Why They’re Slytherins Part 2
As a Slytherin myself, I’ve sorted a number of characters into Slytherin, but there are some choices that seem to leave people confused as to why I sorted them the way that I did, so I’m going to go through the characters I’ve sorted into Slytherin and explain why I sorted them into the house of the snake.
Although one might be inclined to label link as a Ravenclaw due to his intelligence, a Gryffindor for having the Triforce of Courage, or a Hufflepuff for his status as an all-loving hero who helps everyone he comes across, Link’s true home is in a pit of vipers. The entire game play of Legend of Zelda embodies Slytherin virtues. Clever tactics, exploiting weaknesses, finding items to overcome obstacles in the environment, combining items or using them in unconventional ways to solve a problem, the very nature of Legend of Zelda nurtures the Slytherin mentality of finding a way around any problem.
Although there is a good case to be made for her being a Gryffindor, if all she cared about was having the bravery to take her father’s place, she would have gone home after Shang told her to leave during the musical montage. Instead, Mulan showed herself to be clever when she finally figured out how to use the weights to help her instead of hinder her. She shows her cleverness again when she used her cannon to cause an avalanche, rather than just aiming it at the enemy, which ended up wiping out almost the entire invading Hun army single-handedly because she chose tact and strategy over the direct method.
The ultimate smart aleck wise guy, Bugs is known for playing tricks, outsmarting and fooling people, manipulating people, making his opponents look like idiots, and always having a trick or two up his sleeve. Bugs is a pretty popular example of a vengeful hero because many times, the reason he’s working so hard to make someone’s life miserable is because they’ve wronged him, and he’s taken it upon himself to punish them by annoying and harassing them until he feels they’ve learned their lesson.
If Robin Hood was a Gryffindor, he’d rally his merry men and the poor into a functioning army and lead the charge against the tyrannical Prince John. However, that’s not how Robin operates. He uses sneaky tactics, disguises and tricks, sabotage, and manipulation to systematically weaken Prince John’s authority. He chooses to use his cleverness and his wit to combat Prince John’s tyranny rather than going up against the royal armed forces directly.
Definitely a hat stall with Ravenclaw, the reason I sorted these brothers into Slytherin is the seemingly impossible knack they have to build all sorts of crazy contraptions without ever running into legal issues. Getting their hands on supplies they have no means of paying for, building gigantic machines and roller coasters without permits or adhering to zoning laws. But even more so, it seems as though they could do, build, or create anything to accomplish whatever they want to. They built a beach in their backyard in the middle of suburbia. It doesn’t seem like much of a stretch that if you have a problem, they can build something to solve that problem. It’s their ingenuity and their ability to solve any problem with their creations that I decided to sort them into Slytherin.
Whenever the Belcher kids are plotting something, it’s always Louise’s plan. She is a mastermind whose schemes are usually successful. She plans the heist of the chocolate bars on the wine train, she systematically takes down Teddy after her mother rents her room to him, and she figures out that Mr. Fischoeder is conning her, and while he’s distracted with his con, she uses the very tricks he taught her to con him out of the most coveted prize in Wonder Wharf.
No matter what crazy situation the Doctor finds themself in, the odds against them, or what they have to work with, the Doctor always figures out what the problem is and finds a solution. Even when fighting against an alien race, virus, or technology they’ve never encountered before, they’re intelligent enough to figure out what can defeat their problem, and they’re clever enough to use that information to their advantage.
