I must be on a "lost causes" kick this year ( Read more... )

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... )

So, a couple of questions I wanted to toss out about the Heads of Houses ( Read more... )

[The dragon flies high in the sky and far away]

( Read Chapter 27 )

( THE LAST CHAPTER OF THE SECOND-TO-LAST BOOK!!! )

In response to my last, Vermouth1991 objected to the Hogwarts Express as follows:

Re: taking the train ( Read more... )

The Development of Pureblood Culture

The subculture of magical Britain is, of course, to a very large extent the culture developed and transmitted by Purebloods.  But that subculture itself developed out of, and in response to (in at least some respects probably in deliberate distinction from) the surrounding culture at the time the magical world ( Read more... )

( Hogwarts Portraits )

( Aunt Marge )