Muggleborns in the DE

[potioncat]

No: HPFGUIDX 177663

 "John Paul Smith" <johnsmithatx at ...> wrote:
 
> 1)  What does everyone think of the fact that two of the highest 
ranking
> members of the DE (LV and Snape) are mudbloods?


Potioncat:
Riddle and Snape are both Half-bloods. Both of their fathers were 
Muggles and both mothers witches. Muggleborns are witches or wizards 
who have two Muggle parents. DEs often use the word Mudblood for 
Muggleborn.

While there's no hard rule about it, as far as I know, it's 
convention hereto avoid using the word Mudblood unless there is a 
particular reason to. Silly, but so is placing the fork on the left 
of the plate.

As for your question, I think JKR left what must have been a source 
of conflict for Snape off the page. It's hard to imagine there 
wouldn't have been some stubbing. Although I've seen an argument that 
Snape may have been able to keep his blood status a secret. I guess 
that's up to the fan to determine.