Hufflepuff had a neat rationality to survive in the beginning . J.K. Rowling had separate hoi polloi up found on their determine characteristics of bravery , aspiration , or intelligence information . And yet some people are n’t defined by that . Some masses are defined by their really easygoing hair , or their power to sound just like Shakira when trill in the shower . So Rowling invented a fourth business firm — a “ fuck it bucket ” where all the leftovers got tossed . That was Hufflepuff .
And look . They seemed to be some just hunky-dory people , okay ? In the books they are very innocent , although they had a bit of a tendency to die . Cedric Diggory was very cultivated and dreamy cannon cannon fodder , and who does n’t love Tonks , who died off - screen after spending three Word using her unbelievable shapeshifting abilities to do nothing more than take care like a Hot Topic reject . And Professor Sprout ? That bitch harvests deadly roots on the regular . That ’s pretty coolheaded .
But because humanity likes to be file and sieve as much as 10 - twelvemonth - honest-to-god witches and whiz , the great unwashed of the genuine world began to distinguish with the mansion . The net is rife with the great unwashed claiming to be Gryffindors or Slytherins or Ravenclaws . In the former ‘ 00s , there were even a few the great unwashed intrepid enough to wear down the badge of mediocrity that Hufflepuff ’s Wisconsinite entails .
But then come Pottermore , which further commoditized a product Rowling was , in the ‘ 90s , reluctant to commoditize . Besides telling masses what the fucking virtual wand they ’d use if transport to a grotesque world that collapses under the weight of its own world building , Pottermore also sorted people into business firm .
If you were golden you were a Slytherin . If you were unlucky , tired , and had to make a new account because you forgot your login for the email for your old explanation , you were a Ravenclaw . If you were bullying you were a Gryffindor .
And if you were 95 pct of Tumblr you were the abandon : A Hufflepuff .
The corporate internet has not dealt well with their sudden sort into the leftover family . Rather than consent their portion as fridged good friends and backdrop Susan Bones they have risen up and descend to say “ NO . Hufflepuffs are coolheaded . ”
They are n’t .
And you real - domain Hufflepuffs ca n’t change that by separate Korra or Supergirl or Rey or Harley Quinn into your dense house . They would not be in your dull house . Your home is where everyone blow on their tea leaf and leads very contented and very restrained lives . Your sign of the zodiac does not deem fabricated characters beyond , like , Dale from The Walking Dead , and all those duplicate in any moving-picture show where people are stare at the interesting people doing interesting things .
So stop trying to make Hufflepuff chance . Do n’t hop into every stake about the glory of better houses and shriek up with stunned shit like , “ Hufflepuffs would sit you down with hot chocolate and hug you ” or “ Hufflepuffs would circumvent the villain because you never mess with a Hufflepuff ’s supporter ” or “ Neville is basically a Hufflepuff . ” He is n’t . He ’s a Gryffindor . So please stop co - opting well characters for your crappy house and go drink a strong chump of something .
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