Breaking – Umbridge’s Hogwarts House Revealed


Managing Editor
10/16/12 10:21pm
25 Comments

During the signing potion of Jo Rowling’s A Casual Vacancy event, HPA staffer asked Jo one of the remaining burning questions in the Harry Potter fandom…

And there you have it, folks. Long suspected, finally confirmed. Thanks Kaci for asking the probing questions!

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  • http://twitter.com/themaddestcat Catherine W.

    OF COURSE SHE IS. *sigh*

  • http://www.facebook.com/jessica.ayres.167 Jessica Ayres

    and i pegged her as a hufflepuff. go figure. XD

    • LILO

      Me too

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Rachel-R/535540359 Rachel R

      Hufflepuff
      has produced the fewest number of dark wizards than any other house at
      Hogwarts. Students belonging to this house are known to be hard-working,
      friendly, loyal, honest and rather impartial.
      Not to mention: Helga Hufflepuff was an egalitarian
      and was renowned for her compassionate nature; she took in the
      house-elves to work in Hogwarts Kitchen where they could work in peace
      and safety. She united people of different backgrounds so they could
      learn and be safe at Hogwarts.
      Umbridge definitely wasn’t a Hufflepuff.

  • http://benchpressabear.tumblr.com Joan

    For every Merlin, we got an Umbridge. *smh*

    • http://www.facebook.com/sarahstankus Sarah Stankus

      HA-HA! :D

  • MortimerBooks

    Yeah we really didn’t need this, but hey, our reputation can’t get that much worse can it?

  • Peg

    Thank goodness she’s not a Hufflepuff. I would have thrown a fit if Jo did that to us Badgers.

    • http://benchpressabear.tumblr.com Joan

      Try being a Slytherin…*sigh*

      • http://www.facebook.com/people/Rachel-R/535540359 Rachel R

        Preach. :/

    • http://www.facebook.com/sam.ruff.94 Sam Ruff

      I KNOW!!

  • http://twitter.com/eastkentmummy Ginny Rose

    i always said she was and there was no way she a hufflepuff she way to mean

  • GinnyWrocks

    Anybody who thought she was a Hufflepuff doesn’t have a solid grasp on what Hufflepuff house is about.

    • http://twitter.com/AndreaSharee Andrea Pip Lister

      To quote Dumbledore, What the *hell* is a Hufflepuff? (Besides being particularly good FINDers)

  • Andi

    One of the main traits of Slytherein house is ambition, Dolores is nothing if not ambitious, half the things she did weren’t in the pursuit of evil, they were just to move HERSELF forward. She was disgusting and evil as long as it moved her forward. Yes she had horrible morals and beliefs but she was willing to hide those and fake her sugary sweetness for more status and power. Of course she was a Slytherein, that kind of cutthroat ambitiousness wouldn’t be found anywhere else.

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Rachel-R/535540359 Rachel R

      Some snakes are actually very nice you know….

      • Andi

        I don’t deny that, I’m just saying the amount of ambition in Umbridge couldn’t have allowed her to be in any other house.

        • http://www.facebook.com/people/Rachel-R/535540359 Rachel R

          I agree. Although I don’t like it.

  • Bert

    Hmm, well that wasn’t really a surprise of course.

    I wonder to which house Cornelius Fudge belonged? Slytherin as well? Couldn’t imagine him as a Ravenclaw, Hufflepuf or Gryffindor…

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Rachel-R/535540359 Rachel R

      I see him as a Ravenclaw, before the love of the office corrupted him, he was a pretty smart guy, and willing to ask others for help.

  • TheWillowRider992

    Thank god she is’t a RavenClaw….

  • Sarcasmaniac

    That is so fucking cliche. I wish JK would have said Hufflepuff. Who says there cant be bad puffs?

  • max

    sometimes it seems that this is how she decides the houses:
    main “good” character: GRYFFINDOR
    any “bad” character: SLYTHERIN
    character which may be slightly important in one or a few of the books: RAVENCLAW
    any characters who don’t matter enough: HUFFLEPUFF

    perhaps some exceptions for special reasons, but these seem to be general guidlines, which is quite saddening

  • SirEdge

    Dang, another meanie for us Slytherins. How about some love? Apart from Merlin. Maybe Gandalf?

  • Slytherudite

    Seriously? Our house’s reputations is terrible. Thank the gods for Merlin.