OOP: The Four Founders (was: OotP Spoiler- Neville's Wand)

[hickengruendler]

No: HPFGUIDX 62458

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, jodel at a... wrote:
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> >>We have also learned that Hufflepuff is indeed the 'default 
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> Oh have we? Have we *really*? Well, if so, I just lost a great deal 
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> respect for Rowling right there. There is no need for a "default" 
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After the sorting hat song, Helga Hufflepuff was at once my favorite 
of the four founders. Because I thought, that Rovena Ravenclaw and 
Godric Gryffindor were as prejudiced as Slytherin (well, I doubt 
anyone of the two has built any secret chambers with hidden 
Basilisks, however). Ravenclaw just wanted to have the cleverest and 
Gryffindor the bravest, but Helga Hufflepuff was obviously willing to 
give everyone a chance. Maybe Hufflepuff is really the default house, 
but if this history is true, they should be proud of it. And, after 
all, Cedric Diggory was Hogwarts Champio, and he was a Hufflepuff, 
that's pretty good for default.

Hickengruendler