Hawken tuah me!I will draw on that thang like poison is drawn from a wound
Did Gandalf ever cast a real wizard spell?
>>217374303He threw burning pinecones once, which seems like magic if you've smoked enough pipeweed.
>>217374251Hawk Tuah!Spit on that Ring!
>>217374303Fireworks are magic. In the eyes of children.
>>217374303He's not a conjurer of cheap tricks.
>>217374303He knows light
>>217374772That's something they added in the movies. Just like the overheating sword in the Two Towers. And of course the telekinesis. Jackson couldn't help but transform the wizards into fucking Jedis. Magic is much more subtle in the books.
>>217374303In the Hobbit book he zaps some goblins with lightning magic.He probably can do some impressive spells but seems reluctant to do so. It isn't something he does unless he is in mortal peril.
>>217374303he turns out all the lights and makes thunder to scare theodenhe breaks sauroman's staff
>>217374303Gandalf the Grey's main form of magic influence was inspiring people.Gandalf the White was there to power check Sauron's more bullshit powerful servants like the nazgul
>>217374303Why didn't Gandalf just cast Haste on the Hobbits?
>>217374303he puts a spell on a door in moria to lock it, which the balrog breakshe conjures fire to break the bridge under the balrog
>>217374954Because he's a servant of a god and is forced to play by that gods rules.The question is why didn't god let him do that?
>>217374966god doesn't want the book to be boring
