How Are Muggleborns Told That They're Magical? - Harry Potter Explained

[@HarryPotterTheory]

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[@lukasd6546]

Here is an interesting question: Why are they magical? Did they just have distant wizards and witches in their family hundreds of years ago?

[@gabinathan5499]

I WOULD B INTRESTED WHERE CHILDREN FROM MIDDLE EASTERN COUNTRIES COULD B SENT TO A SCHOOL LIKE HOGWARTS BUT IN A COUNTRY THAT CHILDREN FROM ISRAEL COULD ALSO ATTEND. NOT ALL COUNTRIES HAVE PEACE WITH ISRAEL /EACH OTHER.

[@Тамэг]

What about classes which muggles could attend to theoretically? I think that would be interesting)

[@Viech54]

What did the parents of the main characters do for work? We know Arthur Weasley, the Grangers, Xenophilius Lovegood, and some others, but there are quite a few for who at least I don't know what they did for a living. For example, Harry's parents, Molly Weasley before she married Arthur/became a mother, Sirius, Lucius (no, I don't think Death Eater is a job), ...

[@deserabailey8500]

what if Harry ended up being a Squib?? Would the dursleys have treated him better once they found out? Would he still have been shown the wizarding world?

[@ryanwwil]

I imagine a deep depression from being a squib, it must be heartbreaking coming from a magical family yet possessing none yourself 😢

[@gokucanfly4593]

Rather be a squib than just a muggld in their world. Youd still get to experience magical items and enjoy magic with your family and friends. I cant remember if brooms only work with magic beings but if not im sure you could fly them too or use magical items.

[@luffytaro14]

@@gokucanfly4593 if I remember correctly brooms act as an amplifier of sorts for those who are magical. But I’d still be happy brewing potions with magical ingredients

[@Gr3nadgr3gory]

@Luffytaro even potion making includes a bit of wand work. You could at least be a herbology major, perhaps assist an alchemist, maybe carve the rough shape of wands for a wandmaker.

[@AK-tn4sd]

@@gokucanfly4593 AAAAAAND you just got cast out of the family.

[@InitialPC]

theres still a lot more to the wizarding world than just magic you can care for magical beasts brew potions make magical inventions (you dont need to know magic to work with magical materials) serve the public, wizard or otherwise every community appreciates a charitable person :)

[@FatRonaldo1]

6:20, Hogwarts recruiters have a much easier job these days, as every Hogwarts letter comes with a blu ray box set of all 8 films to ease the muggle family in to wizard society

[@soulwhispererwendy554]

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[@drakke125Channel]

Who in their own right mind would send their kids to a school called PigAcne?????

[@jamesleclair1162]

Hey I only got 6 not 8 of them..do you have the number I call to get in touch with registration office??

[@Humulator]

maybe harry potter is real and the books are a documentary

[@DreiSchwerterZorro]

I'm pretty sure it's gonna ease the parents to read about evil teachers, a lot of harmed and even dead students and all that safety stuff. You remember it's a fair punishment for a first year student to go into a forest with all kind of dangers?

[@DSdemon767]

It seems like Hermione’s parents are very open-minded and accepting. My guess is that whatever involuntary magic she displayed (at a very yong age), her parents most likely considered it a sign that “their daughter is special”.

[@MindForgedManacle]

It's possible they never saw it, or explained it away.

[@brandibastian4193]

And it could always be just like oh maybe they thought it was luck cuz it's not always something as dramatic as oh it has to be magic take Neville's fall that could have killed him it could have been some extraordinary luck that oh he just happened to hit something that soften the blow just enough that he didn't die and only broken arm or something like that

[@danayneal4409]

I mean.... It's Hermione. She IS special. The intelligence, I could've accepted without question but when she did magic for the first time, my idiotic first response would probably have been "aliens 👽 😲 ... Oh nooooo". 😂

[@Gr3nadgr3gory]

I mean if my kid got a letter delivered by an Owl telling me they had essentially a scholarship to a boarding school for magic, I'd believe it. I'd also be asking her to show off every holiday! What did you learn at school honey!? Last year you saved me $300 fixing my glasses!

[@RollingCalf]

Her parents seemed quite young too

[@jamiesuejeffery]

Harry's delivery was unique. I mean very unique. His aunt knew, visited platform 9 3/4, had instructions from Dumbledore, knew that they couldn't perform magic away from school... The school officials (while watching Harry intently) relied upon Petunia to tell the story. She failed. She had two simple tasks: keep Harry alive and tell his story.

[@stevegallo8483]

Petunia not telling Harry that story is why eventually Hagrid got sent to inform Harry.

[@tomsautocadstudio6446]

@@stevegallo8483 after running away to a hotel and a shack in the middle of nowhere.

[@spirittammyk]

Thing is, I think her not telling Harry his true history is also what kept him alive. Kids are very curious, especially someone like Harry, and I could see him wanting to know more about his parents and he could risk being met by one of the deatheaters and indoctrinated.

[@jamiesuejeffery]

@@spirittammyk I hadn't thought about that. It is a good point. But that doesn't excuse why she didn't tell him the story when the first letter arrived. A long time ago, I drove school bus. I had a boy named Eddie on my special education bus (His story was all over the news, so a quick google will bring his story up.). His parents locked him in a closet in Washington State and only fed him. Nothing more. The family took a vacation through Idaho. In Idaho, he escaped the mini-van. His parents abandoned him at the rest stop. I tell this story to say that I am confused about the actions of the Dursleys. They don't like Harry, are in denial, just barely keep him alive, send him to school, and don't want him around. With the arrival of the letter, they are free for 9 months (and they knew it was coming for 10 years). Why would they fight so hard to keep him when they hated him? Every day, looking at Harry reminds Petunia of her sister, and Petunia's failed attempt to follow Lily to Hogwarts. If something causes you that much pain, why not feel relieved when the pain is removed for 3/4 of a year? Their whole motivation confuses me. Maybe they kept Harry imprisoned just to try to squash Petunia's mourning, grief, and disappointment? I don't know.

[@sebaperalta2001]

@@jamiesuejeffery Well, they keep him because they enjoy making his life miserable. They don't want him to go and do wonderful things. They want to see him suffer for being a "freak".

[@tinas4838]

Can you imagine having Snape deliver your Hogwarts letter? 🤣🤣🤣 Priceless!

[@HarryPotterTheory]

Hahaha I'd love to see that

[@EricasTouch]

I would have enjoyed seeing that, especially at the beginning of Book 7 lol

[@riffdex]

@@EricasTouch I doubt Snape was inviting any muggle-borns to attend Hogwarts at the beginning of book 7 since Voldemort was calling the shots by that point

[@gamer_dude94]

Especially HPs letter

[@JustAnotherShopaholic]

@@riffdex I would've slammed the door in his face 😅

[@eranshachar9954]

I know how I would react if a stranger came to talk with me about a magical school. As a skeptical person I would have said "Prove it do something magical and then I may believe." Exactly what Tom asked Dumbledore when they met and he provided proof without questions. Whoever is telling students that they are magical must be someone nice and patient and look like a normal human. Hagrid is not the ideal because he is so huge he might appear scary if you don't know him. So besides Dumbledore and McGonagall I would say Sprout is a good option as well she is a kind person.

[@mistyminnie5922]

I just imagine when Sprout is asked to prove it she makes all the flowers in the house bloom, how magical that would be!

[@eranshachar9954]

@@mistyminnie5922 Very magical and I wish we got it on screen. Imagine Snape delivering the message something like this. Snape: I was sent to tell you that you are magical and you are invited to Hogwarts school. MB student: What? Does magic exist? What are you talking about mister? Snape: Silence. You are not allowed to ask questions. Month detention future student.

[@AlyssMa7rin]

@@eranshachar9954 "Ten points from... whatever house gets stuck with you, Mudblood."

[@jasondyrkacz8270]

@@AlyssMa7rin Plot twist: That student gets sorted into Slytherin.

[@danayneal4409]

Oh I would react the exact same way. Even if Professor Sprout made all the plants bloom, I'd still be skeptical. "Yeah, I saw a guy pull cards out of thin air and another guy made an elephant disappear. I'm not falling for your tricks lady. Where's the hidden cameras? I told y'all I don't do prank vids."

[@jasonmarin8187]

Here are two what ifs I'd like to know. 1. What if the parents refused to let their child attend a school that teaches magic? 2. What if the child refuses to go?

[@MrSheckstr]

Then they don’t go….. in Deathly Hallows a big deal is made over the fact that attendance is made mandatory….. that would imply that the normal standard is that attendance is voluntary… Especially considering that all the of student school supplies, including textbooks, are purchased individually would speak to private/home schooling

[@AlanJames-oy4bj]

Another question is what if the parents refuse to let their child learn magic at all? Say, from a deeply religious family considered magic the "work of the devil." Does the Ministry of Magic have some way of "sealing" a child's magic

[@WeirdGuy227]

I think the Ministry of Magic would have no option but to force the parents because a magical child not in control of his magic would be a danger to the world and the society of secrecy. Like they force the dursleys even though they are the only guardians of Harry. Nor do I think a child with magical powers would ever refuse to learn how to use them.

[@aleksdreeve8878]

What kid would not want to go to hogwartz?

[@Drademdar]

There are things I'm wondering about considering the book and the quill. - Will they recognise a muggle-born child with magic who wasn't born in the UK/Ireland but moved there before their eleventh birthday? - What if a muggle-born only visits Britain before returning to their original country? - What about muggle-born children who move out of the UK/Ireland before they are old enough for Hogwarts? - How do the book and the quill keep track of this?

[@chromeshellking]

Id imagine interational wizards would be like oh hey you have a child who could attend if you are so inclined but Id imagine that the home country has the first chance. Remember Draco did brag about being a serious candidate for Drumstrang so think of it like being out of bounds on school choice. You apply and they opt to either allow you to attend or reject you.

[@Drademdar]

But Draco isn't muggle-born, and with his family's connections, it wouldn't be difficult for him to be allowed to attend other magical schools. I did consider if there would be some international register that kept track of all muggle-born as they moved around in the world. But the Wiki for the 'Book of Admittance' says, "As this record contained the name and birthdate of every magical child, it was used to tell who was eligible to attend Hogwarts, and when. Every year, Professor Minerva McGonagall checked the book and sent acceptance letters by owl to children who were close to turning eleven, letting them know of their place at the school." In other words, that book is the only register for all muggle-born magical children from the UK/Ireland. And since it records both 'birth' and 'the magical' abilities of the child, I then ask again: What if a child is born outside of the UK/Ireland but moves there later in life? Since their birth isn't in the book because they were born outside of the UK/Ireland, would this child even be registered?

[@morningsun6410]

@@Drademdar in this very quote it says "Every magical child who was eligible to attend Hogwarts" - nothing about UK/Ireland. Eligibility may not be based on the place one was born, but lots of other aspects. What aspects? Probably will have to ask J. K. Rowling. You seem to not really listen to the video. The names got to the book not by birth, but by the time one shows their magical potential. Neville's name was written when he was 8 yo. So it could be any time before 11yo. And I'd give it a guess, that the magical potential and ability to speak English was more important than the place of birth.

[@Drademdar]

@@morningsun6410 I did listen to the video, and I do remember that he mentioned that the book didn't accept Neville until he was eight years old. But he was also born in Britain, so the book and the quill were aware of him. They only disagreed on his magical abilities. "It is assumed (though not confirmed) that this book only records births of magical children who have displayed magical abilities and have a residence in Great Britain and Ireland." Although it's not proven that the book only found children in the UK/Ireland, I don't see a reason why it would seek further. Firstly, these artefacts were probably created by the founders of Hogwarts. Why would they care about children outside of the UK and Ireland? Hogwarts is a Scottish wizarding school who accept primarily students residing in the islands of Great Britain and Ireland. Secondly, if it did register every child in the world, why place it at Hogwarts, where only the professors there could read it? That would be putting a lot of control and power into the people of Hogwarts. I doubt the other magical schools would be happy about this, especially considering the rivalry they have with each other. It would make more sense to put these artefacts under the control of the International Confederation of Wizards if that was the case. And there's no point asking Rowling herself. She may be a good storyteller, but her world-building is at best above average. She seems to have habitually added things to support the story without thinking too deeply about why and how. And that's what happened with the book and the quill as well. They were likely added as an explanation of how magical children were found with no concerns about how it affected the rest of her world. Don't get me wrong; I love the Harry Potter universe. But there are a lot of cracks and illogical things in the world Rowling built.

[@maddieriddle3053]

the book puts names down at birth so none of these would happen

[@daltonkay4142]

I’ve never understood why Harry doesn’t act more like Hermione. I understand he’s not technically muggleborn, but for all intents and purposes he is. Why is he nodding off in history of magic or talking through other classes. He should be wholly enthralled with this new world, not shrugging it off like Ron, who grew up with it for 11 years prior to book 1.

[@rhueoflandorin]

because JK Rowling wanted him to be MORE-similar to RON...because RON is harry's best friend >____> ....or to put differently, because JK lacked literary credibility....in the same way she wrote that hermione fell for RON instead of Harry.

[@mrdr0161]

Because not everyone is like hermione. Harry wants the fun part of the wizarding world, not the books and the history

[@CrazyBunnyGuy]

TBH if I were ever accepted to Hogwarts I'd spend my time studying Transfiguration, Charms and DADA probably, and would also sleep through History of Magic. :D

[@rhueoflandorin]

@John Ashley well...hermione goes skiing.. and harry mentions muggle sports to Wood in Philosopher's Stone and he's just like "Wut?"

[@AzraelisHorny]

It's almost like they're two different people. Crazy

[@russellpuff1996]

Back in high school some odd 8 years ago, when I wrote a series of Wattpad stories of a character attending Hogwarts as a Hufflepuff in the same year as Harry, my character was muggle-born and McGonagall showed up on his birthday with a letter. Dad was skeptical and mom was open about it. Dad asked for proof and McGonagall transfigured a glass cup into a blue jay. Fast forward to a week later, McGonagall arrives again so they can go to the Leaky Cauldron via car and as they pass through the Diagon Alley brick wall, Hermione and her parents greet McGonagall and informs her that they found all of their items just fine, although Hermione's dad was struggling with carrying all the extra books Hermione didn't need, but wanted.

[@SeattlePioneer]

Heh, heh! That's a nice touch!

[@kssglz]

The thought of McGonagall in a car is funny to me honestly

[@Doeexist]

I’d like to read it.

[@lordhades8025]

What's the story called? Is it still up on Wattpad?

[@ladygeo_]

I have a story like that with a slytherin in Harry’s year

[@reiniernn9071]

I noted that the Marauders map know all names in Hogwarts...also people born long after the map was created. In some vidoe it's explained that the map would be connected to this book with names. That would imply that the marauders were the (only?) students who had found this book and quill.

[@prk2543]

Notice that the book and quill also have to somehow find out not only about magical child, but also about his/her name. How is that possible? What is the name? Is that a word in any official register? Is that the name in the head of the child? Or in the heads of parents? If the first thing - how was it possible ca. ten centuries ago when the modern offices didnt't exist? If the second or third option - what if the official name of the child was e.g. "Nuclaus", but everyone had been using let's say "Nick". How does the quill know that the name is actually Niclaus and not Nick? Does it mean the book and quill had possibility to read thousands of minds? And a big plothole. It is technically impossible to write the name of a child exactly when it is born. Because most time in that time it has no name given yet. --- But going back to Marauders' Map - I don't know which option would be more impressive: The one when they replicated all magical properties of the book and quill on their own... Or when they somehow discovered the book and quill, got access to them and connected their map to such the powerful magical artifacts - a.wuthiut being noticed...

[@Uncfunk]

But Filch shows up on the Marauder's Map. As a squib, he shouldn't be in the book.

[@reiniernn9071]

@@Uncfunk I suppose that the map also was connected to the list of staffmembers....

[@InitialPC]

@@Uncfunk debatable, squibs can have magical children, its possible they have enough midichlorians or whatever to appear on the map and just not enough to use magic themselves

[@DaBirbnamedferb]

Who else loves when he reads parts from the book?

[@DaBirbnamedferb]

Wow! Twelve likes? Thats a lot!

[@ExtraHecticana]

So literally every question you can have about the Harry Potter world can be answered with "it's magic"

[@repvoid7680]

When I watched the films without reading the books witnessing Dumbledore being killed by Snape in the half blood prince my thought literally was "oh, he will probably come back in the next movie, it's magic" when the next movie came around I was like.. "Oh.." lmao.

[@marcopanzironi6612]

Actually, the book and quill were enchanted by all 4 founders of Hogwarts: these were wizards more powerful and Knowledgeable than Dumbledore himself. Most of the school stuff, enchanted by the founders, is a mystery simply because their magic was just too advanced and all 4 of them contributed: imagine trying to figure out what each of the founders did to those things a millennium ago

[@Joreel]

I've always wondered what happens to magical children, including muggle born who aren't invited to the magical schools? Where do these students go to learn, or are they left to learn on their own? I know we've heard about all the major wizarding schools, but are there smaller schools for those that aren't selected or can't afford the bigger schools?

[@haydenscholze7452]

Honestly I assume they all go to any of the magic schools close to them. With the closest being the main option. As for things like fees, the schools can provide loans for new students who can’t afford their school equipment. But as for the school itself, it doesn’t have a tuition fee. Instead magical school seemed to be funded by the government, powerful families and also potentially by the magical resources the produce. Such as Hogwarts having unicorns and other creatures that can provide materials like unicorn hairs etc.

[@carus6280]

Well from this it seems that every magical child, in Britain at least is invited.

[@thomasplinguidy4588]

It is mentioned in HP book 8 that every magic-gifted child in Britain gets his invitation to Hogwarts (before the evil guys took over), but that there are some smaller schools or private tutors and that magical parents are allowed to teach their children themselves. I´ve often thought that "Miss Cackle's Academy for Witches" from Jill Murphy´s Worst Witch series must be an example for such a school ;). I think you can compare Hogwarts with bigger boarding schools like Eton. But if you think that Hogwarts starts with children from 11 years old there must be magic elementary schools and kindergartens too. I know, Harry and Hermione went to Muggle schools but doubt that the magic world would have been a secret for long if they had made the Weasley twins go to a non-magic school.

[@aceofspades9503]

I assumed that magical children who didn't go to Hogwarts or similar would typically be homeschooled or would have private tutors

[@floydlooney6837]

and private tutors... maybe Lupin did that on occasion

[@FatRonaldo1]

Muggleborns should be told as soon as they are put into the book so they can learn more about magic while they develop as children so you don’t get years of traumatising incidents no one can explain, or kids abusing powers they don’t understand such as Tom Riddle

[@veronicaaragon8610]

But if they are a toddler when they are written in the book?

[@FatRonaldo1]

@@veronicaaragon8610 even more reason to tell the parents as soon as possible so they understand and can raise the child knowing what they are dealing with

[@marcusandre3439]

Is 11 years old not soon enough

[@FatRonaldo1]

@@marcusandre3439 not if they’ve got magic and are scared of their own power or could potentially become an obscurous

[@DaggerofTime]

@@FatRonaldo1 And you think every parent is a good parent? You think dark magic users won’t become aware of who’s family was notified and kidnap said child or worse? There’s so many reasons why it’s just a plain bad idea.

[@canaan5337]

Same way, Harry was told he was magical. He was raised by Muggles that never told him anything about the wizarding world’s existence. Hagrid just showed up and said “you’re a wizard Harry.”

[@trixon2118]

I'm a what?!

[@Cbart23]

“Yerrrr”

[@radicalxg8282]

Imagine having to tell the news to parents of a very religious household that your daughter is a witch

[@mattwolf7698]

If Harry Potter was set in the US then the Dursley's probably would have been Evangelicals.

[@shoresean1237]

Many things that a child can perform would be to most eyes indistinguishable from magic or simply non-magical talents. To use three examples well outside the zone: 1 - Bruce Banner used his genius as a very small boy to build up a complex construction set to a degree well beyond his years. His abusive father Brian (NOT David!) smashed the set in a drunken rage, declaring the boy must be a mutant, affected by his own work on the Manhattan Project. 2 - On an episode of The Flintstones, Fred dreamed that Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm became stellar musicians and singers - despite not yet being able to talk. Inside the dream, a doctor declared they could do this because no one had ever told them they couldn't. Bit of a stretch, but there is a bit of RL psychology in there as well. 3 - In Dragon Ball, Goku's granddaughter Pan could easily fly as an infant, even able to survive on the edge of space. Yet by the time she was roughly five, she had to re-learn this ability consciously, and under the duress of an enemy attack. Hermione for her part could have simply aced all her studies by accessing unknown magic to read her regular-school texts at warp-speed, and it was just shrugged off as smarts.

[@ZeoViolet]

The Pan thing is why I her suddenly having to learn again is not canon in my head.

[@ratsumatra3003]

Hagrid said that Harry's name had been written in the book since the day he was born. This was during his conversation with Mr dursley who said he would not allow him to attend Hogwarts. So if they're waiting for the first magic to happen which would make sense in case you had given birth to a squib how did they know Harry would definitely be magical?

[@arcanumelite4853]

probably because he survived voldemorts spell?

[@ratsumatra3003]

@@arcanumelite4853 I love where you are going with that ...but the timing won't work as he was already listed in the book. Lilly wrote a letter mentioning Harry zipping around on a broom given for his first birthday. So he's showing magic before he meets Voldy for sure....but why is he written from 'the day he was born?' I'd love to know why he was inked in so fast. What was happening? I recall a passage about Tonks (or maybe it was Teddy?) who was changing their hair color at like a week old. Maybe something like that was going on? I have just always stuck on this particular tidbit. I truly love the universe JK has given us to explore.

[@doro5026]

@@ratsumatra3003 Maybe it has something to do with the prophecy and the quill and book were aware that Harry was the one

[@ratsumatra3003]

@@doro5026 Maybe, except that it was never 100% Harry until Voldy chose the Potters. Both boys fit the prophecy. Yet Harry was at birth written down. There's no justification given that I've found for this unusual activity. Ok, so yes, I'm a geek and this universe has taken up a big spot in my brain. I love the story but sometimes there is a glitch.

[@brianawong312]

I have a question. How do muggleborns acquire the money to buy school items like textbooks and a wand?

[@InitialPC]

I imagine there is a way to convert currencies or wizard charities that exist to support low income and muggle born students

[@codysmith4513]

I believe the books reference that in the memory of when Dumbledore first meets Tom Riddle, something about the school having a fund in place for situations like that (Riddle being an orphan with no money)

[@ssl3546]

The school is profoundly wealthy, Dobby was paid one galleon a week -- and Dumbledore wanted to pay him more -- and the Weasleys had less than two galleons in their vault which Molly used to buy a whole lot of stuff.

[@D._Eath]

Quill of Acceptance : " *poke poke* Open up ! " Book of Admittance : " Not tonight ! "

[@danielgoodrich264]

I always thought a representative of the wizarding world visited them and explained it including the statute of secrecy. Then if they agreed they were left with an information packet containing everything they would need to know including how to find diagon alley. If you think about it magical people would of course be able to escort muggles to the leaky cauldron so muggleborn could get their school supplies. Although I think most muggleborn come from squib lines that forgot they were once magical.

[@deathsheir2035]

The "connection to magic through a squib" has always been an interesting theory. Personally, that could easily explain some of the Muggleborns, and Hermione could easily be related to that Granger person Slughorn mentioned in the sixth book as a result. But I am of the idea, that, while some muggleborns are related to a squib in some manner, other muggleborns truly are magical despite no magic in the bloodline. As for getting to Diagon Alley, as we saw with Tom Riddle, Dumbledore offered to go with, but Tom wanted to do it himself. So the option is there for an escort to help show them around, same for getting onto the train, I would assume. There are bigger questions about muggleborns, and their families that I want answers to though: Could a muggleborn's parents have their fireplace connected to the floo network? Would they be allowed to work in the magical world, earning Galleons Sickles and Knuts, rather than having to exchange muggle currency for wizard currency? Would all that require passing of the W.O.M.B.A.T.? Would the ministry of magic even allow a muggle to sit and take the W.O.M.B.A.T.? Would anyone even hire a muggle (Auther Weasley not being counted here), to work for them?

[@danielgoodrich264]

@@deathsheir2035 wouldn't it be funny if Lilly Potter turned out to be a descendant of Salazar Slytherin.

[@deathsheir2035]

@@danielgoodrich264 That would be absolutely hilarious, and would further explain why Petunia was so damn nasty! lol

[@jkrause365]

What a surprise it must have been to muggles that their child was magically inclined. I can well imagine the response. "Prove it!" I should think that convincing muggle parents that the child is magical would be quite a task.

[@haydenscholze7452]

Proving it would be really easy actually. The only issue their might be is parents not wanting to send their child to a magic schools. Although in such cases they may either force the parents or leave the child. But then the child not introduced and educated on and in the magical world, would probably be arrested and sent to Askiban when older. As it very very likely they would break the statue of secrecy.

[@jkrause365]

@@haydenscholze7452 Sending the child of unwilling parents to Azkaban for use of magic would be pretty cruel. And neither do I think use of force or coercion on muggle parents would be to the advantage of the wizarding world at large, nor to the magical child in particular. I should think that logical persuasion would be better, demonstrating the advantages of a magical education.

[@haydenscholze7452]

@@jkrause365Yea I 100% agree with you. But be realistic not ever person can be persuaded or even cares for the advantages to the child. Thus I wouldn’t be surprised if they use ‘force’ to bring those children into the magic world. Such as using persuasive magic, mind magics like oblivate etc. As for the whole cruel thing to muggle borns not educated and familiar with the magic world. Yea I don’t think they would really care about that if the crime committed was big enough. However for minor things I can easily see them introducing said wizard into the wizarding world

[@joelarias55]

Harmony had a watch that stop timed , and literally spent years months learning magic , truly dedicated

[@adamH.1]

Imagine Gilderoy Lockhart delivering you a Hogwarts letter

[@karlssmith92]

He'd probably still expect to be recognised...

[@ariamoede7959]

Yes

[@ZeoViolet]

He'd be so thrilled at the offer to do this, he'd provide the muggleborn student an entire set of his books for free, on the idea that there's no better way to learn about the Magical World than his own literature, and the attention from the press this garners would more than pay for the cost of those books. XD

[@SynysterGoose]

Could you imagine everything is normal and then you get hit with "Hey bro, magic is real. You're going to a secret school to learn it. Say goodbye to your friends and family"

[@Shred_The_Weapon]

I’d be curious to find out whether the death eaters attempted to have that book in any fashion modified or even confiscated and destroyed when they took over Hogwarts in 1997. Wouldn’t put it past them to pull something like that if they could, considering their determination to subjugate everybody that didn’t fall right in line with them, most Muggle Borns only being beat out by Harry Potter as their own personal public enemies number one. A major part of how Harry’s education began is how Hagrid is the one who informed him what he was when he didn’t know it before he turned 11. I have often relished how Harry reflected on it in the events of Harry Potter and the half blood prince when he learned of Dumbledore divulging to the future Lord Voldemort that’s what he was, how Tom Riddle was almost immediate to accept it. Harry reflected he didn’t believe it at first when he was informed by Hagrid he was a wizard.

[@sdeijio]

I’m gonna guess the finders magically locked that door with an enchantment lost to history

[@Shred_The_Weapon]

Probably, @@sdeijio. Must’ve gotten the Death Eaters so angry they could’ve done the killing curse without their wands when they discovered there was no way in.

[@russellpuff1996]

Since it's up to the head or deputy head to send out letters, I imagine Snape left it up to McGonagall to sort out, and McGonagall did not dare send letters to muggle-borns unless she could help them trick inquirers into believing they were at least half-blood. But I imagine a lot of 11 year olds got their letters before Dumbledore's death. It sounds like a cluster disaster to deal with if you were concerned with their safety. It's lucky Snape really was a good guy, because he could have exposed so many of them, but likely chose to turn a blind eye on what McGonagall was doing.

[@Shred_The_Weapon]

That is valid, @@russellpuff1996. In fact, you helped to remind me that the real reason Severus Snape took such issue with Hermione was not because she was Muggle born but because she reminded him of Lily.

[@beschutzer42]

Probably the Deputy Headmaster. That's what Dumbledore was when he visited the orphanage

[@Ice-Cold-14]

Thanks for the video but we already know. Hagrid comes and says "you're a wizard *insert name here*" and that's pretty much protocol.

[@bramusa]

I also wonder how Colin Creevey’s dad was informed of the war and Colin’s death…

[@kazemizu]

I'm guessing the book magically never runs out of pages

[@truecross4090]

"It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live." Is such a good quote. So many people live their lives wrapped up in something like Harry Potter or video games and become obsessed in some cases. They forget to go make something of their own and to go experience life. I think it is a powerful quote. It sounds like it should be written in Proverbs.

[@blakehawkes9597]

You’re right but sometimes we don’t have a choice. You have to escape to survive and “waking up” can be a very difficult thing if dreaming is keeping you alive. Also you’re right though it’s my favourite quote in the whole series that and “ beautiful magic wonderous to behold “

[@isaiah4099]

If someone spends their time on video games and Harry Potter than that's life to them. Mabey to you it's not but to them it is.

[@mflax4331]

@@isaiah4099 Without those books these videos and these discussions would be useless. I'm a lifelong reader of books - many, many books and many, many genres or information. On the other hand I raised a family AND had a successfull career as a programmer before I retired. Books are enabling dreams and beside a good portion of reality, everybody needs a sizable amount of dreams - or as Dolly in the musical "Hello, Dolly" is singing: "We need a little Christmas NOW!"

[@Gr3nadgr3gory]

@Blake Hawkes I belive dreams are the purpose of life. If we can make them a reality we should try but this world isn't kind to dreams. That's why I don't like living in reality, I know all too well what's going on there.

[@tgbluewolf]

I see it often in my students, kids (even as young as 2 years old) addicted to electronics and literally have no clue how to entertain themselves without a phone or computer...

[@deborahcox7784]

Have you noticed there are two swibs in the cannon story and the have the same inesels: AF Araella Figg and Argus Filch.

[@alexanderoyston272]

It’s canon. You just named a weapon

[@SuperJJx]

What if you change your name as a child? Does the quill cross it out and write the new one? Or do you get the letter with the old name? Does it use the persons legal name? What if someone is addressed by their middle name instead of first name? Always full name?

[@klingij]

As far as I remember (please correct me) once a wizard/witch dies their magic stops working. If so how does the queel keeps working after the death of the four founders?

[@bigillaboss9103]

Big fan of your channel and love watching these videos . I have always wondered how muggles born students get there wizard money to buy school supplies if both parents are muggles. Is there a muggle money exchange .

[@126644]

My assumption has always been gringots can exchange muggle money for wizard money because wizards need muggle money in order to blend into the muggle world

[@TheSmoketoriousP.I.G]

1:35 is Catlin Stark Hermione’s mother?

[@LordCommanderHo]

Dude! 😮

[@jacobcharleszimmerman7934]

A couple of interesting implications of the quill and book. First of all, I'm sure the Ministry would be itching to get their hands on them as we know that they can detect where magic is performed, but not who by. The quill and book are significantly more powerful than whatever they have. Second, the fact no one knows (or admits to knowing) how the quill and book work, means no other magical schools in the world have anything like them, which means most muggleborns in the world are never discovered and live their whole lives not knowing they are magical.

[@charliecharliewhiskey9403]

I wonder how things work for transfers, like Natsai Onai in the newest game. Is it like, as soon as the book notices this kid is in its catchment area for X amount of time, it registers them? Or does it register all magical people all over the world, but letters are only sent to people in a certain area? Or do transferring students just get handled separately (in the "old fashioned" way from before the book)?

[@RyanRumbles434]

Just read the books. It says in book 7 in "A Prince's Tale". Severus tells Lily.

[@wakirk]

I recently ran across the book and quill in game. So, when I saw this vid's title, I was curious if it would be covered. Interesting to see the rest of the story.

[@Duneuniverse]

4:00 seems like one wants all the people to have a chance while the book doesn’t

[@LostWallet]

I think the reason Nevil name is not accepted by the book right away is because his destiny is entwine with Harry. if Voldemort has come to kill Nevil instead of Harry, and if Nevil would survive the encounter, the book would have let the quil write Nevil name down. both Harry and Nevil name got written down After they survived an event that should have killed them.

[@AlexMason-45]

Actually Harry's name according to hagrid was written down the day Harry was born so Harry's was written down before Nevilles.

[@Eaudrey87]

I still wonder how children of witches and wizards learn how to write and read or basic maths and other elementar school stuff. How do they make sure a firstgrader is prepared for class?

[@DanBeech-ht7sw]

I think that's only a problem for American wizards

[@ajb7530]

I would think the Book also has the ability to add extra pages once all the other pages are full. Or maybe once a student has come to Hogwarts, the students name disappears. I wonder.

[@davidpumpkinsjr.5108]

I like to think that someone, probably McGonagall, broke into the tower and hid the book and quill when Voldemort seized power, thereby protecting as best she could the Muggle-born witches and wizards who were about to be in extreme danger from Voldemort's regime. Also, since this book only seems to cover magical children born in the British Isles, the question arises of how they get information on people not native to Britain. For example, say you were a magical child born in another country who was adopted by a nonmagical British family.

[@MeyaRoseGirl]

Well, the video did mention that Neville wasn't written down until he was 8, so presumably a child born elsewhere, then brought to Britain would eventually display magic that the book would pick up, unless the book observes immigration laws or something. Harry was likely written down when he was born, but SS/PS mentioned he did have several random magical occurrences throughout his childhood. His hair grew back overnight whenever Petunia gave him a horrible haircut, he found himself inexplicably on the roof of his childhood school when he was chased by Dudley's gang, he vanished the glass around the snake's enclosure at the zoo, etc.

[@llanorick]

I’d love to find out the process for dealing with nomag born at Ilvermorny.

[@DaBirbnamedferb]

What about the other schools?

[@timothyarmstrong9351]

I would like to see a video on how a muggle-born students pay for their books is any other supplies needed for school at Hogwarts

[@DanBeech-ht7sw]

Gringotts changes money

[@pinkyshoes22]

I wonder how the school handled telling Colin Creevey’s parents that he had passed away in the Battle of Hogwarts. That would be so much to explain. Wonder if they just erased their memories like Herminone did for her parents

[@mrfez2273]

@harrypottertheory i have something to add it could also be a dormant power of Family members having magic powers but where forced to say home back in the mediaeval ages

[@ashez2ashes]

Characters are always claim that Hogwarts is the finest school in the world, but even from what little we know of the place, the African school sounds way more advanced.

[@justdoin_me]

They literally teach non wands magic. That’s way cooler than Hogwarts charm classes

[@TheHaydena76]

Nah

[@DavidBeserock]

Well, it is in Wakanda

[@WoahJustTakeItEasyMan]

Uagadou School of Magic

[@AmityvilleFan]

My question is: what if I say: F off, I'll be a dentist?

[@geekgirl616]

I just assumed they’re told You’re a wizard kid. And there all like I’m a wot?

[@polishcomrade8761]

What if muggle parents refuse to let their magical child to hogwarts, does their memory get erased of the visit and letter and anything to do with magic or do they get pressured or somthing like that?

[@xBucket13x]

from the photo you used, it seems the book and quill creates the letters right at the table, and the owls head out from there.. fun idea

[@barbiquearea]

I wonder if Ilvermorny had a similar system for detecting young witches and wizards to admit into their school? Because assuming Credence's foster mother Mary Barebones would have burnt any letters he received, surely somebody from Ilvermorny would have tried to contact him directly and tell him about his magical roots like Hagrid did with Harry. Although knowing Mary Lou Barebones, I imagine such an undertaking would have been dangerous even for a skilled professor.

[@insertedgynamehere___969]

"You're a wizard, Harry!" "I'm a *wot!?* "

[@christopherkidwell9817]

Honestly the best thing to do would be to inform the parents very early and if they had a negative reaction to the information, immediately take the child for their own protection.

[@floydlooney6837]

Under what authority? With all the bad things that happened to kids in the books, it doesn't seem like they would do that

[@Archivist-Immortal]

Considering the implications that students from all faiths would have attended (if allowed), I wonder how some of the more conservative parents would have reacted

[@laurendearnley9595]

The series stays far away from religion, for obvious reasons. The existence of magic would be seen as evil by many religions and would undermine many others. What if, for example, Jesus was a wizard and this was well known within the wizarding world? That would seemingly invalidate his claim to be the son of God, as his miracles (aka powers) aren't particularly special, they're shared by many "normal" witches and wizards.

[@Arshdeepplayz6690]

I wonder how muggle borns are told where is diagon ally and how to enter it etc.

[@deborahzawacki9536]

I had a thought which is probably way off topic but what happens to "special needs" kids of magical parents? It's all hypothetical but disabled kids might either have the ability to perform spells, or need help controlling inadvertent spells (not to be confused with what happened to Ariana Dumbledore). So are they simply trained at home?

[@rustyshackleford8373]

Hufflepuff

[@LOTLore]

7:49 new theory; Hermione never noticed her involuntary magic because she was so good at it and it blended in (caught things from dropping and hitting the floor, helped herself take her first steps faster, etc.) just such a good witch innately that it blended it as being a smart child as opposed to most children’s involuntary magic which is very noticeable (i.e making glass disappear)

[@chrisgroth9028]

Question for a possible video topic. Where do the professors at Hogwarts sleep/reside? Do they have rooms near their respective houses dorms?

[@CombativeMedic]

If we go by McGonagall, they likely commute. Plus other professors like Slughorn had decent social standings and likely wouldn't live on campus.

[@chrisgroth9028]

@@CombativeMedic Possibly, but in Prisoner it states that McGonagall showed up in the G Common Room in her night clothes to tell everyone to stop partying. So she must be close by.

[@ObliteAbyss]

@@chrisgroth9028 In order Umbridge tried to get rid of Trelawney, including her belongings, and Dumbledore corrected her that only he had the power to remove people from the grounds - So it can be assumed at least Trelawney likely lives in the school, too.

[@mrdr0161]

@@chrisgroth9028 could be teachers take it it turns to sleep at the castle in case something happens

[@madgevanness4011]

Professors are probably housed at the school as a matter of convenience. Oxford has or at one point had suites for dons and deans on college grounds. Married professors would probably have their own homes. See Dorothy Sayer’s Gaudy Night, which was based on her own college.

[@firefly551969]

I've asked before, but not received an answer: Are only the number of children to fill a Hogwart's class born, each year? If more are born, is there a Wizard Public School? THAT would be an interesting story...

[@sethcarlow8363]

that was really Interesting Video about the Muggleborn's

[@BajLordofWar]

Fascinating! Where do you amalgamate all these facts and knowledge from?

[@Magepure6749]

I mean, just imagine some old dude in a pointy hat randomly visiting you to say they wanna take your kid away to a magic castle... X_X

[@gamer_dude94]

I always thought that Muggle-borns had long lost relatives that were magical at one point.

[@lemon1311]

They had squibs higher up in the family

[@MeyaRoseGirl]

It's never been explained, but we do know that magical ability is genetic. Squibs and muggleborns seem like a contradiction to that, but they're actually not, if you think about other genetic traits. A recessive gene, like red hair, can seem to disappear from a family, but then a flaming red haired child will be born making people wonder if Mom was fooling around with the postman. I think for muggleborns, the magic gene went recessive many generations back, (possibly from squibs) and then this muggle couple just had the right combination of recessive genes to bring the magic back. Squibs are described as having been born into pure-blood families, so my theory is that it's a symptom of inbreeding. Do we know of an instance of a half-blood that was a squib? I can't think of any. Given that it's magic, perhaps it magically effects DNA, as well, so the gene comes in different ways. Sometimes it's dominant (a half-blood), sometimes it's recessive (a muggleborn), and too much inbreeding can destroy it (a squib). It's mentioned in Pottermore that Ilvermorny, the American wizarding school, was founded by a secret illegitimate descendant of Salazar Slytherin, but that line turned into squibs only a generation or two later. This means that Voldemort is in fact NOT the last descendant of Slytherin, and there are likely thousands of descendants of Slytherin in America, but they're mostly muggles. I would guess that occasionally a magical child is born from that line and is labeled "muggleborn" despite the fact that they are descended from Salazar Slytherin, the founder of the nonsensical pureblood ideology.

[@tylerleeson3045]

What always was interesting to me. When informing Muggle-borns, how to hell do you manage to maintain the statute of secrecy? Are Unbreakable Vows performed? Would that even work on a muggle? I'm sure it's rare enough, I guess even if the parents went bragging about their child, people would just call them crazy, but that still seems like a massive liability.

[@ArgoIo]

Perhaps Hogwarts is known as a prestigious boarding school among muggles, making it somewhat akin to winning the lottery, whenever a kid gets hand picked to attend said school. No explanation or even mentioning of magic required.

[@falconsempire64]

That’s a really good question I didn’t even bother to think about it. Who taught Hermione Granger Magic spells. I love these videos that you put out bro keep them coming❤👍😀.

[@TreforGordon-t8x]

In the books it says a teacher from Hogwarts will visit muggle born wizards with their acceptance letter. In the movies Dumbledore visits young Tom Riddle with his Hogwarts letter.

[@jessestreet2549]

i'd like to know how the hogwarts staff handled the "oh HELL no" parents like the dursleys' who refused any training for their "cursed" offspring.

[@markmagician2471]

Probably just oblivited them and accept that the child isn't gonna be trained

[@jessestreet2549]

@@markmagician2471 and risk an untrained magical person causing unintentional (or otherwise) havoc, possibly destroying Wizarding's carefully guarded anonymity?

[@rivenoak]

@@jessestreet2549 yep, a loophole opens here.

[@rivenoak]

remember Petunia was Lily's sister. it was quite possible Dudley would have shown magical abilities which would have caused the quill to scribe in the book. Petunia was livid about her own rejectal.

[@veronicaaragon8610]

@@jessestreet2549 kidnapping time

[@Siriusb27]

I'm still waiting for Mc Gonagall to come to my house x) I think she's late...

[@SeattlePioneer]

Heh, heh! I imagine myself dressing up in some outlandish costume and visiting those enchanted with the Harry Potter series and informing them that they have been accepted at Hogwarts on their eleventh birthday. I could imagine actually being paid by parents who would like their child to have that experience!

[@GoliathsChamp]

Where did you get the information about the quill and the room in the tower? I watched and enjoyed this clip, however, I remain confused, with many more questions, about this quill.

[@gwillis01]

Thank you for a pleasant video

[@Hexen_Wulf]

Do Muggle Born Parents have to sign some kind of contract, or make a blood oath, that they'll never reveal the secrets of magic to other muggles? Like, they don't move them to a wizard community. Her parents are still normal ol' dentists.

[@DapperPaperBag]

I have a theory, what if muggleborns had ancestors that were just squibs?

[@goodmanrising1151]

I don't know if anyone else has asked this question, but I can't help wondering what happens if the muggles refuse the offer. Does the Ministry of Magic consider that the muggles may talk about it? And what is the danger of having an untutored magic user running loose in the muggle world?

[@InitialPC]

if youre in the uk you fall under the laws of the british ministry of magic, as a muggle who finds knowledge of the wizarding world and the ministry finds out about it they just wipe your memory of it as an unchecked magic user if you use magic illegally the ministry will go after you

[@michaelblum4968]

So we have a family, modern folks with a young kid. A man comes along and says, "Your child has a talent for (crime/magic/whale-hunting), here's the proof." Even if the man can demonstrate, "Why yes, magic is real, we want to take your child," wouldn't a lot of parents refuse?

[@zivy3823]

I wonder if a powerful family ever had a squib? Or could Hermionie and Ron have a squib?

[@Sileste17]

But there is one more question to ask! On what distance the book of acceptance works? In United Kingdom only? Where are the territorial limits? And how they settled it? Was it checking if the kid is speaking English?

[@Viertelhund]

A like for the Erised quote. Great reference.

[@AuntBecky1]

Explain magic to a muggle? Aren’t we all muggles? We know what magic is, we can’t use it, but we at least know what it is. And we don’t need a hogwarts teacher to explain it to us.

[@lollybear66]

The quill sounds like the internet. It knows everything

[@geraldturner9764]

What school do wizards attend if not to one of the popular ones?

[@stanleywiggins5047]

That was a question I had never thought of, but glad to have an answer,👍

[@ianfhtagn1349]

A giant hobo kicks their doors in shouting "Youre a fking Wizzard" gieving them severe ptsd

[@contu5680]

Hi! I think it would be funny to add that Neville's accident was his uncle dropping him out of a window

[@Loin_Gloin]

I'm very curious about Mordred. He's one of the things about merlin lore that is not constant. He's either more powerful than merlin or just a muggle born from Arthur an Morgana. Any Harry Potter news on him?

[@pacarter7169]

First off- the concept of magic is already in the world- but some people or children become more inquisitive about the concept or what they observe… but the registry of potential magical gifts are more based on an intuitive relationship and interest in magic… as though nature is observing: or as in Star Wars, one’s relationship with “The Force”, knowing there is a higher power. For example: Dumbledore- how did he know the point tallies? How did he know when Rom played the chess game? How did he know when Harry and Rom were under the invisible cloak? When no one else knew? As with Star Wars- there is a supernatural connection with the “force”.

[@blackfalcon1324]

My question is, how does it work for people who are transferring to the UK from another country, because I doubt the quill writes names from outside

[@WolverineMRD]

Just send Hagrid bursting through people's houses breaking down the doors and breaking the news to them😅

[@fishjj76]

How do muggle-born witches and wizards buy school supplies when they've never seen a galleon or a knutt? Can muggle money be exchanged at Gringots? Do muggle-born children need a teacher to act as their guardian to get supplies? Would love an answer.

[@carultch]

I would imagine that Gringots can exchange Wizard currency for the Muggles' pound sterling, just like banks in the real world can exchange between different country's currencies. The wizards probably trade with muggles for supplies all the time, so the pound sterling has value to them as well.

[@jasonlowrie5109]

Can you please do a video on how Hogwarts was built?

[@gvdd_o2o]

Hello love your videos as always .I hope you never stop creating new content 🐐 your the goat Harry Potter channel

[@HarryPotterTheory]

Thanks Dante!

[@bjw4859]

Just out of curiosity, why do some words in the text have an added * in them, I can see no reason they might be seen as offensive ?, but a good video, I don't remember reading about this in any of the books.

[@PrateekSachdeva]

I think there's a small issue in this theory. Harry was essentially under Muggle Parents (step), he still got letters Not just one!! And they weren't hand delivered by the school staff. It was only delivered by Hagrid when the Durleys moved away! Yess Petunia very well knew about magic and Hogwarts (she wrote to Dumbledore for her acceptance) she definitely was not teaching Harry about the wizarding world. Imagine Petunia and Harry on his 11th birthday waiting for the owl! In an alternate universe

[@PrateekSachdeva]

Also Probably all school staff are involved in Hand delivering the letters! If The keeper of the Keys is also assigned this task. Imagine Snape at a muggle born house! 😅

[@tilleyking3347]

I wonder if there is any type of intent charm also on the quil and book? Like if the magic the young wizard performed was intended to harm another person. I would think character would have a bigger role in acceptance. That could of kept a lot of the would be death eaters out the school. Not just if you have magical ability, also is your magical infinity more dark in nature?

[@TheWanderingFire]

Wouldn't it be better to bring such students into the school to a) hopefully teach them how to use their powers for non-evil purposes and b) make certain their powers and tendencies are noted by _someone_ rather than having an undocumented wizard or witch on the loose for years?

[@tilleyking3347]

@@TheWanderingFire I understand your point. That is playing with fire though. I believe it depends on how you want your school represented. There are other wizard schools that even teach dark magic so why not let them go their. It would be a better fit anyway. So it's not like they would be unregistered or left out. Just have higher standards at Hogawarts, rather then just showing magical ability.

[@tilleyking3347]

@@TheWanderingFire Also you have an amazing heart I think it's awesome to want to include everyone and try to guide misguided people. We could use more of that in our muggle world. With that being said. Would you be willing to risk other students life's in your quest to reach the so called "bad apples"? How many people would you risk sacrificing just to include the bad ones? Where does self righteousness become endangerment?

[@Norinia]

3:00 notice that means it’s not perfect, as if a child simply happens to not use any magic during their childhood, or any such later circumstances, these kids can be mistaken as squibs. This happened to Voldemort’s mother, and in retaliation for not being chosen, her pathetic sh^t stain of a father proceeded to force her to be a slave to the family, regularly beat her, and unlike other families that kick squibs out, the bastard would keep her locked in, unable to even seek a future for herself. After enough of this abuse, she very finally revealed herself not a Squib, and well, things got bloody, but it’s a big example how the process is not perfect.

[@macwelch8599]

I don’t want anyone to take this the wrong way, but when I was watching Harry Potter for the first time as a kid, this was the first time I ever saw the United Kingdom being a melting pot. When I visited London a few years ago, it was even more diverse. I’m glad things like Harry Potter showed me how diverse Europe can truly be

[@mattt233]

That's because the UK at one time controlled 25% of the world. The monarch is still the head of state for the commonwealth countries so that's why.

[@SenyorCapitàCollons]

Oh not this. The UK is not the USA. People in Britain are not as race obsessed as in the US. In Europe we want to limit immigration yet at the same time we are less racist with the people that come here. We have a culture and want to keep it.

[@macwelch8599]

@@mattt233 yeah, but American schools still paint Europeans as always Caucasian

[@colormetakenaback]

Omg London is amazing. I went when I was 17 and I didn't want to come back to the US 😆 I loved it even more than Paris! It's got a lot of everything you can think of.

[@svant3]

@@SenyorCapitàCollons YES. Americans are way too obsessed with superficial qualities and predetermined features, sometimes it’s like they don’t see we’re all humans.