Hufflepuff amongst the houses (WAS: Neville's wand)

[Tom Wall]

No: HPFGUIDX 62457

(Sorry for the repost here, but I realized that the header was all 
wrong... and since we've got so many threads going on, it seemed 
appropriate to repost under a more accurate header...)

Christi T wrote:
We have also learned that Hufflepuff is indeed the 'default house'

JOdel scoffed:
Oh have we? Have we *really*? Well, if so, I just lost a great deal 
of respect for Rowling right there. There is no need for a "default" 
house.

Tom comments:
I don't think that we've learned that Hufflepuff is the default 
house. 

What we learned from the (now definitely "intelligent-and-with-
feelings") Sorting Hat is that the other three founders were picky, 
biased, and prejudiced when it came to selecting their students.

Gryffindor wanted only the bravest, Slytherin the pure-of-blood, and 
Ravenclaw the smartest.

Helga Hufflepuff, it seems, was the only one who didn't give a hoot 
who you were, where you came from, or what your abilities were. In 
other words, IMHO, Helga Hufflepuff had the best attitude out of all 
of them.

-Tom