I have noticed in many fantasy universes where characters have magic powers there has been a serious discrepancy. And that is revealing awesome powers, but for no good reason, never using them again.
For example: Sailor Moon. I haven't seen very many episodes of this, but in most of them Sailor Moon has a magic tiara that she throws to turn bad guys into dust. Logically she would use this whenever any bad guy shows up. Of course she doesn't. She gets captured, the other sailor scouts try to fight, and she runs away until the show is almost over she finally throws her tiara.
Another example is Harry Potter. I really like this video by HISHE about a more probable ending to Harry Potter. Seriously, they can go back in time, why would they never use this? Someone commented that the time turner can't be used past 5 years. But I would argue that that's hardly cannon because it was stated after the series ended and that they could fix things that happened 5 years ago. Save Dumbledore and all the other Hogwarts kids. They also have all their other magic. It's not even a problem of stated powers, but you assume they can do just about anything. I think the entire wizarding world could just rise against Voldemort and a couple of followers. Another problem I have (wow this post is turning into a Harry Potter conspiracy) this is a magical world that is parallel to the real world. They have guns. Use them.
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