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Kaos.Doodles 
Of course West would add that little tidbit. But He had been hoping someone would. "Thank Mr. Odessa for pointing that out." It was true.
"The majority of you are correct. The two main characters of these comics happen to be Martin Miggs and Loony Nonby. The comics themselves are titled The Adventures of Martin Miggs, the Mad Muggle, and Loony Nonby vs. Cornish Pixie. The most popular ones in the Wizarding World. "One is about a crazy Muggle an the other a guy facing off against a pixie, and losing the majority of the time." Scabior paused for a few seconds to throw one of the books back on his desk. "And just like Mr. Odessa said, they are not superheroes." So WHY were they talking about them?
"Despite that fact. The number of people who actually read these comics in the Wizarding world are almost identical to the number of Muggles who read those-" He motioned to the board. "-comics. And yet they are not about people who can fly, or who have heat vision or who can climb walls, or who have a lot of money."
"Using the same medium-" i.e comics "-Yet in a completely different way." He was speaking slowly, just so they could get everything he was saying. "Now any guesses as to why both are able to sell in their respective communities? Why don't Muggles have comics about crazy Muggles? And why don't we have comics about men that can fly?"
"Oh you're welcome, Professor Scabior." Because he was polite, of course West was polite too. Not sarcastic at all. Except in that slightly Slytherin way where you could never quite TELL if it was legit or not.
But it was.
Beaaaams.
West thought about that question and threw his hand up.
"Maybe because the point of fantasy is to imagine things that you know can't happen, or things that are different from your own experience and stuff? And.... sometimes stories like what are in comics are.... are..." What was the word,
"Allegories for things. Like the unlikely or the impossible is used to represent a symbol or concept what might be harder to understand without making it fun and simple. Sometimes its like we get tricked into learning stuff and we don't even know it because we think we are reading for fun but really we're reading something that has a point and a lesson." Lessons like don't mess with cornish pixies for instance, and when muggles are nutso you should stay out of their way.
So to relate that back to the question and what he meant,
"So like, when its a story what seems like its just for fun and fantasy and imaginings, really it might have a hidden meaning or lesson in it, and its better to hide those lessons in something that doesn't sound like you're learning junk, and something new and different that makes you interested to read it to begin with."