• themeatbridge@lemmy.world
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    I always hate plot holes where problems could be solved with money, especially when a character is super rich. Obi-wan and Anakin had years to raise the money to buy Shmi’s freedom from Watto. Qui-gon had plenty of Imperial credits, but Watto wouldn’t accept them.

    So, Ani wins the podtace and then as soon as you’re off planet, hyperspace it to the nearest Republic outpost and trade the credits for some money. Go back, buy Shmi, or just cut Watto the slaver in half with a lightsaber. Obi-Wan cuts a dude’s arm off for much less.

    Or, like, Jedi mind tricks don’t work on Watto, but I bet theres a Durosian jeweler across the street that isn’t immune to Jedi mind tricks. Trade his Republican credits for all the cash in his till and the nicest Aurodium necklaces in the shop.

    And why couldn’t Harry take his best mate Ron shopping with him to pick out some decent dress robes or a new wand? Kid’s got a vault full of gold, and he basically lives at his friend’s house half the time.

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      why couldn’t Harry take his best mate Ron shopping with him to pick out some decent dress robes or a new wand?

      That would have put a strain on his relationship with the Weasleys:

      He would willingly have split all the money in his Gringotts vault with the Weasleys, but he knew they would never take it.

      - Goblet of Fire, chapter 10

      The few times Harry does buy stuff for Ron, Ron gets quite uncomfortable. Also, the first thing Harry does after giving startup money to the twins is to tell them to buy Ron some new dress robes.

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        Yeah I’ve been seeing this Ron and Harry meme all over the place. I’m not a potter fan, I don’t think the books are anything super special, but still

        It’s very clearly shown that Harry would be willing to help them out financially but they don’t want Harry’s money in the slightest

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      14 hours ago

      I feel like most adventure-style movie plots need to be run as a D&D campaign before final edit.

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        13 hours ago

        So, you’re saying more big bad guy lairs need fire suppression systems? Or was only ever my players who restored to fire as a first, last, and often only, option?

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            If the party didn’t want to get immolated, they shouldn’t have stood so close to the flammable, whatever that was that I just fireballed. Also, I cast fireball at it, again.

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          It beats shattering glass and John McClaneing everyone as soon as you find out they’re barefoot.