who will be the next significant half-blood?

[Miles]

No: HPFGUIDX 145228

ravibaby1 wrote:
> The good
> characters are the most tolerant and embrace differences, while the
> bad
> ones are those who are most intolerant, race-proud, zenophobic
> (obviously LV, but Malfoys/DE's in general, Umbridge, Kreacher).

Miles:
Kreacher is not a bad character, he is a victim of bad treatment. That is my
understanding of what Rowling wants to show us - Kreacher was mistreated for
a very long time, his kind is damned to internalize their own slavery, and
in Kreacher's and Dobby's cases this caused mental defects.
Umbridge has not objections to half-bloods (we haven't heard her mentioning
this at all), she dislikes half*breeds*, part humans, like Hagrid, half
giant.

ravibaby1:
> In
> this context, the half-bloods are clearly significant.  LV's power is
> probably mitigated by the fact that he hates his mud-blood father.

Miles:
When talking of racial tolerance as a major message of the HP series (I
think this is true), we should avoid the term mudblood and replace it with
muggle-born.
About mitigating LVs power - I don't understand?

ravibaby1
> Snape is clearly more proud of his full-blood origin.

Miles:
Is he? I don't see it. We have his self-chosen nickname, but it only works
because of the meaning of his mother's surname. And even if he favors his
mother, there is no indication that the reason is her being the witch, not
his father. We never heard a racist remark from adult Snape in the entire
series so far.

ravibaby1:
> Harry has love
> for both his full-blood and mudblood parents, and his love may give
> him
> a stronger power (no self-hatred to motivate him or weaken him).

Miles:
Harry is much more interested in James, isn't he? Obviously we know much
more about James Potter than about Lily Evans, because Harry asked more
questions about his father. Maybe because she is muggle-born ;).

ravibaby1
>  Now the
> mudblood in the center is Hermione, and she and Ron Weasley will
> likely
> have a half-blood heir.  However, doubtful that this will happen in
> book 7.  Who are the other half-bloods to note?

Miles:
I hope there will be no Ronione ... Bah, big drama.
But your question - there are two "half-bloods" in the center, we don't need
any more - Harry and Voldemort. The answer to racism is not "half-blood is
good", but "it doesn't matter". And the final confrontation is not one of
their blood, it is good or evil.

Miles