Here's why the whole Hufflepuff thing makes me mad.

[kellinator]

Everyone said "chill out, we're saying you're really loyal and a really good friend!!"

Heh. Well, being a really good friend sucks. When you're the dependable one, everyone "forgets" to invite you to the fun stuff. Then they get in fights with their fun friends and come bitch to you about it. Then they make up with their fun friends and boom, they're off again while you sit around wondering why no one appreciates your loyalty.

No one doubts that the other houses can be loyal (even Slytherin is loyal to their own), but they have other skills too. I get the feeling that Hufflepuff is damning with faint praise -- "oh, Hufflepuffers are really nice. And they're loyal." Because they have nothing better to do -- they don't have the brains or panache.

I don't want to be known for being loyal when I could be cool in my own right instead, like Gryffindor and Ravenclaw and yes, even Slytherin. I'm tired of being "the good friend."

Comments

[tropiquena.livejournal.com]

i missed all of this because of my parents' whole new freakish internet time limits. :( (ha-ha, not)

anyhow, i hear you on wanting to be recognized in your own right. i picked you for gryffindor, if that makes you feel any better.

in addition, i think that as someone who really used to be...not loyal with her rl friends, i think being considered a loyal and trustworthy of friends is one of the *greatest* compliments. sure, you'll often get shafted, and people may use you, ignore you, expect you to always be there, and just generally take you for granted. however, it speaks absolute wonders about your personality, if you can take all that and still be there for your friends.

just my two cents,
kali

[kellinator.livejournal.com]

Thank you. That's a really nice way to look at it...

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[tropiquena.livejournal.com]

you're welcome. it's true. :)