Albus S. Potter - Slytherin or Gryffindor?

[Peverell_bro]

Albus will for sure be a Gryffindor. Like Harry said, he can choose what house he wants to be in. Having a Gryffindor mom, dad, and brother probably helps out a lot too. He would definitely not be a Hufflepuff. There's too much talent in that family for him to end up there.

[DeathlyH]

Originally Posted by Peverell_bro

Albus will for sure be a Gryffindor. Like Harry said, he can choose what house he wants to be in. Having a Gryffindor mom, dad, and brother probably helps out a lot too. He would definitely not be a Hufflepuff. There's too much talent in that family for him to end up there.

I absolutely agree. His ancestry is all in Gryffindor, so why shouldn't he be? Remember, Harry had the same fear as Albus Severus, and he was in Gryffindor.

For everyone who thinks that Albus Severus would be a Slytherin, I would really love to hear your reasons for that.

[FurryDice]

Originally Posted by Peverell_bro

Albus will for sure be a Gryffindor. Like Harry said, he can choose what house he wants to be in. Having a Gryffindor mom, dad, and brother probably helps out a lot too. He would definitely not be a Hufflepuff. There's too much talent in that family for him to end up there.

I don't think that's really fair to Hufflepuff; what about Tonks? Cedric Diggory? All the Hufflepuffs who stayed to fight in the Battle of Hogwarts? (I seem to remember more Hufflelpuffs than Ravenclaws staying) I don't think there would be anything wrong with Albus being in Hufflepuff.

[Peverell_bro]

Originally Posted by FurryDice

I don't think that's really fair to Hufflepuff; what about Tonks? Cedric Diggory? All the Hufflepuffs who stayed to fight in the Battle of Hogwarts? (I seem to remember more Hufflelpuffs than Ravenclaws staying) I don't think there would be anything wrong with Albus being in Hufflepuff.

There wouldn't be anything wrong with it but I don't think Albus would ever get sorted into it considering his bloodline -- all Gryffindors. The Sorting Hat will look at his qualities when it decides his house, and he will have all the qualities of a Weasley and a Potter in him...Gryffindor for sure.

[ComicBookWorm]

And he will also want Gryffindor on top of his completely Gryffindor bloodline.

[Mad_Druid]

I don't think that bloodline matters more than anything else. If anything I think that it matters far less. Look at Sirius, look at the Patil twins.

[Lucybird]

I don't think he will be in Slytherin, he doesn't want to be and choice is the most important thing, like with Harry not wanting to be in Slytherin, the sorting hat considered it but chose Gryfinndor because Harry didn't want to be in Slytherin

[Peverell_bro]

Originally Posted by Mad_Druid

I don't think that bloodline matters more than anything else. If anything I think that it matters far less. Look at Sirius, look at the Patil twins.

Yeah but he WANTS to be in Gryffindor on top of that bloodline. Sirius did not want to be in Slytherin, he wanted to break the family tradition.

[luket11]

Gryffindor, would be the only one that would make sense.
It seems that he is like a reflection of when harry was little.
Harry did not want to be in Slytherin, so the sorting hat did not put him there. If ASP sincerly does not want to be in it, which he clearly does not. I do not think that he would be, but there would still be the chance of the other houses, who is to say that he would have to be in either two. If he is intelligent or humble, he may be in the other ones, but who knows. He seems to be a brave one like his fatherr. And you can never really tell. We never really see Rons braveness till it comes out, in the greatest moments.

[firefly20angel]

The reason that I think he will be a Gryffindor is not because of his bloodlie or his ancestry but because we see that he really does not want to be in it and the whole point of his conversation with Harry is that the sorting hat also pays attention to our wants and our choices rather than just our abilities. Albus would not think on the Hogwarts Express, "yay, perhaps I won't be in Slytherin after all if the Sorting Hat will take my choices in account....nah! I actually rather be in Slytherin after all!"

[Mad_Druid]

Originally Posted by Peverell_bro

Yeah but he WANTS to be in Gryffindor on top of that bloodline. Sirius did not want to be in Slytherin, he wanted to break the family tradition.

Albus never says that he wants to be in Gryffindor, just that he's scared off going into Slytherin. It's actually Harry who brings up Gryffindor:

'But if it matters to you, you'll be able to choose Gryffindor over Slytherin'

This was a mistake on Harry's part IMO. He should have said that be it Gryffindor, Slytherin, Ravenclaw, or Hufflepuff he would be proud.

[ComicBookWorm]

He's going to want to be in the same house as his parents. That's typically the way kids are unless they are rebelling (for a good reason) like Sirius. He wasn't rebelling.

[firefly20angel]

Originally Posted by Mad_Druid

Albus never says that he wants to be in Gryffindor, just that he's scared off going into Slytherin. It's actually Harry who brings up Gryffindor:

'But if it matters to you, you'll be able to choose Gryffindor over Slytherin'

This was a mistake on Harry's part IMO. He should have said that be it Gryffindor, Slytherin, Ravenclaw, or Hufflepuff he would be proud.

He never said so but it was slightly obvious that he wanted to be in his family house...but yes, I agree that I wanted to smack Harry when he seemed to have forgotten Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff.

[Peverell_bro]

Originally Posted by firefly20angel

but yes, I agree that I wanted to smack Harry when he seemed to have forgotten Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff.

How come? It was obvious that Albus wanted to be in Gryffindor like his brother, his parents, and all of his relatives (not to mention the man he was named after). There was no need to bring up Ravenclaw or Hufflepuff.

[Lucybird]

Originally Posted by Peverell_bro

How come? It was obvious that Albus wanted to be in Gryffindor like his brother, his parents, and all of his relatives (not to mention the man he was named after). There was no need to bring up Ravenclaw or Hufflepuff.

Because he said Slytherins weren't all bad, suggesting Slytherin and Griffindor would be fine, but not Ravenclaw or Hufflepuff

[FoxyShay24]

Originally Posted by Peverell_bro

There wouldn't be anything wrong with it but I don't think Albus would ever get sorted into it considering his bloodline -- all Gryffindors. The Sorting Hat will look at his qualities when it decides his house, and he will have all the qualities of a Weasley and a Potter in him...Gryffindor for sure.

He's definatly going to be in Griffindor. Both his Parents were Griffindors. Plus all the Weasleys are too. Just because he is middle name is Severus doesn't mean he is going to be in Slytherin. The sorting hat reads you and it will read the reason why Harry named him that, it was for all GOOD reasons. <---for sure!

[birdi86]

This is where the "Al will be in Gryffindor" talk goes wrong.

Albus wanted to be in Gryffindor like his brother, his parents, and all of his relatives

Who says his cousins are in Gryffindor? Or Teddy?

Teddy was the son of a Hufflepuff and Gryffindor raised by a Slytherin. He could go into any House.

Victoire, Dominique and Louis are the children of a Gryffindor and a Beauxbatons student and it was hinted in the GoF books that Beauxbatons is most similar to Ravenclaw in values. Fleur definitely spent a lot of time around Ravenclaws and for all we know, she may like them the best out of all the Hogwarts houses.

At any rate, I can't see Fleur caring much about "House loyalty" or wanting to push them into a House.

(Similar thing with Percy and Audrey. We don't know if she went to Hogwarts and what House she was in if she did. I could see him marrying a Ravenclaw, a Hufflepuff or even a - very nice - Slytherin. So there's no reason to think that Molly and Lucy will take after their father rather than their mother. They could also go into a non-Gryffindor house.)

And Victoire, Teddy (and possibly her siblings) are the eldest which means their younger cousins could also take after them and follow them into a non-Gryffindor house.

Kids tend to be more influenced by their peers (cousins and siblings) then by parents anyway. Bill might have gone into Gryffindor because his parents did but Charlie, Percy, the twins, Ron and Ginny were as much influenced (if not moreso) by each other than their parents.

Which is why I have to say, this assumption that Al and Rose must be in Gryffindor is funny. It doesn't take into account a lot of variables, like their cousins or that they may have their own personalities rather than being copies of their parents.

[DeathlyH]

Originally Posted by birdi86

Teddy was the son of a Hufflepuff and Gryffindor raised by a Slytherin. He could go into any House.

There is no canon that Andromeda was a Slytherin; just because her sisters were doesn't mean she was. From what we saw she is very different from them in every sense except looks.

(Similar thing with Percy and Audrey. We don't know if she went to Hogwarts and what House she was in if she did. I could see him marrying a Ravenclaw, a Hufflepuff or even a - very nice - Slytherin. So there's no reason to think that Molly and Lucy will take after their father rather than their mother. They could also go into a non-Gryffindor house.)

And Victoire, Teddy (and possibly her siblings) are the eldest which means their younger cousins could also take after them and follow them into a non-Gryffindor house.

Kids tend to be more influenced by their peers (cousins and siblings) then by parents anyway. Bill might have gone into Gryffindor because his parents did but Charlie, Percy, the twins, Ron and Ginny were as much influenced (if not moreso) by each other than their parents.

Which is why I have to say, this assumption that Al and Rose must be in Gryffindor is funny. It doesn't take into account a lot of variables, like their cousins or that they may have their own personalities rather than being copies of their parents.

The discussion is not about what House Albus wants to be in, but what House he should be in. The Sorting Hat won't put him in a House just because all of his friends are there and the Hat wants him to be with them. And even so, Albus clearly wanted to be in Gryffindor. It's incredibly obvious just from the Epilogue. And anyways, you are contradicting yourself. You say what Houses you think all of the Weasley cousins are in based on their parents, but then you say that Albus's parents have nothing to do with it. Well, they do. Even if they are different people, they are still related to their parents and share their blood. Both his parents, his Aunt and Uncles on his mother's side, and all of his Grandparents were in Gryffindor.

I will ask again: if you think that Albus will be in Slytherin, why? Where at all is there any canon to support him being a Slytherin? I would really love to hear these reasons.

[gipro2003]

Originally Posted by DeathlyH

I will ask again: if you think that Albus will be in Slytherin, why? Where at all is there any canon to support him being a Slytherin? I would really love to hear these reasons.

That's exactly the point. We have no canon to prove he is in any house, or more suited for any house. We are just told he does not want to be in Slytherin. This leaves 3 other, very good houses available. I dont think he may necessarily be suited for Slytherin, but I love the idea of the next generation breaking the mold and promoting more house unity and equality.

[DeathlyH]

Originally Posted by gipro2003

That's exactly the point. We have no canon to prove he is in any house, or more suited for any house. We are just told he does not want to be in Slytherin. This leaves 3 other, very good houses available. I dont think he may necessarily be suited for Slytherin, but I love the idea of the next generation breaking the mold and promoting more house unity and equality.

Well, I do think that all the evidence is pointing right towards him being a Gryffindor. His parents, all four grandparents, and most Aunts and Uncles were in it, and more than anything, he wants to be in Gryffindor, and really, really doesn't want to be in Slytherin. The Hat can realize things like that, and it wouldn't put him in a House that he doesn't want to be in. Just in my opinion.