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What does this mean?
Mira:
--- Quote from: morriswalters on July 14, 2021, 03:47:05 PM ---He fits some of the parameters and not others. However if you don't see it that way, OK.
I suppose I should let this go. But it aggravates me to no end that Jim has spent so much time painting a picture of a man on the edge, with no clear path on how that setup will be used.
It's almost like he's writing the Incredible Hulk. I keep waiting for Harry to turn green and Hulk out. Harry smash!!!n /sigh...
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Actually considering all that has been thrown at Harry since he was five years old, he is pretty level headed.
Arjan:
--- Quote from: morriswalters on July 14, 2021, 03:47:05 PM ---He fits some of the parameters and not others. However if you don't see it that way, OK.
I suppose I should let this go. But it aggravates me to no end that Jim has spent so much time painting a picture of a man on the edge, with no clear path on how that setup will be used.
It's almost like he's writing the Incredible Hulk. I keep waiting for Harry to turn green and Hulk out. Harry smash!!!n /sigh...
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It is used continuously. As a reason why people distrust Harry. As a danger that can pop up any moment. As something Harry has to overcome. As a source of narrative tension.
Emotions are dangerous. Especially for a wizard.
Yuillegan:
--- Quote from: Mira on July 14, 2021, 11:13:57 AM ---That is what makes Harry intriguing as a character, in regards to himself he rarely takes the easy way out. That is the thing about temptation, and maybe what separates warlock from wizard, or as in Star Wars the "darkside" verses the "lightside" of the Force.. The darkside is easier, quicker, than the lightside, but it takes a little of your soul with each use until you turn into a monster. It is a constant struggle, because it is easier, and this is what Harry struggles against.
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I agree with pretty much all of this - except the separation between warlocks and wizards. Unfortunately there seems to be a direct negative effect associated with touching black magic (which is pretty much the same as Star Wars funnily enough). It's almost a form of radiation, it poisons and corrupts whatever it comes into contact with. I am not so sure a warlock can stop being a warlock after a while. They become tainted and mutated, corrupted. It's pretty directly drawn from Warhammer's concept of Chaos.
--- Quote from: Arjan on July 14, 2021, 11:15:25 AM ---Because his anger caused by something evil or his care for one person can become so strong that it overrides other emotions and rationals and may make him do things that are not wise, cause regret later and are evil. That is not what a sociopath will do. It is just the wrong diagnosis.
A sociopath is missing some important emotions, not having an overdose of others.
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Yes and no. It's an oversimplification. Sociopaths and psychopaths experience plenty of rage, mania, sadness, even joy. They can experience pretty much the full range of human emotion. It's their processing of it that has issues. As I said, it's an extremely complicated and debated area. Unfortunately there is a lot of confusion on the terms as much of what people understand them to be is based on outdated terms and theories, or misunderstandings of the science.
But I do agree that Harry probably isn't either, yet. He could well become one.
--- Quote from: morriswalters on July 14, 2021, 03:47:05 PM ---He fits some of the parameters and not others. However if you don't see it that way, OK.
I suppose I should let this go. But it aggravates me to no end that Jim has spent so much time painting a picture of a man on the edge, with no clear path on how that setup will be used.
It's almost like he's writing the Incredible Hulk. I keep waiting for Harry to turn green and Hulk out. Harry smash!!!n /sigh...
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Indeed, that's sometimes what makes diagnosis so tricky. And the diagnosis can be wrong which creates even more problems.
Harry does display some worrying psychological tendencies though, regardless. Which could be the result of his experiences affecting his psyche as well as possibly black magic warping him, or perhaps having a more-than-mortal nature (like being a starborn). We just don't know enough about it all yet. But we do know that Harry is one to worry about. He could well have killed Rudolph in that alley and he was out of control, as out of control as Ebenezar seemed too I might add (when they duelled in Peace Talks).
I'd argue he has gone Hulk more than a few times. The real question is what the ceiling is? How big and bad can Hulk-Harry get? What might he do then?
Yuillegan:
--- Quote from: Arjan on July 14, 2021, 11:21:16 PM ---It is used continuously. As a reason why people distrust Harry. As a danger that can pop up any moment. As something Harry has to overcome. As a source of narrative tension.
Emotions are dangerous. Especially for a wizard.
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Are emotions dangerous for a wizard? I distinctly remember Harry saying that emotions are fuel for magic, good and bad emotions. I don't think it's clear that all emotions are bad for magic.
Mira:
--- Quote from: Yuillegan on July 15, 2021, 08:19:23 AM ---Are emotions dangerous for a wizard? I distinctly remember Harry saying that emotions are fuel for magic, good and bad emotions. I don't think it's clear that all emotions are bad for magic.
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No, but as in life, too much emotion can be as harmful as too little.
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