What is your Hogwarts house?
Pottermore Official assigned me SlytherPuff (yeah I was one of those weird combo kids) a decade ago; which I thought was whack AF but as I’ve gotten older, and gotten to know myself better, I completely understand.
I always, very much loved Slytherin House as a kid (and still do) because I was very ambitious, determined, clever, and resourceful. And I still think I am all of those traits today, more so than anything else (especially determined). Like I knew I was a kid who could shoot for the moon and land there while also landing on Mars and Neptune and fucking Pluto if I wanted.
The Hufflepuff house threw me off because I was raised in a Toxic Household™ and all Hufflepuff traits are “the bad things” (according to The Way I Was Raised™) . Until I realized that hard work, patience, loyalty, fairness, dedication, and justice were all WONDERFUL things. And traits I truly value and thusly still carry as a person.
Turns out my mom was right when she said I should get a law degree (no one ever tell her that, so help me God). The SlytherPuff appointment makes more sense to me now than ever.
I work so hard, because I am ambitious and determined enough to fight for fairness and justice. I am loyal to my values, and I’m dedicated because I believe I am clever and resourceful enough to help change the world in any way that I can.
I always thought Slytherins got a bad rep, and getting a Slytherpuff diagnosis just confirmed that people can want good in the world and then be the good in the world.
Prouder of my SlytherPuff affiliated traits now than when I was 16.
But on that note, FUCK JK Rowling, and everything she has done to Harry Potter and it’s legacy. But I guess I can find value in knowing that my sheer existence triggers JK Rowling in every way possible. That’s what you get for making Slytherin and Hufflepuff the worst houses, you delusional psychopath.