. Btw, I am quite happy with a Slytherin designation and welco.e you to the house, even if you are conducting espionage against another house. 😁

[@deathangellink]

@jayt9608 that true, I did learned to welcome my sharp wit, and able to turn a situation toward my goal. All the method are in to get result.

[@remnant1018]

Yes, where you come from and/or live doesn’t say much if anything about your character; your behavior and how you treat people does. Thank you for speaking on this.

[@mariaana6710]

My niece is a Slytherin and she was worried, and I (A Ravenclaw who wants to be a Hufflepuff) told her: "Slytherin is about persons who has the willpower to work for their goals. I hope I have more of that! The important thing is having a good goal and a good way to reach it. All the houses have something to work about, Gryffindor have to learn that being brave is not being reckless. Ravenclaw have to deal with perfeccionism and give value to intra and interpersonal intelligence, Hufflepuff have to learn how to be loyal but with healthy limits for their wellbeing. So, all houses have good thing that we could want, but dificulties that they have to deal with." I think I help her.

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

Will be there for the live trivia! Thanks For that!🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@jarkkos]

Haven't got notifications from this channel in a while. Maybe it has something to do with 9:28? Please stop. I liked the video tho!

[@williamsekely1476]

I took that quiz years ago and I totally thought that I would be in Ravenclaw. I learned that I actually value people's choices over their intelligence when I was sorted into Gryffindor. It's a pain because everyone assumes that we gamed the quiz to be in Harry's house.

[@jayt9608]

Ravenclaws know the quiz can be rigged, Slytherins are willing to do it. Hufflepuffs are horrified by the idea. Not a concept original to me, I confess, but I have often found it true.

[@williamsekely1476]

@jayt9608 so which house takes it honestly?

[@jayt9608]

@@williamsekely1476 All of them except Slytherin. Gryfindor generally does not even think about the possibility that the quiz can be gamed. Hufflepuff is inherently offended that someone would consider gaming the quiz. Ravenclaw know it is possible and they could, but they do not. Slytherin, we can, and we just might, which just goes to show that it is the proper house for us anyway.

[@ked49]

Slytherin is the second best hogwarts house, Before y’all ask the answer as to which house is the first best, I feel the answer is *pretty obvious*

[@acelovesdiyschristopher7023]

Hufflepuff. *obviously*

[@Sandra.Molchanova]

I was disappointed when I was sorted into Slytherin, but what salvaged this experience for me was that I looked at the list of notable house graduates and saw Merlin among them - with Colin Morgan's face on the picture :))

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

LOVE YOU GUYS❤

[@tvockstarisanerd5540]

The problem is now that for some reason everyone is just trashing gryffindors, I read heaps of comments saying anyone in gryffindor are teachers pets and have huge egos and a superiority complex when it’s simply not true, sometimes I’m even scared to admit I’m a gryffindor cuz I’ll be trashed on the hate is moving around the houses and it’s at gryffindor and has been the past few years. First it was slytherin for the obvious stated reasons in this video then it became hufflepuff because people considered u less because u didn’t fit into the “cool” houses and now it’s gryffindor.

[@jvdos]

Fun fact: Wizarding world just changed their names once again to “Harry Potter”. 😢

[@blaze048]

It's evolving, just backwards.

[@sheriffmirr9025]

New video hype!!!

[@Dessarius]

This is just a bit of fan brainstorming, but I've been wondering: What happens if Hogwarts waits a few years before sorting the students into their houses? What if, for example, all students spend year 1 and year 2 in a "general common room", especially since they don't really get to participate that much in the house points? I wonder how that would effect house perception if you weren't worried about what house you joined when you first got to Hogwarts and instead were told to look forward to it at the start of your third year, as an example. Just something I've been thinking about, mostly playing off Dumbledores' "[...] Perhaps we sort too soon." line from the books.

[@najpotenicewolf934]

It's an interesting idea. Because, how much can you really tell of someone values and personality when they're still eleven years old? They mostly didn't even start hitting puberty yet.I feel like division into houses should be more connected to their interest and potential in skills, connecting to taught subjects. Like for students that may have high potential in becoming healers and working with medical stuff (or also plants and creatures), people who are good at charms and transfigurstion so they may become some sort of invertors to better the magic. Also maybe a field for more offensive/defensive talented students that could become aurors.Students who are better at understanding wizarding history and social contructs (something like wizarding human studies).

[@abraham2172]

Wouldnt happen. Snape would absolutely lose it if he couldnt put down fresh Gryffindor firsties each year.

[@vgonzales787]

Such a well timed video.

[@masonletourneau6275]

Love you guys

[@emersonpagel2056]

I appreciate you two 💜

[@eimearbane966]

This feels like a very strong allegory for the USA right now ❤

[@juanmacias5922]

I'm happy I wasn't the only one who noticed!

[@neozakk_]

Since I was a teenager, I always identified with the Slytherin House. And I have gotten Slytherin every time I've taken the quiz since about 2008/09. I loved the dungeons, the potion-crafting, the gloom, the snakes (and I hate snakes!), the BEAUTIFUL emerald and silver robes, just... everything. In fact, my senior photos are of me in a Slytherin House t-shirt circa 2010 lmao.

[@brianshrode72]

I picked up on the subtle subtext guys. Thanks for the helpful message in this scary time.

[@crashking4207]

I took that quiz back in the day and got Griffindoor. My friends all told me that I gamed the system so I took it again and chose different answers that still resonated with me and got Griffinfoor a second time and we all laughed and chocked it up to fate, lol. I made friends with another kid two weeks later over the books and he took the quiz and got Slytherin and my other friends flamed him for it but I stayed good friends with him and eventually lost touch with those other friends. Respect to my brethren in green from us in gold

[@doll9340]

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[@RedCaio]

Also, in Hogwarts Legacy, Sebastian and Ominis are in Slytherin and they're some of the most interesting and likable characters in the Potterverse.

[@link7417]

Sebastian do have a bit "I don't care if I destroy the world if it means that **I** won't have to lose my sister" going on as the plot thickens, haven't finished it yet so will have to see how that turns out but I love Ominis

[@juanmacias5922]

I don't know if you meant to have political undertones, but this was just what I needed. Unity, love, and friendship will always save the day.

[@jadonschwartz8598]

Holy crap. I havent watched a video on forever. I knew J was growing a mustache because i listen to the Pop every week, but i had no idea how phenomenal it is. Also, "The new set is amazing!"

[@tyrannosauruswrex123]

I love that mustache 😊😊😊😊

[@KandyAss824]

Thank you for this. It was very much needed, and poignant, and relevant. Thank you. 🥰

[@SatyrGurl2680]

#TeamSlytherinForLife!!! 🐍 🐍 🐍

[@AshtonKohler]

Quizybelle….Gemma…spot the difference…

[@itchybelle]

Twinsies!

[@antco6078]

One Slytherin to another

[@mitchkohl1]

This applies to a lot in life and the timing is great! Love your content! Working on watching all of your videos!

[@nhansen197]

I suspect that the people who were sorted into Slytherin wanted Slytherin. I've certainly run across more that a few who were unapologetic about being sorted into Slytherin.

[@viktoria_pikovsky]

Yeah, that's does seem to be a thing. it alliins quite well with the insane popularity of Draco Malfoy within the HP fanbase, and how many people unironically find him as their favorite character. Also the phenomena of Snapewives, and the absolute crazy around Alan Rickman's portray of him.

[@hello-lz4xj]

not to mention all the y/n's are Slytherins

[@dansattah]

Really, I went into the quiz without a favourite house in mind and when I got Slytherin, my thoughts went sth. like: "Slytherin? Well, I feel most at home on the coast and in the water, and I can relate to that feeling of being "the bad guy" at school because I mouth off against strict teachers..."

[@blaze048]

Or they genuinely like the house, Like J and Ben here. ​@@viktoria_pikovsky

[@trainerbluetv]

Just for the sake of a frame of reference, what would there be to apologize for? There's a difference between proud and unapologetic.

[@mecahhannah]

Awesome as always thanks ❤

[@StefanoNoffke]

Thank you; all your videos give such a positive and warming message it is really wonderful. I really appreciate that. BTW, I was sorted in Griffindor a very long time ago 😅

[@soritahin1283]

Another creator was talking how being Slytherin are kinda like in a self fulfilling prophecy. Kids in other houses shunned and isolate the Slytherin because they were told Slytherins are evil. So that's leaving a bunch of kids with all these prejudices taught by their parents together and echoes those ideas back at each other and reinforced their believe. That plus the isolation lead them to become who they are, and the cycle continues. A better writer might able to use that ideas to actually redeem the Slytherin. their redemption was really bad and pretty much non existence. I don't really buy Harry had a change of mind on Slytherin and it's only there to show him being a better person letting go of old grievous and prejudices.

[@elmerzcosta]

Name the creator, give them credit! I believe you're talking about Quinn Curio

[@soritahin1283]

@elmerzcosta I don't remember. It's either Quinn Curio, princess weekes or the creator who plagiarized other people work. If it the last one I don't want to give him credit, don't know where he stole the idea from.

[@elmerzcosta]

@@soritahin1283 lol, I get it. The plagiarist shouldn't be in any conversation. I wished we had a full source list of the things he stole

[@lenorkhide2873]

Thank you for the last line