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?

Comments

[jana-ch.livejournal.com]

Yes, that's why we have the infamous one-drop rule--so white masters could legitimately enslave their mixed-race children and grandchildren. It's been many years since I've read Uncle Tom's Cabin, but I remember a bit where a highly intelligent "octoroon" complained about how it frustrated his his brave, noble, Gryffindorish seven-eighths Anglo-Saxon blood to be treated like a common black. (Again, quoting a 19th century novel does NOT mean I approve.) One might imagine Tom Riddle would have claimed the same, if he had ever actually experienced any oppression for being a half-blood or a supposed muggleborn. We have no evidence, of course, that Tommy ever had that problem.