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"But... Slytherin didn't do it. He tried and the others disagreed, so he left." Jim pointed out. "He left to try things a different way."
Realisation.
"You're correct, of course. He was overruled by his cohorts and chose to depart the school some time later, although he was here long enough to be considered a founder and to have an entire house named after him. Although we can't be sure, he was probably here for several years until the issue finally came to a head," Tate nodded at Wilkes.
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Michael White hearing the statment didnt quiet sit right with him " Sir is magical Genetics differnt than normal genes ..I mean If Slytheren had his way would he not have done just the thing he didnt want to do and that is weaken the magical blood lines by breeding in defects because in time the gene pool would be stagnet look at the muggle royal families people would be marrying relatives"
"No, lad. Genetics work the same, no matter what your magical status. Slytherin's beliefs on marriage with Muggles hasn't been broadly published, so I can't say what his beliefs would do the magical blood lines, but I would suggest that intermarrying with non-magical peoples has been a boon for our kind," Tate wasn't an expert on genetics at all, although even common sense told him that a limited pool of people, in time, would be bad for their community.
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Saiai "You have a point if you look at it from todays point of view when we know about genetics and the like. But during the time of the Founders they didn't really know about genetics, at least not the fact that inbreeding could weaken the bloodline. At that time they thought it was best, and I'd counter by saying that there are still Pureblood's today who haven't suffered any ill effects from not having muggle blood mixed into our blood lines. We're still just as powerful, sometimes more powerful than half-bloods and muggle borns and don't have any noticeable defects." The question had been for Tate but Sakura figured it wouldn't do any harm to add another perspective/opinion to what the boy had asked. And nothing in her answer was really false.
"The fact is... the intermarrying of Muggle and magical bloodlines through the centuries is the only reason any of us are here in this room. There's really no such thing as a pureblood in the technical sense anymore, although any family has it's own rules regarding at what point back on the tree they can start crossing Muggles off," Tate shrugged. It was simple fact that with the habit of pureblood families to have few children and the constant interbreeding, that if they had not married outside of the Magical community, the lot of them would have been sterile centuries ago.
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scarsandtetris "Not completely," Charley said teasingly as she hugged Belle. "Most people don't know a lot of that. Almost my entire family is Slytherin, so I've been drilled with things like this since I could talk."
"There is no chatting in this class aside from with the topic at hand. You will lose points if I have to speak to you again," Tate barked at the girls before returning to the subject.
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scarsandtetris "It wasn't solely Slytherin. Yes, he left the basilisk in the Chamber of Secrets. However, per his beliefs about admission, he tried first to reason with the other founders, using the statute that it would be unsafe, which was true. His main reason, however, for not wanting muggleborn students to attend was because he believed they were lesser wizards and were not deserving of comprehensive education. He didn't just pluck up and leave, either. The other founders, mostly Gryffindor and Ravenclaw, essentially ganged up on him, practically forcing him out, without even suggesting a method that they could use to make attendance safer for muggleborn students. None of the founders is only a good person or only a bad person. They were human, as all of us are. They made mistakes, missed crucial points, and hurt people. A lot of Slytherin's infamy is just that-infamy, legacy, reputation- not necessarily the truth," Charley half blurted out, unable to keep silent when she had so much to say.
Charley grabbed a large book out of her bag (undetectable extension charm, anyone?) and set it over by Jaina. "Hogwarts: A History. Pure gold," she whispered.
"As we've said, the Statute was not in place until 700 years after the school was founded," Tate gave the girl a perplexed look. She was either wildly misinformed or just making things up.
"Most of your information is heavily shaded in rumor and legend, and I would suggested you spend more time reading legitimate history books. Slytherin's interest was in protecting his charges by keeping the school free of outside influences, and he left after a disagreement with Gryffindor, whom he always considered a close friend."
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Herminny Chloe felt a bit of anger as the boy laughed at her andand retorted, "Why are you laughing at mystatement".
"Oh, I see. You two don't have to share my belief that Salazar left the basalisk in the chamber of secrets before he left but I fimly believe it and wouldlike that you not laugh at mefor mybelief nomatter how unfounded you think it is. And I am curious. What new approach do you think Salazar tried after leaving Hogwarts. Thats where the basalisk fits to me because we don't know of anyone else of that time that had motive to do something like that but again it is ust my thoughts.".
"I suggest you reign in that temper, child, before you lose your house points," Tate raised his eyebrow at the irate Gryffindor. Why was she flying off the handle?
"We're not discussing the rumors regarding the basilisk today, or the reasons that anyone would have created the Chamber of Secrets, so theories and guesses are not necessary. I do think that the question regarding where Salazar went after Hogwarts is a pertinent one. Where would our Founder, disappointed at the failure to implement his plan, head after leaving Hogwarts? I'll allow speculation and theories to abound at this point."
OOC: Yup, that time again. I'm leaving this open for ideas and class related discourse (NO FIGHTING!), but I'll be back tomorrow night at 6:30 EST.