Most people think they know themselves pretty well, and as such are convinced that they belong to whichever house they’ve been dreaming about for the past thirteen years, but what they don’t realize is that perhaps an outside opinion is better than an inside one.
The way this website’s sorting hat works was completely designed by the creator of the universe—the only person with the authority to make any decisions about the world of Harry Potter, and the first person to admit that not everyone knows how to see beyond their personal opinions about fandom.
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I went through an identity crisis myself when I was sorted into Hufflepuff over my favorite house of Ravenclaw. I had taken more than a couple fan-made sorting quizzes and knew that was where I belonged. I was definitely upset at being mis-sorted and was immediately disappointed by the “limited” sorting questions.
Since then, I’ve took a deeper look at myself and thought that maybe I do possess some of the Hufflepuff qualities after all. If nothing else, I think I’m a bit of a “Huffleclaw” or “Ravenpuff.” I’ll still be re-registering and taking the test again, just to see what happens, but I’m not angry anymore :)