Excellent points. I'd assumed Snape was emphasizing the wizard side of his family (I may be a half-blood, but I'm one of the Princes) with a side order of boyish bragging (The owner of this book is a prince...sort of). Hadn't considered his nickname might simply mean "Half-blood Pride". But if Snape's housemates treated him like a second class citizen, to the point where this nickname was his "screw you" response, why did he at the same time take up the purebloodist cause? I'm probably missing something but why didn't he take the next logical step and reject their values completely? Was he really that delusional, or desperate for a job, or...?
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Date: 2012-10-21 05:13 pm (UTC)