Muggles v wizards redux

[sistermagpie]

No: HPFGUIDX 183226

> Alla:
> 
> But then I have follow up question, which I really should have 
> mentioned in my initial post, hehe. Because I do understand the 
> argument that you just wrote, but at the same time I find it 
> confusing.
> 
> What makes you believe that this IS your world? What makes you 
> believe that you are the same as muggles of potterverse? Because if 
I 
> could understand it, I would have much easier time to understand 
> underlying reasoning and this is really all I am looking for.
> 
> I mean, I said many times that I think that world is reflection of 
> ours, but to fully accept this world as ours? I just do not see 
how, 
> because wizards do not live near us, no? I mean, it sounds 
ridiculous 
> when I write it like this, but at the same time I do not know how 
> else to write it. There is no parallel world to ours, therefore I 
am 
> just unable to see myself as muggle, you know?

Magpie:
I guess because it seems like it's obviously supposed to be...the 
world. I mean, isn't one of the appeals of the series that this is 
a....dammit, I can't remember the word. But it's a word that refers 
to a hidden, magical world within our own. If you're 10 when you read 
the book you can totally believe that you might get a Hogwarts letter 
because according to the book you can. The Dursley's world might not 
always get specific but there's not really much different from our 
world, so why wouldn't it refer to our world? The Dursleys are 
recognizable as regular humans, they often obviously satirize human 
attitudes. The first thing we hear about Vernon is that he's ordinary.

But it doesn't matter whether their world is literally my world. I 
was transported to this AU I would immediately be a Muggle. There's 
nothing to distinguish me from the Muggles in the books because I'm a 
person that can't do magic and that's the whole definition of what a 
Muggle is. How Wizards feel about Muggles are the way they'd feel 
about me. They'd treat me the same way they treat their Muggles.

-m