Potter Note

[subplotkudzu]

Wizards don't have television. Or Movies. No mention of them anywhere. 

I guess Theater and Radio Plays are still big things in Wizard society. Must take this into account with Year 2's DADA professor.  

Comments on mass media in the Wizarding World welcome.

Comments

[cmdr-zoom.livejournal.com]

I assumed that there were renovations, yes. And the magic of the Chamber of Secrets allowed it to remain, er, secret even when the things on top of it changed. Salazar was one of the four master wizards of his time.

In our own Hogwarts game, we've assumed a lag of 50 to 100 years (usually closer to the latter) in technology, fashion, etc.

[brianrogers.livejournal.com]

Oh, I know, and I'll probably drop the idea of a Nostradamus prediction and allow that Salazar's magic let the chamber keep moving it's entrace to whatever was most logical as the renovations continued. It did get me thinking about how rcitical Hogwarts is to Wizarding society as an educational point for british wizards, paving thr ground in their psyche to accept other things like the Ministry. That sort of history is something I'm enjoying exploring in the game, as you can see from the Monster of Amristar.

Why they lag 50 to 100 years behind in adapting even the trappings of Muggle tech is something else again. Is it that they're very conservative? Not very innovative? What? Just wondering.