NeutiquamErro:
It may not be as bad as I make it out to be, but I personally would be devastated to be sorted into Hufflepuff, due to the implications.
But you can always assume that you got chosen for being hard working and not because you are a reject.
Regarding luck, I was just using it as a generic term for things accomplished not through his own skill/work. My point includes the fact there were greater wizards orchestrating events.
Also, he didn’t “outsmart” Voldemort. He simply had access to information which Voldemort didn’t have access to. And anyway, I still hold that his “outsmartingness” shouldn’t actually have worked (see my next post).
And when I mentioned all villains making the same mistake, I wasn’t referring to Harry Potter; I was referring to all stories.