“African-American historians, or vampires had any real outrage material.”

“It’s the genre of secret history, where your stories slot into the gaps of real history. In order for that to work, you have to get the real history correct.”

“it has to actually make sense within the confines of actual history.”

“It’s also not great that she says that wands originated in Europe, which reads very much as a Europe being the center of innovation and building in the magic world.”