2d ago

Golden Snitch

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Rowling, although a great storyteller, is no system analyst. Take her magic system for example. "Accio Invisibility Cloak!" Boom, Harry's standing there in plain sight and you've got his cloak.
- They literally try this against Harry in book 7 and it doesn't work because Harry's cloak is special (it's one of the deathly hollows)
  
  Ok fine, then my point is still made if the cloak has to be exception for this not to work.
  
  Oh, there's tons of holes in the magic system, no denying it. It's used more of a plot device to set up certain scenarios than as a cohesive system (polyjuice potion, liquid luck, unbreakable vows, etc). Which, for a kids/YA series I don't have a problem with
- Accio doesn’t work on the Deathly Hallows or Horcruxes, so that would not have summoned the Cloak of Invisibility.
  
  sudo Accio Invisibility Cloak
  
  Well, that surely would work. There is no going around sudo.
  
  Are his glasses part of him? I'm gonna say no, I'd go for his glasses.
  
  Fair game to snatch the visually impaired boy’s glasses!
  
  And if he is wearing them wiel hiding under the invisibility cloak… well then you get both!
  
  Underpants. Especially if you have the high ground.
  
  See I'm just not sure how accio works, like wouldn't you need to really know exactly what pair of undies he's wearing? Whereas, if they think Potter's sneaking around in the Invisibility Cloak, they would know he's got to be wearing his glasses. And considering they were always getting broken and re-mended, I don't think he has back-ups.
  
  They explain in the game, HL, that when you accio people, you are actually accioing their clothes.
  Or it was levioso? I don't really remember
  
  For sure, I'm just saying that if you can't see him under the Cloak, you don't know what clothes he's wearing. But you know he's got his glasses on.
  
  Interesting idea. What about "accio" someones boots to trip them
  
  Yeah, that should work as long as you can see the boots. My worry with the Invisibility Cloak is not knowing what pair of shoes he's wearing at the time and accidentally accio-ing his boots from under his bed as he sneaks right past in his slippies.
  
  Well we don't really know, since Accio works on wands, but I would call that a sensible house rule.
  
  I call hax
- "Accio Harry's socks!"
  
  Accio Dobby's sock would be more cruel than Crucio.

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