• MTK@lemmy.world
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    13 hours ago

    This implies that the students are insured in some way and that the legal system of the wizard world recognizes the same legal guardians of the muggle world AND that wizardy insurance companies are okay with students learning dangerous spells that can result in serious injury without guardian’s explicit permission, but does not approve of field trips to safe villages without explicit permission. Or that the crazy, racist, homophobic and transphobic J. k is also dumb.

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      7 hours ago

      100% this. The Dursleys have zero clue what’s happening there, and everyone knows they don’t care. These kids get into mortal danger every year and they don’t tell the Durselys about that.

      Meaning that Rowling probably got screwed out of a field trip when she was 9 because of a lost permission slip, and this is her resentment embodied.