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[pottersues]

Here is day one of “All in the Summary” where the name of the Sue is in the summary. No, I'm not counting yesterdays entry in with this weeks. That also said, I'm hoping the entries are more interesting then yesterdays.

TITLE: Gypsy Magic: The Yoska Freska Chronicles
PERPETRATOR: Kami2015
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Comments

[meepalicious]

It's possible that pureblood English wizards wouldn't consider Roma magic properly "magic," so they might not see him as "Muggle-born" exactly, but also not accept him as a pureblood wizard, especially if we're supposed to believe all Roma people can do that magic? They still might call him "mudblood" if they thought it was "dirty" or "common" magic. I think it's a really interesting idea to explore, actually.

[yemi_hikari]

The term half-blood and blood traitors also seem more appropriate here. Actually, if one thinks about it there shouldn't be any real difference between the Roma and the regular wizarding community except for the fact they would refuse to use wands and would freely interact with Muggles despite the laws put into place. Pretty much they would be leftovers from a begone era where the Wizards still interacted with the Muggles to some degree. They're also likely to be called backwards among other things.

Here though I believe the writer was trying to say their magic was entirely different from Wizarding kind and that it was tied into their ethnic group much like how House Elves have their own brand of magic. To me that makes the character even more of a Gary Stu then before.

[bluekevlar16]

"Here though I believe the writer was trying to say their magic was entirely different from Wizarding kind and that it was tied into their ethnic group much like how House Elves have their own brand of magic. To me that makes the character even more of a Gary Stu then before."

Not to mention an ethnic stereotype.

[kami2016]

You're actually closer to my intention with the first part of your comment. Think of "Roma/Gypsy magic" like you might consider how different cultures create different forms of pottery. Anyone could, in theory, learn a foreign technique but it would be difficult. The story is ongoing, and I have a bad habit of obscuring details until it is too late. Later chapters touch on this point.
Yoska's magic was always seen as barbarous to me, in the sense that normal wizards would find it unattractive.
Thank you for your critique!

[yemi_hikari]

"Anyone could, in theory, learn a foreign technique but it would be difficult."

I'm wondering how much you know about actual pottery making. Techniques for making pottery actually don't vary from culture to culture. What varies from culture to culture is they style in which pottery is done. Even Wizards in Japan use wands to control their magic.

I think a Roma/Gypsy could easily learn to use a wand if they really wanted to. The reason I felt they would choose not to use wands isn't because they would go around using wandless magic to do tasks wizards used wands for, but because they choose not to use their magic to do such tasks. They would see using magic for such tasks as laziness, nor fitting for their particular life style.

I didn't for once say that Roma/Gypsy performed wandless magic either. Rowling's made the rules in regards to wandless magic all to clear. The branches of magic they would focus on would be the ones they could do without a wand.

[kami2016]

First off, thank you for commenting. That's is an interesting take on the idea, and it is part of what I had originally thought of. I had recently re-read the series and I had walked away with the impression that pure-bloods were traditionalists. To them name and practice means everything. "Frescka" is not a wizarding name and wandless magic would have been likely seen as "lower-class" akin to goblins or house elves.
I never intended to give the impression that all Roma could perform magic, i should have made that clearer.
Thanks for taking the time to critique!

[yemi_hikari]

Nope. Rowling makes it all to clear that the ability to perform magic without a wand is considered a positive trait in the Wizarding world as being able to do wandless magic means a person has a great deal of control over their magic.

"This form of magic can be particularly volatile, and can only be used effectively by powerful and disciplined wizards and witches."