let's go to Hogwarts, Holmes brothers edition

[aruan]

me: Tumblr is debating what Hogwarts house Sherlock and Mycroft would be sorted into
Ravenclaw and Slytherin, respectively?
B: Mycroft is total Hufflepuff. sorry
"You might belong in Hufflepuff,
Where they are just and loyal,
Those patient Hufflepuffs are true,
And unafraid of toil"
he is loyal to Sherlock above all costs and is loyal to running the country and works endlessly at both tasks. he's a Hufflepuff
Mycroft doesn't want power for power's sake
it's the only way he can watch his brother
me: damn my knee-jerk dismissal of Hufflepuff
B: Hufflepuff is the Spanish Inquisition of Hogwarts
Hufflepuff is also always in the background, unseen
you know who ELSE is always in the background, unseen? hmmmmmmmmmmm?
me: oh man, Mycroft is the FLUFFIEST HUFFLEPUFF

With "Wit beyond measure is man's greatest treasure" and a riddle as the password, Ravenclaw was a gimme. But, once B said it, Hufflepuff made all the sense in the world. And not just because of the uncanny resemblance between Mycroft and badgers. Oh, and Hufflepuff supported Ravenclaw's Cedric Diggory in the Triwizard Tournament.