You missed something, or I did. Gryffindor is bravery, Hufflepuff is hard work, Ravenclaw is intelligence, and Slytherin is cunning. They were portrayed as evil but they weren’t evil by default. The Slytherin guy the house is named for was not evil. Snape was not evil (he was kind of a bastard at times though.)
As I understood it:
Gryffindor = The brave Ravenclaw = The smart Hufflepuff = The stupid Slytherin = The evil
Or, in storytelling terms: the protagonists, the mentors, the comic relief, the antagonists.
You missed something, or I did. Gryffindor is bravery, Hufflepuff is hard work, Ravenclaw is intelligence, and Slytherin is cunning. They were portrayed as evil but they weren’t evil by default. The Slytherin guy the house is named for was not evil. Snape was not evil (he was kind of a bastard at times though.)
I think stupid is harsh, seems more communal or less individualistic/egoic perhaps even, and doesnt fit so much in any of the others