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Originally Posted by GD2204  Giving a small glance over to Hanna’s work, he smiled back to her and shrugged a little, unsure if they were interpreting their runes or traits the same. [B]”I’m not sure, I thought ‘Fehu’ was to do with possessions earned whereas Wunjo looks at spiritual rewards? I guess if you’re working hard at something a little more spiritual, it could work?” [B/] pausing now slightly to look back and check to see if he’d read it correctly. ”I mean, I can get a little competitive at times so that wouldn’t be too far fetched but still, it could be a lot worse” which was very true. He loved to play things for fun but losing? Nope. Trying anything but your best was just not an option for him.
Giving a small snort of amusement, he turned back to Hanna and pointed to the ‘Wunjo’ part in the textbook ”Look at the negative effects. I mean. Raging frenzy and berserker…” Ewan couldn’t help but feel slightly amused at those drawbacks, what with everything in the wizarding world always coming with a catch 22. Casting a look at her work again, he couldn’t help but focus on ‘Ansuz’ ” The insight part does sound rather accurate for observant but” pausing briefly o find the correct part, he continued ”but delusion and manipulation by others? Just a barrel of laughs these runes are” . Quote:
Originally Posted by Tegz Carmine began her wandering around the classroom, eyes peeled for anyone who needed help or perhaps were misbehaving, though she hoped that wouldn't be the case, as she was enjoying the relaxed environment of her classroom thusfar. Much more conducive to learning, in her opinion. She walked past a pair already working together and took note of their names on their parchments. Ewan Jones and Hanna Newton. Prefect Newton, as it was. She would remember.
She paused by them to listen in on their discussion, deciding to speak up when young Mr Jones mentioned the 'negative' meanings. "I wouldn't marry yourself too stringently to the 'negativity' of those meanings, Mr Jones." She picked up his rune set and poured a handful of runes out on her hand, picking through until she found wunjo. She placed it on the table in front of him and returned the others to its pouch. "When runes fall the right way up they indicate the usual meaning. If they fall upside down," She turned it around with a nudge of one long brown finger. "That is when you have the more darker connotations of the runes. Not opposite, not always negative, as it depends entirely on context, but we call it 'merkstave' or reversed. You'll learn more about such things in the very near future." She promised, giving him a warm encouraging smile and including prefect Newton in the look.
"Some good insights you both have so far. Keep it up. You may feel you are having to 'stretch' definitions to fit, but that is the goal of this exercise. For instance ansuz in merkstave representing manipulation by others, may also be compared to naivety or perhaps a desire to believe that others speak the truth and have your best interests at heart, neither of which are inherently bad traits." Hanna was enjoying the confusing thoughts she was having. Of course she wasn't in Ewan's head, so she merely read his list and formulated her own opinions. She was interested in hearing what his interpretations were, though, so she listened to his reasoning and nodded along. "I can see that. So... so for example perhaps Quidditch. You get your hands into it, because it interests you, and Fehu it's kind of like you win or earn something. Like a trophy? Or even just winning a game?" She hoped she wasn't on the complete opposite of what Ewan was saying.
She looked over at the part of the textbook Ewan was snortling over and cracked a laugh herself. With that in mind, she looked at Fehu and something clicked a bit more. "I suppose if you look at the reversed meanings from Fehu you can see it indicates failure. And if you can relate it to getting stuck into something that interests you, the reverse of winning at whatever it is would be failure."
And there was Professor Beryl, giving them insight to the runes they were discussing. She was about to ask whether the Merkstave meaning would be used, but it was answered almost as soon as she thought it. She looked back to her textbook to see if she could stretch any of the Merkstave of her runes to the traits she had picked out.
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Originally Posted by Parchment Hanna Newton
ISFJ
Reliable: Eihwaz
Persistent: Uruz, Wunjo (over the top)
Observant: Ansuz, Raidho
Caring: Ingwaz "So if I look at Reliable as a trait, I chose Eihwaz because it seemed very fitting." And here, she looked for her own Eihwaz rune, and placed it reversed. "But if it was reversed, something like confusion and dissatisfaction could be used to represent persistence. Because if I don't understand something, I might be confused about it, and dissatisfied with this black hole of something I don't know. And my persistence in trying to understand said thing comes about from being confused and dissatisfied." She paused to think over what she'd just said. "Is that an acceptable interpretation?" She asked both Ewan and Professor Beryl.
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