[HPforGrownups] Wizard World (was Why I Dislike The Twins/Toon Talk . . .harsh WW)

[Carol Bainbridge]

No: HPFGUIDX 43589

Carol wrote:

><snip> I'm just not too sure what a Muggle could do against a dark wizard
>   as powerful as Voldemort, not to mention his followers.  After all, even
>   most wizards didn't have much of a chance against him."

Chris answered:

>   I think that there is a fundamental different (aside from the 
> use/non-use of magic) between the Wizarding World and the Muggle 
> one.  While Wizards have strange powers, they are still HUMAN.  Even 
> Voldemort is still human, with human vulnabilities.  I suspect that 
> Wizards are strong individually, while Muggles are strong in groups.  to 
> make three points:
>
>   1) Magic needs emotional strenth as well as the abillity to cast 
> spells. Remenber Moody/Crouch in GOF, where he comments that the massed 
> strenth of the Fourth Years could cast the AK unforgivable curse and he 
> would not get as much as a nosebleed.  Therefore, possibly wizards can 
> only cast a limited number of spells without rest.
>
>   2) as I said above, wizards are human.  Muggle bullets will kill them 
> just as effectivly as the AK curse.
>
>   3)  We do not know of any spell that is equivilent to the Atomic 
> Bomb.  If something like that existed, surley it would be one of the 
> unforgivables?

I agree with all you said above. However, it doesn't change the fact that 
the Muggles don't stand much of a chance against Voldemort, particularly if 
he gathers up his followers again.  A gun with bullets that can kill a 
human wizard won't do a Muggle much good if the Muggle is disarmed by a 
wizard.  And one doesn't have to be a very powerful wizard to master that 
spell.  Second years are able to master it quite well. I suspect that 
full-grown, powerful wizards have much more powerful spells that can be 
used to disarm and make pretty ineffective, a good size group of 
Muggles.  As for wizards needing to rest after casting a limited number of 
spells, I don't think I saw anything in the books that would indicate that 
to be the case.  Have I missed something?  This sounds more like something 
from an RPG than from HP!  Interesting thought, but it sure would change 
the dynamics of Voldemort and his supporters and their activities in the 
world, wizard or Muggle.


Carol Bainbridge
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