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seanham:
I got to thinking about magic circles, and my understanding of them is that a magic circle is a basic yet effective defense against any form of magic. I believe we have seen Butters use a defensive circle at least once in the series (sorry don't have books with me right now). It takes more complex circles to hold or bind entities, but a simple circle imbued with blood can block magic until a physical object breaks the "plane" of the circle. With that understanding, could a magic circle be used to block a direct shot from the Eye? In other words could Harry (or any other mortal wizard) simply use a circle to block the eye?

Mira:

--- Quote from: seanham on December 26, 2022, 04:36:26 PM ---I got to thinking about magic circles, and my understanding of them is that a magic circle is a basic yet effective defense against any form of magic. I believe we have seen Butters use a defensive circle at least once in the series (sorry don't have books with me right now). It takes more complex circles to hold or bind entities, but a simple circle imbued with blood can block magic until a physical object breaks the "plane" of the circle. With that understanding, could a magic circle be used to block a direct shot from the Eye? In other words could Harry (or any other mortal wizard) simply use a circle to block the eye?

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Apparently not, either that or the whole supernatural community had a severe attack of the stupids.. ::)

heidi_storage:
Considering how Titania tore apart Dresden's circle in Cold Days, I imagine that circles wouldn't do much against the Eye.

Conspiracy Theorist:
The Eye warps reality, your circle wouldn’t be a circle.

A magic circle is a law of reality, the same as a threshold same as gravity. All are undermined by it.

This is why even immortals have to worry about the Eye, their immortality can be nullified by its protracted use upon them because it undermines the reality of their immortality. It wouldn’t just kill you, it can unmake you.

vincentric:
If someone powerful enough to use the EYE is after me, the last thing I'd want to do is trap myself in a circle. I can see having them on a prepared escape or ambush route though I doubt you'd have the time or the power to make one capable of withstanding a blast.

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