Hogwarts Legacy Houses Shouldn't Be as Simple as Gryffindor Good, Slytherin Bad
Hogwarts houses in the Harry Potter mythology have always been entertaining barometers for what a character’s defining personality traits are, even if they can be derivative or reductive. By placing a sentient, magical witch hat on a child’s head, the house that will define them for their entire seven-year education at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry is decided. These houses separate students into either Gryffindor, Slytherin, Hufflepuff, or Ravenclaw.
In Hogwarts Legacy, players will have the freedom to choose their house. This already hints at a degree of replayability Hogwarts Legacy may have, inspiring at least four different playthroughs to experience what life is like as a student in each house. But while house selection is a fun option, it also comes with predetermined biases that have been influenced by stereotypical and archetypal depictions of characters from the Harry Potter novels and films. Gryffindor is depicted as good and Slytherin is depicted as bad, for example, and Hogwarts Legacy must avoid this tired trope.
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Harry Potter has romanticized the idea of Gryffindor due to how many exemplary characters belong to that house. Gryffindor is only ever portrayed as being the pillar of bravery and benevolence, honoring students such as Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, and Hermione Granger for their heroic feats year after year.
On the other hand, Slytherin is only ever portrayed as the house that harbors mischievous or malevolent students, including characters who adamantly express bigotry and supremacy as pure-bloods, such as the Malfoys. Gryffindor is thus in perpetual contention with Slytherin. Meanwhile, houses Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw are dismissively
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