mixed marriages- Many Opportunities

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 124587


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "stbjohn2" <stbjohn2 at y...> wrote:

> 
> Sandy,
> Yes, but what Ron says is "if we [wizards] hadn't married muggles 
> we'd have died out."  Ron is dividing the world into 2 camps -- 
> muggles and wizards. In Ron's world view, muggleborns and halfbloods 
> like Hermione and Harry fall into the "wizards" camp. Therefore, I 
> have to believe he's talking about totally non-magic folk when he 
> says muggles in this context ...edited....


bboyminn:

I think the key to understanding what Ron was saying is to look at it
from the perspective of /bloodlines/. Hermione has magical blood but
she does not have a magical bloodline. That is, her parents and
ancestors are muggles, that gives Hermione a muggle bloodline or
muggle ancestry. 

When Hermione and Ron marry (for illustration), they will be mixing a
pure magical bloodline with a muggle bloodline, which as a general
conversational statement is pretty much the same as 'marrying a muggle'. 

The overal conversation that Ron is in is about pureblood marrying
pureblood (pure bloodlines). Ron is professing pureblood marrying not
pureblood (not pure magical bloodlines). Or for simplicity, and viewed
as the merging of histories; a magic marrying a muggle. Not
technically a muggle, but generally and conversationally a muggle.

Also, muggle-borns do bring muggles into the magical world.
Illustration, Petunia, Vernon, and Dudley know about the magical
world, have met wizards, and witnessed magic. That creates the
hypothetical, although extremely unlikely, possibility that Dudley
could meet a nice witch and fall in love. Afterall, love is blind.
Result; Dudley marries a witch.

Now, it's unlikely for Dudley, but that's the only family I have
available for my illustration. It could be anyone in the immediate
family of a witch or wizard. Mr. & Mrs. Muggle Smith could have a two
sons, one of whom is a wizard, and who exposes the other son to the
wizard world. Result; the second son could meet and marry a witch.

Or, Hermione's father could die, and her mother could re-marry a
wizard. Hermione's younger sister (illustration) could end up marrying
Dennis Creevey. Really, there are lots of possibilities.

Also, muggle-born witches and wizards ARE familiar with the muggle
world, and most likely went to a muggle primary school, and therefore
know many muggles, and certainly know how to function in the muggle
world. It wouldn't be impossible for a muggle-born wizard boy, to meet
his grade school crush later in life and marry her. 

Further, wizards seem to live among muggles. Moody lives in London.
Grimmauld Place is in a muggle neighborhood in London. Mrs Figg,
although only a Squib, knows about the wizard world, and lives near
the Dursleys. The Weasleys on two occassion we have seen, have gone to
the nearby muggle village. 

All a wizard or witch would have to do is look out the window at the
pretty, attractive neighbor muggle boy/girl and become infatuated.
That could lead to the magical person mustering the courage to brave
the neighborhood to talk to the muggle. Next thing you know, they are
naked, hot and sweaty, followed by wedding bells. 

Following my lead, surely if you put your mind to it, you can
fantasize many many ways in which muggles and magic could get together.

Just a thought.

Steve/bboyminn