[ SECRET POST #2262 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2262 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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Comments

[insanenoodlyguy]

You are over-thinking this. Or I am. But even if Hagrid didn't mean it that way, I feel his words proved very true.

[(Anonymous)]

I think they're true in the sense that a TV psychic can say things that are true. You can't argue that muggles WOULDN'T try to get wizards to solve their problems, obviously. Many people probably would. But that doesn't hold up as a real reason to keep wizardry hidden as a whole, especially once muggle lives are actively in danger. And the reason it doesn't hold up is because wizards could easily run off and keep muggles out, even if muggles knew they existed. Hogwarts itself is the evidence to that, since it sends off any curious minds that can't use magic, and they don't even realize what's happening. Like, it's possible someone could randomly, because of their specific physical or mental chemistry, resist the effects of the spell. But it appears that would be a really exceptional person, the assumption is that no muggle could do that. Like a magical roofie.

Wizards have the ability to magically ensure that no muggle can EVER find them. So their excuses for the lifestyle prejudices ("they'll want us to do things!") is not very strong, since they have actual methods to prevent ANY muggle from EVER harassing them for ANY reason.

(as far as over-thinking, I mean. Come on. This is fandomsecrets.)

[(Anonymous)]

Imho, Hagrid's explanation is just a reasonable excuse to explain away the mild to intense discrimination nearly all witches and wizards practice against Muggles. Wizards just don't want to mix their world with Muggles. They think they're superior to Muggles, so why bother intermixing?

You're looking at this from a non-wizard POV where the benefit to Muggles of knowing about magic is overwhelming. Really, there's nothing the Muggles can do to save themselves from Voldemort or other dark wizards because there is no dark magic protection and any would come from wizards who have already convinced themselves that hiding magic is mainly to keep Muggles from pestering them.

Your explanation to me is kind of like a celebrity's address getting leaked but he has enough security to keep any fans from actually reaching him. Doesn't mean they're not still annoying as shit.