Intermingling of Muggle and Wizard Worlds

[cubfanbudwoman]

No: HPFGUIDX 127940


"Donna" <donnawonna at w...> wrote:
> Also, I have a feeling that there is business done between the 
> wizard merchants and muggle merchants, mostly for wizard 
> manufacturing materials.  The muggles may not know of the 
> business but my instincts tell me that wizard merchants get some 
> of their materials from muggles.  We know that various wizards 
> and witches live among muggles, i.e. Mrs. Figg.  Also, all of 
> the Dursleys definitely know of the wizard world even though 
> they would rather not.
>  
> I hope this makes sense to you all.  


SSSusan:
Absolutely, Donna, you're not the only one who has proposed a network 
of connections between Wizard merchants and Muggle suppliers.  I like 
to think of it more as a *network* of WitchWizard or Squib go-
betweens, although the possibility of a few friendly Muggles who can 
keep secrets also being involved isn't beyong the realm of what's 
reasonable either, I don't think.

There may well be a certain number of witches, wizards or squibs who 
*want* to work in the Muggle world in order to provide the mechanism 
for moving materials from MW to WW.  I also happen to believe there 
are some members of the WW serving in the special function of running 
dual-purpose post offices.  That is, they handle Muggle mail but also 
know what to do with mail being delivered to or from the WW.  This 
would make life easier for folks like the Creeveys, Grangers and 
Dursleys (on those few occasions when they actually send Harry 
something).  

These people who run the go-between operations or serve as suppliers, 
or "re-routers" if you will, would have to be persons of great 
discretion.  But I think it might be quite fun to be working in such 
a capacity -- especially if one came originally from the MW and had 
some reservations about leaving it totally behind.  What would be 
more fun that working with regular mail *and* Owl Post? :-)

To borrow a phrase from Steve, just making it up as I go along.

Siriusly Snapey Susan