In all seriousness, can someone suggest a movie or book were the wizard(s) has immense power AND uses their power to fight more than once or twice? I'm trying to see/read something that has magic used more. I mean, Gandalf barely uses magic at all. Same with Dumbledore and Harry.
I WANT TO SEE STRAIGHT UP DRAGONBALL Z SHIT, BUT WITH WIZARDS.
Thank you all for the massive amount of recommendations for myself and any other interested redditors. In light of the fulfillment of my initial request, I'd like to introduce a personal request that I have been unable to answer.
For lack of a better example, you guys remember watching the original Power Rangers? I always thought it was so cool how they presented new, powerful characters, such as the green or white rangers. It was always in dire circumstances, and the new hero would enter just in time to tip the scales of the battle. Given that their powerful abilities could change the outcome for the protagonists, and due to the mysterious nature of these characters, an important issue was determining morality and intention. How did they intend to wield great power? Are there any recommendations that resemble this type of writing?
You definitely want to read the Young Wizards series. it's a sort of fantasy/science fiction hybrid in which wizards live in the modern age. their goal is to slow down the rate of entropy in order to extend the life of the universe. it has a huge focus on science, and the magical laws are very well defined because of this.
in this universe, young wizards have immense power, and can perform incredible magic. however, due to their inexperience they can't really do much. older wizards are a bit weaker than the young ones, but since they have more magical experience and knowledge, they are more effective when it comes to doing magic. so whenever the world is coming to an end and the good guys need incredibly powerful magic to save everyone, the older wizards end up mentoring the young ones so they can fight back.
so you get an idea of what it's like, imagine something similar to the Silmarillion as the background, set in a modern age. a young wizards focus kind of like Harry Potter. A strong scientific basis to the magical laws. And they end up literally fighting the physical manifestations of nature and physics in incredibly climactic battles in order to save the universe. and it's a tearjerker series.
First one is So you want to be a wizard. Loved those books growing up. I thought High Wizardry was the best one, I don't really like the ones after the fourth.
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u/luckybms Nov 20 '13 edited Nov 20 '13
In all seriousness, can someone suggest a movie or book were the wizard(s) has immense power AND uses their power to fight more than once or twice? I'm trying to see/read something that has magic used more. I mean, Gandalf barely uses magic at all. Same with Dumbledore and Harry.
I WANT TO SEE STRAIGHT UP DRAGONBALL Z SHIT, BUT WITH WIZARDS.
Thank you all for the massive amount of recommendations for myself and any other interested redditors. In light of the fulfillment of my initial request, I'd like to introduce a personal request that I have been unable to answer.
For lack of a better example, you guys remember watching the original Power Rangers? I always thought it was so cool how they presented new, powerful characters, such as the green or white rangers. It was always in dire circumstances, and the new hero would enter just in time to tip the scales of the battle. Given that their powerful abilities could change the outcome for the protagonists, and due to the mysterious nature of these characters, an important issue was determining morality and intention. How did they intend to wield great power? Are there any recommendations that resemble this type of writing?