Arithmancy {was:List of Chekhov's Guns, unanswered questions)

[eggplant107]

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First of all I want to apologize for 2 posts that had precisely ZERO
content; apparently my computer had a nervous breakdown and decided to
post stuff LONG before I thought it was a good idea to do so.

"joan of anarchy" joanofanarchy at ... Wrote:

> 7. Hermione & Ancient Runes 

I don't think Ancient Runes are particularly mysterious, but
Arithmancy is another matter entirely! I like to think that Arithmancy
is a discipline so abstruse that a Muggle mind like the one I happen
to possess cannot even understand what the subject of Arithmancy is
even about much less master it (as Hermione has), it would be like
trying to teach calculus to a dog; even JKR, one of the greatest
Muggles who ever lived says she doesn't understand Arithmancy. In the
same way I don't think a Muggle could make even the simplest potion
even if they were lucky enough to have the Half Blood Prince's
annotations to help him; a Muggle would be hopelessly confused by the
instructions, their brains just don't work the right way to understand
what is going on. 

One last thing, I love the name "Joan of Anarchy", I may disagree with
you but it cannot be deigned you have style.

Eggplant