What triggered ancient magic? WAS: Re: James and Intent

[sistermagpie]

No: HPFGUIDX 187125

> > Magpie:
> > Snape was a teenager in the 1970s. Why would he be getting his ideas about love from courtly romances in the middle ages?
> 
> Pippin:
> Because for the pureblood families, not much has changed. Their marriages are still arranged, with the threat of being disinherited (or worse) if the prospective spouse isn't properly pedigreed. 

Magpie:
Sirius makes clear that his family expected them to marry other Purebloods from good families (and they disinherited Andromeda for marrying a Muggleborn) but there's nothing about them being arranged or necessarily loveless. I would actually imagine--and this is pure speculation--that if Snape's role models were the Pureblood Malfoys that he would imagine them as loving each other--which they seem to do.  

Pippin:
> We don't see any Slytherins dating at Hogwarts, do we? Except for Draco escorting Pansy Parkinson, and we know she's an eligible pureblood. 

Magpie:
Right, we see Draco and Pansy who seem to be a normal dating couple to me who happen to both be Purebloods. Not really different than Molly and Arthur on that score (even if they're very different people).

Pippin: 
> Snape's not a pureblood, but they're his role models. 

Magpie:
But the only thing we see being important for those Purebloods *wasn't* important for Snape since he loved a Muggleborn. According to their values, ironically, James would probably be better for Lily because he was from a good Pureblood family. 

-m