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No Stupid Questions
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Well, the Slytherin in the books were largely social conservatives as written โ old families who did things old ways and didn't want to change or accept the new people.
What was the social commentary on the other Houses?
What I took from it:
As I understood it:
Gryffindor = The brave Ravenclaw = The smart Hufflepuff = The stupid Slytherin = The evil
Or, in storytelling terms: the protagonists, the mentors, the comic relief, the antagonists.
I think stupid is harsh, seems more communal or less individualistic/egoic perhaps even, and doesnt fit so much in any of the others