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She nodded as each of the students started giving their own words on the differences between the three categories of spells. Most of them were quite similiar to one another, but Medea expected that.
But some of them... SPOILER!!: West Quote:
Originally Posted by Tegz  Wait.
Vot? What?
West blinked again, stiiiill doing jumping jacks, and tried to process what the professor meant. HE HAD LOTS OF QUESTIONS. She would so see him after the lesson. With a list. Numbered.
He put one hand down and kept jumping, leaving one up to serve as his hand for answering.
"Professor," Jumpjumpjumpjumpjump, "I don't think Jinxes and Hexes are dark, even if the intent is to do harm because otherwise," Jumpjumpjumpjump, "Couldn't you in theory say that Charms could be used darkly too? Like," Jumpjumpjumpjumpjump, "If you used a charm to hurt someone, like err... summoning a book so that it smacks someone in the face while it zooms to your hand, or that slippy one so that someone falls over and cracks their head on the ground," Jumpjumpjumpjumpjump, "Or!" He sounded almost inspired now, "A super strong sticking charm on like, a runaway bicycle thats about to go over a cliff so that they can't let go."
Jumpjumpjumpjump, "That's just what I think anyway. Corruptia Vlakh, author of Into The Dark: A practical approach to understanding and defending against dark arts and common magical attacks, says hexes are bad but not overly dangerous and have negative but short-lived effects," Jumpjumpjumpjumpjump, "And that Jinxes are worse than hexes because they tend to have more," Jumpjumpjump, "Long-lasting effects than hexes and more of them need a," Jump, "Counterjinx to make them stop." Jumpjumpjump, "And Curses are the ones that are DARK. They're the ones with BAD INTENT and Corruptia Vlakh says that the more damage and harm they do, the more negative intent is needed to," JUMP, "Cast them."
And that was what West knew about that.
JUMPJUMPJUMPJUMP. Medea was taken aback for a moment as the young Slytherin got up and started doing jumping jackets. Quite frankly, she hadn't expected anyone to do such a thing.
Good for him!
Too much energy this one had. Though his answer was no doubt one that Medea was looking for. An in-depth look at things, outside of the box. She nodded. "There is no doubt any spell can be used for harm, Mister Odessa. Though the reasons that make a spell dark, and not the vitch or vizard, is it's general focus on harming. While almost every spell can be used for such uses, the category of spells placed in the dark arts are undeniably harmful vith their intentions. If you take a look at that summoning charm you mentioned versus say, the trip jinx, you vould more than likely pin point just which of those goes into vot category."
His enthusiam made her smile. "Corruptia Vlakh," she repeated, pausing momentarily. "Has some very good points indeed. His reversal on the opinions of jinxes and hexes are ones to not disreguard, and one that I tend to agree vith more." She was just going by the curriculum given to her though. "Perhaps ve'll take a day later on and look over his writings. Thank you for bringing that up." SPOILER!!: Hazel "blue" Quote:
Originally Posted by Lollipop! MEH.
Stupid boat position. It kept making Blue roll backwards and bang her head on the floor. Which really hurt. After untangling herself, and rubbing the back of her head, Blue scrambled back onto her mat, trying desperately to pay attention - which was seriously hard considering she was focusing on the yoga position.
Relax her mind. Okay...kinda strange.
She just wanted to to wave her wand and be able to up to Dark Arts thing-y-ma-bobs and be like 'mwhaha, in yo' face, I have a spell that will BEAT YA AND YOU WILL LOSE!!!' not now different yoga poses but if ze teacher said so then...
Blue raised her hand and fell backwards, hitting her head again. "OWWW." Pouty face. "Well, I wouldn't think a jinx is really really dark, is it? Because it's just a way of causing someone discomfort for being mean - and just away for someone to laugh at another persons discomfort...I suppose it is kinda dark then..." Blue trailed off thoughtfully. Hmmmm. "But a hex would be more darker and dangerous - a hex is where the person intends to cause another person pain but not severe or fatal pain."
A curse...what was a curse again?
"Uhm...Is a curse a mean threat to say to someone? ...'Cause I can't remember."
Maybe it was all the falling on her head.
Speaking of which, she just hit the floor...again.
OWOWOWOW.[/COLOR] "You're close, Miss Gracae." she nodded encouragingly. "A curse isn't exactly a mean threat, as in verbally I assume is vot you're talking about, but it is a great threat to those who are the victims of these spells." SPOILER!!: Sierra Quote:
Originally Posted by Anna Banana Sierra didn't necessary glare at the professor, but she did think about glaring at her. That had to amount for somewhat of the same thing, right? "Well, I know," she said, raising her hand, "but I was wondering for my own personal reasons. Would it be beneficial to me as a Quidditch player." She didn't care about others. She just wanted to know if it'd help her.
...and now they were moving on to something else--a review of hexes, jinxes, and curses.
She'd already raised her hand a second ago, so no need to do that again. "A jinx is cast for amusement others but the discomfort of the victim. The Jelly-Legs Jinx, for example. A hex is a little stronger than a jinx and still causes minor pain and discomfort. A curse, though, now that's the strong stuff. Curses are used with the intention of severely harming someone, like the Cruciatus Curse," she explained. "Generally, yes, I believe quidditch does help vith such things." At least, that's what she'd seen from the games she'd attended last term. "In different vays though. Yoga is more about developing the calmness of the mind, and focusing on that while also strengthening the core of the body." Which in turn, helps one sit through those long meditating sessions.
And from what she's seen, quidditch was anything but calm. "Though, I assume you're asking whether or not you have to continue vith these poses?"
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"Alright, so most of you agree the pyramid of harm..." Hehe. "Goes as follows, from jinxes, to hexes, to curses." At least that's what their book stated wasn't it? She'll just skip the examples of these spells. It seemed they all understood it anyhow.
Letting her legs drop to the floor, Medea stood up and gestured for the rest of the class to do so. "If you aren't standing yet, up up. Let's go." She waited for them all to do so. "Ve're going to be doing a pose called The Triangle. Position your feet shoulder length apart and hold out your arms in a 't' shape." She demonstrated and waited for the class to follow along. "And then reach down to your left foot with your left hand while reaching to the cieling with your right. Anyone who's jogging or doing jumping jacks, continue if you so vish to."
Pause.
"Some of your spoke of intent of spells." she said, letting her legs drop to the floor. Alright, really, enough of that pose. "So, speaking of intent, vot makes someone a dark vitch or vizard? Is it just the intent they use while casting spells? Or are there other actions at play here?" The Triangle
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