What do wizards do?

[Lindy Brett]

No: HPFGUIDX 54983

Regarding the 'What Do Wizards Do?' thread a little while back [and please 
bear in mind that I am new here, I've been lurking, hiding overawed, its a 
h-uge list, the archives are humoungous . . . - so you have probably 
discussed this one ad infinitum too, but I didn't notice - anyway . . . ]

Why do wizards do anything? Magic does the washing up, the knitting, the 
travelling, . . .

Snape waves a wand to clear up a mess, in one place, then in another he has 
Harry swab the place down by hand. One can see why he did that (Harry is so 
irritating), but the point is that cleaning up can be accomplished by a 
wand-wave. Cleaning is a cruel and unusual punishment for magic folk. They 
have sort of unexpected extras like chasing gnomes out of the gardens, but 
they don't have to do the stuff muggles have to do.

Dumbledore can 'draw up' a chair. No need for chair makers then. Can he 
'draw up' a carpet? A painting?

The food. Do the house-elves cook it? Or magic it up? The wizzes and witches 
put no effort in. Farming - why would a wizard plod around after cows or 
sheep? Doesn't he just sit on his rocking chair and wave his wand at the 
poor dawg?

Travelling. Its a good job they can't all apparate. All of the realities of 
our world collapse when you get instant travel. You don't have to live near 
your work - just apparate (and no penalties to using magic in JKR's world, 
no magical bounceback as in The Worst Witch or Discworld). Taking the 
kiddies to school? Why send them by antiquated train? Except that it's 
romantic?

I find the use of magic in Hogwarts an endless puzzle. It can do some 
things, and not others. Such detail, but what about sewers? So: can magic do 
everything? The jobs that are described are teaching, civil service, 
shopkeeping, and sport. No artists are mentioned (ideal occupation once the 
cleaning is taken care of), though there are musicians.

Sorry - a slightly grumpy ramble. What I am saying is, when magic does so 
much, why bother to go to work, why get up in the morning?

Lindy



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