Yeah, like, the whole "90% of kids get killed" thing is, um. But the book is so compelling I honestly don't notice the logic issues until they get pointed out to me :)
As I think Novik has said in interviews, HP is a fantasy of unearned wealth with an economic model that makes no internal sense at all. (The idea that the Weasleys are a poor family doesn't stack up, they have lots of kids and that means lots of magic and in this world magic = free wealth. Which makes some sense if you remember JKR was stone broke when she dreamed it up).
Yes -- and I think that's actually one of the appeals of HP, to be in this world where this fantasy can come true, and I'm honestly glad we have it. But also the Scholomance world as a response to HP and mirror to our world is important in a way that HP can't be because of that.
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Yeah, like, the whole "90% of kids get killed" thing is, um. But the book is so compelling I honestly don't notice the logic issues until they get pointed out to me :)
As I think Novik has said in interviews, HP is a fantasy of unearned wealth with an economic model that makes no internal sense at all. (The idea that the Weasleys are a poor family doesn't stack up, they have lots of kids and that means lots of magic and in this world magic = free wealth. Which makes some sense if you remember JKR was stone broke when she dreamed it up).
Yes -- and I think that's actually one of the appeals of HP, to be in this world where this fantasy can come true, and I'm honestly glad we have it. But also the Scholomance world as a response to HP and mirror to our world is important in a way that HP can't be because of that.