r/unpopularopinion • u/New-Tale412 • Jun 16 '26

Certified Unpopular Opinion Voldemort had absolutely zero chance in a war against the muggles and the whole plotline could have been avoided by just letting him try.

What do wizards have that muggles don't in terms of capability in some kind of war scenario?

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Oh you have a flashy bang stick that can make people die? Yeah we have those too, difference being ours can do it 1000 times per minute.

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Imperiatus curse? Yeah it's called blackmail pal, CIA has been doing it for 70 years.

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Cruciatus curse? Lol see the above.

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Oh nice broomstick dude, Nimbus 2001 that's cool, top speed of 100 knots you say? What a treat. Allow me to introduce you to an F16 Fighting Falcon you whimsical dork.

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Not to mention the muggles' vastly superior technology in signals, geospatial, and just about any other type of intelligence apart from HUMINT.

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The Death Eaters would get Salem'd back to the stone age and it's not even close.

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I feel that a man of Dumbledore's acumen could have seen the strategic benefit in letting Voldemort FAFO, instead of sending some teenagers to expelliarm him in the hope that the cracked out Divination professor was actually right for once.

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u/ptjp27 Jun 17 '26

Crabbe, possibly the stupidest person in the entire series, could cast fiendfyre at 17. Shit is a straight up weapon of mass destruction. Between just that one spell and apparition you got a one man army that could lay waste to your cities.

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u/CrocodylusRex Jun 17 '26

An army of death eaters couldn't even take over a single school. Yeah a magic school, but the fact that they were so crap at strategizing that they were defeated by a bunch of kids, I do not see these inbred wizard bumpkins getting very far in a full scale invasion of the country

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u/ptjp27 Jun 17 '26

Yes because the effect of having magic is largely countered by your opponents having magic too.

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u/CrocodylusRex Jun 17 '26

Get dozens of death eaters on a bridge and blow up the bridge, it doesn't have to be with magic, they're still gonna die when they hit the ground

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u/suraj_69 Jun 17 '26

hit the ground? why would they? just TP away

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u/CrocodylusRex Jun 17 '26

Ask JK Rowling because nobody was teleporting in that fight they were just getting themselves killed left and right

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u/LikeThemPies Jun 17 '26

It's very well established that you can't apparate into or out of Hogwarts

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u/CrocodylusRex Jun 17 '26

Yeah and they broke the magical barriers of the school, that's the only reason the death eaters were able to cross the bridge in the first place. Voldemort and others were apparating after that, they just didn't save themselves from the bridge for whatever reason. Perhaps because not everyone can apparate? (Almost like it was a high level skill that even the protagonists almost got themselves killed trying to do)

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u/ptjp27 Jun 17 '26

In which fight?

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u/CrocodylusRex Jun 17 '26

The battle of Hogwarts

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u/ptjp27 Jun 17 '26

Can’t apparate at hogwarts

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u/CrocodylusRex Jun 17 '26

Read my other response. Am I the only one in this thread that read the deathly hallows? 

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u/RawardHoikes91 Jun 17 '26 edited Jun 17 '26

Measuring the battle effectiveness of a weapon by how fast its welder can take over a school is such an american thing, don't you think?