The Harry Potter Hogwarts house traits are a staple of the series — and every fan from the most casual to the most hardcore knows which house they belong to based on them, but the best and the worst Hogwarts house traits are often oversimplified. Gryffindor is often thought of as the best house, as it's the focus of Harry's time at Hogwarts. Hufflepuff is stereotyped as a house for pushovers, and Ravenclaw for bookworms. Finally, Slytherin is thought of as the ‘evil’ house. These stereotypes are found throughout Harry Potter, with Harry himself refusing to be sorted into Slytherin and Draco Malfoy saying he'd leave if he were sorted into Hufflepuff.

The truth is, none of the Hogwarts houses are this two-dimensional. There are positive and negative Harry Potter house traits, and no two Hogwarts students are the same even if they share a common room. Likewise, no one is purely good or purely evil.