Ah, September 1st! Practically a holiday in and of itself to the Potterhead community (yours truly, included). Who hasn’t fantasized about taking the trip to Kings Cross, slipping through the barrier to Platform 9 and ¾? Or dreamed of taking in the majestic scarlet steam engine that is the Hogwarts Express billowing great clouds of smoke as it readies itself to chug across the green pastures and misty moors of the English countryside to Hogwarts Castle perched deep in the highlands of Scotland.
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.
I may have an addiction to bath and beauty products. When creators add fandom into the mix, my knees get weak and I succumb. When I saw a booth full of bath and shower products at Leaky Con in Boston earlier this year, I knew something from it was coming home with me.
