So the thing is in the actual book series JK Rowling never said what House Hagrid was in. We find out that Hagrid actually went to Hogwarts as a student really in the 2nd bookâwhen we see Tom Riddle, the Slytherin prefect confront Hagrid in his own dorm room, and the two seemed pretty familiar with each other.
Hagrid was expelled as a 3rd year. He was born in 1928, and Riddle was born 1926. So Riddle was a 5th year prefect,
Hagrid doesnât seem like he was particularly good at any branch of magic other than Care of Magical Creatures, so how would the two know each other? Hagrid is 2 years younger than Tom, so how would they have known each other well enough for Hagrid to call him âTom,â not Riddle?
Now, the prefects are some of the only people the oblivious Harry Potter recognizes from other Houses, other than Quidditch players. And yet weâve never heard about prefects from other Houses coming in to discipline Gryffindor students. Hell weâve never heard about people from other houses in the Gryffindor common room period. You really think that Tom Riddle would know enough about a 3rd year Gryffindor nobody, someone who isnât even his year?
Not to mention this is when the Chamber of Secrets is open, a girl was killed. You think Gryffindor is going to let a powerful Slytherin traipse around their tower, when tensions are running high after being terrified all year? No.
But you know whatâs much more plausible? Hagrid was a Slytherin.
Whereas it wouldnât make any sense to be friends with a young Gryiffindor, young Slytherins are Tomâs responsibility. Tom knowing, and being able to access a 3rd year Slytherinâs dormitoryâhow he knew Hagrid well enough to know about Arigog, and where heâs keptâ makes much more sense. Not to mention they are looking for the heir of Slytherin. Guess what hint hint theyâre probably looking at a Slytherin to be accountable for Myrtleâs murder. Not a Gryffindor.
The only reason suspicion fell on Harry was because he could literally talk to snakes, and people who didnât know enough about what happened in the past made the obvious leap âSlytherinâs monster=Snake; harry can talk to snakes=Harryâs the heir of Slytherin.â
And damn, it makes sense that Hagridâs a Slytherin. If thereâs anyone whoâs a true friend to Harry itâs Hagrid, the man who tried to make sure Harry had everything he ever needed (I still get emotional thinking about Hagrid making that scrapbook for Harry. @Dumbledore maybe Harry wouldnât have been so enraptured by the Mirror of Erised if he actually had a damn photo of his parents).
And it makes perfect sense for Hagrid to be prejudiced against Slytherin. These are the people who threw him away, who got him kicked out of Hogwarts, who would have taken away his home if Dumbledore hadnât allowed him to stay on as groundskeeper. And yeah donât get me wrong Hagrid definitely has morals but heâs like the definition of Slytherin loyalty, heâd do anything for the people he cares about. Just think of him hiding Gawp in the Forbidden Forrest. Itâs not safe or wise or brave, he keeps that knowledge from even Dumbledore (Dumbledore, who he believes in not because of his ideals or what he stands for but because he is Dumbledore, someone Hagrid is loyal to).
But this is his brother, who is going to get hurt if he stays with the other giants. Think of how Hagrid loves Harryânow, think of Narcissa Malfoy, willing to do anything if it meant the chance her son was alive, even defy Voldemort and go against what her family had been working towards for decades. Hagrid is such a Slytherin parent.
tl;dr sure, JKR might have posted on her twitter or Pottermore that Hagrid was a Gryffindor, but writing is about showing, not telling. And she might have told us that heâs Gryffindor, but sheâs showed us heâs Slytherin
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