Quidditch Through the Ages

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 QUIDDITCH THROUGH THE AGES

 

Decided to do this for the sake of completeness.

 

*The intro is actually funny, something lacking in the later books

 

*”No spell yet devised enables wizards to fly unaided in human form.” Oh dear, continuity. Admittedly Voldemort may have invented the spell, but what’s the point of him doing so, apart from looking cool? Maybe to escape an anti-disApparition jinx, but there must be easier ways. And if “Levitation is commonplace”, why does no-one do it, given that it would be awesome to float everywhere?

 

*Given that wizards use other medievalisms, why were their brooms so rubbish in the Middle Ages? 

 

*”By the twelfth century, wizards had learned to barter services” - about 9,000 years behind Muggles, then.

 

*I speak Irish, and “Aingeingein” does not resemble an Irish word.

 

*Saxon language in the eleventh century? Unlikely, Old English (Anglo-Saxon) was already becoming Middle English by that time.

 

*The tale of Gunhilda and Goodwin shows us that domestic violence has a history far predating H&R. Isn’t it funny when a woman assaults a man?

 

*The flying gravel is funny.

 

*So by rule #6 Harry cheated with the Patronus in PoA! 

 

*The woman-hit-man-funny theme recurs in the Harpies’ entry.

 

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*”No spell yet devised enables wizards to fly unaided in human form.” Oh dear, continuity. Admittedly Voldemort may have invented the spell, but what’s the point of him doing so, apart from looking cool? Maybe to escape an anti-disApparition jinx, but there must be easier ways.
I tried to figure that out for fanfic purposes... perhaps some places have spells on them that disrupt the enchantments on flying brooms, causing them to abruptly cease functioning? I mean, those enchantments are likely standardized. It shouldn't be THAT hard, assuming you're one of the several dozen Magical Very Best Like No One Ever Was, to figure out a way to short-circuit them. And once you've done that, you don't have to worry about pesky things like aerial combat... But Voldemort's technique would, probably, be different, so it wouldn't get grounded when the anti-broom field was sending everyone else to go SPLAT on the pavement.

...Not that I pretend any of this is canon...

And if “Levitation is commonplace”, why does no-one do it, given that it would be awesome to float everywhere?
There doesn't seem to be any good way to levitate yourself, aside from Voldemort's technique. Sure, other people can levitate you, but that would get kind of awkward after a while.

*”By the twelfth century, wizards had learned to barter services” - about 9,000 years behind Muggles, then.
Bwahahaha!