There are, after all, good people who were and are sorted into Slytherin. Some of my best friends are Slytherin! Ok, well, one. Members of House Slytherin have their good points.
They are smart, they are driven, they are ambitious. Many of them go on to be highly successful and productive members of Wizarding society. And the pureblood mania is extremely disturbing, and can give rise to an ugly anti-muggle streak if left unchecked. The heir of the wizard who founded this House… a wizard, it should be noted, who left a terrible murderous Basilisk under the school, with the hope that one day it would be let loose and murder most of the present day student body.
This House has serious work to do to rise again. Ravenclaws are probably very defensive to see themselves here. They always seem to wind up second to last on these lists. Not only are they smart, but they think in ways so brilliant, a regular wizard or witch would simply never consider the methods they use. Luna Lovegood is a perfect example. Many times, spell adaptations come from Ravenclaws who have a tendency to practice magic differently than others.
Many advances in Wizarding thought came from esteemed members of this House. Yes, you heard me. The symbol of House Ravenclaw in the books is an Eagle. Yet in the movies, the crest is clear adorned with… a raven.
Yes, director Chris Columbus paid so little attention to this house, that he designed its House logo wrong, and for seven subsequent movies, no one ever noticed or bothered to change it. Now, Hufflepuff is the most popular House other than Gryffindor. They are smart, loyal, generous individuals who are always there if you need them.
Newt Scamander, who we all know will be the focus of his own trilogy of movies starting later this year, is an esteemed member of House Hufflepuff, and exhibits many of the traits that make this House so great, including a love of animals and living things. Over several weeks, we recruited hundreds of Harry Potter fans to take this survey on behalf of 20 different characters from the books, five from each House.
The tens of thousands of data points we gathered gave us a detailed portrait of how different personality traits correspond to the personalities of members of each of the four Houses. In the spirit of many other projects where TIME has partnered with social scientists to allow readers to participate in their research, this quiz invites you to anonymously submit your responses to the researchers, which will contribute data to their studies.
It may seem a little unusual to apply the sophisticated field of personality psychology to a fictional universe, but a close reading of the Harry Potter canon — or in many of our cases, several close rereads — suggests something interesting: The Sorting Hat is itself a personality test! So it made perfect sense to try and deconstruct that process into a scientific survey. Unlike the popular Myers-Briggs personality test, which has little proven scientific merit , social scientists have developed a range of personality surveys that are well-researched and show statistically rigorous differences in how people behave.
The data we collected on the personalities of Harry Potter characters, from Harry himself to Professor Snape and Luna Lovegood and many others, shows that there are significant differences in the personality traits of characters from different Houses. Support us or prove us wrong in your next Harry Potter debate. One of the biggest problems when it comes to the movie industry is showing vs. Sometimes, a movie will start by telling you a story about a character to save time.
Another thing which is often used is montages. They are a form of showing instead of telling. You can see what is happening to the character and judge their actions on your own, form an opinion on them, and develop sympathy. We all started with some universal knowledge about Hogwarts and its past, as well as certain characters.
Slytherins were shown as bullies from the very beginning, and we rarely see their cunning and instinct. They are also said to be resourceful, but we hardly can appreciate those traits since Tom Riddle is the one who shows them. It is important to keep in mind that there is no right answer. It all depends on personal preference.
Anyone can have all four House qualities — but if you value your kindness more than your intelligence, you will be a very smart Hufflepuff. If you value wisdom more than success, Ravenclaw is the House for you.
Slytherins have some great qualities we respect about them, but it seems unfair to put anyone else last when Slytherin has such a long history of discrimination. When Salazar Slytherin founded the House, and for quite some time after, only pure-blood witches and wizards were welcome. Muggle-born students are exceptionally rare to find in Slytherin, even if the rules have changed. Salazar left the Chamber of Secrets behind as a token of his beliefs — Muggle-borns are not worthy to study magic and the school must be purified.
We can see the same thought pattern of discrimination in Draco, Tom Riddle, and Bellatrix. Being ambitious and cunning does not make one evil. If we consider Horace Slughorn, it is clear his ambition made choices for him, made him use his students with the potential for his glory.
But Severus, a half-blood character with such a complicated backstory, is perhaps the most noticeable and beloved Slytherin. For some, Snape may be a hopeless romantic. Courage and chivalry are what true Gryffindors value most. They are knights in shiny armors, ready to save the day and receive eternal glory. Harry being the main character who saves the world and sacrifices, and a Gryffindor at the same time does not allow anyone to hate Gryffindor.
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