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Edited by Mrph1 on Jul 29th 2024 at 3:09:00 PM
Strange is an interesting question given his hands are canonically beyond fucked so it depends a bit on the magic logistics of the Mjolnir. It might be that Strange lifts it but his broken hands can't wield the hammer properly.
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The explanation is:
Edited by Gaon on Sep 5th 2020 at 10:40:43 AM
"All you Fascists bound to lose."This is just implication from the first movie but Strange totally could
Like the guy with the messed up back. But Strange would have to give up sorceroring and use his magic to just keep his hands fixed
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It's a pretty huge plot point in the film. The magic Dr. Strange uses doesn't really fix injuries, it just kind of continually alters reality so that the injury doesn't seem to be there. You have to keep doing it so that the injury doesn't come back, which means healing takes all your focus - pretty much forever.
Which means you have to make a choice between using your magic on other things (IE, saving the world) and using your magic on yourself.
Edited by KnownUnknown on Sep 5th 2020 at 11:26:25 AM
(3) But - he can have his hands back, and be a surgeon saving lives again.
So then Marvel's magic system lets you fire magic bolts at people, summon massive forces of destruction, defy gravity, summon magic swords and shields and whips, redirect energy blasts into glass constructs, clone and astral project yourself, and access a pocket dimension where you can bend reality to your whim...
...but healing one's hands and/or spine is where magic draws the line.
Doesn't Strange have a spell that guards the Time Stone even after death. Guarding a cosmic artifact takes less attention/mana points than keeping his hands fixed.
Edited by FOFD on Sep 5th 2020 at 11:39:26 AM
Not if the underlying rules the writer of the magic system put down say it doesn't. Magic that functions as "I'm powerful enough, ergo I can do anything" is typically magic that's not very well written.
It's also worth noting that "wizards/sorcerers/whatever can use magic offensively, but doing so to help themselves directly is usually harder" is a common element of magical systems, mostly because it's a narrative check designed to keep the magic users from being impossible to write or instantly rendering the plot pointless - though it also typically fits in with ideological systems as well.
Or in short, magic doesn't (usually) work that way. "Magic A" Is "Magic A".
Edited by KnownUnknown on Sep 5th 2020 at 11:45:27 AM
He was a doctor for selfish reasons. Him not going back to that was a significant part of his character development.
I mean yeah, he probably could've gone back to that and do it out of altrustic reasons this time, but quitting alltogether had a more powerful message, in my opinion.
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He may have had selfish motivations as a doctor but he still took his oath damn seriously, as we see from his reaction after having to kill that one dude in self defense
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Yeah, that's part of what caused Dr. Strange to stand out to me aside from the insane visuals, i like the whole Thou shall not kill trope so it's interesting to see SOME acknowledgement of it.

In the movies.