The interesting question is "Is it actually a UN equivalent?" What need do they have for an international actor of that nature? Society is so small that it seems almost pointless. I know JKR has in the past said its equivalent, but I still don't see why, with such a small society, they would need a body like that.

Unless the wizarding world is actually more like a federated state, with the International Confederation serving as a federal legislative body, and the majority of powers devolved to the individual states. Dumbledore was appointed as the British representative. If every member state gets one rep, and every rep gets one vote, then its almost like a parliament. Which might explain why they were the ones that implemented the International Statute of Secrecy.

 

Mordecai, I think the ICW functions mostly as a venue for old powerful wizards to verbally push each other around when they have nothing better to do.

My headcanon is that once a year they gather in a host country (different one each year) for a capital letter Conference which is mostly a party and less a political gathering. Once in a blue moon, when a large issue with the potential to affect the international magical community arises, they actually try to engage in governance or mediation of some sort, with passionate rhetoric and debates, with questionable results.

The real main function of ICW would be ego-stroking, essentially. Of course, this is all speculation. I still think it could be interesting. I suppose representatives could have ceremonial duties.

 

I think of it more as a way for all wizarding nations to meet and discuss things of mutual importance. Any law issued by them is only as effective as the local government is willing to make it, they're the ones tasked with carrying out the regulations. (such as harry casting a patronus in sight of a muggle. (but i admit that example might be moviebased or fanon.

 

I figure the ICW's main purpose is to keep the Statute of Secrecy. They would mainly meet to discuss new muggle inventions that could threaten this as well as individuals or groups that would threaten the Statute.

I really would have liked to see the logic behind Rowling's decision on muggle/wizard interaction. The Ministry has top of the line enchanted cars. Logically, most wizards have to live in muggle communities since Hogsmeade is the only fully wizard village, and it was not that big. Thus the scene where a wizard is running around in a woman's blouse thinking he was dressed appropriately plus Arthor's many questions on muggles (he basically lives in a muggle village) just doesn't make sense to me. It seems way too much of a divide when the two sides are such close neighbors. It would be understandable if there were more wizard only locations but canon never mentions anything like that.

I would also like to see how food is explained. Does Hogwarts have fields of vegetables and grain and many, many animals to feed hundreds three meals a day? Where does it all come from? I don't believe the house elves could multiply the food, so someone has to. It is just something I would like to see explored.

This is more for fanfiction, but I really hate seeing everyone suddenly gasp in horror when someone mentions the word horcrux. Almost everyone should not recognize what a horcrux is, but there is usually a group gasp of horror whenever it is introduced. It is just something that bugs me.

 

What I'd do is I'd basically take Inverarity's Alexandra Quick series and make it actual canon. It really doesn't do any damage to HP's canon (strictly speaking), and it's (IMHO) better-written than HP anyway, so I'd add it to the canon or make it deuterocanon or something of that nature. It's far and away more exploratory than HP ever was.

 

I wish there were more stories about wizards exploring space. I know there is one where Harry leads all of magical Britain into a space ship, but it eventually turns into a Star Wars crossover, which I don't mind. It's abandoned now though, I think.

Anyways, that's the only one I've seen. I think there's some potential in having DoM employees exploring space.

 

I've forgotten but at one point on DLP there was talk of a fic where the room of requirement turned into a spaceship that the DA piloted. Check out the review board or almost recommended (first) it was in one of them. I'm pretty sure the date is something like in June.

 

Revenge of the Wizard by DarthMarrs has this element, although it's a SW crossover from the start and isn't abandoned. There was also some fanfic where Harry was an Unspeakable working on space travel, but I don't recall the name.

 

There was this fic, flight of the starship hedwig, which i read long ago and can't remember if it was good or bad.

https://m.fanfiction.net/s/7135971/1/The-Voyage-of-the-Starship-Hedwig

 

Yeah, I've read that one. It was decent. I feel the SW element takes it down a certain path that's very well trodden already in terms of world-building. A pure wizards-explore-space story would be cool, but I guess the potential for conflict wouldn't be very great in that.

If Voldemort was smart, he would've put a Horcrux on Mars. See Harry try and get that.

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Yeah that was the one I was talking about. The sequel is a SW cross.

 

That's D.S.S. Requirement by Esama.

 

Changing the second and third task of the TWT to make it more exciting for the spectators.

I just can´t imagine everyone getting so excited about the TWT if you can´t actually see the Champions doing any stuff and it is really breaking my sense of immersions and sense of believe in the wizarding world.

Or at least making the task visible for the audience with a wizard equivalent of a TV screen because the third task is still pretty cool.

 

More information on trade and international magical relations and the effects of Dark Lords have on it.

 

Obviously, when Dark Lords stir up trouble, trade flourishes. War profiteering FTW.

 

Yeah this. The champions needed the equivalent of a Go Pro strapped to their heads. Of course that would have presented issues at the end of the Third Task when Harry and Cedric are whisked away, and even with Krum using dark curses, but perhaps Moody-Crouch could have tampered with the viewing screens or something.

 

My assumption was always that Voldemort's initial plan didn't call for much in the way of secrecy. I figured that had Harry died as he was meant to then Voldemort was going to go for a big triumphant return, 'where is your saviour now' kinda thing.

Thus he might have been okay with everyone at the task seeing his resurrection and immortality. It would be a good way of utterly obliterating any will to fight.

Of course it does raise the interesting question of how would the wizarding world respond when Harry escaped, and everyone had seen it.

 

My version involved Sirius and Remus expanding the use of the Marauder's map enchantments to create a virtual display projected over the arena. Competitors showed up in outline with a label, as did their spells and other tactical details. It would only function in places where they could place a 'Marauder Monitor' charm, so when the portkey yanked the competitors to Little Hangleton, all the map showed was 'Portkey Redirector coin' and 'Portus'.