who will be the next significant half-blood?

[Ceridwen]

No: HPFGUIDX 145234

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?

Ceridwen:
'Mudblood' is a slur to mean the more proper 'Muggle-born', which is 
a witch or wizard born to two Muggle parents.  Tom Riddle sr. was a 
Muggle.  He had no magic.  He is not a 'Mudblood'/'Muggle-born' 
wizard.

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.

Ceridwen:
I think we're stumbling over our words here.  Snape is a Half-blood.  
Mother witch, father Muggle.  But I think that's where this was 
trying to go anyway, in the maze of all the various levels of blood 
purity (which isn't even close to what has been used in the real 
world, but doesn't make it less of a minefield).
> 
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 ;).

Ceridwen:
Yeah, sure, Miles.  ;)  I think it's probably that Harry is a boy and 
more interested in the parent of the same sex, especially when he's 
younger.  But, he could also have had enough of Lily's *relatives* 
that he'd like to find out what the Potters, starting with James, are 
like.  And, he is constantly told that he looks like his father, and 
so many people who show up in his life volunteer information about 
his father, in particular his father's schoolyears friends.  Heck, 
even Wormtail has something to say about James.  Can he even avoid 
it?  ;)

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.

Ceridwen:
Ronione?!?  Or, Heronald?  Twins, maybe?  *runs*

The two biggest Half-bloods: Harry and Voldemort.  The third, making 
up a trio of plot-notable half-bloods, is Snape.

Phineas Nigellus refers to Mundungus Fletcher as a half-blood when he 
hears he's stealing Black treasures in HBP.  Dean Thomas was supposed 
to have a half-blood storyline, but JKR cut his backstory.  It's on 
her site, though.  Fleur is half witch, half Veela.  Hagrid is half 
wizard, half Giant.  They may be half*breeds* according to Umbridge, 
but they're also of half Wizarding World blood.  Also, according to 
JKR's website, Flitwick has some part Goblin, which would make him 
both (to be broad) a 'half'-*breed* and a 'half'-blood.  Though, 
someone with a better idea of fractions and percentages could 
probably come up with better terms in some cases of not quite pure 
anything but not fully half of either.

Future half-bloods:  Harry's and Ginny's children, if any; Ron's and 
Hermione's children, if any; George's (I think it was George) and the 
Muggle shop girl in the village's children, if there are any (true 
half-bloods, as Dad would be a wizard and Mom would be a Muggle).

But, like Miles, I wonder why it would be significant.  Maybe half-
bloods have more power?  Harry, Snape and Voldemort seem pretty 
powerful, but so does (pure-blood) Ginny.  The whole significance of 
blood purity is that it isn't significant at all.  IMO.

Ceridwen.