bullies? twins, padfoot and prongs

[nrenka]

No: HPFGUIDX 118682


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, ReturnOfTheMutt at a... wrote:

>> Alla:
>> 
>> I think the HINT of James already hating Dark Arts and especially 
>> pureblood ideology IS there, namely his reaction to Snape calling 
>> Lily a "Mudblood"
>> 
>> "What?" yelped James. "I'd NEVER call you a - you- know what!" - 
>> OOP, p.648.
> 
> I'm sorry, but how does his exception to the term mudblood have 
> anything to do with him being for or against the dark arts?

There's a fairly strong chain of textual associations between 
pureblood ideology followers, Death Eaters and Voldemort supporters, 
and the Dark Arts.  These tend to be attributes that all cohere to 
the same people.  The Malfoy family fits all three.  The Black 
family, with a few notable exceptions (Black sheep? :) also fits.  
Snape is certainly not a Muggleborn, likely pureblood (per 
interview), has an unknown extent of fascination with the Dark Arts 
(present day, deep enough that Dumbledore keeps him away from the 
DADA position for his own good, also per interview), and used the 
word in question, as quoted above.

I don't think these sets of associations are coincidental, but rather 
point to some linked ideologies underlying all of them.  Of course, 
we could use some more information, but I have yet to see a character 
use 'Mudblood' who doesn't have some sort of association with 
Voldemort.  (L.O.O.N.s--prove me wrong, please!)

-Nora sees these three aspects twining together to form Voldemort's 
unique brand of fascism