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I agree that Neville would make a good Hufflepuff.

Percy should have been a Slytherin. I have nothing against Slytherin, so I don't mean that as an insult. I simply mean that Percy was very ambitious; he liked power and had high goals for himself.

Luna should have been in Gryffindor. I love Luna, and don't believe she's unintelligent, but because she mostly enjoys learning about ficticious things and showed great courage several times, I think Gryffindor is more suitable.

Hermione should be a Ravenclaw. I know she said, "The Hat seriously considered on putting me in Ravenclaw." Sure, she's brave, but Luna was a brave Ravenclaw as well. Who loves learning more than Hermione? For the plot, of course, she had to be a Gryffindor in order to see Harry and Ron so often.

Peter Pettigrew ought to have been a Slytherin. No, not because all Slytherins are "evil," and Gryffindors are all "good." It's because, from a very young age, Peter looked to stronger people to protect him (very uncouragous) and even Voldemort said Wormtail returned to his service out of fear rather than loyalty. Where's the bravery? However, he must've been cunning in order to fool James and Sirius into suspecting Remus was the spy instead of himself. Like Hermione, I think the only reason he was a Gryffindor is for plot purposes. If he hadn't been a Gryffindor with the other Marauders then James wouldn't have been friends with him and made him Secret Keeper, so James and Lily wouldn't have been killed and Harry wouldn't have been marked by Voldemort...Essentially, there would be no story.

I'm going to go over to Neville's house and spray paint it yellow and black ninja
And the Hufflepuff argument for Neville being Hufflepuff is that Cedric and Tonks were also brave and intelligent. So therefore Neville = a Puff.
But I've thought of Neville as a Puff for a few years now, every time I picture him (and it's a lot ^_^) I have to remind myself that he wears gold and red... And in the last book, he protected dozens of younger kids from the Carrows, it's part bravery yes, but compassion and a strong sense of justice played a huge part of that, a larger part than bravery.

I think that Zacharias Smith should have been a Slytherin. He was rude, and didn't do anything much but complain. Certainly not the qualities of our House. It's probably a lot to do with my being bias that all Hufflepuffs are wonderful. kind and supportive people though.

I would like Remus to have been a Ravenclaw. I can just see him in the blue and bronze colours and they suit him.

And if Hermione isn't a Ravenclaw I don't know who is. mrgreen

Good description of the houses, Theresa...
But I would have put Dumbledore in Ravenclaw. He's just...wise and manipulative, but not in the evil sense like for Slytherins.

But to manipulate someone, you must be at least smarter than the person you're manipulating.
And he tricked a lot of people. And he's so secretive and mysterious...Ravenclaw just fits.

And the students have been saying Slytherins are evil from the first book. And all the Slytherins in the book have been evil. So Slytherins are naturally looked upon as evil.

*correction, I forgot about Snape. But he acts evil.

We have to remember that the hat put you where you would go furthest in life. Hermione should have been in Ravenclaw, but if she stayed there she would have stayed the way she was. In Gryffindor she was able to go further than where she was.

The only true Gryffindor out of the main characters I think was Ron. Harry should have been Slytherin (and he was only Gryff for plot purposes), Neville should have been in Hufflepuff, but Gryffindor was the house that would take him the furthest in life. So the hat isn't necessarily wrong, we're just all basing the sorting off stereotypes, when we should be basing it off of potential. Like, Hermione was great in reading, and learning and things like that, but she had the potential to be incredibly brave. Like Neville. If he had stayed in Hufflepuff, he wouldn't have turned out the way he did.

Yay! Discussion on the front page!
I do have something to say on what watermelonz said though...

I don't think Mr. Z was all that bad. There were even times when I rather liked him. He is shown as being rude and whiny because thats how Harry saw him, and Harry saw him that way because Zacharias didn't much like Harry because he was too believing of rumors. I don't really blame him. I mean, in the second year, he thought what he saw was Harry running the snake towards the one dude (or something like that) and that was really the first time he'd seen Harry do anything. Can you blame him for his opinions? I mean, Harry gets on my nerves sometimes too!

And anyways, I tend to like the background characters like that. Has anyone here read 'the Odyssey' ? I love the crewmember Eurylochus, despite him being a jerk and leading a mutiny. He was smart, and had character, so I liked him.