Red,Yellow, Blue or Green

This just came up while I was wondering which Hogwarts' house I would have been in.

It's interesting to note that the Hat places students based on the values the Founders thought were most important, not based on the qualities that they themselves may have had...for example I think that a person without a vast intellect would be as likely to value intelligence in her students as a genius-in fact I think that a genius would have valued intelligence less (or at least been more aware of the limitations of pure intellect ), and possibly valued hard-work, or the drive to succed more.

And courage? Isn't that quality most desperately desired by those who fear constantly? Those who have not the courage to stand up for their convictions... and circumstances may make a lion out of a mouse ...think of the Lion in the Wizard of Oz... the Wizard's dose of courage only gave him confidence in himself- the courage was there all the time.

What about ambition...of all qualities most reviled.And what pray, is wrong with ambition! What is wrong with being driven by a need to succeed.Where would we be without ambition? Back in caves , hunting for our food and fighting for survival with animals. I was ambition that brought us to cities...ambition that took us from one heigh to the next...ambition that conquerd the highest peaks and the deepest seas. Oh, it took courage and hard work and knowledge certainly, but these would have been untested and weak without ambition to turn them into achievement. And people still hate Slytherins!

But it was the one line " And good Hufflepuff took all the rest" that bowled me...its almost godlike...to accept all those without anything particularly special about them , for what they are and to ask no more or less...that is the essensce of love. Between that and the Hufflepuffs' reputaion for industry and fairness...well I'll have to work on industry , but justice has always been important (justice, sseasoned with mercy) .So if you don't mind Hufflepuff's just perfect for me.