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[–] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 44 points 1 year ago (5 children) As if they didn't have some simple hex that can protect them from physical projectiles. They would have been killed a long time ago by arrows. permalink fedilink source hideshow 10 child comments replies: [–] Thorry84@feddit.nl 53 points 1 year ago (2 children) I think Buffy taught us that you'd be surprised what can be killed with a shoulder fired anti-tank weapon. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] outhouseperilous@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 year ago Written before these books, and yet so much more considered. permalink fedilink source parent [–] icelimit@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago Hot magnesium rounds. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Agent641@lemmy.world 33 points 1 year ago (1 child) Expecto Ballbearium! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] absentbird@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (1 child) It wouldn't even get through a wizard's robes, they're enchanted with protego charms (at least according to the books) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago Use white phosphorus, good old Willy Pete don't discriminate he just incinerates. Well actually he maims but who cares wizards didn't sign no convention or protocol. permalink fedilink source parent [–] sirico@feddit.uk 12 points 1 year ago* (2 children) Gotta say the words quicker than they can pull the trigger and they have mutliple sylable words try saying one of these before you can click your mouse. Yeah I know super skilled ones don't need to but you still have to react. Arresto Momentum Protego Protego Maxima Expelliarmus Accio Stupefy permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Rekorse@sh.itjust.works 26 points 1 year ago (3 children) Bummer jk Rowling never made sense out of dueling, or casting spells silently, or apparating sometimes is okay but mostly not. Even if she wasnt an asshole, trying to draw a logical line through the books is absurd. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] exasperation@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 points 1 year ago (1 child) Bummer jk Rowling never made sense I think the world building in the Harry Potter series is awful. The rules don't make internally consistent sense, and the society that came up around those rules also don't make sense within the motivations of how people behave in that society. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] FATALRPG@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 year ago It’s so obvious that she was coming up with shit as she went along. The Deathly Hallows were a huge asspull. Trying to make an overarching story was a mistake, the story worked best when it was “monster of the week” standard children’s fare. That kind of format can tolerate the “I’m going to introduce something new that should have wider consequences and then forget about it immediately afterwards” problems (Time Turners, Legilimency, polyjuice potions, love potions…) permalink fedilink source parent [–] davidagain@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago Also a bummer that she turned out as a raging anti trans hateful nutcase. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 8 points 1 year ago (2 children) Could you continually apparate fresh ammo into your gun? Harry Potter, the Kalashnikov and the oil freighter. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago Harry Potter and the Rocket Equation. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Rekorse@sh.itjust.works 1 point 1 year ago (2 children) I think we need someone to take the world of harry potter and make it brutally realistic. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] bufalo1973@europe.pub 1 point 1 year ago Not the same but... Mashle permalink fedilink source parent [–] outhouseperilous@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 1 year ago So many other settings did this better. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 year ago Don't have to say any words when it is a basic protection hex. It automatically activates. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Auli@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 year ago (1 child) Guns are a lot faster then arrows. There wouldn't be enough reaction time. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] absentbird@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (3 children) In the books it explains that wizard robes have charms against physical attacks woven into the threads. They're wearing full body bulletproof vests. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Harbinger01173430@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 child) Just shoot them in the face? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] PuddleOfKittens@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago (1 child) There's no reason wizard hats can't shield the face from bullets. In fact, in the later books there might be a hat that does basically that IIRC. Besides which, wizard hats have wide brims. And they have scarves. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Harbinger01173430@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 child) In the face. Where there is no cloth. Also, just shoot them with a shotgun. That's gonna hurt like hell and bruise the shit out of them if the threads manage to stop the bullets. Just keep shooting at it until it dies. Doom advice. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] PuddleOfKittens@sh.itjust.works 1 point 9 months ago (1 child) Shooting in the face where there isn't cloth won't necessarily help - if the hat just stop bullets aimed for the head (like a magical forcefield) then it's pointless. Also, it's not gonna hurt like hell and bruise the shit out of them - you're citing Newtonian mechanics when it's fucking magic. Hell, maybe the forcefield just deletes the bullet instead of deflecting or blocking it. "Shoot at it until it dies" is great advice generally, but if you shoot a water pistol at a fish then you'll be there til you run out of ammo. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Harbinger01173430@lemmy.world 1 point 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) Then use magic bullets. My god, how much skill issue... Also, if you shoot the water pistol inside of the fish, it can either bloat and explode or drown. See? The wizard problem has solutions. They must be erased one way or another. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Saledovil@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago (1 child) Where in the books does it say that? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] absentbird@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 child) During the Dumbledore's army arc, I think book 5. I don't really care enough to go back and find the quote, but it was a fairly significant plot point in the resistance movement. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Saledovil@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 year ago (2 children) Apparently, the clothing with permanent shield charms are an invention of the Weasley Twins (https://harrypotter.fandom.com/wiki/Jinx-Off). So, not as widespread in the wizarding world as you assume. The article on the shield charm itself lists that most wizards can't produce a functional shield charm (https://harrypotter.fandom.com/wiki/Shield_Charm), so yeah, guess a muggle with a gun could kill most wizards. I apologize for linking to fandom. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] absentbird@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago Oh, I must have misremembered. I knew their clothes had charms in them. It makes sense that it wouldn't be something most people would need outside of a conflict. permalink fedilink source parent [–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 1 point 1 year ago Joanne really gave her child army some bulletproof t-shirts. permalink fedilink source parent [–] TheFerrango@lemmings.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 child) Yes but imagine magic infused guns permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] absentbird@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 child) I mean yeah, one Bayonetta could take on the entire wizarding world with both hands behind her back. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 1 point 1 year ago with both hands behind her back. ... a gun in each of them, killing two targets at once, mid-backflip, while delivering innuendo. permalink fedilink source parent [–] drmoose@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 child) By that logic every attack can be protected against when clearly thats not the case. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 1 point 1 year ago Every basic attack like physical attacks. Not magical attacks. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Thorry84@feddit.nl 53 points 1 year ago (2 children) I think Buffy taught us that you'd be surprised what can be killed with a shoulder fired anti-tank weapon. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] outhouseperilous@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 year ago Written before these books, and yet so much more considered. permalink fedilink source parent [–] icelimit@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago Hot magnesium rounds. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] outhouseperilous@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 year ago Written before these books, and yet so much more considered. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 33 points 1 year ago (1 child) Expecto Ballbearium! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] absentbird@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (1 child) It wouldn't even get through a wizard's robes, they're enchanted with protego charms (at least according to the books) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago Use white phosphorus, good old Willy Pete don't discriminate he just incinerates. Well actually he maims but who cares wizards didn't sign no convention or protocol. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] absentbird@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (1 child) It wouldn't even get through a wizard's robes, they're enchanted with protego charms (at least according to the books) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago Use white phosphorus, good old Willy Pete don't discriminate he just incinerates. Well actually he maims but who cares wizards didn't sign no convention or protocol. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago Use white phosphorus, good old Willy Pete don't discriminate he just incinerates. Well actually he maims but who cares wizards didn't sign no convention or protocol. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] sirico@feddit.uk 12 points 1 year ago* (2 children) Gotta say the words quicker than they can pull the trigger and they have mutliple sylable words try saying one of these before you can click your mouse. Yeah I know super skilled ones don't need to but you still have to react. Arresto Momentum Protego Protego Maxima Expelliarmus Accio Stupefy permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Rekorse@sh.itjust.works 26 points 1 year ago (3 children) Bummer jk Rowling never made sense out of dueling, or casting spells silently, or apparating sometimes is okay but mostly not. Even if she wasnt an asshole, trying to draw a logical line through the books is absurd. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] exasperation@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 points 1 year ago (1 child) Bummer jk Rowling never made sense I think the world building in the Harry Potter series is awful. The rules don't make internally consistent sense, and the society that came up around those rules also don't make sense within the motivations of how people behave in that society. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] FATALRPG@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 year ago It’s so obvious that she was coming up with shit as she went along. The Deathly Hallows were a huge asspull. Trying to make an overarching story was a mistake, the story worked best when it was “monster of the week” standard children’s fare. That kind of format can tolerate the “I’m going to introduce something new that should have wider consequences and then forget about it immediately afterwards” problems (Time Turners, Legilimency, polyjuice potions, love potions…) permalink fedilink source parent [–] davidagain@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago Also a bummer that she turned out as a raging anti trans hateful nutcase. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 8 points 1 year ago (2 children) Could you continually apparate fresh ammo into your gun? Harry Potter, the Kalashnikov and the oil freighter. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago Harry Potter and the Rocket Equation. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Rekorse@sh.itjust.works 1 point 1 year ago (2 children) I think we need someone to take the world of harry potter and make it brutally realistic. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] bufalo1973@europe.pub 1 point 1 year ago Not the same but... Mashle permalink fedilink source parent [–] outhouseperilous@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 1 year ago So many other settings did this better. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 year ago Don't have to say any words when it is a basic protection hex. It automatically activates. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Rekorse@sh.itjust.works 26 points 1 year ago (3 children) Bummer jk Rowling never made sense out of dueling, or casting spells silently, or apparating sometimes is okay but mostly not. Even if she wasnt an asshole, trying to draw a logical line through the books is absurd. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] exasperation@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 points 1 year ago (1 child) Bummer jk Rowling never made sense I think the world building in the Harry Potter series is awful. The rules don't make internally consistent sense, and the society that came up around those rules also don't make sense within the motivations of how people behave in that society. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] FATALRPG@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 year ago It’s so obvious that she was coming up with shit as she went along. The Deathly Hallows were a huge asspull. Trying to make an overarching story was a mistake, the story worked best when it was “monster of the week” standard children’s fare. That kind of format can tolerate the “I’m going to introduce something new that should have wider consequences and then forget about it immediately afterwards” problems (Time Turners, Legilimency, polyjuice potions, love potions…) permalink fedilink source parent [–] davidagain@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago Also a bummer that she turned out as a raging anti trans hateful nutcase. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 8 points 1 year ago (2 children) Could you continually apparate fresh ammo into your gun? Harry Potter, the Kalashnikov and the oil freighter. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago Harry Potter and the Rocket Equation. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Rekorse@sh.itjust.works 1 point 1 year ago (2 children) I think we need someone to take the world of harry potter and make it brutally realistic. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] bufalo1973@europe.pub 1 point 1 year ago Not the same but... Mashle permalink fedilink source parent [–] outhouseperilous@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 1 year ago So many other settings did this better. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] exasperation@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 points 1 year ago (1 child) Bummer jk Rowling never made sense I think the world building in the Harry Potter series is awful. The rules don't make internally consistent sense, and the society that came up around those rules also don't make sense within the motivations of how people behave in that society. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] FATALRPG@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 year ago It’s so obvious that she was coming up with shit as she went along. The Deathly Hallows were a huge asspull. Trying to make an overarching story was a mistake, the story worked best when it was “monster of the week” standard children’s fare. That kind of format can tolerate the “I’m going to introduce something new that should have wider consequences and then forget about it immediately afterwards” problems (Time Turners, Legilimency, polyjuice potions, love potions…) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] FATALRPG@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 year ago It’s so obvious that she was coming up with shit as she went along. The Deathly Hallows were a huge asspull. Trying to make an overarching story was a mistake, the story worked best when it was “monster of the week” standard children’s fare. That kind of format can tolerate the “I’m going to introduce something new that should have wider consequences and then forget about it immediately afterwards” problems (Time Turners, Legilimency, polyjuice potions, love potions…) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] davidagain@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago Also a bummer that she turned out as a raging anti trans hateful nutcase. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 8 points 1 year ago (2 children) Could you continually apparate fresh ammo into your gun? Harry Potter, the Kalashnikov and the oil freighter. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago Harry Potter and the Rocket Equation. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Rekorse@sh.itjust.works 1 point 1 year ago (2 children) I think we need someone to take the world of harry potter and make it brutally realistic. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] bufalo1973@europe.pub 1 point 1 year ago Not the same but... Mashle permalink fedilink source parent [–] outhouseperilous@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 1 year ago So many other settings did this better. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago Harry Potter and the Rocket Equation. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Rekorse@sh.itjust.works 1 point 1 year ago (2 children) I think we need someone to take the world of harry potter and make it brutally realistic. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] bufalo1973@europe.pub 1 point 1 year ago Not the same but... Mashle permalink fedilink source parent [–] outhouseperilous@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 1 year ago So many other settings did this better. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] bufalo1973@europe.pub 1 point 1 year ago Not the same but... Mashle permalink fedilink source parent
[–] outhouseperilous@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 1 year ago So many other settings did this better. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 year ago Don't have to say any words when it is a basic protection hex. It automatically activates. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Auli@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 year ago (1 child) Guns are a lot faster then arrows. There wouldn't be enough reaction time. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] absentbird@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (3 children) In the books it explains that wizard robes have charms against physical attacks woven into the threads. They're wearing full body bulletproof vests. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Harbinger01173430@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 child) Just shoot them in the face? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] PuddleOfKittens@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago (1 child) There's no reason wizard hats can't shield the face from bullets. In fact, in the later books there might be a hat that does basically that IIRC. Besides which, wizard hats have wide brims. And they have scarves. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Harbinger01173430@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 child) In the face. Where there is no cloth. Also, just shoot them with a shotgun. That's gonna hurt like hell and bruise the shit out of them if the threads manage to stop the bullets. Just keep shooting at it until it dies. Doom advice. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] PuddleOfKittens@sh.itjust.works 1 point 9 months ago (1 child) Shooting in the face where there isn't cloth won't necessarily help - if the hat just stop bullets aimed for the head (like a magical forcefield) then it's pointless. Also, it's not gonna hurt like hell and bruise the shit out of them - you're citing Newtonian mechanics when it's fucking magic. Hell, maybe the forcefield just deletes the bullet instead of deflecting or blocking it. "Shoot at it until it dies" is great advice generally, but if you shoot a water pistol at a fish then you'll be there til you run out of ammo. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Harbinger01173430@lemmy.world 1 point 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) Then use magic bullets. My god, how much skill issue... Also, if you shoot the water pistol inside of the fish, it can either bloat and explode or drown. See? The wizard problem has solutions. They must be erased one way or another. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Saledovil@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago (1 child) Where in the books does it say that? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] absentbird@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 child) During the Dumbledore's army arc, I think book 5. I don't really care enough to go back and find the quote, but it was a fairly significant plot point in the resistance movement. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Saledovil@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 year ago (2 children) Apparently, the clothing with permanent shield charms are an invention of the Weasley Twins (https://harrypotter.fandom.com/wiki/Jinx-Off). So, not as widespread in the wizarding world as you assume. The article on the shield charm itself lists that most wizards can't produce a functional shield charm (https://harrypotter.fandom.com/wiki/Shield_Charm), so yeah, guess a muggle with a gun could kill most wizards. I apologize for linking to fandom. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] absentbird@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago Oh, I must have misremembered. I knew their clothes had charms in them. It makes sense that it wouldn't be something most people would need outside of a conflict. permalink fedilink source parent [–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 1 point 1 year ago Joanne really gave her child army some bulletproof t-shirts. permalink fedilink source parent [–] TheFerrango@lemmings.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 child) Yes but imagine magic infused guns permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] absentbird@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 child) I mean yeah, one Bayonetta could take on the entire wizarding world with both hands behind her back. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 1 point 1 year ago with both hands behind her back. ... a gun in each of them, killing two targets at once, mid-backflip, while delivering innuendo. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] absentbird@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (3 children) In the books it explains that wizard robes have charms against physical attacks woven into the threads. They're wearing full body bulletproof vests. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Harbinger01173430@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 child) Just shoot them in the face? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] PuddleOfKittens@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago (1 child) There's no reason wizard hats can't shield the face from bullets. In fact, in the later books there might be a hat that does basically that IIRC. Besides which, wizard hats have wide brims. And they have scarves. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Harbinger01173430@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 child) In the face. Where there is no cloth. Also, just shoot them with a shotgun. That's gonna hurt like hell and bruise the shit out of them if the threads manage to stop the bullets. Just keep shooting at it until it dies. Doom advice. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] PuddleOfKittens@sh.itjust.works 1 point 9 months ago (1 child) Shooting in the face where there isn't cloth won't necessarily help - if the hat just stop bullets aimed for the head (like a magical forcefield) then it's pointless. Also, it's not gonna hurt like hell and bruise the shit out of them - you're citing Newtonian mechanics when it's fucking magic. Hell, maybe the forcefield just deletes the bullet instead of deflecting or blocking it. "Shoot at it until it dies" is great advice generally, but if you shoot a water pistol at a fish then you'll be there til you run out of ammo. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Harbinger01173430@lemmy.world 1 point 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) Then use magic bullets. My god, how much skill issue... Also, if you shoot the water pistol inside of the fish, it can either bloat and explode or drown. See? The wizard problem has solutions. They must be erased one way or another. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Saledovil@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago (1 child) Where in the books does it say that? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] absentbird@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 child) During the Dumbledore's army arc, I think book 5. I don't really care enough to go back and find the quote, but it was a fairly significant plot point in the resistance movement. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Saledovil@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 year ago (2 children) Apparently, the clothing with permanent shield charms are an invention of the Weasley Twins (https://harrypotter.fandom.com/wiki/Jinx-Off). So, not as widespread in the wizarding world as you assume. The article on the shield charm itself lists that most wizards can't produce a functional shield charm (https://harrypotter.fandom.com/wiki/Shield_Charm), so yeah, guess a muggle with a gun could kill most wizards. I apologize for linking to fandom. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] absentbird@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago Oh, I must have misremembered. I knew their clothes had charms in them. It makes sense that it wouldn't be something most people would need outside of a conflict. permalink fedilink source parent [–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 1 point 1 year ago Joanne really gave her child army some bulletproof t-shirts. permalink fedilink source parent [–] TheFerrango@lemmings.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 child) Yes but imagine magic infused guns permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] absentbird@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 child) I mean yeah, one Bayonetta could take on the entire wizarding world with both hands behind her back. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 1 point 1 year ago with both hands behind her back. ... a gun in each of them, killing two targets at once, mid-backflip, while delivering innuendo. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Harbinger01173430@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 child) Just shoot them in the face? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] PuddleOfKittens@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago (1 child) There's no reason wizard hats can't shield the face from bullets. In fact, in the later books there might be a hat that does basically that IIRC. Besides which, wizard hats have wide brims. And they have scarves. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Harbinger01173430@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 child) In the face. Where there is no cloth. Also, just shoot them with a shotgun. That's gonna hurt like hell and bruise the shit out of them if the threads manage to stop the bullets. Just keep shooting at it until it dies. Doom advice. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] PuddleOfKittens@sh.itjust.works 1 point 9 months ago (1 child) Shooting in the face where there isn't cloth won't necessarily help - if the hat just stop bullets aimed for the head (like a magical forcefield) then it's pointless. Also, it's not gonna hurt like hell and bruise the shit out of them - you're citing Newtonian mechanics when it's fucking magic. Hell, maybe the forcefield just deletes the bullet instead of deflecting or blocking it. "Shoot at it until it dies" is great advice generally, but if you shoot a water pistol at a fish then you'll be there til you run out of ammo. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Harbinger01173430@lemmy.world 1 point 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) Then use magic bullets. My god, how much skill issue... Also, if you shoot the water pistol inside of the fish, it can either bloat and explode or drown. See? The wizard problem has solutions. They must be erased one way or another. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] PuddleOfKittens@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago (1 child) There's no reason wizard hats can't shield the face from bullets. In fact, in the later books there might be a hat that does basically that IIRC. Besides which, wizard hats have wide brims. And they have scarves. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Harbinger01173430@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 child) In the face. Where there is no cloth. Also, just shoot them with a shotgun. That's gonna hurt like hell and bruise the shit out of them if the threads manage to stop the bullets. Just keep shooting at it until it dies. Doom advice. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] PuddleOfKittens@sh.itjust.works 1 point 9 months ago (1 child) Shooting in the face where there isn't cloth won't necessarily help - if the hat just stop bullets aimed for the head (like a magical forcefield) then it's pointless. Also, it's not gonna hurt like hell and bruise the shit out of them - you're citing Newtonian mechanics when it's fucking magic. Hell, maybe the forcefield just deletes the bullet instead of deflecting or blocking it. "Shoot at it until it dies" is great advice generally, but if you shoot a water pistol at a fish then you'll be there til you run out of ammo. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Harbinger01173430@lemmy.world 1 point 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) Then use magic bullets. My god, how much skill issue... Also, if you shoot the water pistol inside of the fish, it can either bloat and explode or drown. See? The wizard problem has solutions. They must be erased one way or another. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Harbinger01173430@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 child) In the face. Where there is no cloth. Also, just shoot them with a shotgun. That's gonna hurt like hell and bruise the shit out of them if the threads manage to stop the bullets. Just keep shooting at it until it dies. Doom advice. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] PuddleOfKittens@sh.itjust.works 1 point 9 months ago (1 child) Shooting in the face where there isn't cloth won't necessarily help - if the hat just stop bullets aimed for the head (like a magical forcefield) then it's pointless. Also, it's not gonna hurt like hell and bruise the shit out of them - you're citing Newtonian mechanics when it's fucking magic. Hell, maybe the forcefield just deletes the bullet instead of deflecting or blocking it. "Shoot at it until it dies" is great advice generally, but if you shoot a water pistol at a fish then you'll be there til you run out of ammo. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Harbinger01173430@lemmy.world 1 point 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) Then use magic bullets. My god, how much skill issue... Also, if you shoot the water pistol inside of the fish, it can either bloat and explode or drown. See? The wizard problem has solutions. They must be erased one way or another. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] PuddleOfKittens@sh.itjust.works 1 point 9 months ago (1 child) Shooting in the face where there isn't cloth won't necessarily help - if the hat just stop bullets aimed for the head (like a magical forcefield) then it's pointless. Also, it's not gonna hurt like hell and bruise the shit out of them - you're citing Newtonian mechanics when it's fucking magic. Hell, maybe the forcefield just deletes the bullet instead of deflecting or blocking it. "Shoot at it until it dies" is great advice generally, but if you shoot a water pistol at a fish then you'll be there til you run out of ammo. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Harbinger01173430@lemmy.world 1 point 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) Then use magic bullets. My god, how much skill issue... Also, if you shoot the water pistol inside of the fish, it can either bloat and explode or drown. See? The wizard problem has solutions. They must be erased one way or another. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Harbinger01173430@lemmy.world 1 point 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) Then use magic bullets. My god, how much skill issue... Also, if you shoot the water pistol inside of the fish, it can either bloat and explode or drown. See? The wizard problem has solutions. They must be erased one way or another. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Saledovil@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago (1 child) Where in the books does it say that? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] absentbird@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 child) During the Dumbledore's army arc, I think book 5. I don't really care enough to go back and find the quote, but it was a fairly significant plot point in the resistance movement. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Saledovil@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 year ago (2 children) Apparently, the clothing with permanent shield charms are an invention of the Weasley Twins (https://harrypotter.fandom.com/wiki/Jinx-Off). So, not as widespread in the wizarding world as you assume. The article on the shield charm itself lists that most wizards can't produce a functional shield charm (https://harrypotter.fandom.com/wiki/Shield_Charm), so yeah, guess a muggle with a gun could kill most wizards. I apologize for linking to fandom. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] absentbird@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago Oh, I must have misremembered. I knew their clothes had charms in them. It makes sense that it wouldn't be something most people would need outside of a conflict. permalink fedilink source parent [–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 1 point 1 year ago Joanne really gave her child army some bulletproof t-shirts. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] absentbird@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 child) During the Dumbledore's army arc, I think book 5. I don't really care enough to go back and find the quote, but it was a fairly significant plot point in the resistance movement. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Saledovil@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 year ago (2 children) Apparently, the clothing with permanent shield charms are an invention of the Weasley Twins (https://harrypotter.fandom.com/wiki/Jinx-Off). So, not as widespread in the wizarding world as you assume. The article on the shield charm itself lists that most wizards can't produce a functional shield charm (https://harrypotter.fandom.com/wiki/Shield_Charm), so yeah, guess a muggle with a gun could kill most wizards. I apologize for linking to fandom. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] absentbird@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago Oh, I must have misremembered. I knew their clothes had charms in them. It makes sense that it wouldn't be something most people would need outside of a conflict. permalink fedilink source parent [–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 1 point 1 year ago Joanne really gave her child army some bulletproof t-shirts. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Saledovil@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 year ago (2 children) Apparently, the clothing with permanent shield charms are an invention of the Weasley Twins (https://harrypotter.fandom.com/wiki/Jinx-Off). So, not as widespread in the wizarding world as you assume. The article on the shield charm itself lists that most wizards can't produce a functional shield charm (https://harrypotter.fandom.com/wiki/Shield_Charm), so yeah, guess a muggle with a gun could kill most wizards. I apologize for linking to fandom. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] absentbird@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago Oh, I must have misremembered. I knew their clothes had charms in them. It makes sense that it wouldn't be something most people would need outside of a conflict. permalink fedilink source parent [–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 1 point 1 year ago Joanne really gave her child army some bulletproof t-shirts. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] absentbird@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago Oh, I must have misremembered. I knew their clothes had charms in them. It makes sense that it wouldn't be something most people would need outside of a conflict. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 1 point 1 year ago Joanne really gave her child army some bulletproof t-shirts. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TheFerrango@lemmings.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 child) Yes but imagine magic infused guns permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] absentbird@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 child) I mean yeah, one Bayonetta could take on the entire wizarding world with both hands behind her back. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 1 point 1 year ago with both hands behind her back. ... a gun in each of them, killing two targets at once, mid-backflip, while delivering innuendo. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] absentbird@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 child) I mean yeah, one Bayonetta could take on the entire wizarding world with both hands behind her back. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 1 point 1 year ago with both hands behind her back. ... a gun in each of them, killing two targets at once, mid-backflip, while delivering innuendo. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 1 point 1 year ago with both hands behind her back. ... a gun in each of them, killing two targets at once, mid-backflip, while delivering innuendo. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] drmoose@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 child) By that logic every attack can be protected against when clearly thats not the case. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 1 point 1 year ago Every basic attack like physical attacks. Not magical attacks. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 1 point 1 year ago Every basic attack like physical attacks. Not magical attacks. permalink fedilink source parent
