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Magic Doesn't Matter

Why I Love the World of Harry Potter

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Tim Pickavance
Feb 28, 2025
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Anyone who’s known me for any length of time will know that I love Harry Potter.1 It’s a bit of an obsession, one that I’ve proudly passed along to my children. One of the things I love is that, despite appearances, in the Potterverse, magic doesn’t matter.

Okay, okay. Magic matters. The story is about witches and wizards after all. But magic doesn’t matt…

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