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“Accio shotgun” “HELP HARRYS USING A MUGGLE WAND”

"The killing curse can't be countered" Has the same energy as "No one can just deflect the emerald splash"

That is one of the greatest weaknesses in Rowlings writing: She introduces concepts that are very helpfull at the moment but cause massive problems in the longrun. It starts with time turners: If they work like in the main series they are invaluable to be in two places at once. If you consider cursed child canon they are godlike reality altering devices. In short everyone should use them all the time. Then there is veritaserum. Why are there still unfair judgements if that stuff exists? Just make it mandatory in trials. Again Rowlings had to write around it and make up excuses why it does not work. The fidelius charm: Totaly broken! Why wasnt James his own secret Keeper? Just to make it clear: I love the Harry Potter books! They made my childhood much more enjoyable. But that doesnt mean that as a fan you cant admit its flaws

Ron: *sees vold* Vold: *glares at Ron* Ron: *thinks about his most powerful spell to defend himself* Vold: YEAAAAVAAADAA KEEEDAAA.... Ron: EAT SLUGS!!!!!!!!

I swear to god every time voldemort and harry fight its literally just expeliarmus and avada kedavra

What does this have to do with Dumbledore's *intense sexual relationship*

You know what the Killing Curse needed? A trade off. It unerringly (mostly) kills your enemy, but saps the vitality of your lifeforce and reduces your lifespan. Would let it be used more sparingly by Team Evil, save Voldy who is protected from death in his mind and thus uses it with impunity.

I feel like JK should have depicted the killing curse as something only pompous wizards aware of their massive amounts of power could use. Those who used the curse could only kill those who are weaker than the user, meaning that Voldemort could kill virtually anybody and first year wizards could use it only against non-magical beings and small animals who they overpower in wizarding strength. However, one could never determine the strength of their opponent (thus my reasoning for pompous individuals being the only users of the killing curse) since one’s wizarding prowess may lie dormant for many years. This would also come into play when Voldemort tries killing an infant Harry; thinking he could overpower a child, but is thwarted by the love that Lily possesses for Harry; the most powerful force of all.

What if you wore a suit of ants. The spell would always hit an ant and kill it instead.

"A poor concept can handicap a writer, the opposite is also true" Me: "A handicapped writer can make a poor concept...? "

We're talking about the person who made time traveling devices that no one uses, (for not very good reasons) a potion that literally makes everything go your way, a map that should have shown Fred and George there's a weird man named Peter sleeping with their little brother. Rowling is infamous for writing herself into corners.

Not to mention, it’s just a painless instakill. Someone like Voldemort is an absolute monster who would absolutely want his victims to suffer, he wouldn’t be satisfied with drop dead suddenly

*Voldermort Joins The Game* "Guys! Look, i went to the muggle world and i found an AR-15! Let's go to Hogwarts!"

Avada Kedavra, the painless death. Sounds like a mercy.

Someone once said: "a great magic system isn't what it can do, it's what it can't do" and it way better to see a character coming up with creative ways to overcome a problem with their limited magical ability. (A great example for this is avartar the last air bender, or legend of Korra)

"The killing curse cant be countered" Dumbledore: Ha ha gold statue go brrrr

Seems like more consequences for using the killing curse would be needed. How about Avada Kedavra kills the caster as well as the target? It's a curse people utter with their last breath to take vengeance on their enemies. This would only make Voldemort more powerful, because his horcruxes prevent him from dying. He could just kill at will. Edit:Damn this thread took off! I forgot I wrote this honestly. Glad I could spark some discussion

Avada Kedavra: "kills you" Bombarda/Destructo: "does literally the same thing without getting imprisoned in Azkaban"

The killing curse would have been fine if there were more limits. For example, if it completely depleted your energy, or if it took time to whip up, or if you had to be *extremely* good to use it, or if it inflicted some kind of damage against the user.

Americans after failing a test in Hogwarts: "Some people think they can out smart me. Maybe. maybe. I've yet to meet one who can outsmart BOOLET.

J.K rowling: I don't want this character anymore *A V A D A K E D A V R A*

That same writer has shown that we respect her characters more than she does

Bri'ish Harry Potter: We don't use that spell 'Murican Johnny Potter: As the first lesson for you 16 year Olds on the class of protection against the dark arts you'll use Avada Kedavra as you're allowed by the second amendment.

The best way to have the killing curse not be the instant go to is to just have it take a few seconds to perform. Using it midfight isn't practical because you can't attack or defend. It'd also help emphasize how fucked up it is; it would exclusively be for executing a defenceless foe.

I think the killing curse would be fine, they just should've played up magical dueling a bit more. For example: If someone casts Avada Kedavra at you, you can just block it as any second year student learns how to do. No big deal. It's instant death, but only if it hits you. But what are you going to do if they summon a big ass fire snake and send it after you? You better know the fire snake extinguisher spell, or a spell to conjure a lot of water, or a way to trap it in stone or blow it away or something. Nothing is wrong with the killing curse, but it had a glaring weakness that more creative magic would've bypassed. You can't just "block" walls of fire coming at you or conjured/animated entities attacking you like rabid dogs, you'd need to come up with equally creative solutions to those problems. The instant-win-spell vs easy-block back and forth didn't make fights feel very dynamic, but the narrative shouldn't have relied on them exclusively. Avada Kedavra was a great spell, but its limitations should've been emphasized more and there should've been more creative battles. This would also mean that the killing curse would be most effective when used against someone who cannot block the effect, such as an unarmed opponent or a surprise attack like from the shadows when you weren't expecting it, which further illustrates what a heinous spell it is since it is most useful when used in the most dishonorable ways.

you made me realize that the better way to defeat Harry was just to kill Hermione.

I have some ideas: -Force the witch/wizard (henceforth the “user”) to make a sacrifice in order to perform the spell (for instance: in order to cast the spell, you must first lacerate yourself) -A charge time, like kamehameha in Dragonball (or any other major ki blast, for that matter). The user surely would have to conjure a lot of energy to cast such a powerful spell -Stamina drain (ie. The user is completely exhausted after using the spell) -The spell is so difficult, it requires multiple users to conjure -The green bolt moves slower than other spells and can be deflected fairly easily, making it ineffective without a proper setup spell, such as stupify or petrificus totalus -Using the spell shatters the wand that the user is currently carrying. If the user is strong enough to cast it without a wand, it breaks their arm instead (which is honestly worse if you ask me) -The spell works by slowly draining the life out of the victim, rendering them immobile as they die. This would give ample opportunity for someone else to step in and interrupt the spell, which makes the spell useless in a mass battle like the battle of Hogwarts

I remember in book 7 someone was explaining how the Death Eaters now had control of the Ministry, with the consequence being, I quote, "they'll be able to cast brutal spells" without interferance. My reaction was...so what? They could already lob instant death at will, so what does this even gain for them? It could've been an intimidating moment, but we already learned the "worst curses" three books ago, so it just feels redundant. Speaking of Unforgivable Curses, the imperius has the same problem of being too strong, but it was so OP that it had to have a weakness written in: you can break out of it with enough willpower, or something. So it goes from the best option to basically unusable in combat.

Avada kerdava Whats that Dont you mean "just a gun with extra steps"

Oppenheimer: wait until they see what we muggles can do with this magic mushroom

An easy fix to this would have been to make the spell single use, meaning that even if you were an experienced wizard it would take a lot out of you to do it. So rather than using it like a machine gun it would be more like one of those old muskets that take forever to reload.

I was just reading The Half Blood Prince and realized Slughorn showed Harry and the class Felix Felicis (aka Liquid Luck). He was just appointed the Potions teacher like a WEEK ago. Later in the book when Ron asks why can’t we make liquid luck, Hermione says that it takes 6 months to prepare. So was Slughorn preparing before even Voldemort was sighted to teaching at Hogwarts or what. That’s the same problem. Introduce something important in short term and it becomes ridiculous in the long term.

J.K should have just made Avada Kedavra a spell that Voldemort knew exclusively. A spell that he created and only he alone could cast. That way you retain the spell's threat but restrict it to one character so that the fights with the other Death Eaters could be more creative.

That's why Sectumsempra is the coolest/brutal offensive spell! Hail Snapy Snape

I'm glad someone finally accepts how fucking great the Department of Mysteries is, and I wish they even had it shown 1/10th in the movies.

Avada Kedavra is like pot of greed or Raigeki: it's too powerful without any down side or shortcoming.

"Avada Kedavra" is basically "I CAST GUN"

Easy fix: Make it to where the spell requires a "broken soul" and then never explain it, then when the horcrux plot gets revealed it's all "oh hey I get it now." and that's why only Voldemort can cast it, and all the other death earters can't, boom. PM me to find out where to send my paycheck Rowling, I'll be waiting.

"AVADA GUNPOWDA", see, you don't need a wand with this kind of magic.

I like to think that if there was a drawback to the killing curse, like a mental fatigue, it might have allowed more creativity. Like it's an all in kind of gamble, or you need to be sure you'll land the blow or else you'll be put on the back foot, thus requiring the Death Eaters to immobilize their opponents in a more proper duel, instead of just spamming green lights at everyone and everything.

In the second film Lucius Malfoy almost uses avada kadavra on Harry in the end because Harry takes away his elf, Dobby. Like, he goes "aaavaaadaa..." I thought that was a little excessive.

Interesting fact there is a spell that lets you explode someone's intestines, and it is not one of the "forbiden" spells for some reason.

Imagine if avadakadavra worked based on the fear of the person who its used against, it works as a intimidating, dangerous spell but it's situational enough to where it can't be spammed and would encourage variety.

Dumbledore in the books exemplifies the essence of what a true wizard is. His fight with a Voldemort is really how a true wizard would fight using different spells and tactics bringing magical items and creatures into it.

They very easily could have made Avada Kedavra a much more interesting spell by making one simple already existing restriction much more strict: The user must have a strong desire to kill. Every time Avada Kedavra is used, it's used so nonchalantly that I have a hard time believing that the user has a genuine hatred in their hearts. In many cases, some users even show signs of empathy, disdain, and hesitation. If the spell requires a strong desire to kill, how in the world was Snape capable of reluctantly using the curse to kill Dumbledore? By making this requirement more strictly enforced, it would make sense for Voldemort to be the only wizard capable of using the curse, and only in certain situations. Sure, it's still a bit anticlimactic to just have a spell that kills somebody, but it could be portrayed in a much more grandiose and intimidating fashion when it's not overused by every mook on the street. Let's face it, in all honesty, Voldemort comes off as kind of a wimp. Does he ever win a single fight onscreen? Every fight he's in ends in a draw or a loss. Sure, he kills people, but it's never as a consequence of a fight. It's always just to go "ooooh look how evil he is~" The simple change of making this curse exclusive to him would make him out to be so much more powerful and terrifying as a villain. And with the curse so much more unique, they could afford to make the attack much more visually impressive as well.

Harry could've just drunk a cup of lucky potions and fought Voldermort

I think Avada Kedavra could work. With a couple changes. 1st, EXCLUSIVE TO VOLDEMORT. You can't use it with a full, or even mostly intact soul, so only Voldemort can use it, due to horcrux reasons. 2nd, There's a limit to how powerful it is. Trying to use it on someone like Dumbledore, and extremely powerful wizards, would do next to nothing.

Harry: "Accio Aircraft carrier!" Everyone: Well sh*t.

Good guys: “Let’s be creative and incapacitate our enemies!” Bag guys: *cock guns* it’s death time.

I actually had a nightmare as a kid about Voldemort running around with a gun.

Broken concepts in the harry potter books and how they could be fixed; -Felix Felicis. Broken because it effectively makes the drinker unbeatable in whatever tasks their doing. -Solution; it should have a more limited effect, or it acts like steroids (aka comes with consequences to your health) -Avada Kedavra. Broken because it's insta kill, with no set up or any real skill required. Wormtail used it ffs -Solution; make it a spell that damages the soul (like horcruxes) so even the most evil wizards/witches won't over use it. -Veritaserum. A foolproof way of getting the truth out of someoone, so why is this not used in wizarding courts? big plot hole -Solution; Someone skilled in Occlumency can resist it, so it's not foolproof -Apparation; Broken because anyone could just disapparate whenever they get in trouble. JK rowlings "fix" (buildings with anti apparation magic) doesn't fix this -Solution; Should be an exceptionally difficult skill to achieve (like becoming an animagus is) Thus port keys and floo network also become more important -Accio; Why even bother having "expelliarmus" when this spell can summon literally anything? -Solution; Only items that have nothing blocking them (or holding onto them) can be summoned. Thus Harry couldn't use it to "cheat" in the first task. -Time turner; Rather Obvious why this concept is totally broken. It shoudn't have been introduced into the HP world at all IMO

Honestly, the killing spell could be saved by one addition The spell already rips the soul apart, as explained in later books. Just make it so this leaves the caster extremely vulnerable and broken for the next 24 hours. It makes it much more of a dangerous tool for Horcrux making, introduces the idea of ripped souls in book 4, foreshadowing the horcruxes, and makes it a spell that can't be used flippantly. It also makes it more plausible why the knowledge of horcruxes is limited to very few people and why the government labels this spell as unforgivable, despite a lot of other spells being very capable of murderising people. The ministry knows about horcruxes and both covers up the knowledge and heavily punishes using the curse used to create them. But that would need a good writer to write, who thinks further than the one entry of the franchise they're writing on, and JK ain't that

I would fix Avada Kedavra by having a rule where the wizard must have either killed or seen death personally before they could cast it. I had always thought Magic in Harry Potter was half Latin stuff and half understanding the concept you're trying to envision.

I've heard something like this called "the Transporter problem", as in the Transporter from Star Trek; basically, it's a plot device that winds up being an easy-out for a lot of scenarios, so the writer (or writers) have to come up with increasingly convoluted excuses not to use it in order to either create tension or have something more interesting happen, which just begs the question of why even introduce the plot device in the first place if you're going to expend a lot of energy trying NOT to use it.

Easy solution: Magic shield. Even better: Reflect it back at the opponent.

It was also necessary to completely redefine the spell to make it workable in the later books. In '4' its introduced as an unavoidable, unsurvivable certain death, but by the last book there's numerous examples of people dodging it or blocking it

Harry: EXPELIARMUS (A spell that knocks a wand out of someone’s hand) Voldemort: AVADA KEDABRA (ŁÎTTĘRÁŁŁŸ MÚRDĘRŠ PĘØPŁĖ ÎŃ ØÑĘ ŠHØT) Harry Wins Oh......

And to think, all they needed to do was make it so the death spell takes part of someone's soul. Which would put Voldemort a loophole that can allow him to use it infinitely, due to the horcruxes. It would make minor villains restrict it to a last resort,while making Voldemort even more intimidating due to him being able to rapid fire it.

This is why spell slots are so helpful in D&D. That game's equivalent to Avadra Kedavra is called Power Word: Kill, which immediately kills anyone you choose so long as they have less than 100 hitpoints (which is fairly low by the time you get to that level). But because it's a 9th level spell, you can only ever cast it once per day, and if the target has more than 100 HP you waste it. Since you only get one attempt a day, you can't just let the rest of the party keep hitting them and spam that one spell until they're dead, which is kind of what happens with Avadra Kedavra

I actually like the idea of an evil Patronus, a spell fueled by our insecurities, our remorse, our darkest and sadistic thoughts.

Using obliviate on Voldemort lol

You can tell that the Deatheaters never played Final Fantasy. If they had they'd know that death spells rarely land.

I realized this the first time i read the books. Glad someone finally said it.

Excellent video-- I've been playing with what I call "quality of imagination' as a way of judging sf, and you've supplied some nuts and bolts for the concept.

Avada Kedavra may be a stupid spell, but at least it's function is consistent every time we use it. It kills whatever it touches. Expelliarmus on the other hand isn't. One moment is disarms your foe, the next it sends them flying back, and another time it fires a stream of magic able to hold back the most powerful of curses.

So when are you gonna review the manga

"The killing curse can't be countered" This has Thunder Cross Split Attack and Emerald Splash energy

Neat video! Thanks for uploading!

You can get suspended in school for using this spell.

I don't get how avada kadavra(AK) is worse than crucio(C) because when they use AK they just die but C literally hospitalized a couple of people they don't even know they're son's name Crucio is worse than Avada Kadavra(change my mind)

Very nice video. I like the points you are making and the logic behind them. This will help me a lot to not just balance magic in my DnD campaign but also make it more than "You deal -insert magic type- damage to the enemy/creature"

there’s a fanfiction called ‘manacled’ that plays with this concept pretty well. the lore is changed so using the killing curse actively deteriorates the user, therefore using deadly curses (ones that slowly disintegrate your skin, sprout animals inside your lungs, eat away at your air ways) are hugely more common.

I feel like Voldemorts reliance on the Avada Kedavra is kinda in line with his character. You know, the thing he feared most and that he was fighting his whole life was death itself, and he believes that death is the worst thing that could ever happen to you, which Dumbledore completely opposes and so on.

They should have increased the skill level so that only people like Voldemort, Dumbledore should be able to pull it off consistently.

Great video dude!

I never understood why the killing curse was such a terrible thing when guns can torture and kill your enemy. Not to mention science yielded the atomic bomb. A far more devastating WMD than any magic that exists.

Alternatively, make Avada Kedavra unique to Voldemort. That would even serve to naturally establish and validate his terrifying capability over every other dark wizard.

If I remember correctly, dolohov couldn't speak at the time, so he couldn't say the incantation "avada kedavra", which is necessary to use the spell. so he did something else to hermione.

Great video. You gained a sub!

Something that always bothered me about the fights in HP, especially the fight at the Ministry - when you get the drop on a Death Eater, take (or break) his wand! Several wands throughout the saga (including Harry's) got broken by accident, but nobody ever cast a Stupify, or Petrificus Totalus, or Expelliarmus spell and then just snapped his opponent's wand in half. The only time I can think of anyone taking someone else's wand in a fight was when the kids escaped Malfoy Manor and took Bellatrix's and Draco's wands with them, and they only did that because they needed spares, and not for the purpose of taking Bellatrix out of commission. Voldemort robbed Dumbledore's grave, and Bart Crouch Jr. picked Harry's pocket, but nobody ever seems to take full advantage of temporarily disabling an opponent in a fight by taking/breaking his wand.

I think Avada Kedavra should’ve been a spell invented by Voldemort himself, and it would take trenendous skill to be able to cast it otherwise you’d end up killing yourself in the process. After all, we have seen other wizards in the Harry Potter universe create their own spells before: for example Snape created the spell ”Sectumsempra” in his 5th year. So why not Voldemort? It would be fitting for Voldemort to be the first wizard in history to invent such a dark curse that is able to instantly kill, and it would be fitting if he’s also the only one able to cast it. Problem solved! Why didn’t JK Rowling just write that?

How to counter Avada Kedavra: 1-Dodge! 2-Put some insects in stasis and stick them under your clothes (works on other not physics based curse like Stupefix, but do not works against incendio on crack(I don't remember the real name)for exemple) 3-Carry your loving mother around. it may saves your live, but it only works once, so use 1 and 2 with this one.

I like your argument at the start about authors having a great concept, and the concept being what takes off. I would recommend (to any human being) looking into the fantasy fi of Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman. I've never known anyone who can make so many complete, self-contained and varied universes. They aren't just good at writing, they're excellent at concepts. And that's my commercial for a couple of my favourite authors :p

i've watched your two harry potter videos FAR MORE than I'd like to admit.

The good guys are playing breath of the wild while the bad guys are playing COD One requires you to use your environment to your advantage the other one is just point and shoot

Dumbledore tells Voldemort that his biggest weakness is his inability to think of things worse than death, and it reflects on his fighting style. Spamming avada kedavra, which can be avoided by teleport (something even more broken and that any adult can do with minimal risk, making brooms and virtually every magical means of locomotion obsolete), instead of using tons of other effective and unavoidable spells. I'm not saying that Rowling did it on purpose, but it works thematically.

You think you may have beaten me, Voldemort, but you still haven't bested the most powerful spell in my arsenal! The Glock 19!

AMAZING video !

“Specifically in the department of WTF is that?” ... my sentiments exactly. Glad you’re enjoying the series! McGonagall is so badass.

Absolutely incredible video my dude.

If you think about it, that beginner levitate spell, Wingardium Leviosa, could be used the same way as any other kill spell, just smash their skulls onto the ceiling or into the ground. Why we need a spell specifically for inflicting death when so many other spells can do the same thing just in more brutal ways is beyond me.

The problem I have with magic stories is that when you introduce magic without limitations the story just breaks down entirely, especially if you don't set out rules ahead of time and just create stuff as you go along. As an example (Going from the movies), why didn't harry's mum just teleport away from voldemort? Sure it is a high enough level spell that you could claim she couldn't do it, or at least without her wand, but it isn't addressed at all. There isn't any comments saying 'if only she was a better witch she would have been able to teleport away and been completely safe'.

I always found it weird that Peter Pettigrew killed 13 people with a single spell while Voldemort was just using avada kedavra. Pettigrew > Voldemort

Harry Potter with guns? CALL OF HOOTY

The best part of Harry potter is how Harry realized you don't actually need to learn any offensive spells if you just get super super good at the disarming charm. Like Voldy is shooting a literall death beam at harry that will kill him instantly if he touches it, and harrys just like "gimme dat wand voldefart"

When we're talking about magic in the game, we usually have parameter that define its power based on the magic and the caster. And in book and movie it's usually based on the lore,element,destructive power, the caster's magic power and its function. And i think this kind of measurement is something that harry potter universe failed to establish. This is why many harry potter game ended up as laser shooting fps during the battle.

Nobody: J.K. Rowling: Avada Kadabra actually turned all the characters black

Dude, the mud patronus would be infinitely more terrifying; *especially* if it was portrayed as friendly and cuddly! Dark magic should be so twisted as to create a being that tries to literally love you to death

I don't usually comment on videos but, I gotta tell you. You got me to subscribe off of just this one video