Originally posted by XanatosForeverBased on what lore in the movie ? Try to be more specific. I know you worship hyperbole but let's debate objectively if you can.
I disagree.Umm...well, by lore I think LotR magic is probably more powerful. That said, I'd probably like to wield Potter magic because of its versatility.
It's hard to qualify exactly how they could defend against each other really. Movie Gandalf erects a shield against the Balrog, but could it block something from the Potter-verse? I don't know enough to say, having not watched the last two HP films.
However, remembering the duel between Dumbledore and Voldemort, that was some pretty impressive and quick magic use, so I would have to give it to a higher level HP magic user in a straight up duel.
Originally posted by Stealth MooseThis isn't about how the two interact its about which is more powerful and which do you prefer.
It's hard to qualify exactly how they could defend against each other really. Movie Gandalf erects a shield against the Balrog, but could it block something from the Potter-verse? I don't know enough to say, having not watched the last two HP films.However, remembering the duel between Dumbledore and Voldemort, that was some pretty impressive and quick magic use, so I would have to give it to a higher level HP magic user in a straight up duel.
Originally posted by quanchi112
This isn't about how the two interact its about which is more powerful and which do you prefer.
I think I made that quite clear, actually.
Originally posted by Stealth Moose
It's hard to qualify exactly how they could defend against each other really. Movie Gandalf erects a shield against the Balrog, but could it block something from the Potter-verse? I don't know enough to say, having not watched the last two HP films.
In this part, I noted that I am missing lore from the final two HP films, so my 'opinion' is ultimately uninformed, and I am only weighing in with the caveat of "based on what I have seen".
Second, I've noted that a direct defense comparison is difficult if not impossible; in the Potter films we see mages defend using wands. There's no such parallel in LotR; Gandalf's shield is about it. LotR is a low-magic fantasy setting, where use is epic and rare and typically unexplained. Lore-wise, magic is an innate part of most races except for hobbits and humans, and it's kept pretty nebulous as to how a magic duel would go. In the Silmarillion, which is not movie canon at this point, duels between First Age elves and servants of darkness are typically song duels.
However, remembering the duel between Dumbledore and Voldemort, that was some pretty impressive and quick magic use, so I would have to give it to a higher level HP magic user in a straight up duel.
In this point I indicated that because the higher end HP-verse duels emphasize speed and still have impressive showings, it seems logical to conclude that they would win in a typical, quick-draw duel. This is correlated with the above caveat.