Kids Interview for grown-ups

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Subject: Re: Kids Interview for grown-ups
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Date: 6/25/00 3:43 pm  (ET)

> I read somewhere else that she might write a
> Harry Potter encyclopaedia when she's finished
> the series.

Oh, yes, *please*, I hope she does -- and that it really is an
Encyclopedia, not just a fancordance summarzing the info that is in
the books. I want to know about the magic economy, food, marriage and
divorce laws ....

>From reading the actual books, not fanfic, I got the impression
that there is no divorce among magic folk, and that both Tom Riddle
and Neville Longbottom were cases in which the magic woman ('witch')
married a Muggle man, he broke up with her, and therefore she died of a
broken heart. So I thought maybe that when magic folk wed, they not only
exchange vows and rings, but each puts a spell on him/her/self, a spell
of love until death do them part to the other. So the Magic follk really
do stay married until death do them part, but the Muggle spouse would
only be saying words rather than enspelling him/her/self, so the Muggle
spouse would be free to divorce or desert, which would cause the action
of the spell the magic spouse cast on him/her/self to make him/her die
of a broken heart from the loss. However, if magic folk can't divorce,
I can't turn a three-time loser I met at work into a comic character in
the fanfic I hope to write someday.

I said something about wizard money 'which probably does grow on
trees. Very heavily guarded trees.' and my friend immediately decided
that when a wizard couple marries, they are given a money tree. When
they first plant it, it is young and bears only a small crop, just
enough for two healthy young people with a very economical lifestyle,
but it grows quickly, in less than ten years it is full-grown and bears
enough to support a family of four at a rather middle-class level. But
it does not bear enough to support a family of seven, which is why the
Weaseleys are so poor. And the couple's money tree dies if they divorce,
which is a strong motivator for couples to stay together. Otherwise it
lives until both spouses have died.