• absentbird@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    In the books it explains that wizard robes have charms against physical attacks woven into the threads. They’re wearing full body bulletproof vests.

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        4 months ago

        I mean yeah, one Bayonetta could take on the entire wizarding world with both hands behind her back.

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          4 months ago

          with both hands behind her back.

          … a gun in each of them, killing two targets at once, mid-backflip, while delivering innuendo.

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        4 months ago

        There’s no reason wizard hats can’t shield the face from bullets. In fact, in the later books there might be a hat that does basically that IIRC.

        Besides which, wizard hats have wide brims. And they have scarves.

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          In the face. Where there is no cloth. Also, just shoot them with a shotgun. That’s gonna hurt like hell and bruise the shit out of them if the threads manage to stop the bullets.

          Just keep shooting at it until it dies. Doom advice.

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            8 days ago

            Shooting in the face where there isn’t cloth won’t necessarily help - if the hat just stop bullets aimed for the head (like a magical forcefield) then it’s pointless.

            Also, it’s not gonna hurt like hell and bruise the shit out of them - you’re citing Newtonian mechanics when it’s fucking magic. Hell, maybe the forcefield just deletes the bullet instead of deflecting or blocking it.

            “Shoot at it until it dies” is great advice generally, but if you shoot a water pistol at a fish then you’ll be there til you run out of ammo.