the randomness

gavinsaurusrex:

rosieredcoat:

soyoungandtrue-:

rosalarian:

As we all know, Hogwarts is divided into four schools:

• Gryffindor, the house of bravery, loyalty, and chivalry.
• Slytherin, the house of ambition, cunning, and racial purity.
• Ravenclaw, the house of intellect.
• Hufflepuff, the catch-all house.

Oh, sure, they tell you that Hufflepuff is the house of hard work and fair play, but have you ever met an interesting Hufflepuff? Basically, Hufflepuff is, “You’re not particularly brave or ambitious or smart. Here, have a short bus house.”

I mean, come on. Of the four hours, you have a lion, an eagle, a serpent, and… a badger. A badger. That’s like a cruel joke. Why not just make the Hufflepuff mascot a teddy bear and be done with it?

Which, in turn, leads to problems with worldbuilding. You have to assume there’s some minimum level of bravery required to get into Gryffindor, and a base level of evil required to enter Slytherin… But the houses are all implied to be roughly of equal population. In a more realistic world of wizards and magic spells, the Hufflepuff students would outnumber everyone else like four to one. You shouldn’t be able to throw a rock without bouncing off a crowd of Hufflepuffs, each seething with the desire to get into one of the cool kid houses.

…that, or thanks to meddling lawyers, the Sorting Hat uses quotas to ensure that each house is distributed evenly. Which leads to the highly entertaining idea that Slytherin is filled with a bunch of fairly nice kids who just happened to be having a bad day on Sorting Day, and are now trapped with a bunch of homicidal maniacs who are training them to kill for their own gain. Meanwhile, the not-very-brave kids are being dangled out windows by their Gryffindor classmates to try to toughen ‘em up, and those poor Ravenclaw second-stringers are staring at books, trying to make sense of it all.

(From The Ferrett’s blog)

Cedric, the original, of age champion for Hogwarts, is a Hufflepuff.  Hufflepuff may not have much glory, but they tend to be moral and hardworking.  Yeah, they’re referred to as old duffers, by Hagrid and similar names by others, they’re still pretty awesome.  Sometimes, hard work is better than innate intelligence or bravery or badassery.

Also, the fact that the sorting hat sounds like a voice inside someone’s head is supposed to represent something important  (I can site the interview with JKR where she says this).  And, as evidenced by Harry’s will to be in Gryffindor (vs. Slytherin), the person being sorted has a certain amount of influence on where he or she is sorted.

ALSO: BADGERS ARE REALLY FUCKING AWESOME, YOU DON’T EVEN KNOW, OP.

YOU DON’T EVEN. KNOW.

WIND IN THE WILLOWS. MR. BADGER. WHAT A MOTHER FUCKING BADASS. WITH HIS AWESOME VESTS AND SCOTTISH CAP. even a fucking mustache and a cane, and full-moon spectacles.

I’m proud to be a Hufflepuff any day of the week. The way I see it is that Hufflepuffs have more than one defining personality: they are intelligent, brave, AND ambitious, and therefore do not belong in one of the other houses in particular. Badgers are literally capable of fighting off creatures as large as BEARS and fucking WOLVES. They are very intelligent and constructive and can build huge extensive burrows for their families. They are fierce animals that will protect their young at all costs. Have you ever heard of the African Honey Badger? This bad ass mother fucker will TAKE YOUR FACE OFF. They eat venomous African snakes for breakfast, literally. Honey badgers in Africa have been known to fend off multiple lions, hyenas and other dangerous top tier carnivores. (Here that, Slytherins and Gryffindors?) Not only that, but they are cooperative other animals at times and have been seen hunting with wolves and sharing their dens with other small burrowing creatures.

In short, Hufflepuffs are fucking AMAZING. So OP, pick up a damn book on badgers and prepare to have your mind blown.

gavinsaurusrex:

savagemike:

generic1:

sds:

Guess what organization my daughter sure as hell won’t be joining?

I hope for her sake she lives above the Mason-Dixon line.

“Dangerous Planned Parenthood Sex Guide”? What’s so dangerous about it? Oh and this link leads to the Catholic Family & Human Rights Institute, so you can make your own inferences.

Gee, maybe if I had received a “dangerous sex guide” from Girl Scouts when I was a kid, I wouldn’t have been so terrified and embarrassed when I got my first period and didn’t know the hell was wrong with me and if I was going to die or not. Thanks for that, Catholic Family and Human Rights.

IF they did distribute it they should not have. Most Girl Scouts are in Elementary school or early middle school. I’m not saying they shouldn’t know about sex and what sex is but on of the quotes (allegedly) said “Many people think sex is just about vaginal or anal intercourse… But, there are lots of different ways to have sex and lots of different types of sex. There is no right or wrong way to have sex. Just have fun, explore and be yourself!” AND “Some people have sex when they have been drinking alcohol or using drugs. This is your choice.”

I really don’t think kids in elementary school should be encouraged to do drugs and have sex (at least before they’re 18. I believe it’s illegal if you aren’t).