Expecto patronum my ass!
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mycodesucks@lemmy.world 2 months ago
DragonAce@lemmy.world 1 month ago
First_Thunder@lemmy.zip 2 months 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 months ago
rockerface@lemmy.cafe 2 months 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 months 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 months 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 months 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 months ago
mlg@lemmy.world 2 months 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 months 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 months ago
Right, so no shotguns? Easy. Sniper rifles, no problem.
LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world 2 months 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 months 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 months ago
Artillery it is then.
Stern@lemmy.world 2 months 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 months ago
The gun is his patronus
Honytawk@feddit.nl 1 month 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 months ago
Expect a projectile motherfucker!
b_tr3e@feddit.org 2 months 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 months ago
“I ain’t got time to bleed…”
“You got time to duck?”
betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Given a choice between what’s canonical and what’s cannonical, I know which one I’m picking.
YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 2 months ago
I ain’t got time to expelliamus.
NotASharkInAManSuit@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I’ll expel your ass, nerd!
YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 2 months ago
Don’t threaten me with a good time!
Lushed_Lungfish@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
Zoltraak-47
chuckleslord@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Good ol’ American magic
Dadifer@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Accio gun
My_IFAKs___gone@lemmy.world 2 months 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 months 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 months 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 months 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 months ago
“Expecto patron-”
just fucking riddled with bullets
ol_capt_joe@piefed.ee 2 months ago
Goddammus sexualis tyrannosaurus! 🪄💦🥾
ch00f@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I like how Misfits and Magic handles this where wizards straight just have never heard of nuclear weapons.
diykeyboards@lemmy.world 2 months ago
“Aveda cad…” BANG.
The end.
Nalivai@lemmy.world 1 month 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 1 month ago
Can’t tell if that’s Jesse Ventura in a movie or G Gordon Liddy in his backyard…
lietuva@lemmy.world 2 months ago
avahduh kedahvrah mothefucker
JoMiran@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
Jesse “The Body” Ventura. The former governor of Minnesota.
ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net 2 months ago
What would be his name?
Cort@lemmy.world 2 months ago
John Brown, if he’s fighting to free house elves.
John Browning, if he’s going after death eaters
NichEherVielleicht@feddit.org 2 months ago
@django@discuss.tchncs.de
SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 months ago
Obligatory Classic: Harry Potter with Guns
bassomitron@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Hahah, the scene where he opens his inheritance vault with all the bullets. Man, thanks for the laugh
Goatboy@lemmy.today 2 months ago
Opening with Dumbledore just shooting out the lights.
Maultasche@lemmy.world 2 months 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 months ago
Ha, nice. I’ll have to try to find the full copy to go along with my copy of Wizard People, Dear Reader.