What Hogwarts house do you think you'd be in?
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Hufflepuff seems like my kinda shit. They seem like the type of kids who smoke some wizard weed and drink some freaky potions while everyone else plays quidditch. Also imbq pretty laid back nice person so it suits me.
Id also like to add that bad shit never happens to hufflepuff people. Out of the 4 houses it has the lowest chance of death
Id also like to add that bad shit never happens to hufflepuff people. Out of the 4 houses it has the lowest chance of death
Gryffindor the home of the brave but every time I have taken the test I either get slytherin,ravenclaw,gtyffindor so I would most likely chose gryffindor
I don't see why everybody hates Slytherins. Admittedly they're not well represented in the books but then & again like others have said on this thread, a few people do not determine the quality of the pack. (Although I am slightly biased but none the less)Goofguy said:
The main point is, Slytherins are not inherently evil; they simply have heightened self preservation skills. They're the type of people that when overpowered by the enemy, would sacrifice their pride and run away rather than holding their ground. The reason most Slytherins followed Voldermort was because they didn't want to die. If I was in the HP world I feel like I would definitely have been one of Voldermorts followers simply because I would have wanted to stay with the stronger group rather than recklessly opposing the power and ending up as a corpse.
Every house is flawed, Hufflepuffs are pushovers and bland, Gryffindors are arrogant and egotistical, Ravenclaws are manipulative and rutheless so what if Slytherins are selfish and power thirsty? No house is perfect, they all have room for improvement (pun not intended) so I don't think Slytherins are more evil than any other house.
"Because you know what Salazar Slytherin looked for in his chosen students? The seeds of greatness. You?ve been chosen by this house because you?ve got the potential to be great, in the true sense of the word."- Gemma Farley, Slytherin (Pottermore)
I think you're missing the bigger picture here.Johnny Novgorod said:
Yes, the movies portray Slytherins as the evil jerks with no redeeming qualities? Why? Because it gives a very us vs. them attitude. It's an easy banner to lump any and all villains under for the sake of easy story telling. Is it something that annoys me in the books, yes, because it's too damn easy. There is hardly ever a circumstance in real life where people under one banner are all assholes like that out to destroy the world, and be ten shades of ineffectual asshole.
You look a little bit past that, and what do you find. Well, this:
That's lifted right from the Harry Potter Wiki. A lot of those traits are ones that many people can identify with. You look further at what other traits are normally attributed to them and find this.
And again you find a number of traits that many people can identify with and get behind.
Besides that, you start to look into the books, and you can find that some of the more villainous characters weren't all from Slytherin, but from other Houses as well. Peter Pettigrew for instance was from Gryffindor, and Quirinus Quirrell was a member of Ravenclaw. On top of that, one of the more dubious, though in the end more heroic characters, Severus Snape was also a member of Slytherin. Not to mention the fact that the "dunce" Slughorn that you had mentioned did regret his actions that he did, and in fact wound up fighting against the Death Eaters at the Battle of Hogwarts, and wound up not being ineffective in it, and dispatched a numerous combatants, despite being disarmed in the middle of combat and yet being able to recover his wand and continue fighting after.
In the end, what many people do is look past the most blatant aspects that are crammed into your face, and see what is most valued by the House. A number of the traits listed prior are ones people can respect and get behind, despite not agreeing with all. Because that's what everyone else is looking at here. They're looking at what characteristics are in line with the Houses, and seeing which are the ones that fit their ideals best.
Personally, it's a toss up for me. I've taken a few quizzes, and wound up with my results being mixed mostly between Slytherin and Gryffindor. Hell, the official Pottermore test put me in red and gold and I'm still uncertain of whether that'd be where I'd fit in best or not.
Ravenclaw.
My bravery extends to merely being just dumbfounded curiosity so I would not be welcome in Gryffindor
I do not have many virtues but the few I have is my honesty, my open-mindedness and my empathy. Slitherin is not my place
I have read all 7 books but I haven't got the faintest idea of what the criterias for getting in to huffelpuff are. Balancing a broom on your nose? Singing the national anthem backwards?
I like to learn, I have an above average IQ, I let my curiosity get the better of me, I will research everything. I want to be clever. In other words I think I would fit in to ravenclaw. Or atleast that is where I hope to end up
My bravery extends to merely being just dumbfounded curiosity so I would not be welcome in Gryffindor
I do not have many virtues but the few I have is my honesty, my open-mindedness and my empathy. Slitherin is not my place
I have read all 7 books but I haven't got the faintest idea of what the criterias for getting in to huffelpuff are. Balancing a broom on your nose? Singing the national anthem backwards?
I like to learn, I have an above average IQ, I let my curiosity get the better of me, I will research everything. I want to be clever. In other words I think I would fit in to ravenclaw. Or atleast that is where I hope to end up
Slytherin probably. I'm positive it would be due to the overwhelming amounts of apathy I posses. I just generally can't be bothered.
"Oh I'm not a racial supremacist jerk who bullies for fun, I just have heightened self preservation skills!"cori said:
Also, "a few people don't determine the quality of the pack"? EVERYONE we meet from Slytherin is an asshole. By that rationale maybe everybody in Gryffindor were potential rapists. The narrator just never caught them.
Ravenclaw, likely. I hold intelligence to be among the greatest of the virtues the four houses espouse. And let's face it: knowledge is power in Hogwarts. The more spells you know, the better. Warp the very nature of reality with a word!
I also have Hufflepuff and Slytherin sympathies. The earlier for empathy, the latter for reasons I can't quite place (maybe it's the allure of secret magic, but I can't see myself hurting people for power, so the dark arts association doesn't really apply). Maybe it's because I like Slughorn.
Mostly Ravenclaw though.
I also have Hufflepuff and Slytherin sympathies. The earlier for empathy, the latter for reasons I can't quite place (maybe it's the allure of secret magic, but I can't see myself hurting people for power, so the dark arts association doesn't really apply). Maybe it's because I like Slughorn.
Mostly Ravenclaw though.
I don't know what "extraneous works" you refer to, but I read all the books and saw all the movies and I can't be bothered to fish for more of anything at this point. If Rowling wants to throw a few conciliatory measures at this point, whatever, really. Her work speaks higher than her own words.Witty Name Here said:
Eh, Pottermore's quiz puts me in either Hufflepuff or Ravenclaw depending on my whims for a few split questions[footnote]Oddly enough, the second time around I pretty much tied for Ravenclaw and Slythern for first place, so I suppose that's a strong contender as well, but I'm only counting the quiz winners[/footnote]. Admittedly, those are the two houses I figured I might end up in. On the one hand, I tend to be a very loyal, very honest and very down to earth. On the other hand, give me a topic that interests me and I end up trying to learn every single thing I can about it. Honestly, that last bit[footnote]Well...and the fact that I don't like the color yellow 
[/footnote] makes me lean more towards Ravenclaw myself, which might tip the scales in that house's favor due to preference. Honestly though, my estimate has it as a toss-up between those two, so I might well have ended up in Hufflepuff.
[/footnote] makes me lean more towards Ravenclaw myself, which might tip the scales in that house's favor due to preference. Honestly though, my estimate has it as a toss-up between those two, so I might well have ended up in Hufflepuff. That would be because of Order of the Phoenix, the Sorting Hat's little song about the way the founders chose their houses.DaWaffledude said:
Sorting Hat Song, Order of the Phoenix
In times of old, when I was new,
And Hogwarts barely started,
The founders of our noble school
Thought never to be parted.
United by a common goal,
They had the selfsame yearning
To make the world's best magic school
And pass along their learning.
"Together we will build and teach"
The four good friends decided.
And never did they dream that they
Might some day be divided.
For were there such friends anywhere
As Slytherin and Gryffindor?
Unless it was the second pair
Of Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw,
So how could it have gone so wrong?
How could such friendships fail?
Why, I was there, so I can tell
The whole sad, sorry tale.
Said Slytherin, "We'll teach just those
Whose ancestry's purest."
Said Ravenclaw, "We'll teach those whose
Intelligence is surest."
Said Gryffindor, "We'll teach all those
With brave deeds to their name."
Said Hufflepuff, "I'll teach the lot
And treat them just the same."
These differences caused little strife
When first they came to light.
For each of the four founders had
A house in which they might
Take only those they wanted, so,
For instance, Slytherin
Took only pure-blood wizards
Of great cunning just like him.
And only those of sharpest mind
Were taught by Ravenclaw
While the bravest and the boldest
Went to daring Gryffindor.
Good Hufflepuff, she took the rest
and taught them all she knew,
Thus, the houses and their founders
Maintained friendships firm and true.
So Hogwarts worked in harmony
for several happy years,
but then discord crept among us
feeding on our faults and fears.
The Houses that, like pillars four
had once held up our school
now turned upon each other and
divided, sought to rule.
And for a while it seemed the school
must meet an early end.
what with dueling and with fighting
and the clash of friend on friend.
And at last there came a morning
when old Slytherin departed
and though the fighting then died out
he left us quite downhearted.
And never since the founders four
were whittled down to three
have the Houses been united
as they once were meant to be.
And now the Sorting Hat is here
and you all know the score:
I sort you into Houses
because that is what I'm for.
But this year I'll go further,
listen closely to my song:
though condemned I am to split you
still I worry that it's wrong,
Though I must fulfill my duty
and must quarter every year
still I wonder whether sorting
may not bring the end I fear.
Oh, know the perils, read the signs,
the warning history shows,
for our Hogwarts is in danger
from external, deadly foes
And we must unite inside her
or we'll crumble from within
I have told you, I have warned you...
let the Sorting now begin.
In times of old, when I was new,
And Hogwarts barely started,
The founders of our noble school
Thought never to be parted.
United by a common goal,
They had the selfsame yearning
To make the world's best magic school
And pass along their learning.
"Together we will build and teach"
The four good friends decided.
And never did they dream that they
Might some day be divided.
For were there such friends anywhere
As Slytherin and Gryffindor?
Unless it was the second pair
Of Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw,
So how could it have gone so wrong?
How could such friendships fail?
Why, I was there, so I can tell
The whole sad, sorry tale.
Said Slytherin, "We'll teach just those
Whose ancestry's purest."
Said Ravenclaw, "We'll teach those whose
Intelligence is surest."
Said Gryffindor, "We'll teach all those
With brave deeds to their name."
Said Hufflepuff, "I'll teach the lot
And treat them just the same."
These differences caused little strife
When first they came to light.
For each of the four founders had
A house in which they might
Take only those they wanted, so,
For instance, Slytherin
Took only pure-blood wizards
Of great cunning just like him.
And only those of sharpest mind
Were taught by Ravenclaw
While the bravest and the boldest
Went to daring Gryffindor.
Good Hufflepuff, she took the rest
and taught them all she knew,
Thus, the houses and their founders
Maintained friendships firm and true.
So Hogwarts worked in harmony
for several happy years,
but then discord crept among us
feeding on our faults and fears.
The Houses that, like pillars four
had once held up our school
now turned upon each other and
divided, sought to rule.
And for a while it seemed the school
must meet an early end.
what with dueling and with fighting
and the clash of friend on friend.
And at last there came a morning
when old Slytherin departed
and though the fighting then died out
he left us quite downhearted.
And never since the founders four
were whittled down to three
have the Houses been united
as they once were meant to be.
And now the Sorting Hat is here
and you all know the score:
I sort you into Houses
because that is what I'm for.
But this year I'll go further,
listen closely to my song:
though condemned I am to split you
still I worry that it's wrong,
Though I must fulfill my duty
and must quarter every year
still I wonder whether sorting
may not bring the end I fear.
Oh, know the perils, read the signs,
the warning history shows,
for our Hogwarts is in danger
from external, deadly foes
And we must unite inside her
or we'll crumble from within
I have told you, I have warned you...
let the Sorting now begin.
EVERYONE?! Are you sure? What about Snape?Johnny Novgorod said:
Do you want to know a secret about why Slytherins are portrayed badly in the books? Nobody would read a story without villains. So what does J.K Rowling do to satisfy this demand? She tells us Gryffindor = Good and Slytherin = Bad to appeal to her younger audiences who don't appreciate ambiguity in characters and instead what villains to be really really bad with no redeeming qualities, hence the "racial supremacist jerk" Slytherins were born.
Here's what I think though, lets think about Snape and James Potter. They're in Slytherin and Gryffindor respectively right? Clearly one's a giant pooface whilst the other is the most majestical human being ever right? NO. Both these characters show the duality of human nature because they are both human! So no, I still stand by my beliefs that Slytherin is a damn good house to be in and any generalised, bigoted comments about it should just stop. Sure there are a few bad apples in the bunch that are exaggerated thanks to the 12 year olds that love Harry Potter but that's okay, I was one back in the day and hey, I'm 100% a proud Slytherin.
A tortured asshole is an asshole nonetheless.cori said:
Fair enough.
Remind me again who are the "villains" in Old Man and the Sea, The Sun Also Rises, All the Pretty Horses, Moby Dick, Don Quijote de la Mancha, Demian, The Sorrows of Young Werther, Dante's Commedia, Trainspotting, Breakfast of Champions, Man Without a Country, The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket, The Shadow-Line and The Catcher in the Rye.
All those stories nobody reads, you know.
I would never presume to know why did J. K. write the way she did about what she did.
Actually that's a fair point. James was kind of an asshole. But then so was Snape, eventually.
But they won't, Coraline. It's not a prejudice if the opinion was formed after judgement.
How about MOST apples.
Oh I think the books do enough exaggeration on their own.
They're a fun read, at least until the third-fourth book. After that J. K. goes into autopilot with her forces of good and her forces of evil. I liked the stories when they had a little more mystery in them. You know, exploring Hogwarts and the magical world and all that. But there's just something terribly underwhelming about Voldemort once he comes back to life.
Okay, he did not show any of his good traits in the first few books but he isn't a "complete" asshole. You gradually see that he has redeeming qualities such as his love for Lily and how he has protected Harry despite hating him, how he kills Dumbledore despite knowing he'll get a bad reputation for it etc.Johnny Novgorod said:
As I haven't read any of those books, I can't really prove you wrong. So instead I take back my statement and say a majority of books I've encountered have a villain/s to drive the story because that makes the peak/climax/conflict of the story easier to achieve because c an outwards force in the shape of another human being is easier than, say, a conflict with their subconscious. So that's why I'm pretty sure that for every book you listed I could listen a dozen more that do include villains because it's incredibly common for stories to have villains.
and I apparently would, oops.
I don't agree with the conclusion you've drawn on an entire group on the basis of a few characters in the Harry Potter Series hence why I think it's prejudiced.
in the books maybe but that is not representative of the whole group as it stands today with thousands of HP fans identifying themselves as Slytherins on Pottermore.
P.s if you want to debate this further please feel free to message me or something as this is slightly off topic and I have a feeling these long posts must be incredibly annoying
Hufflepuff for sure. I'm one of 'the rest'.
Turns out I don't know how to link to YouTube anymore.