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Over on rec.arts.sf.written (one of the few usenet newsgroups still worth the bother of reading), we were discussing Harry Potter (because it's SF, right?). One of the posters was discussing the idea that the REAL reason that Dumbledore hasn't killed Voldemort is that the two are actually working together.
Such conspiracy thinking got me to thinking about the equivalent of tinfoil hat-wearers in the wizardly world. Which lead to my envisioning the mirrorshade-wearing Wizards in Black from the Ministry of Magic, swooping down on their Black Broomsticks to cover up...what exactly?
That's where it kind of broke down- I'm trying to figure out what a wizardly government conspiracy would be keeping quiet, aside from covering up muggle/wizard encounters. Goblin mutilations? A hanger with a crashed F-15? Fnord?
Such conspiracy thinking got me to thinking about the equivalent of tinfoil hat-wearers in the wizardly world. Which lead to my envisioning the mirrorshade-wearing Wizards in Black from the Ministry of Magic, swooping down on their Black Broomsticks to cover up...what exactly?
That's where it kind of broke down- I'm trying to figure out what a wizardly government conspiracy would be keeping quiet, aside from covering up muggle/wizard encounters. Goblin mutilations? A hanger with a crashed F-15? Fnord?