Expecto patronum my ass!
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mycodesucks@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
DragonAce@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
First_Thunder@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
As funny as this is, there is some bull crap reason in the books explaining that muggle devices tend to not work well when close to places with too much magic
NichEherVielleicht@feddit.org 2 weeks ago
rockerface@lemmy.cafe 2 weeks ago
So there’s this game called Arknights, which is set in a universe where they didn’t figure out the gunpowder, but they gave rocks that can be used to fuel the magic (and also give you magic rock cancer, go figure). So they have guns, but they’re basically only usable by one race of characters that are known for their innate talent for precise magic control, and everyone else sticks to crossbows and ballistas, or else more traditional magic.
Ziglin@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
This made me think about what would make a magic gun in the setting superior to a regular gun. Assuming it’s just more powerful it shouldn’t make much difference since everyone is just running around with a wand that can kill someone at will anyways. In the case of the weird wand connections that I barely remember even happening outside of one scene in the books (and more often in the films) I suppose it would be useful.
The main advantage of a gun would seem that it is instant (no incantation, just aiming) and could probably be silenced.
Godort@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
I really like the way that The Dresden Files handles it.
Magic tends to fuck with precision mechanics and electrical systems, which means that modern weapons are much more likely to jam when in the presence of magic auras.
As a result, the main character, who is a wizard tends to use a .44 revolver as his sidearm because anything more precise is going to be unreliable.
arrow74@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
If I recall that was just electronics no?
Like we’ve seen them use fire at hogwarts. Simple chemical reactions still occur. That’s all a gun is, a spark, gunpowder, and a tube. Frankly this is just potions class
YellowParenti@lemmy.wtf 2 weeks ago
mlg@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Percy Jackson did this so much better by explaining only imperial gold or celestial bronze can be used to craft weapons that could harm powerful entities.
So naturally some dude loaded celestial bronze bullets into his warplane’s (probably .50 cal M2) machine guns lol
rockerface@lemmy.cafe 2 weeks ago
Revolvers would work, surely. There’s zero electronics and an extremely simple internal mechanism. If door hinges work, so should revolvers
hansolo@lemmy.today 2 weeks ago
Right, so no shotguns? Easy. Sniper rifles, no problem.
LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Step one would to be a wizard I guess, otherwise you’ll never even find the castle and forgot what you were doing so you are just back to trying to find someone wanting to play corn hole
SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
Do you think “too much magic” can stand up to “too much MURICA?” I think not, good sir.
All he has to do is chant the spell “AMERICA, FUCK YEAH!”
Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Artillery it is then.
Stern@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I remember some lore drop about how they had a poop disentegration spell at one point, which is like… bruh, outhouses, c’mon.
DoubleDongle@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
The gun is his patronus
Honytawk@feddit.nl 2 weeks ago
Or, a wizard shouldn’t be allowed to call themselves a master if they can’t even protect themselves from tiny physical projectiles.
There should be tons of spells for that.
gigastasio@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Expect a projectile motherfucker!
b_tr3e@feddit.org 2 weeks ago
I’d more likely expect somebody sitting on his ass 5m behind the place where he was when pulling the trigger looking stupid and holding his forearm. I’ve seen smartasses firing regular machine guns like this. No matter how strong you think you are - It just doesn’t work.
Jerb322@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
“I ain’t got time to bleed…”
“You got time to duck?”
betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Given a choice between what’s canonical and what’s cannonical, I know which one I’m picking.
YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 2 weeks ago
I ain’t got time to expelliamus.
NotASharkInAManSuit@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I’ll expel your ass, nerd!
YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 2 weeks ago
Don’t threaten me with a good time!
Lushed_Lungfish@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
Zoltraak-47
chuckleslord@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Good ol’ American magic
Dadifer@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Accio gun
My_IFAKs___gone@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Does USA ever even get acknowledged in the HP universe? I can’t remember any instance of a yank showing up in any of the books or any reference to the North American continent.
“America…well…we magicked it away. It was full of Voldemorts.”
wjrii@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
The first Fantastic Beasts movie is set in New York, and it makes several appearances in the supporting lore books. Apparently, Americans don’t really like Quidditch, preferring some sort of magical-explosions basketball-ish game.
My_IFAKs___gone@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Gotcha. I left the franchise after Book 7 and its two movies. I’ve watched maybe 15 minutes of one of the FB movies (maybe the second one?) while on an overnight flight and was immediately lost and not entertained enough to commit, especially when Forrest Gump was an alternative option.
plm00@lemmy.ml 2 weeks ago
The first movie of Magical Beasts and Where to Find Them takes place in the US. Otherwise mentions are minimal, if any, in the HP series.
OriginEnergySux@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
“Expecto patron-”
just fucking riddled with bullets
ol_capt_joe@piefed.ee 2 weeks ago
Goddammus sexualis tyrannosaurus! 🪄💦🥾
ch00f@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I like how Misfits and Magic handles this where wizards straight just have never heard of nuclear weapons.
diykeyboards@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
“Aveda cad…” BANG.
The end.
Nalivai@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Dropout’s “Misfits and Magic” made an American exchange students in “for legal reasons it’s totally non-distinct magic school” with more nuance, highly recommend.
JTode@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Can’t tell if that’s Jesse Ventura in a movie or G Gordon Liddy in his backyard…
lietuva@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
avahduh kedahvrah mothefucker
JoMiran@lemmy.ml 2 weeks ago
Jesse “The Body” Ventura. The former governor of Minnesota.
ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net 2 weeks ago
What would be his name?
Cort@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
John Brown, if he’s fighting to free house elves.
John Browning, if he’s going after death eaters
NichEherVielleicht@feddit.org 2 weeks ago
@django@discuss.tchncs.de
SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
Obligatory Classic: Harry Potter with Guns
bassomitron@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Hahah, the scene where he opens his inheritance vault with all the bullets. Man, thanks for the laugh
Goatboy@lemmy.today 2 weeks ago
Opening with Dumbledore just shooting out the lights.
Maultasche@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
The best part is, that it’s not just a trailer, but the entire film was edited like this
SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
Ha, nice. I’ll have to try to find the full copy to go along with my copy of Wizard People, Dear Reader.