I'm confused. What is this "EE" everyone speaks of?

 

heh CanonWhore!Taure for the win.

 

You mean 'Taure,' period. The 'canon!whore' prefix is just redundant.

 

I suppose so but the possible rhyme (depending on how you pronounce his name) was nice.

 

He was insanely charismatic as a teenager, very skilled at magic, and a parselmouth. Hell, it's likely that just being a parselmouth was enough to convince most people; everyone knows that Slytherin's descendants are the only ones who can talk to snakes.

Still, what's more important is his charisma. There are a ton of parallels between Voldemort and Hitler, for obvious reasons, but one of the main ones is that they were both extremely charismatic, to the point where they both lead a movement of racial superiority despite not being part of that race. Pureblood and Aryan are practically interchangeable in this scenario.

 

Quick, what sweets could Dumbledore have in his office to offer a child?

I mean I know there is a fannon-overblown obsession of Lemon drops, but I'm just looking for a simple mention that could be Dumbledorish, but not a lemon drop ;D

The HPL mentioned sweet list for refence.

I don't remember his stance on Chocolate frogs? Was there even one?


I'm thinking about Ice Mice, or a Chocolate frog, but the latter is not up to the unusual Dumbledore standards.
Also, maybe a simple muggle treat or Honeydukes chocolate?

What do you think?

 

I can see Dumbledore being fond of Jelly Babies.

 

And now I'm haunted by the image of a poorly made .gif where Dumbledore eats a baby.

 

Skittles. He totally tasted the rainbow.

 

Yet, it's a muggle Britain's rip off Berty Bott's, and that rainbow was too wide for him.

 

In the film of Goblet of Fire he has licorice snaps that animate into piranha thorns, but if you wanted something less antagonistic...

malteds (aka malted milk balls or Whoppers)
rock candy
mint humbugs
barley sugar
root beer barrels
acid drops (though one wonders if this would require a teeth-regenerating draught afterwards)

http://www.sweetieworld.co.uk/

 

Cockroach clusters

 

He could offer any sweet you want, it doesn't need to be magical. For example from my own story:

It seemed appropriate. It's a small, bite-sized treat that he could have a bowl of, rather than using something larger.

But really, we just don't know, so pick something that seems in character for Dumbledore.

 

Everlasting Gobstoppers.

Genuine ones.

 

So I've been thinking, why are most HP duels usually filled with "colored" spells that make it easier for your opponent to dodge or escape them, it doesn't make any sense when they can just as easily use non visible spells like transfiguration and the fight now becomes less about who can dodge faster and better to actual skill and reaction to situation.

Now my question would requires your opinion whether it would be better if the high quality wizard battles were more about having an extensive knowledge of offensive and defensive spells and their hand motion(I think there is a name for this but I forget what it is) therefore the duels become more interesting since the opponent will have to figure about what the specific wand movement can do and therefore act accordingly, do you think this would make for better action scenes and generally as a method of knowing who the better wizard is?

 

I also think spells are much harder to dodge than most fanfiction shows. I like to follow the movies in this respect.

Watch the battle at the end of OotP, especially the spell at 3:00. Spells aren't like balls/lines of light that are shot like slow bullets from a wand, triggered by an incantation. Rather, they start forming while the incantation is still being said, and this is the "travel time". The end of the incantation doesn't announce the beginning of the spell, but rather the end. The end of the incantation is when the spell completes and the effect takes place - i.e. when the enemy is hit. The only time to dodge or block is during the incantation/casting. Once the incantation is finished, you're gonna get hit. Further, during the spell formation phrase, the spell travels so quickly that all you can really see is a flash by the wand and a flash when the person is hit/blocks, unless they are standing very far away (e.g. the spell at 3:00). It seems to work almost like lightning - the process of spell formation involves the entire path of travel, including the final destination, not just the "point of origin".

 

@Taure, I had never thought of it that way before, I actually thought that was part of where the movies failed for me, now when I look at it this way it actually makes sense. Sesc was also right part of what makes a HP duel exciting is the visual aspect of the spell together with their effects.


Another question, personally for me when I read about a fictional world and look at the world building aspect of it, I usually find that the Religion part of it is greatest, for me it kind of makes the world real and more immersive.

Now HP doesn't have this, not that am saying the world building isn't good, its great I would say that it is a large part of the reason am into HP, but do you guys think it would have made for a better world if religion was a part of it? I know it would make for some great fanfics.

 

Spells can also be interrupted during the casting stage. See the Snape/Harry duel at the end of book 6:

In both cases, Snape did something to dispel Harry's spell in the process of casting. Repelling/blocking/interrupting spells is canon that's not used much in fanfiction, where the emphasis seems to be shields and their derivatives (Protego, Lovus Shieldus, etc.) This type of deflection even works on Unforgivables--earlier in the scene, Snape stops a Cruciatus spell in this fashion. The Santi's story is a notable exception to this trend.