[HPforGrownups] Re: good and bad Slytherins/Disappointment and Responsibility/Sirius' choice

[IreneMikhlin]

No: HPFGUIDX 175203

justcarol67 wrote:

> Canon shows Severus and Petunia as children not exactly
> hitting it off as friends, his view of her as a mere Muggle, and his
> determination to tell Lily that she, obviously a Muggleborn, is a
> witch. 

> Snape's lifelong prejudice against *Muggles*, shared by many people in
> the WW and not just by Slytherins, is another matter (unrelated to the
> Hogwarts Express scene with James and Sirius). 

Carol, I really like your analysis. Just wanted to add that I don't 
understand why people make such a big business of Snape calling Petunia 
a "Muggle". McGonagall does the same in book one, when she says to 
Dumbledore "Are you going to leave Potter with these people? But they 
are Muggles!"

And Ron does the same in book 4, I think. "If the Muggles agree, we will 
pick you up. If they don't we will pick you up all the same".

It's the general wizarding view that the Muggles somehow count less, not 
specifically Slytherin one.

Irene