[HPforGrownups] Re; Re: Is Snape a pureblood?

[Silverthorne Dragon]

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Hitomi wrote:
Ok, I don't know about all that :) But I do actually think Snape is
more than likely a pure-blood, he did refer to Lily as a "mudblood,"
neh? And he was in Slytherin, and they seem to be mostly pure-
blood. Though there is still the possiblity Snape was just being
hypocritical.

Sawsan here:
Well if we remember back to OotP at Grimmauld Place, the Black
ancestry listed the pureblood families who intermarried.

SO i do not think Snape is a pureblood, but still is very Slytherinish :


{Anne Now}

But you just said it yourself: The Black Ancestry listed the pureblood
families **Who intermarried**--with the Black family no less (This is the
Black Family Tree after all)

Although the pure bloods are running out of options, and most of them are
intermarrying, or so it would seem, Sirius didn't say that ALL pureblood
families have intermarried. And, since this is the Black familiy tree--the
people listed on that chart would be blood related to Sirius, but not
necassarily to OTHER purebloods that had not intermarried into the family.
So it's still possible that the Snapes are pureblood (perhaps poor as hell,
which is an impression I always got from Snape's described condition as a
child--and a perfect arguement for other purebloods to not want to marry
in--no money and no power in the WW world.).

As for Lily's reactions to him calling her a mudblood...it could just as
easily be a "I can't believe you're being that ungrateful for me sticking up
for you"...or even just the "I can't beleive you used THAT word (Remember,
'Mudblood', as has been discussed recently, is a REALLY bad word--in school,
how many kids did you really know went about shouting the really bad words
unless they were part of a less than desirable gang...?). I know that at
that age, I was still honestly shocked when one of my contemporaries would
stoop to using 'really bad words' on me, enough that I backed away from them
a few times....

Of course, it is possible that Snape is indeed a half-blood or a
muggle-born, but we really don't have any indications of either....the only
reason I suspect pure-bloodedness over the other two choices is because he
joined the Death Eaters in the first place---a distinctly "Pure Blood"
club...(Which brings up another arguement for why Snape may not be on the
tapestry...not even all the Black related peeps are DE....and I find it hard
to believe that ALL pureblood families are as a rule DE....they;re
dwindling, but I don't think they;re that far gone yet....otherwise, Krum
and Karkaroff should be on  there too, don' you think?

Anne