It's rather blatant, isn't it, how the muggleborn students are treated at Hogwarts (which reflects how muggleborns are seen by the Wizarding World at large). Which is why I find it so amusing that so many fans pillory Draco for his hateful comments towards Hermione; there's nothing particularly wrong-headed with his perspective as it relates to the world he lives in. We in the real world might consider his digs at Hermione to be narrow-minded and bigoted, but in his world he's only guilty of being obvious.
Exactly! I mean, not that it's still bad of him to use words like "Mudblood," but I continue to find it amazing that everyone gets all shocked over that when the entire society seems based on the idea that Muggles are little better than animals, and the most respectful thing you can do for a Muggleborn is to get them away from their embarassing roots. That's also why in weird ways Draco sometimes winds up actually seeming like the least prejudiced against Muggle characters. He treats them less condescendingly or doesn't mention them at all.
That frightened look in her eyes may well say "There goes my meal ticket."
Oh yeah--and I can't get over the fact that she seems to be right. Harry is always welcome in the Weasley house, but Hermione is a guest. She's not family.
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Date: 2006-03-25 05:39 pm (UTC)Exactly! I mean, not that it's still bad of him to use words like "Mudblood," but I continue to find it amazing that everyone gets all shocked over that when the entire society seems based on the idea that Muggles are little better than animals, and the most respectful thing you can do for a Muggleborn is to get them away from their embarassing roots. That's also why in weird ways Draco sometimes winds up actually seeming like the least prejudiced against Muggle characters. He treats them less condescendingly or doesn't mention them at all.
That frightened look in her eyes may well say "There goes my meal ticket."
Oh yeah--and I can't get over the fact that she seems to be right. Harry is always welcome in the Weasley house, but Hermione is a guest. She's not family.