CT: What if Harry Potter was Low Fantasy?

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Something that some people don't seem to know is that, like science fiction, there are many different subgenres. Regular Harry Potter is part of the subgenre known as Urban Fantasy, which combines fantasy with modern trappings. High Fantasy, meanwhile, is more along the lines of Lord of the Rings, while Low Fantasy is more of a grungey variety of story along the lines of Berserk.

Because it amused me, I wondered what a Low Fantasy version of Harry Potter would be like. Not entirely accurate though, if it were they'd also be caked in mud, blood and crap as well.


A better definition of the subgenre, via TV Tropes
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/LowFantasy

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Personalities I'd say. Gryffindors are very much the outgoing, adventurous type, Slytherins are always keen to make their mark, with shows of power and wealth etc...

Ravenclaws are the academic type, they probably make great intrinsic magical discoveries, but aren't the sort to make a big deal about it beyond publishing papers on the topic.

Hufflepuffs are the domestic sort, they like their home comforts and a nice warm house, rather than all than charging around after glory or adventure. They appear to be all but Hobbit-like in their outlook and tastes (and JKR definitely seems to be making a reference to JRRT when she suggests that

The Hufflepuff common room is accessed through a portrait near the kitchens, as I am sure you have deduced. Sorry — I should say ‘painting’ rather than portrait, because it is a still-life. It is a very cosy and welcoming place, as dissimilar as possible from Snape’s dungeon. Lots of yellow hangings, and fat armchairs, and little underground tunnels leading to the dormitories, all of which have perfectly round doors, like barrel tops.

Which sounds a heck of a lot like a Hobbit-hole.