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Originally Posted by nogoodforyou  Switch legs?
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No!
Stopping for a moment to breathe and try not to lose her balance, Nora raised her hand before grabbing her other foot. "A curse is the darkest kind of magic. There are the three unforgivable curses, for example." Indeed, pretty dark. "Indeed, there are three most unforgivable. Good." Probably talk about it later. Quote:
Originally Posted by TakemetotheBurrow "Professor, a curse is the most serious kind of dark magic. It can be blocked by a defensive curse. An example would be the Imperius Curse, one of the three unforgiveable curses." Ella shuddered. She didn't like thinking of curses. Defensive curse? "Yes, most curses can be blocked by counter-curses. Not all though. Good." She had a feeling the unforgivables would be popular examples. Quote:
Originally Posted by Pinky Mortimer groaned inwardly at the switch feet comment, but he did as he was told. SIGHS FOR LIFE. Glancing over at Vickers he smiled slightly and then focused again. Once he was balanced properly he removed one hand to raise it.
"Curses are the worst kinds of Dark Magic, they can harm, control, or even kill their victims. An example would be the Geminio Curse," he said before grabbing his foot once more. Oh, apparently not! Good. Variety with examples was needed. "Yes the gemino curse. Most often confused vith the geminio spell. Good." Quote:
Originally Posted by RachieRu Oof. This was making her leg hurt. Maybe Indy shouldn't have been so into this as she was, because she had a good feeling that her legs were really going to hurt after the lesson. Oh well. She was enjoying it, and maybe she'd practice this nice moves. Because then if the professor made them do it again, she wouldn't feel so tired, and she'd probably be able to do them. So she wouldn't look so stupid, which was a very good thing. "A curse is a very bad spell." She mused with a smile, raising her hand, as she paused from changing onto her other leg. "They are the worst kind of dark magic, and are used with the intention of causing harm, control or even death of the victim. An example would be the cruciatus curse, which causes excrutiating pain. Using that spell will get you a one-way ticket to Azakaban." As she had said. They weren't very nice spells. Medea couldn't help but smile at the way the girl started her answer. "It definitely vill. Good." Quote:
Originally Posted by caithal97 Nessie switched her foot trying to keep her breathing even. She cleared her throat. "A curse is a harmful spell that has the ability to be long lasting." she said still slightly unsure of the difference between them all. "Yes indeed. Good." she nodded. Quote:
Originally Posted by nups21 Now, change legs but the same position! Why? Ira didn't yet understand!
Anyways, she raised her free hand up and answered, "Professor, a curse is the strongest negative spell. They are used only with the intention to make others suffer and pain them. Generally they aren't taught in schools." Saying so she raised her other leg up and held it and balanced as good as she could. Then she added the next part, "An example of a curse would be the Imperius Curse" The curse which forces the victim to obey every order.. That was dreadful! "It is one of the unforgivable curses." "Yes, they are not generally taught in schools, and I vill not see them being used here unless under strict supervision." she said, talking to both the girl and the rest of the class. Also depended on the spell. "Good though." Quote:
Originally Posted by AlwaysSnapesGirl Now they had to switch? Oh Merlin... Vashti let her foot drop to the ground and carefully balanced on it as she brought up her other one. Then, slowly, she raised her hand - and started losing her balance. She flailed for a couple seconds before finally managing to regain her balance again. Phew.
She tried again and made certain she was balanced well enough before tentatively raising her hand again. "Curses are much darker than jinxes and hexes because they are generally used with the intention to hurt, kill, and/or control another person. You can defend yourself from most of them with a counter-curse, but there are some that are nearly impossible to stop. Fiendfyre is an example." "Yes, unfortunately some are almost impossible to stop. Good." Yes, quite unfortunate. Quote:
Originally Posted by Squishy ♥ Switch legs?!?!? They weren't done yet?
Amelia wasn't pleased as she switched her leg. She was tired of this yoga, and she liked this class but she just wanted it to end so that she could rest her poor body. Meh.
She sighed as she raised her hand now. "Curses are the worst of these three kinds of spells. They can cause severe pain in a person, or even kill them. There are the Unforgivable Curses, the cruciatus curse being one of them. It is like torture, causing severe pain in the victim." She shuddered now. She hated curses. "Yes, good." she nodded. Quote:
Originally Posted by FireboltAvis88 Alyssa changed to her other leg and assumed the same position. Then she raised her hand and answered the question.
" Professor, a curse is the worst spell possible. The intent is to cause long lasting intolerable pain and possibly death to the victim. The intent is deliberate and malicious. An example of a curse is the Conjunctivitis Curse which damages the victim's eyesight." "Yes, good. The focused intent is the most important vith the curses than vith any other spell. Othervise, the spell may not vork properly or even be successfully cast at all." Always came down to the intent. Quote:
Originally Posted by CassiopeiaAKTF Daichi blushed a little when the Professor gave him a raised eyebrow and bit his lip. He actually thought it was a whole presentation that he was still in the classroom.
He watched as the Professor bent down to write something down again. What was she writing this whole time? Curious as he was, Daichi shuffled a liiiitle closer and tried to read the piece of parchment...but all he saw was some blurry notes. Bleh he hated it that his father was right about him needing reading glasses...
The Snake now tried to do the pose because he didn't want to loose points for ignoring but when he held his leg in the air and wobbled a bit on his standing leg he quickly placed it back on the ground. No way!
"A curse is meaning to harm , control, or even kill someone" he said as he held his hand in mid air. The blush still not gone from his cheeks. "And ..uhm.. it is also the darkest kind of magic, f-fiendfyre is one of them" and normal fire as well... "Fiendyre is indeed one of them. Good." she nodded. Quote:
Originally Posted by EastonionNW Curses, yay! Well, yay in the sense that the positions were probably ending soon. And it was easy to name a curse. "Professor, a curse is the most severe form of dark spell," Nate started as he switched legs again, " But can still range in general severity and brutality. The three Unforgiveables are all curses, obviously the worst, but Petrificus Totalus and Locomotor Wibbly are also curses, and they aren't nearly as bad. Personally, I'd prefer to use those latter two when dueling than anything that can really hurt someone..." Medea nodded slowly as she spoke. "Those two particular spells still affect the victim's own will to move freely, which labels them as curses, however...you are right. Compared to other curses, these are some of the least harmful." She smiled, lowering her voice a little. "Quite frankly, I'd prefer to use those two when dueling also, if it came down to it. There are always other vays to take down your opponent though vithout resulting to curses." Quote:
Originally Posted by Harry174 Laura was annoyed with this Professor, seriouslt acrobatic in class, well she was done doing it, Laura stood still smiled at the Professor, seriously the Professor couldn't make her do acrobatic's in class, she wasn't practicing for the Olympics or any other acrobatic event. "Professor a curse is where you want to make someone ill." Laura wan't sure about that. "So maybe playing football would class as a curse." Okay so Laura wasn't taking the question seriously but well she didn't care. Make someone ill...
Blowing away a piece of stray hair away from her face, Medea blinked at the girl. Football? Alrighty then. "No. Miss Hyde, if you can please stay behind after class?"
While Medea formed it into a question, the girl didn't have a choice. Quote:
Originally Posted by jujune29th Sophie switched legs as soon as Professor Romanos told them to. When she stood steady, she raised her hand. "Curse is the worst kind of Dark Magic eveer!" she said widening her eyes. Then she frowned a little. "I think..." she almost lost balance, but stretched her arm to the front. "Whoa!" Steady again! That was close!
"The Tongue-Tying Curse is an example... and it is not cool." she said that closing her eyes and shaking her head. One of her cousins had cast that on her when she was little to make her stop talking so much. She didn't think it was funny at all. Medea smiled. Not because of the correct answer, no. Well, that too, but the lack of balance in this room was unbelievable. "Definitely not cool. Good." Quote:
Originally Posted by BowtiesAreCool Adeline looked at the girl. She examined her facial expression. She seemed to be annoyed and who wouldn't be by this class. Now what kind of curse was the teacher talking about. Adeline looked at the teacher and then back at the girl. "Are you okay?" she asked the girl. Well of course she wasn't okay. She was annoyed. "What kind of curse to be honest?" Adeline asked her. "A magical curse like a spell or a muggle curse like something that is passed down from generation to generation?" Adeline asked the professor. She just wanted to make sure that she was right about the little details. ...
Pardon?
Medea shook her head a little, not familiar with what the girl was saying for a moment before it dawned on her. Awww haha. Cheeky student. "Since this is defense against the dark arts, I'd say it's safe to presume ve'll going vith the magical curse." She could talk to her muggle studies professor for information about muggle curses. Quote:
Originally Posted by natethegreat Nate switches his legs. Then he raises his hand and says "Professor a curse is the darkest type of magic. One example of a curse would be the cruciatis curse. That tortues the victim into giving the caster information." "Yes, to obtain information was a very popular reason that the cruciatus curse has been used in the past, and possibly present." However unfortunate it was. "Good." Quote:
Originally Posted by Harry174 Laura looked at Adeline and smiled, now this was good. "I'm okay." Laura lied. "How are you?" Okay so she was having a little conversation in the class and well she didn't mind hopefully never would the Professor, she looked and smiled at Adeline answer. "Oh yeah, I forgot about that there's the Gipsy curse." Laura smiled. "That's a muggle curse you know Professor." ...Dear Merlin, don't let the girl pull this one into the shenanigans. Quote:
Originally Posted by Steelsheen
Switch... legs? 
He let go of his leg and stood stretching his back for a moment. He wanted to ask a question as to why they were doing the physical aspect of this class . But then he noticed that everybody else was already making like a flamingo again so he followed suit. And the Professor launched her next question.... "A Cu---" balance... BALANCE!.... "A Curse is the most potent form of Dark Magic, far stronger than a Jinx or a Hex. It is a spell that is almost always have a profound negative effect on its intended target-- either taking away their free will, causing massive destruction, sickness or pain, even death. And example of which is the Flagrante Curse." "The flagrante curse is indeed a good example. Good." she nodded. Quote:
Originally Posted by Lockhartian Yes, an inconvenience, like this whole switching legs things. That was inconvenient. Mostly because he couldn't keep this position for too long, even less if he had to reply to her question, of course.
Hand raised. "A curse is certainly meant to cause harm, the more you mean to do so, the better the outcome, like in any type of magic." If one wanted to cause harm, he wasn't saying that it was the best thing in the world, but that's how curses worked...to cause pain you must really want to do so. "One example would be the Flagrante Curse, which makes objects burn whatever touches them." Nod. Medea nodded. "Good. Vith curses, the intent is very important when casting the spell." Quote:
Originally Posted by Bazinga Minerva switched legs in the King Dancer Position then she put her hand up. "Professor a curse is darker and can put permanent harm on someone or kill them. They can also be used to protect. An example is the ear shriveling curse, which makes ears shrivel up." Yes, unfortunately... "They can be used to protect, though it usually comes down to the intent of the caster, and the situation they are in. The shriveling curse is a good example, yes." Quote:
Originally Posted by ballantd "It seems to me, Professor", Melanie said after regaining her balance from the awkward hop to her other leg, "that curses are, on a whole, darker than hexes or jinxes. They can cause serious harm, or even kill." Her skin crawled a little at the thought. "They certainly can. Good." she nodded. Quote:
Originally Posted by Cassandra TAylor elegantly changed legs. She raised her hand to anser the teaher's question, "A curse is a dangerous thing and shouldn't be used except in the most desperate situations, though they are barely acceptable then especially one of the unforgiveables." She continuies calmly, "One example is the avada kedavra curse.... the killing curse." She detest curses and anyone who uses them but she kinda of secretly love history so the unforgiveable curses were interesting to her since Lord Voldemort used them. "None of the three unforigivables are acceptable. Which is why they are...unforgivable." she smiled a little and nodded. "Good." Least the girl knew that the spells should be used sparingly if at all. Quote:
Originally Posted by SilverDragon Silvia switched legs; this was one yoga position she had no difficulty doing, except for the fact that she was already tired from the earlier positions.
She raised her free hand. "I think most curses are usually the darkest spells of all magic. Many of these types of spells can have devastating results. One example is the Blasting curse." "The blasting curse indeed. Good." she nodded. Quote:
Originally Posted by Hermione Lily Potter Ohh, Finally a question that Lily knew an answer to. After switching to the other leg, Lily carefully raised her hand, "A curse is the most severe form of spell that one can use on another. I think an example would be the petrificus curse." Lily had read about curses at least and everyone was mentioning the unforgivable curses, so Lily went for something different. If only I had read up a bit more... Lily thought. I might actually enjoy this class with all the yoga and whatnot. Medea nodded. "It certainly is severe. Any idea why the body-bind curse has been listed as a curse?" She just wanted to know the girl's thoughts and if she knew. Quote:
Originally Posted by Starbreeze Just as Eino was getting used to it they had to change legs. This was troubling. The boy lowered his leg and struggled all over again to balance on his new leg. This position was fun, though, because Eino was pretending to be a hinkypunk. All he needed was a lantern. As another question was posed, Eino managed to raised his hand without too much trouble this time to answer. "Curses are powerful and dangerous, making the practice of some strictly prohibited. The Reductor Curse is an example of curse that may be practiced." Some professors didn't like hearing students talking about the unforgivable ones, so he was going to keep what he knew about them to himself. Unless, of course, she asked specifically. Medea nodded. "Preferably in the presence of adult supervision. Good." She didn't want to hear that a wall was blasted open on the opposite side of the castle after this. Quote:
Originally Posted by sweetpinkpixie Kurumi continued to wobble, but she was also determined to not fall over this time no matter how much flailing it took. So, after flapping like a bird for a few moments, Kurumi managed to accomplish the switch and find her balance. Having done so, she raised her hand.
"A curse is the darkest of the three types spells that we have discussed. They are cast with the intent to harm, control, or even kill the victim. Many can be blocked with a counter-spell, but not all. An example of a curse is the Full Body-Bind Curse."
She paused and looked around the room. Capture the flag anyone? Kurumi knew of at least one instance of it having been used. "Yes, good." she nodded. The body-bind as well as the unforgivables seemed to be the most popular. Quote:
Originally Posted by Lissy Longbottom Alex switched his feet, and he was quite glad they did--his other foot was starting to hurt. He raised his hand with his left hand again and spout out his answer. "A curse is the worst type of dark magic, often causing much more harm than a jinx or a hex, and can often be fatal. Obviously, the worst of them is the Killing Curse, which does exactly as it says." "Yes, good." she nodded. Though she did have opinions on what was the worst spell. She wasn't going to put down the kid's own opinion though. Quote:
Originally Posted by midnight_thestral Violet switched foots while taking deep breaths along the way. She raised her hand to answer the next question. "Professor, a curse is the worst sort of spell a witch or wizard can do. It can cause much harm or pain to the victim and can be even very fatal. For example the sectumsempra curse Severus Snape had invented several years ago which causes what seems like an invisible sword that is slashed at the victim repeatedly. If not treated immediately, it can be deadly for the victim." Violet took a deep breath for explaining so much about this curse. "Deadly indeed. And I, as vell as the rest of the staff no doubt, vill not tolerate having that spell used." Just a warning for everyone. "Good though." Quote:
Originally Posted by HOPEendures Jezzabelle pulled herself up and got into position. She wobbled a little and then took a deep centering breath. She then raised her hand, "A curse is the cruelest form of dark magic. To get a curse to properly work you really have to mean it." She wobbled a little and took another deep breath. "Yes, good." she nodded. "Intent is very important for curses." Quote:
Originally Posted by affy7ann Trying to balance in the awkward position the professor made them do, Tayla answered, "Among hexes, jinxes, and curses, curses have the worst effects. They are used with an intention to hurt, control, or even kill."
Tayla paused for a moment, struggling to regain her balance. "An...an example...of a curse is the Blasting Curse, which causes anything the spell meets to explode in flames." "Yes, good." she nodded. "Sometimes confused vith the blasting charm though." Quote:
Originally Posted by Orla Next leg...
It was a nice pose, not that she was saying it wasn't sore, but.. nice! More... Okey Dokey! She grimaced a bit not to the proffeser though... ''A curse is the worst of all magic... It harms one in a horrible way, which you can not fix! It is banned from using it on other witches or wizards,'' Then what was the point of the spell.. Really? What use would it be? Ever... other than... Hmm... LuLu glanced at other students... Like she'd ever to that! HA "It does harm one in a horrible vay, indeed." she nodded, though not delving further into the topic. "Good." Quote:
Originally Posted by hjhm Of course, switching legs is next. Jonathan stood for a moment and felt a little bit dizzy than the usual. Whoah! How long has he been standing on one foot. He shook his head and then did the same position only he switched his leg position.
Jinxes, Hexes and now onto Curses. Jonathan was going to bring out curses awhile ago when he answered about hexes, although he had a hunch that curses would be their next topic.
And he is right. What about curses?
Jonathan waved his hand again to answer. "Curses are perhaps the most powerful and the most dangerous kind of dark magic." he started. Curses are certainly discouraged among wizards and witches. "Curses are used to harm, cause pain and death to the target. And like jinxes and hexes, one must also learn the counter spells for curses" he added. This is after all defense against the dark arts so yeah, learning the counter spells to defend yourself from dark magic is surely a must for this subject.
Oh right, an example. "The full body-bind curse which is also known as the Body freezing spell is an example" and the spell is "Petrificus Totalus" "Yes, good." she nodded before moving on to the next student. Quote:
Originally Posted by sevensnared Seriously, was this Defence Against the Dark Arts or physical fitness lesson? Hades didn't like to stand for too long indoors especially on one leg. He didn't pay much attention to the lesson until Professor Romanos asked about curses. It was hard for him to understand her with that accent. "Curses are meant to harm. Example, the three Unforgivable Curses," smirked the blonde with his left hand up in the air.
When can they stand on twoo feet again? "The unforgivable curses are indeed good examples, yes." she nodded. Quote:
Originally Posted by fanficfanatict Okay. Honestly, Selina was not having ANY fun with this whole contort your body into a pretzel thing. Every time the Professor asked a new question she felt as if she were dying trying to throw her limbs into a stretch she could not do. But she switched her legs regardless and answered, "A curse is the darkest form of magical spells. And a curse is obviously the unforgivable curses." "Not the only curses though." she said with a slight grin. She knew what the girl meant. "Good though." Quote:
Originally Posted by Dan and Emma<3 Okay then...Tiffany switched her legs, crossing one another awkwardly. That was actually her very first time of playing yoga. Quite impressive.
Besides enjoying with that yoga stuff, she still had to answer questions give by the professor. That would call a lesson.
A curse. "A curse is one of the seven most known spell types in Dark Art,"she swallowed."Certainly it is used to harm people, or even to kill them," it was quite terrifying as Tiffany mentioned the word, kill. "However we can block them by using counter-curse,"she answered, finishing her last line. "You can remove most effects of a curse vith the use of a counter curse." she nodded. "Good." Quote:
Originally Posted by PhoenixStar Now they were switching legs...great. She managed to switch legs without losing her balance. She raised her hand which was difficult and said "Professor I think a curse is the most binding form of magic...the strongest if you will." She wasn't sure how to explain it just right so she hoped she didn't sound ignorant. Medea paused in replying to contemplate the way the girl's answer was worded before slowly nodding. "Yes, okay. Good. Curses are indeed strong, but not the strongest when it comes down to it. Other spells can be just as strong and just as harmful." Quote:
Originally Posted by iceblossom22 Switch legs?
Elise stumbled and hopped around as she attempted to change the position. Curse her nonexistant sense of balance. Oooh, speaking of curses...
Raising her hand, Elise hopped around a little. This was hard. "A curse is way more powerful than a jinx or hex and is generally used with malicious intent. It's really long lasting and you have to mean it to use it."
Just before she lowered her hand, she added. "And some of them can be blocked using counter-spells."
Yeah, that was it. "Yes, intent is very necessary and important when performing curses." she nodded. "Good." Quote:
Originally Posted by hpluvr037 He attempted to raise his hand, flailed, and gave up. He waited until the Professor was looking at him once more before speaking. "The most obvious curses are the Unforgivables, which would lead you to think Curses are the 'darkest' kind of magic. But there's other curses, like the Reductor, Leg-Locker, and Gemino Curses that don't appear to cause pain or permanent damage to people."
So what, then, made them be classified as curses? "In short, I think I would need to study this more and put a lot more thought into the issue before I could give an intelligent answer. It's a complex idea with very subtle differences." Not that what his classmates were saying was dumb, he just felt like he needed more time to do the topic justice. She was a bit bemused on his thoughts of the reductor curse, but the other two she could understand. "That is...a vise decision." she nodded slowly. "Perhaps think about it a little more and whenever you think you're ready, you can give me your answer." Whether it was during the next class or the end of the year, it was up to him. Quote:
Originally Posted by DanialRadFAN01 August gladly switched feet in this particular pose because he hadn't been so balanced on the other one and hoped it would be better this way....he was wrong. After almost falling a couple of time, the Gryffindor got his balance and then rose his hand to speak.
"Well curses are those spells that are very focussed on hurting or in the worst killing a victim. Much hatred or anger goes behind them." He nodded, his eyes slightly widened. He hadn't really seen a curse performed but was sure he didn't want to be anywhere around one with it was. "The only curses I can think of are the Unforgivable ones." "Yes, intent is indeed important. Good." she nodded. Quote:
Originally Posted by weasleytwinsROCK Daisy giggled slightly whilst getting into the other position. Yoga was basically oragami. But with a person rather than a sheet of paper. And nobody aches for days after folding paper, but Daisy could've sworn she'd pulled a muscle or two in the more complex positions. So much for her laughing at other people...
'A curse is the most severe form of magic, although most have a counter-curse, except the unforgiveable curses, which are... well... unforgiveable,' she said, 'an example is the Conjunctivitus Curse, which is harmful, and harder to remove than a hex or jinx.' "Indeed, the unforgivables do not have a counter-curse. One of them though, can be resisted, but it takes a very strong vill to do so." Quote:
Originally Posted by elllla_Wtwins Changing her position, Thea concentrated on getting her balance for a few minutes.
When she was fully balanced, Thea raised her hand. 'From the stories I've heard, curses are mainly used for self defence?' It was more of a question than an answer, to be fine. Hm. 'They can also cause more damage, depending on which curse you use. Like I said earlier, three examples of curses are the unforgivable Curses.' Hmmm. "Not really for self-defense." she shook her head. "Some can be used for self defense, if not all of them vithin reason, but most often they are used for offense purposes intended to harm. Good though." "You can let go of your foot now."
She'd let them relax and grumble a little while she wrote a few things down on her parchment list. Glancing at her watch after, seeing that they didn't have much time left, perhaps enough for one more topic, she stood up and looked out to the class. Time for more grumbles. She was SURE they wouldn't enjoy this pose. It did require...balance.
"Ve're almost done. I promise. Just one more position. The tree pose. Hold your hands together like so..." Demonstration time! "Then take your foot, and carefully hold it over your knee." She would make it a little less difficult by keeping the hands mid-level and not above their heads like she was used to doing. Before their complains could fill her ears though, she continued on.
"So, ve've discussed the three categories for dark spells. The jinxes, in which cause damage or negative effects. The hexes, which are the simplest of malevolent spells to cast, most often having some sort of transfiguration or other negative effect. And then the curses, which almost always are intended to cause grave harm to the victim."
"However, is it just the spell itself that makes it dark? If a vitch or vizard used one of these spells, vould that automatically make them a dark person? Vot makes someone a dark vitch or vizard?" The Tree Pose
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