[HPFGU-OTChatter] Blut und Eisen

[yael-pou]

Jim Flanagan: "QttA says that bludgers are 10 inches in diameter and are made of 
iron. It would seem that these things would cause very serious damage 
to us carbon-based units at, say, 150 mph relative velocity.  This 
makes the original name "blooders" seem particularly apt.  

I think that I shan't be going out for the Quidditch team next term."


When it comes to sizes, weights and numbers, I always keep in mind that JKR is a self-declared math/physics failure. In all these cases, I remind myself that this is just a fictional story, and it doesn't have to make sense to be enjoyable. Pity, though. One math consultant could have made everything look so much more real. On the other hand, we already try to walk into the barrier in King's Cross. More real could have been extremely dangerous :).

yael
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