Re: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows discussion thread (SPOILERS)
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My serious complaint throughout the entire series is the lack of detail that goes into describing magic in the books. Yes, it leaves much to your imagination, but what is this about Golden Fire randomly shooting out at Voldemort? What? More explanation than IT IS THE ANTI-VOLDY WAND. And the AK curse described as "flashing green light" got old, quickly.
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Overemphasis on the exact mechanics of magic is what makes a lot of fantasy novels (and SF for that matter) not very good. It's not very interesting, and it's all completely made-up.
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