A Defense of Hufflepuff’s Sorting
So, the Hufflepuff was put in charge of writing her own defense because of reasons. Because of this, she is having difficulty finding the balance between feeling like she is bragging and knowing that she is being self-deprecating. This line is a very fine line so please bear with Hufflepuff as she attempts to find the line.
The traits listed for Hufflepuff are hard work, dedication, patience, loyalty, and fair play. She meets all of these traits, though she will admit that she very much displays many Slytherin characteristics. The first two times she took the Pottermore sorting quiz, she received Slytherin. Her friends adamantly informed her that was wrong. She had to be Hufflepuff. Hufflepuff did not feel Hufflepuff enough. However, she will gladly be Hufflepuff, as her other option is Slytherin and besides Slytherin, most other Slytherins scare her a little.
Loyalty is one of Hufflepuff’s biggest traits that she shows to be a Hufflepuff. Sometimes, her loyalty to her friends and family terrifies her. She’s a clingy little punk. But as long as they let her be clingy, she’s gonna be clingy. But besides being clingy, her loyalty to her friends expands further. The Hufflepuff rarely gets angry. Or at least tries to rarely get angry but probably fails more than she would care to admit. However, when she does get upset, it is normally on behalf of a friend. She has a great amount of patience when it comes to how she is being treated, but the minute a friend is hurt, she wants to be by their side, giving them a hug, and punching in the face of whoever hurt her friend.
Next, the Hufflepuff tries her hardest to be fair. As an education major, she is a big believer in the idea that what is equal is not always fair. When she writes letters to her friends, sometimes she has something she needs to tell one friend about, but will end up sending letters of varying lengths to all of her friends because she finds that fair. She knows her friends are receiving different lengths of letters, but they are still all receiving letters, which makes it fair. In addition, she sometimes has difficulty at night because she has to decide which stuffed animal will sleep closest to her and doesn’t want to hurt any of the other stuffed animals’ feelings. So she tries to keep them on a rotation. She fails a lot because she has a sucky memory, but she tries. It pains her when she realizes that there is a hierarchy when it comes to her friends, and she tries to keep them all on the most level playing field possible. But she also knows that won’t necessarily ever be accurate or fair as those she lives with or talks to most will naturally be closer to her and should be closer to her than those who do not.
The Hufflepuff is dedicated. When she makes a plan for something, she follows through. Even before she and Slytherin were incredibly close friends, she wanted to do something for Slytherin’s birthday. So, she got in contact with Slytherin’s mom, and managed to fly out and surprise Slytherin for her birthday. Still one of the best, yet craziest 24 hours of Hufflepuff’s life. She also decided to watch as much of Supernatural as she could over a Christmas break so that Slytherin would be able to have someone to talk to about Supernatural. That, in short, is the story of how Hufflepuff managed to watch 249 episodes of Supernatural in under 40 days while still keeping a decent social life with her parents. Clearly, when Hufflepuff is committed to something, she follows through, especially when it is for someone she cares about.
Hufflepuff is also hard working. She is trying her hardest not to sound braggish here, but she is graduating a semester early because she worked hard and completed all of the math courses she needed to take for her math education major in 5 semesters. And Gryffindor points out that she took many advanced level math classes as a freshman and got all A’s in them. *Hufflepuff hides after having to type that sentence*
Really, Hufflepuff just wants to be a decent person. She wants to care for others, specifically her friends and that comes across in her loyalty. She is hard working and dedicated. Even when she doesn’t believe she will succeed in an endeavor, she still follows through and doesn’t give up. And she does her best to keep things fair. She doesn’t feel like she deserves to be classified as a Hufflepuff, because Hufflepuffs are just so awesome, but she will blush and accept the house sorting anyway. She also wants to thank Gryffindor, Slytherin, and Ravenclaw for standing up for Hufflepuff house. Her friends are slightly (okay, incredibly and totally) awesome.