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Originally Posted by Ginevra  Fiona wasn't too confident in answering but she was willing to try so she raised her hand. "Spell accuracy is like a recipe. You need to have all the right techniques in order to successfully cast your spell. If that doesn't happen, it can lead to....possible injury to yourself or someone else."
Fiona felt pretty satisfied with her answer but what would her Charms teacher/Head of House think? Honestly, she wasn't fussed either way. When the first student raised their hand, Piers nodded at her and let her go. ”Very good analogy. Good job.” Like if someone didn’t put cheese in their lasagna it would be gross and disappointing. And maybe not getting a spell right could be more dangerous than that, but it was still a good analogy. Quote:
Originally Posted by SilverTiger The idea of shortening the Charms professor’s name hadn’t actually ever occurred to Carys, mostly just because she rather liked feeling like she was showing the professors respect. Especially since it seemed like the Beauxbatons staff wasn’t always doing the same. She’d heard rumors about what the Slytherins had to deal with and it kind of made dealing with the Bellefeuille students seem not so bad.
The discussion wasn’t really a surprise either, come to think of it. Accuracy gave her an idea what the targets on the ceiling might end up used for, anyway. “Making a mistake with casting could end up with someone getting hurt. If the aim is off, the spell won’t go where it’s supposed to, and a wrong wand movement might mean we end up casting a whole different spell than we meant to, or at least we might get a different result. Every part of a spell is important. Even pronouncing it wrong could be dangerous,” she said after a moment. Spells turned into explosions way too easily. Piers nodded when Carys starting giving her answer, indicating that she was spot on. ”You’re very right, good job.” It was a simple question, but at least they could answer it right. Quote:
Originally Posted by Samia The question the professor asked them was the most basic thing when it came to spell work. It felt like a stupid question - or maybe it was just her terrible headspace. Because being unnecessarily salty was not her thing. Glancing
What even, Missa.
Mentally scolding herself and resisting the urge to roll her eyes, she found herself nodding along the few students who answered it - and glancing toward the boyfriend because surely he wouldn't have missed the chance to roll his eyes. It was just SO OBVIOUS.
Could they move on to the interesting stuff? Please? Was she bored or was it just her face? He may never know. Quote:
Originally Posted by Felixir Kaiser was not in the least bit tempted to open his eyes, even as Fuller-Thomson returned the greeting and the other students started filtering into the classroom. Not until he heard Gunnar's voice, at which point his blinked his eyes open, a little confused about what his dorm-mate was talking about.
But only for a couple of seconds, until he noticed all the first years that happened to be nearby, and he gave a start of surprise. This - the whole being surrounded by eleven year olds thing - happened alarmingly often, which Kaiser supposed he should have expected as there were just so, so many this year.
"Shut up," he muttered to Gunnar, though in a good-natured sort of way, and smiled vaguely back at that one Ravenclaw kid.
Now that he was, uh, slightly more awake, Kaiser straightened up slightly, but still continued to lean against the wall. He kept his eyes open this time, though reluctantly. Lucky, too, because the whirlwind plant-licker that he had, by now, discovered went by the name of Phoebe, came crashing in. Literally. Like, into him, a little bit. He would have tried to help steady her so she didn't end up falling, but one of the other first years had that covered. Kaiser just kind of... blinked, and pretending like nothing had happened.
The start of the lesson was a good distraction. Kind of. It was just a shame it required paying attention and everything.
Uhh... right. Spell accuracy. That... was this a trick question? Kaiser was starting to feel like it was a trick question; apparently he didn't trust the idea of being presented with a question that he actually knew the answer to. Hmm.
All the same, he half raised his hand. "If you are not accurate with the wand movement or incantation, nothing may happen at all. It would be like trying a spell that does not exist." Piers prided himself in not paying attention to student drama, student conversations or student collisions - unless, of course, someone got injured. Kaiser looked like someone who could handle themselves. Piers nodded when he gave his answer. ”That’s very true. Sometimes the wrong wand movement may result in nothing at all - in fact, that is most common.” Not ALL misfired spells resulted in tragedy. Quote:
Originally Posted by love-for-HP Why would there not be any desks?? Where on earth was Blake suppose to put his stuff ... on the ground he guessed. Taking a deep breath and set his bag on the ground. That's when he noticed the targets.
His pulse quickened a bit ... what would they be doing with targets??? The anticipation was unnerving! He was ready for class to begin. Smiling at the Professor's and then contemplating his answer. "Well you could end up saying the wrong spell all together, and causing series harm if there is anyone around you.". Piers nodded at the next student’s response. ”That’s right. We don’t want to say a completely different spell altogether.” Quote:
Originally Posted by Lissy Longbottom This seemed like a pretty basic question, but alway important to touch back to the basics, yes? Nettie smiled at the professor and raised her hand, trying not to think about how she really wished they were sitting right now. Why was it that standing was always so hard when you had no option to sit?
"Well Professor, like Kaiser said, the most common thing that'll happen is that you won't have anything happen at all. But you don't know for sure what will happen - you could injury yourself, or others around you, in the worst case scenario. So it really stresses how important it is to make sure you know what you're doing, because one wrong wrist movement could be the difference between NOTHING happening, or something catastrophic happening," she explained.
Basically, a very long winded explanation of what everyone had already said. Ahem. Piers nodded at Nettie, grateful for her positive attitude. Not as grateful for her long winded answer, but at least she was right. ”Veeeery good,” he said with a long nod. ”Thank you, Nettie.” Quote:
Originally Posted by pundantic Alessandro felt his hand jerk, itching to be raised. Yes, accuracy was important to spell casting, but the Toussaint would argue that intention was even more important. Magic was not as simple as waving your wand and saying the right words, otherwise all witches and wizards would be talented spell casters. And that could not have been farther from the truth.
He had seem some truly disastrous spell casting the last five years at Hogwarts, often performed by excitable Gryffindors. But he didn't raise his hand and say any of that. His gloved fist remained hanging at his side as his classmates answered the posed question.
As the lesson progressed, the sixth year quietly drummed up lots of ways things could go wrong with spell casting. He tried not to ruffle any feathers. He had done enough of that already this term. The Toussaint looked like he had something to say. Piers even waited a moment to see if he would raise his hand... but ultimately moved on. Toussaints were moody. Quote:
Originally Posted by TakemetotheBurrow Cecelia tilted her head, considering what Tavie said for a moment. "Bet it won't be TOO dangerous. Doubt the professor wants to have all our parents calling all angry 'cause we did something that could hurt us super bad," She said reassuringly, offering her friend a smile. Speaking of danger, though...the blonde giggled as Phoebe crashed into them, holding out her own arms to steady her, being the helpful girl that she was. "That. was. awesome." She really liked Phoebe's style, purposeful or not.
The question was a good one and Cecelia was new to spells, so she KNEW that it took a LOT of concentration and stuff to make sure she made something happen. She ALSO started relating the question to defense against the dark arts, 'cause they'd kinda talked about something similar. "Professor, if you're in a situation where you're trying to protect yourself, you really need a spell to work the first time around. Having to try again and again could mean the difference between protecting yourself from something bad and getting caught or hurt by it." Which, was sort of similar to what others had said, but it was STILL true. When the next student responded, he listened carefully. ”This is true. Spell accuracy is very important when you’re dueling.” And he was saying dueling instead of self defense so he wouldn’t scare the first years. Quote:
Originally Posted by FearlessLeader19 Launching right into a discussion, were they? Claudine supposed that it was a good idea because once the lesson’s activity started, everyone would be too worked up to pay attention to a discussion. Her gaze kept flicking from the students, to her Head of House to the targets up above. Based on the question asked, they would definitely be practising on said targets. But what about her answer? Claudine had basically the same thoughts as those that answered. Did she think it was worth repeating? No. It was for this reason that the first year kept quiet for now. Also, she wanted to sit. Merlin. Did Fuller- Thompson like making the students uncomfortable? Piers moved his eyes over another student who looked like they had something to say. Some were silent, and that was okay. Quote:
Originally Posted by feeheeheeny Even a month into the term, Teddy was still instinctively sticking to his life-long friend group like glue - Cece, Tavie, and his twin Fi, of course, had been greeted with the usual exuberant chatter. It was comfortable with them, it was safe, and they could help each other. They'd studied and problem-solved together all their lives, so it just worked. Thus, it was no surprise today that the blond-haired boy had joined his girls when he entered, but familiar faces like Eiji were the recipients of a smile and a wave from him.
As the class discussion began, Teddy settled sliiightly tucked behind his friends so that they were sort of between him and the professor as best has he could angle it. His experience thus far with answering questions during classes did not make him keen on verbally participating, but he didn't like giving the professors the opportunity to give him a look of disappointment for not speaking up either. So, when he could have control of it, he tried to sort of hide as best as he could, and that's precisely what he was doing now: avoiding eye contact with the professor, but attentively listening to the others' answers and smiling reassuringly when his friends spoke up. It didn't even matter what kind of answers the girls and Flynn gave, Teddy would always be supportive and give them nudges of fond encouragement when needed.
His instinctive answer was, naturally, that someone could die if something went wrong. But. He was going to keep that obvious one to himself. This kid also looked like he had something to say. Piers waited... but he was very actively avoiding eye contact. Oh well. Quote:
Originally Posted by hermionesclone Why was accuracy so important? What happens if we get the spell wrong? That...... that was pretty simple, wasn’t it? In fact, it was something that was drilled into them from the very first day. He couldn’t even remember a time when he didn’t think the accuracy was important with spells.
A lot of - mostly terrible - things could happen if you got the spell wrong. A lot of things that people had already mentioned: injuries, nothing happening at all, even getting hurt while you tried to get the spell right. Which sounded like something Trent would remind them about.
And some of these things? Yeaaaaaaah, he didn’t really want to think about them at all.
So, Lucas stayed quiet. He was only mildly uncomfortable but distracting himself was easy in this classroom. Hello, targets, he was looking up at you, again. Another silent student. Piers didn’t mind though. It was time to move on anyway.
Once Piers was satisfied with the answers he was given, Piers moved the discussion on. The students had good answers, and he wanted to recap what they said. ”Alright, so let’s recap. Kaiser brought up a good point - sometimes the wrong wand movement or missing a syllable will simply do nothing at all. Sometimes the spell just won’t work at all. But of course, sometimes aiming loosely or not focusing - not having the right intent can really mess you up.” And he was going to leave it that vague.
”Today we’re going to learn about the ascension charm, or the spell known as Alarte Acendare.” Piers waved his wand a the board and the spell appeared. ”Go ahead and tell me what this spell does and how it might be useful. Think of ways you could use it in your daily life or even on special occasions.” It was time to think inside and outside of the box. OOC: Thanks for your responses! Class will move on again in about 24-29 hours. |