# Harry Potter and The Flintstones: two of a kind? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 2, 2016, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-potter-and-the-flintstones-two-of-a-kind/756271 "2016-06-02T00:57:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2016, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-potter-and-the-flintstones-two-of-a-kind/756271/21 "2016-06-03T16:00:09Z")
> [@MrAtoz](#): > > This is one reason I’m kind of ambivalent about “urban fantasies,” particularly those like Dresden or the Anita Blake books, or similar, which posit that basically every myth, fairy tale, or horror story trope you ever heard of are actually true, but hidden from us mundane mortal types. Especially when we’re told that vampires, werewolves, elves, fae, and every other fantasy being all have their own elaborate societies, complete with dedicated shopping districts, bars, and happening nightclubs, where hideous and grisly murders and/or running gun battles are liable to break out at any moment, while the general public remains blissfully unaware. A running gag in The Dresden Files is how magical happenings will get explained away. Building destroyed? Terrorists. People killed by a werewolf? wild animals Someone sets a car on fire and kills someone? Gang activity. At one point someone is filmed shooting a giant werewolf, but the video quality sucks because it takes place in a poorly lit area at night. Everyone assumes the video is some special effects stunt. The rule of thumb is that things with magical abilities attain positions of power and influence in our society, then use that to cover their tracks. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-potter-and-the-flintstones-two-of-a-kind/756271.md?page=1)