Social Roundup: The Age of Hufflepuff
Hufflepuffs take the Pottermore crown and the film festival season has begun! All this and more in the MuggleNet social roundup.
Hufflepuffs take the Pottermore crown and the film festival season has begun! All this and more in the MuggleNet social roundup.
It’s been less than a month since we learned that the House Cup awarded on September 9 would be Pottermore’s last and only a few days since it was revealed that Pottermore as we know it is coming to an end – and the site is set to reveal a whole new chapter for fans. While those revelations make us feel a lot of things – a bit sad, excited, curious – we certainly have something worth celebrating today: Hufflepuff has won the final House Cup!
J.K.Rowling tweeted that Newt Scamander of the upcoming “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them” films is a Hufflepuff! So what does this tell us about Newt?
Each of the Hogwarts Houses is associated with an animal emblem along with its colors. While the similarity between Gryffindor’s values and the bravery of lions is one of the more obvious connections when it comes to these mascots, I wanted to explore how all of the Houses’ traits are represented through the emblems they were assigned. I’ve already posted my research about Gryffindor’s lion and Ravenclaw’s eagle, so up next is Hufflepuff’s badger. I myself am a good old loyal Hufflepuff, so I will try to refrain from writing a novel about this fantastic house and its mighty badger.
Becoming Cedric Diggory: Humble Hufflepuff ~ Tag someone who reminds you of Cedric
Your bedroom is personal. It’s where you sleep, eat (okay, maybe this one is just me), and spend time with yourself. Your bedroom should be a reflection of who you are, and for Australian blogger Nici’s daughter Isabel, her Hufflepuff-themed boudoir says it all.
Jessie Cave talks to MuggleNet about her latest film, Pride, her fear of horses, and the reasons she writes.
WOULD YOU RATHER… Gryffindor or Hufflepuff?
As a proud Hufflepuff, to me one of the greatest mysteries that has yet to be answered in the Harry Potter series is why the spiteful and obnoxious Zacharias Smith was sorted into the house known for its kindness and loyalty. After much thought, I have narrowed all of the possibilities into three theories.
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