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 Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2007 9:58 am
In another interview, JKR states that James had inherited his money (along with the invisibility cloak) so he didn't really need to be "new money".
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Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2007 5:01 pm
And power-hungry Slytherin loved those of great ambition...|> ---|I know he inherited his money and the Cloak, but I still think the Potters were less high-up in society than, say, the Blacks. I know they're descended from Ignotus Peverell, but there are probably quite a few families that can claim that.
When you get down to it, Harry's probably related to several of the old wizarding families on his dad's side, but that doesn't mean his family had the social power and prestige that some of the others did, if only because I don't think they would have made as big a deal about their ancestry as, say, the Lestranges/Blacks/Malfoys/Selwyns etc.|--- <|Slytherin Pride!
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Posted: Fri Sep 07, 2007 9:26 pm
The Potters didn't hold the "pure-blood pride" like the Blacks/Lestranges/Malfoys/etc did. Unlike the Blacks, almost all of whom were Slytherin, I don't think that the Potters had the same sort of... look on life, which changes how they live, which changes their place in society. The Blacks cared about their high status... the Potters, if we're using James as an example, didn't really care about status so they were happy with whatever Merlin brought their way.
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Posted: Sun Sep 09, 2007 3:02 pm
And power-hungry Slytherin loved those of great ambition...|> ---|Case in point: on the train, Sirius says that all of his family have been in Slytherin, and James exclaims that he thought Sirius was all right. This is a pretty big indicator that James was certainly not raised as a pureblood supremacist or elitist. In fact, he exhibits a kind of inverse prejudice against those from wealthy and respected pureblood families. You see that sort of binary in wizarding society a lot - the Malfoys hate "Mudbloods", and Hagrid attributes that to "common blood", implying that all Malfoys are in essence bad; he basically tars all of the old purebloods with the same brush, which is exactly what the purebloods do to those who don't figure highly in their worldview.|--- <|Slytherin Pride!
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Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2007 8:27 pm
Hoping for confirmation...
JKR did say that the Harry Potter isn't related to the Potter scene in the Black Family Tree... right?
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Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2007 1:15 pm
Finora Lupin Hoping for confirmation...
JKR did say that the Harry Potter isn't related to the Potter scene in the Black Family Tree... right? If she did, I don't believe her. How many pureblood Potter families can there be?
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Posted: Sat Sep 15, 2007 9:15 am
*shrugs* No idea, but on HP Lexicon, it does say somewhere on that site that JKR said that the Charles (I think that's his name) Potter is not the father of James, and is not related to James.
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Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2007 3:52 pm
And power-hungry Slytherin loved those of great ambition...|> ---|It's not too surprising - JK tends to use names without realising. Case in point - Mark Evans, just a random kid but with the same last name as Lily, leading to fan speculation after OotP was released until JK killed the rumours.|--- <|Slytherin Pride!
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Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2007 2:59 am
*nods* I wonder if these repeated names mean something to her, for one reason or another. Potter and Evans...
Theories... theories on what? The book series is over. Theories on... whether or not James was the reincarnation of his grandfather? Theories... I don't know what to say.
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Posted: Thu Sep 20, 2007 8:07 pm
And power-hungry Slytherin loved those of great ambition...|> ---|Theories about things that weren't adequately explained in the books. It's not like JK didn't leave plenty of loose ends (and more than a few gaping plotholes). Theories about the structure of wizarding society are fun, too.|--- <|Slytherin Pride!
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Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2007 7:58 am
Ok, what's one part of wizarding society that you would like to ponder on, oh she who has ideas?
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Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2007 7:31 pm
Finora Lupin Ok, what's one part of wizarding society that you would like to ponder on, oh she who has ideas? And power-hungry Slytherin loved those of great ambition...|> ---|Changes in the stigma associated with Hogwarts houses over the years, and how/if one's Hogwarts house significantly impacts one's career prospects/social standing. Also, does one's Hogwarts house have an impact on relations with wizards from other countries?
Okay, guildies. I'm expecting answers. Fire away.|--- <|Slytherin Pride!
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Posted: Thu Nov 08, 2007 4:05 pm
Hold on, can you explain in more detail "the hogwarts house having an impact on relations with wizards from other countries"? Because, I'm just not quite getting around your wording of that, and I from what I can decipher, I don't remembering anything like that happening. Unless you are bring the portraits into the discussion.
You know, now that I think about it, one's Hogwarts house does significantly impact one's career. I mean, the people found in most careers can be segregated into houses, just because of what it is they choose on doing. Like, for example, Gryffindors are moreso seen as Aurors and the 'hands-on' people of the Ministry. And, as for social standing, the more respected people of wizarding society are brave Gryffindors, sly Slytherins and brilliant Ravenclaws. How many people actually hear about any great things Hufflepuffs have done in the past? If you are a hufflepuff, I think the world automatically looks down on you because the hufflepuff stereotype is that you're not too bright. *shrugs* And, with that in mind, what smart employer would hire a hufflepuff that wasn't that smart?
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