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.