This blog is a vomit.

I’ve never thought that Pureblood-ism was a good allegory for racism. Like, racism is racism, it’s kind of difficult to turn it into a metaphor. I think the whole Pureblood thing actually works better for attitudes about immigration. Here’s my reasoning (and this is just my personal analysis/opinion, I’m not saying anyone else has to think this way, these are just my thoughts): - the discrimination people face tends to be based on who their parents are and where they came from, regardless of the individual’s actual status. - in some cases, a person’s background can probably be hidden if they just don’t mention it? People might be able to tell by their name’s uniqueness or simple lack of notoriety within the particular society they’ve joined, but unless it comes up in conversation there’s no way to know for sure. - they’re sometimes literally in between two cultures and worlds, and based on who they’re around, some feel like they have to keep each one world a secret from the other because of stigma. - the people who look down on these others do so because they don’t come from whatever group originally, they’re coming into the society later in life and the ones who discriminate think that makes them better for some reason. Also there’s a societal “hierarchy” imposed by the ones at the “top” which translates pretty literally for an immigration allegory: Pureblood - they and their parents and ancestors for several generations were born in this country. Half blood - their parents or grandparents immigrated from another country but they were born here or were born in another country but moved when they were too young to really remember. Muggleborn - they were born in another country and immigrated some time after that. And the “highest” ranking tends to look down on the “lowest” category while at minimum, approving of the middle category despite the fact that they’re really all in the same boat just at different stages of the journey.

The whole series is about how your circumstances don’t matter. This is why I hate it when people excuse shit people like Draco did. Harry grew up in an abusive household. So did Voldemort. They turned out so different. Stop excusing what Draco did. Harry is the literal proof that your circumstances don’t define you.

There is a reason why certain backgrounds strongly correlate with certain outcomes. Most will not "beat the odds" and successfully overcome unfortunate circumstances on their own - and we like to convince ourselves that it's undoubtedly their own fault, the result of their own choices, because that way, we don't have to face the distressing reality in which the world is not a fair and just place where everyone starts off equal, everything happens for a reason and everyone gets what they deserve.

Heyo!

It’s canon that Snape suspected Remus was a werewolf before Sirius ever told him how to get past the Willow. In “The Prince’s Tale”, Lily coldly tells him “I know your theory” and asks why he’s so obsessed with the Marauders, clearly indicating that this is a conversation they have had multiple times before. Not only is he attempting to violate Remus’ privacy, it proves that Snape already knew or at least strongly suspected what he would find when he followed Sirius’ instructions to poke the knot on the Willow.

Yes, I am definitely overthinking this.

But, sure, your Hot Take that being “greasy” (a very classist and ableist insult in of itself) and having few friends/social skills is evil, but a rich, conventionally attractive white boy sadistically abusing people for fun and ‘because he exists’ is just Boys Being Boys (despire the fact that they literally Did Not “grow out of it”) is soooo woke and not at all the ideology of every single privileged bully. Mmhmm.

(Also why are people calling James a feminist when he tried to blackmail a girl into going out with him, in addition to never expressing any feminist views whatsoever? It’s okay, James stans, you can like a character without projecting your political beliefs on them when they clearly don’t fit. You are allowed to like characters who have problematic beliefs/do problematic actions. Shhh, it’s okay. I understand.)