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[Marry The Night]

Originally Posted by Davy_Mcwrecker

Hopefully I'll get in Ravenclaw - But I'll take anything but Hufflepuff.

Why does everyone hate Hufflepuff so much? Hufflepuff has some of the nicest, friendly, and most hardworking people (if you need an example of that, we have three Hufflepuffs in PNC). They have such a bad rep for absolutely no reason at all.

Frankly, I don't care that I'm a Slytherin; I'd rather Hufflepuff win the next House Cup instead. During the beta and over the last few months, Hufflepuff was severely behind in fourth place. Yet, when the competition for the second House Cup started, they banded together and worked their way up to second place. In my opinion, they really deserve to win. And they don't deserve all of the unnecessary hate that they get.

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Originally Posted by Marry The Night

Why does everyone hate Hufflepuff so much? Hufflepuff has some of the nicest, friendly, and most hardworking people (if you need an example of that, we have three Hufflepuffs in PNC). They have such a bad rep for absolutely no reason at all.

Frankly, I don't care that I'm a Slytherin; I'd rather Hufflepuff win the next House Cup instead. During the beta and over the last few months, Hufflepuff was severely behind in fourth place. Yet, when the competition for the second House Cup started, they banded together and worked their way up to second place. In my opinion, they really deserve to win. And they don't deserve all of the unnecessary hate that they get.

Marry, I love you so much. So. Much.

I, personally, am a Hufflepuff, and god knows the Common Room has been buzzing with encouragement for the past few days to work hard, live up to the name. I really don't understand the hate Hufflepuff gets either. I mean, even when I was little and thought that Slytherin was evil and only the best of the best go to Gryffindor (a thought process I have very much amended since then, especially considering there's a good chunk of PNC in Slytherin), I never hated Hufflepuff, and as time grew and I started reading up on the characteristics of the various houses, I realized that Hufflepuffs are honestly pretty awesome. Who else will stand beside you through thick and thin, rocks and hard places, there for you to cry on the worst day of your life and there to cheer you on and love you on the best? I've analyzed the various houses through situations so many times, and it always comes out that a Hufflepuff will always be there, no matter what, your loyal friend, a rock in the storm.

Hufflepuffs believe in equality. Hufflepuffs believe in hard work. Hufflepuffs believe in steadfast loyalty. Hufflepuffs believe in patience. Hufflepuffs believe in not backing down. Hufflepuffs won't rush to a fight like a Gryffindor, but when it comes, they won't leave your side. Hufflepuffs won't trick and weave their way into getting what they want, like a Slytherin could and would; they believe you should work for it. They're not as smart as a Ravenclaw, but really, who is? Now what's not to love about that?

Not to mention, we make excellent cakes, courtesy of the recipes of Helga herself.

[Davy_Mcwrecker]

@MTN's Post - Ijust never really liked Hufflepuff. They never really had a story purposs (SP? MS Word didnt help) other than being that 4th house. Griffindor were the good guys, Slytherin were the bad guys, and Ravenclaw was very helpful and eventful in the last book or two. Other than Diggory, there was no MAJOR plot character as there were in the other 3 houses. I was basing that on my opinion on the movies/books. Not the game.

[Marry The Night]

Originally Posted by Davy_Mcwrecker

@MTN's Post - Ijust never really liked Hufflepuff. They never really had a story purposs (SP? MS Word didnt help) other than being that 4th house. Griffindor were the good guys, Slytherin were the bad guys, and Ravenclaw was very helpful and eventful in the last book or two. Other than Diggory, there was no MAJOR plot character as there were in the other 3 houses. I was basing that on my opinion on the movies/books. Not the game.

I'm sure I've mentioned this somewhere before, either in-game or in this thread, but stereotyping people isn't a good thing. A lot (note that I said "a lot," not "all." I'm aware that there are nice Gryffindors) of Gryffindor students have proven to be rude and willing to cheat to win the House Cup, because they think, since Gryffindor won the House Cup multiple times in the books, they deserve to win every Pottermore House Cup. Slytherin, on the other hand -- even though we do have a few certain bad seeds that have been giving our House an awful reputation -- has a good amount of nice, encouraging, helpful people. Essentially, Gryffindor isn't exactly full of good, chivalrous people as the books have suggested; nor is Slytherin full of evil, conniving students.

Unfortunately if you scroll through the comments in Chapter 7, you'll occasionally see someone who is severely disappointed in being placed in Slytherin or Hufflepuff. They think they're going into an evil House full of rude, evil students; or that their House is full of losers. Ravenclaw and Gryffindor are the most desired Houses, and Slytherin and Hufflepuff are the least desired. And all of this is, unfortunately, due to stereotyping.

And yes, I am mostly basing this on "the game." But Pottermore is a canonical part of the Harry Potter universe, so just because we have "real" students doesn't mean that its credibility should be completely discarded.

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In other news, the first four Chamber of Secrets chapters are now available to Slytherins. I was a bit bummed out when I saw that it was just four, but now that I've collected four new potion ingredients already (and I'm still in Chapter 1), I like it. It's fun to be exploring again. And I can't wait to start brewing new potions.

I'll add a list of the potion ingredients that can be found in both books, and where they can be found, to the original post when I'm done.