[HPforGrownups] Magic Space/Muggle Space???

[Maria Kirilenko]

No: HPFGUIDX 50556


 "Steve <bboy_mn at yahoo.com>" <bboy_mn at yahoo.com> wrote:
In the 'Owl to Arabella' and the 'Where Malfoys Live' threads, I
speculated on the size and nature of the Magic City. However, this
does raise some new quesions.

I assume that Diagon Alley is in what I call Magic Space; a physically
world that is separate from the normal world which I will call Muggle
Space. But I have to wonder, how big is this Magic Space and where and
how does it end?

We know that the Magic City extends beyond Diagon Alley since there
are other magic places we have heard about; Knockturn Alley, the
Ministry office, St. Mungos Hospital, etc.... Having said that, I have
to wonder how big it is and what do you see when you reach the edge of
it's boundaries?

When you stand at the edge of that magic space is there a big cosmic
wall of shimmering ether that can not be penitrated? Does it just
gradually fade into Muggle Space? Are there assorted entrance/exit
point that server to define it's boundaries? Is the border just a row
of shops and/or houses between which and beyond which there are no
more streets, this row of building acting as a wall around the
perimeter of that Magic Space?

Now me:

Maybe neither. What if the Wizard space just keeps repeating itself? Like, if you'd walked through Diagon allley, then Knockturn Alley, and then further on, you'd end up in Diagon Alley where you started. 

But maybe the Wizard City stretches on in the Wizard Space as far as it does (maybe not further than Diagon Aleey and Knockturn Alley), and has dead ends all around it, as in "streets surrounded by buildings from every side," with a couple of entrance points into it.

I, however, seriously doubt that there is a vast amount of space there, as somebody (Mr. Weasley IIRC) in GoF mentioned that if would be impossible to cram all wanting to visit the QWC into Diagon alley. So even if there are some other streets in Wizarding London, there probably aren't too many.

My two Knuts,

Maria

 



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