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LadyNerd · 02-16-2009, 04:29 AM

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Originally Posted by XanaSnape

"Ah, yes. Two points for each of you who answered -- and for both Miss Toussaint and Miss Wright. You are quite right- it is another issue of semantics, with one slight variation where curses are concerned." He began to pace as he lectured, leaning heavily on his cane. "Consider this: if you were a girl of fifteen or sixteen, you might consider being burdened with a pig's snout to be something of a curse. An eight year old boy might find that a laugh. Is it a hex? A curse? A jinx? In reality, the terms hex and jinx are almost interchangeable in many instances. But a curse is looked at a bit differently, for a true curse will cause either pain or longer term, lasting, even sometimes permanent damage... physiological or psychological in nature." His eyes rested momentarily on Brandywine before moving on. "Of course, as with most things in life, there are exceptions to this even classification, but those are the general guidelines set by the Ministry. We will cover curses after the lab. But before we get to that... Who can name another jinx, one that hasn't yet been mentioned?" He looked around the room.

Of all things, this crazy old fool was just being rude and conceited in his little tricks of the trade. Why didn't he just pull Agie up to the center of the classroom so that he could have his fair share of laughter from the students. JERK!

Lyra raised her hand to answer this vile man's question. "A hair thickening charm would be considered a jinx." I'd like to turn your hair into just that and make you walk around like cousin IT. See how you like... Lyra smiled in her innocent yet up to something look. She just knew he was going to say something to that and probably take points away as well but she would give him something to take points from her anyway.

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LadyNerd Formerly: Rookins Shrake Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Texas Posts: 12,431 Hogwarts RPG Name: Cassiopeia "Cassi" Nero First Year x1	squishy yoshi / / i ♥ stalking Quote: Originally Posted by XanaSnape "Ah, yes. Two points for each of you who answered -- and for both Miss Toussaint and Miss Wright. You are quite right- it is another issue of semantics, with one slight variation where curses are concerned." He began to pace as he lectured, leaning heavily on his cane. "Consider this: if you were a girl of fifteen or sixteen, you might consider being burdened with a pig's snout to be something of a curse. An eight year old boy might find that a laugh. Is it a hex? A curse? A jinx? In reality, the terms hex and jinx are almost interchangeable in many instances. But a curse is looked at a bit differently, for a true curse will cause either pain or longer term, lasting, even sometimes permanent damage... physiological or psychological in nature." His eyes rested momentarily on Brandywine before moving on. "Of course, as with most things in life, there are exceptions to this even classification, but those are the general guidelines set by the Ministry. We will cover curses after the lab. But before we get to that... Who can name another jinx, one that hasn't yet been mentioned?" He looked around the room. Of all things, this crazy old fool was just being rude and conceited in his little tricks of the trade. Why didn't he just pull Agie up to the center of the classroom so that he could have his fair share of laughter from the students. JERK! Lyra raised her hand to answer this vile man's question. "A hair thickening charm would be considered a jinx." I'd like to turn your hair into just that and make you walk around like cousin IT. See how you like... Lyra smiled in her innocent yet up to something look. She just knew he was going to say something to that and probably take points away as well but she would give him something to take points from her anyway.