[HPforGrownups] House Sortings

[jazmyn]

No: HPFGUIDX 48357



MB1984 wrote:
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Darla <Talkative_alien_4000 at yahoo.com>
> But why does Hufflepuff seem to stand so alone from these three
> houses?
> <snip> it still seems very much the isolated and almost disprespected
> house.
> Can anyone come up with a plausible purpose for/behind this? :-(
> 
> I'm not sure there's necessarily a purpose behind it per se, but I
> think
> there are some reasons why the House has the image it does:
> 
> 1) It/its founder has a silly name.  Sillier than the other three, at
> any
> rate, and the name itself brings to mind some rather lame ideas
> (huffy,
> puff, pouf as opposed to cooler words/ideas such as slither, claw,
> raven,
> griffin).  Even the mascot is sort of uncool, at least compared to
> those of
> the other houses.
> 

What?  Badgers are VERY cool, more so then a raven or a snake, I would
say.  I always liked the fact that one of the mascots was a badger,
though I still like ferrets more, having had them as pets.  Too many
times members of the weasel family are downtrodden, Disney weasels
always being villains, the Redwall books having ferrets and weasel as
bad guys, etc.  While badgers are a member of the weasel family, they
are not what people classically think of as a weasel, but I like that
fact they were included.


> 2) The house is associated with characteristics (loyalty, kindness,
> hard
> work) that are sometimes considered weakness by more aggressive,
> assertive
> types.  Draco's comments to Harry in the Robe shop in book #1 come to
> mind.

I value hard work and loyalty over misguided bravery or ambition. 
Hufflepuff is the 'backbone' of Hoggwarts. Those who get where they are
by hard work and not born with fame, greatness, etc. The young wizards
who are not afraid or too proud to get their hands dirty and do an
honest days work.  They are the underdog, yes, but think of how great it
will be when Hufflepuff comes out on top, because they would really
deserve it for all the hard work they put into it.  Now lets go out
there and win one for Cedric!

> 
> 3) The house members can be seen in negative terms - they're not brave
> enough for Gryffindor, not smart enough for Ravenclaw, not
> ambitious/cunning
> enough for Slytherin... From this perspective Hufflepuff could be
> looked at
> as the "leftover" house.

Leftover indeed.  Hufflepuff is underrated if people think that, since I
would rather have a group of Hufflepuffs behind me in a fight then a
group of Slytherins anyday. Cause the Slytherins might run away if they
thought they were losing, but the Hufflepuffs would fight to the last
man out of loyalty.


> 
> On the other hand, I wonder if there won't be some expansion of
> Hufflepuff's
> image in future books as Harry gets older and wiser.  I think it's
> pretty
> telling that not only was Cedric Diggory smart, handsome, and decent,
> but it
> was he amongst all the eligible Hogwarts students who was actually
> chosen by
> the Goblet to be the Hogwarts Champion.
> 
> Millefiori

The Goblet is wiser then people think then.  Cedric is the time that any
would want as a friend, good looks or not. His honesty and sense of
'right' even in the face of his father's going on about him beating
Harry, was really refreshing. He took only credit for what he did and
not what people think he did.  Harry should have made more of an effort
to befriend him earlier as he would have been the best friend he could
have had.  

Jazmyn