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Nummy Treat and bizarre theories from a population genetic viewpoint...
A German-American recipe for you all today, since the fic well is dry at the moment...
( Heisser Kartoffelsalat )
I've a weird idea about Buffy/Harry Potter crossover -- remember how alternate dimensions are canon in Buffy? And the Buffy-verse is just about one step above Hell and the universe's sub-basement?
What if the Buffyverse is so bad that almost everyone has a bit of magic ability because of predator pressure from the demons? A bit of magical ability makes you a less likely treat for rampaging demons, so you survive and your non-magical neighbor gets eaten -- thus you have children with magical genes and he doesn't have any kids at all. Your genes pass on to future generations, and with that kind of predator pressure every generation, eventually every human has at least *some* magical ability (which is canon in Buffyverse, or the "Xander, don't speak Latin in front of the books" scene wouldn't have worked).
But in a dimension further away from the demon realms (say, the Potterverse) there fewer people with magical ability simply because it's not such a valuable survival trait? Non-magical-neighbor guy manages to survive to pass his genes along, and just through genetic drift, magical genes become very rare indeed. In fact, they're only common in isolated populations (the Wizarding world, where magic is bred for, directly or indirectly), and in sports in the larger non-magical population.
So what happens when a really fabulous Buffyverse witch (like Willow) starts punching holes in reality and wanders into the Potterverse? Could she whup Voldemort from here to next year or would she terrify the Wizarding World into uniting in competent resistance, for a change.
( Heisser Kartoffelsalat )
I've a weird idea about Buffy/Harry Potter crossover -- remember how alternate dimensions are canon in Buffy? And the Buffy-verse is just about one step above Hell and the universe's sub-basement?
What if the Buffyverse is so bad that almost everyone has a bit of magic ability because of predator pressure from the demons? A bit of magical ability makes you a less likely treat for rampaging demons, so you survive and your non-magical neighbor gets eaten -- thus you have children with magical genes and he doesn't have any kids at all. Your genes pass on to future generations, and with that kind of predator pressure every generation, eventually every human has at least *some* magical ability (which is canon in Buffyverse, or the "Xander, don't speak Latin in front of the books" scene wouldn't have worked).
But in a dimension further away from the demon realms (say, the Potterverse) there fewer people with magical ability simply because it's not such a valuable survival trait? Non-magical-neighbor guy manages to survive to pass his genes along, and just through genetic drift, magical genes become very rare indeed. In fact, they're only common in isolated populations (the Wizarding world, where magic is bred for, directly or indirectly), and in sports in the larger non-magical population.
So what happens when a really fabulous Buffyverse witch (like Willow) starts punching holes in reality and wanders into the Potterverse? Could she whup Voldemort from here to next year or would she terrify the Wizarding World into uniting in competent resistance, for a change.