owlpostagain
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“It actually surprises me that the Potters are even a pureblood family....”
I think both "half-blood" and pureblood" are fairly subjective terms. Harry’s kids have 3 pureblood grandparents and 1 muggleborn grandparent. To many people, this would be enough to be considered pureblood. But someone like Lucius Malfoy wouldn't consider Albus Potter to be pureblood enough. And someone like Walburga Black probably wouldn’t consider Lucius pureblood on account of his half-blood great-great-great-great grandmother.
You’re exactly right! It’s subjective bullshit. Even Voldemort was a half-blood. ESPECIALLY Voldemort was a half-blood. I’ve talked about this before, but Edgelord Voldemort didn’t really gaf about blood prejudice. He cared about immortality, dominance, and power. He used the existing pureblood prejudice (I call it purism in my head but maybe there’s a better term?) as a platform to gain an army so he could seize power. That’s it. And all the ‘purebloods’ are scrambling to prove their lineage...even Umbridge and that necklace. It’s malarkey.
night-winging-it
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“It actually surprises me that the Potters are even a pureblood family....”
Also it's very possible that with pure blood wizard who don't have any muggleborn parents are also meant. Meaning pure plus half makes pure
Yes! There was a lot of manipulation and twisting (see above). The important thing for me is that it doesn’t seem like the Potters gave a single eff on earth about their pureblood status, or lack of it, or whatever.
@theybecameanimagi replied: I think the anon forgets, too, that a lot of those pureblood families aren't as pure as they let on? The Black family tree shows that people who marry Muggles/Muggle-borns are just disowned. Same for Squibs. I think a lot of those families just cover up cases were their lineage is 'tainted.' I think the Potter family was just so quiet and kept to themselves so much, bigger families like the Malfoys and Blacks just... Didn't pay attention if the Potters occasionally married Muggles? 1/2 2/2 and then you get into cases where you have to wonder, do a lot of those families stop considering a family to be pure blood in once in, like, 200 years only a few Muggles, even if it's one or two, marry into the family? Ron says in COS a lot of wizards *had* to start marrying Muggles or they'd have died out. (Also: Hi! I am finally getting back into Harry Potter again!)
Agreed! Every wizarding family has Muggles married in. Many wizarding families carry prejudices. (If not muggles, then werewolves and giants. Ya feel?) Every wizarding kid who lives in a pure- or half-blood house benefits more than a Muggleborn because they have access to magic during the holidays.
