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Kurumu: What idiots would attack the home of a vampire lord?
Dark: Ones that have human technology.
Rason: Yeah, but still, a dark lord? That's a pretty tough mountain to climb over. Even if Fairy Tale is powerful, it would probably take everything they had to make a dent, right?
Dark: [shakes his head and holds up one finger] One nuclear missile. End of story.
Mizore: There's a reason we're trying to learn to co-exist, remember? Human weapons are far more dangerous and powerful than monster might and magic. Not to mention they outnumber us greatly.
Dark: Ones that have human technology.
Rason: Yeah, but still, a dark lord? That's a pretty tough mountain to climb over. Even if Fairy Tale is powerful, it would probably take everything they had to make a dent, right?
Dark: [shakes his head and holds up one finger] One nuclear missile. End of story.
Mizore: There's a reason we're trying to learn to co-exist, remember? Human weapons are far more dangerous and powerful than monster might and magic. Not to mention they outnumber us greatly.
— Rosario Vampire: Brightest Darkness Act II
Moka: Please, you don't understand.
HDA Soldier: What's not to understand? You're a monster just like all of your kind!
Moka: You don't understand! We're not your enemies! We're not here to take over your world! For God's sake, we're scared to death of you! [the crowd quiets down at that] Why do you think we were hiding? Why do you think we were so worried about revealing ourselves to you? Why do you think we had to learn to blend in to survive here in your world? We're scared of you! Terrified! You humans own the Earth, there's absolutely no disputing about that. You outnumber us a thousand to one at the very least, you have weapons and technology that put to shame our best warriors and magic, you're the dominant species in this world! As terrifying and dangerous as we seem, you're the ones that are truly powerful and feared!
HDA Soldier: What's not to understand? You're a monster just like all of your kind!
Moka: You don't understand! We're not your enemies! We're not here to take over your world! For God's sake, we're scared to death of you! [the crowd quiets down at that] Why do you think we were hiding? Why do you think we were so worried about revealing ourselves to you? Why do you think we had to learn to blend in to survive here in your world? We're scared of you! Terrified! You humans own the Earth, there's absolutely no disputing about that. You outnumber us a thousand to one at the very least, you have weapons and technology that put to shame our best warriors and magic, you're the dominant species in this world! As terrifying and dangerous as we seem, you're the ones that are truly powerful and feared!
— Rosario Vampire: Brightest Darkness Act VI
There is no type resistance to 'baseball bat'.
I've finally figured out how to bypass the defenses of Voldemort's hideout. It was actually easier than dealing with the Mob, since Death Eaters aren't quite as good as taking pain as they are dishing it out. They also have absolutely no experience or talent for psychological warfare or interrogation, rather they just choose to cast a few spells and expect things to work. They also don't expect people to be able to dodge. They called me a muggle, whatever that means. I called them target practice.
John Major: The magical world is minuscule compared with the muggle one, King Ragnok. Her Majesty's Government is prepared, if necessary, to put up a sum of one billion pounds sterling — that is, about twenty million of your galleons — to buy up all of the gold in Gringotts on paper and convert the wizarding economy entirely over to pounds overnight.
King Ragnok: That would mean war!
Major: You would lose.
There was silence as the goblin king stared at the Prime Minister. He had said it so plainly, as if it were the obvious response.
Ragnok: What did you say?
Major: I said, you would lose. Your warriors could not possibly hope to prevail against our forces. Even if Gringotts itself can stand up to siege indefinitely, your people cannot.
Ragnok: You are bound by the wizards' Statute of Secrecy. You cannot send your muggle soldiers.
Major: Her Majesty's Government has more leeway than the Ministry of Magic does. We are authorised by our agreement with them to inform whatever government officials we need to for efficient dealings with the magical world, and that includes our soldiers. We can make an entire regiment of our special forces privy to magic in a matter of days and field a force greater than your entire population.
Ragnok: We will inflict casualties greater than our entire population!
Major: You will still lose. By your standards, our forces are effectively limitless.
Ragnok We have dragons!
Major: We have heat-seeking missiles.
King Ragnok: That would mean war!
Major: You would lose.
There was silence as the goblin king stared at the Prime Minister. He had said it so plainly, as if it were the obvious response.
Ragnok: What did you say?
Major: I said, you would lose. Your warriors could not possibly hope to prevail against our forces. Even if Gringotts itself can stand up to siege indefinitely, your people cannot.
Ragnok: You are bound by the wizards' Statute of Secrecy. You cannot send your muggle soldiers.
Major: Her Majesty's Government has more leeway than the Ministry of Magic does. We are authorised by our agreement with them to inform whatever government officials we need to for efficient dealings with the magical world, and that includes our soldiers. We can make an entire regiment of our special forces privy to magic in a matter of days and field a force greater than your entire population.
Ragnok: We will inflict casualties greater than our entire population!
Major: You will still lose. By your standards, our forces are effectively limitless.
Ragnok We have dragons!
Major: We have heat-seeking missiles.
John Major: You could tell your Aurors to act on official orders from the Queen not to enforce it.
Pius Thicknesse: Our people won't stand for that! You'd risk a coup on the Ministry and the war targeting you directly.
Major: You would lose.
Thicknesse: We…excuse me?
Major: You would lose. Bloody hell, Mr. Thicknesse, I already went through this with the goblins. We outnumber you people five thousand to one! You can't possibly hope to win if you pick a fight with Her Majesty’s Government. [...] The point stands: we are perfectly capable of protecting our citizens by force if you press us on it.
Thicknesse: How? We still have magic, and you don't.
Major: Simple: we have superior numbers, and we know enough of the basics of what magic can do. You see, once we were finally able to do some real research on you, we made an entire regiment of our special forces privy to magic under our treaties just in case you were ever to turn on us. We can field a fighting force larger than your entire Department of Magical Law Enforcement and the Death Eaters put together and do it all without breaking the secrecy you care about so much.
Pius Thicknesse: Our people won't stand for that! You'd risk a coup on the Ministry and the war targeting you directly.
Major: You would lose.
Thicknesse: We…excuse me?
Major: You would lose. Bloody hell, Mr. Thicknesse, I already went through this with the goblins. We outnumber you people five thousand to one! You can't possibly hope to win if you pick a fight with Her Majesty’s Government. [...] The point stands: we are perfectly capable of protecting our citizens by force if you press us on it.
Thicknesse: How? We still have magic, and you don't.
Major: Simple: we have superior numbers, and we know enough of the basics of what magic can do. You see, once we were finally able to do some real research on you, we made an entire regiment of our special forces privy to magic under our treaties just in case you were ever to turn on us. We can field a fighting force larger than your entire Department of Magical Law Enforcement and the Death Eaters put together and do it all without breaking the secrecy you care about so much.
—Justice, Justice Shall You Pursue
, Chapter 3
, Chapter 3 Film — Animation
Avatar: Lemme tell ya - I ain't practiced much magic for a long time. I wanna show you a trick mother showed me when you weren't around, to use on special occasions like this. Oh yeah... one more thing: I'm glad you changed your last name, you son of a bitch!
[Avatar whips a pistol out of his sleeve and shoots Blackwolf dead.]
[Avatar whips a pistol out of his sleeve and shoots Blackwolf dead.]
— Wizards
Film — Live-Action
"Say hello to the twenty-first century!"
— Ash about to run over skeletons with his car, Army of Darkness
"Hokey religions and ancient weapons are no match for a good blaster at your side, kid."
— Han Solo, Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
Literature
"In my view, it's possible to know too much about combat and the Force- if it means you know next to nothing about intelligence gathering, computer slicing, technological surveillance, or espionage. Sentinels approach these disciplines from the bottom up, without assuming that the Force will reveal all the answers. When you do this, you'll find there's a great deal the civilians of the galaxy can teach us."
— Morrit Ch'gally describing the philosophy of the Jedi Sentinels, The Jedi Path: A Manual for Students of the Force
[While Rufus the warlock casts a very long-winded death curse at him]
Johannes: Your problem, Rufus Maleficarus, is that you never understood why magic was superseded by science. If you listen to the sad old wizards up in their keeps and the witches in the dales, you might believe it had something to do with the passing of the Seelie and the Unseelie from our world. Or the dust-sheet of cynicism settling on our hearts and driving out the wonder. Or children refusing to say that they believe in fairies. Poppycock. I'll tell you why.
Convenience. I only practice necromantics because there's no other way of doing it. But when it comes to applied sciences, technologies, any spotty Herbert with a degree and a lab coat can perform greater wonders than Merlin.
You've wasted your time and your life. Do you understand that? Science can do it all so much cheaper, easier, and, indeed... and, indeed, faster. [shoots Rufus dead]
Johannes: Your problem, Rufus Maleficarus, is that you never understood why magic was superseded by science. If you listen to the sad old wizards up in their keeps and the witches in the dales, you might believe it had something to do with the passing of the Seelie and the Unseelie from our world. Or the dust-sheet of cynicism settling on our hearts and driving out the wonder. Or children refusing to say that they believe in fairies. Poppycock. I'll tell you why.
Convenience. I only practice necromantics because there's no other way of doing it. But when it comes to applied sciences, technologies, any spotty Herbert with a degree and a lab coat can perform greater wonders than Merlin.
You've wasted your time and your life. Do you understand that? Science can do it all so much cheaper, easier, and, indeed... and, indeed, faster. [shoots Rufus dead]
Live-Action TV
Judge: You're a fool. No weapon forged can stop me!
Buffy: That was then. [lifts up a massive rocket launcher] This is now.
[Angelus and Drusilla immediately scramble for cover while the Judge just stands there]
Judge: What's that do?
[Buffy fires the rocket at the Judge, blowing him to smithereens]
Buffy: That was then. [lifts up a massive rocket launcher] This is now.
[Angelus and Drusilla immediately scramble for cover while the Judge just stands there]
Judge: What's that do?
[Buffy fires the rocket at the Judge, blowing him to smithereens]
Video Games
Doctor Cid: Tell me, Venat, have I not been an apt pupil?
Venat: My counsel did but guide your able hand. Through power of man, the stones did you perfect. Yes, so much accomplished in six fleeting years. Man's fervor o'er all obstacles prevailing.
Venat: My counsel did but guide your able hand. Through power of man, the stones did you perfect. Yes, so much accomplished in six fleeting years. Man's fervor o'er all obstacles prevailing.
Kreia: Take the greatest Jedi Knight, strip away the Force, and what remains? They rely on it, depend on it, more than they know. Watch as one tries to hold a blaster, as they try to hold a lightsaber, and you will see nothing more than a woman - or a man. A child.
Atton: But to lose so much... I guess I didn't realize how much they relied on it.
Kreia: Do not be surprised. In many ways, even you are more capable than a Jedi. You could survive where they could not simply because you do not hear the Force as they do. It is irony of a sort - and it is why I tolerate your presence now.
Atton: But to lose so much... I guess I didn't realize how much they relied on it.
Kreia: Do not be surprised. In many ways, even you are more capable than a Jedi. You could survive where they could not simply because you do not hear the Force as they do. It is irony of a sort - and it is why I tolerate your presence now.
Webcomics
"Why not make magic available to everyone? A thousand years ago, I could see the point of restricting it! Armies powered by magic against swords and arrows? I can see a problem with that. NOW? Humans have GUNS! EXPLOSIVES! INTERCONTINENTAL BALLISTIC MISSILES! Magic is exotic and scary, but any random fool with a gun can still best a wizard!"
— Pandora, El Goonish Shive
"Fancy magic, fire and noise. All outdone... by humanity's toys."
— Scarf, El Goonish Shive, 5 January 2018
"A tunnel ought to be built with hard work, know-how, and the occasional bracing timber. If you try shoring it up with magic, bad things happen. Walls collapse and the entire tunnel gets de-stabilized, and you never know when it'll be the wrong phase of the moon and the whole thing'll come down."
Web Original
"Meyer thinks that humans are limited to two types of weapons: guns and slow-moving bombs. Oh, Meyer. You silly, silly bitch. There is one thing that we humans have been consistently good at since we first picked up a rock and looked speculatively at that turtle hiding smugly inside of its shell:
We’re really, really good at figuring out how to kill things."
We’re really, really good at figuring out how to kill things."
— Das Sporking on the epilogue of Breaking Dawn
Dr. Hector Rosales: But what if some Group of Interest learned about 4400-América and tried to use it? Or worse, 4400-Cáceres?
Director Nakawé Osorio: Cáceres? Cáceres is a demon that will teach you how to split an atom. I already know of such a demon, and his name is Robert Oppenheimer.
Director Nakawé Osorio: Cáceres? Cáceres is a demon that will teach you how to split an atom. I already know of such a demon, and his name is Robert Oppenheimer.
Western Animation
Wan Shi Tong: Your Waterbending won't do you much good here. I've studied Northern Water style, Southern Water style, even Foggy Swamp style.
[Sokka drops from the ceiling and knocks Wan Shi Tong unconscious with a heavy book.]
Sokka: That's called Sokka style. Learn it!
[Sokka drops from the ceiling and knocks Wan Shi Tong unconscious with a heavy book.]
Sokka: That's called Sokka style. Learn it!
