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kellinatorEveryone 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."
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."
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I was playing devil's advocate when I defended Hufflepuffs
Date: 2002-06-13 09:32 pm (UTC)Slytherins loyal? What-the-fuck-ever. They'll do whatever it takes to get ahead and achieve their ends, including betraying friends, cheating, and other fun tactics. Read the books and then try and tell me that Slytherins are worth the paper that tales of them are printed on. :)
The point was that Hufflepuff isn't a fate worse than death. I personally regard loyal and true friends as the best thing a person could ever have. Maybe it's just me.
cheers,
Phil