[HPforGrownups] Muggle matches

[manawydan]

No: HPFGUIDX 75089

Allyson:

>muggles that there are wizards in the country. If true, it's a wonder
>they are able to manage it considering how ignorant most people seem
>to be about the non-magical world. I shudder to think what they are
>teaching in that Muggle Studies course.

What they're teaching, I think, is WW _perceptions_ of the Muggle world -
how it looks to them. I suspect that a lot of Muggle born students sign up
for the subject thinking it's going to be really easy but then find that
they are completely lost in a sea of fellytones and pleasemen, not to
mention the fact that a lot of things that we take as natural in our world
would seem totally irrational to the WW.

>I recall a number of occasions while reading the books where I
>wondered aloud, "how stupid are these wizards?!!" You'd think one of
>them could use magic to conjure a public library card. Or, you know,
>just take a look around!! I can't think of any reason why the muggle
>world should be so mysterious. It's not exactly a secret.

But where would they start? It's not as if you can go into a library and
find a book called "An Introduction to the Muggle World for Wizards" (though
I suspect that there's an equivalent for Muggle born students who arrive in
the WW).

And would wizards even _want_ to? Do most of them _care_ about how Muggles
live? Arthur does, but he seems to be very much the exception.

>As to how muggle/wizard relationships get started, I can't imagine.
>Of course, the one that freaks me out is Hagrid's parents' muggle on
>giant romance. What the hell?!! Ick. Ick Ick Ick.

When they were nose to nose, he hid his toes. When they were toes to toes,
he hid his nose!

Cheers

Ffred

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