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Water Magic Application
jamescagney22:
While there has been examples of elemental combat magic throughout the series that Harry and others has used, water magic has not been seen in detail. Do you think with enough time and preparation he could use the entropy/disintegration blasts that Carlos uses, and in the case of the premier water mage in the world does Listen to Winds use a similar form of offensive water magic?
Quantus:
It's possible for Earth, Wind, and Fire, so I have to think it's equally as common with Water. Harry in particular might have issued wrapping his head around any advanced Water magic simply because his talents naturally lean toward Fire, but I couldnt say. In general I always default to the idea that any Council wizard has sufficient natural talent and training to mimic any spell with enough time and training, whether that training is to increase total magical Muscle so a weaker practitioner can pull the heavy lifting stuff like Harry, or Harry learning subtlety and control to do the stuff that comes naturally to certain others. Eventually. But how much Time and Training is a whole other question, one that will be very situational.
That being said I dont think LTW in particular would be any more likely to do any kind of gross "water-bending" than Carlos; he's a Water Mage because Shapeshifting (and I also think his brand of Healing magics) are considered Water Magic, but I dont honestly know how much that sort of skill would translate to literal liquid manipulation.
Fwiw, I suspect the tree manipulation magic we saw briefly in DB is also an example of Water Magic.
jamescagney22:
While the comics are of questionable continuity Listen to Winds did use a tree branch to trip up a mortal in Dog Man, and he does seem to apply counter magic as his forte, using magical energy against its user. Carlos did something similar in Cold Days so that seems to be its more advanced form, I was under the impression that Carlos using his green blasts was like Harry using Fuego hence my thought that was the common offensive application of water magic.
jonas:
--- Quote from: Quantus on July 18, 2017, 09:47:52 PM ---It's possible for Earth, Wind, and Fire, so I have to think it's equally as common with Water. Harry in particular might have issued wrapping his head around any advanced Water magic simply because his talents naturally lean toward Fire, but I couldnt say. In general I always default to the idea that any Council wizard has sufficient natural talent and training to mimic any spell with enough time and training, whether that training is to increase total magical Muscle so a weaker practitioner can pull the heavy lifting stuff like Harry, or Harry learning subtlety and control to do the stuff that comes naturally to certain others. Eventually. But how much Time and Training is a whole other question, one that will be very situational.
That being said I dont think LTW in particular would be any more likely to do any kind of gross "water-bending" than Carlos; he's a Water Mage because Shapeshifting (and I also think his brand of Healing magics) are considered Water Magic, but I dont honestly know how much that sort of skill would translate to literal liquid manipulation.
Fwiw, I suspect the tree manipulation magic we saw briefly in DB is also an example of Water Magic.
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He makes it rain on top of a fricken hill in TC, and you don't think he would be capable of grossly manipulating water? Think about how much energy and how fast he had to pull it all together to do that? Had to take some mad skillz.
Quantus:
--- Quote from: jonas on July 18, 2017, 10:59:35 PM ---He makes it rain on top of a fricken hill in TC, and you don't think he would be capable of grossly manipulating water? Think about how much energy and how fast he had to pull it all together to do that? Had to take some mad skillz.
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Good catch, Id forgetten the two examples from TC. The rain started as 100% natural with him calling/focusing a sheet of it for defense, So it's not like he summoned it from nothing. But there was also the geyser of water Harry created during the Sanctum Invocation which Id also entirely forgotten about that, so yes we do have examples of gross water-bending style manipulation.
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