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Arjan:

--- Quote from: Fcrate on January 24, 2019, 05:14:37 PM ---A thin copper tube, wound round and round with a gentle flame beneath. Even a charcoal brazier would work. Made such a device once and it worked fine. Not perfect, but fine :)
There are many non-technological solutions (non-magical as well) but the thing is that Jim wants Harry's life to be as hard as possible. So he made him stupid, or cba whichever.

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This is not about Jim wanting to make Harry’s life hard. This is about Harry not wanting to use magic for his personal comfort because he is afraid of the sliding scale to full warlock. It is a very important part of his characterization.

g33k:

--- Quote from: Arjan on January 24, 2019, 05:38:50 PM ---This is not about Jim wanting to make Harry’s life hard. This is about Harry not wanting to use magic for his personal comfort because he is afraid of the sliding scale to full warlock. It is a very important part of his characterization.

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As pointed out above -- woodfired solutions are known.  It's possible that JIM didn't know, of course!

But I'm gonna go with Jim wanted to make Harry's life hardcolorful.

Stiletto:
Also keep in mind Harry was renting. Major remodeling would have been a no/no.

DanceGeek5678:
The White Council created the Ostentatiatory and didn't slide into warlockishness, so using magic for personal comfort or advancement isn't dangerous as far as Black Magic corruption. (But maybe it makes you into insufferable elitists.)

Arjan:

--- Quote from: DanceGeek5678 on September 01, 2019, 11:10:54 PM ---The White Council created the Ostentatiatory and didn't slide into warlockishness, so using magic for personal comfort or advancement isn't dangerous as far as Black Magic corruption. (But maybe it makes you into insufferable elitists.)

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And Lucio uses magic for her coffee. But it is not about that.

Harry started as a warlock and Ebenezer must have feared a relapse so he gave Harry a very strict set of rules. Magic is beautiful and should only be used for the right things. Harry does not want to use magic to make life easier. He has stricter rules because the warlock temptation is stronger with him. He is too anal about it but that is very much in character.

It also explains his shock when he learned about the blackstaff.

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