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Alfie Award-Winning Author/Commentator She/Her Nonfiction: http://alexandraerin.substack.com  Fiction: http://patreon.com/alexandraerin  Query: blueauthor@alexandraerin.com

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    1. Alexandra Erin‏ @AlexandraErin 4 Oct 2020

      Alexandra Erin Retweeted Arthur Chu

      Canonically, the very nature of the magical construction of Hogwarts created a free-floating humanoid spectral entity who exists for no other purpose than to unleash chaos upon the human inhabitants. No one made Peeves or put him there. He just is, and always will be.https://twitter.com/arthur_affect/status/1312839885414264832 …

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      Arthur ChuVerified account @arthur_affect
      Replying to @arthur_affect @Cybren and 5 others
      The *basic concept* that the Chamber of Secrets *exists* shows that Hogwarts itself is a labyrinthine complex filled with hidden eldritch horrors not even its Headmaster knows the full extent of And forcing parents to send their children to live there and take classes is madness
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    2. Alexandra Erin‏ @AlexandraErin 4 Oct 2020

      And some of this is just post hoc rationalization from the author for "Well, why wouldn't they get rid of him? Why wouldn't they banish or contain him?" and the answer is, "Well, he's like a magical quirk of the building." And it work as sort of analog to computer bugs.

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    3. Alexandra Erin‏ @AlexandraErin 4 Oct 2020

      When you've got all these complicated interconnected systems then you get weird errors that creep in and you can't get rid of the error without breaking several things you need. He's a glitch.

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    4. Alexandra Erin‏ @AlexandraErin 4 Oct 2020

      But the fact that they just roll with it raises the question of what else in the school is a glitch. Are the moving staircases and the doors that don't always lead the same place features, or are they bugs?

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      Alexandra Erin‏ @AlexandraErin 4 Oct 2020

      Peeves had unscrewed chandeliers to make them fall. That's a potentially fatal accident. Nobody got serious about teaching the children shield charms until there was a secret war on. People can die falling on non-moving staircases. We know that being able to fly is a rare skill.

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        2. Alexandra Erin‏ @AlexandraErin 4 Oct 2020

          Basically it seems like the construction of the castle went very badly wrong, or it became wrong over the years, and so it's a school made out of missing stairs. You can read this as a commentary on the infamously brutal British schools for upperclass children, I suppose.

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        3. Alexandra Erin‏ @AlexandraErin 4 Oct 2020

          Year one contains an off-hand mention about a certain floor being off-limits because you might could die. And the same thing about the Forbidden Forest. Dumbledore protests the dementors but his advice for their presence is basically "try not to get your soul sucked out, losers".

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        4. Alexandra Erin‏ @AlexandraErin 4 Oct 2020

          There are some mentions throughout the series about how, prior to Voldemort assuming control of the government, school attendance is optional and some people just learn magic from their parents.

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        5. Alexandra Erin‏ @AlexandraErin 4 Oct 2020

          But (and admittedly book 7 isn't focused on the school) I don't think we got any examples of such a person in the text?

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        6. Alexandra Erin‏ @AlexandraErin 4 Oct 2020

          Kind of feels like the person who got magical education from family and private tutors and went to a Muggle school would be way better adjusted and prepared to live in the world than anyone who went to Hogwarts.

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        2. Max Kaehn‏ @mithriltabby 4 Oct 2020
          Replying to @AlexandraErin

          They have astonishingly good healing magic for some injuries. So kids get badly injured, healed up, and probably never get any counseling for the accompanying mental trauma.

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        3. Kathrin Thalhammer‏ @puzzledpeaces 4 Oct 2020
          Replying to @mithriltabby @AlexandraErin

          kid nearly died? Oh well, we fixed that. No need to mention it to the parents.

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