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@AlanKerlidou
9 ай бұрын
hello, can you please do a video on the religious beliefs of the magical world?
@TempOne-vh4fd
9 ай бұрын
What is the source of magic in HP? and how was that magical history started?
@StephenLawson
9 ай бұрын
Harry pulls out a machine gun on voldemort. Pop pop pop pop pop!
@Watcher1134
9 ай бұрын
Tbh this kinda feels like Slugterra. Two worlds (Slugterra and the Surface) which know almost nothing about each other and must remain seperate.
@amaxwell7333
5 ай бұрын
I don't know it kind of feels like they are integrating muggle technology but it's just been kind of slow because of prejudice against muggles. As the Hogwarts Express is obviously muggle technology integrated into the wizarding world. Personally I feel like there's also a lot of benefit for The wizarding society to integrate muggle technology and ideas. As I think it would be awesome if they made magic videogames. As I would imagine it would probably end up being like the sword art online anime.
@hughbrackett343
9 ай бұрын
I find it difficult to imagine that muggle-born witches and wizards, upon getting their Hogwarts letter, would abandon their Playstations and never touch one again.
@LisaG442
9 ай бұрын
Agreed! Hermione seemed quite content to use owls .. ?
@heylolp9
9 ай бұрын
Well Book 1 took place in 1991, The first Legend of Zelda Game was released 1986 Just for perspective
@JuanRodriguez-jb9ru
9 ай бұрын
My nephew would melt his PS5 in a pool of lava under a blood moon if it meant he could go to Hogwarts.
@LisaG442
9 ай бұрын
@@JuanRodriguez-jb9ru 🤣😂🤣
@Buttz2Buttz
9 ай бұрын
Not gonna lie, if I found out I was a wizard, and could go to Hogwarts, I would hate my "off summers". That being said, when I went back to the muggle world I would still use a phone, or a television. But I can say, I would never be able to get enough of the magical world. And the "normal" world would never capture me the same ever again.
@rambofan334
9 ай бұрын
*pulls out glock* You've Wingardium'd your last Leviosa.
@AuroraBorealisDK
9 ай бұрын
A Boeing AH-64 Apache appears on the horizon, fully decked with AGM114 Hellfire missiles, Hydra 70 rocket pods and the M230 of 30mm chain gun with auto target capability. Potter: "expelliarmus!" Pilot: "lol..."
@N4m3lesS_1
6 ай бұрын
i think that could actually work given that its meant to disarm your opponent. In a fight with a wizard that would refer to their wand but if you are strong the spell can have an effect on the other person and if you consider something else their weapon... But i think in the video it was made clear they didnt want to fight /be part of the "muggel" world and naturally never developed spells to work against more advance technology.
@Jebu911
4 ай бұрын
@@N4m3lesS_1 Yeah i think it was obvious to wizards that if the muggles knew about them they would just force them to do all sorta magic for them while having their boomsticks pointed at the wizards heads.
@QuoLiberoInTotam
Ай бұрын
Pilot: "Lol.... Let me sing you the song of MY people. " Apache goes BRRRR
@gilbertthemeow481
9 ай бұрын
Wizards do use Muggle technology, the ministry uses cars. There is also the Hogwarts express, which is a train. Also, Colin Creevey uses a camera, which, by the way, works just fine at Hogwarts. I say that because Hermione says that technology and magic don't mix.
@jasonp1162
9 ай бұрын
Mechanical technology works just fine in the wizarding world. Old cars, clocks, steam engines, old cameras, and Filch used a canon during the Tri-wizard tournament (so guns could be used as well). Magic can be used to enhance these types of machinery. I believe magic interferes with electronics. The more complex, the more problematic it is. They did manage radio transmissions in Deathly Hallows, but they had a limited time to broadcast and the quality wasn't so great
@kagewaters397
9 ай бұрын
The cameras in the wizarding world are enchanted.
@BedyBARNARD
9 ай бұрын
Apparently you didn t get the world of wizardry, the movie was about witchcraft in modern times, so they obviously focused on the magical side more than on the modern aspect of the world. They did showcase the power of magic upon technology, that not only it uses technology easily, but adds charms to it, the flying car is an example. To ride a car you obviously need to have both the mechanics and the knowledge on how to ride a car that flies lol
@Unfixingalloy1UA1
8 ай бұрын
@@jasonp1162 "Master gave Dobby a Glock"
@Pandemos
8 ай бұрын
@jasonp1162 thats how they deal with it in the Harry Dresden universe. Complex electronics can fry in a stray magic field. Old, simpler mechanical designs do better, as well. Dresden's car is an old VW Beetle, because it has one of the simpler, more robust engines and very little electronics. He uses an old S&W model 29 revolver because it has less small parts than a more complicated handgun.
@kencrum2524
9 ай бұрын
I don’t think even even Dumbledore and Voldemort would hold up well against a sniper rifle when they didn’t know it was coming
@Jebu911
4 ай бұрын
I mean in voldemorts case you would still have to get rid of his horcruxes as he would still be immortal. Alltho every time he showed up if you got to him by surprise i guess he could have just been gunned down again.
@macwelch8599
9 ай бұрын
“What is the function of a rubber duck”? 😂
@vaelegoro7782
9 ай бұрын
"What exactly is the function of a rubber duck?" Mandela effect
@Adthereccomendationsguy
9 ай бұрын
A toy ?
@jordanbenoit8868
9 ай бұрын
What EXACTLY?
@darrannash7452
9 ай бұрын
To lead a trucking convoy across the USA?
@ArnoldOverwater
6 ай бұрын
A concealed remote explosive
@eclipseflare3486
9 ай бұрын
If I'm remembering correctly there is a reference in I believe book 5 to guns. It's in The Daily Prophet where they refer to guns as "Metal wands that Muggles use to kill each other." *edit* As johnny pointed out I was likely thinking about the article about Sirius from book 3.
@johnnycage112
9 ай бұрын
Book 3 too. They said Sirius Black had one.
@eclipseflare3486
9 ай бұрын
@@johnnycage112 Actually that may be the article that I was thinking about.😂
@johnnycage112
9 ай бұрын
@@eclipseflare3486 Ha! Sounds like it.
@markwalker4485
9 ай бұрын
I would definitely use a wand in UK. Only because the laws are to harsh with firearms ans a wood wand will escape metal detectors
@Gr3nadgr3gory
9 ай бұрын
Not a bad description. Some are more like staves, though.
@hiddentruth1982
9 ай бұрын
I would think it's because muggle tech that would be viable for mages , such as cell phones , can be traced and would lead to the discovery of the wizarding world.
@IlTrojo
9 ай бұрын
Interesting as always. I still believe that a "Muggle-Wizard multiclass" would be able to overthrow the system, like Harry plans to do in HPMOR. In addition, the explanation about a broom rigged by a rocket engine flying partly according to Aristotelian principles and partly according to Newtonian physics is the one of the most hilarious things I've ever read.
@mastercheif1225
9 ай бұрын
Ive always wondered about this. As I do realize magic makes certain things like planes perhaps obsolete if you can apparate or use the floo network. And I do supposed smart phones weren't really a thing when the books were written but I always thought "why not have a computer to at least be able to get that potion recipe from aunt frida across the globe without having to wait on an owl?"
@marhanen
9 ай бұрын
magic interferes with electricity and the electromagnetic spectrum resulting in them not functioning properly or even at all
@siracha4956
9 ай бұрын
Because as Sirius does in GoF, you can use fire as basically an instant messenger, so you don't need to wait for an owl.
@michelveenstra9906
9 ай бұрын
They can only apparate in a certain distance
@iamwhoiam7887
9 ай бұрын
Same reason Jews don't eat pork... culture.
@robertbeisert3315
9 ай бұрын
The Floo Network is a network. It has its own infrastructure, and there are both regulations and material restrictions on its use. Imagine if a Russian witch could just barge into a Ukrainian home through their fireplace at their sole discretion, or if a Chinese wizard could just invade the White House. It'd defeat every notion of nations and security.
@GISP
9 ай бұрын
I think you missed out the key difference between guns and wands. Thier general usage. A wand is a wizards tool to all kinds of magic, while a gun has but a single purpose. The virsatility of the wand has to many benefits.
@Kyleplier
9 ай бұрын
Versatility is how that’s spelled. Just FYI
@Princess_Celestia_
9 ай бұрын
I can think of a hundred different uses for a gun and none of them involve making things take the forever nap. You really need to think outside the box, mate.
@shawn1900
9 ай бұрын
@@Princess_Celestia_ Really, please do tell...
@blackforest_fairy
9 ай бұрын
@@Princess_Celestia_tell me more...
@Uragan00829
9 ай бұрын
@@Princess_Celestia_Enlighten me, please. I would really like to know what the tools for killing people have going for other than, you know? Killing people? Please educate me.
@kenschortgenjr7540
9 ай бұрын
I think there has to be a scenario where one could walk in both worlds. First, it is likely that there are many instances where wizard/witch trained individuals choose NOT to live in the magical realm, and instead live a life in the mundane world... going back occasionally for either training, demands from the Ministry, etc... They of course couldn't use magic in the muggle or mundane world, but would instead be proficient in whatever mundane career they chose to endeavor in. Secondly, I suspect there have been quite a few individuals who had to go to a school like Hogwarts for primary training to be able to learn to control their abilities, but never really bought completely into that world. Think for example someone who was strongly spiritual or religious and while not necessarily outraged at the thought of using a non-canonical methodology, they did not desire to use the power as their primary walk through life. Of course there are also those predisposed to magic in a culture where magic isn't frowned upon... like Native Americans who hold Shamans or 'Witch Doctors' in high reverence. What would be their requirements under the auspices of the Ministries oath of secrecy? On a side note, could you imagine today a young half blood bringing a tablet or laptop into a Hogwarts class in order to help compile schoolwork like in a potions class? Or to program it with knowledge to help create new spells that were inconceivable to a cadre of wizards stuck in a paradigm of 'tradition'?
@AugustusR
9 ай бұрын
The poor tablet would melt the moment the kid sets foot in Hogwarts if not during the train ride; magic and electronics just don't mix, and the stronger the magic, the stronger the effect. And maybe that is the reason wizards, even muggle borns, don't bother with modern techonology, all reliant on electricity... why spend all that money when it is all going to short circuit if you cast one too many spells around your house, or get in a wild or bad mood, never mind if you have kids with their even more chaotic magic.
@kenschortgenjr7540
9 ай бұрын
@@AugustusR Perhaps, and more towards the likely HOWEVER, they did take a mundane automobile which had a gasoline engine and runs on electricity and turn it into a magical transportation device. Which begs the question then... taking mundane tech and using magic to fuel its functionality.
@annasolovyeva1013
9 ай бұрын
@@kenschortgenjr7540 they mimic muggle electric tech with magic instead, but it's difficult. Non-electric though, works.
@ceu160193
8 ай бұрын
@@AugustusR Unlikely, as long as you don't attempt to enchant it. It would eventually run out of battery though, and you are likely to melt it yourself by attempting to recharge it with magic.
@LordProteus
9 ай бұрын
A wizard would only beat a gun by acting pre-emptively. They're not going to dodge a bullet or cast spells in the time it takes for the bullet to go from the gun into thier bodies. Before anyone brings up Wizards moving and reacting at or above light speed because they can dodge wand spells, wand bolts/spells do not travel at or above light speed. What comes out of wands emits light, it is not light itself, in the same way a lightbulb does not move at light speed when it moves for whatever reason.
@narutofan10036
9 ай бұрын
Magically enhanced muggle tech would be a great benefit to the world as a whole
@leegaul2161
5 ай бұрын
Wizards : "You can not win Voldemort! We are all armed with wands!" Voldemort : pulling out his Avada Kedavra 47.
@Goldengirl48
7 ай бұрын
I always enjoy your videos. Thank you for your time and the efforts it takes to research and find credible answers to questions about how the Wizarding world works. There are two modes of transportation that your video missed - 1. Apparition and Disapparition and 2. Port keys. Instant transportation without worrying about whether someone's floo is going to be open or clean. Also there are spells to stop a person from using a gun to harm you and to disarm them - freeze charms and such. Avada Kadava the killing curse is much more effective that a gun and faster too. Guns are loud and messy. Plus if your aim is off, all you are going to do is make someone come back after you.
@andrewbowser9326
9 ай бұрын
Technically speaking... the Weasley's car was muggle technology
@asgaiyawaya3973
9 ай бұрын
Imagine a wizard fighting in WW2. How that would play out while maintaining the Wizarding World's secrecy.
@melancholymelodies89
7 ай бұрын
I get not wanting or needing to use muggle tech, but I feel like there are little things they could easily incorporate. Ball point pens, as an example. Eliminates the need to constantly acquire new quills and ink.
@6DeathRider
8 ай бұрын
The guns thing can possibly be explained due to the location that a lot of where we are set in the harry potter films and books. The UK has strict gun laws and I doubt the magical community could get them without crossing a few lines (like stealing a shipment of guns and ammo, let alone figuring out which shipments to get or where they are stored) but also the need for secrecy. Guns are loud items, even the smallest calibers can make a louder sound than a spell leaving a wand (never mind the result of an impact depending on spell), there are attachments to make a gun close to silent but that falls under knowing where to get and how to apply. Not only that, there is also the aspect of ammo to consider, the amount that can be fired before empty or the barrel deforms compared to a wand that has near unlimited usage as long as the one wielding it is still alive and able to use it. Though it could also be the aspect of magic involved, namely locations such as Hogwarts where there could be some kind of magical protection involved to prevent the gun from firing or the projectile from entering a certain range.
@Bertomevi
9 ай бұрын
If I'm not mistaken there's that spell, Protego Maxima, which is very powerful shield. It can block many destructive, even small-bomb-like curses. Going with this, a well taught wizard or a witch can block almost any bullet with this. Also, if Expeliarmus is a disarming charm, I think it would also work. Bombarda Maxima is like a small explosion and you can block it, so I don't see any reason why a magic person could not block a bullet from some basic (or even assault rifle) gun
@tripleh327
9 ай бұрын
It is the old bow vs gun You need a life time of training to have a decent bowman But you only need a few hours to train someone to be a passable gun shooter A wand is more versatile and can indeed block gun bullets But is far more time consuming in training and much more slower to use A gun is a point and click A wand require a spell and sometimes complex hand gestures to activate the spell Just imagine a gun pre loaded with enchanted bullets with various effect From sleeping gas to trapping vines to bullet with a homing charm Same effect of a wand spell chant But with the semplicity of a gun use
@Bertomevi
9 ай бұрын
@@tripleh327 well damn, I haven't thought about that, good point. With this in mind, I can't even imagine the amount of destruction
@tripleh327
9 ай бұрын
@@Bertomevi I like my wand in the 9 mm caliber
@Bertomevi
9 ай бұрын
@@tripleh327 wand type: magnum eagle 9mm, core with gun powder, very stiff, capable of powerful magic xddd
@tripleh327
9 ай бұрын
@@Bertomevi so stiff that if you finish your ammo you can still use it as a blunt object to subdue dark wizard differently from your typical wooden wand
@exploreseafaring
9 ай бұрын
The way Hagrid addresses Harry's question makes me more convinced that he's a death eater.
@cherylalikhani5957
9 ай бұрын
I thought guns weren't used in the UK with the exception of rifles for game hunting and crime. Plot hole: Diagon Alley, MOM, Sirius's home, mixed villages, etc are all highly magical areas close to or adjacent to muggle areas yet none of those muggle areas are affected by the magic.
@Tummyknuckle
9 ай бұрын
I could see a group of wizards learning to channel magic through a gun instead of a wand. The core would be under the wooden grips and usually a revolver. Usually found in Texas.
@gilbertthemeow481
9 ай бұрын
The enchanted gun would never ever miss its mark.
@Wifgargfhaurh
7 ай бұрын
I still fully believe that the entire plot of Harry Potter would be impossible in America purely because someone would shoot Voldemort.
@tylorstreett7824
8 ай бұрын
"Guns beat wands, it's a tale as old as time." -Jerry Potter
@godish_tv8623
9 ай бұрын
Could you imagine voldemort just pulling out the blicky
@theflyingdutchguy9870
9 ай бұрын
why use a car when you can FREAKING TELEPORT!😂😂
@mister2053
9 ай бұрын
Seeing voldemort carrying an ar15 would be crazy though
@baddmatt9588
9 ай бұрын
The wizarding world is not entirely opposed to muggle technology. They use trains (Hogwarts Express) and Hagrid uses a motorcycle.
@venator4838
6 ай бұрын
The ministry also uses cars.
@shade7033
9 ай бұрын
the only thing i have to say is cellphones. i know the books were well before we had even remotely reliable cellphones, but damn. they woulda saved sirius
@livelovelaugh2130
5 ай бұрын
My God, it would be great if in the movie Harry whipped out a Colt Python.
@objectionable9891
9 ай бұрын
Even tho the books were written before smartphones and wifi were ubiquitous, its not hard to imagine the danger that sort of tech poses to the wizarding world, people might notice if wizards are on their wifi, there is phone tracking, our technology leaves an imprint and for the wizarding world it might be one of the more risky things they could do in terms of maintaining secrecy
@Dinodawson42
9 ай бұрын
Another reason you might not have considered for why there is no guns as well is that this takes place in Britain, where it would be very rare for a muggle to own a gun, let alone a witch or wizard who dislike muggle tech to begin with.
@morwickchesterham3875
7 ай бұрын
They could have used a sniper rifle to give it to Voldy right between the eyes... bullets are faster than spells... Or drop a mortar on death-eaters...
@mizu7662
8 ай бұрын
The impression I had is that until recently muggle technology genuinely had nothing to offer wizards (remember, a lot of things we take for granted today that can compete with some of the benefits we see from magic are only decades old) and so wizards didn't really bother keeping tabs on muggle technology since its spent thousands of years not really being worth mentioning. They know about a few modern things that are just basically impossible to miss since they are so public like trains and cars but otherwise don't really know much about things like phones and stuff that you would mostly not see unless you went into an actual muggles house or something (the books take place in the 90s, not many cell phones out and about in public yet). And if a muggle born kid tries to explain this stuff to them they would likely just patronizingly tune them out while thinking something like 'its adorable he is clinging to his lame non-magic traditions, but I hope he assimilates soon'. Your average wizard just has no idea that muggles have done things like invent forms of communication more convenient then having owls deliver mail or sticking your head in a fireplace and hoping the person you want to talk to is next to theirs when your head comes out of it. Also, they do apparently have some sort of 'anti-technology' magic but we don't really know anything about how it works. For all we know its possible to find a way to 'harden' technology so that it resists the effect much like how electronic systems can be hardened against getting fried by an EMP attack.
@LisaG442
9 ай бұрын
Because owls for delivering messages and parcels is way more efficient and quick ..
@manuelvo1798
9 ай бұрын
The main reason for me would be, that guns are not useful in a world of magic, even in battles. You can draw out your gun as fast as you can draw out a wand (if not slower) and the one with the wand can literally do anything with the gun. Block the trigger, stop the bullet, hex the gun so it shoots the owner or just let the gun fly away with "vingadium liviosa". Even if both people are magic users, the time someone pulls a gun, the other could cast "avada kedava". And the argument, but what if someone shoots from behind doesnt really count, since you can also cast a spell from behind. I could also imagine multiple wards vs. guns to prevent the usage of them. Since guns are there for one thing only (if used) to hurt or kill someone / sth. And they are way worse in selfdefence than wands, since with a wand you can disarm your opponent without hurting him/her.
@ArtoPekkanen
8 ай бұрын
If the wizards have a persisting kinetic barrier spell, then most light firearms would be useless in a direct confrontation. Only ambush would work, striking unprepared. But then again, ambushes work with or without magic and/or guns so that's kind of beside the point I guess.
@seanrea550
9 ай бұрын
1st reason being with electronics specificlly. Heavily enchanted areas short out electronics. This does not stop things like the enchanted radios in book 7 from working but they are tuned to wizarding frequencies most of the time. So i think computers are out by default. 2nd is in usefullnes and need. When you have a wand a lot of tools become unnessisary need light, lumos, to fix something mundain. Reparo, stich up a simple would, there are charms for that. Want to automate simpld task, there are enchantments that can be used. Which leaves muggle tech in s filter of what is really usefull to wizards which typically will be more mundain items or in some cases specificlly for blending in with muggle society when needed. Finally i think there is more muggle tech sprinkled through the wizarding world than is realised but it is of a utility where other aspects and appearance are kept to the desire of the individual.
@Throgman33
6 ай бұрын
On this subject i think its fair to say muggle weapons will always have the advantage... at first. The thing about magic is it's not just greatly innovative, it's infinitely innovative. It has some restrictions and laws, but many other workarounds. The difference being technology is only infinitely innovative in theory. Say a muggle takes a gun and shoots a wizard, the next wizard can simply just create an infinite number of enchantments to protect himself against this, like an enchantment to make his clothes bluuetproof. Technology has no ablity to counter magic in turn, or at the very least, infinitely much slower to counter. ESPECIALLY since muggles are completely in the dark about wizardkind barring a few government entities, and Wizardkind have been studying muggles for centuries
@DominiqEffect
9 ай бұрын
I think the muggle tech is to easy to jam by magic. Like when Dumbledore turn off all the lights on the street.
@Dakblasta
9 ай бұрын
And??
@Rex_W
9 ай бұрын
I dunno, .45 ACP is pretty darn versatile. Hard to stop a projectile traveling at 850 feet-per-second But what do I know?
@patrickbuckley7259
9 ай бұрын
I've been running a tabletop game in the Wizarding World using GURPS, I set it in Ilvermorny. I then proceeded to put every anti projectile spell into the parties curriculum. This includes spells that deflect, and even revurse the trajectory of bullets. Once you realize these people are WIZARDS you kind of realzie trying to shoot them with a gun is a bit silly.
@callumbignall1877
9 ай бұрын
I'd say she's correct about guns winning over magic, defensive spells are against other spells, even if a object is thrown using magic it would still count as magic, but a gun has no magic therefore defensive spells wouldn't work on bullets, theres also the speed of the projectile, wizards basically telegraph all there moves by saying the words or using specific gestures, so the wizard they are fighting knows roughly what spell the enemy is doing & can defend if they know the counter spell or defensive spell, guns don't telegraph & the projectile is faster than words or hand gestures, so yeah I think guns win
@rezarfar
9 ай бұрын
For starters, look how little they know about muggles to begin with, you would think that living beside muggles would at least give wizards some idea, but most dunno how to use telephones, have no idea how muggle money works or even how to get around on the transport. The worse part about all that is the Wizard wgo displayed all the above lack of muggle knowledge i mentioned, is a very enthusiastic muggle "expert" who works for the ministry of magic to work with muggle items. If Mr Arthur Weasly hasn't got a clue. So to answer this question, i doubt most wizards even know what a gun actually is.
@nathanmayberry6849
9 ай бұрын
I would love to see Deatheaters vs SAS.
@morwickchesterham3875
7 ай бұрын
Unless the deatheaters get ambushed, they could easily use a sleeping spell...
@travisgerlach7629
8 ай бұрын
I think a muggle-born would over estimate the power of magic and have more trust in their wand. Secondly to a muggle a wand would simply look like a stick so unless a muggle knows about magic. There are alot of spells that can easily kill someone that aren't unforgivable curses. Even with modern guns you'd still have to deal with modern security. Lastly guns need maintenance and a wand does not. Bonus no background check needed for a wand and I don't even think you need any form identification.
@DaLink25
4 ай бұрын
It’s probably more countries in Europe than it is in other places, like America, Canada, Japan, and New Zealand, to name a few. Those countries didn’t have the same level of persecution by No-Maj’s(Muggles) that European countries had in the past. Places like them have probably adopted some enchanted Muggle tech, like cell phones, computers and TVs(especially USA and Canada, because of the promotion of unity at Ilvermorny).
@Dragon66898
9 ай бұрын
Me as a muggle born wizard: You don’t want me to use my iron wand now. It’s gets really loud for a second and then gets very quiet afterwards. Pointing a six shot revolver at a dark wizard Deatheater.
@vikkran401
9 ай бұрын
I think a large part is because how muggle technology from the 20th century and onward were increasingly relying upon electricity. Which makes it more difficult for witches and wizards to adopt it since magic causes EMP as an side effect. In Hogwarts Legacy as a example which takes place in 1890s and within that open world game, it would seem that muggle and wizarding communities were similar in technology since electricity hadn't taken off yet, with Steam and Mechanical technology still being the norm and most widely use from the previous industrial revolution in Britain.
@himynameis3664
6 ай бұрын
Well they use trains..that's pretty Muggle. I always loved Slughorn asking Hermione if dentistry was a dangerous profession 😊 in the case of guns, wouldn't they be able to just transfigure the weapon? A shield charm for the bullets?
@akosattilafabian8751
8 ай бұрын
Wands are more versatile. You can use it to protect yourself, and attack, etc. while a gun has only one function. I think a protecto charm can block several bullets, if they are not enchanted themselves
@selay333
7 ай бұрын
From my limited understanding guns over in the UK are very regulated so most wouldn’t even bother due to the headaches having to deal with muggle law enforcement. Now over in the US if you got someone similar to Mr. Weasley I guarantee they’d be experimenting.
@edi9892
9 ай бұрын
I wondered why no one tried to acquire a gun and magically extend the magazine, and maybe further enhance its lethality... It's so much faster than casting and could clear a corridor in under a second...
@davehogg63
9 ай бұрын
Radio was used in book 7 & by Molly Weasly.
@dragon723.
9 ай бұрын
They don't use guns because a wand is already a gun that doubles as a magical shield (protego), electrical stun gun, flame thrower and rocket launcher (bombardo). It can also turn the people on the other side to your side, turn them into freakish creatures, prepare the entire area for defense or as a trap if you have time beforehand, summon the enemy's guns away from them from a distance and mess with technology. Why would I want to replace all that with a slug thrower? I likely won't get anywhere near the wizard before my gun flies away. If I do i'll be blasting away pointlessly at a magical shield while the wizard takes their time taking me and my companions down or more likely if its a dark wizard, turn us to their service.
@alessandrorossi7135
Ай бұрын
I've been thinking a lot about quills and parchment in the hp world... Technologically complex things might be harder to put enchantment on
@Milo_1368
8 ай бұрын
Maybe for the same reasons Jedi don't carry blasters. It could be looked down on as a barbaric last resort. Also, wizards are pretty heavily discouraged from using most muggle technology.
@paulblase3955
8 ай бұрын
Apparently, any technology tends to develop a personality (like the Weasley's car). Could you imagine what a PC would become under magical influence?
@letswaveabook3183
9 ай бұрын
Another reason is that muggles use economies of scale and wizards don't. About the guns vs wand topic: Also to pull the trigger on a gun, you need to actually shoot to kill. In wars, it has been shown that most regular humans don't shoot to kill when push comes to shove. So similar as the avadra kedra curse: You really need to mean it. Also a gun is a weapon, whereas a wand is a versatile tool. So that has some social implication. Carrying a tool is completely fine. If you have a gun, you basically say: I want/need the ability to kill if necessary. In contemporary Europe this logic is frowned upon. Also, if you have a gun as a wizard, then the question arises: aren't you good enough in magic to defend yourself without a gun?
@CoachVio
9 ай бұрын
everyone in these comments forgot how easy it is to nonverbally block or deflect any possible bullet
@mateuszkozowski5824
9 ай бұрын
The idea for the similiar video. How in the world muggles with they inquisision posed an any threat against witches and wizards in the past. Right now we discussing modern weapons in a duel against wizzards, but its stated that muggles were killing wizzards in the past. Were the wizzard undereducated back then or something?
@rafflesiaandfriends
9 ай бұрын
Enchanted weapons in the muggle hands would mean ww3
@Darkwater2013
8 ай бұрын
I find it hard to believe that wizards would not show interest or see the potential of at least some Muggle tech. Firearms are the most obvious example, a simple mechanical pistol is no high-tech item. In particular people with Muggle parents would easily see the potential here, like magic enhanced bullets able to seek their targets or counter defensive spells. Once something like that exists, there would certainly also be bad actors willing to abuse it, in particular those that already have ties to the Muggle world and therefore a natural understanding of Muggle tech as well as no cultural barrier against it. You don't need to have a lot of imagination to see how a superior weapon, effective in both settings, would lead to coup attemtps, in particular in the magical realm, where counters to such weapons would be even more limited. Attacking the Muggle world is likely still unwise, even a magician wouldn't stand much of a chance against a major military power making use of its arsenal. A magician can probably defeat a tank, but ABC weapons not so much. So the general premise of staying out of Muggle world makes sense, the idea of bad actors not attempting to gain such significant advantages not so much. There are a lot of ways to use or integrate technology, besides guns, flashbang grenades would probably be a fantastic choice against magicians, because they still rely on their senses a lot. This whole topic is close to Mandalorians vs Jedi in Star Wars, you basically look for ways to deny your individually more powerful opponent the effective use of his powers through technology, while also closing the gap with technology based enhancements for yourself. Case and point, magicians would certainly have to know the thread of some Muggle tech, therefore understand it to some degree and from that utilize it to not be as vulnerable to it. Properly enforcing the rules and secret nature of magic would absolutely require a police force of sorts and that police force would have to use a combination of technology and magic I think. Much like a state keeps some weapons and tech to itself, they would have to regulate magic enhanced technology very closely. Now setting wise you need to seperate tech and magic to some degree, you would not want all tech to work with magic, otherwise magicians would realistically rule the world. Any country on the planet can be forced into submission, when you can hit them with invisible nukes at any time. Based on what we know about the world of Harry Potter, something like that is possible, steal a nuke (not overly difficult for a capable magician) and conceal it with magic, there you go... On that note, the magical world would also have to know or be concerned with Muggle politics to some degree, your country being at war or the potential of a world war would certainly be something alarming even to a magician, since even they would have to know about the destructive potential of mankind post WW2 and would seek to limit that. In conclusion, the lack of technology and the essential lack of attention given to it makes no sense in Harry Potter, it comes down to Harry Potter being a children's book, a distraction from reality, rather than a serious setting exploring the implications of real magic.
@patrickwilkerson1728
9 ай бұрын
The train to and from Hogwarts is Muggle technology.
@gerbenspijkers
9 ай бұрын
A disarming spell would render the gun useless so in a duel the wizard would probably still win. Furthermore I would think a shield charm would at least reduce its effect. Wizards are tougher and more resistant to breaks of bones. Most gunshots are not directly lethal and with the healing capability from the wizarding world if it’s not lethal the wizard will probably live.
@alexnunn2161
9 ай бұрын
You seem to be ignoring the fact bullets travel far faster than spells and that it would be quite difficult to shout out an incantation after having a 9mm round rip through your abdomen
@etorres4u
9 ай бұрын
I was watching Wes Andersons The Grand Budapest Hotel and still cannot believe that the prissy Hotel concierge is the same guy who plays Voldemort.
@johnsimonson1207
9 ай бұрын
Regarding using guns at least, most of the story takes place in Britain. How easy is it normally to get a gun in Britain? What checks, hindrances, restrictions must be overcome? How likely would someone not extremely familiar with those obstacles be able to overcome them or bypass them? I know that in the US there are background checks, that I would have a hard time seeing a wizard pass, and I was under the impression that Britain would be more restrictive on gun control.
@jamiekjackson
9 ай бұрын
Only use for me would be movies/games. Magically enhanced resolution, and frame rate would be insane.
@Negetive2digit
9 ай бұрын
You'd think that there would be more magical innovations to make parallel inventions that improve on magically enhanced 16th century ways of doing things. At least have a pen with infinite ink or something. Quills kinda suck. Two way mirrors could replace phones, presuming they're not too hard to enchant, and they're much more instant than sending a letter and much more comfortable than sticking your head in a fire. There's not a lot of limits on creative things that could be done with magic to make replacements for electronics and simple machines like toasters could probably be enchanted to run without electricity.
@jonathanfitzharris4196
9 ай бұрын
I don't fully agree with the reasoning. Phones for instance pretty much trumps any magic method of communication. Also entertainment - give them something to do but read and play chess
@mattbendzinski4945
9 ай бұрын
Maintaining the secret world is inherent as well as the fact that Muggles and 1/2 bloods are considered lower than purebloods. Not totally true as we compare Hermione with Draco and similar others but the mores of a society often cause issues. So Muggle tech would be frowned upon in the Wizarding World and anyone who brought muggle stuff would be looked down upon or even shunned.....
@Monsterman32
9 ай бұрын
Don't forget that the Harry Potter world took place in the UK that even the muggle population has a very small affiliation with guns.
@davidcopeland5450
9 ай бұрын
While that’s certainly true, magical communities within the wizarding world of Harry Potter exist across the globe, including in societies like the U.S. where guns are prevalent. So certainly the reality of the small likelihood of British witches and wizards in Harry Potter ever coming across a gun would not always be true for those in other countries.
@37000
9 ай бұрын
I think it is for two reasons, the main one is because of the arrogance of wizards, believing not only that magic is superior to Muggle technology but assuming that Muggles are incapable of creating something useful for the wizarding world. And the other reason is about wizards or other magical creatures who do know the level of Muggle technology and know that promoting it more in their world would change many things and the more traditional wizards would be strongly against it. Someone here in the comments said that the absence of more advanced technology in the wizarding world is because it depends heavily on electricity and that it does not exist on the same scale but we are talking about a world with magic, they could easily use this power to make a perpetual dynamo and create that electricity or directly create an inexhaustible battery that is the source of that electricity. I think that no one in the wizarding world was creative enough to incorporate technology and muggle combat tactics, wizards being so accustomed to using magic in any combat would not have known what to do to quickly counter a weapon, i mean a wizard with sufficient knowledge of melee combat could have approached his opponent, disarm him and leave him completely defenseless against his fists, weapons or his own wand.
@captainjellicoe1701e
9 ай бұрын
since you brought up the question of technology I wonder if the Wizards ever made it to the Moon ? or space in general for that matter
@laughingphenix
9 ай бұрын
Wasnt indoor plumbing created by muggles and adopted by wizards
@grawp45
9 ай бұрын
Do wizards study martial arts?
@BigBones187
8 ай бұрын
The gun thing could also easily be because Harry Potter is set in the Uk and getting guns there is very very difficult. I wouldnt be suprised if the magic schools in the US "and other gun friendly countries" have guns in them or atleast wizards using them.
@sbatou87
8 ай бұрын
Imagine if you will, if someone were to enchant/build a magical gun that fire pre-packaged spell slugs. Oh, you don't know how to cast a certain spell with a wand? Don't worry, the gun will fire off a "spell shell". Yeah, it's basically the caster gun from "Outlaw Star". Though, I often wonder; do you have to know x-language to use y-spell?
@avocadowatch8368
9 ай бұрын
Guns are also for the purpose of killing… which is unforgivable in the wizarding world. I guess you could argue the bad wizards might be tempted to use but if these bad wizards are also the wizards prejudiced against muggles and muggleborns … well then they might not know of this weapon and it isn’t likely that they’d want to be associated with a muggle weapon.
@robertbommmarito3052
9 ай бұрын
I think in the sense of what she meant by a gun would win is the fact that if both were already pointed at each other, it’s faster to squeeze a trigger than it is to flick your wrist, and potentially have to say an incantation I could be right I could be wrong we’ll never know
@jakejohnson2334
9 ай бұрын
Pens. Pens, Pens, Pens. The rest you can make excuses for (well, maybe not firearms). But why. Why not use something way more convenient, portable, that is technically not that complicated, not dependent on tech, and also dirt cheap, that is also constantly used. That is beyond hipster level of stubborn. maybe not even a ball point, but really. dipping a quill in ink is like 5 versions behind.
@DanielRossellSolanes
8 ай бұрын
the night bus, the hogwarts express, ... I would say that they do use muggle technology. they just limit it to what's convenient to the plot.
@deadfrogfoot
9 ай бұрын
think caz the books timeline is set in the laste 80's most tech we know now wasnt around. we also do see wizards using muggle tech, like the camera. still like the internet was just being made back then and not alot of people had it i think if they make a new book set in the 2000's then alot more wizards would be using muggle tech, be it with a magic twist
@MichaelThomas-p6q
27 күн бұрын
this is also a very strange line of reasoning from hagrid, because if muggles wanting help would be the only problem, double digits of wizards could solve world hunger and huge parts of poverty, which means wizards would have to be extremely selfish
@jbrooks1358
2 ай бұрын
Tbh even if voldemort won, I don't think he would be able to be the muggles, sniper rifles for one, assault rifles, yes wands might be more versatile but lack range, but muggles has the range, missles, bullets, hell snipers and missles would be a wizards worse enemy, shot from very long range, they wouldn't even know its coming, or hear it, until it's to late
@hypergolic_rhetoric8052
9 ай бұрын
I've always wondered about atomic bombs and chemical/biological weapons and their efficacy against the magical community. Muggles may not have the unforgivable curses, but turning a city into a radioactive wasteland or engineering a godtier pluage seems to out perform those vile spells.
@davidcopeland5450
9 ай бұрын
I feel like with chemical or biological weapons, wizards and witches have enough knowledge of potions and medicine that they could quickly combat any effects from such weapons or find cures or reversals rather quickly and efficiently. But with nuclear weapons, considering the power and speed of how the chain reaction occurs that leads to the detonation and spread of effects like the fireball, shockwave, and heat from the explosion of a warhead, I doubt that’d be something anyone in the magical community would have the power to either block or otherwise protect themselves from.
@masterpython
9 ай бұрын
Grinderwald was worried
@uliseto
9 ай бұрын
I literally just wondered about this today, and it just so happened you uploaded the video a day ago 😂😂 DO YOU SEE THE FUTURE?
@phoenixrend56
9 ай бұрын
Great video. Id just add that even though Magic seems overall superior to technology, there a few minor holes in the idea. There are some aspects of technology that seems to me more efficient and useful than their magical counterpart equivalents: Specifically concerning Communication and Knowledge accessibility. The Internet, for example, gave the opportunity to humans to access information about Life and the World we live in that Magic seems to be very limited and too vague to explain or describe. On the other hand, the magical World possesses information and knowledge of the World we would live in that universe that would be crucial and necessary to add to what the Internet can provide already. I also could see many situations where instantaneous messaging, such as texting or even emails beats even the most efficient and fastest owl on the market. Overall, Id say the muggle world and magical world limit their own capabilities and potential by being segregated from each other. The incompatibility between technology and magical power is not a barrier that should be impossible to overcome: Humanity has overcome much harder much more impossible problems before. Basically, Arthur Weasley was on the right track: Technology and Magic need each other to reach a higher form of way of living that the Wizarding World or the Muggle World cant reach on their own.
@agentwashington4790
9 ай бұрын
harry potter takes place in the 90s common people didnt PDAs and labtops or even home computers. kids in the 90s would be using pen and paper also. as for guns personally wands would be better
@moxxy3565
9 ай бұрын
If there's ever a sequel to Harry Potter: a real muggle vs wizard war. Maybe in modern day or near future
@salmannazeer2688
9 ай бұрын
1. Wizards can already do most of the things muggle tech can do with magic and sometimes they do it better 2. Electronic oriented muggle tech will malfunction around magic 3. Muggles have arguably better means of communication however magical folks manage just fine with their floo calls 3. Wizards don't need guns because wands aren't exactly weapons. A wand is simply a wand. A magical focus that helps in using magic. Wand isn't a weapon by default. It's a Swiss army knife which can, among other things can be used both offensively and defensively. A gun might be lethal, however wizards have no need for it. 4. Adding magic to muggle things to turn them into magical artifacts is illegal in Britain (a measure probably taken to prevent magically altered items from ending up in muggle possession) 5. Wizards are completely ignorant towards the full extent of muggle technology PS. I doubt the shotgun would do any substantial harm to a half giant like Hagrid. So a shotgun was never a threat in Hagrid's eyes. I doubt he even knew what if was
@Gravedigger933
9 ай бұрын
Master has given Dobby a Glock!
@wtoven647
9 ай бұрын
I remember Dean Thomas had a West Ham poster up in the common room. If he was that big of a fan, he would've wanted to follow their season and would have needed a portable TV at Hogwarts. Football fans at Hogwarts would've definitely found a way to watch the games IMO!
@detritusofseattle
9 ай бұрын
Well, in the timeline of Harry Potter, Muggle Tech isn't as advanced as having things like Iphones or any of the higher level digital tech. Remember, the story takes place in the 1990's, not 2020. Wizards do use some tech. Ron, for example, used a radio in Deathly Hallows. TV is probably used by some households, but it's probably a magical version with shows produced by wizards or covering things like Quidditch. Electricity is unnecessary in the wizarding world as magic can power just about anything, including electronics. Many of them have homes with what looks like electric lighting, but is actually magical in nature. I would be unsurprised if wizards at modern Hogwarts used effectively magical laptops or magical phones that operate on certain magical principles. As for guns, bombs, etc.: Why bother? A gun has limited ammunition, is very loud, and can do exactly one thing and one thing only. Want to put holes in something? There's a spell for that. Want to blow something up? Bombarda is a spell that'll do it. You can even make a big version of it, Bombarda Maxima. In addition, I'm not confident that shooting a wizard, unless it was an instantly fatal attack, would be enough to kill one. A headshot or a heartshot might do it, but anything less than that can be fixed with magic. Wizards also have the ability to create forcefields, teleport, and could probably cause things like guns to horribly malfunction. You might be able to shoot them from a distance in a surprise attack, but if they see the weapon pointed at them, their magic will be able to deal with it, either by breaking the weapon or by removing them from harms way in some fashion, even if they aren't using their wands. This sort of thing actually happened quite a few times for Harry when he was living with the Dursleys. There was a time when Dudley and his fellow bullies were chasing Harry to beat him up, and Harry ended up flying onto the roof to get away from them. Never had a wand. Didn't even know he was a wizard. Then there's the example at the zoo where Harry made the glass disappear and then reappear, trapping Dudley in the snake exhibit. Muggles can and have killed wizards before, but it's not easy, and it probably requires catching them by surprise or somehow neutralizing their magic. Even when wizards do use a non-magical means to kill another wizard, they usually have to be especially quick about it or catch them off guard. When Voldemort kills Snape, he sicks Nagini on him, while trapping him in the protective sphere he's keeping her in. I suspect that venom probably is deadly to wizards because it has properties that prevent magical cures in a way that, say, the venom of a rattlesnake might not. Dobby was killed with a knife, but it was a surprise attack he wasn't expecting while he was apparating. The wound was also to the heart directly, and there simply was no time to heal it with magic, even if one knew how. Of course there is also nearly headless nick who had his head nearly cut off. It apparently took 45 whacks, which is unusual in itself, as even a dull axe should have no trouble smashing its way through flesh and bone if there is a hard surface on the other side with a few swings. Usually death occurred after the first swing because the force is enough to break a neck. Yet he survived nearly 45. My guess is that it took so many whacks because Sir Nicolas' magic actually was trying to stop it, albeit badly. I think his remorse for his mistake is what allowed them to get even that far and what kept him there. Had he actually wanted to, I suspect he probably could have simply disappeared. Magic is unpredictable in part because it is not always consciously controlled. He didn't want to die, but he also didn't want to flee because he felt bad about giving that woman tusks by accident. And so the whetstone for the axe went missing and the axe became unusually dull, and the blows weakened, to the point it couldn't completely decapitate him. I suppose wizards could enchant guns to be dangerous to wizards if they wanted, but why bother when you could just use Avada Kadavra?
@diegomartinez7180
9 ай бұрын
I think you're wrong. What I thought from the beginning when I read the books was that they just didn't need technology like ours, and when they did, they took a rather long time to embrace it (i.e. Hogwarts express, flying Ford Anglia or knight bus, photography, radio stations and receivers, the Daily Prophet itself, etc.), and when embraced, such tech is very much modded with magic. But with guns, I just don't see the use. It's like for you and me who use a smartphone to carry a camera or a calculator all the time. If you have a wand that can actually shoot beams of light or projectiles (i.e. sharp spikes of ice) from it's tip, why on earth would you need to carry a gun? maybe for "professional use" like cannons or something of the sort, but simple handguns would be redundant for them.
@somewhatstrange2097
9 ай бұрын
Guns are faster, you can probably fire several bullets in the time it takes to say "avada kedavra". It would make sense to create wandguns, start off the fight with six quick shots with bullets you've cursed the hell out of beforehand, then finish off any survivors with slower spells. Basically, what a gun would do would be allow you to do the equivalent of storing a bunch of destructive spells before the battle by spending as much time as is needed to enchant the bullets, and being able to fire them off very quickly when needed.
@jackrakken4127
9 ай бұрын
A muggle with a gun would win out against a Wizard with a wand. However if a wizard/muggle war broke out then muggles would win exactly one battle before Wizards started wearing projectile charms and kicking muggles to the curb.
@Marguns21
8 ай бұрын
Magistry: We do not allow guns Also the magistry: Here child, have a wand that you can turn your enemies into ferrets or explode them heck you do not even need them to "blow up" your nasty Aunt.
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