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Why is Marcone such a heavy magical hitter?
The_Sibelis:
From the description of the battle between Marcone and Ethniu I didn't get the impression he was now a magical heavy so much as he was extremely efficient, maybe leaning heavily on Namshiel for the fight itself. It's entirely possible he had an average sized tank but never learned a lick of magic before then too.
Bad Alias:
Hasn't Jim said everyone has some magical ability?
1. Marcone probably has enough magical muscle for Namshiel to work with.
2. I didn't get the impression that Marcone was using a lot of magical muscle. He was doing very advanced stuff and probably doing it very efficiently.
3. Every Denarian gives the bearer some amount of magical ability. Changing shape is a magical ability. It's just not necessarily wizardry. This means it's at least possible that a Denarian can fuel some level of spell work.
4. Namshiel's the wizardry Denarian, so if anyone can fuel spell work, it's him. He'd also be focused on it.
5. Marcone could have done something to get magical muscle if he didn't have a sufficient amount.
forumghost:
It's because Marcone actually studies and learns how to do magic, that's why. He doesn't have any real power to work with, but that's whatever, Namshiel can provide the power for him, just like Bob did for Butters.
Harry meanwhile has the power and talent to perform magic himself, but he'd rather coast through on talent alone instead of actually training and learning.
If you have natural talent, and actually put effort in as well, you get Eb.
TheCuriousFan:
--- Quote from: forumghost on December 03, 2020, 10:34:01 PM ---It's because Marcone actually studies and learns how to do magic, that's why. He doesn't have any real power to work with, but that's whatever, Namshiel can provide the power for him, just like Bob did for Butters.
Harry meanwhile has the power and talent to perform magic himself, but he'd rather coast through on talent alone instead of actually training and learning.
If you have natural talent, and actually put effort in as well, you get Eb.
--- End quote ---
Well Eb is that + a few centuries of practice.
Hankthemoose:
--- Quote from: forumghost on December 03, 2020, 10:34:01 PM ---It's because Marcone actually studies and learns how to do magic, that's why. He doesn't have any real power to work with, but that's whatever, Namshiel can provide the power for him, just like Bob did for Butters.
Harry meanwhile has the power and talent to perform magic himself, but he'd rather coast through on talent alone instead of actually training and learning.
If you have natural talent, and actually put effort in as well, you get Eb.
--- End quote ---
Harry is constantly described as a fanatical magic nerd by literally everyone except Harry himself. Saying he coasts in any way directly contradicts the books. Harry thinks of himself as a magical blunt object, but that's just his own perception of himself—and it's what Mab is trying to get him to embrace with her "training".
Especially in the earlier books, we get lots of focus on how Harry's only hobby is perfecting his magical skills, and how he's a magical expert. Whenever his relative skill level compared to other wizards comes up, it is pointed out that he's considered "too young to be taken seriously". At the same time, we see him constantly tinker with and come up with new spells, the occasional potion, better, shinier enchantments, and hellishly complicated voodoo representations of entire cities.
Thinking that Harry doesn't focus on training and learning means fundamentally misunderstanding the character. He's obsessed.
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