The Virtues of Hufflepuff House and Cedric Diggory (Was: Snape and . . .cour

[delwynmarch]

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HunterGreen:
>[i'm suddenly blanking on their animal, but I seem to remember it also 
> being less impressive, compared to a lion or a snake].

Del replies :
Good point ! And yet another example of how the reader needs to dig a
bit to figure out Hufflepuff's qualities.
Gryffindor : lion
Slytherin : snake
Ravenclaw : eagle
Hufflepuff : badger
Well, sure, a badger is definitely less "noble" than the other 3. But
the next thing that strikes me while considering that list is that the
first 3 are *dangerous* animals that pretty much spend their lives
hunting down preys to eat (all 3 of them are exclusively carnivorous
if I'm not mistaken). The badger, on the other hand, spends its life
burrowing, and though it can eat small animals, it's not its exclusive
food.

Another interesting comparison is the colours of each House.
Gryffindor : red and gold
Slytherin : green and silver
Ravenclaw : blue and bronze
Hufflepuff : yellow and black
Once again, Hufflepuff stands apart. The other 3 Houses all chose a
noble metal as one of their colours (aren't they the 3 metals of the
medals given to the 3 winners of a sport competition ?). But
Hufflepuff just took black and yellow. Nothing noble. Could it be
another sign of the Hufflepuffs' humility ? They don't try to stand
out, they don't pride themselves on their accomplishments, unlike the
other 3 Houses. The Hufflepuffs pride themselves on doing their job as
best they can. They truly rejoice when one of them gets a bit of fame,
but they don't ask for that fame. 

I think I like them more and more :-)

Del