Timeline for How do Basilisk eyes actually work?
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| Nov 11, 2021 at 19:01 | comment | added | F1Krazy | As an author myself, I can tell you there's at least one good reason not to explain these kinds of things: it's scarier that way. Often, trying to rationalise them either makes them less terrifying, raises more questions than it answers, or just plain sounds silly. We fear what we don't understand, and a supernatural element that's never explained (like the Basilisk's gaze) is inherently more terrifying than one that is. It's not just lazy writing. | |
| Nov 11, 2021 at 16:03 | review | Late answers | |||
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| Nov 11, 2021 at 15:58 | comment | added | LogicDictates | You could improve this answer by editing it to include the specific "passage in the book" you alluded to, and any other quotes which at least vaguely support the theories you've proposed here. | |
| S Nov 11, 2021 at 15:44 | review | First answers | |||
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| S Nov 11, 2021 at 15:44 | history | answered | Phil Koubik | CC BY-SA 4.0 |