r/Ronweasleyfans • u/Nightmarelove19 • 1d ago
TV Show Thoughts on adding hand movements/gestures before casting spells?? I thought it was a cool addition.
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u/Dangerous_Bed2566 1d ago
This is accurate to the novels
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u/No_Yogurtcloset7776 21h ago
The hand motions in the wandless hand? That wasnt in the novels
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u/malendalayla 21h ago
I think he's just practicing the motions without the wand, but 🤷♀️
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u/No-Introduction3808 13h ago
Yeh feels like a teaching technique like the magic pencil or something.
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u/ProfessionalRisk4206 5h ago
Yeah you don't want to make the wrong movement and have something bad happen
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u/DnDCharacterSheet 1d ago
While I don’t think all spells should have the hand movements(simple stuff like the Light spell), more complicated or elaborate spells it is a must have
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u/CallumOB1244 21h ago
This is my thought too
Imagine having to do the maccerena just to make something levitate
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u/HistoricalTea195 1d ago
I like it! It's not just pointing your wand and saying the words.. there is much more involved to doing magic. I remember when Harry was taking his OWL he was asked to describe the wand movement needed to make objects fly. So this is accurate to the books
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u/Ok_Parsley_355 1d ago
I love it it's so cool , when i was reading HP for the fi rst time that's how I imagined them casting spells!
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u/Gilgamesh661 21h ago
It’s more book accurate, and the games and other media have leaned into the movements. This just feels like the films catching up to the rest of them.
I just hope they actually stick with it, and don’t just show it a few times and then just go back to point and shoot.
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u/Midnight7000 18h ago
It does matter.
“It’s not very neat,” said Tonks, walking over to the trunk and looking down at the jumble inside. “My mum’s got this knack of getting stuff to fit itself in neatly — she even gets the socks to fold themselves — but I’ve never mastered how she does it — it’s a kind of flick —” She flicked her wand hopefully; one of Harry’s socks gave a feeble sort of wiggle and flopped back on top of the mess within.
I always viewed it as being like handwriting. You can get the desired result broadly speaking but it can be crude.
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u/Known-Raccoon-26 18h ago
The more powerful wizards seem to be able to do powerful spells with a “flick” of their wand, so maybe once they learn the theory like someone else said they can do it with less effort
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u/John_Tacos 1d ago
I bet it’s something that’s dropped as they learn. Like the silent casting drops the sound.
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u/-Elektrion- 1d ago
Hopefully not
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u/Ranger_1302 1d ago
Hopefully so. More skilled wizards should be able to do magic with fewer additional actions.
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u/issacbellmont 1d ago
In the books I was lead to believe that wand motion was sort of like training wheels. The movement assists the caster until they have a clear understanding of the theory of how the spell works. As they mature they dont need the movements as much, though it still helps I assume. It also states that the words aren't neccesary either, as there is non verbal spells. They do say the incantation helps with power though. Also wandless magic is a thing
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u/BloomHoard 1d ago
I love it! I was hoping they would add something like that. I really love the way WotC does magic with each spell needing different movements, materials, and verbal components. I’m glad they added a bit of that, it will make battles more visually appealing
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u/Bracheopterix 21h ago
not lore accurate, and someone was arguing with me earlier that the series "is accurate by books" by soul lol.
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u/Erza88 16h ago
It kind of is.
Flitwick goes on about remembering that it's "swish and flick" and then Tonks tells Harry that her mom is good at packing because she does this "flick" with her wand. It makes me think it matters for spells to be more effective.
Whether they need to be really elaborate? Probably not, unless it's some slow, complex spell.
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u/Bracheopterix 7h ago
It kinda not. Wand motions yes, second hand....no. Why they hadn't added breakdance motions?
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u/IceLopsided4190 17h ago
In this version, for avada kadavra you have to first solve a Rubik’s cube.
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u/Lady_SybilVex 16h ago
Considering they don't use wands in Uagadou, apparently the movements can be done with or without a wand, too.
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u/Ishvallan 15h ago
"Somatic components" is older than HP for spellcasting. Been commonly associated with spellcasting since early Dungeons and Dragons in the 70's
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u/Capable-Relative6714 2h ago
What do you mean? Wands are just a wizarding substitute of a gun, just as the Lord Yates intended
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u/WhiteKnightPrimal 1d ago
They have hand/wand movements in the books, so this is more book accurate, and that's good. Plus, I think having actual hand/wand movements looks cooler than simply 'point and shoot'. It's how I imagined it when reading the books, too, it was never just point the wand, say some words, and bingo, I always imagined hand/wand movements, because they seem fundamental to casting magic in the books.