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re: Diving into the Economics and Politics of the Wizarding World of Harry Potter
Posted on 7/9/14 at 1:27 pm to Tiger1242
Posted on 7/9/14 at 1:27 pm to Tiger1242
I love the books but as I got older I started to realize that JK Rowling didnt put a whole lot of thought into some of the world buidling.
The magic in the series has no depth, its just wand waving and funny sounding words and its inconsistent too. The Killing Curse is one example that makes no sense to me. Its an Unforgivable Curse, the worse one, but what about the curse that Peter Pettigrew used to blow up a fricking city block or the once curse they mention that turns your insides into outsides. Those curses seem to be a lot more awful than just falling over dead instantly.
Also Quidditch is the most pants on head retarded imaginary sport ever created. The golden snitch basically renders everything else irrelevant.
The magic in the series has no depth, its just wand waving and funny sounding words and its inconsistent too. The Killing Curse is one example that makes no sense to me. Its an Unforgivable Curse, the worse one, but what about the curse that Peter Pettigrew used to blow up a fricking city block or the once curse they mention that turns your insides into outsides. Those curses seem to be a lot more awful than just falling over dead instantly.
Also Quidditch is the most pants on head retarded imaginary sport ever created. The golden snitch basically renders everything else irrelevant.
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Posted on 7/9/14 at 1:35 pm to Tedock
Let's not get into Quidditch pleas it's been beaten to death.
I do agree with what you're saying about curses though. She made a lot of rules/gave the government a lot of abilities that she shouldn't have. For instance they have the capability to be alerted and instantly appear when a word to their choosing is uttered, why not make that word the unforgivable curses and catch people who commit crimes instantly?
Also they can apparently track people who use magic (underage wizards), so do they keep tabs on everyone? If they do how have some bad people been free for so long?
They are making kids get licenses for apparating in the 6th book but it's never mentioned again, can they track apparition use?
The government sure does have a lot of capabilities for their to be so many bad wizards wondering around unchecked and unknown
I do agree with what you're saying about curses though. She made a lot of rules/gave the government a lot of abilities that she shouldn't have. For instance they have the capability to be alerted and instantly appear when a word to their choosing is uttered, why not make that word the unforgivable curses and catch people who commit crimes instantly?
Also they can apparently track people who use magic (underage wizards), so do they keep tabs on everyone? If they do how have some bad people been free for so long?
They are making kids get licenses for apparating in the 6th book but it's never mentioned again, can they track apparition use?
The government sure does have a lot of capabilities for their to be so many bad wizards wondering around unchecked and unknown
Posted on 7/9/14 at 1:40 pm to Tedock
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Also Quidditch is the most pants on head retarded imaginary sport ever created. The golden snitch basically renders everything else irrelevant.
I would assume catching it is nearly impossible - only the GOATs have a chance, and it even takes a bit of luck (like it going into Potter's mouth on accident).
Maybe the books provide a different view on it, IDK.
Posted on 7/9/14 at 1:42 pm to Tedock
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The golden snitch basically renders everything else irrelevant.
Never understood this either. Why wouldn't you just have a goalie and everyone else look for the snitch?
Posted on 7/9/14 at 2:02 pm to Tedock
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Also Quidditch is the most pants on head retarded imaginary sport ever created. The golden snitch basically renders everything else irrelevant.
IIRC Harry was a balls to the wall prodigy. Most games would last long enough that the snitch wasn't an automatic winner.
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