Bellatrix Lestrange should have been a Hufflepuff. If the hat considered traits had more than traits valued, I believe she would have been one. Or it would have been considered and she would have told the hat promptly to put her in Slytherin.
Loyalty? Yes. But Hufflepuffs also pride themselves on tolerance, friendship, kindness and fairness. None of which are qualities Bellatrix has.
Pomona Sprout, head of Hufflepuff House seems to not get the credit she deserves in her willingness to do what is right even when the choice seems doomed to failure. Also she was all for the students staying and fighting to defend their school and their friends.
When McGonagall, Flitwick, and Sprout were fighting off Snape and McGonagall is rallying the teachers to start prepping the school for siege:
Flitwick: “You realize, of course, that nothing we do will be able to keep out You-Know-Who indefinitely?”
Sprout: “But we can hold him up.” (“But we can delay him.” was given to McGonagall in the film)
McGonagall: “Thank you, Pomona.”
*and between the two witches there passed a grim look of understanding* – ch. 30
Do you ever think about the other Hufflepuff first years who got sorted with Tonks? Like they were probably thinking “This is so great, everyone’s gonna be so nice and chill and this seems like the non-drama house, I’m gonna be able to kick back and relax and take my education at my own pace with understanding and support from those around me and—”
And then fucking eleven year old Nymphadora Tonks breaks down a door, comes bursting into the room, hyped up as if she’s downed six cans of Monster back to back, like “HEY GUYS I’M TONKS WE’RE GONNA BE SUCH GOOD FRIENDS HEY DOES ANYONE ELSE WANT TO GO BREAK INTO THE OTHER COMMON ROOMS OR DO FRIENDSHIP PIERCINGS WITH A SAFETY PIN OH MERLIN THIS IS GONNA BE SO MUCH FUN I HAVE CAFFEINATED BEVERAGES AND A SELECTION OF PUNK ALBUMS ON VINYL FROM NOW ON OUR BEDTIME IS NEVER”
Like there is no way these children could have prepared themselves for Nymphadora Tonks, there is no way.
HEY DOES ANYONE ELSE WANT TO GO BREAK INTO THE OTHER COMMON ROOMS OR DO FRIENDSHIP PIERCINGS WITH A SAFETY PIN
That would probably explain how she met Charlie; she was trying to set off a prank in the Gryffindor Common Room, and he happened to be up reading about dragons.
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