SPOILER!!: Romanos
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Roselyn 
Just because he's a Ravenclaw? Medea glanced towards Vickers, an amused glint in her eyes. "There's also the chance that he may not be, Miss Cambridge." she said, turning her focus back onto the Gryffindor first year. Hmmmm? Best think about that too. "That is a good question." she nodded. "And that would depend on the person, Miss Campbell. Just as not every believes a hex is worse than a jinx, your opinions may vary on the level of severity this particular spell has." Though their textbook stated it was a jinx, so that's what she was teaching it as.
Looking out across the class, Medea nodded, taking out her wand from it's holster. "We're going to be starting with the Jelly Legs Jinx spell first. Yes, it's incantation is Locomotor Wibbly, and the wand movement is indeed a squiggly upside down 'U' shape." Holding up her wand, she slowly demonstrated the movement for the class. "You want to keep the lines as short and tight as possible. Nothing too over the top here."
"What you will feel with this spell, is as if your legs have been weakened. Perhaps the best example I can give is as if you've ran as far as your legs could take you, but you just can run anymore or stand even. It doesn't hurt, but I will say it is a little uncomfortable. If you collapse, that's fine. Don't worry. It doesn't mean you're suddenly paralyzed for the rest of your life." She momentarily eyed a certain Gryffindor first year for a moment. Mmhmm, keeping low on the dramatics in the lesson would be nice.
"Practice the wand movement and incantation separately, find a partner, and you can begin practicing on each other. Any questions, please don't hesitate to ask me. Better to be safe than sorry." And as if the spell wasn't enough for them to concentrate on today, with a flick of her wand, some rather catchy music started to play. "To end this spell, a simple 'Finite' will do."
Vickers had a small grin on his face on the affirmation that he answered correctly, but then angled his head to the side when the Defense Professor said he may not be. Maybe not be what?... a Ravenclaw? Pssh, he is so a Ravenclaw... his eyes says it all right? Right.
So it was time for them to practice the spell. Again he mouthed off the incantation silently a few times, then just practiced the wand stroke-- a little tricky, what with getting the number of loops right, then one after the other saying the spell then doing the wand stroke.
Now has come the part where he needed to try it on a partner. This part he had always begrudged because he wasnt one to actually practice it on a live person, specially on the first time out. He looked around and saw that Louisa already practicing with someone else so his gaze trailed across the room, resting at the dueling dummies for a moment. Couldnt he practice on those instead? At least if he screws up its just on a dummy...
But then the Professor moved onto the next spell. He went ahead and practiced that (as he hasnt secured a partner) and mouthed off the words a few times. Saying
Tarantallegra was actually pretty easy, it was the wand work that was even more difficult than the Jelly-legs jinx. He practiced the wand work several times, trying to be very exacting with the loops and the flicks and the lines....