Thread:Godzillafan93/@comment-6052796-20140913230734/@comment-6052796-20150108032738

Actually because Petunia is related to Lily by blood and Lily sacrificed herself to save Harry. Dumbledore has often emphasized in all the books that blood magic can be a very powerful thing even in non magic folk.

The Magic HQ being the center of it actually makes sense in these stories. One of the highest honors you can get in the wizarding world is called the Order of Merlin. The entire HP series derives their magic on the instance that in that universe, Merlin as in THE king Arthur's Merlin exists and has passed down his magic teaching to others. In a realistic sense though it would be in Rome, because they had witch and warlock related religions prior to Christianity taking over.

As for Beetlejuice. With Takako I was more or less thinking of that scene where that guy in the background during the afterlife file room. The one that was hanging by his neck on a rope that was swinging to the next filing cabinet so he could file his papers. Only replace teh rope with the various wires. Yumi would probably be like that Spider-Walk scene in Excorcist, but more silly like than scary. Izumi....well imagine Beetlejuice when he popped spikes out only replace the spikes with shards of glass and you got Izumi....only you don't see her dancing to Oingo Boingo music while heading to a brothel.