Necratoid wrote:
That said, who's sure that technology *doesn't* work at Hogwarts? Never in the books do we see someone try, to the best of my knowledge (and given that I only read half of HBP before pitching that pizzacarp at the wall in frustration....) If it turns out that tech doesn't actually work, I'd expect a localized EM field like discussed above, and that shielded or hardened electronics would quickly get around that problem. In fact, if I ever get around to writing the HP/Heavy Gear fic that's kicking around in my head, these are exactly the ideas I'm gonna use. After all, if magic and tech are completely incompatible, then it sorta rules out giving Harry a .50DE and a sniper rail gun, now doesn't it? And where's the fun it that? Harry + heavy weapons = Snape all over. And over here, and over there, and gee, I always wanted the kitchen in Grimauld Place repainted in crimson.
-W, as you can tell, this one's been kicking around for a while."Ah, great. More androids." "We're not androids, we're the Knight Sabers!" "Huh. Frederick's of Hollywood has a line of power armor out. Who knew?"Falling out of aeroplanes and hiding out in holes
Waiting for the sunset to come, people going home
Jump out from behind them and shoot them in the head
Now everybody dancing the dance of the dead
Quote:That was exactly my thought. You have a dying aristocracy, most of whom will do anything necessary to retain the power and privilege they've maintained, and been told by the preceeding generation is *their just due*, for hundreds of years. They're deathly afraid of change. After all, it's most likely that, as set in their 'old ways' most of these families are, that any quick or major changes to happen to the Wizarding world will leave them so far in the dust that the old pureblood families will never catch up. And even if they could catch up, most changes in the Wizarding world will be bastardizations or complete assimilation of things the muggles have had for fifty or more years. The purebloods, as hidebound and bigoted as so many of them are, won't even be able to keep up on an intellectual level. Most of the great families probably know this, if not consciously, then on a subconscious level.
Answer indoctrination. They want kids to get involved in the magical world and stay there.
That said, who's sure that technology *doesn't* work at Hogwarts? Never in the books do we see someone try, to the best of my knowledge (and given that I only read half of HBP before pitching that pizzacarp at the wall in frustration....) If it turns out that tech doesn't actually work, I'd expect a localized EM field like discussed above, and that shielded or hardened electronics would quickly get around that problem. In fact, if I ever get around to writing the HP/Heavy Gear fic that's kicking around in my head, these are exactly the ideas I'm gonna use. After all, if magic and tech are completely incompatible, then it sorta rules out giving Harry a .50DE and a sniper rail gun, now doesn't it? And where's the fun it that? Harry + heavy weapons = Snape all over. And over here, and over there, and gee, I always wanted the kitchen in Grimauld Place repainted in crimson.
-W, as you can tell, this one's been kicking around for a while."Ah, great. More androids." "We're not androids, we're the Knight Sabers!" "Huh. Frederick's of Hollywood has a line of power armor out. Who knew?"Falling out of aeroplanes and hiding out in holes
Waiting for the sunset to come, people going home
Jump out from behind them and shoot them in the head
Now everybody dancing the dance of the dead