History Fridge / WishCarefully

* How'd Harry get the Heart of Hogwarts to recognize him as a descendant of Slytherin? He has a piece of Voldemort's soul in him, as revealed in ''Deathly Hallows,'' and Voldemort is Slytherin's last living descendant.

* If Leonidas really is a Light wizard, then his detailed speculation about Harry’s ultimate endgame for magical Britain may come from Harry himself or one of his allies revealing that to Leonidas. They could have potentially met during Leonidas's efforts to smuggle squibs out of Voldemort's reach.

** There’s another out besides that: just admit that the Death Eaters and blood purity are wrong. He could make a formal request to speak with whoever the lead Light official will be at the Parley at Stonehenge and then, while there, make a formal acknowledgment and apology that the Malfoys completely renounce their participation in the Death Eaters and are willing to do ANYTHING to correct this mistake. Like the above mentioned, Lucius would rather suffer than admit that he isn’t inherently superior.

* Unless they have the money and fertility to remarry and birth/sire new children, any single child families would be utterly screwed if their child is killed before they have their own children. Look at the real life concept of ''shidu'', the bereavement of losing your only child in modern Chinese culture. Lucius Malfoy shows elites get around this by having concubines, but for the middle and working classes Death Eaters? Their adult child dies, and they are left with the emotional and societal consequences. Plus, with Voldemort happily torturing anyone in his vicinity when he's bored, people would have to live with the constant paranoia that one wrong move means their kid might die.

* Future British Muggleborns are going to have it made since they will be taken to a magical, tropical island paradise in Light side version of Hogwarts.

** There’s another out besides that: just admit that the Death Eaters and blood purity are wrong. He could make a formal request to speak with whoever the lead Light official will be at the Parley at Stonehenge and then, while there, make a formal acknowledgment and apology that the Malfoy completely renounce their participation in the Death Eaters and are willing to do ANYTHING to correct this mistake. Like the above mentioned, Lucius would rather suffer than admit that he isn’t inherently superior.

* The people who would kill their squib children after getting a magically-strong grandchild knee-capped themselves in the long run because they still only have one grandchild. Instead of having the squib child sire back-up kids, they hate squibs so much they are killed at first opportunity. This has RealitySubtext in China and their troubles with the One-Child Policy, in particular because Chinese culture favors male children (being a patriarchal culture). The result was that many baby girls being aborted/abandoned at first opportunity, so people could try for boys. As a result, modern-day China has demographic issues such as a population heavily skewed towards males (read: they don't have enough women). For this reason, China has tried relaxing the one-child policy several times since 2010:

** The nationwide limit was increased to a maximum of three children was adopted nationwide in May 2021, after seeing births plummet by 15% in 2020 alone (although this was partially to [[UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic COVID-19]] economic dislocations).

* The people who would kill their squib children after getting a magically-strong grandchild knee-capped themselves in the long run because they still only have one grandchild. Instead of having the squib child sire back-up kids, they are so fucked-up that they kill them at the first opportunity. Look what happened to China due to the One Child Policy. They have a demographic crisis due to the one-child policy and male-favored culture causing them to prefer male children. They now don't have enough women. For this very reason, China has changed the one-child policy several times since 2010:

** This new two-child policy was extended nationwide to all parents in 2016. In the same year, the northeastern province of Heilongjiang, which was badly hit by the transition to a quasi-market economy, allowed couples in 18 of its cities to have three children.
** This three-child policy was adopted nationwide in May 2021, after seeing births plummet by 15% ''in 2020 alone'' (due partially to [[UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic COVID-19]] economic dislocations).
** The ''very next month'', reports reached the West that Chinese authorities are considering scrapping ''all'' restrictions on birth rates, starting in the country's more depressed regions with the new policy to be implemented nationwide by 2025.

* How did Harry get the Heart of Hogwarts to recognize him as a descendant of Slytherin? He has a piece of Voldemort's soul in him, as revealed in ''Deathly Hallows,'' and Voldemort is Slytherin's last living descendant.

* The people who would kill their squib children after getting a magically-strong grandchild knee-capped themselves in the long run because they still only have one grandchild. Instead of having the squib child sire back-up kids, they are so racist that they kill them at the first opportunity. Look what happened to China due to the One Child Policy. They have a demographic crisis due to the one-child policy and male-favored culture causing them to prefer male children. They now don't have enough women. For this very reason, China has changed the one-child policy several times since 2010:

** Despite these measures, sheer demographic inertia (through various factors, including the tendency for single-children to prefer only having one child, China's economic slow-down, and the dating/match-making scenes) means that China is still expected to experience a horrendous population crash over the next fifty years that will see the world's most populous country lose HALF its population.

* Unless they have the money and fertility to remarry and birth/sire new children, any single child families would be utterly screwed if their child is killed before they have their own children. Look at the real life concept of ''shidu'', the bereavement of losing your only child in modern Chinese culture. Lucius Malfoy shows the elites get around this by having concubines, but for the middle and working classes Death Eaters? Their adult child dies, and they are left with the emotional and societal consequences. Plus, with Voldemort happily torturing anyone in his vicinity when he's bored, people would have to live with the constant paranoia that one wrong move means their kid might die.

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