Peter the Hufflepuff manque (was: Wormtail's Debt? )

[davewitley]

No: HPFGUIDX 93356

Kneasy:
> 
> > Go  further - suppose it has tried the same ploy before - with
> > the Marauders. James (Gryffindor), Sirius (Slytherin), Remus
> > (Ravenclaw), Peter (Hufflepuff).

> K:
 
> Argh - this is one of those things that I can't understand and 
consequently
> *really* irritates me! *Why* oh why do people always put Peter in
> Hufflepuff - the main trait of Hufflepuff is supposed to be 
*loyalty* - this
> is not exactly the first personality trait which springs to mind 
when
> thinking about Peter (or even the 500th trait to come to mind for 
that
> matter).

:D

But... but... you are just listening to that silly Sorting Hat.  
What does it know?  Listen instead to that fount of wisdom, Hagrid:

"*Everybody* says Hufflepuff are a load of duffers".  It's 
undemocratic, and therefore wrong, to believe one hat against 
everybody.

MacGonagall said Peter wasn't very good at magic, so, obviously, 
he's Hufflepuff material.  You know, just like Neville.  Because she 
didn't know he could do the Animagus transformation, or cause an 
explosion that killed thirteen people, her clear vision wasn't 
obstructed by tedious facts.

Remember, first impressions are always right.  If that wasn't so, we 
wouldn't have prejudice, and without prejudice, we'd have hardly any 
HP series worth mentioning, would we?

That's why *real* fans always look down on Hufflepuffs, and assume 
that anyone who is a bit of a duffer, like Peter, must be one.

There, I'm glad I set *that* straight!

David