Mudblood

[James Redmont]

No: HPFGUIDX 72892

RocketGranny wrote:
> Hello. Long-time lurker here. I'm stuck, trying to reconcile the
> Evans as magical, Potter as non-magical theory. But what if we 
have 
> our definitions wrong? 
> 
> Where in cannon does it say that MUDBLOOD means BOTH parents are 
> muggles? And if you're a half-blood: one magical parent and one 
> muggle parent ... wouldn't this qualify you for the (derogatory) 
> mudblood label? 
> 
> Magical Parent1 + Magical Parent2 = "pure-blood"
> Magical Parent1 + Muggle Parent2 = "mudblood" or "half-blood"
> Muggle Parent1 + Muggle Parent2 = "mudblood"

I've thought a lot about this, too.  But remember in CoS when Tom 
Riddle says that Harry and he are both half bloods....Actually Harry 
would be a pure blood, wouldn't he?  He has 2 magical parents.  Tom 
Riddle only had 1.  But According to Tom, having a half blood mother 
is the same as having a muggle mother.  

This gets really confusing unless you realize that it's not like 
there's an office you go to get registered as a pureblood or a 
mudblood.  It's just a derogatory term.  So if you're really 
prejudice, I guess you could find out if somebody had a great great 
grandfather who was a muggle, and call them a mudblood.  Or you 
could argue that Harry is a pureblood.  I don't think it requires a 
strict definition.

James Redmont