Anubhav comments on HPMOR: What could've been done better? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Anubhav 10 February 2012 11:18:21AM 1 point [-]

So... do wizards and muggles actually get along, or is there something strange / sinister / squicky going on there?

Hmm, how many half-bloods are there? Do we ever really meet a typical half-blood? (Harry isn't really half-blood, and Harry, Snape and Voldemort all had unusual childhoods...)

Muggle-marriers may be a tiny minority. Their existence does not imply that wizards in general get along with muggles, even if there's nothing squicky going on.

Comment author: thomblake 10 February 2012 02:35:40PM *  3 points [-]

Hmm, how many half-bloods are there?

From Wikipedia:

Half-bloods are the most common wizard blood, far outnumbering pure-bloods and Muggle-borns. Rowling has stated that of the Hogwarts annual intake, 50% are half-bloods.

Though yes, 'half-blood' here refers to any wizard that isn't muggleborn or pure-blood. So a great deal of them might just be descendents of muggleborns.