cynthia1960 pointed out

[conuly]

that the odds of the wizarding world remaining secret diminishes with every passing year. Not that we ever got a solid answer as to why the Statute of Secrecy (Hagrid's explanation of people wanting magic solutions is either facile or outright inane) besides the fact that otherwise the books would have to be different.

At any rate, the real question isn't "how are they managing to stay secret" or even "how long can they realistically keep this up" but "what's gonna happen when the secret comes out". Because secrets do, eventually, tend to come out - and something like this, with as many moving pieces as it's got to have? It's going to come out. Somehow I think that the non-magic population is going to find this easier to adapt to than the ostentatiously ignorant of muggles purebloods.

Comments

[moon_custafer]

One of the things I liked about the cinematic MCU is that Tony Stark, at the end of the first Iron Man concluded trying to keep that particular secret was pointless. I think the only hero in that universe who isn’t out at all is Peter Parker, and it’s understandable in his case.

[dewline]

Ummm...have you seen the first two MCU Spider-Man movies?

[moon_custafer]

No— I take it Peter’s gone public too, then?

[dewline]

In Homecoming? No.

But the MCU does seem to have a rule: no secret IDs can survive more than one movie.

[dogstar]

If you like fanfic, you might enjoy "Peter and the Jailbirds" on AO3. Post CA:CW, heed warnings, but .. yeah.