Friends, Lawns and Artefacts
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kerravonsenThis morning:
Me: My friends keep me sane.
AM: You keep them sane too.
Coming back, I looked at my lawn. The only things that are alive there are dandelions and thistles. 8-(
Harry Potter world-building idea:
Invisibility cloaks must be knitted or crocheted, not sewn, because they need to be constructed of one long unbroken thread, or else the invisibility doesn't work. This is one reason why Harry's cloak is so unique and valuable, because the thread is unbreakable. Other cloaks don't last long because one rip or one moth-hole makes it stop working.
(I'm writing down this idea because otherwise I will forget it)
Speaking of invisibility cloaks, we don't really hear much about the making of magical artefacts in HP. I mean, they exist, but nothing to do with artefact-making is taught at Hogwarts, not that we know of.
Everyday artefacts:
* Wands - made by Ollivander; made of wood with a core from a magical creature
* Brooms - made by broom companies
* Snitches, Bludgers - made by Quidditch supply companies
* Wizarding portraits - are they painted by specialist portrait painters? Do the Hogwarts Headmaster portraits appear magically or are they painted beforehand?
* Wizarding wireless - ?
* Wizarding cameras - ?
Unusual artefacts:
* Time Turners - made by the Department of Mysteries?
* Mad-Eye Moody's eye - made by St. Mungos?
* Invisibility cloak, Resurrection Stone, Elder Wand - made by the Peverell brothers
* Dumbledore's deluminator - made by Dumbledore?
* The Weasley clock - ?
* Mirror of Erised - ?
The one that interests me the most is the Weasley clock. Canon says that the Weasleys are poor, but that clock is a very impressive piece of work, and we haven't seen another like it. It may even be unique.
I like the idea (which I read in a fic) that it had actually been made by Molly herself, because it would explain how they could have something that expensive without being rich; there's also a side issue raised by that idea, of the unthinking sexism of the Wizarding world, that could have a situation where the wife could have earned more money with her talents than her husband, but nobody even conceives of the possibility that a wife could be a breadwinner.
Me: My friends keep me sane.
AM: You keep them sane too.
Coming back, I looked at my lawn. The only things that are alive there are dandelions and thistles. 8-(
Harry Potter world-building idea:
Invisibility cloaks must be knitted or crocheted, not sewn, because they need to be constructed of one long unbroken thread, or else the invisibility doesn't work. This is one reason why Harry's cloak is so unique and valuable, because the thread is unbreakable. Other cloaks don't last long because one rip or one moth-hole makes it stop working.
(I'm writing down this idea because otherwise I will forget it)
Speaking of invisibility cloaks, we don't really hear much about the making of magical artefacts in HP. I mean, they exist, but nothing to do with artefact-making is taught at Hogwarts, not that we know of.
Everyday artefacts:
* Wands - made by Ollivander; made of wood with a core from a magical creature
* Brooms - made by broom companies
* Snitches, Bludgers - made by Quidditch supply companies
* Wizarding portraits - are they painted by specialist portrait painters? Do the Hogwarts Headmaster portraits appear magically or are they painted beforehand?
* Wizarding wireless - ?
* Wizarding cameras - ?
Unusual artefacts:
* Time Turners - made by the Department of Mysteries?
* Mad-Eye Moody's eye - made by St. Mungos?
* Invisibility cloak, Resurrection Stone, Elder Wand - made by the Peverell brothers
* Dumbledore's deluminator - made by Dumbledore?
* The Weasley clock - ?
* Mirror of Erised - ?
The one that interests me the most is the Weasley clock. Canon says that the Weasleys are poor, but that clock is a very impressive piece of work, and we haven't seen another like it. It may even be unique.
I like the idea (which I read in a fic) that it had actually been made by Molly herself, because it would explain how they could have something that expensive without being rich; there's also a side issue raised by that idea, of the unthinking sexism of the Wizarding world, that could have a situation where the wife could have earned more money with her talents than her husband, but nobody even conceives of the possibility that a wife could be a breadwinner.
