WW Cultural bias re clothes and cupboard?
pippin_999
foxmoth at qnet.com
Wed Jan 26 21:15:17 UTC 2005
No: HPFGUIDX 123120
Y'know, all we can really point to, besides the lack of love, which
even DD couldn't do anything about, is the clothes and the
cupboard. But would the wizards recognize those as
mistreatment?
It's been a running gag throughout the series that the wizards
have no idea how Muggle clothing is supposed to look. One of
the funnier moments for me in GoF is when Mr. Crouch shows
up at the QWC, every stitch painfully correct -- except that it's
completely wrong for the occasion. The wizards don't know
enough about Muggle clothing to realize that Harry isn't properly
dressed.
Ditto for the cupboard. Where do the Slytherin kids sleep? In a
windowless dungeon, for heavens sake. Arthur Weasley's office
doesn't have a window either. Bog-standard for wizards, it
seems.
Would Dumbledore's watchers know that Muggle clothing isn't
supposed to look like loose elephant skin and it's generally
considered unhealthy for Muggle kids to sleep in a windowless
room?
Pippin
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