[HPforGrownups] Re: Duffers

[Kemper]

No: HPFGUIDX 188548

> Potioncat:
> ...snip...
> I think the most recent sorting hat song, "Good Hufflepuff, she took the rest and taught them all she knew," makes the house seem dummed down to many readers. Helga, it seems, did not judge her students on bravery, wit or blood status. She was willing to teach anyone who wanted to learn. Again, bravery, wit and blood status have nothing to do with magical potential. Hers is a "just" method of teaching. Hufflepuff's standards aren't low, they are just and patient and welcoming.

Kemper now:
I don't think it makes it sound dummed down.  It sounds compassionate.
 Who would teach the rejected students if she wasn't there?  Would
they be distributed among the other three and if so, would they be
treated fairly by their Head of House?

I don't think so.  The other three with their check-off list of
requirements sound like d-bags.

> Potioncat:
> Bible alert!
> The description of Hufflepuff reminded me of something familiar. I found it in 1Corrinthians 13:4 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.

Kemper now:
I'm more reminded of the Good Samaritan.  Not that the her students
were beat down, but they were passed by and passed over.

Also, and I'm not sure if this is in canon or interview, but she's
also the one who opened up Hogwarts as a refuge for House Elves.  Or
something like that.  They were abused, and where other wizards passed
them over as second or third class beings, she treated them with
compassion.  Supposedly.  But that seems believable to me based on how
she's represented in canon.

> Potioncat:
> Yep, I'll take Hufflepuff.

Kemper now:
Me too!

Kemper