Summary
In the Wizarding World ofHarry Potter, bringing up the topic of muggles in a conversation seems to make or break people’s relationships. Moreover, the topic of associating oneself with, or even, marrying muggles or muggle-borns. Especially before the downfall of Lord Voldemort, there were a lot of negative stigmas around muggles and muggle-borns.
InHarry Potter, many pure-blood families believe in “blood purity”, and force their beliefs on their children. These supremacist notions were very rampant within families who went as far as marrying their relatives, to keep the pride of being in the elite. However, there is a minority of pure-blood wizards and witches who don’t care about this extremist value and marry the person they love.
7Cho Chang
More Than Harry’s First Love
Cho Chang was a true Ravenclaw. She was a hard worker, a good student-athlete, and a kind-hearted, beautiful person who won over not one, but two popular students at Hogwarts; Cedric Diggory and Harry Potter. Unfortunately, she lost Cedric during their fifth year as he passed away, and her relationship with Harry went sour after Marietta Edgecombe’s betrayal of Dumbledore’s Army (in the book).
However, it does not change the fact that Cho Chang has always been against discrimination, andshe later married a muggle. It is not known if Cho Chang still has frequent depressive episodes in her later life due to Cedric’s passing, but hopefully, her muggle-husband will be understanding of it.
6Eileen Prince
The Mother To Severus Snape, The Half-Blood Prince
Eileen Prince, later named Eileen Snape, was a witch who attended Hogwarts and was sorted into the Slytherin house. As a pure-blood witch, she was expected to marry a fellow pure-blood, but she married a muggle named Tobias Snape.
She later gave birth to Severus Snape, who latergrew up in a toxic householdas she and her husband constantly fought. It is not known if she really supported muggles or just happened to marry one, but Eileen was disowned by her family after she married Tobias. She also suffered from poverty, as it is described that she had a sallow and thin face, much like her son.
5Isolt Sayre
The Founder Of Ilvermony
As a direct descendant of Salazar Slytherin, Rionach Sayre, Isolt Sayre’s mother, distanced herself from the family as she rejected their toxic pure-blood beliefs. This notion passed on to Isolt, as she ran away to the New World, to escape from her psychotic pure-blood maniac aunt, Gormlaith Gaunt.
In America, she met her husband, James Stewards, and they founded IlvermornySchool of Witchcraft and Wizardry. She also gave birth to four children who also share the same belief as her, trying to live a peaceful life among muggles in the newly established country. Her legacy is ever-lasting, and she made sure that the pure-blood toxicity ends with her.
4Andromeda Tonks
The Different Black Sister
As a descendant of the Black House, there is a certain expectation that is given by the family to marry well within the pure-blood community. This expectation is also experiencedby the Black sisters; Bellatrix, Andromeda, and Narcissa. Although Bellatrix and Narcissa married another pure-blood, and seem to be comfortable with continuing the pure-blood supremacy, Andromeda is the odd one out.
She never believed in discrimination, and after she graduated from Hogwarts, she married a muggle-born wizard, Edward “Ted" Tonks. She was also associated with the Order of the Phoenix, lending her house as a safe house, although she was never an official member herself.
3James Potter
Lily Evan’s Everlasting Love
James Potter was a pure-blood wizard who also didn’t believe in pure-blood supremacy. Although he grew up spoiled and arrogant, he was deep down a good person who later changed for the better, especially after being humbled so many times by Lily Evans.
Although very mischievous and a troublemaker, James never had negative thoughts about muggles or muggle-borns, especially since he fell in love with one. By the time they were in their final year of study at Hogwarts, James matured vastly and had won over Lily’s affection. They latermarried after graduation, although in secret, because the First Wizarding War was on the rise.
2Ron Weasley
It is widely known within the Wizarding community that the Weasleys are nicknamed the blood traitors as they don’t think differently of muggles or muggle-borns. They don’t believe in pure-blood supremacy and are never shy about being associated with muggles or muggle-borns.
Although the Weasleys are pure-bloods, they verify that it does not stop them from being good people and are always hospitable towards anyone. Ron Weasley also married a brilliant muggle-born witch who has been his best friend since childhood, Hermione Granger. Together they have two children, and he is always supportive of his wife’s career as aMinistry of Magic official.
1Merope Gaunt
The Hopeless Romantic
Merope Gaunt is a case where a pure-blood witch is almost driven to insanity by her toxic and abusive family. As a victim of abuse, she laterbewitched a handsome mugglewhom she later married and had a child with. She was a direct descendant of Salazar Slytherin and a parseltongue, but her abuse left her scarred for life and even refused to use magic after her husband woke up from the bewitchment.
Her obsessive love for Tom Riddle also proved that she did not care about blood purity, as she had to endure a lot of wrongdoings from her pure-blood family. It is also proven that marrying only within pure-blood families is very risky for inbreeding, and it will affect one’s mental and physical health.
