Imagine if we got a muggle born wizard character or a person who was a wizard but raised by muggle side of the family like Harry was, only in America. But due to being a registered citizen in the muggle world, he and his muggle brother were drafted to fight in Vietnam. Picture if you will; having the ability to not only survive but win the Vietnam war and not being able to use *any* of it, regardless of circumstance… In the tunnels, imprisonment at the Hanoi Hilton, Ka San, even the Fall of Saigon. He’d survive but with battle scars, the knowledge of how outmatched the Wizard world is, endless war stories to build a franchise off of, and enough ptsd that his therapist could write a bestselling book on. That’s basically what this boils down to. Only escaping the country by use of magic and the Vietnam wizard world. Along with winning a court case for use of magic near muggles (the Vietcong) by looking like the aftermath of a war zone and putting the entire wizard community in it place by telling them the truth about muggles and how wizards are no longer the top dogs. Not only that, but following all this he openly uses Voldemorts name without fear or worry because “nothing he does can compare to what I’ve seen.” As well as spend the following decades stocking up on guns, amo, and military hardware inside the Wizard school for the inevitable war with Voldemort and his armies. He later became head of Muggle studies at the main wizarding school in the US. Think Skinner from Simpsons with his Vietnam flashbacks. And during the war Voldemort began in the 90s, he used both magic and wizarding stuff along with and guns and guerrilla warfare to cut down the deatheater army like a magical Rambo. So much so and to such an effect the Deatheaters were convinced that there was an entire army of hims numbering in the hundreds when there was just *one* of him and later joined 20 other people… 30 other people at the absolute most… all of whom were people he trained. That would be quite the story. Now imagine a conversation between him and Arthur Weasley. A wizard who has more firsthand experience with the muggle world than most muggle norms will have in a lifetime meeting a man obsessed and fascinated with the Muggle world but as zero experience with it.
I know I made a comment 10 years ago low-key disparaging the wider story but this is hands down one of my favorite Lego animations of all time even to this day, it just pops into my head randomly all the time.
I know I'm nine years late for the party, but I personally like this for the sheer fact Harry wouldn't have to deal with anymore of Voldemort's shenanigans--and thereafter have *something* approaching a normal life at Hogwarts.
Do you know how easily the Wizards can just cast Crucio and make the world leaders nuke themselves? Ever heard of Time Turners? They’re way too powerful. Astro Momentum charm can stop everything in its place and can be warped away… cmon guys. We wouldn’t win in a war against Wizards and Witches when they have hacks on their side. We may have better technology and fire power but it means nothing if the Wizarding World can control the leaders and make them destroy themselves. I’m not talking about frontline combat. The Wizards don’t need to do that. They have everything in their power and can crack the earth in half if they wanted to. The Wizarding World can fight unfairly and just use hax to wipe out all muggles. Believe me! They can do it.
Coming back as an adult after all these years, I still don't see the connection to parts one and two 😆 The animation is great, I always liked when he flipped the table and the coins bounced on the floor.
