all of Chuck's children are out there playin' his licks

[primroseburrows]

mr_t00by just called me, from his Textiles class at school in New Hampshire, to ask me the following question: Is Harry a half-blood (the answer, of course, is a resounding NO). Apparently there was discussion of this in said Textiles class.


Am v. amused.

Comments

[moonlight69]

Of course, it does depend on how you define the bloodlines in HP. In my mind, no he's not...but there are times when even Hagrid clearly doesn't think of him as 'pureblood'.

[primroseburrows.livejournal.com]

Okay...his mother is a witch, born of Muggles, sure, but noetheless a witch...and from all I've seen, his father, aye, all the Potter line, is of the WW.

Since Harry is the son of a witch and a wizard, he's a first-gen pureblood.

[moonlight69]

Exactly how I look at it, yes. But there are others who do not. And Jo herself has come closer to the side of 'no, he's not', with the Hagrid comments. *devil's advocates* Is that a verb, even? ;)

[diamond-dust06.livejournal.com]

By Death Eater standards (which are eerily similar to Nazi standards for who was Jewish), yes he is, because Lily is a Mudblood and therefore no better than any other Muggle.

[primroseburrows.livejournal.com]

Yeah, but the ultimate decision isn't that of the DE's, thank the gods.

Harry's parents were a witch and a wizard...therefore, Harry is a Pureblood.

[mawaridi.livejournal.com]

Hmmm. I wouldn't say that he's a pureblood, because one half of his ancestry is Muggle, even if he is the child of two magical parents. His mother was a halfblood, so that would "dilute" his wizarding heritage somewhat.

A 3/4blood, maybe? *s*

[primroseburrows.livejournal.com]

My understanding is that a child of a witch and a wizard is a pureblood. FIrst gen, yes, because he isn't from an old wizarding family like the Malfoys or the Weasleys. But still a pureblood. There are no Muggles in his immediate family.