• stochastictrebuchet@sh.itjust.works
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    30 days ago

    Oh snap, really? Only read/listened to the books once, whereas the movies show mostly (only?) the kind involving at least one animate thing.

    1. Hahaha, the deleted scene nobody asked for.
    2. Hm, you’re right – ‘immoral’, since the intent isn’t necessarily malicious. I guess I can live with the idea of a suspended state of consciousness, like a computer in hibernation mode. Perhaps it’s so instantaneous that to the conscious being it feels like blinking.
    3. Oh so we’re just gonna hand wave that last part?! =p
    • threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.worksOP
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      29 days ago

      Oh snap, really?

      Yeah, if I recall correctly, their first transfiguration lesson is turning matchsticks into needles. I believe conjuring spells (something-from-nothing) and vanishing spells (something-to-nothing) also fall under the category of transfiguration.

      Oh so we’re just gonna hand wave that last part?!

      Well, at a certain point one has to stop asking “how?” and just accept that magic works in a given setting. The point at which one stops is up to personal preference :)