[HPforGrownups] Re: The Scar

[Magpie]

No: HPFGUIDX 160243

> bboyminn:
>
> Keep in mind that Muggle/Magic marriages are common.
> Seamus's parents are a mixed marriage. Tonk's parents
> are a mixed marriage. I think the magic and the muggle
> world can be blended much easier than people are making
> it out.
>
> If Harry loses his powers, there is no reason why he
> has to abandon the magic world completely. He can
> certainly still marry Ginny, he can certainly still be
> a part of the Weasely family, he can still certaily
> raise a magical family of his own. He can certainly still
> go to Diagon Alley and hang out with the people he knows.
> He can still certainly ride at the head of the parade
> every "Harry Potter Day'. So, he is not cut off from the
> magic world at all. He is not forced to abandon that life
> and live as a mere muggle.
>
> Most certainly, it would be painful for Harry to have
> once had magic, and now have lost that power, but none
> the less, muggle and magic people do marry and seem to
> integrate their lives nicely.

Magpie:
Wow.  As strange as it sounds, this sounds almost like condemning Harry to a 
fate worse than death, particularly knowing Harry.  We hear about a few 
Muggle/Wizard marriages (I believe Tonks father is Muggleborn, not Muggle; I 
don't know if we've ever heard of anyone but Seamus' Witch mother, Dean's 
mother apparently never learned her husband even was a Wizard) but we rarely 
if ever see any equal Muggle/Wizard interaction.  Harry without magic would 
make him a Squib like Mrs Figg and Filch.  It puts him in a group that 
everyone casually considers themselves better than all the time.  Harry 
Potter without magic would, I think, be considered by the Wizarding World an 
almost blasphemous tragedy. I definitely can't imagine him married to 
Super!Seventh!Witch!Ginny with her doing all the magic for him.  Diagon 
Alley might not be quite as fun that way, but returning to the Muggle World 
isn't really an option since the Muggle World isn't given much worth in the 
story.  Harry's got nothing there.

-m