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The Power(Harry Potter/The Gamer)

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Vindictus said:
There's no "Power Word- Kill" equivalent?
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Not in the first printing of the main book. I'll have to look over the release timeline, because they did much more in depth looks at magic in later books, and some of those have some really really awesome stuff in them. Like greatest rune weapons (that's not a typo, they're better than greater)
 
Just because stuff has been done before doesn't make it any less useful or mean that it's been done the way this author will do it.
 
DragonParadox said:
Interesting... though it is still likely to far from realistic skill gain. We can pick up two kinds of skills after all:
  1. Magic that can be learned in fictional settings
  2. RL skills that are realistically portrayed in fiction.
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That is incorrect. We can learn non-magic skills, that are far from realistic. They do have to be learn-able skills in setting, but realism is not a factor we need to concern ourselves with.
 
notmi said:
I'm not going to get into an argument about how to interpret the books, but this whole doom and gloom, Dumbles and the Dursleys are stupid-evil, and so on, is incredibly annoying.

First of all, it's only supported by a literal reading of the book, without taking into account the fact that Rowling was just not a fantastic writer and left a lot of plot holes. It's partly a symptom of starting out as a children's book and then trying to add a more dark and adult tone to the later books without regard for the earlier story, and partly because she's not great at planning a coherent story.

Beyond that, all of this is OOC, and shouldn't really be a factor in our decisions at all. Please try to reign in your biases and keep your decisions as IC as possible.
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Wrong. She's great at comedy, dialogue, and characterization.

Who cares if there are some "plot holes" left behind if you're good enough at the things that really matter in a story?
 
Ugoki said:
Wrong. She's great at comedy, dialogue, and characterization.

Who cares if there are some "plot holes" left behind if you're good enough at the things that really matter in a story?
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:facepalm: You do realize that it's rather futile to say someone's opinion is wrong, right? It's an opinion.

And lots of people care about plot holes - inconsistencies in the plot and worldbuilding can ruin things for many readers.
 
Enjou said:
:facepalm: You do realize that it's rather futile to say someone's opinion is wrong, right? It's an opinion.

And lots of people care about plot holes - inconsistencies in the plot and worldbuilding can ruin things for many readers.
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Meh, I'd take good characters over good plot and worldbuilding in a heartbeat.
 
Ugoki said:
Meh, I'd take good characters over good plot and worldbuilding in a heartbeat.
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Which is fine, but that's your opinion. Can you not see why ssking "who cares about plot holes?" to someone who is specifically talking about why they feel that hurts the story would be a bit silly, considering that they obviously care about plot holes?
 
Alright, I think we better stop here before we go on another off-topic tangent and a mod gets involved. I hope the GM gets back from whatever's keeping him away soon.
 
I'm sorry, I thought that this thread was a quest... that the OP seems to have left, because of all the general discussion...
 
Guys do you want a mod here again?

This has nothing to do with the current stage of the quest. At least the Snape discussion had some relevance towards how we were going to act around him. Discussing Rowling's talent as writer does not even have that much of a connection.
 
Ugoki said:
Dumbledore
Snape
Slughorn
James
and so on and so forth



Yep, clearly never read the books.

And implying black and white morality is automatically a bad thing. I blame the popularity of Game of Thrones for this.
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Lets go on through your list shall we?

Dumbledore: The only way he can even be percieved as morally gray is through a literal interpretation of the books, clearly not what Rowling intended for her self-described "Champion of the Light"

Snape: Just because you are a good guy doesn't mean you have to be nice. Being a double agent doesn't make you morally grey, it just means your a white hat pretending to be a black hat. Even as a villain he didn't do much, because Slughorn and the Other teachers always protected the students.

Slughorn: Fought Voldemort at the Battle of Hogwarts, Protected students from the carrows. White Hat.

James: The only inkling we are given that james could be morally grey is his bullying of Snape as a kid. That's as morally grey as he got. White Hat.

EDIT: In the interest of not getting a mod down here, I shall stop.
 
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