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Cassirin · 09-23-2012, 02:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Tegz

"You're so right." So totes right, good thing she was a 'claw like her momma right? ANDCELASBABIESWOULDBECLAWSLIKETHEIRMOMMATOOOOO. "Its all about finding a conduit, and wands are awesome conduits, but wizards haven't always used wands, and not exclusively even since we have been!"

"Okay so, FUNcantations are totally FUN incantations. Some of them are nonsense even, and might not have an actual semantic meaning, but they still," And here she paused and made a wow-this-is-awesome-and-I'm-being-serious-because-you-gots-to-learn-this-stuff face, "Resonate magically." She looked around at them and started reaching over her head, stretching still.

"Kind of like, have any of you," not her because Celandine wasn't a mistake maker in HER spell casting, but she understood that sometimes, non-Ravenclaws messed things up while they were learning and all, "ever pronounced a spell wrong and still had something happen? Like, set something on fire, made something explode or whatnot? I'm sure you've all heard about Baruffio? He mispronounced a spell, but managed to conjure a buffalo all the same. Magical resonance causes that sort of thing, if the intent and the magical movement is still right!" And the guy had to have been thinking about Buffalos at the same time, but that wasn't the point: what he'd said instead of the incantation had been relative nonsense. And when she said magical movement... that was because it didn't necessarily mean with a wand. Feet could move! Bodies could make magic!

"Can anyone think of any other examples of nonsense incantations? Or spells that have incantations that don't actually mean anything? What about super long mouthful incantations that are more than just a word or two? Oh and its okay if you don't feel like answering, but keep stretching and warming up!"

"Supercalifragilisticexpealidocious?" Vivi reached for the end of her ponytail before realizing she was wearing her hair in braids. Nothing to twirl. Not that she was a hair twirler, but STILL.

If she was.

Vivi grabbed her foot up behind her and balanced on one leg as she thought. All these teachers were trying to get her to be better on her feet by making her DO THINGS while she answered. It was an interesting approach.

"What about 'abracadabra'? I know it's primarily used by Muggles pretending to be wizards, but it comes from the same root as the Killing Curse and so has its basis in an actual magical incantation. It seems to have become a sort of catch-all term - they use it for pulling things out of hats or finding the right card or whatever. It has no pinned down anticipated outcome."

09-23-2012, 02:04 AM	#54 (permalink)
Cassirin Legacy!! Manticore Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Nom nom nom Posts: 43,197 Hogwarts RPG Name: Mercer Branxton Ravenclaw Seventh Year x7 x8	Yes, I do. I DOOO sulk. Made of Awesome \| Ern-la the Best-wa \| TZ's Apogee Quote: Originally Posted by Tegz "You're so right." So totes right, good thing she was a 'claw like her momma right? ANDCELASBABIESWOULDBECLAWSLIKETHEIRMOMMATOOOOO. "Its all about finding a conduit, and wands are awesome conduits, but wizards haven't always used wands, and not exclusively even since we have been!" "Okay so, FUNcantations are totally FUN incantations. Some of them are nonsense even, and might not have an actual semantic meaning, but they still," And here she paused and made a wow-this-is-awesome-and-I'm-being-serious-because-you-gots-to-learn-this-stuff face, "Resonate magically." She looked around at them and started reaching over her head, stretching still. "Kind of like, have any of you," not her because Celandine wasn't a mistake maker in HER spell casting, but she understood that sometimes, non-Ravenclaws messed things up while they were learning and all, "ever pronounced a spell wrong and still had something happen? Like, set something on fire, made something explode or whatnot? I'm sure you've all heard about Baruffio? He mispronounced a spell, but managed to conjure a buffalo all the same. Magical resonance causes that sort of thing, if the intent and the magical movement is still right!" And the guy had to have been thinking about Buffalos at the same time, but that wasn't the point: what he'd said instead of the incantation had been relative nonsense. And when she said magical movement... that was because it didn't necessarily mean with a wand. Feet could move! Bodies could make magic! "Can anyone think of any other examples of nonsense incantations? Or spells that have incantations that don't actually mean anything? What about super long mouthful incantations that are more than just a word or two? Oh and its okay if you don't feel like answering, but keep stretching and warming up!" "Supercalifragilisticexpealidocious?" Vivi reached for the end of her ponytail before realizing she was wearing her hair in braids. Nothing to twirl. Not that she was a hair twirler, but STILL. If she was. Vivi grabbed her foot up behind her and balanced on one leg as she thought. All these teachers were trying to get her to be better on her feet by making her DO THINGS while she answered. It was an interesting approach. "What about 'abracadabra'? I know it's primarily used by Muggles pretending to be wizards, but it comes from the same root as the Killing Curse and so has its basis in an actual magical incantation. It seems to have become a sort of catch-all term - they use it for pulling things out of hats or finding the right card or whatever. It has no pinned down anticipated outcome." __________________ ★ Dawn ★ Awakening ★ Spiritual ★ Hopeful ★ Honest