Bowman Wright /World War II /MTA /What Mythical Beast Are You?

[Susan Fox-Davis]

Phyllis wrote:

<< I re-reviewed QTTA, and find it interesting that Bowman Wright's
1492 birthday (and 1560 year of death) >>
Then Rita wrote:
<He died at 68! What happened to those long wizarding lifespans?>

Wizards can still be killed.  There's clearly an interesting untold
story here.

I wrote:

<< I'm sure every wizard who could got out of London during the
Blitz, but what of Platform 9 ? >>

Rita answers:  <I've wondered if the wizarding folk could put spells on
their houses
(and on Diagon Alley and Platform 9 3/4 and Hogwarts) that would
cause bombs falling from the sky to just accidentally miss them.
Anyway, Diagon Alley and Platform 9 3/4 are inside spaces that are
bigger inside than outside (like the trunk of Arthur's little car)
and therefore not exposed to aerial bombardment from normal space.>

One can only hope that's so!  Works for Dr. Who anyway. <G>

Rita continues:
<<When I brought this question to the main list (oh, long ago),
Pip!Squeak pointed out that London evacuee children were housed in
Every farm and cottage in rural England, and any wizarding rural home
that was even slightly visible to even a few neighboring Muggles (
and The Burrow was Visible to the Muggle taxi-drivers, even tho'
distance, hedgerows, and Nothing-Interesting-Here spells kept most
Muggles from intruding) would have had a lot of explaining to do if
they WEREN'T housing evacuee children.>>

Sure!  Wizards' children from the city!

<<There's no way they could have
gone unnoticed if they violated the blackout. And I wonder if they
struggled under food rationing or, contrariwise, profitted muchly by
selling excess wizarding foodstuffs to Muggle neighbors at black
market prices ... that one ties into my larger questions about
wizarding food supply, like do they have wizarding farmers or buy
from Muggles, can they multiply their food by magic or turn yuck-o
turnips into yummygood beefsteak by Transfiguration, and so on.>>

Excuse me, I'm having a "Matrix" moment here... my mind tells me this
steak is tender and juicy but it's all an illusion... and how hard would
a "lights out" spell over the outside of the house be? Let's hope it
works better than Maxwell Smart's Cone of Silence. <nostalgic smile>

Me:
<< There have always been rumors of the occultists of Britain working
for the protection of its shores and people from outside invasion. >>
Rita:
<Not merely rumors: Dion Fortune wrote in at least one of her books of
spending hours a way in prayerful meditation envisioning the four
archangels standing guard around the island of Britain and St. George
on his white horse standing guard above.>

Ah well, there's her of course.  I wasn't there so it's strictly
hearsay.
I still maintain that "our" wizards and "their" wizards cancelled each
other out and the war had to be decided by plain old Muggle might,
which was a force to be reckoned with by war's end, wasn't it?

I need to look up that Arthurian fanfic of David Frankis Stein's,
could someone supply the URP please?

Fondly,
Susan Fox-Davis