Pottermore stuff

[oryx_leucoryx]

I looked up the spoilers site, and it looks like they took down all the direct quotes from Pottermore after having being warned about copyright infringement. I suggest we take care. Summarizing or retelling new content should be OK, but no direct quotes.

Also, looks like GOF stuff is up. Can anyone tell us if there are any tidbits?

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[terri-testing.livejournal.com]

James isn't gaining anything by marryng a witch from nowhere...? Well, not a family alliance, true. There are several things to be gained in such an alliance, however (besides however deep his interest in the witch herself was).

One, automatic liberal credentials in certain circles. (One of my first fics had Severus considering selling Voldemort on the idea that drugging the widowed Lily--subtly--into marrying Severus would provide perfect cover for Severus to spy.)

Two, a man marrying a clear social and economic inferior might well hope and assume he would be treated by his wife with deference and humble gratitude.

And three, a Muggleborn witch is guranteed to have no family who could effectively object or interfere if they had concerns about how the husband was treating his bride. Heck, they probably don't even (nor would she) have the knowledge to negotiate a favorable contract....

One wonders whether the WW (and James Potter in particular) remembers Chaucer and Bocaccio, and the story of Pacient Griselda....

Interesting idea on Purebloods vs. Fullbloods, and perhaps that would also explain the Weasleys.....

[sunnyskywalker]

Lily is also a favorite of Slughorn's, which might count for something if James had managed to make a bad impression somehow,j or even just gotten to the point where Slughorn had lost any initial enthusiasm he'd had for trying to collect him (bright, handsome, good family - perfect collector's item) and was now indifferent toward him.

If James had ever decided he needed help from Slughorn and his network, anyway. He probably didn't. But we're given to believe that Lily was generally well thought of by others as well, and so James might have found that "reforming" for his sixth and seventh years and dating Lily suddenly improved his reputation, since his own "popularity" didn't seem to involve more than three people actually liking him. The new positive attention had to have flattered his ego. Not a family connection, no, but definite social benefits. Add that to no pesky in-laws trying to stay for Christmas or give him advice or chastise him, and what a perfect setup!

The "Fullbloods" idea makes perfect sense, and fills an important gap in the WW. Molly sure speaks out strongly against Muggle things, from technology to medicine to things like walking around in their own train station in large numbers, but never says anything against Muggle-born Hermione except for the time she thinks Hermione's callously social climbing. Less willing to give Hermione the benefit of the doubt given her unfortunate upbringing, but not prejudiced against the girl in general. Even Draco might think less of Harry's mother, but doesn't go around saying Slytherin's monster will kill Harry for being impure, e.g.