Let's just say I have problems with hp. Harry is one of the most lifeless protagonists I've ever come across, the books almost always side with the heroes and hardly present much ambiguity, and Voldemort is a very one-note villain.

As for me, mostly reading some light novels. Still sad the author of the Familiar of Zero died.

edited 15th May '13 1:16:28 PM by darkabomination

http://www.derpibooru.org/325791 I wonder if OP uploaded it just to make SW vs ST argument in comments :D

@Apple: don't you just love being colorblind?

Yeah it's a gift.

And I'm scared...it'll be time to go public on derpibooru soon.

edited 15th May '13 1:21:33 PM by ApplelightLimited

I wonder if OP uploaded it just to make SW vs ST argument in comments :D

That would be my guess.

@ Apple: The light green looks good, though. You could call it a happy accident.

And I didn't notice until I looked at him a second time that he has a life preserver CM.

Now watching the Japan S1, E6 with English subs. "The Oh So Amazing Trixie"?

Just watched episode 1 of Attack On Titan. I was kind of both repulsed and intrigued by what I knew of it, thinking it could either be really good or really dumb. Turns out it was quite good.

So how bout them ponies.

Star Trek 2 is awesome btw, and I'm not even a Trekkie!

Oh and guess what! I think I have tamed that bastard drop shadow tool.

Spike: Rarity! I...Mustache!

Snails has a bizarre, stream-of-consciousness thing going on here.

"I like goats."

"Why do the (sic) call it a pear, when it really is there?"

The Half-Blood Prince indicates there's some form of experimentation with potions. We do know of characters inventing spells, though the processis less clear for them.

As said, spells, devices and potions are invented.

Well, for a start there are laws against just enchanting whatever you feel like.

Haven't actually watched anything, but I have been playing a few things. Among them OFF, which I'm shamelessly plugging right now.

Seriously, it's a damn good game.

edited 15th May '13 1:59:12 PM by Lopiny

Yeah but still, somebody could set up a company to make a specific sort of enchantment over and over, and just sell that. I mean, they obviously did that sort of thing with broomsticks and rememberalls, so it just strikes me as someone would want to do that with a slightly more practical enchantment. Plus then you could get carpenters or blacksmiths in on the action, and so on and so forth. Basically, they have an untapped potential for industry, really.

edited 15th May '13 1:59:17 PM by kegisak

I watched Groundhog Day yesterday. It was funny, beautiful, poignant, and inspiring movie. I highly recommend it.

I don't see any indication that this isn't done.

BTW I finally got to work on a fanfic and I want your opinions. (Preferably at the fanfic thread)

edited 15th May '13 2:04:20 PM by MorningStar1337

Also liking Adventure Time, somewhat to my surprise. Probably helps there's a lot of explanatory dialogue.

It's just a matter of scale, I suppose. I mean, there's some really useful things that get introduced only once or twice, and then never come up again.

Like, consider how easy it would be to make, say, a fridge. Some dude waves his wand, and the steel knits itself together. Someone waves their wand, and the inside is instantly cool. You could make a functioning appliances in probably about five minutes, tops. Imagine an entire factory full of people doing that - you'd have enough for all of Britain in a week. The ease of labor means it'd be cheap, so everyone wants one, and if the spell goes off after a while, who cares? Just pop in another one. So the company's make money at a great pace, with almost no effort, which means they have time to devote themselves to coming up with ways to make those spells more efficient and effective.

Basically, my issue is that the entire wizarding world seems content to just stay where it is. I know not everyone is going to be an innovator - I have a scientific mindset, so of course I'm going to approach magic as a science and try to test it's limits. It's just that it seems like if there was any effort at all, they'd be a lot further along by now.

It's an elves thing, basically. IF they were really as great as they claim, they'd be leaps and bounds above us instead of where they are currently.

edited 15th May '13 2:10:15 PM by kegisak

Harry Potter is one of those worlds that's fun to read about but you simply can't take it seriously.

y'know like Equestria

It's been so long since I read any of Harry Potter that I really can't comment.

Nah, Equestria actually has a reasonable degree of industry.

edited 15th May '13 2:17:15 PM by JapaneseTeeth

Agreed. The thing kind of falls apart when you look at it closely.

But what always confused me was that England being taken over was treated as world-ending stuff. Strange, considering other countries have been mentioned have members pop up from time to time.

The technology level jumps up and down completely at random though. But yeah, compared to a lot of little kids show Equestria is pretty consistent in its lore.

The characters are all British. And they can't really just move to another country, since their enemies can literally teleport anywhere in the world whenever they want. Borders mean nothing to them.

edited 15th May '13 2:23:28 PM by Bluespade

I thought I had the drop shadow tool nailed down◊. I clearly don't.

Nah, I can't go public with this...fucking hell that background.

I take it there were no American/Asian/African/Australian witches and wizards?

Well, yes. As I said, wizards are stupic and arrogant that way. Plus we know that some things don' interact well with large ammounts of magic. As has been said before, wizarding society tends to opperate on a "leave it once it's good enough" principle.

It doesn't help that coppyig muggles is looked down upon. And innovation isn't encouraged the same way as it is in muggle society.

EDIT: It's a plot point that other countries do have their own witches and wizards. In fact, some of them are more scarred of Karkaroff than Voldemort.

As for Equestria's Schizo Tech, why is that an issue? Schizo Tech makes way more sense than not having Schizo Tech.

edited 15th May '13 2:31:04 PM by Sereg

Still, it is kind of interesting to wonder if the Death Eaters have like, a polish branch.

But really, if his is the Wizarding equivalent of a war, it's frankly not that bad. The campaign took less than a year and there were only a few battles. Much smaller-sale than it could have been, considering. I mean, can you imagine if Voldemort had gotten a hold of some southern american wizarding families?

Which leaves me wondering what wizards do for money. I mean... how many jobs could there be, with that little industry?

edited 15th May '13 2:29:12 PM by kegisak