[HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: Question about Pure Bloods and House of Slytherin

[kemper mentor]

>> Kemper wrote earlier: 

>> If Mr. Filch thought himself to be Pure Blood (or Half-Blood for 

 that matter), he wouldn't care what was written on the wall, only 

 that Mrs. Norris was petrified and hanging underneath the foot high 

 words.

 >> 

 >> It's not his lineage that Mr. Filch cares about, it's his inability 

 to perform magic which makes him like a Muggle, an enemy of the Heir.

 


> Potioncat:

 > Canon fire starboard bow! Good shot.

> :: loading own can(n)on while bailing water ::
 

> DH, chapter 1. We have LV ranting at the very idea of Wizarding kind 

 marryin Muggles. Yet, at LV's right hand sits an offspring of just 

 such a union. 

 

> I have no doubt that LV would not deal kindly with Eileen Snape, 

 should he have reason to come in contact with her, yet he accepts her 

 son. So I would think a child of a Squib/Wizarding union would be 

 accepted.

 


Kemper now, loading can(n)on from PS/SS:
"Well, my gran brought me up and she's a witch," said [Pure Blood] Neville, "but the family thought I was all-Muggle for ages."

'All-Muggle' seems to be a euphemism for 'Squib'.  And that's being said by sweet Neville.  
If Neville were brought up in the Malfoy household, would they think Neville was 'all-Muggle' or 'all-Mudblood'?   

[loading more can(n)on fire, this time from HBP]:
Merope had dropped one of the pots.
"Pick it up!" Gaunt bellowed at her. "That's it, grub on the floor like some filthy Muggle, what's your wand for, you useless sack of muck?"
...Merope... lost her grip on the pot again, drew her wand..., and muttered ... inaudible spell that caused the pot to ... hit the opposite was, and crack in two.
...Gaunt screamed, "Mend it, you pointless lump, mend it!"
...but Ogden had lifted his own wand... [and repaired it].
[Gaunt] jeered at his daughter,'... Perhaps [Ogden]'ll take you off my hands, perhaps he doesn't mind dirty Squibs..."

Guant, who later glorifies his lineage (Generations of purebloods, wizards all), compares his pureblood daughter to a 'filthy Muggle' as well as to a 'dirty Squib'.  

The status of Muggle and Squib are equal for those who care about blood lineage.

Did I sink your battleship, Potioncat? :)

Kemper






       
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