Good blood/bad blood (was Greatest Fear/greatest Hope)

[justcarol67]

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Del asked:
> Hum, Hagrid was talking about the Malfoys, not about the Slytherins
in general. Has he been hurt by the Malfoys?


Carol, with apoplogies for brutally snipping the rest of the post:
Wasn't it Lucius Malfoy, along with Fudge, who sent Hagrid to Azkaban
in CoS as a precautionary measure (pretending he was responsible for
releasing the monster "again" since he'd been tried for the same crime
as a child)? And it was definitely Lucius Malfoy who testified against
Buckbeak after Draco's injury and blackmailed the jury into sentencing
Buckbeak to death. So I'd say yes, he's been hurt by the Malfoys, and
consequently has a pretty strong grudge against them.

But your earlier quote about Hagrid's views on the Malfoy "blood" is
interesting. Doesn't he also talk about the importance of "blood" in
relation to Grawp in OoP, before Harry and Hermione know what he's
talking about? I think it's in the scene where he's putting the raw
dragon steak on his injured eye after his return from his failed
embassy to the giants. Evidently it's not just purebloods and
Slytherins who are obsessed with the subject.

Carol, who wonders if a good course in Muggle-style genetics would
clear up the confusion