I think it's interesting that most (all?) of the names on it are actually from the books--i.e. ones we've encountered. The author of the list was obviously only, or mostly, interested in British wizarding families.
Actually, even then, it makes British wizarding society seem really small--unless, as could easily be the case, they were only interested in a subset of it.
The pureblood list is notable for the absence of both the Potter and Prince families.
I was expecting to see Bagshot and Grindelwald too. It's possible Grindelwald was a Half-blood but that would make all JKR's Dark Lords (Dumbledore, Grindelwald and Voldemort) half-bloods. I wonder was that deliberate or not.
"Magbobs" is a affectionate name? Is sounds just as ridiculous and mocking as Muggles to me.
I wonder if the idea was to come up with a word that sounded a bit like "mudblood", to suggest that the latter might have sprung from the former. I mean... not necessarily the word just sort of shifting pronunciation until it became "mudblood", but maybe people coming up with "mudblood" as a slur partly because it sounded a bit like the "acceptable" nickname.
Members of Weasley family were "most vocally indignant"? I can't remember them claiming that they are related to "many interesting Muggles" anywhere in the books. We heard about "accountant-we-don't-speak-about" but that's it.
Well, that was a different generation of Weasleys! I guess the current one has a different attitude. Or maybe not that different--I could actually imagine Arthur saying something like that if someone suggested that the Weasleys were just like those openly bigoted families, to protest the classification. But these days everyone already knows they're "blood
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Or maybe it's Prewett family influence. We've seen aunt Muriel. Judging by that it could be that the current Weasley generation gets it attitude toward Muggles from Molly.
Dumbledore describes the Weasleys to Lucius as "one of our most prominent pure-blood families". So when exactly did they acquire those Muggle ancestors?
Ooooh! We have a lower end for the beginning of Phineas' stint as headmaster! Not before 1876.
In childhood, Draco associated mainly with the pure-blood children of his father’s ex-Death Eater cronies, and therefore arrived at Hogwarts with a small gang of friends already made, including Theodore Nott and Vincent Crabbe.
Another case of Rowling not reading her own books? Draco hangs out with Vincent Crabbe and Greg Goyle. Theo is never seen around him until the spring of 5th year, when the Quibbler publishes the interview with Harry that outs their respective fathers as DEs. Theo is never shown participating in any IS activity nor is he ever involved in any attack - magical, physical or even verbal - against Harry (or anyone else, for that matter).
Not just that, but JKR has even said specifically (I believe it was on her website - too bad that's long gone) that Draco had to accept Theodore as being at his own level. She specifically discussed a scene that she didn't put in the books where Draco and Theodore walk in the gardens of Malfoy Manor (in what sounded like an awkward moment) because Theodore's father had come to discuss something with Lucius.
I agree that there isn't any indication that Theodore and Draco were more than merely dorm mates - except that I'm not positive that just because it wasn't noticed by Harry doesn't mean it wasn't the truth.
"So, Peeves is not a ghost of a dead wizard but more like a twisted genius loci of Hogwarts? Now when I think about it it makes a lot of sense. He's a perfect mirror of chaos, bullying and "amusing" pranks that are rampant at Hogwarts."
That really does make a lot of sense. And like everything else at Hogwarts, his actions are treated as not being so wrong (albeit unpleasant) because they're just glanced over, but when you really think about it, they become a lot less fun.
And, ugh, I hate how Rowling once again had to trace all Draco's behaviors back to "evil, genocidal racist." Right, because an eleven-year-old boy is going to see another eleven-year-old boy (albeit a famous and well-connected one) and automatically think that he's going to be Voldemort 2.0. Yeah, that makes sense! Rowling's AGAIN doing that bad-writing thing where she labels a character as evil and suddenly everything he does is automatically evil no matter how innocent it is.
/ugh, I hate how Rowling once again had to trace all Draco's behaviors back to "evil, genocidal racist." Right, because an eleven-year-old boy is going to see another eleven-year-old boy (albeit a famous and well-connected one) and automatically think that he's going to be Voldemort 2.0./
I notice that JKR didn’t mention Draco and Harry’s first meeting in Madam Malkin’s shop. Did Draco have some sort of political agenda behind talking to Harry then, as well? Jeez, would it have been too simple to say that Draco was more interested in Harry once he realized who he was because, like all of the other kids, he wanted to get to know this really famous person and gain cool points by hanging out with him? It’d be as if the only reason Ron was interested in Harry was because his parents were members of the Order and he wanted to see if Harry was going to be on Dumbledore’s side or not.
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Just in time for Tom Riddle to find when he came to Hogwarts. Presumably this is why Voldemort refers to the Longbottom family as "noble."
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Actually, even then, it makes British wizarding society seem really small--unless, as could easily be the case, they were only interested in a subset of it.
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I was expecting to see Bagshot and Grindelwald too.
It's possible Grindelwald was a Half-blood but that would make all JKR's Dark Lords (Dumbledore, Grindelwald and Voldemort) half-bloods.
I wonder was that deliberate or not.
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Is sounds just as ridiculous and mocking as Muggles to me.
I wonder if the idea was to come up with a word that sounded a bit like "mudblood", to suggest that the latter might have sprung from the former. I mean... not necessarily the word just sort of shifting pronunciation until it became "mudblood", but maybe people coming up with "mudblood" as a slur partly because it sounded a bit like the "acceptable" nickname.
Members of Weasley family were "most vocally indignant"? I can't remember them claiming that they are related to "many interesting Muggles" anywhere in the books.
We heard about "accountant-we-don't-speak-about" but that's it.
Well, that was a different generation of Weasleys! I guess the current one has a different attitude. Or maybe not that different--I could actually imagine Arthur saying something like that if someone suggested that the Weasleys were just like those openly bigoted families, to protest the classification. But these days everyone already knows they're "blood ( ... )
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We've seen aunt Muriel. Judging by that it could be that the current Weasley generation gets it attitude toward Muggles from Molly.
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In childhood, Draco associated mainly with the pure-blood children of his father’s ex-Death Eater cronies, and therefore arrived at Hogwarts with a small gang of friends already made, including Theodore Nott and Vincent Crabbe.
Another case of Rowling not reading her own books? Draco hangs out with Vincent Crabbe and Greg Goyle. Theo is never seen around him until the spring of 5th year, when the Quibbler publishes the interview with Harry that outs their respective fathers as DEs. Theo is never shown participating in any IS activity nor is he ever involved in any attack - magical, physical or even verbal - against Harry (or anyone else, for that matter).
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I agree that there isn't any indication that Theodore and Draco were more than merely dorm mates - except that I'm not positive that just because it wasn't noticed by Harry doesn't mean it wasn't the truth.
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Now when I think about it it makes a lot of sense.
He's a perfect mirror of chaos, bullying and "amusing" pranks that are rampant at Hogwarts."
That really does make a lot of sense. And like everything else at Hogwarts, his actions are treated as not being so wrong (albeit unpleasant) because they're just glanced over, but when you really think about it, they become a lot less fun.
And, ugh, I hate how Rowling once again had to trace all Draco's behaviors back to "evil, genocidal racist." Right, because an eleven-year-old boy is going to see another eleven-year-old boy (albeit a famous and well-connected one) and automatically think that he's going to be Voldemort 2.0. Yeah, that makes sense! Rowling's AGAIN doing that bad-writing thing where she labels a character as evil and suddenly everything he does is automatically evil no matter how innocent it is.
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I notice that JKR didn’t mention Draco and Harry’s first meeting in Madam Malkin’s shop. Did Draco have some sort of political agenda behind talking to Harry then, as well? Jeez, would it have been too simple to say that Draco was more interested in Harry once he realized who he was because, like all of the other kids, he wanted to get to know this really famous person and gain cool points by hanging out with him? It’d be as if the only reason Ron was interested in Harry was because his parents were members of the Order and he wanted to see if Harry was going to be on Dumbledore’s side or not.
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