smokeandmirrors
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i assume they had their own issue with Grendelwald being like wizarding hitler during that same timeframe but
yeah this
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Ilvermorny (US Hogwarts) video teaser + Writings from JK Rowling
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i assume they had their own issue with Grendelwald being like wizarding hitler during that same timeframe but
yeah this
Nooooo we gotta go back further instead. Give me the beginning of wandlore, the founding of Hogwwarts, or the founding of one of the other schools. The Peverell boys would be an amazing story too - leading up to how they got their gifts and ending shortly after them.
Kyleripman
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Cool trailer.
Not a fan of this drip feeding of new content - give me a new book already! But of course I'll eat it all up and enjoy it nonetheless.
Not a fan of this drip feeding of new content - give me a new book already! But of course I'll eat it all up and enjoy it nonetheless.
Demoncarnotaur
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I always assumed the Wizarding World was deeply wrapped up in it as well, and were busy dealing with their own. However, I think it's best she steers away from all that, otherwise it becomes an uncomfortable can of worms.
Tal Shiar Agent
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Grindlewald was Magic Hitler, right?
DrForester
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That's more Voldemort. While it's likely, I don't think it was ever stated outright that Grindlewalk hated muggle borns.
Napoleonthechimp
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I view the whole thing as analogous to whatever was happening in the muggle world.
smokeandmirrors
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In the final book,the way they talked about him made me think Grindlewald was less of hating muggles (and muggle borns) on principle and more of the idea that non magic people were inferior to wizards. Magic is Might and all that. I think Dumbledore even mentioned that Grindlewald was in general violent towards anyone not agreeing with him regardless of race.
The muggle hatred didn't seem to take off until Voldemort showed up to capitalise on those ancient prejudices ("muggles and muggle born are so stupid they could never conceive or imagine what a pure-blooded wizard is capable of!" was always there, but Tom made the jump to "We should kill them all and rule in our rightful place!") while it seems Grindlewald was more of that the natural order would be that wizards rule the world, muggles fall in line and serve them and their needs.
I don't think Grindlewald ever had much of an effect outside of his area, in the same way Voldemort never had a direct effect outside of the U.K. and parts of Europe. So while it's cool hearing more about him, I doubt it'll happen in the movie.
Boss Doggie
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Magic guns I wonder.
Like magic-infused bullets.
OH HEY I KNOW A GUN-USING WITCH
Like magic-infused bullets.
OH HEY I KNOW A GUN-USING WITCH
Frozenprince
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Can the Key and Peele inner city wizard school get a cameo?
Pilgrimzero
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Don't need no wands. Original Americans use bootstraps.
Demoncarnotaur
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Cool backstory, I hope Fantastic Beasts digs into this somehow.
NipplesAndToes23
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Looks like the Africans and Native Americans are a bit of a higher tier compared to the Eurpoean witches and wizards, but in modern day I probably assume the Native Americans started using wands and being reliant on them.
NipplesAndToes23
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Gosh damn, Dumbledore was old as fuck. I guess magic makes people live longer.
I'd watch that.
That's it? Lol
No-Maj is a REALLY American sounding nickname, kudos to Rowling. I wonder if these means that all black American wizards/witches are muggleborn?
Admiral Woofington
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THOSE GOD DAMN NO-MAJ TOOK MY JEEEEEERB
Yeah it fits
Yeah it fits
"Another fucking No-Maj, well there goes the neighborhood"
I would expect a European wizard with a wand would be more powerful/capable than a wandless Native American wizard. I'd argue that puts the European in the higher tier.
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
Yeah they generally have long lives.
ShadowSwordmaster
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That is great.
Admiral Woofington
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Short story said that a sign of a great wizard is to do magic without wands but that certain types of spells are close to impossible without wands.
DrForester
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Seems kind of retcon-y with the wand stuff. Think it would have been simpler just to say all wizards have used wands for a long time. How helpful would it have been to apparate without a wand? Or summon things to you without a wand?
With the focus on Native Americans wizards and witches I don't understand why Rowling didn't go for a Native American inspired name for the school like so many other locales and points of interest in the North East.
I might be remembering this wrong, but I am pretty sure they never needed wands to apparate.
DrForester
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I don't know if it ever was, but I remember in Deathly Hallows after the escape, they wonder if the guy Ron was impersonating could apprate with his wife who had no wand. If they're questioning if even side-along apparition is possible without a wand, I take that to mean that regular apparition without want certainly isn't.
Admiral Woofington
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Because then the name would Google translate to 'place that you learn magic in'
theepicoftyler
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Skinwalkers are dope.
Wow, I have to say that was pretty disappointing all around. It felt less exciting than reading a Wikipedia entry.
It says that great wizards "can produce wandless magic of very high quality," and that a wand focuses magic to make it more powerful and precise. So to make up some numbers, it sounds like a level 10 wizard can perform wandless magic like a 5th level wizard. Now the average level of a Native American wizard might be higher than that of a European wizard, but if they've got wands then they'll be doing cooler magic.
Or to put it another way, it's like a group of people that never had calculators doing math in their heads versus people who use calculators. The former may be better at mental math, but the latter would overall be able to do more math, better.
There's a tendency to associate usage of tools or formal education with weakness, but that's bullshit IMO. Tools are awesome. We as a people are better for our usage of them.
3 more pieces are coming the following days from what I understood.
How come? doesn't sound like english at all.
JonnyDBrit
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I think its the relative simplicity and sort of... 'modern' etymology. Its literally a portmanteau of 'no magic', with the g winding up replaced by j in order to reflect the sound. So the idea is that an American equivalent to the term 'muggle' would be much more recent and/or not all that inspired.
Not in the coming days. They have until november (Fantastic Beasts) to launch the 4 chapters so I guess it will take a while for them to be released.
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