Half Blood Prince

[delwynmarch]

No: HPFGUIDX 121817


Carol wrote:
"Unless we doubt the Sorting Hat, Salazar Slytherin was a pureblood:
 
"For instance, Slytherin
Took only pure-blood wizards
Of great cunning, just like him." (OoP Am. ed. 205)"

Del replies:
Ah :-) I'd forgotten about that one.
Anyway, as I said, I mostly thought it would have been nicely,
poetically ironic if both Salazar and his Heir had been half-bloods.
But it is *still* sadly ironic that pure-blood-Salazar's true heir
turned out to be a half-blood!

Carol wrote:
"Also it seems unlikely that he would have set criteria for choosing
wizards that would have excluded himself."

Del replies:
Logic isn't necessarily a strong point for some tyrants. There was one
in the 20th century who claimed that the higher race was composed only
of big, blonde, blue-eyed people, when he himself was a dark-haired,
dark-eyed (I think) runt...

Carol signed:
"Carol, who thinks that Muggle Studies should be a required subject
for all Hogwarts students since the prejudice against Muggles (as
opposed to Muggleborns) is not confined to Slytherin"

Del replies:
Agreed! Unfortunately, considering the way they seem to teach things
in Muggle studies (basically, how those poor unfortunate Muggles try
to compensate for their lack of magic), I'm not sure it would help much...

Del