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Of Mudbloods and Bathtubs

Mar 03, 2014 00:57

Author’s note: This essay offers a Watsonian explanation for certain things in the Potterverse. It ignores any Doylist explanations for those things, including Rowling’s.

In reply to my DH sporking, chapter 29, maidofkent wrote in part,

You're right that it seems pretty hypocritical to joke about Snape running away from shampoo, when the male ( Read more... )

bathing, muggleborns, history, purebloods, author: oneandthetruth, slytherins, meta, wizarding world, muggles, magic, cleanliness

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mary_j_59 March 10 2014, 03:22:57 UTC

Thank you! This is one of those very irritating myths. People got much dirtier after the Black Death than they were beforehand. To oneandthetruth - sorry, your idea won't wash! Pun intended.

nx74defiant March 30 2014, 21:04:51 UTC

The fact that Muggles were not really that dirty wouldn't stop a bigoted Pureblood from dismissing them as dirty.