[HPforGrownups] some revalations while re-reading goblet of fire

[Sylph ~*~]

No: HPFGUIDX 22073

Hello! Well, we have already discussed the Arabella Figg thing, but odn't 
worry.

You wrote:
>#2) Death Eaters are all about purity of the blood.  Malfoy is always
>going on about it.
>goblet of fire - page 560
>Voldemort : "You stand, Harry Potter, upon the remains of my late
>father, he hissed softly.  A muggle and a fool, very like your dear
>mother."
>Voldemort's a mudblood.
>something is up there.

Perhaps he's not a mudblood. For some reason, I think i read it somewhere 
(in the books? in a fanfic?) that Tom Riddle was an orphan. I'm not sure 
whether that means he was an orphan before he got adopted by Mr. and Mrs. 
Riddle, or did it mean he was an orphan after Mr. and Mrs. Riddle died. 
*brow furrows* If he was an orphan before Mr. and Mrs. Riddle, he may very 
well be pure-blooded, just that Muggles found him first and gave him to an 
orphanage. Er, but if he was the true son of Mr. and Mrs. Riddle, and became 
an orphan after they died, then he is indeed a Mudblood. wait...didn't all 
three 'die'? In GoF? I'm confused now.
However, one possible reason why the Death Eaters go on and on about purity 
of blood is because pure-blooded wizards resent Muggles coming in and doing 
just as well. The majority of dark wizards come out of Slytherin (i said 
MAJORITY), but I've neve rheard the sorting hat utter a word about purity of 
blood to get in there. It's just how ambitious and stuff you are.
I hope all this actually made sense, because I confused myself after a 
while.

Sylph
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