Får universum tecken på Hufflepuff?

Det finns säkert vissa människor som ser ner på Hufflepuff.

Exempel:

• När Draco presenterar sig för Harry i Filosofs Stone , säger han:

  “Well, no one really knows until they get there, do they, but I know I’ll be in Slytherin, all our family have been – imagine being in Hufflepuff, I think I’d leave, wouldn’t you?”

• När Hagrid förklarar husets system till Harry, nämner han detta begrepp (även om det inte är helt klart huruvida Hagrid bara repeterar meme eller faktiskt håller med det):

  “And what are Slytherin and Hufflepuff?”

  “School houses. There’s four. Everyone says Hufflepuff are a lot o’ duffers, but –”

• I välkomstbrevet Pottermore för Hufflepuff erkänner prefekten ett allmänt sentiment som Hufflepuff är imponerande:

  There are a few things you should know about Hufflepuff house. First of all, let’s deal with a perennial myth about the place, which is that we’re the least clever house. […] We’ve produced more than our fair share of powerful, brilliant and daring witches and wizards, but, just because we don’t shout about it, we don’t get the credit we deserve.

• Det här är lite annorlunda, men när Harry väljs som Triwizard Champion tillsammans med Cedric, upprepas det att Hufflepuff inte har ett gott rykte:

  It was plain that the Hufflepuffs felt that Harry had stolen their champion’s glory; a feeling exacerbated, perhaps, by the fact that Hufflepuff House very rarely got any glory, and that Cedric was one of the few who had ever given them any, having beaten Gryffindor once at Quidditch.

Malfoy höll på Hufflepuff House innan han ens kom fram till Hogwarts:

"Well, no one really knows until they get there, do they, but I know I'll be in Slytherin, all our family have been — imagine being in Hufflepuff, I think I'd leave, wouldn't you?"
-- Draco Malfoy, HP and the Philosopher's Stone

Men sedan har han aldrig varit känd för sin acceptans av icke-Slytherins i alla fall.

Sorteringshattens låt (eller en av dem) föreslår att Hufflepuff är huset för leftovers , de som inte anses "tillräckligt bra" (med olika definitioner av "bra") för att passa in i någon annan:

Said Slytherin, "We'll teach just those whose ancestry's purest."
Said Ravenclaw, "We'll teach those whose intelligence is surest"
Said Gryffindor, "We'll teach all those with brave deeds to their name."
Said Hufflepuff, "I'll teach the lot and treat them just the same."

[...]

For instance, Slytherin took only pure-blood wizards of great cunning just like him.
And only those of sharpest mind were taught by Ravenclaw
While the bravest and the boldest went to daring Gryffindor.
Good Hufflepuff, she took the rest and taught them all she knew,
-- Sorting Hat, HP and the Order of the Phoenix

Det finns också en rad att föreslå Hufflepuff är vanligtvis undervärderad:

Cedric was walking away from the sort of glory Hufflepuff hadn't had in centuries.
-- HP and the Goblet of Fire (when Cedric Diggory offers to let Harry take the Triwizard Cup)

Det bör dock noteras att J K Rowling inte tror att Hufflepuff är dålig :

"This may surprise people, but it is the truth...In many, many ways, Hufflepuff is my favourite House. Here's my reasoning, bear with me. [...] The Hufflepuffs stayed for a different reason; they weren't trying to show off, they weren't being reckless, that's the essence of Hufflepuff House. Now my oldest child [...] said to me —and she, by the way, was not sorted into Hufflepuff House— but, she said to me, 'I think we should all want to be Hufflepuffs.' I can only say to you, that I would not be at all disappointed to be sorted into Hufflepuff House."
-- J K Rowling, web interview Beyond the Page