Future projections of Wizarding Society post war.

[John]

No: HPFGUIDX 192411


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Bart Lidofsky <bart at ...> wrote:
>
> On 6/5/2013 8:21 AM, John wrote:
> > To start with I make an assumption, that the rate of magical children born to non magical families may tend to rise, as the possession of magic is a very strong 'survival trait' and therefore simple natural selection may play a part, assuming there is a genetic base for the ability to possess and utilise magic. If true these Muggleborns might well prove a spearhead for new attitudes to emerge.
>
> Bart:
>      That is more of a Lysenkoist view of evolution than a Darwinian
> one. Natural selection simply decides which mutations continue on, and
> which ones die off. It does not cause the mutations to occur in the
> first place.
>
>      Note that there seems to be a cultural bias against Wizards having
> large families; even those who support pureblood wizardry seem to have
> smaller families, while the size of the Weasley family is considered to
> be a subject of derision by the purebloods. Also notice that, in a
> school full of teenagers, there doesn't seem to be any sex or unwanted
> pregnancies (unless "snog" has a different meaning in the WW).
>
>      There has been a discussion here about the possible genetic
> components of magic. The one I supported was a combination of multiple
> recessive genes.
>
>      Bart


Hi Bart.
Thanks for your comment.

I tend to agree that with what you said in the last part, about multiple recesssive genes. Possibly a 'critical mass' of muggles has developed who carry them has developed down the centuries since magical ability first emerged in humanity and now it is becoming more commonplace for them to be combined in muggle offspring.

Much of what I see as happening post war regarding technology adoption and the hybrid magical/muggle techniques being developed is also present in social changes too.

Muggle ideas even crop up in Jo's canon, in her Epilogue both Harry and Ron's families arrive at King's Cross station by driving their own cars for instance. Even a pureblood like Ronald Weasley has apparently adopted this muggle mode of transport so it must be becoming commonplace and he only needed to use one small spell to get a pass on his driving test. :o)

Although of course in fact very few of us muggles who are Londoners would ever dream of even attempting to drive to King's Cross. The traffic is horrendous, there's nowhere to park and the congestion charging fees in our capitol are swingeing. Only wizards and witches can get away with such an outrageous act, as one assumes they can hide their presence from traffic cameras and if needs be Confund traffic wardens. :o)

Muggle ideas may also tend to infiltrate the Wizarding lifestyle in other ways too. In my comedy story called Ronald and the Muggle Doodad for instance Ron finds Hermione's iPod laying on the kitchen table and asks what it is. She explains and let's him have a listen to it. Having previously only heard scratchy wind up record players at home, or lo-fi Wizarding Wireless, plus the tinny enchanted transistor radio he had to monitor the Potterwatch broadcasts when the trio were 'on the run' Ronald is astonished by the sound quality and decides he has to have one. So Hermione promises to buy him one of his own for Christmas and they agree that she will teach him how to use her laptop, so he can load music he likes onto it for himself. :o)

I see social changes in the Wizarding World happening like this, mainly by evolution rather than revolution for the most part, but quite rapidly post-war. Certainly with Muggleborns like Hermione kicking some wizarding bottoms to create change where it is desperately needed, for instance in getting unjust laws such as those regarding sentient magical creatures and werewolves reformed.

Many Blessings.
John, (Oriondruid).