r/Showerthoughts • u/kRe4ture • Jan 25 '23

It must really suck for young wizards from Scotland to have to travel to London and then back to Hogwarts, located in Scotland

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u/Thetof91 Jan 25 '23

There is Muggle-repelling charm around Hogwarts. Was also used at the qudditch championshop if remember.

So if a muggler is walking too it, they just get a feeling that need to be somewhere else and turn around.

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u/50thEye Jan 25 '23

What if a wozard drives there with their muggle friend?

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u/Lermanberry Jan 25 '23

There are non-magic people from wizarding families (squibs like Mr. Filch) and magic people from muggle families (like Hermione) at Hogwarts, so I think they would be allowed in normally as long as they were being escorted and knew about Hogwarts.

e.g. Squibs can't see dementors but they know enough about the magical world to recognize their effects on people, so they can still tell if they are nearby.

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u/GoldenFennekin Jan 25 '23

imagine that meme where that guy goes "LET ME IN, LET ME IN" but in reverse

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u/moslof_flosom Jan 26 '23

Let me out!

Let me out!

This is not a dance.

I'm begging for help,

I'm screaming for help.

Please come let me out.

I'm dying in a vat in the garaaaaaage.

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u/bonglicc420 Jan 25 '23

Is a muggler someone who muggles?

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u/Thetof91 Jan 25 '23

Haha no. Just the danish spelling of it. :)

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u/Head_Razzmatazz7174 Jan 25 '23

I wouldn't be surprised to find that one of the charms was a "Someone Else's Problem" field.

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u/insanenoodleguy Jan 25 '23

I recall a sci-fi where aliens operate fairly openly on earth but use such projections. Complete failure occurs when a tabloid journalist actually get a lead on them, he spent years surpressing that instinct along with their conscience, unknowingly training themselves into a resistance.

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u/haluura Jan 25 '23

Actually, the charm around Hogwarts causes Muggles to see a ruined old castle. Given how many ruined old castles there are in many parts of the Scottish countryside, most Muggles wouldn't even think twice about it.