Best wizard is fiction?
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say what you will about harry potter. at least they were actually using what i'd call spells rather than shining light in the face of monsters. Don't get me wrong. I like Gandolf. He's an entertaining old poof But go back and watch the movies (or read the books) almost all of his spells are either moving shit with his wand or shinning light. The spells in Harry Potter really seem like spells. The killing curse is this creepy green burst of energy thats instantly reconizable. People can turn rats into tea cups...and sometimes screw up and make somthing halfway between. There's living fire, Mind control, balls of floating water, real fucking magic. So what if the main character isn't a walking tome of magic He's a fucking kid. He's still learning. And yet he manages to get into about as much trouble as Gandolf. He goes on quests to rid the world of evil items to stop a Dark Lord from taking over the world, he fights in huge battles and he even comes back from the dead...sounds like Gandolf to me.
I'm not familar with Dresden so i can't say anything about him.
I'm not familar with Dresden so i can't say anything about him.
Holy shit. I thought i was the only one that Read Skullduggery. Good onyeahs manLuke3184 said:Ninja'dTips_of_Fingers said:
In that case Skullduggery Pleasant, he's a smart mouthed, skeleton detective, who shoots fireballs at people!
The only thing that could make that more awesome is if he had tits and was on fire.... OH NO WAIT! He sometimes is!
consider raistlin from dragonlance. he killed takhisis - a god, and then killed the rest of them. then killed the world. but instead he chose eternal torment because his brother showed the end to him, what he had accomplished.
dnd 2nd edition ftw.
http://www.tk421.net/character/raistlin.jpg
dnd 2nd edition ftw.
http://www.tk421.net/character/raistlin.jpg
well said, don't nobody ever diss harry potter. As for my nomination, it would have to go to Alanna of Pirate's Swoop and Olau, aka Alanna the Lioness, from the Tortall universe created by Tamora Pierce. She is the favored of the Great Mother Goddess, has battled 10 demons with just her prince by her side (although with a hefty chunk of power lent to her by the Great Mother Goddess), has lived through a blizzard that froze every other living thing solid, and has killed a sorcerer powerful enough to strike a whole city with a sickness from across a continent AND an ocean, TWICE. Not only that, but she can heal and use a sword better than almost anyone else but her teacher in swordplay, duke gareth of naxen. Her primary occupation is a knight, sure, but she is also widely acknowledged as a fine sorceress. She might not be "immortal", but I bet anyone here that she can easily hold her own even against gandalf, dumbledore, or even lord voldemort (yes, I dare to name him)sketch_zeppelin said:
hard to say between the two, since dresden is an fully developed character, _all_ of the books were about him and have fleshed out his personality, etc.
the lotr books had gandalf in them, but he was only a character in the story, not even _the_ character most of the time
the lotr books had gandalf in them, but he was only a character in the story, not even _the_ character most of the time
If best as in "most powerful", I feel it's kinda difficult to compete with a master of dynamic Magic from the World of Darkness. The description goes "Dynamic mages reshape reality itself and [...] they are theoretically capable of anything". Sure, you may incur the wrath of the universe, but it's still very powerful.
Best wizards... so hard to pick just one... here's a few good ones: Ged (Earthsea Series), Gandalf of course... and I'm recently really starting to like this series by Cinda Williams Chima, so.. Han Alister (Seven Realms Series), also Merlin... at least most incarnations of him... but that's a big... DUH...
Then again, I have people who do magic in a fantasy series I'm writing, but I avoided calling them wizards b/c I think wizards tend to be evil, actually. In my series I call my magic wielders magicians. They don't make magic, they're more like Ged, in which they use and can manipulate pre-existing things, and their main job is actually to preserve the balance of the world.
Then again, I have people who do magic in a fantasy series I'm writing, but I avoided calling them wizards b/c I think wizards tend to be evil, actually. In my series I call my magic wielders magicians. They don't make magic, they're more like Ged, in which they use and can manipulate pre-existing things, and their main job is actually to preserve the balance of the world.
