I know what you’re talking about, but I think it was intentional.
Books for children and young adults often have an “I’m 14 and this is deep” aesthetic. And in this case, JK could especially lean into that trope because she was trying to present a wizarding world that was above the muggle world.
So, things were different and complicated just to throw the muggles reading the story off-balance and give a sense of depth or wisdom where this is in fact none. And then JK could say this is on purpose because it’s a muggle trait to expect rationality or meaning behind things that have none, and so the muggles continue to prefer to live in the box they put themselves in. Once again, “I’m 14 and this is deep”.
I read this series once as an adult. It was enough.
I know what you’re talking about, but I think it was intentional.
Books for children and young adults often have an “I’m 14 and this is deep” aesthetic. And in this case, JK could especially lean into that trope because she was trying to present a wizarding world that was above the muggle world.
So, things were different and complicated just to throw the muggles reading the story off-balance and give a sense of depth or wisdom where this is in fact none. And then JK could say this is on purpose because it’s a muggle trait to expect rationality or meaning behind things that have none, and so the muggles continue to prefer to live in the box they put themselves in. Once again, “I’m 14 and this is deep”.
I read this series once as an adult. It was enough.