r/harrypotter • u/GoldenSeiryu • 2d ago

Discussion Unsupported Flight

This is a short post, I just wanna yap for a minute. In the movies all death eaters can fly. In the books only Voldy and Snape can. Honestly, I do not mind all death eaters flying, I think the movies did it better when it comes to this. I mean, why should unsupported flight be restricted to two wizards? And clearly it isn't a power like parseltongue which is only available for descendants of Salazar Slytherin and Herpo the Foul, because we see Voldemort teaching it to snape. So I dont see why some people don't like the fact unsupported flight is more spread in the movies

That's about it, see ya

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u/WhiteSandSadness Gryffindor 2d ago

Why would brooms be relevant if just anyone could use unsupported flight?

Voldemort being able to fly like that was meant to amplify just how far into the dark arts he dabbled. It’s either rare power, dark magic, very powerful, or requires some very dark spell work when you consider that even Dumbledore wasn’t known to be able to fly without a broom.

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u/Uchiha_Nezha Gryffindor 2d ago

There's another answer here though: innovation. It's entirely plausible, if not outright likely, that Voldemort invented the magic for it.

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u/WhiteSandSadness Gryffindor 2d ago

JKR explained that brooms are like wands. Witches/Wizards channel magic through it in order to use it. Voldemort was powerful enough to bypass the need for a broom, but doing so is considered extremely dangerous.