It's possible there ISN'T an Heir of Gryffindor and other matters

[darrin_burnett]

No: HPFGUIDX 58325

Corinth: 

> > Longbottoms? Fawcetts? Boneses?
> 
> The Longbottoms were tortured by his supporters, while Voldemort was
> in no condition to instruct them.  The Death Eaters have their own
> motivations for their actions, not necessarily consistant with
> Voldemort's ideas.  We know nothing about the Fawcetts and Boneses,
> other than that they were victims.  That said, I never said 
Voldemort opposed killing purebloods.  Voldemort killed pureblood 
wizards, but these wizards were standing in the way of his ultimate 
goal: to create a pureblood magic community.  His ideal could never 
exist if there were these silly people clinging to Muggle sympathies.
> 

To further bolster what you're saying, Corinth, let us also remember 
that the Longbottoms were among the best Aurors in the Ministry. Pure 
revenge and/or survival instinct could have motivated the DEs taking 
them out.

I seem to remember Neville talking about all his family being magic, 
but we don't know anything about the Fawcetts or Boneses and whether 
they are pureblood or not.

I think Draco said it best when he talked about "Mudbloods and Muggle-
Lovers" being the first and specifically mentioned the Weasleys, one 
of the oldest pureblood families going.

Lest there is a desire to write off Draco as being a stupid kid, 
remember that he learned at the feet of Lucius, who was one of V-
Mort's top guys.

V-Mort would consider any pureblood who opposed him as being unworthy 
of the very blood in his or her veins.

Darrin