Hark! Are those the first harbingers of Chapter Three I spy on the horizon?

[Hazard]

robkelk wrote:

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Doug took his helmet and motorcycle to Hogwarts, so... yes, the "electronics don't work around magic" trope is completely blown out of the water here.

(The idea that electronics don't work around magic assumes technology and magic are incompatible. Doug is, amongst other things, a technomage - he is a counter-example to that theory.)

To be fair, the idea that magic and technology don't exactly mix are both true and false around Doug and his motorcycle. His motorcycle because, well, Divine Artifact created by Skuld, and as such the answer to the question 'is it magic or technology' is 'yes.'
As for Doug, IIRC more complicated technology fares worse in his chaos field than simpler technology simply because it's more complicated and there are far more potential failure points for his chaos field to exploit and turn whatever is inside it into something not working, but everything outside that field is pretty much fine. Which makes me wonder, does he prefer voice input for electronics rather than a touchscreen or a remote? I mean, his chaos field has a limited range and as long as he can keep some distance between the input device and himself there is nearly no way the chaos field can interfere.