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“I fear not the wizard who has practiced 10,000 spells once, but I fear the wizard who has practiced one spell 10,000 times.”
Actually Harry also used Spectrum Patronum alot (aka, the deus ex machina spell that can do anything and give you a blowjob at the same time)
So he had 2 go to spells.
Expecto* Patronum
Combined with a BJ, erecto patronum works better.
Fixed. Thanks
There was two times, he used proper curses:
In book 5 he tries to use Crucio to torture Beatrix Lestrange, but she shows him and tortures him instead, as a little boy doesnt know how to torture.
In book 6 he used Sectumsempra on Malfoy without knowing what it is and seemingly completely oblivious to the fact that most spells are just latin word. Subsequently Malfoy almost dies of bloodloss, everyone is chocked how Harry is using dark arts all of a sudden, but Dumbledore bails him out as always.
Book seven, he uses imperius curse on some random goblin.
(Possibly just film? Haven’t reread in many a year)
He also uses crucio in book 7, when one of the carrows spits on mcgonnagal, iirc
Nah that’s in the books too
Doesn’t that spell even break the rules of the setting? What I’m meaning is that with basically all other spells, just saying the words isn’t enough, there’s a mental element to it, which is related to what the spell is supposed to do. So, casting a spell without knowing what it does should be impossible.
I love Harry Potter but facing the facts it is very badly crafted and full of inconsistencies like this.
Obligatory: JKR turned out to be a horrible person and dies not deserve any of our money or attention.
I mean, we should really be asking why they didnt just take latin as one of their classes
No he found the spell that was cracked and just spammed it. Why wouldn’t you it’s the best spell. Insta stunlock, no counter. He did the meta build
Trying to apply logic to JKR’s writing will surely lead to madness.
The fanfic that tried to apply logic to JKR’s writing lead to an actual, real life murder.
O.o wait what.
Please explain
You mean the one by the AI wackjob?
There’s a good fanfic series that tries to apply science to the HP universe. I made it like 50 pages into the 300+ page book which is longer than I’d usually read a fanfic for.
Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality? I think it clocks in at like half the length of the entire original series.
good
You and I have very different ideas of what the word ‘good’ means, lol. The first, like, two chapters were fine as lampooning the poorly thought out logic of rowling’s world, but by chapter 8 or so it just was the same thing over and over again: mary sue thinker boy immediately noticing the giant flaws of the main author and having already rationalized the perfect exploit in a split second.
If it really became good later, well, first impressions matter and it had a pretty bad one.
Fake: Magic. Gay: Also magic.
It happens three times, if we count the one when he was 1 year old
Also how gilderoy lockheart is defeated
So they used a charm instead of a spell?
guynamedzero@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
Obligatory JK Rowling is a bad person. Don’t support her or the Harry Potter series.
themeatbridge@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I always like to include the addendum that she’s also a bad writer. It’s great when people are excited to read, but success is not an indicator of quality.
rmuk@feddit.uk 1 day ago
I tried reading them as a kid and thought they were shit then. I realise now the biggest problems I had with it were the total absence of brick jokes (or whatever the literary equivalent is), the utter refusal to engage in foreshadowing, and the lack of character development.
SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 1 day ago
and as always, if people do enjoy the stories, get the books or movies second hand. don’t let her earn a cent from it
Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 1 day ago
She’s not a bad writer. She’s slightly above average.
Before she was outed, her pseudonym Robert Galbraith had sold 8500 English language copies across all formats (hardback, eBook, library and audiobook) and received two offers from television production companies.
For a “first time” author those are reasonable numbers.
ksigley@lemmy.world 1 day ago
“Harry Potter isn’t as good as you thought when you read it in grade school. Hottest take”
Hbomberguy
JandroDelSol@lemmy.world 1 day ago
eh, they’re not great, but not the worst thing ever. ive seen worse debut novels (id argue that the divergent series is worse, though i enjoy it far too much lmao). the series is definitely ruined because of rowling’s awfulness.
latenightnoir@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 day ago
Do make plenty of memes pointing out the myriad plotholes and the nonsensical developments/elements! I hear she just LLLOVES that;)