If you’ve been a long-time reader, perhaps you remember my post, How to Tease Your Kids, extolling my love for teasing.
If I ever lose my love for teasing, my love for my children will likely soon follow. If I couldn’t tease them, I’d probably be a lot less interested in parenting, which is why I consider myself a good dad for devoting time each week to researching new source material. Part of the task entails learning details about my children’s likes and dislikes so I can tailor teasing to appeal to my audience. This is the teasing equivalent of when a band comes to Milwaukee, and the singer yells, “Anyone here from Milwaukee?” and the crowd goes wild. If I say to my son, “Anyone here in love with a girl named Lily,” it gets a much stronger reaction than if I had said “Anyone here have a crush on some girl, maybe in his class or the neighborhood or maybe that girl from TV?”
My ten-year-old, Optimist Prime, loves the Harry Potter books, and since I’ve also read them multiple times I’ve found the series to be a treasure trove of teasing material.
A couple years ago my wife and I sat him down and told him we were a wizard and a witch, but he was born a squib (a non-magical child born to magical parents). He asked if we were going to tell his little brother the bad news, but we told him it wasn’t necessary because The Fonz had been born with magical powers. This bothered him even more.
It’s probably better the kids don’t go to Hogwarts anyway since I would send them daily Howlers (an angry letter magically read in public) revealing their bed wetting or love for Professor McGonagall.
Whenever I go out to play catch with my sons, and I place baseball caps on their heads, I say, “Hmmm…you could be a great wizard in Slytherin. Or perhaps Gryffindor, but I think you would feel most at home in…Hufflepuff!”
The designation of Hufflepuff always gets a rise and stings a lot more than if I had placed them in evil Slytherin. I hope this insult of mediocrity somehow motivates them to higher success at baseball and all other sports requiring headgear.
If you’re not familiar with the specifics of Harry Potter, Hufflepuff is one of the four houses at the wizarding school, Hogwarts. The Sorting Hat is placed on each new student’s head to determine which house will be his home for the next seven years. In the first Harry Potter book, when the Sorting Hat is placed on Harry’s head, he thinks to himself, “Please not Slytherin. Please not Slytherin,” because he’s worried about all the evilest wizards coming from Slytherin.
If the Sorting Hat were placed on my head, I would whisper, “Please not Hufflepuff. Please not Hufflepuff.” I would choose Slytherin over Hufflepuff in a second. I would choose Azkaban prison over Hufflepuff. Slytherin may have the evilest wizards, but Hufflepuff has the lamest.
In book five, The Order of the Phoenix, the Sorting Hat sings a song explaining its criteria for assigning houses and reveals:
Slytherin takes pure-bloods of great cunning.
Ravenclaw takes those with the sharpest minds.
Gryffindor takes the bravest and boldest.
Hufflepuff takes whomever isn’t good at anything.
The Sorting Hat didn’t use those exact words, but he listed all the qualities of the students of the first three houses and then said anyone left without those qualities would go to Hufflepuff. Ouch.
If I were assigned to Hufflepuff I would immediately ask if anybody wanted to trade houses. Once I sat down at the Hufflepuff table, I would look around at the rest of the pathetic Hufflepuffians, and ask, “Did I mishear? The Sorting Hat mentioned a bunch of desirable qualities for the other houses, but nothing for us. Is that normal?” If the Hogwarts’ budget ever needs trimming, I’m pretty sure the auditors will come for Hufflepuff first. Nobody in Hufflepuff goes on to be a great wizard. A great janitor, maybe. A great wizard, no.
Optimist Prime is one of the few kids who wouldn’t pick Gryffindor if given the choice. He prefers Ravenclaw because the Sorting Hat supposedly selects the smartest wizards for this house, and his selection would be a validation. Gryffindor students are the bravest and always seem to find themselves facing the scariest obstacles. Bravery is not yet a quality Optimist possesses in significant quantities. Not only would he be terrified of the Dementors, he would be terrified while Dumbledore gave a speech about steering clear of the Dementors because he has a terrible fear of public speaking. Not necessarily his own public speaking, rather other people’s public speaking.
With the last movie, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, debuting, I worry I’m going to have to find some new source material if the kids move on. I’ve agreed to stop sorting them into Hufflepuff, mostly because the joke was growing stale, and now when I put a hat on their heads I say, “Azkaban!” They seem satisfied with the compromise.
The Good Greatsby 
Tori Nelson
July 14, 2011
You must be a good writer because I loved this post despite having never read or watched anything Harry Potter 🙂
The Good Greatsby
July 14, 2011
I didn’t think those people actually existed.
She's a Maineiac
July 15, 2011
Same here, Tori. I thought I was the only one on the planet.
The Simple Life of a Country Man's Wife
July 14, 2011
Wonderful post, as always!
averageinsuburbia
July 14, 2011
My whole life has been the epitome of Hufflepuff. I’m forever grateful to J.K. Rowling for legitimizing my existence. Don’t take that away from me.
The Good Greatsby
July 14, 2011
The world needs some Hufflepuffs or else who would the rest of us get to polish our medals?
averageinsuburbia
July 14, 2011
And we relish in this!
gojulesgo
July 15, 2011
Ha ha ha! No wonder your trophy room always looks so shiny.
educlaytion
July 14, 2011
Most families just joke with their children by telling them they’re adopted. Defining your spawn as a squib is way more effective in the humor value category. Then again, some people might say that no family should tease children about being adopted or anything else. To them I say, your children will never be humor writers.
The Good Greatsby
July 15, 2011
I hope I’m giving my children plenty of material for future humor careers.
Keenie Beanie
July 17, 2011
Or therapy sessions. 🙂
gmom
July 14, 2011
Cool post. Your kids are lucky little wizards. to have such a fun dad.
The Good Greatsby
July 14, 2011
That’s exactly what I’ve enchanted them to think.
pegoleg
July 14, 2011
The horcruxes from Ravenclaw and Slytherin are ancient, valuable jewelry, the one from Gryffindor is a shining sword. What’s Hufflepuff’s horcrux? A cup. LAME!
The Good Greatsby
July 14, 2011
I was expecting it to be a sandwich.
Hpride
December 2, 2012
its more like the quidditch cup…a trophy!
Kathryn Corbin
October 21, 2017
You do realize a cup=food right? Is it lame that Hufflepuffs make the best food? Also J.K Rowling’s favorite house is Hufflepuff.
Annie
July 14, 2011
My dad was such a teaser, too. When I was about 4 he told me he used to be a doctor (he really pumped gas for a living) and I believed it until my mom set me straight about a year later. After that, the war between us was on! I wrote a blog about it. I love him…and turned out to be a bit of a child teaser myself.
As always, great post. You are a great dad.
The Good Greatsby
July 14, 2011
I don’t think I’ve done any permanent damage. My kids are growing up to dish it just as much as their dad. We have a lot of fun going back and forth.
Tangled Up In Blue
July 14, 2011
I’m with Optimist on the Ravenclaw vs Gryffindor thing. Ravenclaw is: do what you gotta do, stay out of trouble, and enjoy Hogwarts, which is pretty much an adventure in itself (though whether one could write a series of 7 books on Life In Ravenclaw is debatable.)
Please do tell Optimist you were kidding soon, so he doesn’t feel too bad
Thanks for sharing this 🙂
The Good Greatsby
July 15, 2011
Ravenclaw manages to fly under the radar. I kind of like that strategy.
Bearman
July 14, 2011
I’d be all over Hufflepuff. I’d rather be the best in the dumb group than the worst in the best group.
The Good Greatsby
July 14, 2011
But how low would you feel if you found yourself the dumbest in the Hufflepuff group?
Kim Pugliano
July 14, 2011
When I was maybe 5 I was prepared for my first shower, which for some odd reason terrified me. I was scared of that there drain. My dad, a cop and quite the jokester, somehow read my mind and knew my greatest fear (however irrational it was). As I prepared to enter the shower of doom, he whispered, “Don’t worry. We’ve only lost 3 kids down that drain. I’ve got a good hold on you.”
He belonged in Slytherin for SURE. Evil wizard.
The Good Greatsby
July 15, 2011
Your dad is a wise teaser. The best kind of teasing uses idiosyncrasy. Your dad knew better than to say every kid had been swallowed by the drain. He said only three had been swallowed and he told you not to worry because he had a hold of you. This convinces the child that there’s just enough truth in what was said.
Amanda Hoving
July 14, 2011
Hagrid calls Hufflepuff students, a bunch of “duffers,” which I believe means “jolly empty-heads wearing tights” in Swahili. Could be worse.
The Good Greatsby
July 15, 2011
I’d be interested to hear what Hagrid would consider worse.
Renee Schuls-Jacobson
July 14, 2011
Women want to date Slytherins, but the lucky ones end up marrying Gryffindors. I pity the woman who ends up with a Hufflepuff.
The Good Greatsby
July 15, 2011
You could write a dating advice column for the Daily Prophet.
Kathryn Corbin
October 21, 2017
Because we are honest, loyal, kind, friendly and just and believe in fair-play? Why and how is that bad?
modestypress
July 15, 2011
When my daughter was a child, for the most part she was a very well-behaved one. Therefore, I teased her. I said, “If you continue to be bad, I will turn you into a toad, like a prince in a fairy tale. You will have to wait for a princess who will kiss you to turn you back into a prince.”
Somehow, this joke turned into a nickname. Even to this day (where she is now in her forties), our nickname for her is “Toad.” On several occasions, I have said, “If this name bothers you, I will stop calling you ‘Toad.'” She always says she is comfortable with her nickname.
The funny part about this story is that she was not kissed by a prince. She was kissed by a princess, her college roommate [female]. Although they have never tried to get formally “married” in the legal sense, they did have a wedding ceremony and have been together for over twenty years, and are about the most “married” couple I know.
Be careful about fairy tale teasing. It might come true.
The Good Greatsby
July 15, 2011
She certainly sounds like a good kid to put up with being called Toad all those years.
limr
July 15, 2011
I’d totally ask for Ravenclaw. And I’d even rather be in Slytherin than Hufflepuff, especially considering that Salazar Slytherin, I suspect, was named after a Portuguese man. Okay, dictator. But still Portuguese.
The Good Greatsby
July 15, 2011
I’m surprised by how many people would choose Ravenclaw. I guess some people would prefer to fly under the radar while still being acknowledged as a genius.
girlonthecontrary
July 15, 2011
Let us not forget that more Hufflepuffs stayed to fight in the Battle of Hogwarts than any other house except Gryffindor. I would say they aren’t too short of bravery and I believe they are also known as the most loyal. Having said that, I would totally be in Ravenclaw.
In conclusion, I’m pretty sure after I post this comment, no one is going to want to be my friend anymore.
The Good Greatsby
July 15, 2011
Ravenclaw was too smart to get involved in the battle of Hogwarts. They were all studying.
Mia
July 4, 2017
I’m a Huffelpuff and I am very thankful of your post because we are not useless because we are loyal, caring, hardworking, determined and accepting. Helga Huffelpuff said that she will take the lot and treat them all the same which shows that Huffelpuffs are accepting we mainly have the traits I listed but if you have other traits other than those but none for the other houses then you will be out in Huffelpuff. J.K Rowling said that Huffelpuff is her favorite house for many reasons. One reason was because we all stayed in the final battle not because we wanted to show off but because it’s the right thing to do and we are loyal. Also Huffelpuffs don’t talk about their achievements a lot to people we might just talk about it to our friends but we won’t go around telling everyone about it unless we are on a topic that relates to our achievements then we might mention it. Plus we will do almost anything for our friends or family because we are loyal to them
nancyfrancis
July 15, 2011
I enjoy the idea of teasing children. Only trouble is, I have none of my own and fear the reprecussions of teasing random children on the street…
Kim Pugliano
July 15, 2011
Awesome.
The Good Greatsby
July 15, 2011
They say it takes a village to raise a child. We all must do our part to tease every child we encounter.
psychowatcher
July 16, 2011
Become a teacher and just choose your words wisely.
Paige Kellerman
July 15, 2011
I tease my children quite a bit, but as they’re only a year old, some of my best material has, sadly, been wasted. Somehow, shouting, “Wait till I break my soul in seven pieces. Then you’ll be sorry….”, doesn’t seem to have the right effect on Husband….
The Good Greatsby
July 15, 2011
Don’t grow discouraged. Keep practicing and you’ll be in top form by the time they can understand you at two or three.
gerknoop
July 15, 2011
What can I say? My neck is starting to hurt because of you!
spilledinkguy
July 15, 2011
I might have to ask my wife to translate this one for me.
She’s much more fluent in Potter.
🙂
Jillian Harvie
July 15, 2011
Can you tease them later about having though this was cool?
I had a coworker pull me aside and say, “I didn’t want to embarrass you in front of everyone, but those weren’t ‘dragons’ in that scene. They were ‘terrestrials.'”
How can you NOT make fun of that?
Jillian Harvie
July 15, 2011
I love the good natured teasing! Breeds very likeable people : )
The Good Greatsby
July 15, 2011
I’m conditioning them to be able to get along with difficult people by pretending to be a difficult person.
savesprinkles1234
July 15, 2011
My daughters have always both insisted that the chubby kids were placed in Hufflepuff.
The Good Greatsby
July 15, 2011
Maybe the Sorting Hat used chubbiness as his criteria, but he was too polite to say it out loud.
Mia
July 4, 2017
I’m in Huffelpuff but I’m not chubby but I do eat a lot and I only weigh like 100 pounds a lot of my friends comment on how much I eat and how skinny I am haha. I do see how your daughters think the chubby ones are out in Huffelpuff
Spectra
July 15, 2011
I suppose, were I at the opening ceremonies, before the ancient Sortin Hat, sadly, I MAY have been selected for Ravenclaw. I was angry then. I hadn’t done a dance with the devil. Or Voldemort. I feel the better house is definately Gryffindor. Honor, Bravery. Invisibility cloaks…think about THAT: every answer to every test, plus, knowing who every teacher is bushing around with. I’d work that to my advantage. Love Hogwarts. Loved the old Dumbledore. Love the majic wands (made one for a friends kid, like, 11 years ago, out of a stick, with a chrystal tip that actually lit up when waved)
I suppose, my biggest question is, who is everyones favorite: 1. Book 2:) House 3.) Character 4.)Wand/Broom type (please, be specific) 5.) MAgical ANimal
My answers? 1. Book 5. 2. Gryffindor. 3. Hagrid 4. something 2000 5. Owls
The Good Greatsby
July 15, 2011
1. Book 3 2. Gryffindor 3. Harry 4. Nimbus 2000 (I know the Nimbus 2001 and Firebolt are faster, but I prefer to go a slow and steady pace.) 5. Owls
I’m surprised to hear book 5 is anyone’s favorite. That was the only one I had trouble with.
Spectra
July 15, 2011
I loved the conflict between Muggles and Purebloods…so “Hitler” and untouchable material, disguised within childrens literature. Loved the “risk-taking” there. (a Fat Jerry waiting to happen)
Glad we agree on Gryffindor, the Nimbus 2000, and the Owls. Owls Rule!
wokeupthirty
July 15, 2011
Loved this post.
I was teased by my parents and older sister a lot when I was a kid and it screwed me up a little. Now I have an 8 year old daughter. I didn’t want to do that to her but I find she’s growing uptight and sensitive. She’s a little Percy Weasley. I’m considering playing around and teasing her but am afraid I’ll just screw her up.
Leanne Shirtliffe
July 15, 2011
I think my kids would be very at home in your household. Want to borrow them for a week to test this hypothesis?
IfByYes
July 15, 2011
Oh, Hufflepuff. Being good is so BORING.
accidentalstepmom
July 15, 2011
I’m so stealing your squib bit. That’s brilliant.
Spectra
July 15, 2011
You’re brilliant, accidentalstepmom. So is the Good Greatsby. I am not here by accident. You guys all rule it, Baby!
Laura
July 15, 2011
For me the big question wouldn’t be which house to live in, but which kind of animal to get. I’m a cat person, and I’d feel disloyal getting anything other than a cat — but those owls are really cool.
thoughtsappear
July 15, 2011
Poor Hufflepuffians. At least they’re nice. I guess nice guys really do finish last.
Jean
November 6, 2012
We are also, friendly, hard working, and loyal. We were also the second house right after gryffindor to stay and fight in the second wizarding war.
BluesdeNix
July 16, 2011
You sound like a Slytherin with that teasing, what if you end up in Azkaban? Little Death eater me already have a cell there, unfortunately, beware of the Aurors.
Btw, your blog is amazingly witty and a delight to read, in one word: awesome.
PD: No my native language, sorry if there’s any mistakes.
psychowatcher
July 16, 2011
My dad teased us without restraint or regret.
He showed that our chimney led to the boiler. That meant that one year Santa would get caught and killed. He told us not to be upset since that meant that year we’d get ALL the presents.
He also put a red clown nose on the Xmas Ham one year and proclaimed he had ‘caught’ Rudolph!
He fed me a steak one night and did not tell me until after I had praised his cooking skills that it was “Bambi”.
He would ‘talk’ with the monster in my closet.
He hung a “For Sale” sign on the back of my softball coach’s shirt during ny game we were losing.
He was an excellent dad. He knew our fears and made us face them.
He was involved in our lives and he dreamed with us, the good ones, the bad ones and especially the silly ones.
We knew that we could always go to him no matter what we did, or what was done to us, since we knew he would eventually find something to ‘tease us’ about in any situation. It would eventually be alright.
You made me think of my dad with this post.
tinkerbelle86
July 19, 2011
hahahaha this is a brillliant post. i cant think of anything worse than being the child that ended up in Hufflepuff, and they all have ridiculous names too. i blame the parents….
brittany220
July 20, 2011
Haha yeah, it would suck to be sorted into Hufflepuff! I’d pick Gryffindor first and then Ravenclaw would be my second pick. I find it amusing that you actually sat your son down and told him you guys were wizards and witches while he was just a squib, haha!
EllieAnn
July 20, 2011
Oh I love Professor McGonagall.
And I loved this post!
poached hens
July 22, 2011
I’m so in love with you, greatsby! Oh, you could so be my father-in-law.
R
August 11, 2011
I have to say that Hufflepuff doesn’t get enough recognition in the books. But they aren’t stupid nor are they lame.
Remember the Triwizard Tournament Champion, Cedric Diggory? He AND Harry won the tournament because they both touched the cup! And he beat the dragon in the first task and he figured out the egg before Harry, he was the first out of the water in the second task. In the third task if it had not been for the Acromantula he would have gotten to the cup before Harry. Also seeing that he and Harry argued about who should take the cup (Harry said Cedric. Cedric said Harry) Harry suggested that they both take the cup, which transported them to the Grave Yard in Little Hangleton. After arriving he was soon killed on Voldomorts orders by Pettigrew. Although he died he was still a great Wizard, he wasn’t lame! Nor was he stupid!
And can anybody forget Tonks? She was a Hufflepuff she became an Auror for crying out loud! She was also a Metamorphmagus. She was brave enough to love a Werewolf AND marry him!
And you can never go wrong with the founder herself! She helped FOUND Hogwarts! She was a great wizard! Also, like Hermione she was concerned for the treatment of House-elves in the Wizarding world. She made Hogwarts a refuge for them, and as a result they were treated more kindly there than elsewhere (PC122, PC130).
And that small cup every one says is lame? It was also ancient! And if you remember in HBP Hepzibah Smith said the cup in its own right possesses Magical powers she hadn’t THOUGHLY investigated.
So THERE I know this is all just fun and games but being a Hufflepuff myself I had to get it all out!
Young Singer
May 17, 2015
Thank you! I have even more to add.
First of all, you must have somehow forgotten the quote from the first book…
“Hufflepuffs are just and loyal,
Kind and patient
And unafraid of toil.”
We are hard workers, loyal, kind, patient, and accepting. Hence all the rest. I get sick of the “Huffelpuffs are the rest” argument.
shoutabyss
September 9, 2011
I just read the bit about the sorting hat within the last fortnight. By not excelling at any one thing, the Hufflepuffs are apparently well rounded. That can come in handy!
Sandi
October 5, 2011
I have always thought I would probably be in Hufflepuff … I am even more convinced now!
loustar02
February 8, 2012
I hate to do this to everyone who has posted so excitedly above but Hogwarts is not real. Harry Potter does not exist and, sadly, neither does Hufflepuff. Oh no, hang on a minute, is that like saying you don’t believe in fairies? Have I just killed off a few wizards? Oh well…
Read Stuff With Me!
August 30, 2012
This one deserves an applause…If what you said is correct, even I’d like going to Ravenclaw like your son. By the way, thanks for bringing back some ‘Harry Potter time’ in my life…even if that lasted for a few minutes…it made me feel so nostalgic…And please do not brag about it, but I love reading your blog 😉 you’re lucky!
keepingglasshalffull
September 14, 2012
LOL… “A couple years ago my wife and I sat him down and told him we were a wizard and a witch, but he was born a squib…his little brother…The Fonz had been born with magical powers. This bothered him even more.” I can’t believe you did that! Poor kid. But that really is the best prank / teasing idea I have come across in a long time! I’m gonna remember this for when I have kids.
OMGRedVines
October 25, 2012
Oh, please. Everybody knows Hufflepuffs are particularly good finders. If that doesn’t make them the best, I don’t know what will. Who says the neglected ones are the worst?
Jean
November 6, 2012
Hufflepuffs have desirable Qualities; Extroverts, Friendly, Loyalty, Hard working, fairness. Accepting the ones that didn’t have ambition,bravery, or intelligence, was out of good will because Helga Hufflepuff was fair and a good human being. If I were sent to hogwarts I’d beg the sorting hat to put me in hufflepuff. Who wants to be Evil, Stuckup, or end up dead in an act of valor?
Bethany
February 9, 2013
I finnished reading the books, and asked my mom what house she would be in. I told her about the founders of the houses, and how Helga Hufflepuff was kind. She said she’d be in Hufflepuff, which made me laugh, because that’s where she belongs, but not because she’s nice. She just isn’t brave or smart in anyway.
setinmotion
April 8, 2013
Well now I feel far better about being sorted in Slytherin (online). Also, thanks for the copious amounts of procrastinating material for my boring Monday afternoon at work.
Mousepaw
June 1, 2013
Hold on: Hufflepuff has the lamest wizards? Need I remind you of Cedric Diggory, the Prefect, Captain and Seeker for the Hufflepuff Quidditch team, and Triwizard Champion killed in his sixth year by Voldemort? Hufflepuff has produced the fewest Dark wizards of all the four Houses, if any.
The main house traits are
Dedication
Hard Work
Patience
Kindness
& Being Unafraid of Toil
Isn’t that better than
Cunning
Self-Preservation
Power
Traditionalism
& Procrastination?
“Slytherin takes pure-bloods of great cunning.
Ravenclaw takes those with the sharpest minds.
Gryffindor takes the bravest and boldest.
Hufflepuff takes whomever isn’t good at anything.”
That last sentence is not true. Hufflepuffs are good at almost everything. That is why those who do not fit in Ravenclaw, Gryffindor, or Slytherin go there. Personally, I would rather be kind and patient then cunning and shrewd. I do happen to be a Hufflepuff/Ravenclaw, So I suppose I am sort of at a halfway point.
Aweome comment, R! I agree with you.
“I have to say that Hufflepuff doesn’t get enough recognition in the books. But they aren’t stupid nor are they lame.
Remember the Triwizard Tournament Champion, Cedric Diggory? He AND Harry won the tournament because they both touched the cup! And he beat the dragon in the first task and he figured out the egg before Harry, he was the first out of the water in the second task. In the third task if it had not been for the Acromantula he would have gotten to the cup before Harry. Also seeing that he and Harry argued about who should take the cup (Harry said Cedric. Cedric said Harry) Harry suggested that they both take the cup, which transported them to the Grave Yard in Little Hangleton. After arriving he was soon killed on Voldomorts orders by Pettigrew. Although he died he was still a great Wizard, he wasn’t lame! Nor was he stupid!
And can anybody forget Tonks? She was a Hufflepuff she became an Auror for crying out loud! She was also a Metamorphmagus. She was brave enough to love a Werewolf AND marry him!
And you can never go wrong with the founder herself! She helped FOUND Hogwarts! She was a great wizard! Also, like Hermione she was concerned for the treatment of House-elves in the Wizarding world. She made Hogwarts a refuge for them, and as a result they were treated more kindly there than elsewhere (PC122, PC130).
And that small cup every one says is lame? It was also ancient! And if you remember in HBP Hepzibah Smith said the cup in its own right possesses Magical powers she hadn’t THOUGHLY investigated.
So THERE I know this is all just fun and games but being a Hufflepuff myself I had to get it all out!”
~ Mousepaw
Holly
June 17, 2013
You are in fact wrong about Hufflepuff, the house is prided on be just, loyal, patient, true and unafraid of toil. Plus Tonks, one of my favorite characters is originally from Hufflepuff. Also Cedric Diggory proved it wasn’t a useless house either.
Sara
July 31, 2014
This is a lie. Hufflepuff is a great house. In my opinion you go to hufflepuff because you don’t fit in the other houses. Not because you don’t have the other house’s qualities, because you have all of them and you also have hufflepuff’s qualities. Hufflepuff has very good qualities: they are honest, friendly, kind, humble, selfless, fair, loyal, and hardworking!! How can you work hard without getting success??? Also there is famous people in the real world who has this qualities, mother Teresa of Calcutta is a great example. If she was still alive would you dare to go to tell her that she is stupid because she is not showing bravery, intelligence, or ambition?? I am sure you don’t. I am sorry if I once used to think that hufflepuff was stupid, but the internet made me think like that. During my life I had took many quizes because I was curious and I wanted to know what was my house. In my results I always got Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, and Hufflepuff, mostly H and R. At first I wanted to be ravenclaw because I am a good grades person and I was the first of my class several times. I also love to learn facts of the universe, and of dinosaurs. When I made my account in pottermore, I was sad to be sorted in hufflepuff but then I read a text called sad-hufflepuff and I knew it, I finally knew I was a Hufflepuff. I didn’t fully fit in ravenclaw because I fully lacked the quality of individualism. I always try to help people and I would never betray my friends. Maybe in this text I am not showing it much but I am humble, and selfless too 😛 I also have the quality of hardwork because it is shown un my grades and in my success. So don’t think that hufflepuff is a dumb house, hufflepuff is for the people who care of others. I will be hufflepuff untill I die, and I have to say something to the persons who are sad because they have been sorted in hufflepuff. BE PROUD OF WHAT YOU ARE 🙂 I am sorry for my bad english 😛 it is not my mother language xD
Luna Cooler
January 22, 2015
But I’m in Hufflepuff! (On Pottermore. On other sites, I’m Ravenclaw.) Hufflepuff values hard work, honesty, and loyalty. Those characteristics aren’t lame, because if everyone was lazy and dishonest and disloyal, then this world wouldn’t be very livable. Also, we too have notable people. Look at Cedric Diggory and Tonks!
LunaLaura
February 20, 2015
I just want to point out that Tonks was from Hufflepuff, and she became an auror.
cheekyminx1
February 20, 2015
Tonks was a Hufflepuff and she became an auror…. Just wanted to point that out. Though I am a Slytherin, I like Hufflepuffs. They are fun to tease and I have Hufflepuff friends.
Anonymous
March 20, 2016
this is 100% not true!!! hufflepuffs are patient, hardworking, loyal, kind, humble, selfless……
in hp4, cedric wanted harry to take the triwizard cup even though he got there first.
tonks was an auror, and she’s in hufflepuff.
hannah abbott, ernie macmillian, are all in hufflepuff and theyy are sooo nice!
heck, even JK ROWLING herself said that she was a hufflepuff!!!!
Hufflepuff for life!
November 21, 2016
Hufflepuff is actually pretty great, no need to hate
(ehe that rhymed)
i mean, we’re loyal and hardworking, and idk about y’all but i think that that’s pretty great
Anonymous Nyan Cat
March 28, 2017
Hufflepuffs are NOT boring and dumb. Hufflepuffs are actually known for dedication, hard work, fair play, patience, kindness, tolerance, and loyalty. Plus, their common rooms are right next to the kitchens! Just because there aren’t as many characters in Hufflepuff doesn’t mean they’re the best. Also, Helga Hufflepuff saying, “I’ll teach the lot, and treat them just the same,” doesn’t mean that she takes who doesn’t fit into any other category. She takes all the people with the character traits listed above, and treats them all the same as everyone else. Since she’s a Hufflepuff herself, she’s bound to do that.
Also, you can always possess qualities from other houses. Ravenclaws can be brave. Slytherins can be kind. Gryffindors can be cunning, and Hufflepuffs can definitely be smart.
Now, before you go and say I’m just biased because I’m a Hufflepuff, I’ll have you know you’re wrong. I’m actually a Slytherin.
Mia
July 4, 2017
I’m a Huffelpuff and we have good qualities because we are loyal, kind, hardworking, determined, and accepting. We have Cedric who is pretty cool and he help harry a lot in the try wizard championship. (If someone reading this doesn’t like Huffelpuff because Robert Pattinson played both Cedric and Edward from twilight and you don’t like twilight that is a stupid reason because they are two different characters in two different series and Harrry Potter is a better series) Tonks is in Huffelpuff your argument is invalid. If Huffelpuffs are useless then why did J.K Rowling take time to have Huffelpuff be one of the hoses if we were useless then she wouldn’t have taken her time to write Huffelpuffs into the series. J.K had said that Huffelpuff is her favorite house for many reasons one reason is that all Huffelpuffs stayed in the final battle of Hogwarts not because we wanted to show off but because we are loyal and it’s he right thing to do. All the Gryffindors stayed but they stayed to show how brave they are. Huffelpuffs don’t talk about our achievements to people other than mainly our friends. Huffelpuffs are nice to almost everyone unless you’re mean to us just for being in Huffelpuff or if you’re mean to our family. We are pretty good wizards we might not be the best. We would be great bakers not janitors. We don’t clean up you crap but you need to clean up your act. Huffelpuffs love animals and we would take care of people’s pets if they need us to. We would have awesome parties with the best catering because we got the house elves in the kitchen next to us and we would hardly run out of food because of that. We would invite everyone but we probably wouldn’t let people who are mean us in the party so you would be missing out.