![]() ![]() If a Muggle had fallen in such a way, wouldn't they have died, or at least been injured far more? But witches/wizards treat such possible injuries very casually, which may be because they aren't so easily hurt.Īnother example is Neville's story in PS/SS of how he 'bounced' when his uncle accidentally dropped him from an upper storey window. Harry's worst injuries are a broken arm and a cracked skull, both of which are healed overnight. In the former case, Neville merely suffers a broken wrist. Neville falls off his broom in PS/SS Harry falls off his several times in the course of the series. The most popular magical sport involves children flying on broomsticks hundreds of feet up in the air, with no form of safety belts or anything whatsoever that would prevent, say, an inexperienced flyer from simply slipping off his broom and plummeting to his death. In GoF, four teenagers compete in what are literally death defying tasks. ![]() ![]() There's also the sheer recklessness witches/wizards display towards what are potentially life-threatening situations, and their complete disregard for ordinary safety protocols. For example, in the first book, Hagrid is insulted when Petunia says that Harry's parents died in a car crash: 'How could a car crash kill James and Lily?' The implication seems to be that witches/wizards would not be easily killed by such mundane means. While it's probably possible to kill witches/wizards if you shoot them point blank, I think that magical people in the HP universe have some amount of inherent protection against 'Muggle' injuries. ![]()
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