Christmas / World Building And The Potterverse

[jmwcfo]

No: HPFGUIDX 167267

> Jen:
> > I'm trying to think what bothers me. Sitting on the
> > brooms in Quidditch was one until we found out someone
> > invented the Cushioning Charm in 'Quidditch Through the
> > Ages'. Wondering why there aren't a bunch of owl droppings
> > during deliveries at breakfast is one.[...] And how come
> > Hagrid's completely broken wand works okay but Ron's with
> > Spellotape was a mess? How do people transform from animals
> > and have clothes on?

> houyhnhnm:
> What keeps me awake at night are the miles of parchment
> that Hogwarts students (not to mention the Ministry of
> Magic) go through every year .  That's a lot of mutton
> and I haven't seen any of it show up on the table.


>From JW for Jen and hou:

That's why they call it MAGIC.  If it made any sense, they would call
it LOGIC.  ;D

When in doubt, blame it on Shesezso.  Why do some broken wands work,
and not others?  Why is there so much sheepskin, and so few sheep?
Because ... Shesezso!  ;D

JW, who as a businessman knows the Real World is often irrational,
and so thinks it is foolish to demand a whole lot of logical
consistency from a fantasy world in which there is no viable economic
or political system.