Like, you can't *block* it with *blocking spells,* which are advanced magic. But you can duck and use cover
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Yeah. Which are a muggle's defense; undignified and not indicative of wizard talent.
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I just keep thinking how a sniper or a drone strike or all kinds of shit could easily have taken out Voldemort
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Snape specifically tells us that magic is highly dependent on direct awareness, you can't curse what you can't see
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They don't know or care that Muggle warfare evolved beyond wizard "dueling" ranges decades ago
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Well. If Voldemort were smarter, he would have taken that into account. Create passive defenses, etc. But he's... Really, not.
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Rowling admitted a bunch of times that the Secrecy thing really is to protect wizards from us not vice verse
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I would clarify that, personally. Wizards cannot rival mortals for FORCE magic. That's a place a gun is just better.
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But exotic effects, they have us beaten handily. Even in 3.5 D&D, damage is a mug's game for a wizard. Save or sucks is where it's at.
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But in an actual war we'd still curb stomp them. There's too many of us, our tech infrastructure is too powerful and pervasive
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The stuff that wizards are actually really good at -- illusions, mind control -- rely on a baseline level of secrecy to be effective
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