In which I actually talk about the Matter of Chicago
and I don't mean just apologizing for not having written more yet
( Story discussion, some problems I have with the story, and what it means to me as a writer )
( Story discussion, some problems I have with the story, and what it means to me as a writer )
The White Council has always really bothered me too; it's not so much that it exists, because I can understand how it would come into existence and perpetuate itself, as the fact that it's not considered evil!
It's like, there are two worlds, the magical and the mundane, and the mundane world is supposed to be governed by laws and democracy, but the magical world just isn't. Like the way Harry (in the earlier books) tries to solve Murphy's magical cases without telling her anything (the implication is that anything magical can only be solved by the application of magical force, not mundane law).
And even though it's true that mere mortals don't really have the capability to arrest magicals, it's not so much the situation as that no one does anything about it.
It's just considered normal and OK that laws don't apply to magic people. That they can do whatever they want if they have enough power.
And Marcone is "bad" because he's a mundane, so this doesn't apply to him; but I think in the later books, where he's becoming more the "Baron," he's starting to take on more of the characteristics of a magical (even though he has no magic) in that he has enough power to break mundane laws and get away with it and the fact that he's a "Baron" legitimizes it--even though the process of becoming a Freeholding Lord is totally illegitimate and the majority of his "subjects" don't even know he is their Lord!
In this fic you really do acknowledge how messed up that is, and sort of explore the implications. I'm really eager to find out what's going to happen in a few chapters. Obviously John is going to be very upset that Harry went by himself into such a dangerous place, which will be compounded by worry because Harry actually got hurt. I can see how this would bring up the issues!
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