but why? A lot of fiction, including fiction in a historical context, makes no sense when set against our reality. A framework of historical context may give us familiarity but that is only if set where we expect certain things to be true. A magical world and one set far enough in the past, doesn’t really generate…

but why do you assume JK has to follow specific rules for one or the other?

aren’t you assuming that the non-magic world of Harry Potter has an identical correspondence with what is the real-world? What people in the book call the real-world is only the real world within the construct of the book. They have no knowledge that they are in a story and therefore don’t know what the “real real…

which they can chose to consume or not consume, but the storyteller doeesn’t owe them anything.

Has she ever stated this as a governing rule of her writing that that the muggle world is literally identical to what we experience as our real world?

that it is not a particularity good example

but that is your definition and interpretation. You could equally have a alternative universe where there is secret magic. Nobody has made it tied to the real world for the muggle aspects.

that’s a continuity error, which really isn’t the same thing.

wait, she defined her genre and said she was following the rules ascribed to that genre?

except for the magic exists part...nope just the same as our world.

what specific beliefs have been marginalized? Do present day Native Americans (not a monolithic group as observed already) actually believe in skin walkers? If so, why do we owe that any respect or credence?

“There are fantasy novels where magic is real and it’s historically accurate.” Is this a prerequisite? Time to toss out star trek because I think we have already passed the date of nuclear war. Or is Sci Fi exempt from historical accuracy?

while I generally think the issue is overblown, I appreciate you pointing out something both sides seem to miss, there is no common culture of “native american”

which ones? And which ones can speak for all the others?

Actually, picking an obscure belief and ascribing it a context in the Roman mythology was what the Romans actually did.

in this alternative reality where MAGIC EXISTS why couldn’t magicians have conceived of a magical united states?

I’m pretty sure the Merchant of Venice is pretty frequently performed.

and why exactly do we owe reverence to the myth of skin walkers anyway? They don’t exist.

what exact cultural context is owed to an alternative world where there are wizards?

isn’t fantasy by definition removed from real world context?