BADGERS.

[eldabe]

GO READ THIS!

Everyone Should be a Hufflepuff, or Stop the Hogwarts House-Hate

L said it completely changed the way she views Hufflepuffs, which is astounding because I can't remember a time I didn't want to be a Hufflepuff, and this article makes all of my points. (Apparently better than I ever did.)

When I finished this article, all I wanted to do was invite Emily Asher-Perrin over for a cup of tea and a long meta romp through the Harry Potter world. My not-secret-at-all life ambition would be to open a fandom literary salon. THAT WOULD BE THE LIFE. As it stands, I wish I could articulate myself in writing half as well as Emily Asher-Perrin, as the internet is the closest we get.

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The fact remains that I don't know if I would be a Hufflepuff. I most certainly wouldn't be a Gryffindor (HAHAHA) and I'm ambitious enough to be a Slytherin but the past two years haven't been particularly Slytherin-y. Would probably have been better at 11. I'm certainly in love with academia enough to be a Ravenclaw, but not only did that come later, but I NEVER WOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GET INTO THE COMMON ROOM. I'm atrocious at riddles.

Huh, maybe I would be a Hufflepuff! *cheers up*

Comments

[batyatoon]

I have long been pretty sure that I would be either a Ravenclaw or a Hufflepuff, and honestly I think the only thing that might disqualify me for Hufflepuff is that I am by no means "unafraid of toil". I'm kind of lazy, and my only saving grace on that score is that I am pretty good at thinking up ways to save myself labor and still get stuff done.

[eldabe]

Lots of ditto.

Actually my "thinking up ways to save myself labor and still get stuff done" tenancies always struck me as very Slytherin.

I think the Hufflepuffs would also be inclined to welcome people who weren't "perfect Hufflepuffs" because those that most exemplify the Hufflepuff tenancies would be more fair and welcoming than other houses. And those are the people I want to hang out with. :)

[batyatoon]

I wouldn't consider that tendency Slytherin at all! "Work smarter, not harder" is completely Ravenclaw. Slytherin would be "save self labor and get away with it," without regard to whether or not the work gets done or who ends up doing it.

It's true, Hufflepuff does have the ethos of being more accepting and welcoming -- but the House accepts people regardless of whether or not they exemplify the ethos. Which ironically means that not all Hufflepuff individuals are necessarily going to be accepting and welcoming.