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Originally Posted by Macavity  It seemed his answer had passed as an acceptable answer, gaining a nod and a polite response from Professor Scabior. Gideon made a note of it as well as the others that had been favored simply for reference sake. He raised his hand once more as he was familiar with the lake. "Its called the Black Lake, maybe from the blackish tint it takes on when the light reflects off it." "Correct. It is called the Black Lake. Nice guess on why this is, but not exactly right." But good job either way. Quote:
Originally Posted by natethegreat Nate raised his hand. "It is the black lake. And is the reason why it has that name because it's so dark so the inhabitants such as the merpeople and grindilow don't see the light because they don't like it?" Nate said hoping his answer was correct. "It is called the Black Lake." He nodded. "Though, I am not quite sure if Merpeople and Grinfilow dislike light-William?" He looked toward the big-kid-professor who was sitting now on the ground. Quote:
Originally Posted by Grangerfn1 Another funny question. Another question... Max wondered why he had never pondered before; however, he drew a few quick conclusions and his hand was back up. "It's called, y'know, the Black Lake. Maybe because the color - it's dark and murky and scary in its depths. Or, maybe it's a more recent name? Maybe first years get frightened and black out when they see Mr. Henry on their boat ride to the school and it happens so often that they found it to be a fitting name!"
...But, due to Mr. Henry's kind nature, Max figured it was due to the the dark color of the lake. It WAS quite deep. "No. It is actually a pretty old name." A few hundred years old at least. [B]"But first years being scared does have something to do with it. He smiled. Quote:
Originally Posted by Starbreeze Eino made some quick attempts to take notes as Professor Scabior spoke, accidentally poking several holes through his parchment and nearly staining his pants with ink. Every time a new hole was poked, Eino startled. No matter how many he had already made, it always startled him, mostly because he quickly tried to recover to prevent ink stains. When Professor Scabior posed a question, Eino pondered before raising his hand and speaking. "Well, Hogwarts isn't entirely inaccessible to Muggles, since we do have a keep-away sign to prevent them from venturing further. It could be that the Black Lake receives its name due to how dark it is, perhaps as a result of a charm, to prevents muggles from seeing any magical creatures, such as merpeople, grindylows, and the giant squid, should they come just a little too close." Eino said very matter-of-factly, looking from the professor to the lake, then back at Professor Scabior. Maybe as a precaution, or maybe it was just... very dirty? "That would be an understandable reason." He gave a nod toward the Ravenclaw Prefect. "However I believe the lake still encompasses charms which would drive Muggles away, and so they would not even have the chance to see any magical creatures if the lake was not so dark." Scabior was impressed by the answer though. Quote:
Originally Posted by ShadowButterfly
She looked down,"I ment that some people only see the lake as a place to relax ans enjoy themslves, others loook at the lake and its surroundings and see it is a place some animals are at."
Oh. Well. "Yes that is an alright answer then." But that was still the previous question." Quote:
Originally Posted by Magical Soul Louisa couldn't help the sliight blush creeping into her cheeks from the nod of approve that Scabior had given her. He might not be her favorite but his opinion and approve was hard to get so she cherished it while she could.
Oh! The name, yes of course. Raising her hand, Louisa answered, "It's called the Black Lake, sir." As to why the name was this, the girl had to pause for a few seconds before offering a totally made-up answer, "And the name can be a sign to its depth. The deeper the water body is, the darker it looks like from the surface. There are already creatures known to be living in it for ages so it can be really vast lake hence a very murky one." "Yes it is." And nice guess too. "Usually the deeper a body of water is the bluer it looks due the the reflection of the sky." Not black though. Quote:
Originally Posted by lazykitty Sky gave a disgusted look as the plumbing was mentioned. There was no way she was swimming in that thing now! Charmed or not!
What was the name of the lake? She didn't know, but she had heard something… "They call it the black lake. Probably because it can look pretty dark at times…" Quote:
Originally Posted by EW_FAN
Harvey put up his hand "The general name given to the lake is The Black Lake.. and I guess this could be because of the dark color of the lake and the fact that it is dark and murky down there or so I have heard.." he answered maybe there were other reasons that it was called the Black Lake but he had no idea what they were.
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Originally Posted by Frankie Autumn thought for a bit and looked at the lake.." Professor, is it refferd to as the black lake? Because of its depth, mirkiness and inability to see far into it, no one really knows what exactly is residing in the depth of the lake, this is a mystery and black is a mysterious colour, so it could be a nickname students had just thought off and it has travveled through the generation sticking." Quote:
Originally Posted by Squishy ♥ WHOO! Mia had a good guess as to why the founders had built the castle right by the lake. She was doing good so far. :3
Raising her hand she said, "It's called the Black Lake, Professor. Maybe because it looks dark? Black like?" o_O She had no idea where else the name could have come from. Quote:
Originally Posted by alchemist_18 "Professor, People called it the Black Lake, but I'm not sure why did was named that. Maybe because the color of the water looked very dark, not blue as common lake?" Raven answered it, although she doubted about that. "Yes, thats exactly why." He gave a small nod to all the students.
"And I don't know if the students named it." He added for Autumn's answer. They probably did. Hm. Quote:
Originally Posted by MysteriesOfFate Carigan raised her hand "The black lake!" She said smiling, she knew that one. Quote:
Originally Posted by Bazinga Minerva put up her hand "Professors the lake is called the Black Lake, I am not completely sure why it's called this, but could it be because when the founders first built Hogwarts they were not sure what things were in the lake so black could represent the unknown." She didn't think there was anything wrong with taking a guess. "Good guess but not quite." Quote:
Originally Posted by ShadowButterfly "The Back lake?" She said just not really knowing if she was right or not. "Correct." Quote:
Originally Posted by midnight_thestral
Violet raised up her hand. "Of course, it's the Black Lake right?" Violet scratched her chin again thinking of an answer for the other question. "Could the lake be named as such because the colour of the lake and/or scare other intruders away?" The name did sound menacing when mentioned.
"Scaring is a reason behind the colour ." Nod. ------- "As most of you started the lake is known as the black lake." Nod. "And many of your guesses are right. It is known as this because of its dark murky colour when looked at on land. Underneath its more of a dark greenish colour." Though it was still murky if you went low enough.
"The water isn't dark because it's dirty." He looked around, daring anyone to say he was wrong. Like he had said before, there were CHARMS placed on the lake to ensure its cleanliness. "It is dark because, just like the forbidden forrest, the lake can be dangerous. The four founders cast spells on the lake to make it unappealing for younger unknowing children to just jump in, to prevent any attack from creatures." And for the most part that worked over the years. "And the name just....fell into place. Maybe by some students." That wasn't recorded.
"Now, there are things other than creatures that are rumoured to be under the lake. Does anyone have any guess to what these things might be?" NOT creatures. Creatures were certainly not things.
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