I am so full of indignation that I can't even think of more good examples. Why is the magic SO DUMB?!!!??!?!
Guess I'll have to go read "Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell" again.
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Omegonthesane wrote:a glass armonica which causes a target city to have horrific nightmares that prevent sleep
JigokuBosatsu wrote:so a regular glass armonica?
Omegonthesane wrote:a glass armonica which causes a target city to have horrific nightmares that prevent sleep
JigokuBosatsu wrote:so a regular glass armonica?
DSMatticus wrote:It's not just that everything you say is stupid, but that they are Gordian knots of stupid that leave me completely bewildered as to where to even begin. After hearing you speak Alexander the Great would stab you and triumphantly declare the puzzle solved.
Winnah wrote:No, No. 'Prak' is actually a Thri Kreen impersonating a human and roleplaying himself as a D&D character. All hail our hidden insect overlords.
FrankTrollman wrote:In Soviet Russia, cosmic horror is the default state.
You should gain sanity for finding out that the problems of a region are because there are fucking monsters there.
The Adventurer's Almanac wrote: ↑Fri Oct 01, 2021 10:25 pmNobody gives a flying fuck about Tordek and Regdar.
Omegonthesane wrote:a glass armonica which causes a target city to have horrific nightmares that prevent sleep
JigokuBosatsu wrote:so a regular glass armonica?
That was always my theory. The movies downplay it a good deal, but in the books it's stressed that wizards can't even figure pants out, or any other non-magic device.JigokuBosatsu wrote:But why erect this Byzantine plot that you then have to walk the victim through anyway?
EDIT: You know, now it's starting to make sense. Maybe "wizards" are some bizarre evolutionary dead end, where the genes that let them magically increase the number of beans in the pot are preserving them in situations where intelligence/self-preservation would normally win, thereby allowing the population to have a much higher ratio of stupidity/douchebaggery than one with such a small size would normally tolerate.
He didn't need Harry's blood. He just needed the blood of an enemy.JigokuBosatsu wrote:Right, all he needed was Harry's blood for the ritual... why not just have the fake Moody do it directly? "Man up, Potter, the Spartans would never have complained about losing a pint of blood."
Winnah wrote:No, No. 'Prak' is actually a Thri Kreen impersonating a human and roleplaying himself as a D&D character. All hail our hidden insect overlords.
FrankTrollman wrote:In Soviet Russia, cosmic horror is the default state.
You should gain sanity for finding out that the problems of a region are because there are fucking monsters there.
Winnah wrote:No, No. 'Prak' is actually a Thri Kreen impersonating a human and roleplaying himself as a D&D character. All hail our hidden insect overlords.
FrankTrollman wrote:In Soviet Russia, cosmic horror is the default state.
You should gain sanity for finding out that the problems of a region are because there are fucking monsters there.
No. no it wasn't. They were seriously okay with that.Sarandosil wrote:There's just some serious ethical issues with randomly abducting people and risking their lives in some competition, was that bit any better in the book?
Count Arioch the 28th wrote:There is NOTHING better than lesbians. Lesbians make everything better.
Emma Watson and Evanna Lynch have both gotten INCREDIBLY pretty as they've aged. Especially Evanna Lynch. I totally did see the last movie just to watch them both be pretty on screen. Plus, the shitty plot is a LOT more tolerable when you've got CG effects every two minutes looking pretty.Koumei wrote:But I hear the movies serve as porn-for-teenagers, so I suppose they have some merit, just not for old folk like us.
Yes. Yes they have.ubernoob wrote:Emma Watson and Evanna Lynch have both gotten INCREDIBLY pretty as they've aged. Especially Evanna Lynch. I totally did see the last movie just to watch them both be pretty on screen. Plus, the shitty plot is a LOT more tolerable when you've got CG effects every two minutes looking pretty.Koumei wrote:But I hear the movies serve as porn-for-teenagers, so I suppose they have some merit, just not for old folk like us.
Actually, it's worse than that. Technically all wizards get some training in what to use in a fight, through wizard duels or just general knowledge picked up in Defense Against the Dark Arts, but very few get any kind of training at what to do with it all. I suppose those people who actually become aurors get some on the job training in how to fight, but it's basically sovjet era "Here's a gun, the hole goes towards the bastard you're going to try to shot, and here's the trigger, good luck" and learning by doing, which is a terrible way to learn to fight.RobbyPants wrote:Yes. Yes they have.ubernoob wrote:Emma Watson and Evanna Lynch have both gotten INCREDIBLY pretty as they've aged. Especially Evanna Lynch. I totally did see the last movie just to watch them both be pretty on screen. Plus, the shitty plot is a LOT more tolerable when you've got CG effects every two minutes looking pretty.Koumei wrote:But I hear the movies serve as porn-for-teenagers, so I suppose they have some merit, just not for old folk like us.
I totally agree that they're entertaining movies to watch, and I basically just enjoy them and try not to think to much about it at the time. Of course, after the fact, all sorts of questions are raised. I ask my wife (who's read all the books) questions afterward, and some things are explained better in the books, and some are just, well... dumb.
So, when I see all of these powerful wizards running around in combat acting relatively stupidly, I start to wonder if maybe they're all accomplished wizards, but none of them have actually trained in combat. Kind of like the difference between someone who knows how to shoot a gun at a firing range and someone who knows how to handle themselves in a firefight.
Winnah wrote:No, No. 'Prak' is actually a Thri Kreen impersonating a human and roleplaying himself as a D&D character. All hail our hidden insect overlords.
FrankTrollman wrote:In Soviet Russia, cosmic horror is the default state.
You should gain sanity for finding out that the problems of a region are because there are fucking monsters there.