Fleshing out the Wizarding World

[unlikelyauthor]

No: HPFGUIDX 141652

Kizor wrote:
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> X) Is it okay to steal an idea and use it as a detail? Should I
> include a note saying that it came from someone whom I can best thank
> by not mentioning his name?



unlikely2 replies

Hi, Kizor.

Leaving aside the rest of your post, because if I don't this won't be 
posted until 2012.

Perhaps a named spell or object should be always attributed (where 
possible), an insight or an attitude according to circumstance. 

For example, I find myself uneasy reading fics where muggles are 
casually slaughtered for the convenience of magicals. The implicit 
assumption that muggles are less human than magicals worries me. It 
would be outrageous to take this attitude to people who are physically 
handicapped, which I think would be analagous. 

In wartime a fit trained fighter or a spy might be considered more 
valuable than someone who is not but I would argue that this should be 
the exception rather than the rule. 

It's not explicit in cannon but it seems likely that magicals do 
consider themselves more valuable and it would be interesting to 
explore how far that attitude goes.

Anyway, good luck with the fic. If you haven't already done so, may I 
suggest that you post this on Fiction Ally?

unlikely2