Post by yara leila el fayed on Apr 29, 2024 18:57:35 GMT -7
April 4, 2029
Sometimes, when she wasn't focused on something to do with computers or the vast array of Korean media available to her, Yara's mind wandered to the subject of the magical world of which her sister Yas was a part. As a Muggle related to a witch, she knew more than most people with whom she interacted on a daily basis, but she had plenty of questions that she doubted she would ever get answered. Witches and wizards didn't just have "Ask Me Anything" sessions for their non-magical relatives, so she had to try to fill in the blanks for herself. Her latest question: Did wizards have magical geneticists, and had they figured out why some people were born with magical abilities and others weren't? Questions about who was magical and who wasn't had always been in her head, but they had become more complex as she had learned more about the world in general. Going down random corners of the internet didn't always help, either.
To expand upon that, Yara had plenty of follow-up questions. What would it look like to examine a magical person's genes? Would they look any different from what Muggle scientists had established as the norm, or would they not be able to see the magical elements anyway? Was it possible for a set of twins to be born where one had magical abilities but the other didn't? (Yara guessed that it would be possible for non-identical twins, in particular, but couldn't confirm her theory.) With all the prejudice against people who came from non-magical families in the magical world, did they even care enough to study genetics? Or was it all just genealogy and ensuring that bloodlines stayed pure?
Yara didn't want to write any of her thoughts down, just in case doing that would get her in trouble, but walking around London made it hard to ignore. Whenever she saw something that looked a little strange, she had to wonder if it was really magic at work. It wasn't anything conspiratorial, but she sometimes questioned how often she walked past someone or something without realizing their true nature. Take, for example, the person struggling with their tap payment on their phone to get through the fare gate to catch the Tube at South Kensington and holding up a queue of people at rush hour, including herself. It probably wasn't anything abnormal, but it made it less frustrating to think that it was someone who had never used the technology before.
OOC: OPEN!
To expand upon that, Yara had plenty of follow-up questions. What would it look like to examine a magical person's genes? Would they look any different from what Muggle scientists had established as the norm, or would they not be able to see the magical elements anyway? Was it possible for a set of twins to be born where one had magical abilities but the other didn't? (Yara guessed that it would be possible for non-identical twins, in particular, but couldn't confirm her theory.) With all the prejudice against people who came from non-magical families in the magical world, did they even care enough to study genetics? Or was it all just genealogy and ensuring that bloodlines stayed pure?
Yara didn't want to write any of her thoughts down, just in case doing that would get her in trouble, but walking around London made it hard to ignore. Whenever she saw something that looked a little strange, she had to wonder if it was really magic at work. It wasn't anything conspiratorial, but she sometimes questioned how often she walked past someone or something without realizing their true nature. Take, for example, the person struggling with their tap payment on their phone to get through the fare gate to catch the Tube at South Kensington and holding up a queue of people at rush hour, including herself. It probably wasn't anything abnormal, but it made it less frustrating to think that it was someone who had never used the technology before.
OOC: OPEN!
