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Dgartyparty·11/19/2018 in General

<p>I honestly don't think he should be a Slytherin and that the Sorting Hat only put him there because he's a Malfoy - either that, or convenience for the plot. I think he would've fit into the Hufflepuff house a lot better, maybe even Gryffindor. Wouldn't it be interesting to read Draco's reaction to a Hufflepuff/Gryffindor son? I also think Albus has some Hufflepuff traits. But what do you guys think?</p>

Cephalon Carstairs·11/19/2018

It does have a lot to do with personality, but the Sorting Hat also looks at your legacy. Perhaps you appear to be a Hufflepuff prima facie, but the Sorting Hat knows your family has a history of Gryffindor, and it sees something deep inside you that makes you a Gryffindor. Take Neville for example. He is very much a Hufflepuff by nature, but by the end of the series, his bravery and courage is realized. That's why he was a Gryffindor, the Sorting Hat saw something in him that he was destined to become.

Dgartyparty·11/19/2018

<p>The thing is, though, personality isn't genetically determined. Neville got in because of his bravery, not because the Longbottoms were a family destined for Gryffindor. I'm pretty sure Scorpius is the outlier of the Malfoys who was a true Hufflepuff at heart, but since he was born into that family, he was automatically assumed to be Slytherin. It was like how Draco got sorted into it when the hat barely touched his head because he was a Malfoy.</p>

Cephalon Carstairs·11/19/2018

Personality is environmental though. You are like your parents, in one way or another. And in the wizarding world, your legacy is all you have. Your name. It is in a child's natire to want to appease and impress your parents. And the Sorting Hat gives you a choice, just as Harry tells Albus at the end of DH2. Scorpius may have the personality of a Hufflepuff, but maybe he has a destiny to be Slytherin or he just wanted his father to be proud of him and chose Slytherin.

What do you think?