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Dec 1, 2011 · As others have mentioned, not all Slytherins are evil. But all evil wizards are Slytherin.
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The reason why Slytherins are often regarded as evil is because JK Rowling wanted the readers to view the snakes as being the darkness that corrupts. The more we learn about the world of Harry Potter, the more we realize that Slytherin is vastly similar to Gryffindor in as many ways as they are polar opposites.
Mar 11, 2023 · Slytherin is considered the evil house of Harry Potter. Is this reputation deserved, the result of innate bias in the series, or is it complicated?
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Feb 23, 2022 · In these words alone, it is clear that Slytherin is the House where everyone is evil. However, this isn’t the case, as there are characters such as Horace Slughorn and Leta Lestrange. They aren’t evil; in fact, they both fight against the most powerful dark wizards of their time.
- 8 Regulus Black
- 7 Phineas Nigellus Black
- 6 The Bloody Baron
- 5 Draco Malfoy
- 4 Horace Slughorn
- 3 Albus Potter & Scorpius Malfoy
- 2 Severus Snape
- 1 Leta Lestrange
Mentioned: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Sometimes, even bigotry can go too far for an otherwise fervent supporter. Regulus Black was the much-loved son of the Black lineage, in contrast to his brother Sirius, who disdained their obsession with blood purity. As Sirius noted, this made him a perfect candidate to sign up for Voldemort’s Death Eaters. In aiding his Lord to hide a Horcrux, though, Regulus became disillusioned and terrified of his master’s actions. Whether this was because large-scale murder felt excessive, or because he...
Appearance: 'Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix' (2007), Hogwarts Legacy
Harry Potter Professor Phineas Nigellus Black (a severely underused character in the Wizarding Worlduniverse) was the most loathed Headmaster in Hogwarts’ history; Phineas was also an important Slytherin figure. A cantankerous man who despised students for their perceived stupidity and rudeness, Black became a portrait after death only because Hogwarts tradition deemed it so. Despite this, and duty-bound to help the current Headmaster as all Headmaster portraits must do, Black used his abilit...
Appearance: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
One of the earliest Slytherins in history, the Baron (name unknown) attended Hogwarts in its founding days. Other than Salazar Slytherin, who established the house’s reputation for cunning and purity, the Baron may lay claim to the house’s other famous legacy: a tragic murder. When Helena Ravenclaw greedily ran away with her mother’s prized diadem, the elder Ravenclaw tasked the Baron with retrieving it. Unfortunately, upon finding Helena in Albania, the Baron was struck with a moment of madn...
Appearance: All Harry Potter Movies
The sins of the father may not always be inherited. Draco Malfoy (Tom Felton) was his father’s mirror in many ways — as a young boy, he sneered at Ron Weasley’s social and financial standing and insulted Hermione Granger for being a "Mudblood." His sense of superiority and love of bullying made him the perfect candidate to become a Death Eater, which he initially relished. Soon, however, he grew cold feet. In The Deathly Hallows, Draco and his mother Narcissa are only for the safety of their...
Appearance: 'Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince'
Slughorn (Jim Broadbent) best represents the Slytherin obsession with status. His “Slug Club”, which he ran in his two stints teaching at Hogwarts, gathered together students he selected as “special” in some way. The Slug Club enabled him to make lifelong connections with ambitious, rich, and talented students, tricking them into feeling they owed him for their success. He even talks openly about using house elves as test drinkers of potentially poisonous beer in The Half-Blood Prince. On the...
Appearance: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
Two peas in a pod, Albus Potter and Scorpius Malfoy, are two Slytherins influenced by their fathers. In Albus’ case, he resented his father’s fame and rebelliously found himself sorted into Slytherin. Scorpius, meanwhile, was pushed by Draco from the ideology of blood purity that the Malfoys believed. The two boys bonded quickly and became inseparable. Albus’ magical mediocrity compared to his father led him and Scorpius to time travel and save Cedric Diggory from his murder at the hands of L...
Appearance: All Harry Potter Movies
There is little doubt that Snape (Alan Rickman) was a troubled, and frequently awful, man. Whatever his allegiance, he took great pleasure in needling his old-school enemies for past teenage grudges. He then took that out on an eleven-year-old boy — though Harry was nowhere near the only student who faced Snape’s cruelty. Ultimately, though, Snape’s unrequited love for Lily Evans was the redeeming factor that enabled him to turn against his evil master and help to save the entire wizarding co...
Appearance: 'Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald'
Born to an established family of pure-blood obsessives, Leta (Zoe Kravitz) always felt disconnected from the other Lestranges. Subsequently, she was an outsider at Hogwarts, the subject of rumors about her poor relationship with her family and her dead infant brother. In this environment, she was willing to take any support she could get, and when she received it from Hufflepuff student Newt Scamander, the two quickly became firm friends. Deep down, despite not espousing the grotesque views o...
- Dom Kelly
A real life person with a Slytherin type personality isn't going to be automatically evil. The Slytherins in the books only are because those are fictional books written by an author who made the decision that they would be.
How good Slytherins separate themselves from evil stereotypes. Mind-blowing Slytherin traits that make them better than other Hogwarts houses. And so much more…
