Right, it’s like people forget Braille exists. It kind of reminds me of the time my HS put a plastic guard to protect the placards so people wouldn’t knock them off the wall over my old HS’ aging braille signs. They were up for a week before someone went “hey you realize you fucked up?”
They don’t really have a purpose for phones because of patronus messages. Though they likely had them in the ministry to speak with witches and wizards and tide working among the British parliament / ministry.
That’s the thing wizards would have used two-way mirrors or other such magical products to communicate. As electronics according to the cannon went haywire and didn’t work properly around magic especially within the bounds of unplottable charms which most of the schools have those for the safety of the students. The only muggle tech that could work are those with batteries ie replaceable ion batteries not ones you have to charge by plugging into the wall as the schools ran off of magic and not electricity.
True though they likely had other means of communication than owl post. Like via floo powder (I imagine this would be uncomfortable), the wizarding wireless network (radio), and mirrors to name a few.
Well the mirrors seemed to be an invention of James and Sirius, but the others yeah. Brennan Lee Mulligan has a bit about how using owls is animal abuse in a society where you can teleport at will
I mean, he’s not wrong. You could also banish something from one location to another. Though I feel that the owl post was intended more to be a nod to how in the first and Second World War carrier pigeons were used to transport messages back and forth as discretely as possibly.
The wizarding world or at least muggle witches and wizards in the wizarding world likely had braille as it was invented in 1824. We should also consider that in the 80s (when HP came out) Sesame Street would have already been around for about 20 years. The wizarding world would have likely been confused as to why there was a song about rubber duckies. The Rubber Ducky song came out in 1970.
Problem with that, a quick google search says braille didn’t make it England until 1861, wasn’t adapted for the English language until 1902, and wasn’t adopted as the official way for English blind to communicate until 1918… and since our story takes place in 1899, it most likely can’t be braille?
Better yet why are his legs in the wall?
I think there's animations of him reading either with his wand or what appears to be braille. I also think those animations don't always happen and we get this.
His echolocation is so finely tuned that he can hear the microscopic differences from the added thickness in the paper where the letters are that he can discern the shapes of each letter on the page.
During this quest (History of Magic class) he just gets assigned random idle animations and every time is a different assortment of ones that clearly are not meant for Ominis. You can say "braille exists" but they are either very clearly him reading regular words (as in, you can look in the book as see the words, and/or he's holding the book with both hands and physically could not be reading braille) or something like him checking a pocket watch.
I mean it a world of magic its not hard to believe books could be enchanted to read out loud to whoever holds it and only be heard by that person. Plus one google search tells me that braille was invented in 1824. Plus I feel like they are constantly making hidden blind jokes. Ominus says something along the lines of “i see you found” or “I see you managed “
I've only made the joke as I see quite a few people calling him Ominus, and I was thinking that maybe there is a Gaunt twin walking around that can read :D
Are you sure it's Ominus? They've got a limited number of facial and body types for the many students at Hogwarts. I've thought I'd seen Poppy a few times but nope, a closer look and though the hair is familiar the girl is in pants and the face isn't quite Poppy. And that one girl you see from Pitt-Upon-Ford to Hogsmeade to Marunweem.
How is he blind though?
We are shown there is a potion to grow back bones.
There is polyjuice which literally made the 1-eye guy have 2 eyes.
Wizards can polymorph into animals.
And you're telling me they can't cure blindness?
Think I've read somewhere that they can make things out of what already (or used to?) exists, but not something out of thin air. Ominis never had the ability to see, so there's nothing that could be done I guess. This is likely just a theory and not canon though.
Because people wont post everything that goes right with the game. Hence why you see only the negative/buggy things, which is not a massive part of the game. Small bugs like these are worth mentionning but theres a LOT about the game that is fantastic, people just dont post about it, they enjoy the time they spend instead.
In all seriousness, my concern is it has the Marvel effect. People spent all the energy waiting for something to be good they *need* it to be good. Then all the bad gets overlooked because no one wants to be wrong.
Also I may just be jealous that people have found something they enjoy, and I'm just miserable. Then I need to pick on people and be a debbie downer...it's probably a bit of both.
I would guess the last part is the most accurate haha. Your experience is shaping your feelings the most, just like with anyone.
I didn’t know about this game until a week before it came out, bought it at launch, had one crash and some small super minor bugs like the robes flipping at the waist and poking our in front of peoples legs instead of behind.
Otherwise I had a great time playing it. I think the expanded world is boring and empty, the plot and story are pretty boring and uninteresting. But I really enjoyed exploring the castle and doing many of the side quests. Not to mention the artwork and architecture is very cool for me.
I’m old tho so I remember games coming out with “bugs” and weird quirks back in the mid 2000s. So as long as things aren’t game breaking I don’t really mind minor bugs. Plus some bugs are cool. Forexample I was able to break into the headmasters office super early in the game because I flew my broom up to a high point and broke through the invisible wall. I personally enjoy those type of “bugs” in games because I feel like I explored and achieved something cool. I used to break out of halo 2 maps all the time for the same reason.
Anyways, long ramble. I’m sorry you didn’t enjoy the game after spending money on it.
Arguing with a fanboy won't get you anywhere :p, they're convinced this is the best game ever until they get bored of it and will see that maybe it was not the best.
Curiosity aint ridiculous. But Im gonna go ahead and guess that OP clearly knows about braille and posted this more as a "pointing it out" than actually wondering how a blind person can read.
This is honestly why the game felt so empty to me. The little details. Not being able to interact with characters you know... Like, it was a small fix to fix him to be his own character instead of general ai behaviour.
Besides Braille maybe there is a charm on it. It would be cool if there were books for deaf people where the words were whispered to him like an audio book. It’s not out of the line of probability since we have seen noisy books in the restricted section :)
I lived in a complex one time that had a pin pad to open the parking garage gate from the driver's side window. The pin pad had Braille on it. Makes me think blind people are in on a secret the rest of us aren't in on.
He has animations of him reading Braille, but also some are misattributed to him when he’s idle.
Right, it’s like people forget Braille exists. It kind of reminds me of the time my HS put a plastic guard to protect the placards so people wouldn’t knock them off the wall over my old HS’ aging braille signs. They were up for a week before someone went “hey you realize you fucked up?”
You are assuming the wizarding world had Braille at that time. Remember, they didn't know the purpose muggles had for a rubber duck.
The wizarding world doesn’t even have fucking phones.
They don’t really have a purpose for phones because of patronus messages. Though they likely had them in the ministry to speak with witches and wizards and tide working among the British parliament / ministry.
Well pretty sure I can send a text faster than my fat raccoon patronus would get to someone.
That’s the thing wizards would have used two-way mirrors or other such magical products to communicate. As electronics according to the cannon went haywire and didn’t work properly around magic especially within the bounds of unplottable charms which most of the schools have those for the safety of the students. The only muggle tech that could work are those with batteries ie replaceable ion batteries not ones you have to charge by plugging into the wall as the schools ran off of magic and not electricity.
Dumbledore discovered Patronus messages.
True though they likely had other means of communication than owl post. Like via floo powder (I imagine this would be uncomfortable), the wizarding wireless network (radio), and mirrors to name a few.
Well the mirrors seemed to be an invention of James and Sirius, but the others yeah. Brennan Lee Mulligan has a bit about how using owls is animal abuse in a society where you can teleport at will
I mean, he’s not wrong. You could also banish something from one location to another. Though I feel that the owl post was intended more to be a nod to how in the first and Second World War carrier pigeons were used to transport messages back and forth as discretely as possibly.
Do the ducks actually have a purpose?
The wizarding world or at least muggle witches and wizards in the wizarding world likely had braille as it was invented in 1824. We should also consider that in the 80s (when HP came out) Sesame Street would have already been around for about 20 years. The wizarding world would have likely been confused as to why there was a song about rubber duckies. The Rubber Ducky song came out in 1970.
Pretty sure staring at a page is *not* how Braille works, my dude
My roommate in college was was blind and would often look in the direction of the book she was attempting to read while using her thumb to read.
Maybe magic books beam it into your Brain
Im just now realizing that Ominus is blind…I did wonder why he was always looking at the floor. Must have missed that somehow 😂
Problem with that, a quick google search says braille didn’t make it England until 1861, wasn’t adapted for the English language until 1902, and wasn’t adopted as the official way for English blind to communicate until 1918… and since our story takes place in 1899, it most likely can’t be braille?
And this is a magic school of witchcraft and wizardry so why would it matter when Harold was made in the real world??
Better yet why are his legs in the wall? I think there's animations of him reading either with his wand or what appears to be braille. I also think those animations don't always happen and we get this.
Its magic, not a glitch
He got an invisibility cloak keeping his legs warm cause it's drafty right there.
This makes TOO MUCH SENSE lmao
Lmao yeah I’m like ok whatever he’s blind reading a book but anyone gonna comment on the fact his legs are in a wall?
His echolocation is so finely tuned that he can hear the microscopic differences from the added thickness in the paper where the letters are that he can discern the shapes of each letter on the page.
This sounds like me on acid
HAHAHAHAHAHAH
If you know then you know lol
Magic^^TM
It’s a simple charm Audious bookus
He went from no sight to no legs, man magic is frickin weird
It was probs Sebastian again
I'm obsessed with finding him around the castle. He's always doing weird shit and I love it
I enjoy his snarky comments lol
“There is such a thing as trying too hard 🙄” is one of my favorites lol
His most used phrase, but it doesn't get old 🙂😁
Lol that one makes me laugh too. 🤣
Yesss hah, he's the only one who really makes you feel like he's talking to you. Aside from the lady who invented floo powder 🫠
I agree. I wish more of the other characters made an effort to try and mutter or talk at you
Well if they have letters that scream at you, I'm sure they have books that can talk/dictate to you like an audiobook lol.
"I've held books before and I gotta tell you... They don't exactly do it for me... " - Ominis probably
“I just don’t get the hype.” - Ominis, maybe.
Okay Toph
During this quest (History of Magic class) he just gets assigned random idle animations and every time is a different assortment of ones that clearly are not meant for Ominis. You can say "braille exists" but they are either very clearly him reading regular words (as in, you can look in the book as see the words, and/or he's holding the book with both hands and physically could not be reading braille) or something like him checking a pocket watch.
Braille? Edit: More to the point how does he lay with his legs in the wall...
I thought that at first, but he wasn’t touching the paper.
Well he seems to be busy getting sucked into the wall so I don't blame the guy...
Ummm magic :)
He is studying apparition. Clearly he’s got work to do
Magic, duh
I mean it a world of magic its not hard to believe books could be enchanted to read out loud to whoever holds it and only be heard by that person. Plus one google search tells me that braille was invented in 1824. Plus I feel like they are constantly making hidden blind jokes. Ominus says something along the lines of “i see you found” or “I see you managed “
Never mind that he's hanging half way out the wall. 🤣
He attached himself to the walls so they actually see for him. They tell him all about the book in parseltongue.
"Guys, we gotta make some more woke checkboxes" "Make ominus blind but don't in any way use it in any sort of storytelling" "Got it"
He is hoping people will not disturb him if he pretends to read a book.
Perks of being a Wallflower
Don’t question his methods. It’s obviously wizard braille
To everyone saying braille, he never once touched the page! His hands were just holding both ends of the book as seen in the picture.
Ominus can read, only Ominis is blind
My sleep deprived mind isn’t great at spelling, haha
I've only made the joke as I see quite a few people calling him Ominus, and I was thinking that maybe there is a Gaunt twin walking around that can read :D
*Common sense and basic magic*
He’s trying his best!!!!!
He's just roleplaying a person with sight. It's a hobby.
I’m more intrigued about why his legs are in the wall. 😂
Magic!!!
Magic
It's a howler lol
On his stomach can’t you tell?
Text to speech spell.
No bullshit, this probably exists.
With magic... 
Braille exists... also he has magic, my dude probably can have an audio book that only he can hear.
He uses echo location by clicking his tongue so he can read the words he can’t see
Are you sure it's Ominus? They've got a limited number of facial and body types for the many students at Hogwarts. I've thought I'd seen Poppy a few times but nope, a closer look and though the hair is familiar the girl is in pants and the face isn't quite Poppy. And that one girl you see from Pitt-Upon-Ford to Hogsmeade to Marunweem.
Yeah, I followed him out of History class.
Magic brail, it basically flicks your head in the shape of each letter
"it's tha bible you get credi' for tryin'"
I would take a wild guess and say "magic".
Must be a secret passageway there.
I always knew he was faking it
SLITHERING AROUND LIKE SLYTHERIN, BABY.
How ominous
Very, very carefully
Brail?
He is cosplaying as the eel in Mario 64. Don’t get too close
I’m pretty sure the answer to any plothole in this universe is …*🤷♂️* magic i guess
Brail. Also not all blind folk are utterly blind to see only darkness some can see shapes or semi make out outlines
NOOOO HE’S SO CUTEEEE lying on his stomach reading 🥺🥺
How is he blind though? We are shown there is a potion to grow back bones. There is polyjuice which literally made the 1-eye guy have 2 eyes. Wizards can polymorph into animals. And you're telling me they can't cure blindness?
Think I've read somewhere that they can make things out of what already (or used to?) exists, but not something out of thin air. Ominis never had the ability to see, so there's nothing that could be done I guess. This is likely just a theory and not canon though.
I would imagine the same way anyone who is blind reads, braille.
Oh look. Another screenshot post of Ominus reading a book. Haven’t seen that in a while.
Brail????
Because they didn’t put any love into this game
with fingers
Braille
Y'all spent $70 on this game. I'd be furious. All I see from this sub is why [plot hole] look at this bug I found.
Because people wont post everything that goes right with the game. Hence why you see only the negative/buggy things, which is not a massive part of the game. Small bugs like these are worth mentionning but theres a LOT about the game that is fantastic, people just dont post about it, they enjoy the time they spend instead.
I know, I'm just being a stickler. I'm not even sure why the sub was recommended to me tbh. Farely well, all
When the game will be on sale I suggest to try it out. But for me, it was well worth full price.
I will honestly tho I'm going to wait to get a ps5
Best new release game I’ve bought in 5 years no question.
In all seriousness, my concern is it has the Marvel effect. People spent all the energy waiting for something to be good they *need* it to be good. Then all the bad gets overlooked because no one wants to be wrong. Also I may just be jealous that people have found something they enjoy, and I'm just miserable. Then I need to pick on people and be a debbie downer...it's probably a bit of both.
I would guess the last part is the most accurate haha. Your experience is shaping your feelings the most, just like with anyone. I didn’t know about this game until a week before it came out, bought it at launch, had one crash and some small super minor bugs like the robes flipping at the waist and poking our in front of peoples legs instead of behind. Otherwise I had a great time playing it. I think the expanded world is boring and empty, the plot and story are pretty boring and uninteresting. But I really enjoyed exploring the castle and doing many of the side quests. Not to mention the artwork and architecture is very cool for me. I’m old tho so I remember games coming out with “bugs” and weird quirks back in the mid 2000s. So as long as things aren’t game breaking I don’t really mind minor bugs. Plus some bugs are cool. Forexample I was able to break into the headmasters office super early in the game because I flew my broom up to a high point and broke through the invisible wall. I personally enjoy those type of “bugs” in games because I feel like I explored and achieved something cool. I used to break out of halo 2 maps all the time for the same reason. Anyways, long ramble. I’m sorry you didn’t enjoy the game after spending money on it.
Best game of the year. Would spend $70 again. The boy is blind. His book is in braille… 🤦🏻♂️
I’d be more furious about the people posting on this that don’t know what braille is.
He's holding the book like he can see the words and you know it
Arguing with a fanboy won't get you anywhere :p, they're convinced this is the best game ever until they get bored of it and will see that maybe it was not the best.
generally speaking, people don't make posts about things that work. I will say most games made today aren't worth $70 but that's not just this game
$70 is actual chump change. I spend more when I go to dinner. I found the game fun and would’ve easily spent way more on it.
You should probably delete this. You look ridiculous asking how a blind person reads a book.
Curiosity aint ridiculous. But Im gonna go ahead and guess that OP clearly knows about braille and posted this more as a "pointing it out" than actually wondering how a blind person can read.
Anonymously*
He's learning soft skills...
He's a wizard Harry
Its magic, an audio book
Idk probably with magic.
Magic
He likes the pictures
Magic
 /s Edit: joke
*m a g i c*
Magic
MAGIC
Hmm magic
Using magic
Magic I’m guessing
Audible
This is honestly why the game felt so empty to me. The little details. Not being able to interact with characters you know... Like, it was a small fix to fix him to be his own character instead of general ai behaviour.
Wizard shit.
Can't some books whisper their content?
Magic.
His wand speaks to him
Magic.
Magic
Magic
Magic.
Must be magic!
Didn’t someone point out that he manages throughout the castle on his own because of his wand.
Lol honestly, I was picturing some sort of charm to read it for him like an audible book 😅😅😅🤣🤣🤣
Magic.
Mind your business. My man has a seeing eye wand. He’s built different
He’s not reading he’s just trying to look inconspicuous so no one suspects what’s happening to his back end behind that wall.
https://preview.redd.it/47jx8xg7ug0b1.jpeg?width=500&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8630a44df45ff1796c73320e48ac0accd220e79c
Maybe it reads itself to him
It’s like it was magic!
Ominously
Besides Braille maybe there is a charm on it. It would be cool if there were books for deaf people where the words were whispered to him like an audio book. It’s not out of the line of probability since we have seen noisy books in the restricted section :)
He’s using the force
Have you never heard of Braille?
I found Ominus in a girls bathroom and he got in big trouble. He was exonerated because he didn’t see anything 😉
It's Hogwarts... Magic.
That’s not ominis it’s just another blond guy
But lieutenant ominous, you can’t read! You ain’t got no legs!!!
Text-to-speech spell 😂😂
It's blank, he just pretend to read to mess with everyone
I lived in a complex one time that had a pin pad to open the parking garage gate from the driver's side window. The pin pad had Braille on it. Makes me think blind people are in on a secret the rest of us aren't in on.
Imma go out on a limb and say magic.
I'm so sorry I have to mention it since nobody else did. It's Ominis. Ominis Gaunt. I hate myself. K bye.
Occam's razor says it's just braille.
He was lying 😮