"DaWaterRat;c-17213424" wrote:
"WolfNate;c-17212872" wrote:
@Atreya33 I agree also I feel it's more based off 'modern' magic.
Outfits are a mix of Sabrina The Teenaged Witch, Halloweentown, and Fantastic Beasts while brooms and wands take a distinctly HP and 'generic' aesthetic.
The town square is heavily 'Diagon Alley' esque.
Magic seems to be it's own original style and outside of wands can't really call it an expy.
See, in the long shots I can see the argument for Diagon Alley. But the close shots have more of a Goblin Market feel (and the idea of magical marketplaces also predates Harry Potter - though they're usually run by Faeries - thus Goblin Market.)
Not sure what a goblin market is, but somehow with a name like that I expect it to involve goblins and not just humans/sims. ;)
Anyway, there are bound to be many versions of magical markets in various books and movies. I think they went for a mixture of different views.