Yeah, I think it's just not really something the series is really concentrating on (the stitches idea sounds very logical to me too, that if Arthur cut his head normally presumably stitches would work--in fact, fanon often assumes that there are times where wizards "have to do it the Muggle way, which is very uncanonical but probably shows how Muggleborns really would think!).
I've just recently noticed how in OotP Hermione asks to borrow Hedwig to tell her parents about being prefect because that's "something they can understand." It's kind of chilling how she talks about her parents like mentally challenged children, and reminds you that she's been living with the Weasleys for most of the summer, it seems. Plus when she had a chance to get a pet she didn't get an owl but a cat, so she doesn't even have the kind of access to communication that Harry and Ron have!
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Date: 2004-11-10 08:54 pm (UTC)I've just recently noticed how in OotP Hermione asks to borrow Hedwig to tell her parents about being prefect because that's "something they can understand." It's kind of chilling how she talks about her parents like mentally challenged children, and reminds you that she's been living with the Weasleys for most of the summer, it seems. Plus when she had a chance to get a pet she didn't get an owl but a cat, so she doesn't even have the kind of access to communication that Harry and Ron have!