Harry Potter: 5 Ways Ron Should Have Been In Hufflepuff (& 5 Gryffindor Was The Right Choice)

As Harry Potter’s BFF, Ron Weasley has shown tons of Gryffindor bravery. But should the Sorting Hat have place the loyal wizard in Hufflepuff House?

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One of Dumbledore’s wisest quotes — “You know, I sometimes think we sort too soon.” — shows that not even the Headmaster fully trusts the decisions made by the Sorting Hat. Or, at least, suggests that children can’t be boxed into a specific category that they must then identify with for the rest of their lives.

Harry Potter was almost placed in Slytherin, Hermione was considered for Ravenclaw, and Neville’s plea to become part of Hufflepuff fails. What about Ron Weasley? It’s not like he’s always shown the necessary traits that Gryffindor expects, so is it possible that he could have been sorted differently?

10 Hufflepuff: General Aura Of Humility

Ron comes from humble beginnings, and he carries his past with him to Hogwarts. While he is nowhere as boastful as Malfoy et al., his insecurities are overabundant and constant. Like most Hufflepuffs, Ron is usually modest about himself and the expectations he sets, but he can take it to extreme extents.

More importantly, it didn’t help that Harry, the Boy Who Lived, the Chosen One, is Ron’s best friend; there is no way he could cast himself out of a shadow that large — but he does get the spotlight every now and then.

9 Gryffindor: Unexpected Bouts Of Boldness

Early Ron was prone to a number of irrational fears, ranging from spiders to Voldemort to his mother. He jumped at the slightest sound, and the annoying whimpering was grating on the ear, to say the least. But he is a Gryffindor, and has proven his membership on innumerable occasions.

Ron has and will continue to take whatever risk necessary to protect his friends and family. He is the one, in fact, who realizes that the Basilisk fang is a potential weapon against a Horcrux, and finishes the job right as everyone else is about to be consumed by the ravaging Fiendfyre.

8 Hufflepuff: Willingness To Cooperate

This doesn’t sound much like Ron, does it? After all, most of his time is spent mumbling about being forced into some adventure with Harry and Hermione. Still, he understands the stakes, having seen the effects the Dark Lord set loose in the world, and agrees to help out with whatever plan is being currently hatched.

Furthermore, Ron has shown to take the initiative in several instances, leading his friends out of danger with a combination of quick thinking and pure luck. This is exactly why Dumbledore bequeaths him the Deluminator.

7 Gryffindor: Gallant Behavior

Although Hermione can take care of herself very well, to the point of being the main reason why the other Golden Trio members even survive their various encounters with disaster, it’s nice to see Ron embrace his Gryffindor gallantry — even if he does call Hermione an “insufferable know-it-all.”

Things don’t always play out the way Ron intends, however, like when his broken wand backfires his slug-burping curse on him, but at least he stands up against Draco’s bigotry towards Hermione. Similarly, he accuses Snape of being partial towards the Slytherins (but mainly because he )

6 Hufflepuff: Loyalty To The Cause

In their final year, Ron is technically the only one of the trio with everything to lose — the Dursleys are well-protected (not that Harry cares) and Hermione’s parents have been obliviated to Australia.

The fact that he literally drags Harry back when he was trying to leave the Weasley home in secret, insisting that he and Hermione will always be there with him, is evidence of his overwhelming Hufflepuff loyalty. Likewise, Ron tries to return to the Forest of Dean almost immediately after fuming off, and spends several days hunting his friends down.

5 Gryffindor: Unbreakable Persistence

Think of Ron as having a cushy outer shell, the part of him that wants to run away and live life without any concerns, and an invulnerable core — allowing him to go further than either Harry or Hermione in certain situations.

A great example of this is his arachnophobia, which Ron circumvents with enormous struggle while traveling through the Forbidden Forest to meet Aragog. Ron has had nightmares about spiders ever since Fred transfigured his teddy into one, but he does it anyway — wishing that he were following butterflies instead.

4 Hufflepuff: Affable Nature

Hufflepuffs are known to be buoyant, carefree creatures, often preferring the pleasantness of friendship to competition — something the other three houses are hung up about.

For all his bluster and claims of wanting to match up to his brothers, Ron tends to take a relaxed attitude towards studies. He can usually be found gazing out the window at nothing, dozing off in class, or suspended in a zen-like state.

3 Gryffindor: Bursting With Dignity

Ron often gripes about how poor his family is, or how often he is clothed in hand-me-downs. Regardless, he is the first to lash out at the slightest perceived insult towards the Weasley name.

It might be unexpected to watch him defend things that he himself mocks, but it shows that he will not tolerate it when others do it. This is not because of ego, although Ron is not lacking in that department, but rather that he knows the difference between playful whining and actual abuse.

2 Hufflepuff: Acceptance Of Hard Work

Ron is, for lack of a more expansive term, lazy. He doesn’t do much, nor is he interested in putting in effort when he can just… not. On the contrary, Hufflepuffs are distinguished by their diligence, no matter if there is a reward for them in the end or not.

But then again, Ron has demonstrated that he will go all out when he needs to — the best example of this being his incredibly hard training regimen during the sixth year Quidditch Tournament, which his team wins.

1 Gryffindor: Brash Decision-Making

This is one of the few negative traits assigned to Gryffindor: the rush into battle without carefully planning out all the possible outcomes.

It sometimes pays off for Ron, like when he sacrifices himself on a gamble in the Philosopher’s Stone chess game, but he goes a bit too far the next year when he steals his father’s Ford Anglia to get himself and Harry to Hogwarts by flying brazenly across half of Britain. And if they were seen, who care. He didn’t, that’s for sure.

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