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[graculus]

I find myself in something of a quandary - historically I have been a fan of AU fic (though in my defense, I would say that's more the 'what would happen if...' episode/canon rewrites rather than Jack-the-pirate and Daniel-the-cabin-boy kind, though I can get with some swashbuckling at times...) but in Harry Potter fandom?

What exactly is the point of non-magic AUs? Isn't the whole concept of being able to do magic = wizard so much entrenched in the HP universe that taking that away actually essentially removes a significant chunk of who they are? How much is stripping the characters of this the equivalent of disability fic on steroids?

And don't even get me started on the whole ice-skating thing... ;)

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[mer1973.livejournal.com]

Oh please, start on the ice-skating thing. I have not run across this particular AU yet, and I now curious about this crime against fandom.

For myself, I don't really see the appeal of stripping the magic from HP. If someone wants to try writing that sort of story, I hope they enjoy the process, but it's probably not going to be to my tastes.

[graculus.livejournal.com]

I'm afraid I haven't read it, because I was all 'who with the what now?' but someone has written a non-magic AU with Snape and Lupin as competing iceskaters, with more than one story in that universe, IIRC.

[gategrrl.livejournal.com]

Oh, wow. I *was* going to ask what you were talking about (ice skating, say what?) but wow, that says it all. I suppose something like that could be fun in a purely parodic way, but no? It was written seriously?

Maybe that writer took the "write what you *know*" dictum a little too seriously?

[mer1973.livejournal.com]

Snape and Lupin.

The mind, it boggles.