Integrated worlds, separate, or co-existing?

[houyhnhnm102]

No: HPFGUIDX 154982

Sandra: 

> But taking another angle, as we've read, there is a 
> top-level link between muggle politicians and the Ministry 
> for Magic, so wouldn't the services of the magical world 
> have been used by various dodgy governments (or big 
> businesses) to benefit their own ends? Financial 
> pressures, illicit dealings with the less pleasant 
> wizardy people, combined forces to dominate both 
> worlds - it's all there to be exploited.

houyhnhnm:

Maybe this has somethihg to do with Rowling's decision to 
exclude Americans from the Potterverse (except for the group 
from the Salem Witches Institute at the Quidditch World Cup).  
I wish I had so much as a nanogram of creative writing talent.
A million cynical ideas for fan fiction come to mind. <meg>

Sandra:

> This just strengthens my feelings that JKR might have 
> been better off by making the two worlds in parallel 
> dimensions, rather than a bit of each here and there.

houyhnhnm:

But then the Harry Potter saga would not be such an excellent 
koan for exploring the boundary between fantasy and reality.