[HPforGrownups] Re: The Quality of a Hogwarts Education

[Rick H. Kennerly]

No: HPFGUIDX 188209


>> Geoff:
>> In the first chapter of HBP ("The Other minister") the discussion between
>> Fudge and the British PM includes a reference to the murders of Amelia
>> Bones and Emmeline Vance. 
> Cassy:
>
> Snape also shown to spend summers in a muggle town in HBP and had he
> been killed (by Bella, on her visit, say), he's death would be
> investigated by the police. Still, it doesn't mean that he could have
> supported himself living in a muggle world. We don't know much about
> circumstances of Bones and Vance murders, they could have been found
> just laying in a street, which would also cause the police to get
> involved.
>   

Ah, yeah. Snape's boyhood home. 

Actually, I've had a bit of a rethink on this.  JKR is all over the 
place in the canon on this issue. 

First the century's old Statute of Secrecy seems to have driven magic 
from Muggleville, explaining why magic has disappeared from the UK from 
the muggle POV.   And then there are lots of wizards who are are so 
unfamiliar with the muggle world that they can't dress properly to go 
forth unnoticed and completely ill prepared to earn their crust of bread 
in the muggle world.  TDL talks about bringing magic back out into the 
open. 

Some places like OOP HQ, the MOM, and the Burrow are charmed against 
Muggles but the George and Fred visit girls in the village. 

OTOH, the WW seems to live intermixed with Muggleville as Geoff & Cassy 
point out, Bones and Vance in London. Godric Hollow seems to have lots 
of wizarding families. And all those WW folk who married muggles.  On 
Potterwatch the WW is encouraged to put up protective charms on friendly 
muggle neighbor's homes as well as their own.  Growing up on Spinners 
End in a half WW family, Snape spies on the muggle raised Lilly and 
Petunia on the playground.  Muggle teens traumatize Arianna. 

It's all very confusing.  The two worlds were separated to protect the 
WW from witch hunts and such.  But then they intermarry and live in the 
same communities.  TDL wants to bring magic back out into the open.
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Rick Kennerly
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