Fred and George’s defense contract is one of those really interesting hinted-at subplots which is never followed up on. Disappointing for many reasons, but right now, let’s look at the timing. ( This is mostly extraneous and not entirely serious. )

I'm trying to piece together some muddled thoughts about wizarding population and society. This comes in two parts: concerning the population of wizarding Britain and Hogwarts, and concerning whether we can find wiggle room for non-Hogwarts educational options ( Read more... )

This post sprang from two things: charlottehywd's post "A Thought on Hogwarts Schooling", and this comment over on an old Snapedom essay. One line of the comment says, "You can't very well collect gold from unsuspecting Muggle households (or the Muggle government) while still keeping the whole existence of the WW a secret ( Read more... )