[the_old_crowd] Re: Snape's Age RE: Tonks's age: A possible solution

[Eileen Rebstock]

> Pippin:
> Hmmm...So Lucius is a parvenu, blood-wise, his line not going back
much
> farther than  grampa whatsis, despite what Draco thinks? I like it.
That
> explains the Malfoy jealousy of the Weasleys. 

Lucius's geneology in my mind has always had extensive bits he or
another Malfoy made up to fill the gaps. I mean, no doubt he is as
pureblooded as most purebloods, but how pureblooded is that? Not quite
as pureblooded as the Blacks, imo. 

The fact is that I think many fans have way too high an opinion of the
elite nature of the Death Eaters, envisioning them all as powerful and
wealthy witches and wizards of the purest ancestry, the finest manners,
and the most exquisite looks. If this were anything near the truth,
they'd be running things, not running about with masks following a
megalomaniac.

The powerful purebloods are the characters with surnames like Crouch,
Fudge, Scrimgeour, Longbottom, Bones, Smith, and Potter! After all, it
is their lot running things. One wonders if they're resented by their
fellow purebloods more on a practical basis for using Muggleborns to
cement their own power than the ideological one. 

Eileen