Pavitra comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, part 2 - Less Wrong
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I'd have to reread-- how much of the angsting was from teenagers who grew up among muggles?
Do the adult wizards seem calmer about their looks than adult muggles?
ETA: I didn't mean muggles, I meant humans in the real world.
The weirdest thing about the HP books is that they're insanely popular while portraying a world in which people (you and everyone you've ever known) are consistently viewed as inferior.
I don't have any reason to think this is a bad thing, but it's very strange considering the usual human preference for self-congratulation.
I don't remember offhand either.
I wonder, though, if the Malfoys are magically beautiful.
I think Lockroy's smile may be mentioned as magically assisted.