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Professor Stewart is already present in the classroom when you arrive. She is waiting eagerly by the classroom’s door to greet each of her students as usual. She hopes that you’re wide awake this bright, sunny morning and are ready for the exciting lesson. After entering the room, you are to take your seat on one of the comfortable chairs with the desks attached to it. The desks are divided into two groups, one group on the left and one on the right so that there is a path in the middle of the room. This path will direct your attention to the laptop sitting on a small table at the back with a projector hooked up to it. Please do not trouble it, even though some of you may be curious. All will be revealed soon enough.
Take a moment to relax, get your writing apparatus ready and maybe even try to figure out what today’s lesson is all about though there are no clues about this. Class will begin shortly.
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Olly squinted at the pictures on the projector. He recognized none of the first four, though the art style suggested they were probably animated characters. Possibly comic book character too or something like that. Maybe both. It wasn't until the professor reached the very last picture that he figured they were probably all cartoon characters. He'd seen that dog before. Not very much, because it was a muggle cartoon, but enough to know that his name was Scooby Doo. His dad had showed him. It was a really old muggle cartoon, one that had been around for ages and would probably never go away.
"That dog solves mysteries with his friends," he offered. Others had already offered up his name so he didn't feel like repeating the information. That was pretty much the extent of his knowledge. And that was all he had to base a guess on about what they all had in common. Did they all solve mysteries? Or was it simply that they were all animations? Others were saying cartoons so he figured that must be right.
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Juno raised her hand and waited to be called on. "I see Fred Flintstone! They are all classic cartoons and anyone can go online and find these shows. I used to watch them all the time when I was little," she said, directing the comment to a couple of boys she didn't know. "My father watched them with my grandma and wanted us to have the silly cartoons as well. Anyone can have access to them if they have access to the internet." She knew from experience. She may be a witch but her wizarding parents were very modern and knew how to work with technology.
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He nodded his curly mop of a head at the Professor, cheerfully exuberant as always. Very well indeed. Right no touchy but really he waaaaanted to. If its not behind a glass case with alarms ready to go off he will get his paws on them. Fer reals. Oh and did she just sorta admit theres internet in the Fun Room? Oh he has got to check that out later.
And we saw that daring look Johanson. Does she really want to dare a Salander? A childhood bestie at that? No boundaries ya know hehehehehe.
But you got lucky lil lady because classes has started AND ITS ABOUT CARTOON YAAAS!
"They are all my toys!!" the Gryffindor exulted happily from his seat at the back (next to the projector but of course). Hey the Professor did ask what they all had in common right? But yeah lets try something a bit more factual "Uhm all these are cartoons-- animation made for television, started in the late 20th century." The boy knows his cartoons yup.
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Jace nodded at the professor, and made a mental note about teaching her how to greet people in Japanese. He could give her pointers, and probably, Ichihara-sensei could help her practice during their free time in the professors’ common work room. Slightly blushing, he gave the professor a shallow bow of his head once more and shifted his attention to Azura.
He watched her get all flustered as she replaced her things with muggle writing implements. Jace felt bad for her, and he was sure she wasn’t doing well still. Instinctively, the Ravenclaw got an extra muggle pencil from his bag and placed it on top of Azura’s desk.
Brown eyes then shifted to the front of the class when the shutters of the window were closed, signaling that it was the start of their class. Sitting straighter on his chair, Jace watched as the images were flashed on the screen. The half-Japanese smiled as his classmates mentioned Pokémon. He’s such a popular Japanese cartoon character, wasn’t he? Jace nodded along, and then raised his hand to offer his own answer, “That is Cosmo professor, from the Fairly Oddparents cartoon show.” He said grinning. Funny character, that was. It was his grandpa’s favourite too! He liked Cosmo more than Wanda, because he's just like his papa...minus the lapses. “Those cartoon characters were all hand-drawn…and are products of very good imagination.” Japanese pop culture can attest to that, yes.
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Oooh, cartoons. That was an interesting topic for them to discuss because she could remember watching them with her family for as long as she could remember.
With a giggle at what her sister said, Esme raised her hand to answer the first question. She could have easily gone with the same reply, but that would be plain lazy. Besides, she knew who all five of the characters were. "Number three is Bugs Bunny and I'd say that the thing that all five characters have in common is that they are cartoons." If there was another similarity that the Professor was going for, she missed it.
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Zeke could appreciate the darkness that drawing the curtains had to offer. What would have made the lesson more enjoyable, was if they were actually watching cartoons instead of just looking at a few pictures. Like... could they just have a lesson where they watched things? That'd be fun.
As it was, he did like muggle cartoons, and the old school ones were fairly good even if he couldn't recall the names as well as everyone else seemed to be able to.
With a grin, he showed himself inside the classroom, and immediately took a seat with Azura and Katherine. "Ohayo..." he said to both girls as he got his notebook and muggle pen out. "Are we going to watch a movie?" he asked eyeing the laptop and projector up front.
Hmm.
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Stepping into the classroom the boy shook his head, ruffling his curls as he did, and snapping out of whatever spell he had been under. Woah. That was a crazy rush. He took a seat next to the girl who was scared of insects (Katherine) and flashed her a grin that was a bit on the teasing side.
Katherine hadn't greeted the woman because everyone else had been and she wanted to look different. Besides, nods were quite efficient. She preferred to watch the people and when Jacen sat next to her, she was relieved. She liked Jacen (not in that sense), he was pretty smart and polite. So she said "Hello," to his Japanese greeting, smiled also at Azura and Melbourne, then turned her attention back to people-watching. She also noted how Cornelius went totally blushed at the compliment, and idly did look at the boy from afar as his tie was being done. Would she call him handsome?.. Possibly... Before she could come to a definite conclusion, though, the boy sat down next to her and she returned his suspicious smile with a polite and cautious one.
He... didn't bring wasps in his pocket, did he?
Anyway, the class was beginning and she studied the pictures. She didn't know any of them because they were old and she didn't watch cartoons, for they were for kids. However, she HAD read the textbook and after listening to the answers, she raised her hand. CLEARLY none of her peers had read it.
"These are all examples of characters from animated cartoons, I believe," she said as her voice confidently rang in the classroom, "and the animation is actually an illusion. In the past, the cartoon artists used to draw pictured that differed only slightly, and then these pictures were displayed in rapid succession - the most common was 24 frames per second. But the cartoons are created digitally now and as anyone can guess, it's far easier."
Yes, it was definitely time to get started. Kay was about to shut the door but spotted Isabella at the moment. “Good morning to you, Ms Miklos!’’ When the girl had entered, she shut the door. It was time to get started! “I am certain that you have. It’s called a computer.’’ She offered her a smile and at that moment caught Tenacius’s look.
“There is no internet access here in the classroom but you’re welcome to check out the Fun Room.’’ She winked and moved to stand in front of her desk.
“Welcome to yet another Muggle Studies lesson! You must be wondering what today’s lesson will be all about. Well, I was thinking about going a bit back to our younger years. Maybe we wouldn’t even have to go back any years at all for some of you.’’ Her blue eyes twinkled in the general direction of the class. “Now, some of you may think that you are too old for what we’re about to talk about today but I must say I would disagree.’’
Kay gracefully walked towards the back of the room, waving her wand to temporarily close the windows so that the classroom was plunged into enough darkness so that the projector could be used. “For those of you who are not familiar with these apparatus, this here is a laptop computer and this is a projector.’’ She pointed at them both individually. “The projector does as the name says- projects images onto a surface. The images are stored on the laptop.’’ Kay powered on the two. “Now, I have five images here. I want each of you to name one and tell me what the five have in common.’’
A slide show began, putting pictures on the whiteboard at the front of the room. She allowed about ten seconds between each image so that the students could get a good look.
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"Oh yes, a computer." Bella replied, wondering if they would be able to actually fiddle around with it later. As much as she liked learning about muggle contraptions she didn't always get to actually see or touch the items. Her parents were way to protective to allow her to do anything like that.
Bella listened as Professor Stewart explained the two items, before turning them on. As the first two pictured passed, Bella was completely lost. She didn't know the names of any of the characters until the bunny, but again couldn't remember the name right away.
Bags... Buzz... Buster... Bugs... Bugs Bunny!
"They are all characters from shows that comes on the telly." She replied finally before adding. "And I believe the third image is Bugs Bunny."
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ohh right! she wasnt allowed to use her quill. did she even pack a pencil or pen? going through her bag she found one single pen at the bottom of her bag, with no lid. drawing on her paper she made suer that the pen actually worked.
it did! yay! she didnt have to bug someone to borrow one.
Now looking at these pictures... Echo had no clue what they were? but one thing she knew for certain was that these were drawings, cartoon drawings to be exact. Might as well point out the obvious. Raising her hand "Professor, those are cartoon drawings! but im not quite sure of the name" lowering her hand she listened to the rest of the answers.
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SPOILER!!: Pikachu answers!
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Hady had highly considered not attending this mornings lesson. It wasn't anything at all to do with the lesson itself or the fact that it was yet another new Professor teaching it. What it did have to do with was the fact that she was exhausted...so much so that she probably appeared ill to anyone that looked at her.
Yawning quietly into the crook of her arm as she entered the room she cast a very quick glance around only long enough to ensure that this room in fact had desks today. Nothing more mattered to her honestly as she made her way for the first empty seat after casting a small half-hearted smile in the direction of Professor Stewart. It wasn't her normal greeting but it was all that she could currently manage at the moment.
Slipping down onto the chair Hady silently took out her things for the lesson. The remainder of her time while she waited for the lesson to began was spent skimming the tip of her finger of the wings of one of the butterfly tattoos that had taken to fly across her skin and landing on the inside of her left wrist. Each time her finger brushed over the red and gold butterfly it's wings would flutter or it would fly in a small circle to land right back where it had been moments earlier.
The voice of the Professor barely caught her attention but slowly she lifted her eyes upwards towards the front of the room and the pictures that were being projected there due to the projector and laptop that happened to be in the room. Why she hadn't noticed them earlier she had no idea. What she did know was what each photo was being as she was mostly raised in a muggle home. Slowly her hand lifted into the air. "The first one is Pikachu he's from a show called Pokemon. All the photos are from old muggle cartoons," Hadleigh replied quietly barely above a whisper her hand dropping down the moment she spoke. She really didn't want to be here right now..would anyone notice if she went back to her dorm room?
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Chloe knew a bit about one of those drawings from her comics. She didn't read Pokemon but she heard about it peripherally enough times to know that was Pikachu. Pikachem? Picka?
Something like that.
She rose her hand quickly and contributed, "One of them is a pokemon, I think." Did that mean the rest of the them were pokemon? Probably. That looked like the theme.
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SPOILER!!: Jace and replies to Kay before class
Azura turned to look at Jace as he sat next to her and she gave him the barest of smiles. Truthfully she wanted to give him a hug and cry all over him, but she couldn't do that now! "Hi Jace." She whispered out to him, before turning back to her workstation..
Azura blinked a little as she stared at her desk,, something wasn't right!! The young Ravenclaw started to panic as she realized she hadn't pulled out a pen!! Or her notebook! She was furiously trying to put her parchment and quill away and was in the middle of pulling out a pen when she heard the teacher speak to her..
The flustered girl looked up at the teacher and nodded.. Trying to keep the tears from her eyes as she held out a pen. "I'm so sorry, it won't happen again. " she swallowed hard as she took a deep breath. She could do this!!
Despite her mistake in the beginning of class, Azura was determined to be perfect the rest of class, and her purple eyes snapped towards the projector as she looked at the slides that were shown them. She knew a few of them!
Especially the first one! And since she knew a few of the others, she could deduce what they all were!
Her hand went into the air as she spoke. "The first image is Pikachu, from a muggle cartoon called Pokemon." She used to watch that show with her cousin Wes. "Pikachu and the rest of the images are all characters from Muggle Children's cartoons."
Well she knew three of them were at least.
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Evie squirmed in her seat with the showing of the first image "Pikachu!!" The brunette sung out. Pokémon had been one of her favorite Saturday Morning cartoons for as long as she could remember. She grinned as she watched the next few slides "Professor, they are all cartoons, and very popular ones at that." The girl remembered the "history" lesson her father had given her when she was about five or six on cartoons and just how old some of the footage was, older than her grandparents even.
One by one she wrote each of the characters names down
Kitty loved Muggle cartoons. Admittedly, her favorite one was a dark animated movie known as Coraline - based on a book by brilliant writer Neil Gaiman. Sometimes Kitty wondered if Neil Gaiman was secretly a wizard. Coraline was about a girl who discovered a world where there was a fake copy of everyone she knew, but they all had button eyes. It was dark for a cartoon, but definitely one of her favorites.
She recognized Scooby Doo and Pikachu. "Pikachu, I choose you!" Immediately after saying it she felt embarrassed. "That's Pikachu, from Pokémon," she explained to everyone, pointing to the picture. "He's the main character in a cartoon that is also a video game series and trading card game."
'They are all Muggle cartoons. Muggles are very good with movies, aren't they."
“It’s quite alright, Ms Kennedy,’’ she said kindly before pausing in concern near to Hady. “Ms Lynch? Are you alright?’’ From the moment the girl stepped into the classroom, Kay noted how out of it she seemed.
“Yes! This little yellow creature is known as the mouse Pokemon called Pikachu. He is actually my favourite from the show.’’ Wasn’t Pikachu a cutie?
SPOILER!!: Bugs Bunny answers!
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Hadley almost blushed. Almost. Any redness in her cheeks was just a delayed reaction from her journey to the classroom, 'Kay? The 13 year old nodded with a small smile and returned Fairy Princess's and Kitty's waves.
"Hey, Bernie!" She watched the exchange between Melon and Salamander curiously. Was something up between them? Mel did seem a bit colder to Tenacius when she saw Haddie and him having a picnic...so maybe. Either way, she didn't want to get in the middle of it. So, ignoring. "Can internet even work inside Hogwarts?" There were spells to get muggle items to work off magic instead of electricity, but she didn't think that extended to signals being sent to and from the computer. "And what's up with the sweaters, Bernard?" 'Cuz Bernie was short for Bernard.
Class started with pictures of cartoons and the seven year old still lingering inside Hadley's eyes lit up. Which is also to say, Haddie's eyes lit up before she could stop them. "Number 3 is Bugs Bunny. And they're all traditional, hand-drawn cartoon characters, as opposed to computer generated." Ha, suck on that Davvy...Er...no. She promised Rachel last year she'd try and be friends or at least civil to him. Nevermind.
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Dot squinted her way through the luridly colored drawings the professor showed on the screen, but the first two were totally unfamiliar to her. Was this art? Were they going to study Muggle artists who...
Oh! She knew that one! "That third one is Bugsy Bun Bun. Or, sorry, that's what my brother calls him. Bugs Bunny. He's a cartoon character from over a hundred years ago. Very cocky and self assured. Pretty sure he's a Gryffindor." Alba-querque.
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Oooh, cartoons. That was an interesting topic for them to discuss because she could remember watching them with her family for as long as she could remember.
With a giggle at what her sister said, Esme raised her hand to answer the first question. She could have easily gone with the same reply, but that would be plain lazy. Besides, she knew who all five of the characters were. "Number three is Bugs Bunny and I'd say that the thing that all five characters have in common is that they are cartoons." If there was another similarity that the Professor was going for, she missed it.
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"Oh yes, a computer." Bella replied, wondering if they would be able to actually fiddle around with it later. As much as she liked learning about muggle contraptions she didn't always get to actually see or touch the items. Her parents were way to protective to allow her to do anything like that.
Bella listened as Professor Stewart explained the two items, before turning them on. As the first two pictured passed, Bella was completely lost. She didn't know the names of any of the characters until the bunny, but again couldn't remember the name right away.
Bags... Buzz... Buster... Bugs... Bugs Bunny!
"They are all characters from shows that comes on the telly." She replied finally before adding. "And I believe the third image is Bugs Bunny."
“Well done! This is indeed Bugs Bunny, the rabbit famously and mostly depicting eating a carrot and frequently using his catch phrase ‘What’s up, Doc’.’’
SPOILER!!: Scooby Doo answers!
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Ooh. Lesson was starting. Harriet was really excited. She liked Muggle Studies. or at least she thought she would. Her mother had told her some stuff, but there was nothing as good as learning about it properly. So she was really excited about the job. She smiled as she looked at the five images that came onto the screen. Ooh. She knew some of them. That was good. She didn't want to not know things. This was a good start
Raising her hand, Hattie smiled. "The last image is Scooby doo. He's from an old cartoon originally called "Scooby Doo -where are you?" She had watched a few of those shows. They were funny. "And I believe all of the photos are from muggle cartoon shows"
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Kaycee grinned. THIS was why she loved Muggle Studies.
"That one is Scooby Doo! They're all cartoons." And, little known fact, Professor Myer had a Chia Pet featuring that dogs head. How did the Prefect know this? She'd given it to him of course.
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Olly squinted at the pictures on the projector. He recognized none of the first four, though the art style suggested they were probably animated characters. Possibly comic book character too or something like that. Maybe both. It wasn't until the professor reached the very last picture that he figured they were probably all cartoon characters. He'd seen that dog before. Not very much, because it was a muggle cartoon, but enough to know that his name was Scooby Doo. His dad had showed him. It was a really old muggle cartoon, one that had been around for ages and would probably never go away.
"That dog solves mysteries with his friends," he offered. Others had already offered up his name so he didn't feel like repeating the information. That was pretty much the extent of his knowledge. And that was all he had to base a guess on about what they all had in common. Did they all solve mysteries? Or was it simply that they were all animations? Others were saying cartoons so he figured that must be right.
“Indeed that is Scooby Doo! He and his human friends embark on journeys to solve mysteries as Mr Thomas-Borzekowski rightfully said. Though Scooby is easily scared to investigate certain aspects of the mysteries, he usually comes through in the end. He is very loyal to his friends.’’
SPOILER!!: Fred Flinstone answers!
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Janelle turned her attention to the professor when class was called to order. She listened as Professor Stewart explained about the laptop and projector. Janelle tended to forget that everyone didn't know about muggle objects. Of course they didn't, but it was always fun to see witches and wizards react to all things muggle.
When the slideshow began, Janelle began to smile. This she definitely knew. Raising her hand, she gave her answer. "One picture is of Fred Flintstone and all of those characters come from muggle cartoons." Janelle loved cartoons. She, her brother and sister would always watch muggle cartoons with their dad. Of course Janelle loved the old ones best. Especially Bugs Bunny. That was her all time favorite. If the lesson had to do with cartoons, she was all in.
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Juno raised her hand and waited to be called on. "I see Fred Flintstone! They are all classic cartoons and anyone can go online and find these shows. I used to watch them all the time when I was little," she said, directing the comment to a couple of boys she didn't know. "My father watched them with my grandma and wanted us to have the silly cartoons as well. Anyone can have access to them if they have access to the internet." She knew from experience. She may be a witch but her wizarding parents were very modern and knew how to work with technology.
“Yes! You are all correct! This cartoon took place in the stone age and revolves around Fred, his wife, his best friend Barney and his wife and sometime after, the two couples’ kids.’’
SPOILER!!: Cosmo answers!
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Clara sat up straight as the professor reassured her that she was not at all late. And soon enough the class began, and Clara was glancing at each one of the displayed slides. A smile formed on her face as she realized that she did indeed recognize all of these figures. Unfortunately, she couldn't quite remember the names of all of them, but 3 out of 5 wasn't so bad after all. (She could not think of the names for the last two, no matter how long she tried.)
"Professor, these are all cartoons. Very old cartoons, actually. My grandparents and parents watched these a lot, but I don't know much about them. Well, um...cartoons, especially in the muggle world, were a form of entertainment that transformed the art world, making animated art, which can seem childish, accessible to all. And I cannot recall all their names, but I do know for sure that Image 2 is Cosmo! He's a green-haired fairy from the cartoon 'The Fairly OddParents' and he's married to Wanda, the pink-haired fairy." Clara ended her statement with a smile, satisfied with her answer. It wasn't perfect, but she had tried her best.
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Jace nodded at the professor, and made a mental note about teaching her how to greet people in Japanese. He could give her pointers, and probably, Ichihara-sensei could help her practice during their free time in the professors’ common work room. Slightly blushing, he gave the professor a shallow bow of his head once more and shifted his attention to Azura.
He watched her get all flustered as she replaced her things with muggle writing implements. Jace felt bad for her, and he was sure she wasn’t doing well still. Instinctively, the Ravenclaw got an extra muggle pencil from his bag and placed it on top of Azura’s desk.
Brown eyes then shifted to the front of the class when the shutters of the window were closed, signaling that it was the start of their class. Sitting straighter on his chair, Jace watched as the images were flashed on the screen. The half-Japanese smiled as his classmates mentioned Pokémon. He’s such a popular Japanese cartoon character, wasn’t he? Jace nodded along, and then raised his hand to offer his own answer, “That is Cosmo professor, from the Fairly Oddparents cartoon show.” He said grinning. Funny character, that was. It was his grandpa’s favourite too! He liked Cosmo more than Wanda, because he's just like his papa...minus the lapses. “Those cartoon characters were all hand-drawn…and are products of very good imagination.” Japanese pop culture can attest to that, yes.
"Correct again! This is indeed Cosmo. He and his wife are fairies assigned to grant wishes to Timmy Turner, a ten year old who is made unhappy because of his baby sitter, Vicky.''
SPOILER!!: ‘What do they have in common?’ answers!
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Well the professor was definitely friendly enough, that was for sure. If Sky had to gesture a guess, the woman was likely a Hufflepuff if she even attended Hogwarts. Mostly because her parents were some of the friendliest and most cheerful people that she knew.
As she began, Sky tried hard to focus on the images displayed. Honestly, she didn't know too many of them, except for the one wearing orange rags that he called a shirt. Her brother probably knew more of them then she did, but she did know one thing about all of them in common.
"All of them are the stars of their own cartoons," Sky commented upon raising her hand. Even someone with little cartoon knowledge should recognize that much.
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SPOILER!!: Jace and replies to Kay before class
Azura turned to look at Jace as he sat next to her and she gave him the barest of smiles. Truthfully she wanted to give him a hug and cry all over him, but she couldn't do that now! "Hi Jace." She whispered out to him, before turning back to her workstation..
Azura blinked a little as she stared at her desk,, something wasn't right!! The young Ravenclaw started to panic as she realized she hadn't pulled out a pen!! Or her notebook! She was furiously trying to put her parchment and quill away and was in the middle of pulling out a pen when she heard the teacher speak to her..
The flustered girl looked up at the teacher and nodded.. Trying to keep the tears from her eyes as she held out a pen. "I'm so sorry, it won't happen again. " she swallowed hard as she took a deep breath. She could do this!!
Despite her mistake in the beginning of class, Azura was determined to be perfect the rest of class, and her purple eyes snapped towards the projector as she looked at the slides that were shown them. She knew a few of them!
Especially the first one! And since she knew a few of the others, she could deduce what they all were!
Her hand went into the air as she spoke. "The first image is Pikachu, from a muggle cartoon called Pokemon." She used to watch that show with her cousin Wes. "Pikachu and the rest of the images are all characters from Muggle Children's cartoons."
Well she knew three of them were at least.
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Hadley almost blushed. Almost. Any redness in her cheeks was just a delayed reaction from her journey to the classroom, 'Kay? The 13 year old nodded with a small smile and returned Fairy Princess's and Kitty's waves.
"Hey, Bernie!" She watched the exchange between Melon and Salamander curiously. Was something up between them? Mel did seem a bit colder to Tenacius when she saw Haddie and him having a picnic...so maybe. Either way, she didn't want to get in the middle of it. So, ignoring. "Can internet even work inside Hogwarts?" There were spells to get muggle items to work off magic instead of electricity, but she didn't think that extended to signals being sent to and from the computer. "And what's up with the sweaters, Bernard?" 'Cuz Bernie was short for Bernard.
Class started with pictures of cartoons and the seven year old still lingering inside Hadley's eyes lit up. Which is also to say, Haddie's eyes lit up before she could stop them. "Number 3 is Bugs Bunny. And they're all traditional, hand-drawn cartoon characters, as opposed to computer generated." Ha, suck on that Davvy...Er...no. She promised Rachel last year she'd try and be friends or at least civil to him. Nevermind.
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Ooh. Lesson was starting. Harriet was really excited. She liked Muggle Studies. or at least she thought she would. Her mother had told her some stuff, but there was nothing as good as learning about it properly. So she was really excited about the job. She smiled as she looked at the five images that came onto the screen. Ooh. She knew some of them. That was good. She didn't want to not know things. This was a good start
Raising her hand, Hattie smiled. "The last image is Scooby doo. He's from an old cartoon originally called "Scooby Doo -where are you?" She had watched a few of those shows. They were funny. "And I believe all of the photos are from muggle cartoon shows"
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Now this was a class Rula was always really curious about. She wasn't completely ignorant of everything Muggle-related, but she definitely wasn't an expert either since she didn't exactly have a ton of experience with it, growing up in a magical family. She had heard of computers and such at least, so that laptop being here wasn't too strange.
The pictures were strange though. Or...maybe more unfamiliar than strange, actually. So she had no idea what their names would be. What they had in common though? She could take a guess at that, at least.
"They look like they're all drawn or something," she said, raising her hand. "Like, they're not something real that someone took a picture of with a camera." So kind of like portraits, but in a much different style. And those pictures weren't moving right now.
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Evie squirmed in her seat with the showing of the first image "Pikachu!!" The brunette sung out. Pokémon had been one of her favorite Saturday Morning cartoons for as long as she could remember. She grinned as she watched the next few slides "Professor, they are all cartoons, and very popular ones at that." The girl remembered the "history" lesson her father had given her when she was about five or six on cartoons and just how old some of the footage was, older than her grandparents even.
One by one she wrote each of the characters names down
Janelle turned her attention to the professor when class was called to order. She listened as Professor Stewart explained about the laptop and projector. Janelle tended to forget that everyone didn't know about muggle objects. Of course they didn't, but it was always fun to see witches and wizards react to all things muggle.
When the slideshow began, Janelle began to smile. This she definitely knew. Raising her hand, she gave her answer. "One picture is of Fred Flintstone and all of those characters come from muggle cartoons." Janelle loved cartoons. She, her brother and sister would always watch muggle cartoons with their dad. Of course Janelle loved the old ones best. Especially Bugs Bunny. That was her all time favorite. If the lesson had to do with cartoons, she was all in.
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Kitty loved Muggle cartoons. Admittedly, her favorite one was a dark animated movie known as Coraline - based on a book by brilliant writer Neil Gaiman. Sometimes Kitty wondered if Neil Gaiman was secretly a wizard. Coraline was about a girl who discovered a world where there was a fake copy of everyone she knew, but they all had button eyes. It was dark for a cartoon, but definitely one of her favorites.
She recognized Scooby Doo and Pikachu. "Pikachu, I choose you!" Immediately after saying it she felt embarrassed. "That's Pikachu, from Pokémon," she explained to everyone, pointing to the picture. "He's the main character in a cartoon that is also a video game series and trading card game."
'They are all Muggle cartoons. Muggles are very good with movies, aren't they."
Back at the front of the class and as each student gave their answers regarding what they thought the five characters had in common, Kay wrote each on a separate white board in purple marker.
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The Professor's enthusiastic greeting was met with a stare of indifference before he'd taken his seat earlier. No comment made on pens and pencils. It didn't matter what he wrote with, his quill wrote for itself. It wasn't as if HE was using it so the boy left it floating above his shoulder while he pulled out the pen Professor Stewart seemed so intent on him using.
Slumped in his seat, Blaise was prepared to remain quiet for the duration of the lesson, except, she said something about going back a few years and not very far for some and he was ALMOST curious enough to sit forward and look attentive. Almost. The action was stopped when he did in fact see the pictures appear (but it wasn't magic. He'd learned that. Muggles did things the hard way and there was a lot of science involved).
"That shouldn't take any of us back by 'a few years', Professor. I don't think I've ever seen most of those. My grandpop knows about the one on the end though. Says it used to be his favourite show when he was a kid." So if she wanted to take anyone back it would be the old man and not them which left him surprised and somewhat....dumbfounded by just how so many of his classmates--especially that Gryffindor firstie (Evie) could easily recognize and spout facts about them. What did they do? Binge olden classics over their summer? Sorry, he'd rather surf with his cousin than be taken back to hundred year old humour. "They were popular for their time." He corrected, sparing the girl a glance. "But they're ancient now. Classics. I don't even think they're still in circulation over muggle media."
[QUOTE=laurange;11945475]Brian was just getting more irritated by the second but he couldn't help but hear the end of what Blaise was saying. It was difficult not to pay attention from the next desk anyway. He was pretty amused that so many people knew stuff about ANCIENT things, but then again, it wasn't surprising. The wizarding community was centuries behind on technology, it only made sense that they would be over 80 years behind on media.
"They're not. In circulation," he said, before he could be bothered to stop himself and put his thought process through a filter. "These were ancient. Really really ancient. I've never seen anything produced before 2050, and I've only seen them in antique stores. So I guess the only thing they have in common is that they're all defunct, and didn't last long enough to remain entertaining or relevant to current muggle society."
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Cornelius Orion Baltazar was DEAD.
D-E-A-D.
He couldn't believe Professor Stewart was doing his tie and calling him smart and handsome. What this how heaven felt? Because if it did Cornelius neeeever wanted to leave. A rosie tint rose in his dimply cheeks as he smiled at the blue-eyed woman. From this close up he thought they resembled crystallized water. Like...deep ocean water.
When Professor Stewart finished adjusting his tie and shirt collar he nodded, his smile growing more and showing off those dimples of his. "No chance." Of losing points. Never. Not in her presence. "Thank you, Professor Stewart. If you need a helper this lesson, I'm your guy." He jabbed a thumb at himself. He. Cornelius Orion Baltazar. Yep.
Stepping into the classroom the boy shook his head, ruffling his curls as he did, and snapping out of whatever spell he had been under. Woah. That was a crazy rush. He took a seat next to the girl who was scared of insects (Katherine) and flashed her a grin that was a bit on the teasing side.
Oh, everyone shut up. Class was starting! Professor Steward had Cornelius' undivided attention. He studied the images carefully, and slowly raised his hand up, still studying the images. These were ancient but he knew about them because of his godfather who was ALL into antiques and collected those things. That and his dad was muggle-stuff-obsessed.
"They are animated cartoons. My godpop says they are different from films. Like...they are drawn. Like, each scene and stuff." By real hands and real people.
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Noelle was so intrigued as the lights went out and the professor pulled a projector out. She knew what one was because her mum used them while she home schooled them. She grinned. Then the images flashed across the screen and she grinned even wider.
Pikachu.
That.....cartoon thing. Noelle wasn't completely sure what that meant. Some fighting thing.
Then more cartoons! Some she knew, and some she didn't.
Bugs Bunny she knew. It was her mums favorite cartoon.
Noelle smiled and raised her hand. See professor? Not sleepy.
"Cartoons! " That's what they had in common.
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He nodded his curly mop of a head at the Professor, cheerfully exuberant as always. Very well indeed. Right no touchy but really he waaaaanted to. If its not behind a glass case with alarms ready to go off he will get his paws on them. Fer reals. Oh and did she just sorta admit theres internet in the Fun Room? Oh he has got to check that out later.
And we saw that daring look Johanson. Does she really want to dare a Salander? A childhood bestie at that? No boundaries ya know hehehehehe.
But you got lucky lil lady because classes has started AND ITS ABOUT CARTOON YAAAS!
"They are all my toys!!" the Gryffindor exulted happily from his seat at the back (next to the projector but of course). Hey the Professor did ask what they all had in common right? But yeah lets try something a bit more factual "Uhm all these are cartoons-- animation made for television, started in the late 20th century." The boy knows his cartoons yup.
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Jace nodded at the professor, and made a mental note about teaching her how to greet people in Japanese. He could give her pointers, and probably, Ichihara-sensei could help her practice during their free time in the professors’ common work room. Slightly blushing, he gave the professor a shallow bow of his head once more and shifted his attention to Azura.
He watched her get all flustered as she replaced her things with muggle writing implements. Jace felt bad for her, and he was sure she wasn’t doing well still. Instinctively, the Ravenclaw got an extra muggle pencil from his bag and placed it on top of Azura’s desk.
Brown eyes then shifted to the front of the class when the shutters of the window were closed, signaling that it was the start of their class. Sitting straighter on his chair, Jace watched as the images were flashed on the screen. The half-Japanese smiled as his classmates mentioned Pokémon. He’s such a popular Japanese cartoon character, wasn’t he? Jace nodded along, and then raised his hand to offer his own answer, “That is Cosmo professor, from the Fairly Oddparents cartoon show.” He said grinning. Funny character, that was. It was his grandpa’s favourite too! He liked Cosmo more than Wanda, because he's just like his papa...minus the lapses. “Those cartoon characters were all hand-drawn…and are products of very good imagination.” Japanese pop culture can attest to that, yes.
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Oooh, cartoons. That was an interesting topic for them to discuss because she could remember watching them with her family for as long as she could remember.
With a giggle at what her sister said, Esme raised her hand to answer the first question. She could have easily gone with the same reply, but that would be plain lazy. Besides, she knew who all five of the characters were. "Number three is Bugs Bunny and I'd say that the thing that all five characters have in common is that they are cartoons." If there was another similarity that the Professor was going for, she missed it.
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Katherine hadn't greeted the woman because everyone else had been and she wanted to look different. Besides, nods were quite efficient. She preferred to watch the people and when Jacen sat next to her, she was relieved. She liked Jacen (not in that sense), he was pretty smart and polite. So she said "Hello," to his Japanese greeting, smiled also at Azura and Melbourne, then turned her attention back to people-watching. She also noted how Cornelius went totally blushed at the compliment, and idly did look at the boy from afar as his tie was being done. Would she call him handsome?.. Possibly... Before she could come to a definite conclusion, though, the boy sat down next to her and she returned his suspicious smile with a polite and cautious one.
He... didn't bring wasps in his pocket, did he?
Anyway, the class was beginning and she studied the pictures. She didn't know any of them because they were old and she didn't watch cartoons, for they were for kids. However, she HAD read the textbook and after listening to the answers, she raised her hand. CLEARLY none of her peers had read it.
"These are all examples of characters from animated cartoons, I believe," she said as her voice confidently rang in the classroom, "and the animation is actually an illusion. In the past, the cartoon artists used to draw pictured that differed only slightly, and then these pictures were displayed in rapid succession - the most common was 24 frames per second. But the cartoons are created digitally now and as anyone can guess, it's far easier."
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"Oh yes, a computer." Bella replied, wondering if they would be able to actually fiddle around with it later. As much as she liked learning about muggle contraptions she didn't always get to actually see or touch the items. Her parents were way to protective to allow her to do anything like that.
Bella listened as Professor Stewart explained the two items, before turning them on. As the first two pictured passed, Bella was completely lost. She didn't know the names of any of the characters until the bunny, but again couldn't remember the name right away.
Bags... Buzz... Buster... Bugs... Bugs Bunny!
"They are all characters from shows that comes on the telly." She replied finally before adding. "And I believe the third image is Bugs Bunny."
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ohh right! she wasnt allowed to use her quill. did she even pack a pencil or pen? going through her bag she found one single pen at the bottom of her bag, with no lid. drawing on her paper she made suer that the pen actually worked.
it did! yay! she didnt have to bug someone to borrow one.
Now looking at these pictures... Echo had no clue what they were? but one thing she knew for certain was that these were drawings, cartoon drawings to be exact. Might as well point out the obvious. Raising her hand "Professor, those are cartoon drawings! but im not quite sure of the name" lowering her hand she listened to the rest of the answers.
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What do the Images Have in Common?:
* The five are the stars of their own cartoons.
* All images from Muggle cartoons.
* Are all hand drawn characters as well as the scenes and the pictures were displayed in rapid succession - the most common was 24 frames per second.
* They are/ were all from very popular cartoons, started in the late 20th century.
* They are considered classics.
* Are products of very good imagination
“I would like to add to what Mr Bellaire and Mr Woods have touched on. Yes, these were all popular years ago but since, they have become classics. I believe they are somewhat popular because they come highly recommended from older persons who have grown up watching them. To be honest, I prefer watching these than more recent ones.’’ Hence, one ofthe reasons she had chosen these five images. “One of the Darcys brought up the fact that they can be viewed online. She is quite right. In the muggle world, there are many, many persons who access the internet to view these and countless other shows. Two points to er, Esme or is it Juno? for that excellent insight on where outdated shows could be found.’’ Oh dear gosh! Everyone would know that she couldn’t tell the difference between the two now.
“Yes, Ms Valentine,’’ Kay said with a nod to Kitty. “I would say that most of muggle made movies are good, some are rather exceptional while others are not so much.’’ Hmmm, possibly for one lesson they would focus on movies. She made a mental note of this idea.
“Ms Moss expounded a little on the topic of how fast the hand drawn pictures were displayed. She is quite correct and I would like to add that some even used 25, 30 or 60 frames. Take two points, Ms Moss!’’
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OOOOOOOOOOOOOH. OOOOOOOOOOOOOH.
Funnily enough, Rooney could name all of those characters that were shown -- like...everyone else. Oh. He didn't think that people would know this stuff. Wasn't the knowledge of Muggle things limited in the Wizarding World..? How did everyone know this stuff? Rude. Roo was more interested in the projector, because he loved to use things like that when it came to movies.
AND he'd had one at his huuuuuuge birthday party over the summer.
He said nothing. Everyone else was saying things and he just wanted to know how they knew everything.
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It still felt weird to have a different professor. Was this a normal thing for Hogwarts? Because he'd had the same teachers in his Muggle school for all of his Muggle school years. Jaemin had come to class anyway though, because he had to he was good at Muggle Studies, what with being part Muggle...
That was not helping him in the least with this lesson though. He knew the laptop, and the projector, of course. Technology wasn't difficult, because the Muggle world revolved around it. The cartoons though... he had been watching cartoons for as long as he could remember, and he had never seen these characters before. They had to be cartoons, right? They each had a very different drawing style, but they were coloured drawings, which usually meant either cartoon or comic book, and they didn't seem like comic book-style.
The small boy squirmed a little in his seat and looked at those around him. Pokeman? Scooby Doo? His prefect called out the bunny one, and while the name had a familiar tug to it... it just didn't draw any sort of memories forward. How old were these cartoons??? They had to be super old, like at least as old as Professor Myers, right? He sunk down a little lower, chewing on his bottom lip as he stared at the back of the laptop as if it might tell him the answer itself.
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Zeke could appreciate the darkness that drawing the curtains had to offer. What would have made the lesson more enjoyable, was if they were actually watching cartoons instead of just looking at a few pictures. Like... could they just have a lesson where they watched things? That'd be fun.
As it was, he did like muggle cartoons, and the old school ones were fairly good even if he couldn't recall the names as well as everyone else seemed to be able to.
Good for them.
No response from Rooney or Zeke? Kay had no doubt that they knew at least some of these characters but perhaps Rooney was distracted by the projector- she did notice his attention on the object. Jaemin, too, was silent. The Professor looked at him in concern. She had noted that he seemed somewhat smaller in his seat.
Moving on!
"Well done, all of you. I am rather pleased to see that despite these animated shows being outdated, many of you are still aware of them.'' Again, this backed up her point about the shows being recommended by older folks. "The main focus for the lesson is hand drawn animation. But before I touch more on the subject of hand drawn versus technology aided animated shows, I would like each of you to tell me this: why did you or do you watch animated shows? Which is your favourite? Even if you never watched any, tell me why you never did.'' The reason she had stated earlier that she may be taking them back a few years was because Kay knew that some persons tended to watch animated shows up to a certain age. As they got older, their interests changed and they moved onto other hobbies. But others like herself, still would watch them. Hence they did not need taking back to their childhood.
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Hadleigh's gaze immediately dropped onto the top of her desk. It was very interesting. Mhmm. She was fine. Perfectly in fact. Never better. "Yes Professor," she replied with a small nod. No need to draw any attention onto her please. Just let the lesson continue before anyone else noticed her. The mention of Pikachu being her favorite though did somewhat pique her attention for everyone seemed to like that little guy. She herself happened to adore Eevee the small fox like pokemon.
The pictures should've been enough to tell them what the lesson was about today. Hand drawn technology versus animated ones. Would they be getting to make their own cartoons? Now that would be interesting and not a total waste of having forced herself from bed and to the days lesson. Why did she watch the cartoons? Erm to waste time? Because she was a kid, all her friends watched them, because it was entertaining? All of those reasons?
"They were a fantasy, an escape from everyday life," she replied with a hand lifted halfway into the air. No need to dig deeper into the meaning behind that. An answer was an answer.
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Cartoon shows. Echo has heard of them before but never really watched any. "well Professor, my family is rather large and all in the magical community, we never had much muggle things in the house and most of the times we were at family gatherings our some other event"
that was one good thing about having a large family, is that they always kept her busy and not to mention the new dresses and clothes that she got to buy for each party! her closet at home was bursting, ready to pop at a moments notice.
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Despite the Professors reassurance, Azura was still rather flustered. She didn't know why she hadn't paid attention.. She was feeling awful about it. She managed to smile at Katherine before she saw a pencil appear on her desk.. Almost instantly she calmed down and she looked over at Jace with a grateful smile. "Arigatou Jace-kun" She said softly as she bit her lip and looked at her best friend for a moment before turning back to the lesson.
She listened intently to Professor as she spoke and then thought for a moment about why she watched cartoons.
She raised her hand before speaking. "I watched them with my older cousin Wes, it was sort of a way to bond to him and find some common interests with him. I watch them by myself now though, because they bring back memories of those fun days spent with my cousin. " So to sum up. "Bonding and Nostalgia. "
Speaking of.. She turned her head slightly and she saw Wes but his lip and slide down in her seat a little.. He looked embarrassed.. But she caught his wink at her and she smiled.
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Ooh. She'd watched lots of animated things. Her mother liked putting old videos on the tv. Whilst she came from a magical family her mother had wanted her children to grow up with a knowledge of muggle things too. So that meant that she had watched some animated shows too. "I watched lots when I was little" The first year beamed as she raised her hand in the air. Now she just had to think of a really good one to say.
"My favorite was the Power Puff girls" Because she was a girl and she liked girly things. The power puff girls had awesome girls with super powers in too, not like magical ones, so it was a great show. "And I liked it because it was totally different to my life, so kind of like an escape? And it was about super heroes. So it's really cool"
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Why does he watch cartoons? Funny enough, he never questioned the why "Well it was always on…" he replied honestly, with a casual shrug of his shoulders. "Dad and Mom gave me my own wireless and television box in my room and theres always something playing." To him that’s normalcy, something to be expected in a child's room, just as toys and certain books would be, material that helps with the development of a precocious mind.
"Oh my favorite?? There's lots…." like no joke it's probably most of what was aired in the last hundred years. "Uhm uhm I always love watching Superhero cartoons like Justice League, Xmen, Teen Titans… he started, and oh boy has he just gotten started "Then theres my favorite robot cartoons like Transformers and Voltron!-- both the ones with the lions and the vehicles!... And the Centurions! And and GI Joe! And Thundercats! And Ghostbusters! And Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles! And Jonny Quest! And Dexter's Lab! And Jimmy Neutron! And Avatar the Last Airbender! Plus Korra! And and…" oh goodness there's more... But he has to get this last one in because-- "… and there's this short lived one that I really love called Visionaries Knights of the Magical Light-- and they're warrior Knights but they can transform into creatures with the help of this giant wand they call a staff!! he was pretty convinced that cartoon was made by a Wizard.
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Melbourne watched as the Professor went on with the lesson before glancing back over at Tenacius. Obviously she could handle the whole daring him thing….she had just silently done it after all. So there she was, sitting in class raising her eyebrow at him and egging him on.
So…..her answer had been right then? That was nice to know, the only unnerving thing was hearing Professor Stewart as for her favorite cartoon…well…animated show. Raising her hand she took a quick breath in “Alright, so a lot of the animated shows I watch I’ve watched with Tenacius.” She admitted with a little grin. “I watch both of the Avatar shows, I’ve seen Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Dexter’s Lab” she felt her cheeks flush a bit as she continued…”now…there are a few that I’ve watched on my own or with other friends? Like My Little Pony: Friendship is magic, the magic school bus, futurama, Bob’s Burgers…Doug and um I recently got introduced to the show Daria?” She admitted with a little shrug of the shoulder.
Wait had she answered her favorite? Eh…she’d get back to that later.
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Yes Skylar had recognized ALL of the cartoon characters, but that didn't mean she'd watched any of the animations herself. She had attended muggle primary school, as her siblings did. So needless to say, Sky was shocked that so many - Hattie included - had seen some of the animated shows. Did her peers have nothing better to do? Like you know, learn to ride a broomstick or engage in caring for magical creatures? Or were they all muggleborns or something? She was certain not.
Raising her hand, she said calmly, "I didn't watch animated shows because I found them to be mostly filled with stupid comedy. Not to mention, I was more interested in other activities, like learning to read or learning on care of creatures or learning to ride a broomstick." Was that a serious question as to why she never did? Honestly. She was a witch and her parents and siblings knew it since she was like three!
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“I would like to add to what Mr Bellaire and Mr Woods have touched on. Yes, these were all popular years ago but since, they have become classics. I believe they are somewhat popular because they come highly recommended from older persons who have grown up watching them. To be honest, I prefer watching these than more recent ones.’’ Hence, one ofthe reasons she had chosen these five images. “One of the Darcys brought up the fact that they can be viewed online. She is quite right. In the muggle world, there are many, many persons who access the internet to view these and countless other shows. Two points to er, Esme or is it Juno? for that excellent insight on where outdated shows could be found.’’ Oh dear gosh! Everyone would know that she couldn’t tell the difference between the two now.
“Yes, Ms Valentine,’’ Kay said with a nod to Kitty. “I would say that most of muggle made movies are good, some are rather exceptional while others are not so much.’’ Hmmm, possibly for one lesson they would focus on movies. She made a mental note of this idea.
“Ms Moss expounded a little on the topic of how fast the hand drawn pictures were displayed. She is quite correct and I would like to add that some even used 25, 30 or 60 frames. Take two points, Ms Moss!’’
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No response from Rooney or Zeke? Kay had no doubt that they knew at least some of these characters but perhaps Rooney was distracted by the projector- she did notice his attention on the object. Jaemin, too, was silent. The Professor looked at him in concern. She had noted that he seemed somewhat smaller in his seat.
Moving on!
"Well done, all of you. I am rather pleased to see that despite these animated shows being outdated, many of you are still aware of them.'' Again, this backed up her point about the shows being recommended by older folks. "The main focus for the lesson is hand drawn animation. But before I touch more on the subject of hand drawn versus technology aided animated shows, I would like each of you to tell me this: why did you or do you watch animated shows? Which is your favourite? Even if you never watched any, tell me why you never did.'' The reason she had stated earlier that she may be taking them back a few years was because Kay knew that some persons tended to watch animated shows up to a certain age. As they got older, their interests changed and they moved onto other hobbies. But others like herself, still would watch them. Hence they did not need taking back to their childhood.
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Juno smirked. She was happy that she could make a valid point to those comments. Raising her hand again, "I'm Juno, Professor. It's OK, we get mistaken for each other a lot." She smiled before giving her answer to the new question, "I watched cartoons because they were funny and could be really interesting at times. My favorite was Powerpuff Girls, specifically Buttercup. I identified with her character in a lot of different ways. She was always the toughest of the three and liked to fight." Was that too telling of her personality? She was very protective...and did enjoy fighting. She was very well trained by her father. She may look small, but she was scrappy.
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"Iwatched because they were fun, and goofy and entertaining. And I still watch because my best friend is obsessed with disney animated movies and princesses." Hadley flashed Rachel a look as she said that. Though honestly with the seven year old still sort of around, she kinda doubted that was the only reason she'll still watch them. She could feel the desire to curl up and watch them without or without Rachel lurking somewhere in the back of her mind.
"My favorite would be The Lion King, mainly because it focused on lions. But it's still a great movie beyond that." Though, in all honestly, The Lion King didn't top movies that used real lions, like Born Free. "And the sequels and shows based off it. Even though neither were as good."
"My whole family loves the Muggle world, so we are familiar with their movies and books and stuff. We have a huge collection." Not to mention that until she started attending Hogwarts, all her makeup was also Muggle made."Sometimes when I was little my parents would leave me alone in the mansion to go work, and I would pick one of their old movies to watch. Other times I would just turn on the television and flip through the channels curiously."
Oh, it looked like Kitty would have a chance to mention her favorite cartoon after all."My favorite is Coraline," she said when it was her turn. "It is about a girl who moves into a shared house and finds a tunnel leading into another world. The other world is a fake copy of the real world, and all the people in it are twisted versions of the people Coraline knew in real life. The biggest difference is that they all have buttons for eyes. It's creepy in a good way and ends happily - and I found Coraline very relatable. I love movies like that." Like Coraline's parents, her parents were often extremely busy too - and Kitty liked Coraline's blue hair. She also liked the cat and Wybie, but she didn't think she had the time to talk about everything in Coraline.
Her hand didn't go down. "Another one I love a lot is Zootopia. It's about a bunny who goes to the city to be a cop. In the world of Zootopia animals don't eat each other, so there are prey and predator animals living side by side. She partners with a fox to solve a crime. I'm not going to say anything else in case anyone didn't watch it and is planning to."
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Hand drawn blah-di-blah. His good mood had gone out of the window for some reason and he was considering excusing himself from this lesson because it wasn't like he NEEDED it. Honestly, everything they were taught in this class...everyone already seemed to know. Wasn't this supposed to educate them on the Muggle world and not just see who knew what and who just wanted an easy pass grade? -- That was it! This was just an easy pass grade to people. Roo looked around the classroom, taking in the faces of the older students that he knew had exams this year and thought very poorly of them.
Hand up in the air, Rooney managed a smile for the Professor. "My Mum craved cartoons when she was pregnant. That's what she said." Tom and Jerry specifically. To the point that his younger siblings had almost been named after the characters. That would have been awful.
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Dot hadn't watched many cartoons in her childhood, since her parents didn't always understand how the TV worked, but she'd seen plenty of movies. Cartoon movies, in particular, had been some of her favorites - the ones with princesses and singing and beautiful dresses and mermaid hair styles. The first dresses she'd ever designed and been crayon drawings for those princesses.
"I like some of those old Disney movies, Professor. Like Cinderella and Beauty and the Beast. They really captured my imagination and took me to places I couldn't go no my own. Plus the songs are infectious and get stuck in your head."
Why was the professor looking at him like that? Jaemin blinked at the woman for a moment, caught on her expression, before his melted into something of a mirror and he was looking at her in concern. He was CONCERNED. He wasn't sure why, but he WAS.
The small boy let his attention wander as each student offered their own answer to the professor's questions, but... he couldn't help but wonder about something. It was so obvious and jarring, and of course he couldn't just let it pass. He had to address the Erumpent in the room.
"Why is everyone naming such old stuff," he asked to no one in particular, turning to look back at the students behind him. "Doesn't anyone watch stuff like Smash Melonball... or Universal Knowledge...?"
They were his favourites. When he was still in Muggle school, he and his friends had bonded quite a bit over those shows... he'd never heard of pretty much any of those that were being brought up by everyone else, and while he knew that he couldn't know every show that aired... he had to know some. He looked at the professor, nose wrinkling.
"I like watching cartoons cause they're funny... do wizards only watch really old ones though?" Had he missed a memo or something? This was why he was still a little mad about his parents keeping him out of the wizard stuff for the most part until he'd gotten his letter. "Flipswitch is pretty old..."
Old enough that his dad had watched it around Jaemin's age, or so he assumed. Twenty years old, or something? That was old. Even most of his Muggle friends hadn't watched that one because it wasn't current...
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It was rather funny that Professor Stewart couldn't tell them apart, but Esme knew that was only because she hadn't known them for very long. Anyone who was familiar with had no difficulty because for one thing they had different tastes in style. Of course that didn't stop them from sharing clothes.
The topic of cartoons was fascinating to her and a big part of that had to do with remembering watching the shows with her family when she was younger. She still watched cartoons to this day. She raised her hand to answer the next question. "Well, I like cartoons because they are a good way to escape from reality. They also give me a feeling of nostalgia. As Juno already mentioned, our dad got us into cartoons at a young age and we used to watch them together. We still do at times." When they were all together, obviously.
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Blaise glanced over at the Hufflepuff (Juno) who'd mentioned the...internet and the online when it came to archaic works of fiction. Even more, he wondered why she'd think he knew what any of those were. Should he have? He gave her a strange look, one that went nowhere at the Professors next words.
She also spoke of the online and the internet. Of course, add that to his classmates naming more names he didn't know about and talks about using TVs and funny cartoons and you had a Gryffindor sinking further into his seat.
He couldn't say why he watched cartoons, because he didn't, nor could he say what he liked about them. What he could contribute was why he never watched them. "We don't see the need to have a ton of muggle stuff in the house or to live like them. It doesn't enrich our lives and Dad says it will rot a perfectly good mind that could be learning something beneficial about the wizarding world." A world he wasn't sure he wanted to be a part of anymore but listening to his classmates, he wasn't so sure he cared for the muggle one either. Not after how that Skylar girl explained it.
Realizing he wouldn't be learning anything he would need, the boy snapped his fingers at the floating quill and muttered a quick, "That's enough." sending it to rest with the notepad on his desk. No need to waste the ink.
His ears caught the words of that snake (Jaemin), who was asking the SAME question he'd been trying to figure out. "They're all time travellers, mate." Said with a tone that was anything but serious. It was the only explanation outside of backward people who'd rather pretend they lived in the past as opposed to moving to the future--but that was none of his business. He clearly didn't know anything on this topic.
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