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I (Ravenclaw) would take my person only, and the reason is that I'd trust Dumbledore and the school to make sure at least the non-contestants were safe. I wouldn't think they would actually let any of them die if their contestant didn't get to them in time. And I wouldn't think any of the kids would give their concent to being the contestant's person if that was a risk. So I'd take only my person and aim to win. If I actually believed there was a risk they could die I wouldn't care about the game anymore and my priority would be to try to prevent innocent people from dying, even if they were complete strangers. But I think I would prioritize saving my person and myself over the others though, so if I had to choose, I believe I would do that.
As a Hufflepuff, I disagree, even if they're not *My* person, they're someone's person. I'd imagine the pain of losing my person and save them too. I've lost a lot of people in my life. If I can spare someone even a little pain and stress, I would. It's no hardship putting in a little extra work to help someone else.
YES, I agree, like I would save both but not for the glory of being a hero but because they’re still a person, and they have family, and you can’t always be to sure if they will get rescued
I agree with the Hufflepuff comments - I'd like to add that, as a Hufflepuff, I would take my person, but decide that if I had time/the chance, I would go back if needed.
Yeah if nobody did anything and I’d just came back with my person I’d instantly jump back in to go rescue them or use a spell to. I think that’s not cheating. That’s just saving somebody’s life.
Ya I’m the same issue like I’m not very brave I’m pretty cowardly actually I chicken out on a lot of stuff and idc about being the hero but I would save someone’s life if I had to with no hesitation that’s just kindness to me
I'm more Hufflepuff than Gryffindor and while I value my friend more, I couldn't physically swim away from a person who could die down there. Not to be heroic, just cause their life feels just as important
Yeah same for me, I'm also hufflepuff. And I think it's really unfair to just say that every hufflepuff would only rescue one person just because cedric did so. Also, wasn't Cedric the first one to get his person? Logically he didn't get more than his person if there were still three people to rescue them behind him. Probably he would've also rescued both people if there were only two people left.
I never thought about that. A Hufflepuff would be excellent for a Slytherin, their loyal, hardworking, right hand man to help the Slytherin with their ambitions!
Actually I'm a Slytherin still standing back on the beach asking if the headmaster if he has any idea who my mother is. He best get some damn divers and get my pal back from the bottom of this lake before I make a call
i’m a hufflepuff and yes we are loyal i would definitely get my person but if there’s still time i would go and get them as well. Hufflepuffs are loyal but also caring. A caring person wouldn’t let that person die. And yes i know dumbledore probably wouldn’t let any die but i wouldn’t take that risk
A Hufflepuff would try to take both because they want what's fair for everyone. A Slytherin would take only their friend, because they are most devoted to THEIR people.
Not my hufflepuff ass about to save both. Even if not fully friends with that other person you gotta try I’d take up my friend and then go back down immediately even if to get disqualified
As a Slytherin, I would definitely swim back to the surface with neither and demand to speak to Dumbledore to make sure he knows who my father is and that he will hear about this😂😂
As a Hufflepuff I totally agree, we most of the time are seen as like soft people and many think we would hesitate too much but I think that I would trust the school and stay loyal to my person. Because Hufflepuff value loyalty a lot. But if I decided that I had enough te to save the other one too O would try my best save the other person too
I’m a proud Hufflepuff and I fully agree, my knee jerk reaction when you started that riddle was “absolutely not, saving my person is the only thing that matters in this moment “
And as soon as I heard this riddle my first thought after she said "would you save both?" Was "Yes" I genuinely thought that it was probably going to be the other way around and I'm pleased to find out that I stick by being a Gryffindor XD
I agree with the other ravenclaw, Dumbledore wouldn't let students die. but If I were in the position where it was life or death, I'd presume I'd have a back up option if my hours of study and obsession failed me. I'd go back down again if need be or go ask my teachers who have our best interests in mind. These are supposed to be fun, nor life or death.
As a Slytherin I see the people I love as an extension of myself. Firstly I won't wanna complete in a stupid competition where people randomly die. But ifi was in that position I would honestly just save the people I love.
I always thought that this illustrated more the difference between harry being in the tournament against his will and his naivete about it versus the competitiveness of the older students that wanted to participate from the beginning. That meant that Harry was more about surviving it and the others were a bit more about winning it.
Depends how seriously I had taken the song, and depends on how close we were and how close the opponent was. I feel like the difference you are trying to say is “deciding between what’s right and what’s easy” the gryffindors did was was right, the hufflepuffs did what was easy
If your loyal to your friends I think you would take both. You wouldn’t want either of your friends to get hurt. I think the difference is simply the motivation behind the action.
Me, as a Hufflepuff, would most likely only save my friend but more likely for the rules other than saving people. If they didn't make it I would feel terrible in the end but the task I was given was to save my friend, not someone elses. Also I don't want to take away someone elses task because then they might feel bad about it. If that makes any sense. Maybe it's just a me thing, I like rules
You see, when I (Hufflepuff) saw this I immediately said I’d save both, but if I was actually there I most likely would only save the person who matters most to me and not the other person. I’d do this because i more than likely would try to keep the person who matters most to me safe. If I tried to save both people I would be at risk of both people dying, and I don’t want to take that risk
As a Ravenclaw, I understand that Dumbldore isn’t just going to sacrifice these other kids. I’m bringing my best friend up and my other friends, crush or even random stranger would have to fend for themselves. Because worst case scenario, I can go back down after bringing my best friend up and try to save the others as well. But Dumbledore and the other headmasters and everyone in charge would not allow that task without being able to guarantee the safety of the other students. Even if I didn’t trust The headmasters, I’d still pull my best friend up first. I’m definitely more on the side of loyalty than bravery.
As a Hufflepuff myself I would save all of the remaining people. I’m not a hero, and that person may not be mine but it’s someone else’s. I know the pain of losing a loved one, I wouldn’t want anyone else to go through that.
i’m a hufflepuff and i would still take both if i KNEW they weren’t coming for the one person but if i see that they’re still in i’m taking my one person
It's funny, the reason I would only take my person is that I would have faith in / hope in the other contestant to eventually get their person. Which is very hufflepuff of me
Cedric was also older and understood that non of the kidnapped kids were in actual danger, all was part of that stupid game, so he played the game. Harry was super confused! 😅
I would take my person only, but not because I'm not brave enough or because of the loyalty. I have common sense. I don't think the school is going to kill their students for a competition
I'm a griff. I would definitely try to take the other person with us if I thought they were in real danger. Not because of the glory, Harry never once thought about the glory. But because the guilt of being there and having had the chance to help but not doing it would have been terrible. In the task setting, Harry was stupid because he did not rationalize the situation and did not factor in Dumbledore's integrity. But I understand why he did it. I would have done the same. He could take both, so why leave one behind just to have more comfort?
The way i look at it, is that i can definitely save one person, or maybe save two. Definitely one is better than losing both. It's the same as trying both and losing one. So as far as I'm concerned the most good comes from saving one person. People die, that inevitable. We must do what we can for those we can help.
The issue with this is that since you stated this is in the triwizard tournament. Logically there's no reason to try to go for both. A better comparison would be a question would be something maybe like during the battle of hogwarts, some form of question about saving your freind/vrs trying to take out a horcrux. Basically, freinds vrs "Greater Good"
I'm a Hufflepuff, and I completely disagree with this theory. I would definitely take both of them especially they were people that are very important to me. I wouldn't want to be the hero, I would want to save the people that I love. No cares about the glory or praise.
I am a Hufflepuff and I agree but if we were almost out of time I would grab the other (probably because putting others before myself even in unsafe situations has to do with my trauma) but yes a agree
I'd take both of them and risk my life, cause even though I trust Dumbledore, I might have a weird feeling considering people can die in his tournament or I don't know what will happen to the other person. They're someone else's person and that person could be really worried or anxious or something and if I bring them up, then at least they know that their loved one is safe rather than being scared that they died or something before Dumbledore got back the person.
As a Hufflepuff, I agree partially, because if it were me, I would probably go like grab my person and go to the surface and then, if the other person didn’t come and grab their person, I would go back down and save them Shirley just because Hufflepuff‘s aren’t just loyal to our one person. We are loyal to the people around us unless they have hurt us or the people that we care about so we would want to save that other person to because they have not wronged us or our people.
mixing metaphors/genre (whatever). it's fantasy, you are the hero, what would Kirk do? save both. maybe break something while doing so, but you save both
As a hufflepuff, I definitely would just take my person. Im 100% sure Dumbledore and the other headmasters would make sure that the non-contestant is safe.
as a puff i can confirm that my priority would be to get my friend out first. i wouldn’t know if i would be able to save more than one at once and they would be my priority but i once my friend was to safety and i knew they would be ok, i would go back
I, as a Slytherin, would still take both. First, you'd be under a panic situation, so it would be hard to just think that Dumbledore would be keeping them all safe instead of thinking oh my god are we going to die because you know that in the Triwizard Tournament, you only get one hour to save your person, but if the other contestants haven't come down yet and you've already sort of timed hhow long it took you to get down and how long it will take you to get up. Based on you know water currents and stuff like that you probably wouldn't be thinking about if that person was going to eventually come or not and have him stay safe instead of just taking the back. But, then again, that's not a Slytherin thing to do. I feel like the Slytherin thing to do would just be to leave both of them and, you know, just leave.
I (Gryffindor) wouldn’t save the other person to “be the hero” but because it’s the right thing to do even tho I’m putting a risk onto myself. On top of not wanting the person who failed to lose someone they also care deeply about and if I did end up dying I would be at peace because I would be dying with someone that I deeply care about. Personally I think too many people loom towards Harry as a “true” Gryffindor while from what I have read/seen it seems to me that Neville Longbottom is more aligned with that because of his willingness to endanger himself to do the right thing.
As an Hufflepuff I do agree I will save my person because they were their for me as for the other one I don't think Dumbledore would let a person who is not the part of the games die so easily
I'm a Hufflepuff, and I care about my friend, but I would do by dang hardest to try and get both of them out of that situation and try and save them. My mind wouldn't stuck on the fact if someone else would be there or not to save the other, my body would immediately go into action and do my best to save both of them, not even thinking about the what's or the if's, just to make sure that everyone gets out alive and safe.
I 100% agree. As a Hufflepuff, I care for everyone equally but A) the goal is to get typir person out, and B) they wouldn't let the other kids drown even if the other champions didn't complete the challenge. Getting my person to safety is more important than playing hero when the role of hero shouldn't be played anyways
I think a Hufflepuff would prioritize life above all, and would think immediately of saving them both. A Griffindor would also save both. A Slitherin would prioritize above anything their love one and their selves, so they would save their loved one. And a Ravenclaw would understand/think that this was organized by Dumbledore and he wouldn't actually put them in real danger. The point is they would look for all logical options, if they thought there was actual danger they would save everyone.
I think it's less of IF you took the other person and more of WHY you did or didn't take them. A Gryffindor might decide they were only able to take one person and the victory of getting out alive is more important than getting both. And a Hufflepuff might decide that both lives are important enough to try for both because even though they aren't their person they're still important to other people and deserve to get back to them.
As a Slytherin I would first get my loved out of harm's way and then go back, without really thinking of the consequences. Could you imagine me jumping back and everyone's like "Hey you can't do that" and I'm "SCREW YOU I HAVEN'T SEEN CEDRIC IN TEN MINUTES"
As a Ravenclaw, I would only rescue my friend. As we can see in the movie the ppl that need to be saved are still kept alive underwater and are safe. I would think that Dumbledore is smart enough to do this as he made it quite a big deal that Harry was not to enter due to him not being of age. It would seem wrong of Dumbledore to throw all that away by putting underage students in danger.
I’m Hufflepuff, and I think I’d take both. I hate when ANYONE gets hurt in ANY way, and if I leave them, and something happens to them, I’d blame myself. So I think I’d try to take both
I wouldn’t be able to live with myself if I left someone else to die, knowing that ppl have died in the past tournaments and that the other contestant might not make it, I’d try to save both
I, a proud slytherin, would trust to save my person and myself, in hopes that the other will be saved, and if not then Dumbledore, Snape ,and Minerva would figure something out.
As a Slytherin I wouldn’t be stupid enough to sign up for a competition that dumbledore controls(or id at least do it w snape or Minnie in my back pocket)
I am a Gryffindor and I agree with you. I will take both of them with me, even if I risk drowning it doesn’t matter. I prefer to die, knowing that I tried than staying alive and carry the guilt of the death of one of them.
I (Slytherin) personally could not live with myself if that person died and I could’ve prevented. The thought of that person dying because of me would swirl around my brain until I saved them
I (hufflepuff) agree mostly with this because i would trust that Dumbledore or a teacher would come come get the non-contestant. i refuse to believe they would just let them stay down there and drown. however if i was doing terribly in that task and showed up last, or knew that the other person wasn’t coming to get the non-contestant, i would take both up to the surface with me. only under those circumstances though. any other time i would take my person and leave.
I’m really tied on this. Bc on one hand, my instinct would be to try to get everyone safe because even though they aren’t my person, they are someone’s person. And I empathize way too easily and if something happened to their person, that’s like ripping them in half and I would never want that to happen to me. BUT, I’m also overly trusting. So I would be so conflicted in both directions bc I would want to trust Dumbledore to not actually let a student die for no reason, but he also kept a giant three headed dog in the school. Soooooooo idk. Hi! I’m a hufflepuff and I am a mess.
i (griffendor) have a different approach. i feel like i would first save my person, thr one who i was meant to save. butttt then i would help thr other or atleast help whoever was supposed to save them. not as an act to receive glory but to actually dave save as many people as possible
