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Post by Tamis Raynor on Jul 12, 2006 11:25:58 GMT -5
No one got up to leave, a very good thing indeed. Some students in the past had, actually. This just meant that there were not too many smart-allic in the first year class. To an extent that was disappointing, but it would make things run a lot smoother at least.
Opening her mouth to continue, Raynor was cut short at the appearance of two girls. One of which seemed to be under the impression that the Deputy had had her back turned, but as her back was to her desk and facing outward to the class, that was by far impossible.
Glancing at her roster, she watched as 'Sabrina Williams' joined the names inscribed in what looked like flame on the list, quickly followed by 'Sarsha Worthington-Smythe'. A lovely invention, that. Made attendance all the more easier. The latter of the two rushed toward her, near tears trying to explain.
In reality, Tamis was struggling to keep her face free of the laughter that was bubbling inside her. "That is quite all right, Miss... Worthington... or do you prefer Smythe? No matter. You are not the only first year to befall catastrophe from the staircases. Consider this your one and only warning to be on time from here on out," she coaxed, motioning to the empty desks in the classroom. "However, Miss Williams, that will be five points from Ravenclaw. If you're late, you are late. Please do not try to sneak past me in the future."
And with that said, the Defense Instructor lowered herself back into her chair. Standing did get exhausting after some time. But she did it casually, as if on her own will and not her aching feet. Didn't want to give the nurse any more motive than she had to.
The very small woman continued as if nothing had happened. "Now, today, we are going to take it a little bit easy. I ask of you a simple question, and I want to hear just about everyone's opinion on this: what is the Dark Arts? By now most of us know it exists or have heard about it. But what is is?"
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Post by Artemis Tayern on Jul 12, 2006 11:34:15 GMT -5
" The Dark Arts would be any form of deceit or evil." Artemis said his voice like he was talking to another 1st year was full of anger and general dislike. Artemis slowly shifted his feet that were propped on the desk. his robes were immaculate and the green gave a soft supporting color to his blonde hair.
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Post by michelle on Jul 12, 2006 11:42:21 GMT -5
Michelle looked up at the teacher in dismay. 5 points? Well, the other girl was kinda rude, interrupting class and she got away with it.
She wasn't so sure she wanted Sarsha to come sit next to her anymore. Folding her arms against her chest, she listened to the Professor as she continued on.
After hearing Artemis's answer Michelle nodded, "Yeah, like dark spells and stuff. I guess it would be magic that's used to harm others."
She shrugged and gave a glance first to Flora then Sabrina. Maybe they knew more than she did.
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Post by jasmine on Jul 12, 2006 12:16:54 GMT -5
Brina's jaw dropped. She could not believe her ears. 5 points?? she screamed in her head. And that Sarsha kid didn't even get anything! She tried looking at the other Ravenclaw's in the class. With her eyes she tried to make them look like 'I'm sorry'. She hope they got it. She wasn't about to talk in class and get more points taken away. She stared at Raynor. How could she expect me to answer now? To be totally honest, Brina didn't know too much of Dark Arts. Her father thought it would be too tramatizing to a young girl. Sometimes having a muggle father was a pain. So as an answer, she nodded as agreeing to Michelle and Artemis.
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Post by kyleh on Jul 12, 2006 18:33:32 GMT -5
Kyle would have told Sabrina it's alright, if he knew she was worried about that. It's only 5 points, and it's only the beginning of the year. Hardly a big deal.
"Anything, spell or potion, which makes people act against his or her will is also considered as Dark Arts," he answered.
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Post by sarsha on Jul 13, 2006 10:51:42 GMT -5
Sarsha just nodded to the deputy, afriad if she spoke some more she'd loose points like the other girl. She didn't mind what the woman called her at that moment as long as she wasn't in any trouble. Which by the sounds of it she wasn't.
She quickly hurried to a table right near the front, taking her seat. She didn't wish to disrupt the professors lesson any more than she already had. She then quickly (And quietly) rumaged through her bag to retrieve a quill, parchment and some ink so she could take notes. She knew nothing of the dark arts and knew nothing of the evil wizards. This lesson was likely to scare her very much. The worst danger she knew was muggle terrorists, and even then she didn't know much about them as her parents had never taken the time to explain it to her, much like alot of other things.
She worried about the other little girl, who had lost points, she looked really upset. Sarsha didn't know what had happened as she had come in after the girl, but Sarsha knew she would be terribly upset if she had lst points for her house.
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Post by Tamis Raynor on Jul 13, 2006 15:35:57 GMT -5
Nodding along to answers she was getting, the Professor crossed her legs, slowly, but she crossed them. She seemed to agree with what they were saying by her thoughtful expression.
"So, any form of deceit, magic used to harm others, or something that makes another person act against his own will?" the head continued to shake up and down.
Then she said in an indifferent tone, "So, putting the form of deceit and going against another persons will together. Say you found out your friend was going to do something fairly stupid, like... oh, jumping from the North Tower. They won't listen to you when you tell them how recklessly stupid that is. So, to save your friend, you trick them into thinking you want to jump too, and then when they take you there to do so, you cast a spell on them at the last minute to keep them from hurting themselves. So, you have just used the Dark Arts?"
A slow spreading smirk crossed the Professor's lips. This was her favorite lesson for a reason. It caused her students to think and think for themselves. She abhorred note taking and lectures where students just listened and wrote. No one really learns anything there.
"And, magic that harms another. Say I was walking through Hogsmeade Village late at night and someone comes out of the shadows and holds me at wand point. They clearly have malicious ideas. So I whip out my wand to defend myself and shoot a hex at the man. Have I used the Dark Arts? After all, my goal was to harm him and according to that definition, thats the Dark Arts."
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Post by asap on Jul 13, 2006 18:53:39 GMT -5
Since there was no reading he decided to take a chance of drawing attention to himself, so after a moment or thinking about it he raised his hand and said, “I believe the answer to all three of those is no. I think that neither of the examples you just used would be using the Dark Arts and that only when your intentions are not in the interested of the safety of others or yourself it is Dark Arts. That the Dark Arts applies not to the spells you use but to the motive you have when you use them. If your intentions are good, then it is not the dark arts, but if they are not good, or dark intentions, then you are using the Dark Arts. Like your last example, sure you would be hurting somebody, but it would be preventing the injury of others that did not deserve to be injured, so I don’t think that would be use of the Dark Arts. But...that’s just what I think…” As soon as he had finished speaking he thought had sounded rather stupid but didn’t want to make it look like he was embarrassed, with he rather was, so he just looked the professor in the eye until she answered, trying to read what she was thinking.
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Post by Tamis Raynor on Jul 14, 2006 19:54:00 GMT -5
For the first time that day an actual smile filtered onto the Professor's lips. Not the sly 'I know something you don't know' that had been in place earlier. But an actual one. A genuine one. It took most first year classes a bit longer to figure it out than that, but there you had it.
"Don't look so ashamed, Mr. Tianneb, or is it Tayern? You have the answer absolutely correct. Ten points to Slytherin. I could not have put it better myself. And that Ladies and Gentlemen is only one example of why you will never open a Defense Book in this classroom. On your own for homework, yes. In this class, no."
Restlessness grabbed hold again and she stood up, leaning against the front of her desk to help take some of the weight off her feet and lower body.
"That is not a definition you will find in a textbook. The Dark Arts is intent. You cannot touch it, it is not a thing, it is a thought. And therefore, it is open to prospective. What I may consider the Dark Arts, you may see in another light. It is an opinion. Nothing more. You will know that and keep that in mind throughout the entire class. So with that in mind, I want all of you to think about those we call 'Dark Wizards', taking in the fact that the Dark Arts is an opinion, do you think they consider themselves Dark? And if it is an opinion, can we?"
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Post by kyleh on Jul 15, 2006 14:35:03 GMT -5
That was a lot of thinking, and it's almost one of those open-ended, no right-or-wrong kind of thinking.
"If they too consider themselves Dark Wizards, that means they know what they are doing are wrong, but continue anyways, so yes they are Dark Wizards," he said. "And for those who have been tricked to believe they are doing the right things, even they are forgiven eventually for whatever reasons, they are still responsible for their actions."
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Post by flora on Jul 16, 2006 12:14:59 GMT -5
Since the question sounded like Prof. Raynor wanted opinons from the students, Flora decided to give it a shot and give an answer. Instead of sitting there like an idiot. "Vell, if they call themselves Dark Wizards, then they vant power and I guess, vill do anyzing to get it. Even if it means commiting crimes." It was a short answer, but it was her opinion about the subject. Now what would the professor say, she didn't know.
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Post by Artemis Tayern on Jul 16, 2006 12:56:05 GMT -5
"well one would think the dark Arts would be an entire matter of opinion, if you look at your earlier example, of being held at wand point. you could do something simple, trip them, take their wand, paralize them or somthing to avoid hurting them." Artemis said his face still etched in stone. " Continuing off of that ya might think most 'Dark wizards' think they are doing what is right for the wizarding race." Artemis said not knowing how sensitive this subject could be.
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Post by michelle on Jul 16, 2006 14:10:32 GMT -5
Michelle kept quiet thinking about what the professor had said and what other students around her were saying in turn. It was somewhat confusing all that Dark Arts and Dark Wizards and the defense against it all...
So Dark Arts are an opinion like the teacher said. So Dark Wizards are only dark because they think so and we think so too?
Michelle raised her hand, "I guess if wizards use dark magic in their opinion they're dark wizards. But then we beleive so to because we know what they're doing is wrong. So, it's everybody's opinion....wait, that doesn't make any sense does it?"
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Post by Nathan Lee on Jul 17, 2006 7:11:39 GMT -5
Whileas everyone was making notes on the Dark Arts, this particular first year was solely playing with his quill inbetween his fingers. Not that he had a great memory as many in the class seemed to have, the subject solely didn't excite him. There was nothing to look forward too. So dull. Almost as horrid as potions. Dark wizards. Who cared? Seriously. Ducking his head forward a bit, the firstie just looked up at the not-so-pregnant-anymore teacher, not absorbing a single word.
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Post by selena on Jul 18, 2006 17:29:50 GMT -5
Selena looked up at the professor trying to get her eyes. Granted, she wasn't on her feet as much as Selena thought she might try, but she knew that from the way she held herself that she was in pain. Selena attempted to catch Tamis' eye. She gave her a look that told it all. Sit down now and I won't make this into a scene. Selena almost had to surpress a smirk. While she was slightly scared of the deputy, she knew that she did have power over her sometimes.
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