Between grad school and a pandemic, I feel like Steve Rogers coming out of the ice: confused and out of touch with the world around me. As society begins taking baby steps towards pre-pandemic normalcy, it’s time I made an effort to rejoin the world. This is the time of year for resolutions and declarations of “New Year New Me!”. Well, I suck at resolutions and positive affirmations, but I am good with a challenge or task to complete. So, I have decided to create a new project for myself with your help!
Yes, I said it. I’ve seen the memes floating around out there showing the MCU Avengers and their respective Hogwarts houses, and one particularly astute roundup had Captain America, the golden boy himself, in Slytherin—long touted as the “bad guy” house. Gasp! How could they think he belongs there? Well, I’m here to explain it to you all, and if by the end of this post you haven’t at least considered it a possibility, then I’ve failed. (But I’m a Slytherin, too, so I’ll probably never admit it.) Steve Rogers is a Slytherin, and here’s why:
For consistency, I will stick with the MCU version of all characters mentioned. This post contains spoilers for just about all Captain America and Avengers films.