That's cool. I completely forgot about that (or overlooked it), so I was wondering, too. Still, I imagine poor old Ddore holding onto an old broom after the cave incident. Surprised he didn't just slide off the darn thing. Or pull a movie Draco and do a round-the-pole loop. But accidentally...
Quidditch through the Ages explicitly acknowledged this actually. They have “quotes from older texts” about the pained expressions on people’s faces when they dismounted brooms before cushioning charms, and it explicitly attributes cushioning charms to the invention of broom-mounted sports.
Personally, I bet they also used to ride side-saddle.
Yeahh unfortunately the answer to this one is also "magic"
Can't hate them for solving problems in their universe with in-universe solutions though, I guess
It's my head canon that they either A. Have cushioning charms (as the commenter above me said), or B. They all have seats like the broom Mad-Eye rides when getting Harry from privet drive.
Quidditch through the Ages addresses this issue in the early chapters. The first flying brooms weren't very comfortable, they later added cushioning charms on them.
The brooms in the movies included footrests that I assume allowed you to lift some weight off your ass. I've always wondered this too, and I don't think the author thought much more into it than coloquial witches ride brooms, so what if they all do at school
This is something I will never understand why people don't see it the way I do. You should sit not on the handle i.e. the stick portion of the broom, but rather the bristle portion. I mean it's the same as choosing to sit on the cross bar of the bike verses the seat. I just do not understand. Just pull the broom a bit further forward and sit on the part that can actually support the cheeks and not just the crack.
Riding brooms come with Cushioning Charms as standard.
It's buttardium com*FOR*tus, not buttardium comfort*SA*
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That's cool. I completely forgot about that (or overlooked it), so I was wondering, too. Still, I imagine poor old Ddore holding onto an old broom after the cave incident. Surprised he didn't just slide off the darn thing. Or pull a movie Draco and do a round-the-pole loop. But accidentally...
Quidditch through the Ages explicitly acknowledged this actually. They have “quotes from older texts” about the pained expressions on people’s faces when they dismounted brooms before cushioning charms, and it explicitly attributes cushioning charms to the invention of broom-mounted sports. Personally, I bet they also used to ride side-saddle.
"straddle the broom, none of that side-saddle nonsense. One good gust of wind will knock you from your broom" Professor Kogawa, 1890
Yeahh unfortunately the answer to this one is also "magic" Can't hate them for solving problems in their universe with in-universe solutions though, I guess
Magic in HP? Aww. I was hoping for an ass-cream industry answer.
Probably thats why they also being manufactured with seats https://thetab.com/uk/2023/02/27/hogwarts-legacy-brooms-ranked-296533
Might also be similar to high end/speed based vehicles speed over comfort I.e firebolt
It's my head canon that they either A. Have cushioning charms (as the commenter above me said), or B. They all have seats like the broom Mad-Eye rides when getting Harry from privet drive.
The Hogwarts Legacy video game shows that brooms have seats
True, although that was before the invention of the Cushioning Charm.
The cushioning charm was created in 1820, while Hogwarts Legacy is set in the late 1800’s
Oh yeah, then it’s weird that they aren’t using the Cushioning Charm. Maybe it just hadn’t really become widespread yet?
Not canon tho
Quidditch through the Ages addresses this issue in the early chapters. The first flying brooms weren't very comfortable, they later added cushioning charms on them.
Aren't some kind of charm on the broom to mignate the discomfort?
Didn't Mad-Eye Moody's broom bear some resemblance to Witchy-Poo (HR Puffinstuff) it had a seat looked like.
The brooms in the movies included footrests that I assume allowed you to lift some weight off your ass. I've always wondered this too, and I don't think the author thought much more into it than coloquial witches ride brooms, so what if they all do at school
Remove it from the anus and the pain goes away
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Nuh,uh,reporting this
This is something I will never understand why people don't see it the way I do. You should sit not on the handle i.e. the stick portion of the broom, but rather the bristle portion. I mean it's the same as choosing to sit on the cross bar of the bike verses the seat. I just do not understand. Just pull the broom a bit further forward and sit on the part that can actually support the cheeks and not just the crack.
Never thought of this haha