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Tardis

Discussion in 'General Discussion' started by PsyckoSama, Nov 16, 2006.

  1. PsyckoSama

    PsyckoSama Groundskeeper

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    I've just been thinking... Dr. Who has been a cultural icon in the UK for 40 odd years now, and I'm thinking that somewhere down the line that some creative muggle-born or half-blood raised in both worlds would have had to think about taking an old police box and turning it into a TARDIS-like set up.

    We all know that an expanded interior is VERY possbile and would probelly be reletively easy for any actually skilled wizard (IE: one of the few) but would making it be able to teleport be possible. I'm not even going to ask if you think it could tme travel... I couldn't.

    Thoughts?

    Reason I'm asking is because I have an idea in my head, and am thinking that for a wizard with a sense of humor, a "TARDIS" would be a gas.
     
  2. Xiph0

    Xiph0 Yoda Admin

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    What the hell is the point of this when they have Apparition?

    This idea is full of tardis.
     
  3. Erotic Adventures of S

    Erotic Adventures of S Denarii Host

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    Can you appperate with large items? I know you can side along but it is not stated if you can only do it with other magical people or bring anything larger than a suitcase. In which case it could be used to move stuff around or families rather than using portkeys.
     
  4. Xiph0

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    s'kinda a moot arguement when charms exist, canonically, that could shrink a car to the size of a Hot Wheels racer - one you could easily slip in your pocket and apparate with.
     
  5. Erotic Adventures of S

    Erotic Adventures of S Denarii Host

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    Well if you want to get all logical about it. But then I doubt you can do that. Why the hell did all those wizards at the world cup have bags on there backs when they could carry round there light weight stuff in a pocket. I presume there is a limit to what can be done with magic or by most wizards (Dumbledore maybe able to shrink a car but the average wizard can't) But I doubt we will ever know what the limit is.
     
  6. Xiph0

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    And I don't. Magic is, by how I define it, limitless. Magic seems like something that is natural and constantly replenishing, not this fucked up Ki-concept we have floating around with magical cores and shit.

    What the hell is Hp going to do, cast KaMehaMeha?
     
  7. Erotic Adventures of S

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    I presume it has limits for the shear fact that we have never seen anything that impressive. All magic we see is small and controlled. If magic was limitless I imagine a wizard could accidently blow up a fucking mountain. It needs limits.
     
  8. Jon

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    Magic is Magic, why does it need limits?
     
  9. PsyckoSama

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    Moble home is one option, another is the "Look at me, I have a fucking TARDIS" value among those who are not head-in-the-sand idiot Purebloods.

    Bet it would be a sure fire way into Tonk's knickers. ;)
     
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  10. Ascania

    Ascania Second Year

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    Why do people ride bicycles or motorcycles if there are perfectly acceptable cars and trains? Because they can!

    Another possibility would be because a muggleborn thinks it's cool to have a TARDIS. Or they are crap at apparating and a mechanical solution has them in less danger of splinching themself. Or they try to get around the problem with the apparation licence that way.
    Heck, it could even be because it's a well-known cultural icon and they can freely use it around muggles without violating the statute of secrecy.
    On the same note, stick a few death eaters in overgrown pepper pots and when they encounter muggles those know exactly what to do at that moment. Though, the death eaters might find it a good way to garner support amongst certain muggles.
     
  11. Xiph0

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    And why does the majority of the western world use automobiles? Because it's practical above the alternative!:rolleyes:


    Can already do that, can't they? Pop into an alley or even an outhouse.
    Why on Earth would pureblood supremacist even give a flying fuck what muggles think?
     
  12. Dark Syaoran

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    Lol. I dont think Voldemort and the Death Eaters would even care to do that. A popular theory is that's what Grindelwald did with the Nazi's, but of course, its only a theory.
     
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    Magic needs limits? Wtf?

    Magic is the abliity to do the impossible, the improbable and the insane. Why does it have to have limits? If I can raise the dead with magic why couldn't I blow up a fuckin mountain? Whats the differnence, I can cross the boundary of life and death but turning an oversized hill into rubble is beyond my ablitiy?

    Please do explain.
     
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  14. PsyckoSama

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    If magic has no limits then that means every wizard has endless power, which means by your logic, All Mighty Goddess Ginny fanfics are totally logical and she ofcourse has enough power to beat Volde in one shot because her power is as endless as his...

    *scoffs*

    Wizards are not Gods. They do not have endless powers, and within the universe they do have observable limits.
     
  15. Jon

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    I've said it before, and ill end up saying it a few hundred times before I die.

    Magic is Infinite, the mental capacities of humans is not.

    Magic is a resource, the witch or wizard uses their mind. to make it into usable force. End of Story. Intent, Intent! Intent! Intent!

    [​IMG]
     
  16. Erotic Adventures of S

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    It would still stand to reason that some people would have a fundamental intuative grasp of magic and be able to harness its full power or most of it. Magic needs limits for the fact we cant have it be able to do anything.If magic is limitless that means wizards have the ability to literally become God in every way.

    The most impressive magic users of the day are Dumbledore and Voldemort who are apparent prodigys. Yet we never see them do anything really impressive. Animating staues and animating dead bodies is all well and good but a far step away from blowing up a mountain.

    If wiaards had that power imagin a wizard with some form of mental disease. A genius with mental problems with the power to blow up the world... not a comforting thought.
     
  17. Jon

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    You just reinforced my point.

    No, only people with limitless mental capacity would be able to achieve godhood. Which is one in a tirllion, which mean's the chances are beyond unlikely.

    ... They haven't had the need to blow up mountains. of course you won't have seen them do it yet.

    So? it's a thought, and an interesting one. Just because something isn't comforting doesn't mean it doesn't exist.

    Now stand back and agree or I shall smite yee where yee stand! ;)
     
  18. Mercenary

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    So what you are saying is that if you can move a rock but dont think you can, than you cant?
    Hmm... gave me a flashback to my religious school days. If you have faith the size of a mustard seeds, you can move mountains. Or something like that.


    I dont know. Magic seems to be limitless and versatile. Its just that human mind can not comprehend the sheer mass of what you can do. Even if you are a wizard, you're still human.
     
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    Is this not the justification for mpreg?
     
  20. Jon

    Jon The Demon Mayor Admin DLP Supporter

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    Magic does not condone same-sex relationships. Magic is natural, Mpreg is not. If Magic is used to such devices it has been known to lash out and destroy all those involved in the attempted creation of an abomination of nature. ;)