Challenge #174 - Wizard

[tinny]

A magical challenge! \o/ This challenge is only about fictional characters (the one with real persons was "magicians"). It's the counterpart to the "witch" challenge, and as such is aimed at male characters. As with all our nominally gendered challenges, non-binary/non-gendered characters are allowed in this challenge!

Fictional wizards means characters who *use* magic - what I wouldn't include is fairies/magical creatures with one particular magical ability that isn't as versatile as the multitude of spells I associate with "magic users". But if you have something/someone special in mind, comment here and we'll figure it out.

Have fun!




Eliot (The Magicians) by shameless666 | Gandalf (LOTR) by partitioning
Albus Dumbledore (Harry Potter) by vowrawn | Merlin by magicrubbish


* You may icon 2 different wizards in this challenge (in case you cannot decide which one is your absolute favorite)
* You may enter up to 4 icons (ICON+URL).
* Please submit your icons as new posts to this community. Every member has posting access.
* Please no animations or x-rated icons. Everything else is allowed.
* Icons must fit DW standards (< 60kb, 100x100 px).
* Tag your entries with challenge number and your username, or I can do it for you.
* Please put a description in your entry which wizard(s) you picked.

* DEADLINE: Sunday, July 02nd 2023 (4pm Central European Time). [countdown]

Comments

[itsanonyx]

Does Aang (Avatar: The Last Airbender) count? He can bend all elements (air, water, earth and fire).

[tinny]

I'm not quite sure how that verse works. The only thing I can compare it to is Naruto, where the disciples learn "jutsus", which, as far as I can tell, are spells. If the Airbender thing is the same, then they count, yes.

I'd say they'd even count if they only had one element, provided the way they manipulate the elements is versatile and somehow "learned". Does that make sense?

[itsanonyx]

In "Avatar: The Last Airbender" (and later "The Legend of Korra") are people who can only bend one element - associate to the place they came from. Waterbenders from the Water Tribe, Earthbending from the Earth Kingdom, Firebending from the Fire Nation and Airbending from the Air Nomads. Once an Avatar dies they are reborn in the next cycle. Avatar Roku was born in the Fire Nation and once he died Avatar Aang from the Air Nomads was born and when Avatar Aang died Avatar Korra from the Water Tribe was born. And so it goes on and on...

Aang was born as Airbender but since he was the Avatar he had to go to the Water Tribe, Earth Kingdrom and Fire Nation to learn more about those bending skills. He was still able to bend those elements but, for exmaple, hurt Katara (from the Water Tribe) once by accident because he wasn't able to control Firebending.

He doesn't have something like a wand but those bending power is still inside him. If you know "Fantastic Beast" you can compare Aang to Credence who has magical powers inside him and doesn't need any wand to use this power. (Seeing the icons made me think he could also be like Merlin. That fandom is so long again that I don't know if he needed something like a wand or could also use them without any item.)

[tinny]

👍

i don't think being a magic user depends on whether they need a tool (like a wand) for it or not. I'd categorize it by the learning of different spells/jutsus/skills.

in case it wasn't clear: i would consider the *-benders eligible.

[vowrawn]

Oh cool! :) Thanks for using one of my icons as an example!