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Heritability of Potterverse Magic
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sunnyskywalkerAll right, I've been kicking this idea around long enough. Time to let everyone else tear it apart and see what comes of it!
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tygershark.livejournal.comAs we all know the books left a lot of questions unanswered. So many things are contradictory and just flat out don't make any sense.
I've often thought about Tom Riddle's time at Hogwarts and those memories that Dumbledore showed Harry. Many of the things Dumbles told Harry didn't make any sense. Worse some of the reasons he gave Harry for the things that he did make even less sense. I'm thinking here of Trelawney's interview being held in the Hog's Head because it was raining. Was she related to the Wicked Witch of the West? Did she fear death by melting? But I digress, back to my musings about Tom.
How was it that Tom was able to amass a loyal following that included the likes of Avery, Lestrange, and one can only assume Malfoy. Although they must have been the fathers of Lucius Malfoy's generation. I know Dumbledore tells Harry that he believed Tom did it by virtue of his Parslemouth ability, his charm, good looks, and superior intellect, but I have to wonder. Perhaps I'm too cynical, but during those "lessons" Dumbledore is so cagey in what he reveals I really have trouble taking anything he says at face value.
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Magic vs. Might
Jan. 18th, 2015 03:12 pmmetatrix.livejournal.comThere is an inherent divide between magical creatures (such as goblins) and wizards. This is based on two things:
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terri-testing.livejournal.comOryx, your comments inspired me to further thinking. But it got long again….
The Decree for the Reasonable Restriction of Underaged Sorcery was passed in 1876.
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The Decree for the Reasonable Restriction of Underaged Sorcery was passed in 1876.
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Of Mudbloods and Bathtubs
Mar. 3rd, 2014 12:57 amoneandthetruth.livejournal.comAuthor’s note: This essay offers a Watsonian explanation for certain things in the Potterverse. It ignores any Doylist explanations for those things, including Rowling’s.
In reply to my DH sporking, chapter 29, maidofkent wrote in part,
You're right that it seems pretty hypocritical to joke about Snape running away from shampoo, when the male Hogwarts students seem so uninterested in cleanliness. (Perhaps the Slytherins, being under the female influence of water, are namby-pamby types who do bathe regularly and Severus was indeed sorted too soon :))
This got me to thinking about a trio of seemingly unrelated subjects: baths, “mudbloods,” and the Slytherin prejudice against the latter. Many commentators have speculated the reason Salazar Slytherin didn’t like witches and wizards from non-magical backgrounds was because they threatened to expose the world of magical people to their non-magical families and friends. That’s a reasonable explanation, but could his dislike be founded on something more simple? Could it just be a matter of cleanliness?
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Were the Creevey Brothers Muggle-Borns?
Jul. 11th, 2012 01:09 pmdanajsparks.livejournal.comWe have discussed before how Rowling seems to have "forgotten" in her later books that she originally intended for Colin Creevey to be a Muggle-born student. For one, it seems somewhat improbable that Colin and Dennis both turned out to be wizards if both of their parents were Muggles. For two, the fact that Professor McGonagall had to "chivvy" at least one Creevey out of the castle in chapter 31 of DH suggests that, despite the prohibition against Muggle-borns, the brothers were able to attend Hogwarts while Tom was in power... though it's possible that Colin, like Dean, was present for the final battle only because he had responded to Neville's alert on the DA coins.
However, it occurs to me that Colin's blood status was actually a bit ambiguous from the beginning.
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However, it occurs to me that Colin's blood status was actually a bit ambiguous from the beginning.
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The Muggle-Born Population
Mar. 24th, 2011 04:23 pmdanajsparks.livejournal.comIn some interview, J.K. Rowling apparently said that Britain's wizarding population is roughly divided into 25% muggle-born, 50% half-blood, and 25% pureblood. However, while JKR may have said that 25% of witches and wizards are muggle-born, this is not what she has actually shown in canon. ( Read more... )
Muggle-borns and Hogwarts
Mar. 14th, 2011 09:15 pmborg-princess.livejournal.comI've signed up to do this fic exchange, and the prompt I'm working with had me wondering about the procedure for admitting Muggle-borns to Hogwarts. If anyone can help me iron out a few issues or offer some speculation and theories, I'd appreciate it. ^_^
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