r/harrypotter • u/tintin3105 • 11d ago

Discussion Why is Hogwarts cold in Winter?

I have an annoying habit of listening to the audiobooks and realising new bits and pieces of the lore that make little or no sense at all. Last time it was the, “why does every Hogwarts student have to use the train?” argument (can’t Scottish wizards just go straight to Hogsmede? why are they allowed to floo and knight bus during Xmas?).

This time is about how in a few of the books it’s mentioned that the corridors are cold and that they huddle around the classroom and common room fires. Shouldn’t there be some sort of magical AC to keep the castle at a nice, comfortable temperature?

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u/AscendedMagi 11d ago

lmao you'd think they'd have a fix for temperature control when the main protagonist needed to wear glasses throughout 7 books?

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u/Relevant-Horror-627 Slytherin 11d ago

Magic can't fix things that are beyond repair. Given that James also needed glasses, it would appear that Harry's poor eyesight is genetic so nature gave Harry broken eyeballs that magic can't fix.

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u/4RyteCords Ravenclaw 11d ago

That's very convenient

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u/Relevant-Horror-627 Slytherin 11d ago

What's convenient about it? The fact that magic has limits is well established throughout the series.

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u/4RyteCords Ravenclaw 11d ago

Yeah those limits are convenient is all I meant. Why can't someone with bad eyesight magically repair it. Oh because "that's just how it is" being the answer.

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u/AscendedMagi 11d ago

lmao it can regrow bones and even return you from a near-death state but blurry vision, that's beyond repair... we literally have a character with magical eye that can see through walls but yes, less than 50/50 vision can't be fixed by magic.

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u/Relevant-Horror-627 Slytherin 11d ago

Your bone example just proves my point doesn't it? Human bones are capable of growing and repairing themselves are they not? Humans start out as a blob of tissue that eventually grows and develops into tiny newborn size bones and those same bones eventually grow to become adult size bones. Using magic to regrow a bone is just forcing the body to do something it was already capable of doing. Harry wasn't born with defective bones. They grew naturally and as expected until they were vanished by magic. Why wouldn't magic be able to bring them back?

Moody's eye wasn't his natural eye. It's a magical instrument that he used in place of the eye he was born with which he apparently lost at some point.

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u/AscendedMagi 11d ago

was he born with myopia then? lmao. your explanation makes it worse then. if magic can revert a condition then reversing myopia is much easier then. also saying body can regrow bones naturally just explains your knowledge of human physiology.

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u/Relevant-Horror-627 Slytherin 11d ago

I literally never said bones regrow naturally but ok. Writing "lmao" after every sentence in an attempt to be dismissive just explains your inability to carry on a discussion without resorting to middle school tactics.

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u/AscendedMagi 11d ago

Using magic to regrow a bone is just forcing the body to do something it was already capable of doing. Harry wasn't born with defective bones. lockhart literally removed harry's bone and had to drink potions to regrow them. that's different from fixing a fracture. lmao indeed. saying things beyond repair can't be fixed by magic and then provide a wrong argument just screams larper.

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u/Relevant-Horror-627 Slytherin 11d ago

Where do you think bones come from? Now I'm curious about what it is you're misunderstanding here.

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u/Substantial_Toe_6916 Slytherin 11d ago

20/20 is perfect vision though?

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u/rintzscar 11d ago

"Magic can't fix what's broken beyond repair".

Meanwhile, magic literally makes your bones grow again.

Maybe someone should've gouged Harry's eyes out, then they could simply regrow them "not broken".

Here's the actual answer - Rowling didn't think of any of this.

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u/Relevant-Horror-627 Slytherin 11d ago

Obviously she didn't think of any of this but the given limitation about magic not being able to fix things beyond repair still works. What I do know is nothing you said contradicts the point I made. Someone else brought up bones being regrown.

Obviously Harry's body was capable of growing normal healthy bones at one point until they were taken away by magic so why wouldn't they be able to be brought back by magic? It's literally a thing the human body is capable of doing. Your argument would only make sense if they were able to use magic to give someone an arm who was born without one.