Though Glee started off with just five singers and a teacher with a dream, the New Directions Glee club expanded over the years to include many more students. As they needed to fill their ranks, exchange students, transfers, and simply those who wanted to be stars joined up. There was also a whole new class of New Directions members as Rachel Berry and company left McKinley High.
Would “the next Rachel” wind up in the same Hogwarts house as her predecessor? Unlikely. In fact, a lot of the Hogwarts houses for the likes of Jake Puckerman, Blaine Anderson, and more might just surprise you.
Sugar Motta: Slytherin
When some of the “trouble makers” of the New Directions decided to strike out on their own, they ended up in a new, all female, group. Sugar Motta was one of those members, though she eventually made her way into New Directions as well.
Sugar was all about the spotlight. She might not have been the most talented of the bunch, but she wanted to be the star. Her ambition, and her attraction to the glitz and glamour of wealth, mean she’s an easy sort into Slytherin.
Unique Adams: Gryffindor
Unique was first the stage persona of Wade Adams until they became a force of nature and a star in their own life. Unique was a strong personality who became brave by default because there was no other way for them to live.
Bullied because of their gender identity, Unique was forced to take a stand time and again. Whether it was because of their online profile when their identity was revealed or performing in a dress and heels to be true to themselves, Unique made it clear that they weren’t submitting to anyone’s ridicule. They could belong to no other house but Gryffindor.
Kitty Wilde: Slytherin
Kitty was the second coming of Quinn Fabray. She knew what she wanted, and she didn’t let anything stand in her way to get it. That’s why she so often clashed with her classmates.
Kitty was a bit more upfront about her nature than Quinn was, but she could still be cunning when she needed to be, like taking in Marley’s costume to convince the other girl that she was gaining weight. She let her own desires cloud her judgment on several occasions, making her a lock for Slytherin.
Joe Hart: Ravenclaw
Joe Hart wasn’t in the New Directions for long, but he certainly made an impression with his laid back attitude and his willingness to listen to all sides of a story. He’s the only Ravenclaw of the new class to make the list.
Joe sorted into Ravenclaw largely because no other Hogwarts house is quite the right fit for him. He wasn’t particularly bookish, but he was a dreamer. He was more of a thinker and listener than a doer, getting lost in his own head enough times to make us all wonder just what was going on in there.
Rory Flanagan: Hufflepuff
Rory didn’t stick around on the series for very long. He was homesick for his family in Ireland, and he tended to hang in the background of group scenes, blending in. Rory tried to be everyone’s friend, and that’s part of the reason he sorted into Hufflepuff.
With his penchant for blending in, Rory didn’t like confrontation, or when the Glee club was split down the middle over different issues. He was too quiet to play peacemaker in his time on the show, but if he’d been able to stick around longer, he likely would have been.
Lauren Zizes: Slytherin
Lauren briefly spent time with New Directions when she was looking for a new club to join. She left her mark by dating Puck and bringing a lot of sarcasm to the club.
While Lauren wasn’t as obvious with her Slytherin tendencies as Rachel Berry might have been, she was a Slytherin all the same. Her sarcasm wasn’t just a way to deflect, for example; it was a way to showcase how good at reading people she was. Lauren targeted her remarks precisely, giving herself the upper hand in most verbal confrontations.
Ryder Lynn: Hufflepuff
Like a second-generation Sam Evans, Ryder Lynn was the image of the All American Boy that midwestern set television series like to portray. Ryder was kind and hardworking, and he would fit right in at Hufflepuff.
Some fans might argue Ryder wasn’t especially kind given that he didn’t accept Unique right away, but those were Ryder’s own issues that he worked through during the course of the series. He wasn’t quick to accept things he didn’t understand but had to go through a process of figuring out his own views, another aspect of his hardworking Hufflepuff attitude. Eventually, he and Unique came to have a solid friendship.
Jake Puckerman: Gryffindor
Though Jake was the younger Puck, he didn’t have much in common with his brother. Both boys fell in and out of love quickly and had solid vocal stylings, but that’s where the similarities ended. While his brother was a bully, Jake stood up for those picked on around him.
Jake belonged in Gryffindor. He was willing to take the big risks, putting himself out there both as a musician and as a romantic partner. Jake didn’t run from his mistakes, but instead embraced them and found a way to fix them.
Marley Rose: Hufflepuff
Though fans thought Marley would be the next Rachel Berry, Marley didn’t have Rachel’s ambition. Instead, she was more about being a team player and avoiding conflict.
Marley wasn’t as confident in her own abilities as the other members of New Directions, though her love of singing kept her in the spotlight. She didn’t seem entirely comfortable with all of the attention singing brought her, but she remained optimistic through her challenges. Marley put in the effort, working as hard as she could to earn her place in the club. She was definitely a Hufflepuff.
Blaine Anderson: Gryffindor
Blaine Anderson wasn’t always a New Directions member. When first introduced on Glee, he was instead a member of the Dalton Academy Warblers. Blaine took a huge leap of faith, leaving Dalton to enroll at McKinley High and be closer to Kurt Hummel. That’s a pretty risky move, and it’s just one reason he’s a Gryffindor, just like Harry Potter.
Blaine put himself out there quite frequently. He wasn’t one to hide his goals from those around him, and he especially wasn’t one to hide his feelings. Whether he was confessing his love through song in a mall or laying all of his thoughts on the line to express his concerns to the rest of the club.
