Squib!Harry in the WW (was:Re: The Scar)

[horridporrid03]

No: HPFGUIDX 160346

> >>Jim:
> JKR doesn't imply wizard / muggle marriages; she just says so.
> 
> "It's a disgusting thing to call someone," said Ron, wiping his   
> sweaty brow with a shaking hand. "Dirty blood, see. Common blood. 
> It's ridiculous. Most wizards these days are half-blood anyway. If 
> we hadn't married Muggles we'd've died out."
> (Chamber of Secrets, pg. 115 American)
> 
> Other examples are too numerous to list.
> I submit that Ron's gotten the word from JKR to make this         
> speech.
> <snip>

Betsy Hp:
Yeah, but Harry's considered a half-blood, isn't he?  And both of 
his parents are magical, it's just that his mom is Muggle-born.  
(This is as far as I can recall, anyway.  If Harry's considered a 
full blood, than my theory takes a pretty big hit, I agree. <g>)

So, yeah, Andromeda marrying a Muggle-born is doing her part to keep 
the wizards from extinction.  But her husband is just as magical as 
she is.  They can live quite comfortably in the WW.

> >>Jime:
> Prejudice against half-bloods and Muggle-borns is a major issue in 
> the entire Harry Potter  story; wizard purity and "ethnic" bigotry 
> is a big part of the Death Eater credo.

Betsy Hp:
I agree.  Which makes the "how fun it is to pick on Muggles!" an odd 
juxtaposition, IMO.

> >>Jime:
> Betsy, you seem to be denying a major theme of all JKR's work. Yes,
> there is  a lot of separation and misunderstanding between the    
> worlds (I once wrote a fic about a loving Muggle father whose     
> child gets the letter and the anguish it give him), but Muggle-   
> wizard marriages are common and necessary for the wizard world to 
> survive.

Betsy Hp:
I'm still not sure pure Muggle-wizard marriages are all that 
common.  And I'm not sure about their necessity.  Frankly I think 
it's more JKR whose been a bit unclear about her own theme.  I think 
she really is trying to keep the Muggle world and the WW seperate.  
The issue is how the WW deals with incoming magical folk, not how 
they treat non-magical folk.  (Or, it comes up, but JKR doesn't seem 
to have made a call on it as of yet.  And I'm not sure she's ever 
going to.)

> >>Jim:
> <snip>
> Harry could find a place in the wizarding world if he lost his    
> powers. He'd still be wizarding folk, like Filch or Mrs. Figg, but 
> with more distinction than any wizard ever has had.
> <snip>

Betsy Hp:
I haven't seen that sort of compassion expressed in the WW.  Ever.  
Dumbledore is more the exception that proves the rule rather than a 
sign of a wonderful new trend.  Remember, this is the same world 
that would have killed off baby Neville if he hadn't been magical.

Harry would have his own distinction.  But it would be a horrible 
one.  Again, I don't think they'd want a "lost his powers"!Harry 
around.  (I think his friends would be supportive, but they'd be 
fighting an uphill battle.)

Betsy Hp