Magical Magic Creature Spotlight: Ghoul
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MOM Classification: XX
It’s funny that the entry prefaces by saying that while a ghoul is ugly, it’s not dangerous. Because if it’s ugly, it must be dangerous, right? And nothing that’s beautiful could possibly be dangerous? That’s not how it works, you know, not even in this book!
Anyway, ghouls live in attics and barns, and eat moths and spiders. Note that this entry specifically indicates that ghouls seek out wizard attics and barns- I’m starting to think that magic really does smell different. Anyway, the worst that a ghoul will do is throw things around or growl at anyone who stumbles across it. For this reason, they often become pets of the wizard families they live with- though there is a magical task force to remove ghouls from houses that have passed into Muggle hands. Honestly, these wizards are just plain obsessed with keeping anything magical out of the way of Muggles (how many stories have you seen where a creature like this becomes the friend of ordinary children, again?). Remind me why they don’t know anything about how these magical creatures actually live (even when they do)?
The Weasleys have a ghoul in their attic, which is once used to pass off as Ron with dragon pox (or somesuch)- for no readily discernible reason as to why it would work. On Warner Brothers’ website when the movies were popular, there was a Harry Potter game that would involve trying to make more noise than the ghoul in the Weasleys’ attic.
MOM Classification: XX
It’s funny that the entry prefaces by saying that while a ghoul is ugly, it’s not dangerous. Because if it’s ugly, it must be dangerous, right? And nothing that’s beautiful could possibly be dangerous? That’s not how it works, you know, not even in this book!
Anyway, ghouls live in attics and barns, and eat moths and spiders. Note that this entry specifically indicates that ghouls seek out wizard attics and barns- I’m starting to think that magic really does smell different. Anyway, the worst that a ghoul will do is throw things around or growl at anyone who stumbles across it. For this reason, they often become pets of the wizard families they live with- though there is a magical task force to remove ghouls from houses that have passed into Muggle hands. Honestly, these wizards are just plain obsessed with keeping anything magical out of the way of Muggles (how many stories have you seen where a creature like this becomes the friend of ordinary children, again?). Remind me why they don’t know anything about how these magical creatures actually live (even when they do)?
The Weasleys have a ghoul in their attic, which is once used to pass off as Ron with dragon pox (or somesuch)- for no readily discernible reason as to why it would work. On Warner Brothers’ website when the movies were popular, there was a Harry Potter game that would involve trying to make more noise than the ghoul in the Weasleys’ attic.
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