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[misterprongs]

Who: James Potter [misterprongs]
Broadcast: Fleetwide!
Action: U.S.S. Paisley.
When: Now!

[ james has been on the fleet for some time now, and has gotten into a routine. said routine has been shifted about slightly, due to their landing on the station. he's been working and exploring the city and trying out half a dozen things that he probably shouldn't, but for now, he's decided to embark on an entirely different adventure. ]

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Comments

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[misterprongs]

Non-magical folks.

AKA: Someone who would ask what a Muggle is.

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[helladoomed]

So like a wizard slur for non-wizards.

Are you a non-wizard racist mr wizard?

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[misterprongs]

{ wHAT ]

What? No! Of course not.

It's not a slur at all, it's on the same level as witch or wizard. It's not offensive, or used offensively.

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[helladoomed]

Uh huh

So you've never gone 'oh she's just a muggle' when talking about a one of us normal people?

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[misterprongs]

No! Of course not.

I mean, some wizards are like that, but they're a bunch of idiots.

And why's magic considered "not normal"?

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[helladoomed]

Hm

[Most skeptical text message ever.]

...because it's a superpower?

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[misterprongs]

Flattered, but it's not. Witches and wizards are as common as muggles. Not a superpower, and not abnormal.

Sounds like a really ridiculous blanket assumption to make, to me.

[ you know like assuming a word is a racial slur ]

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[helladoomed]

There are seven billion people on the planet.

If half of them were wizards, everybody would've noticed by now. And 'magic' would be real.

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[misterprongs]

Shockingly, witches and wizards are good at hiding.

We had this bit of a thing called 'witch burnings' in the 1600s, and we decided that non-magical folks weren't really too keen on having us around. So we went into hiding.

It's called

wait for it

Magic. (ﾉ´ヮ´)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧

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[helladoomed]

Is it really that hard to not emoji, man? Are you that much of an addict?

...there are really three billion of you?

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[misterprongs]

Maybe I just enjoy using a new piece of technology that I hadn't discovered before. Hm?

And I haven't got a proper census, but there's certainly more than a handful. I do believe you outnumber us, though -- so a 50/50 split may be an exaggeration.

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[helladoomed]

So there aren't just as many.

So it's a superpower.

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[misterprongs]

Why're you so fixated on it being a super power instead of just accepting that some people are born with the ability to do magic?

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[helladoomed]

Dude you basically just described every superhero.

Born with amazing and unexpected powers is like, the first line of their comics.

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[misterprongs]

Except they're not amazing, and they're generally unexpected.

I imagine they would be to people who don't have magic, but we're ... a species, I suppose? We're an entire group of people. Not all that special.

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[helladoomed]

Man whatevs if you don't want to be seen as superheroes that's your problem i guess

I would

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[misterprongs]

I'm not really a hero, so.

Perhaps that's half the problem. I haven't really done anything heroic.

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[helladoomed]

Do you want to?

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[misterprongs]

Kind of ruins the point, yeah?

Isn't heroism supposed to be something you do regardless of whether or not you want to be a hero? Selfless and all that.

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[helladoomed]

Nah.

Like, you can want to be a hero and go and be one. Why would that be wrong?