Bad blood Re: The Fundamental Message.../ Heroes...

[lizzyben04]

No: HPFGUIDX 176376

> Irene:
> 
> I was horrified by that remark. Imagine if we had heard Draco making
a similar remark in that epilogue: "don't get too friendly with that
girl, grandpa Lucius will be horrified." And Ron's remark is
completely symmetric, and just as rasist (or whatever your analogy to
the blood issue in Potterverse). Then again, I don't know why was I
surprised. Hagrid said in book 1 - Malfoys are bad blood, nothing good
will ever come out of this boy. 7 books was too long to hope for a
reversal, I should have realised sooner what JKR is about.


lizzyben:

Just what is with the blood thing? I'm serious. 

1. Malfoys are "bad blood," so nothing good can come of Draco. 

2. Gaunts are "bad blood" - proud of being the last descendants of
Slytherin, they try to preserve Slytherin blood purity & become insane
& violent.

3. Voldemort is the ultimate"bad blood" - the Heir of Slytherin, a
psychopath, damned since birth. 

Combine this w/the fact that entire families tend to be sorted to the
same House, and almost all Slytherins are bad - it's almost like
saying that Slytherins have "bad blood"? And bad blood will out
eventually?


And then contrast that w/"good blood"

1. Lily - her blood creates the strongest protection possible for her
child, indirectly saving the Wizarding World from evil.

2. Harry - according to JKR, Harry's blood contains "hope & love", and
having a drop of this blood was enough to allow even Voldemort to
repent. Harry's goodness is, in a sense, in his blood. Not his soul,
not his mind. No, Harry has moral *blood*. Uh, OK...

So, the blood of Slytherins is evil & weakness, insanity & violence.
The blood of Gryffindors is hope & love, strength & protection. LV's
blood is tainted, Harry's blood is pure. 

Then there's the happy ending -

1. Ron says his father will never forgive Rose if she marries a
"pure-blood" Slytherin.

2. JKR says that Slytherin has been "diluted", and so is improved. Odd
choice of words, that. The bad Slytherin blood has been "diluted" to
something less evil?

If you switch the labels, it almost works just as well - the
"Mudblood", bad blood Slytherins vs. the "pure blood" Gryffindors.
Doesn't it?