hufflepuff values loyalty and fairness and friendship and hard work and drive and determination and love and acceptance and kindness and if that sounds shitty to you then get out
hey i just fuckin realized, ok, dumbledore knew the curse on the DADA position was a thing, he was there when riddle cast it and anyway i feel like if you’re headmaster for fifty years or whatever you notice when every teacher you hire for a specific position has some kind of ironic tragedy ruin their shit by the end of the year, every year, for fifty years. and also dumbledore never let snape take the position cuz he wanted him to stick around. he knew what was going on!!! so ok so what i realized is dumbledore hired remus ‘actual cinnabon’ lupin anyway for the cursed DADA position that fucks your shit up in nine months or less, the year the ministry sicced dementors on hogwarts because remus’s old bff was loose from wizard jail. like. dumbledore what the fuck. ‘hey that sweet and loyal guy who can’t catch a break and got most of his life ruined serving me already– i’m gonna put him in this position of getting the rest of his life ruined. like. for reasons! haha ten points to dumbledore!’
i don’t think dumbledore was much of a chessmaster at all?? i think he was just a huge dick.
“You might belong in Hufflepuff, where they are just and loyal; Those patient Hufflepuffs are true, and unafraid of toil.”
The house of Helga Hufflepuff was undeniably the most unpopular house in all of Hogwarts; it was referred to as being the ‘Wimpy house’. The fact that most of the students that were sorted in Hufflepuff, had a great tolerance for people in general, as well as the desire to care for creatures, humans, and plants alike, caused a lot of misconceptions about Hufflepuffs, and the house in which they were sorted.
Another thing that gave Hufflepuffs an undesirable reputation, was the fact that they were so often not paying attention in class (unless it was Care of Magical Creatures or Herbology); it wasn’t that they didn’t want to learn, it was the fact that they were so often day-dreaming, or thinking of ways to help others. Though they had noble intentions, this caused for a lot of people to scorn and look down upon them.
Although Hufflepuffs were indeed patient and kind (to a fault), they were also incredibly feisty and opinionated; something that came out especially when someone would bully a fellow Hufflepuff.
to elaborate: Disney is authoritarian right because of their unstoppable monopoly on the industry and emphasis on “classic” and “traditional” animated movies they’ve kept for decades and show no signs of stopping
Blue Sky is libertarian right because their flicks are very low risk and their most famous franchises ice age and rio have ongoing morals of family values. they will not put out a controversial movie, they are here for the free market
Dreamworks is the libertarian left college student. many experimental weird movies that have odd twist morals and many subverted tropes. when they’re good it’s really good but when it’s bad it’s nonsensical chaos.
the authoritarian left emerged suddenly in the annals of modern history, prophesied as the ultimate alternative to the political right. despicable me’s sudden success in 2010 from a no-name studio shook the playing ground. there was suddenly a new Disney competitor nobody saw coming, and many people had faith in Illumination Entertainment. however power soon turned to madness, as the studio soon revealed itself to be the ultimate profit making machine. beneath the guise of cute animals and minion propaganda is an unstoppable evil for pumping cash. even Disney wants to create revenue movies that will age indefinitely and have quality, but Illumination is a black hole of dated references and throw away flicks. they must be stopped.
[Image description: drawing of a brown pig saying “Your talent doesn’t need to be effortless to be impressive. If you worked hard to be good at something, it doesn’t mean you’re not actually good at that thing. It means you’re good at it and you’re hard-working and dedicated. That’s awesome. You’re awesome!” in a pink speech bubble.]
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