I keep idly trying to sort my MCU favourites into Potter houses. Some of them are ridiculously easy. Others… less so.
Bucky Barnes is the simplest of the lot. He’s a Hufflepuff. He’s a Puff through and through. Bucky’s most prominent traits are his loyalty and his love and protectiveness for the people he cares about. He never wanted to go to war (another Puff trait, because they prefer to avoid conflict where possible), but even fater he suffered and was tortured and had every right to leave, he went back for the sake of his friend, to protect him. LOYALTY. If you even think about disputing this, please bear in mind that Bucky’s loyalty and love for Steve was what broke through 70 years of mental warping and brainwashing.
Steve Rogers is a Gryffindor. I’ve seen people argue that he was Slytherin because he’s a lying, sneaky little git. But so was Dumbledore. And both of them were lying sneaky gits for what they thought was the right reason. Heck, even Hermione in her attempts to free the House Elves was using trickery. (Also, Peter Pettigrew, but the less said about that travesty of a characterisation, the better).
One of the biggest traits of Gryffindor is the tendency to do the most reckless, foolhardy things in the name of RIGHT and GOOD. And what is Steve doing? He’s doing exactly that. He wants to fight because he thinks it’s right, no matter how many rules/laws/whatevers he’s breaking along the way. He tries to join the army, because it’s right, even if it’s a lie. He says he understand Phillips when Phillips says he’s not to go into enemy territory, but he damned well does it anyway, because it’s the right thing to do.
How is that any different than the Golden Trio busting in to find the Philosopher’s stone rather than listening to authority figures? Or making illegal potions to spy on classmates? Or going into the Chamber of Secrets? Or confronting a mad murderer? Or busting into the Ministry of Magic… I think you get the idea. Steve has every bit of Gryffindor pluck and ferocity and the inability to stand by when he thinks someone is doing something that isn’t right. Plus being more than willing to let his others do dirty work for him (see Hermione and unleashing the centaurs on Umbridge). Steve would have been Harry. He would have gone crashing into every single one of those situations, because it has to be done!
Peggy Carter is a tough one, though. She has a wole lot of Steve’s tendency to Do The Right Thing, but she’s definitely not a Gryffindor. It’s a close tie between Ravenclaw and Slytherin for this lady. I would say she’s more on the side of Slytherin, because Slytherins are definitely not afraid to get into confrontations if they happen, but would much rather get what she needs through cunning and guile. She will use her wits and her wiles, and if it becomes necessary, her fists. Of, y’know, a fork in the brachial artery.
Natasha Romanoff is another borderline one, but just because someone is very good at being deceptive does not automatically mean they are a Slytherin. If anything, I would say Natasha is Ravenclaw. She’s master of a thousand skills, and you don’t get that through guile and cunning. She is like a sponge of knowledge, She knows how things work, how people work, how everything works, so she knows how to take it apart and stop that mysterious ticking sound. Computer hacking. Ninjaing. Speaking Latin. Speaking Russian. All kinds of weapons. You name it, she does it.
Sam Wilson is a Hufflepuff. I don’t think there’s any question of this. Like Bucky, he would prefer not to be in a combat situation again, but like Bucky, his loyalty to supporting his friend is paramount, so he will be there with wings on.
Nick Fury is totally Slytherin. He has hands in all the pies. He plays with cards up his sleeve. He manipulate, and twists and makes his players move about the board like no one’s business. This is kind of what you need in a spy-master: the cunning, guile, and intelligence to manage everyone, with no one else aware of what the other is doing.
Thor was initially pure Gryffindor “rush-in-and-punch-things”, but he’s matured and become much more level-headed. I think he still is Gryffindor, because he will still break the rules in order to do what he deems is right (ie. that whole prison break and defying his father thing. Mate, defying your father ended badly the first time. How did you think this would end?) and generally, he does act for what he considers to be the greater good.
Foggy Nelson. Hufflepuff. Loyal. Defends his friends, even though they are more badass than him. Cuddly little badger man if ever there was one.
Mat Murdock is a tough call. He treads the fine line between Gryffindor and Slytherin, but I’d say more Slytherin. He acts for the greater good a lot of the time, but a lot of his actions do come down to the loyalty to his friends, and Slytherins are second-loyalest house on the block. He also treads the morally grey line a lot of the time, which Slytherins are very good at, treading neatly between what is right and what is necessary. Plus it makes sense since Puffs and Slytherins tend to be the best interhouse relationships.
And can you tell I’m procrastinating from actually doing any real work tonight?