Muggles Do It Better: Difference between revisions

== [[Fan Works]] ==

* In [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3735743/1/The_Moment_It_Began The Moment It Began], instead of being defeated by [[The Power of Love]], Lord Voldemort, the most powerful Dark Wizard in the world, is defeated... {{spoiler|by Snape's Muggle father Tobias and his trusty handgun.}}

** The series plays with it a ton. While the magical world rarely if ever applies the scientific method to magic, just like in canon, that's because sometimes [[Magic Versus Science|science doesn't]] [[Wild Magic|work on magic]]. But once in a while characters find out that it ''does'' work, which usually leads to an [[Awesome Moment]].

* This is the [[Anvilicious|Anvil]] in ''[[The Return (fanfic)|The Return]]'' The Demons and [[Eldritch Abomination]]s have all these fantastic powers, but Humans have [[Humans Are Special|inventiveness]] and are much better at being [[Humans Are the Real Monsters|bastards]] and normal military tech more than levels the field.

* Sort-of-done in ''[[My Immortal]]''. Instead of telling Ebony to kill Vampire/Harry via magical means, Vloxemort gives her a gun to shoot him. Of course, given [[Cloudcuckoolander|Tara]] [[The Ditz|Gilesbie]] hasn't displayed any real understanding of how the actual series ''works''...

* In ''[[Harry Potter and the Invincible Technomage]]'', Reed Richards of the [[Fantastic Four]] and Tony Stark ([[Iron Man]]) discover how [[Potter Verse]] magic works, and manage to make it work ''with'' their technology rather than against it (and Tony uses the magic as a cheap energy source for his various armours, such as the one he gives to Harry).

* The ''Book of Dobby'' by [[Doghead Thirteen]] (both [https://www.fanfiction.net/s/4571312/1/The-Book-of-Dobby-Per-Arcana-ad-Astra the original version] and [https://www.fanfiction.net/s/5093023/1/The-Book-of-Dobby-Reboot-Per-Arcana-ad-Astra the reboot]) focuses on Harry fighting the Death Eaters with [[World War II]] era bomber and fighter planes. Of course, he's basically going [[Magitek]], what with the dragon-hide coatings and the de-ruster spells and so forth, but it's the same idea.

* Subverted by a few [[Heroic Bystander]]s who have tried to defend themselves with their guns in both the ''[[Ultimate Sleepwalker]]'' and ''[[Ultimate SpiderWoman: Change With the Light]]'' series, rather than waiting for the heroes to rescue them. Unfortunately, [[Failure Is the Only Option]] for these Muggles.

* Discussed in the ''[[The Familiar of Zero]]''/''[[Prototype (video game)|Prototype]]'' crossover ''[[Unfamiliar]]'', while magic can do many thing technology can't it's also [[Awesome but Impractical|inefficient]] for more [[Mundane Utility|mundane]] things. For example an earth mage can do the work of ten farming machines, however it takes years to train a earth mage whereas you can build farming machines in days.

* Subverted in some ''[[Axis Powers Hetalia]]'' fics involving human beings trying to take on the Nations themselves. As it turns out, all conventional weapons (whether it's a knife or a .50 caliber rifle) could do is simply stall them long enough for the Muggles to escape with their lives.

 

== [[Film]] ==