Muggle-borns (was: Sorting Muggle-borns)

[Melody]

No: HPFGUIDX 46889

Say wrote:
>I stand corrected on the definition of mudblood - but on the other
>hand, off the top of my head I can't think of anyone other than
>Hermione who gets a hard time because of her parentage.

Well Justin, Colin, and Penelope get a "*hard* time" for being
muggle-born as well.  ;)

But, no we never see another students being harassed about being a
muggle-born.  In fact, the only person we see harassing anyone about
it is Draco.  Now the only time we see Draco harassing students is
when he is around Harry.  In the books, Slytherin and Gryffindor
students share classes together but only as a pair.  So, since
Hermione is the only muggle-born in those shared classes, it would
seem she would receive the brunt of Draco's prejudice.  Plus it boils
Ron's blood which is a lot of fun for Draco to toy with.

Draco probably gives other muggle-borns their fair share of insults,
but he focuses on Hermione because she is smarter than him, she is
Harry's best friend, and she is sassy to him.  You know he *loved*
that slap she gave him.  Probably a little too much IMO.


Say had another point:
> Two other points . . . mudblood or not, Voldemort was certainly
>half-muggle  - which goes against the idea that anyone muggle-born
>would not be considered worthy for Slytherin.

A fair point actually.  Salazar was against *all* forms of muggle
blood contamination.  Over the centuries, it seems his "worshipped"
reservations gave way to prudence, and the ones in the WW who carried
the hate-all-things-muggle flame thus began generally accepts halfies
with little afterthought.  I assume this because Riddle does not
seemed to be bothered by halfies.  Given that he is one, I guess this
is also prudence on his part as well, but he does not seem to find
their presence so offensive.


And Say's second point:
>Also, to discriminate only against people with two muggle parents
>seems odd, to say the least . . . if Hermione married a muggle and
>had a child by him, that child would be accepted as a half-blood, but
>his or her mother would still be reviled? Hmm.

This was debated a month or so ago.  By definition, who exactly does
the terms apply?  Voldemort calls Harry a halfie, even though Harry is
actually a pureblood.  The previous discussion seemed to settle with
the answer:  Since the names come from the very mouths of the bigot,
then really it is in the eye of the beholder.

If Voldemort labels Harry a halfie in his sick, twisted mind, then to
him Harry is a halfie.  We could disagree, but really, the man is
already on the brink of insanity.  What good would it do to point that
little misconception out?


Melody
Who is sitting back with popcorn enjoying the-killer-among-us Snape
debate and thoroughly enjoyed Cindy's heart felt rendition of Jean
Valjean from Les Misérables (forced performance by Eileen, of course).
Are you taking encores?  I've always been one for "Empty Chairs at
Empty Tables" myself but I think "The ABC Cafe - Red and Black" fit
this bar room scene much better.  ;)