[HPforGrownups] Re: Clear case of attempted murder (was Snape the Iconocl...

[Laura Ingalls Huntley]

No: HPFGUIDX 78836


Melissa:
>But isn't Snape himself a pureblood?  In POA it was stated by either Sirius 
>or Remus that Snape arrived at Hogwarts knowing more curses and jinxes than the 
>7th years. That would seem to show that he wasn't a muggle-born. And probably 
>not a half blood either since Syltherins seem to all be purebloods.

Actually, we do know of one half-blood that was *definitely* in Slytherin.  *grins* Yes, you all know who I'm talking about.

Lord...Thingy...himself!

Actually, I've always found this fact, if not Flint-y, then at least contradictory with loads of other canon.  For instance:

CoS, US Edition, pg. 150, "Slytherin wished to be more *selective* about the students admitted to Hogwarts.  He believed that magical learning should be kept within all-magic families."

OotP, US Edition, pg. 205, "Said Slytherin, "We'll teach just those/ Whose ancestry is purest."

As far as I can tell, the Sorting Hat is *supposed* to sort the students according to which Founder would have wanted them in his/her House, based on the qualities that each student possesses.  So, what's it doing sorting a student into Slytherin that Salazar wouldn't have even wanted admitted to the school?

The only thing I can think of is that the fact that Riddle was the *Heir* of Slytherin overrode the fact that he was not from a "all-magic family."

BTW, I do agree that Snape is most likely a pureblood, however.

Laura (who really *should* be packing for college.)


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