David Hobby wrote:
> > > Begging to differ, but what about Gandalf's smoke
> > > rings in _The Hobbit_? They are described as being
> > > multicolored, and moving around on their own, I believe.
> > > It certainly seems that Gandalf was using MAGIC, and not
> > > skill. And this for mere entertainment.
> > > I'm sure it was a minor spell, and _The Hobbit_ is
> > > a bit different from the other books, but still.
> > (snip)
> > > Didn't Gandalf also use spells to produce light in dark
> > > places? Again, it's minor magic, but it is used casually.
Matt Grimaldi wrote:
> > Producing light and colored smoke (and fires that burn
> > even in a snowstorm) are all tricks we could do now with
> > the appropriate materials, skill, and knowledge. Who's
> > to say he didn't have some "glow in the dark" liquid
> > handy, or put special compounds in his pipe that make
> > special colored smoke. The hobbits and dwarves
> > around him would have no other explanation than "magic".
Jeffrey Miller wrote:
> Also, wasn't Gandalf the one who came around with the
> fireworks every year? He must have had access to some
> interesting techy/science solutions for such things,
> rather than magic.
That's what I was talking about...He shows up with a wagon
full of fireworks for the big show. :-)
-- Matt Grimaldi
P.S. I always find it weird quoting myself like that, but
there's got to be a way to keep the attributions straight.
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