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Professor Stewart is already present in the classroom when you arrive. She is waiting eagerly by the classroom’s door to greet each of her students as usual. She hopes that you’re wide awake this bright, sunny morning and are ready for the exciting lesson. After entering the room, you are to take your seat on one of the comfortable chairs with the desks attached to it. The desks are divided into two groups, one group on the left and one on the right so that there is a path in the middle of the room. This path will direct your attention to the laptop sitting on a small table at the back with a projector hooked up to it. Please do not trouble it, even though some of you may be curious. All will be revealed soon enough.
Take a moment to relax, get your writing apparatus ready and maybe even try to figure out what today’s lesson is all about though there are no clues about this. Class will begin shortly.
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Olly hadn't heard of any of the other characters before so it was interesting to hear others talk about them. Cartoons were interesting, he actually liked learning about that. Who wouldn't? Were they going to watch them? That sounded like a great activity to him, but it didn't look like the professor had that in mind. She was moving on and asking them more questions. At least they weren't hard ones. He raised his hand to answer.
"Professor, one of my dads is muggle born so he likes to show us what kinds of things he watched when he was little. I like cartoons with animals in them. My favorite is The Jungle Book." They didn't watch a lot of cartoons because the triplets were always busy doing one thing or another. But of course they watched TV sometimes, though it was usually current shows instead of those old ones.
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Text Cut: before class & Question 1
Didn’t it seem as though Fiyero looked tired? Kay couldn’t blame him. She reasoned he had trekked all the way from the Gryffindor Tower. “Hello, Mr Jones! Please take a seat to catch your breath.’’ A well rested student concentrated better in classes. “Please remember to use your pen or pencil.’’
“Welcome to yet another Muggle Studies lesson! You must be wondering what today’s lesson will be all about. Well, I was thinking about going a bit back to our younger years. Maybe we wouldn’t even have to go back any years at all for some of you.’’ Her blue eyes twinkled in the general direction of the class. “Now, some of you may think that you are too old for what we’re about to talk about today but I must say I would disagree.’’
Kay gracefully walked towards the back of the room, waving her wand to temporarily close the windows so that the classroom was plunged into enough darkness so that the projector could be used. “For those of you who are not familiar with these apparatus, this here is a laptop computer and this is a projector.’’ She pointed at them both individually. “The projector does as the name says- projects images onto a surface. The images are stored on the laptop.’’ Kay powered on the two. “Now, I have five images here. I want each of you to name one and tell me what the five have in common.’’
A slide show began, putting pictures on the whiteboard at the front of the room. She allowed about ten seconds between each image so that the students could get a good look.
Image 1 Image 2 Image 3 Image 4 Image 5
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Right... Pencil for Muggle Studies, quill for everything else, Fiyero thought, replacing his quill with the correct writing utensil. It looked like he'd be able to keep them straight by now!
He stared at the board as the slides appeared. He recognized all of the characters except the green-haired guy with - was that a wand he was holding? His classmates had already done a pretty good job pointing out that they were all cartoon characters. It didn't seem necessary to repeat it, but he didn't want Professor Stewart to think he wasn't paying attention. "They're all cartoon characters, Professor," he said after being called on. "The little yellow thing is Pikachu from an old cartoon called Pokemon. I think that one started in Japan..."
Text Cut: Question 2
"Well done, all of you. I am rather pleased to see that despite these animated shows being outdated, many of you are still aware of them.'' Again, this backed up her point about the shows being recommended by older folks. "The main focus for the lesson is hand drawn animation. But before I touch more on the subject of hand drawn versus technology aided animated shows, I would like each of you to tell me this: why did you or do you watch animated shows? Which is your favourite? Even if you never watched any, tell me why you never did.'' The reason she had stated earlier that she may be taking them back a few years was because Kay knew that some persons tended to watch animated shows up to a certain age. As they got older, their interests changed and they moved onto other hobbies. But others like herself, still would watch them. Hence they did not need taking back to their childhood.
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They were learning about animation today? Cool! this was going to be a fun lesson...
Cartoons had always been a big part of Fiyero's life. It was one of the few things his parents had in common. His mother, despite being a pureblood withc, enjoyed watching them (her favorites were the old Hanna-Barbera cartoons), but the real cartoon fan in the Jones family was his dad. He decorated his office with toys of old cartoon characters, and he even said he would've gone into animation if only he weren't so bad at drawing!
He thought for a minute before raising his hand. "My parents are both huge cartoon nuts, so they were sort of a permanent fixture in our house," he said. But which one was his favorite? So many choices... "I like almost all cartoons, but my favorite's Pokemon. It's action-packed, and my dad always takes a break from work to watch it with me..." His voice trailed off as he realized he was talking too much. Did his classmates really need to know about his relationship with his father?
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"Well done, all of you. I am rather pleased to see that despite these animated shows being outdated, many of you are still aware of them.'' Again, this backed up her point about the shows being recommended by older folks. "The main focus for the lesson is hand drawn animation. But before I touch more on the subject of hand drawn versus technology aided animated shows, I would like each of you to tell me this: why did you or do you watch animated shows? Which is your favourite? Even if you never watched any, tell me why you never did.'' The reason she had stated earlier that she may be taking them back a few years was because Kay knew that some persons tended to watch animated shows up to a certain age. As they got older, their interests changed and they moved onto other hobbies. But others like herself, still would watch them. Hence they did not need taking back to their childhood.
Clara wasn't really much of a television watcher as a child, but there were a few programs that she could recall seeing quite frequently. Hand raised and back straight, she began to talk once the other classmates had had their turn, "Well, growing up with a muggle parent and a wizard parent has its advantages. One of them being that I got exposed to entertainment in both worlds. I guess the cartoon-watching was definitely more dominant during my grandparents' time, but my parents took some of that with them, of course. I am drawn to animated shows because of the artistry, the storyline, the acting itself. I think that's the same reason I'm drawn to any other show, really. Every sort of entertainment is valid and important to someone out there, and that's all that really matters in the end. A few years ago, I stopped watching these animated shows because I started reading books more, but from time to time, during summer breaks especially, my parents will have a little marathon where we watch our very favorites. It's hard to pick a single program that stuck out to me, but I think that my absolute all-time number one animated movie would be Mulan. That era of Disney was excellent, in my opinion."
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Brian was so done.
So so so so so very done.
He'd literally just said that every single thing about those characters was defunct and that nobody did animation that wasn't in at least three dimensions at ALL any more. Nobody. At all. It was not a thing. This was ancient history. Seriously. There was nothing to enjoy about it at all. It looked unrealistic and weird. Nothing like modern art.
So, since he was being ignored, maybe he'd just sit here. He might be taking a nap. He might not be. But he was most certainly not paying any attention to the lesson at all any longer. Nope. If his answers were going to be ignored, he would not answer. Especially when the answers she preferred were outdated by at least eighty years.
Katherine got her notepad and textbook ready to note down things that weren't written on the book. As the professor organised the answers and summarised them, she quickly compared the book and the blackboard. Everything seemed to be in the book... besides, she knew these stuff, but just in case they would be asked at the exam, she drew a star by the six facts the Professor had stressed.
She was a very careful student, y'see.
When a girl called Darcy got points for her answer, she jealously looked in that direction. WHY did SHE never get - oooooooOOOOoOoh, she GOT T W O POINTS AS WELL!!!! She beamed and looked around to see if anyone looked jealously AT HER, and secretly wondered whether she would have got more points had she mentioned the 25, 30 or 60 frames. Well, next time she was saying everything she knew.
Listening to questions, she tried to gauge the Professor's reaction. She had rarely watched cartoons, but was that THE answer the Professor was looking? Should she mention they enrich the imagination, or that they were childish? She... was going to answer honestly this time, because she didn't want to risk a "What was your favourite show, then?" Not when she had earned two whole points.
She raised her hand in the end, and said "I didn't watch many cartoons, because I liked colourful, educating books more as well," she said, referring to Skylar Diggory, Ravenclaw first year's answer, "though if I have to pick one, I like technology aided better. They look more real and help the imagination more."
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Carl had not been expecting anything exciting to happen in this Muggle Studies class but then cartoons? Well, that was a very fun topic! He sat up straighter in his seat and let his imagination wander to when he spent all day watching animated shows. That was like, last summer, so yes, he still watched cartoon.
"A lot of things that happen in the shows are not real, so it's fun to imagine what it would be like if they were. My favorite is Superhero cartoons!" The Hufflepuff replied with his hand in the air. He grinned at Mel and Tenacius - they were naming all the shows he liked!
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So they were going to debate hand drawn vs. technology aided animation. Cool. Janelle supposed there were plusses and minuses to both. She, however, was partial to the old timey cartoons. That may have been more for sentimental reasons than anything else, but she loved what she loved.
When the professor asked the next question, Janelle's hand shot into the air. This might have been the easiest question ever asked at Hogwarts. I watched cartoons growing up and I still love them. When I was little, my bother and sister and I would binge watch cartoons with my dad. We'd sit in our pajamas and watch one show after the other." Just thinking about it took Janelle back to a warm and fuzzy time in her life. "I always liked the old ones best. My favorite cartoon of all time is Bugs Bunny." Janelle found the wascally wabitt to be hilarious, even more so now that she was older and got the inside jokes.
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Did little miss Ravenclaw just best his answer? Yes she did, and it caused Cornelius' corner of his mouth to lifted a little. Impressive.
Switching his attention back on the lovely Professor Stewart he made a few notes of the important key points. Then he focused on the next question. Why did he watch animated shows? Well. He didn't watch many. He was well versed in muggle things because of his dad and goddad, other than that his mumma raised him as a proper, educated, cultured pure-blood child like many old families did. He did watch some cartoons at his goddad's (which is where he learned lots of ancient muggle things) so he raised his hand.
"I was only allowed fifteen minutes of cartoons a day and I used them up to watch superhero stuff because it was entertaining." Kids did that naturally; were easily entertained. But now that he was close to being a teenager his interest were changing...
And Miss Ravenclaw pipped up with something. His lips twitched again. "That and I preferred to play outside. With insects." He smirked a wiggled his eyebrows at Katherine. Bzzzzzzz ZAP.
And hello to the worst class in Hogwarts....muggling. This and divination had to be her worst classes by far. This one, she always stuck to her boyfriend and managed to survive. Unfortunately whenever they had a female professor and he smiled at them, she felt the urge to knock him out of his seat. Professor complimenting him, did nothing to help this urge. Her silent disapproval made her look at Zeke and smile, no matter how mature she got or how much she loved Henric, Ilia still had a snake streak.
And she was just lost at what her classmates were on about. What was a peeky chew? A bug bunny? A Scooby doo-doo?......Muggles really were strange people, that her classmates knew all of this was even stranger.
Why or why not....."I have never seen any of these animations. Muggle things were forbidden from our household when I was a child, I've only recently learned what a tell o vision is." Her family was wizard old school, none of these cart unes made any sort of sense to the teen.
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SPOILER!!: Hades! <3
QUOTE=SpiritWolfe Malfoy;11946159]Hadleigh's gaze immediately dropped onto the top of her desk. It was very interesting. Mhmm. She was fine. Perfectly in fact. Never better. "Yes Professor," she replied with a small nod. No need to draw any attention onto her please. Just let the lesson continue before anyone else noticed her. The mention of Pikachu being her favorite though did somewhat pique her attention for everyone seemed to like that little guy. She herself happened to adore Eevee the small fox like pokemon.
The pictures should've been enough to tell them what the lesson was about today. Hand drawn technology versus animated ones. Would they be getting to make their own cartoons? Now that would be interesting and not a total waste of having forced herself from bed and to the days lesson. Why did she watch the cartoons? Erm to waste time? Because she was a kid, all her friends watched them, because it was entertaining? All of those reasons?
"They were a fantasy, an escape from everyday life," she replied with a hand lifted halfway into the air. No need to dig deeper into the meaning behind that. An answer was an answer.[/QUOTE]
Kay nodded. She would leave Hady for now but keep an eye on her. “Excellent! Indeed these shows provided a form of relaxation and fantasy so that we focused on what was going on in the animated world instead.’’
SPOILER!!: Az! <3
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Despite the Professors reassurance, Azura was still rather flustered. She didn't know why she hadn't paid attention.. She was feeling awful about it. She managed to smile at Katherine before she saw a pencil appear on her desk.. Almost instantly she calmed down and she looked over at Jace with a grateful smile. "Arigatou Jace-kun" She said softly as she bit her lip and looked at her best friend for a moment before turning back to the lesson.
She listened intently to Professor as she spoke and then thought for a moment about why she watched cartoons.
She raised her hand before speaking. "I watched them with my older cousin Wes, it was sort of a way to bond to him and find some common interests with him. I watch them by myself now though, because they bring back memories of those fun days spent with my cousin. " So to sum up. "Bonding and Nostalgia. "
Speaking of.. She turned her head slightly and she saw Wes but his lip and slide down in her seat a little.. He looked embarrassed.. But she caught his wink at her and she smiled.
“Very good reasons, Ms Kennedy! I trust that the shows really did help you to bond with your cousin.’’
SPOILER!!: Echo! <3!
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Cartoon shows. Echo has heard of them before but never really watched any. "well Professor, my family is rather large and all in the magical community, we never had much muggle things in the house and most of the times we were at family gatherings our some other event"
that was one good thing about having a large family, is that they always kept her busy and not to mention the new dresses and clothes that she got to buy for each party! her closet at home was bursting, ready to pop at a moments notice.
“That’s quite understandable, Ms Duchannes! Family time and socialising is rather important. Perhaps you can try blending family time with an animated show sometime,’’ Kay suggested, her eyes twinkling yet again.
SPOILER!!: Hattie! <3
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Originally Posted by RachieRu
Ooh. She'd watched lots of animated things. Her mother liked putting old videos on the tv. Whilst she came from a magical family her mother had wanted her children to grow up with a knowledge of muggle things too. So that meant that she had watched some animated shows too. "I watched lots when I was little" The first year beamed as she raised her hand in the air. Now she just had to think of a really good one to say.
"My favorite was the Power Puff girls" Because she was a girl and she liked girly things. The power puff girls had awesome girls with super powers in too, not like magical ones, so it was a great show. "And I liked it because it was totally different to my life, so kind of like an escape? And it was about super heroes. So it's really cool"
Ah, yes. The Powerpuff girls. “Blossom, Bubbles and…’’ Oh dear gosh! What was the other one called again? “Buttercup!’’ Kay bobbed her head. “That was indeed a great show, Ms Paton."
SPOILER!!: Tenny! <3
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Why does he watch cartoons? Funny enough, he never questioned the why "Well it was always on…" he replied honestly, with a casual shrug of his shoulders. "Dad and Mom gave me my own wireless and television box in my room and theres always something playing." To him that’s normalcy, something to be expected in a child's room, just as toys and certain books would be, material that helps with the development of a precocious mind.
"Oh my favorite?? There's lots…." like no joke it's probably most of what was aired in the last hundred years. "Uhm uhm I always love watching Superhero cartoons like Justice League, Xmen, Teen Titans… he started, and oh boy has he just gotten started "Then theres my favorite robot cartoons like Transformers and Voltron!-- both the ones with the lions and the vehicles!... And the Centurions! And and GI Joe! And Thundercats! And Ghostbusters! And Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles! And Jonny Quest! And Dexter's Lab! And Jimmy Neutron! And Avatar the Last Airbender! Plus Korra! And and…" oh goodness there's more... But he has to get this last one in because-- "… and there's this short lived one that I really love called Visionaries Knights of the Magical Light-- and they're warrior Knights but they can transform into creatures with the help of this giant wand they call a staff!! he was pretty convinced that cartoon was made by a Wizard.
“Very true, Mr Salander. They were on every day of the week and at all hours.’’ Oh dear gosh! Tenacius sure did watch a lot of animated shows! Kay grinned. “I see you’re fond of the ones filled with action but I am not familiar Visionaries Knights of the Magical Light.’’
SPOILER!!: Mel!<3
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Melbourne watched as the Professor went on with the lesson before glancing back over at Tenacius. Obviously she could handle the whole daring him thing….she had just silently done it after all. So there she was, sitting in class raising her eyebrow at him and egging him on.
So…..her answer had been right then? That was nice to know, the only unnerving thing was hearing Professor Stewart as for her favorite cartoon…well…animated show. Raising her hand she took a quick breath in “Alright, so a lot of the animated shows I watch I’ve watched with Tenacius.” She admitted with a little grin. “I watch both of the Avatar shows, I’ve seen Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Dexter’s Lab” she felt her cheeks flush a bit as she continued…”now…there are a few that I’ve watched on my own or with other friends? Like My Little Pony: Friendship is magic, the magic school bus, futurama, Bob’s Burgers…Doug and um I recently got introduced to the show Daria?” She admitted with a little shrug of the shoulder.
Wait had she answered her favorite? Eh…she’d get back to that later.
Kay looked from Tenacius to Mel. From what she gathered, it seemed as though they had grown up together. And she had definitely not missed those cheeks colouring. “All wonderful shows, Ms Melbourne! I see you have a liking for the action ones as well as the ones with the softer side.’’
SPOILER!!: Skylar! <3
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Yes Skylar had recognized ALL of the cartoon characters, but that didn't mean she'd watched any of the animations herself. She had attended muggle primary school, as her siblings did. So needless to say, Sky was shocked that so many - Hattie included - had seen some of the animated shows. Did her peers have nothing better to do? Like you know, learn to ride a broomstick or engage in caring for magical creatures? Or were they all muggleborns or something? She was certain not.
Raising her hand, she said calmly, "I didn't watch animated shows because I found them to be mostly filled with stupid comedy. Not to mention, I was more interested in other activities, like learning to read or learning on care of creatures or learning to ride a broomstick." Was that a serious question as to why she never did? Honestly. She was a witch and her parents and siblings knew it since she was like three!
Kay was disappointed to hear that Skylar found animated shows not worth her time. “I see, Ms Diggory. I am sure your all of those endeavors paid off.’’ She smiled, finding nothing wrong with the Snakette’s answer. Everyone was entitled to their opinion.
SPOILER!!: Juno! <3
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Juno smirked. She was happy that she could make a valid point to those comments. Raising her hand again, "I'm Juno, Professor. It's OK, we get mistaken for each other a lot." She smiled before giving her answer to the new question, "I watched cartoons because they were funny and could be really interesting at times. My favorite was Powerpuff Girls, specifically Buttercup. I identified with her character in a lot of different ways. She was always the toughest of the three and liked to fight." Was that too telling of her personality? She was very protective...and did enjoy fighting. She was very well trained by her father. She may look small, but she was scrappy.
Ah, yes! This one was Juno. Kay had forgotten which twin was sitting where which would have made it easier to tell the two apart but now Juno clarified it. The woman grinned. “I am thinking you identified with her because your personalities are similar.’’ This wasn’t unusual and it had even happened with Kay before.
SPOILER!!: Hads! <3
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"Iwatched because they were fun, and goofy and entertaining. And I still watch because my best friend is obsessed with disney animated movies and princesses." Hadley flashed Rachel a look as she said that. Though honestly with the seven year old still sort of around, she kinda doubted that was the only reason she'll still watch them. She could feel the desire to curl up and watch them without or without Rachel lurking somewhere in the back of her mind.
"My favorite would be The Lion King, mainly because it focused on lions. But it's still a great movie beyond that." Though, in all honestly, The Lion King didn't top movies that used real lions, like Born Free. "And the sequels and shows based off it. Even though neither were as good."
The Muggle Studies woman laughed. “So you were influenced by your best friend?’’ Her eyes twinkled at the two girls. “Ah, the Lion King is one of my favourites, too. I’m always particularly sad at the scene where Mufasa dies.’’ And she had learnt something here about Haddie- the girl was in love with cats.
SPOILER!!: Kitty! <3
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"My whole family loves the Muggle world, so we are familiar with their movies and books and stuff. We have a huge collection." Not to mention that until she started attending Hogwarts, all her makeup was also Muggle made."Sometimes when I was little my parents would leave me alone in the mansion to go work, and I would pick one of their old movies to watch. Other times I would just turn on the television and flip through the channels curiously."
Oh, it looked like Kitty would have a chance to mention her favorite cartoon after all."My favorite is Coraline," she said when it was her turn. "It is about a girl who moves into a shared house and finds a tunnel leading into another world. The other world is a fake copy of the real world, and all the people in it are twisted versions of the people Coraline knew in real life. The biggest difference is that they all have buttons for eyes. It's creepy in a good way and ends happily - and I found Coraline very relatable. I love movies like that." Like Coraline's parents, her parents were often extremely busy too - and Kitty liked Coraline's blue hair. She also liked the cat and Wybie, but she didn't think she had the time to talk about everything in Coraline.
Her hand didn't go down. "Another one I love a lot is Zootopia. It's about a bunny who goes to the city to be a cop. In the world of Zootopia animals don't eat each other, so there are prey and predator animals living side by side. She partners with a fox to solve a crime. I'm not going to say anything else in case anyone didn't watch it and is planning to."
If there was one thing Kaysha had learnt about Kitty, it was how much she loved and adored muggles. Kay could see why too- she had been influenced by her family. She offered the girl a wide smile. “Those both sound wonderful, Kitty, but I must say I have never seen either of them. I shall try to, however.’’
SPOILER!!: Roo! <3
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Hand drawn blah-di-blah. His good mood had gone out of the window for some reason and he was considering excusing himself from this lesson because it wasn't like he NEEDED it. Honestly, everything they were taught in this class...everyone already seemed to know. Wasn't this supposed to educate them on the Muggle world and not just see who knew what and who just wanted an easy pass grade? -- That was it! This was just an easy pass grade to people. Roo looked around the classroom, taking in the faces of the older students that he knew had exams this year and thought very poorly of them.
Hand up in the air, Rooney managed a smile for the Professor. "My Mum craved cartoons when she was pregnant. That's what she said." Tom and Jerry specifically. To the point that his younger siblings had almost been named after the characters. That would have been awful.
At this response, the woman froze for a second or two, blinking. She had been caught off guard with this response but her brain quickly zoned in on a possibility as to why Rooney’s mother would want that. “Perhaps she wanted to be able to get closer to children related things since she was pregnant and animated shows were a way for her to do this.’’
SPOILER!!: Dot! <3
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Dot hadn't watched many cartoons in her childhood, since her parents didn't always understand how the TV worked, but she'd seen plenty of movies. Cartoon movies, in particular, had been some of her favorites - the ones with princesses and singing and beautiful dresses and mermaid hair styles. The first dresses she'd ever designed and been crayon drawings for those princesses.
"I like some of those old Disney movies, Professor. Like Cinderella and Beauty and the Beast. They really captured my imagination and took me to places I couldn't go no my own. Plus the songs are infectious and get stuck in your head."
The girls, some of them at least, seemed to have liking for the Princesses still. Kay could understand as the Disney princesses were still somewhat popular these days. “All excellent reasons to watch them,’’ she replied enthusiastically as she bobbed her head. Scribble, scribble on the board, updating the list.
SPOILER!!: Jaemin! <3
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Why was the professor looking at him like that? Jaemin blinked at the woman for a moment, caught on her expression, before his melted into something of a mirror and he was looking at her in concern. He was CONCERNED. He wasn't sure why, but he WAS.
The small boy let his attention wander as each student offered their own answer to the professor's questions, but... he couldn't help but wonder about something. It was so obvious and jarring, and of course he couldn't just let it pass. He had to address the Erumpent in the room.
"Why is everyone naming such old stuff," he asked to no one in particular, turning to look back at the students behind him. "Doesn't anyone watch stuff like Smash Melonball... or Universal Knowledge...?"
They were his favourites. When he was still in Muggle school, he and his friends had bonded quite a bit over those shows... he'd never heard of pretty much any of those that were being brought up by everyone else, and while he knew that he couldn't know every show that aired... he had to know some. He looked at the professor, nose wrinkling.
"I like watching cartoons cause they're funny... do wizards only watch really old ones though?" Had he missed a memo or something? This was why he was still a little mad about his parents keeping him out of the wizard stuff for the most part until he'd gotten his letter. "Flipswitch is pretty old..."
Old enough that his dad had watched it around Jaemin's age, or so he assumed. Twenty years old, or something? That was old. Even most of his Muggle friends hadn't watched that one because it wasn't current...
“I’m sorry, Mr Song,but I’m not familiar with either of those but thank you for bringing them up. I’ll be sure to look into them.’’ She gave him a reassuring smile. “Oh, no. I’m sure they watch the more recent ones as well but these old ones were hand drawn animation rather than computer generated so that’s why we’re focusing on them.''
SPOILER!!: Esme! <3
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It was rather funny that Professor Stewart couldn't tell them apart, but Esme knew that was only because she hadn't known them for very long. Anyone who was familiar with had no difficulty because for one thing they had different tastes in style. Of course that didn't stop them from sharing clothes.
The topic of cartoons was fascinating to her and a big part of that had to do with remembering watching the shows with her family when she was younger. She still watched cartoons to this day. She raised her hand to answer the next question. "Well, I like cartoons because they are a good way to escape from reality. They also give me a feeling of nostalgia. As Juno already mentioned, our dad got us into cartoons at a young age and we used to watch them together. We still do at times." When they were all together, obviously.
Esme! This twin was Esme, the woman was one hundred percent sure. “Your dad did something wonderful there, I’m sure you have realised. Watching cartoons is something you and your sister can do together for the rest of your lives. It’s your thing.’’ Did Esme understand what she was saying? The twins could maintain a healthy bond by reliving their childhood.
SPOILER!!: Blaise! <3
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Blaise glanced over at the Hufflepuff (Juno) who'd mentioned the...internet and the online when it came to archaic works of fiction. Even more, he wondered why she'd think he knew what any of those were. Should he have? He gave her a strange look, one that went nowhere at the Professors next words.
She also spoke of the online and the internet. Of course, add that to his classmates naming more names he didn't know about and talks about using TVs and funny cartoons and you had a Gryffindor sinking further into his seat.
He couldn't say why he watched cartoons, because he didn't, nor could he say what he liked about them. What he could contribute was why he never watched them. "We don't see the need to have a ton of muggle stuff in the house or to live like them. It doesn't enrich our lives and Dad says it will rot a perfectly good mind that could be learning something beneficial about the wizarding world." A world he wasn't sure he wanted to be a part of anymore but listening to his classmates, he wasn't so sure he cared for the muggle one either. Not after how that Skylar girl explained it.
Realizing he wouldn't be learning anything he would need, the boy snapped his fingers at the floating quill and muttered a quick, "That's enough." sending it to rest with the notepad on his desk. No need to waste the ink.
His ears caught the words of that snake (Jaemin), who was asking the SAME question he'd been trying to figure out. "They're all time travellers, mate." Said with a tone that was anything but serious. It was the only explanation outside of backward people who'd rather pretend they lived in the past as opposed to moving to the future--but that was none of his business. He clearly didn't know anything on this topic.
Yet again Kay was disappointed by a response just as she had been by Skylar’s. “I’m sorry to hear your father feels that way, Mr Bellaire. But what do you believe? You, with your own thoughts? Don’t you believe that we can learn from muggles even though we don’t have to live our lives like they do?’’ She left it at that for the young boy to ponder upon.
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Olly hadn't heard of any of the other characters before so it was interesting to hear others talk about them. Cartoons were interesting, he actually liked learning about that. Who wouldn't? Were they going to watch them? That sounded like a great activity to him, but it didn't look like the professor had that in mind. She was moving on and asking them more questions. At least they weren't hard ones. He raised his hand to answer.
"Professor, one of my dads is muggle born so he likes to show us what kinds of things he watched when he was little. I like cartoons with animals in them. My favorite is The Jungle Book." They didn't watch a lot of cartoons because the triplets were always busy doing one thing or another. But of course they watched TV sometimes, though it was usually current shows instead of those old ones.
Kay now understood why Oliver had such a long surname. She grinned. “Quite right! Family members would usually recommend to their relatives what to watch. I did enjoy that as well as I loved how some of the jungle creatures protected Mowgli.’’
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Didn’t it seem as though Fiyero looked tired? Kay couldn’t blame him. She reasoned he had trekked all the way from the Gryffindor Tower. “Hello, Mr Jones! Please take a seat to catch your breath.’’ A well rested student concentrated better in classes. “Please remember to use your pen or pencil.’’
“Welcome to yet another Muggle Studies lesson! You must be wondering what today’s lesson will be all about. Well, I was thinking about going a bit back to our younger years. Maybe we wouldn’t even have to go back any years at all for some of you.’’ Her blue eyes twinkled in the general direction of the class. “Now, some of you may think that you are too old for what we’re about to talk about today but I must say I would disagree.’’
Kay gracefully walked towards the back of the room, waving her wand to temporarily close the windows so that the classroom was plunged into enough darkness so that the projector could be used. “For those of you who are not familiar with these apparatus, this here is a laptop computer and this is a projector.’’ She pointed at them both individually. “The projector does as the name says- projects images onto a surface. The images are stored on the laptop.’’ Kay powered on the two. “Now, I have five images here. I want each of you to name one and tell me what the five have in common.’’
A slide show began, putting pictures on the whiteboard at the front of the room. She allowed about ten seconds between each image so that the students could get a good look.
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Right... Pencil for Muggle Studies, quill for everything else, Fiyero thought, replacing his quill with the correct writing utensil. It looked like he'd be able to keep them straight by now!
He stared at the board as the slides appeared. He recognized all of the characters except the green-haired guy with - was that a wand he was holding? His classmates had already done a pretty good job pointing out that they were all cartoon characters. It didn't seem necessary to repeat it, but he didn't want Professor Stewart to think he wasn't paying attention. "They're all cartoon characters, Professor," he said after being called on. "The little yellow thing is Pikachu from an old cartoon called Pokemon. I think that one started in Japan..."
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"Well done, all of you. I am rather pleased to see that despite these animated shows being outdated, many of you are still aware of them.'' Again, this backed up her point about the shows being recommended by older folks. "The main focus for the lesson is hand drawn animation. But before I touch more on the subject of hand drawn versus technology aided animated shows, I would like each of you to tell me this: why did you or do you watch animated shows? Which is your favourite? Even if you never watched any, tell me why you never did.'' The reason she had stated earlier that she may be taking them back a few years was because Kay knew that some persons tended to watch animated shows up to a certain age. As they got older, their interests changed and they moved onto other hobbies. But others like herself, still would watch them. Hence they did not need taking back to their childhood.
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They were learning about animation today? Cool! this was going to be a fun lesson...
Cartoons had always been a big part of Fiyero's life. It was one of the few things his parents had in common. His mother, despite being a pureblood withc, enjoyed watching them (her favorites were the old Hanna-Barbera cartoons), but the real cartoon fan in the Jones family was his dad. He decorated his office with toys of old cartoon characters, and he even said he would've gone into animation if only he weren't so bad at drawing!
He thought for a minute before raising his hand. "My parents are both huge cartoon nuts, so they were sort of a permanent fixture in our house," he said. But which one was his favorite? So many choices... "I like almost all cartoons, but my favorite's Pokemon. It's action-packed, and my dad always takes a break from work to watch it with me..." His voice trailed off as he realized he was talking too much. Did his classmates really need to know about his relationship with his father?
“Excellent, Mr Jones. Indeed this is Pikachu and they are all cartoons.’’ Wasn’t it lovely that present day wizarding folks could recognise old muggle animation?
Oh? Pokemon was Fiyero’s favourite too? The Muggle Studies Professor could not stop herself from grinning. “That would be mine too! I think it’s rather nice that you and your father spend time watching it.’’
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Clara wasn't really much of a television watcher as a child, but there were a few programs that she could recall seeing quite frequently. Hand raised and back straight, she began to talk once the other classmates had had their turn, "Well, growing up with a muggle parent and a wizard parent has its advantages. One of them being that I got exposed to entertainment in both worlds. I guess the cartoon-watching was definitely more dominant during my grandparents' time, but my parents took some of that with them, of course. I am drawn to animated shows because of the artistry, the storyline, the acting itself. I think that's the same reason I'm drawn to any other show, really. Every sort of entertainment is valid and important to someone out there, and that's all that really matters in the end. A few years ago, I stopped watching these animated shows because I started reading books more, but from time to time, during summer breaks especially, my parents will have a little marathon where we watch our very favorites. It's hard to pick a single program that stuck out to me, but I think that my absolute all-time number one animated movie would be Mulan. That era of Disney was excellent, in my opinion."
Ms Simelanu had quite a bit of opinion of the subject. It was excellent opinion in Kay’s mind. She listened, smiling and nodding to encourage the girl on. When she was done, the woman told her, “Yes, this is one of the main ways I think kids today are influenced into watching animated shows- via family. Excellently said! It’s all important, there is much to learn from them, isn’t there? But there’s nothing wrong with having different interests now.’’ Here was yet another person who loved Disney! “Mulan is such a brave girl. Her dragon is quite amusing.’’
SPOILER!!: Brian! <3 So sorry I missed quoting him the previous time >_<
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Brian was so done.
So so so so so very done.
He'd literally just said that every single thing about those characters was defunct and that nobody did animation that wasn't in at least three dimensions at ALL any more. Nobody. At all. It was not a thing. This was ancient history. Seriously. There was nothing to enjoy about it at all. It looked unrealistic and weird. Nothing like modern art.
So, since he was being ignored, maybe he'd just sit here. He might be taking a nap. He might not be. But he was most certainly not paying any attention to the lesson at all any longer. Nope. If his answers were going to be ignored, he would not answer. Especially when the answers she preferred were outdated by at least eighty years.
Zzzzzzzzzzz.
Among the raised hands in the classroom, Kaysha noted that Brian’s hand was not. She studied his face and it seemed to her that he had zoned out. Was he about to doze off? “Mr Woods? I do hope you’re paying attention.’’
SPOILER!!: Katherine! <3
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Katherine got her notepad and textbook ready to note down things that weren't written on the book. As the professor organised the answers and summarised them, she quickly compared the book and the blackboard. Everything seemed to be in the book... besides, she knew these stuff, but just in case they would be asked at the exam, she drew a star by the six facts the Professor had stressed.
She was a very careful student, y'see.
When a girl called Darcy got points for her answer, she jealously looked in that direction. WHY did SHE never get - oooooooOOOOoOoh, she GOT T W O POINTS AS WELL!!!! She beamed and looked around to see if anyone looked jealously AT HER, and secretly wondered whether she would have got more points had she mentioned the 25, 30 or 60 frames. Well, next time she was saying everything she knew.
Listening to questions, she tried to gauge the Professor's reaction. She had rarely watched cartoons, but was that THE answer the Professor was looking? Should she mention they enrich the imagination, or that they were childish? She... was going to answer honestly this time, because she didn't want to risk a "What was your favourite show, then?" Not when she had earned two whole points.
She raised her hand in the end, and said "I didn't watch many cartoons, because I liked colourful, educating books more as well," she said, referring to Skylar Diggory, Ravenclaw first year's answer, "though if I have to pick one, I like technology aided better. They look more real and help the imagination more."
Yes, Katherine. That pleased look on your face did not go unnoticed. Kay thought she surely deserved those extra points as did any other student who gave exceptional answers. “That’s very Ravenclaw of you, Ms Moss. It’s not too late to start watching a few more now.’’ The woman’s eyes twinkled. “Thank you for that. Incidentally, that would be my final question.’’ So, it seemed they already had a vote for technology driven animation.
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Carl had not been expecting anything exciting to happen in this Muggle Studies class but then cartoons? Well, that was a very fun topic! He sat up straighter in his seat and let his imagination wander to when he spent all day watching animated shows. That was like, last summer, so yes, he still watched cartoon.
"A lot of things that happen in the shows are not real, so it's fun to imagine what it would be like if they were. My favorite is Superhero cartoons!" The Hufflepuff replied with his hand in the air. He grinned at Mel and Tenacius - they were naming all the shows he liked!
This Hufflepuff looked rather excited about the topic. His excitement rubbed off on her somewhat and she grinned again. “I believe so too, Me Leonard!” Another student who was all about Superheroes! Lovely!
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So they were going to debate hand drawn vs. technology aided animation. Cool. Janelle supposed there were plusses and minuses to both. She, however, was partial to the old timey cartoons. That may have been more for sentimental reasons than anything else, but she loved what she loved.
When the professor asked the next question, Janelle's hand shot into the air. This might have been the easiest question ever asked at Hogwarts. I watched cartoons growing up and I still love them. When I was little, my bother and sister and I would binge watch cartoons with my dad. We'd sit in our pajamas and watch one show after the other." Just thinking about it took Janelle back to a warm and fuzzy time in her life. "I always liked the old ones best. My favorite cartoon of all time is Bugs Bunny." Janelle found the wascally wabitt to be hilarious, even more so now that she was older and got the inside jokes.
Kaysha nodded. “Yes, indeed! Bonding with loved ones is done quite easily with animated shows.’’ The Guidry family sounded as though it just may be a happy one. “Bugs is quite brilliant, don’t you think? I love the way he wriggles out of tight situations.’’
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Did little miss Ravenclaw just best his answer? Yes she did, and it caused Cornelius' corner of his mouth to lifted a little. Impressive.
Switching his attention back on the lovely Professor Stewart he made a few notes of the important key points. Then he focused on the next question. Why did he watch animated shows? Well. He didn't watch many. He was well versed in muggle things because of his dad and goddad, other than that his mumma raised him as a proper, educated, cultured pure-blood child like many old families did. He did watch some cartoons at his goddad's (which is where he learned lots of ancient muggle things) so he raised his hand.
"I was only allowed fifteen minutes of cartoons a day and I used them up to watch superhero stuff because it was entertaining." Kids did that naturally; were easily entertained. But now that he was close to being a teenager his interest were changing...
And Miss Ravenclaw pipped up with something. His lips twitched again. "That and I preferred to play outside. With insects." He smirked a wiggled his eyebrows at Katherine. Bzzzzzzz ZAP.
“Only fifteen minutes? But I’m pleased to hear you used those minutes to watch Superhero shows. Marvel and DC comics both made some really great ones back then.’’ Kay grinned. The little curly haired boy had a fondness for insects? Or was he just saying that to tease Katherine? Whatever the reason, his remarks to the girl amused her.
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And hello to the worst class in Hogwarts....muggling. This and divination had to be her worst classes by far. This one, she always stuck to her boyfriend and managed to survive. Unfortunately whenever they had a female professor and he smiled at them, she felt the urge to knock him out of his seat. Professor complimenting him, did nothing to help this urge. Her silent disapproval made her look at Zeke and smile, no matter how mature she got or how much she loved Henric, Ilia still had a snake streak.
And she was just lost at what her classmates were on about. What was a peeky chew? A bug bunny? A Scooby doo-doo?......Muggles really were strange people, that her classmates knew all of this was even stranger.
Why or why not....."I have never seen any of these animations. Muggle things were forbidden from our household when I was a child, I've only recently learned what a tell o vision is." Her family was wizard old school, none of these cart unes made any sort of sense to the teen.
Ilia was in terrible need of getting more lessons on Muggles. Kay had deduced this during their very first class. “That’s a pity, Ms Valke. Perhaps you would want to check out the Fun Room. There are lots of muggle electronics there and you can enhance your knowledge by using them. There are even televisions.’’ She felt sorry for Ilia and would love it if the girl could take the time to learn more about Muggles as she was doing now.
As the reasons were being listed, Kay had used her marker to neatly scribble the answers on her board, joining the ones that had been there prior.
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Reasons Why Animated Shows were Watched:
1. A form of escape from the real world.
2. Bonding
3. Nostalgia
4. They were always on.
5. Are funny, goofy, fun and interesting.
6. Family loves the Muggle world.
7. Captured our imaginations and took us places.
8. Recommended by a family member.
9. Influenced by wizarding or muggle person.
10. Drawn to the artistry, storyline and acting.
Reasons Why Animated Shows were not Watched:
1. Not many/ no muggle objects in the house.
2. Busy with social/ family events.
3. Had other interests.
4. Thought that animation shows are filled with silly comedy.
5. Does not enrich a witch’s/wizard’s mind.
"Now, you have all touched on important points. As you can see many of you believe animated shows are rather beneficial. For those of you who were influenced by your families as to not focus on Muggle life, it is my hope that you would sometime take the opportunity to change this. We can all learn a thing or two from Muggles.'' Kay hoped that her time here at Hogwarts could be spent bridging the gap that had been created between some students and their opinions of the muggle world.
"Alright, everyone!'' The woman capped her marker and set it down. "Here's the final question before we move on to the activity. Ms Moss mentioned earlier she preferred technology driven animation. Which would you prefer and why?''
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Azura was really enjoying this lesson after she had gotten over her embarrassment about forgetting the rules. Talking about bonding with Wes had sent her back to happier time.
She listened as the Professor spoke and she tilted her head a little in thought as she thought about which she preferred.
She raised her hand after some careful thought and started to speak. "I prefer hand drawn animation, it might not be as crisp or clean as Technology based animation, but you are seeing an artist in the show, their hard work and artistic talent is displayed for you on the screen, and it makes it really special to see. "
She wished she could draw and animate. Her mind briefly went to Jasper as she put her hand down and waited for the others responses.
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"No. I don't, Professor." To answer her question. "For the average wizard, they have very little to offer that we ourselves don't have in one form of the other. I suppose for myself some things could prove useful but I'm an anomaly." A word his quill had used once. You had NO IDEA how long he'd been waiting to use it in a sentence. "I don't like magic but muggle things don't impress me either." In truth, he liked magical things, not mundane ones. Magic itself was his only obstacle. "I think everything muggles make can be improved with a touch of magic--so long as I'm not the one applying it."
As for his preference....he didn't have one...? Didn't really understand the difference despite everything his classmates had been spouting. Was there truly a difference? Did it matter?
Not for the life of him could he see why differentiating the two would make an impact on him when he didn't watch, regardless. As a result, the boy opted to keep his mouth shut.
Nothing to add really. He was still lost in this discussion.
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Mason was sooooo lost.
She had absoloutely no idea what Professor Kay was talking about. Muggles just sat around watching a light-box? Were there like people inside of it that entertained them or something?
She didn't have a clue, since *cough cough* she didn't have any Muggle-yness in her family. The only Muggle thing that they had in the house was a talyphone or something like that, it was supposedly used to talk to each other. . . which didn't make sense at all, cause that was what owls were for.
So she just kept her mouth shut and scribbled down what was being said, even if she had zero clue about Muggles and their mundane-lives, she was here to learn about them, broaden her horizon on erm, other cultures.
She could only imagine what her ancestors would say if they saw her now, she knew for a fact that Geroldis would have a fit. . .
"You just asked us for our favourite ones, though," the small Slytherin said quietly, frowning at the woman. "You didn't say they had to be hand-drawn, just that they had to be our favourites."
And everyone else's favourites were all really really old. Sure, there were some movies and stuff that everyone knew about even though they were seventy or eighty years old... the classics, as the professor had said. But most people wouldn't name those as their favourites out of everything overall, would they? It just seemed strange. The most he could do was chalk it up to the Wizarding World being far, far behind the Muggle world when it came to certain things. After all, they still used quills and stuff regularly... probably shouldn't expect that wizards were any quicker on the pickup of media than they were on writing implements.
Poor wizards. Hopefully they'd catch up someday and their grandkids would be able to watch Smash Melonball and Universal Knowledge too. By then though, there would be lots of newer stuff to watch... they'd be perpetually behind. What a shame.
As for the topic of computer generated versus hand-drawn...
"Computer generated," Jaemin said, rather flatly. "Most everything that comes out anymore is computer generated... drawing stuff by hand takes too long for it to be used for anything that's not artsy and big-headed about itself anymore."
He didn't think he'd ever seen a hand-drawn cartoon show in his life... maybe a movie or two, but they were rare in themselves and he didn't really notice much of a difference, overall.
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Echo had no clue why which one was better but she might as well give out an answer "well it looks like the computer animations would be faster right? if they had to draw each one by hand and by each frame that would take like forever???" plus clearly the muggles didnt have any magic to make them move, which would totally help them out alot more.
"if i were an employer, id want something that takes less time, which equals less money" thanks dad, his lessons always drilled in her head. Thinking like an executive than a teenage girl, all she needed as a power suit.
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Rula didn't have any favorite animations since she hadn't really watched any as a kid, and she didn't have a reason for why outside of her family being magical, so they didn't have the things that were needed to play Muggle shows. Sooo she also didn't really have a preference over hand drawn or technology driven animation. Both were probably just fine anyway.
She jotted down a couple notes but otherwise remained silent and simply listened to the others' answers.
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Well, that is a rather good question. Why do they opt to watch or not watch cartoons? Jace kept quiet as he sat back and pulled on his bangs in thought. He never really gave the idea much thought while doing it, since, it’s all about enjoying the show and creativity of the animators. Watching a good cartoon series felt like reading a good book to him, so perhaps his purpose of watching it is to be inspired by the artists’ creativity. He liked the feeling of being challenged once in a while.
And what did he actually prefer? When Azura offered her answer, Jace briefly looked at her and somehow, began to understand her. Hand-drawn cartoons gave the classic/nostalgic vibe to the show, often times, it’s reeking with a romantic theme. Hmm. Maybe that explains why she is very emotional with almost everything. Sighing, Jace raised his hand to answer, “I prefer digitally rendered cartoons, sensei. It’s more fluid and smooth to the eyes than hand-drawn ones, plus it gives good balance to the story-telling portion.” One simply does not base the quality of the cartoons on graphics alone. There must be substance to the whole thing as well.
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Dot wrinkled her nose and considered the list as it went up on the board. She hadn't heard of many examples people gave, but it was awfully interesting how diverse all of their experiences were, even in the limited contact some of them had with the Muggle world.
"I don't think it matters, Professor. I mean, the technologically advanced or not advanced cartoons alike are... the point is the story. That's all. The point is the entertainment, and that value is there regardless of how fancy it is."
Melbourne looked up at Professor Stewart and grinned at the Professor. When she made the comment to Tenacius about liking action shows…that was really true. She did nod when the comment about her liking both action and softer shows…that was well, very true. Especially with the fact that she also like a lot of those old cartoons they sometimes played on the old-time television stations.
Mel glanced over to Blaise when she heard what he said about his dad thinking the shows weren’t enriching. Sure, sometimes they might not have been the best things out there? But still…she always thought they were great for their imagination.
When asked which she would prefer Mel chewed her lip questioning as she wondered on it. Raising her hand she smiled up at Professor Stewart, “for me…I think I have a mixed preference? Some of the more modern technology driven animations can be really nice, though I think there is a sense of beauty and artistry in the hand done animations?”
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Clara beamed at the Professor when she brought up Mulan's dragon, Mushu. She had very fond memories of watching that movie as a young child. Clara listened to some others' responses as well, finding all opinions equally fascinating and valuable. Every minute or so, she would hear something that caught her attention, and so she jotted a little note down, careful not to try to write down everything that was said.
The professor soon asked a final question and Clara sat up straight, fixing her posture quite a bit. Technology driven animation...hm...Clara racked her brain for thoughts, trying to remember if she had ever seen an instance of the concept.
"Professor, I think that I don't prefer one thing over the other. All animation serves some sort of purpose and that is to entertain, whether it is on a simple comical level or on a deeper more emotional level. That being said, I do understand why technology driven animation has had a spike in popularity. Taking something innovative and pairing it with art is never a bad thing. You go with what the times tell you to do, and the future is full of possibilities at all moments. And honestly, using technology to enhance animation is a wonderful investment, in my opinion."
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Olly had to think about her question. Did he prefer technology driven animation or something that was hand drawn? Did it matter? He didn't know if he'd be able to tell the difference while watching. Well, maybe that wasn't true. He wasn't extremely artistic but he did like it, so on second thought he concluded that he could probably tell the difference.
"I don't think one would be better than the other, professor. They're different of course but have the same value. I think it's good to have variety because if everything was the same it would get pretty boring."
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Esme nodded along with what Professor Stewart was telling her. She understood and knew it was true. Of course she didn't NEED cartoons to bond with her sister because they had other ways to do that, but it was still something that they could share. It WAS amazing that her dad had gotten them into cartoons because it was something that they could enjoy.
Jotting down more notes, she listened to the next question before raising her hand. "I don't think it matters much either way as it's more important to get the message across than it is to draw by hand or use digital imaging. If I had to choose, however, I would say I prefer hand drawn. As Azura mentioned, you get to see the artwork of the artist come to life on the screen. It's more PERSONAL than digital images and I like that." Just her two cents on the matter.
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Did he like action? He just realized that. Perhaps… but moreso that he gravitated towards interesting. What the Professor doesn’t know that his non-cartoon consumption were almost always some kind of Geekery related. Gryffindor heart, Ravenclaw brains. Sorting Hat knew its thing mmhm.
But the Professor doesn’t know what Visionaries is?? "I can show you!" he offered eagerly. Its so awesome he wants to share it with fellow Wizards! Because its as close as real Magical Representation on TV. It matters eh.
Wait… so they were made to choose between traditional animation and computer animated cartoons?? Oh wow tough call. Very tough, specially for one who grew up watching both. Dexter's Lab was traditional animation, Jimmy Neutron was CGI. He loved them both. This time the normally exuberant and talkative Gryffindor grew quiet as he considered things.
Finally he said this "Well Professor… the reason why I really love cartoons is because of the story-- its entertaining, its informative, its exciting and funny and sad and all of that. But I think the best example is this cartoon called Legend of Korra-- that was done with both traditional and computer graphics animation, and so far its one of the prettiest cartoons ever done." well other than the fact that the characters were also very pretty. Because Asami rawr. "It had the kind of personal touch that traditional animation has-- which computer graphics animation tend to lose, but Korra incorporated CGI where it can, so it had the spectacle that traditional animation couldn’t achieve before."
That’s why the answer is both. At least as far as this cartoon aficionado was concerned.
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Rhibear ~ Madam Solo ~ ❄ Showtunes > Everything ❄ ~ Accio Jedi ~ Gryffinclaw ~ Just a doll
Fiyero couldn't believe his ears. Professor Stewart liked Pokemon too? Who knew! Well, that just goes to show you can't judge a book by its cover, he thought.
He had to stifle a laugh when Professor Stewart asked which style if animation they preferred. It was a good thing his mom and dad weren't here or World War 3 would've broken out in the middle of the classroom! His mother liked the classic hand-drawn cartoons, while his father preferred computer animation.
But which style did Fiyero like better? He had to really think about it before finally raising his hand. "I like hand-drawn," he said. Sorry, Dad!"There's a lot if variety to the styles of hand-drawn animation, and you get less if an uncanny valley with the character design."
Fiyero shuddered as he suddenly remembered a movie with particularly creepy computer animation, where the people sll looked like robots.
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Old voices I had thought long since dead whisper of another life I might have led If I could take that second chance, If I could make my life anew, If only dreams came true...
Hogwarts RPG Name: Gabriella Rose Rustokova (#CCOOCC)
Ravenclaw
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A small smile tugged at her lips and she shifted in her seat listening to the replies of her classmates. As the lesson slowly progressed Hady reached for her quill and began taking down all that notes that were appearing on the board. Might as well take down all the information if she was sitting here during the lesson. Just because her mood wasn't her typically cheery merrier usual one didn't mean she wasn't a good student.
Pushing a strand of long brunette hair from her face she lifted her hand to reply to the next question without even giving it much thought. "The way a show is made doesn't much matter to me, I watch a show because I like it not because of it being hand-drawn or that it has better graphics. A show could have the most high tech animation out there but that doesn't make it worth watching." Her answer probably wasn't what Professor Stewart had been looking for but it was an honest reply.
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Days of Potter 2023:___________________________ Which Bertie Botts Flavour Are You? You are Bread!
Muggle Studies One: Old School Animation 
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