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Post by cronon on Apr 10, 2008 10:27:21 GMT -5
What it means to be a Hufflepuff
Originally posted by Michael Rolen, then later posted by Krissy Fleming Modern-day Hufflepuff is emphatically NOT the house that you get sent to if you lack any distinguishing characteristics. Where that particular misreading is concerned, the problem is one of perception, in that the ’Puffs identify themselves so completely with their “peer group” that to most outsiders’ eyes they all blend together. It’s vanishingly small wonder that an arrogant, immature, Slyth-to-the-bone like an 11-year-old Draco Malfoy regarded them with contempt and ill-disguised horror. Or that an immature dyed-in-the-wool Gryff like Ron Weasley dismissed them as a bad joke. A Hufflepuff back-up team is every hero’s, every statesman’s, every brilliant ivory-tower innovator’s dream. But, by definition, as the hero, the statesman or the innovator, you are not a part of that team — so you have to earn their respect before they will willingly back you up. And if you do manage to enlist such a support group and then overstep yourself with them and turn them against you, they will withdraw that support, and they will bury you. (You WILL notice that everyone in canon who sneers at the Hufflepuffs is careful to do so behind their backs. The ’Puffs in their standard formation are formidable.) It has also been noted that if you ever do manage to cut one of the more talented ’Puffs out of the herd and let him carry the banner for the honour of his House, he shines. Cedric Diggory was close to honestly winning the Tri-Wizard Tournament. It’s no wonder that Barty Crouch Jr stepped in to make sure he didn’t. And there are a lot of very talented or very admirable wizards in Hufflepuff, every tribe has a chieftain, after all. We’re in deeply tribal, “group think” territory here. The Hufflepuff’s motto is; “nobody left behind”, but that only applies if you visibly pitch in and do your part for the rest of your “team”. The Hufflepuffs generally come in last because they move at the speed of their weakest member — but they always finish the course. And the ’Puffs have zero tolerance for loners or “odd ducks”. They also have a nasty tendency to gang up on outsiders, slackers, or people who are perceived to have deliberately let their side down. [Note: you do NOT want to alienate the Hufflepuffs. There are a lot of them. And they stick together. Far more solidly than the Slytherins, whose alliances are tactical, strategic — and temporary.] Here you have, on one hand, the ’Puffs, who not only close ranks against outsiders but will turn into an opposing army as soon as they decide that you have injured one of their own (when you take on the Hufflepuffs, you take on the whole House) and on the other, you have the ’Claws, who — with a distressing level of frequency — disdain conformity, have high levels of social ineptitude, frequently cruel tongues, no common sense, and not enough experience to recognize when a battle is not worth fighting, let alone starting. The down side of Hufflepuff, of course, is rampant cliquishness and mob rule. I strongly suspect the disciplinary problem that the Hufflepuffs present to the staff of Hogwarts is a pervading tendency to gang up on whoever they decide has offended one of them. Inside the House, this problem is recast as intermittent squabbles between rival subgroups and the determination for each to demand that the onlookers take sides. There is also a nasty underlying tendency among poorly-socialized ’Puffs (oh, yes, those also exist, Zacharias Smith seems a good example, I was amused to note in HBP that if he is not literally the “Heir of Hufflepuff” he is, evidently, at least a descendent.) to regard the application of those wonderful, traditional Hufflepuff virtues of fairness, patience, generosity and above all, loyalty as only being owed to one’s own particular “tribe”, and the rest of the world be damned. I suspect that there might have been no few Hufflepuffs who would have quite happily chosen to support Voldemort. Or Tom Riddle, anyway.
Added on by Krissy FlemingHufflepuff is like a big family. To quote Lilo and Stitch "Ohana means family, family means no-one gets left behind" |
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Post by cronon on Apr 10, 2008 10:29:14 GMT -5
1\ Do onto others as you would have them do onto you
2\ All for one and one for all
3\ Badger kinship is an exclusive Hufflepuff privilege
4\ If it's not broken, don't fix it.
5\ Always smile the badger style
6\ Reach for the stars and draw yourself a constellation
7\ If the choice is to listen to your heart or brain, go with your heart
8\ Its better to have loved and lost then to never have loved at all.
9\ No one can make you feel inferior unless you give them your consent
10\ Tomorrow starts with today and continues from yesterday.
11\ For every rule, there's a reason to follow it.
12\ He who fights and runs away should have found a better way to solve
his problems.
13\ Fight fire with water. Better yet, don't play with matches.
14\ The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence. Be a
good neighbor and they'll let you play in their yard.
15\ If someone else can do something that you'd rather not, do it
anyway. They probably don't want to do it either.
16\ If you want to rule the world, don't forget your friends.
17\ If someone must be blamed, make sure it's the right person.
18\ Trust in humanity.
19\ Work for peace
20\ Never offer a confession if a friend will get hurt in the process
21\ Any weakness or mistake can be corrected.
22\ Never let friends or family stand in the way of danger.
23\ If all means have failed you, try again.
24\ If at first you don't succeed, there's no dishonor in asking for help.
25\ Everything is OK in the end. If its not OK its not the end.
26\ If at first you don't succeed... then skydiving ain't for you....
27\ I love therefor I am
28\ Sticks and stones can break your bones but words can destroy your heart
29\ Morality is an effective weapon against hostility
30\ Listen with your heart and then listen to it
31\ The best lessons in life are often not learned in a classroom
32\ Fear is just your soul weeping
33\ Life is the journey, not the destination
34\ Live like its your last day before it actually is
35\ There is no problem or solution to life, just questions and answers
36\ The only stupid question is the one you never ask
37\ When a door closes, look for a key under the mat
38\ When a door is still closed look for a window
39\ When a door won't open you need to knock that thing off it's hinges
and tackle it in the street
40\ A stranger is just a friend you haven't met
41\ Savor every drop of life before it's gone
42\ Let everyone underestimate badgers, it gives us an advantage in the end
43\ Hufflepuff's don't make trash, we recycle it
44\ From first year badgers, to fifth year huffles open arms are waiting
for you
45\ Faith isn't a weakness, it's a strength
46\ The road to salvation is a bumpy one
47\ To the opportunist shall be granted opportunity
48\ He who laughs; lasts
49\ Personality opens doors; character keeps them open
50\ From the sublime to the ridiculous is but a step
51\ Do not become what you cannot stand
52\ Every person has a unique past, present, and future
53\ Feel sorrow, but don't sink under its oppression
54\ These are just some random ones...
55\ The road to a friend's house is never long
56\ Dreams are the touchstones of our character
57\ Be happy while you're living, for you're a long time dead
58\ Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go
59\ The best proof of love is trust
60\ Sometimes the heart sees what is invisible to the eye
61\ Do all things with love
62\ Forgiveness is an attribute of the strong
63\ Friendship is love that should always be put above
64\ If you love something set it free, if it comes back to you you know
it was always yours, if it doesn't you know it was never yours to begin with
65\ Whenever you are true to yourself, you will be true to others
66\ Don't take yourself too seriously
67\ Everything has an end
68\ Being too sane is worse than being a little crazy in the head
69\ Great friends are for great occasions
70\ Make the best of a bad situation
71\ An alarm clock may wake you, but you have to get up yourself
72\ Praise loudly; blame softly
73\ Laugh at life more than cry about it
74\ Age is only important if you are cheese
75\ Happiness is meant to be shared
76\ In times of war, it is more important to have a good plan than a
good army
77\ Dreams are the wings of the soul
78\ Waste not, want not
79\ One of the lessons you must learn in growing up is how to deal with loss
80\ In time everything is revealed
81\ Attitude reflects leadership
82\ We do not control our fate, but we can fight against it
83\ Power in numbers, always stick together
84\ As long as the sun and the moon exist everything will be alright
85\ Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee, a man can't fight what a
man can't see
86\ Don't try so hard to fit because you are born to stand out
87\ Every cloud has a silver lining
88\ Paradise is better
89\ There is never a limit to how close you can be to someone
90\ True love is always growing
91\ If you love someone and they love you back then life no matter how
bad is always worth living
92\ Always shoot for the moon cause even if you miss you'll land among
the stars
93\ Dance as though no one is watching, love as though you've never been
hurt, sing as though no one can hear you, live as if heavens on earth
94\ No one has ever hurt their eyes looking on the bright side
95\ Do not raise your sword but instead give your foe a glass of your
finest wine
96\ Feeling pain from love is a man's greatest strength
97\ The ones you love always seem to leave to soon and the ones you like
less never seem to go away
98\ Those you love never really leave you
99\ Potatoes make good pets
100\ I may not agree with what you say, but I'll defend to the death
your right to say it
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If there are any other conducts needing to be added, please feel free to PM either Seanna or myself so that we can add it to the list and expand upon our Code of Conduct.
*Edited for spelling errors -D.Tapia
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