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

[kemper mentor]

> Kemper earlier:  

 > 

 > The status of Muggle and Squib are equal for those who care about 

 blood lineage.

 > 

 > Did I sink your battleship, Potioncat? :)

 

 Potioncat:

 No, because again, we have Snape who is friend to the Malfoys and who 

 is honored (on occasion) by the Dark Lord. Bellatrix doesn't care for 

 him, but I'm not sure if any of that has to do with his Blood status. 

 

Kemper now:
Maybe he's a friend of the Malfoys because he's lauded (on occasion) by the Dark Lord.
Bellatrix doesn't care for him, true, and its not because of his Blood status.  In fact, she seems to think him Pureblood.  From  HBP:
"[Snape] lives here?" asked Bella in a voice of contempt. "/Here/? In this Muggle dunghill?  He must be the first of our kind to set foot--"

It is reasonable that Bellatrix along with the Malfoys are unaware of Snape's Blood status.  Is there canon support that the Malfoys know Snape's lineage?


Potioncat:
Cannot get to my DH for canon, but Muriel speaks of families who 

 arrange to have their Squib children educated in Muggle schools so they 

 can move in the Muggle world. That's not a cold rejection of the child. 

 I wonder what actually happened to Marius Black and who blasted his 

 name off the family tree? 

 

Kemper now:
I would question why wizarding families feel compelled to send their children away.  It may not be cold rejection, but it doesn't scream warm acceptance.  


Potioncat:
 Neville's description of his self as "almost all Muggle" makes me 

 wonder if JKR just hadn't decided on Squib at that point, or if Alice 

 was Mugggle-born.

 

 
Kemper now:
Are you saying that JKR wasn't sure what she thought Neville's blood status to be in the first book?





       
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