!st Meeting of Charms Club

[medens-lupus.livejournal.com]

Well hello all my lovely members! I know this is pretty early after I posted the application, but I figure now is as good a time as any to post the first activity. I am still accepting applications here: http://www.livejournal.com/community/hh_clubs/1188.html

For reference here are a few links that may come in handy:

The Harry Potter Lexicon's Encyclopedia of Spells: http://www.hp-lexicon.org/magic/spells.html

Latin-English Dictionary: http://humanum.arts.cuhk.edu.hk/Lexis/Latin/

Our first activity is going to be a discussion. If you make a really intelligent, thought inspiring post it'll be 5 points to your house. There are no prizes associated with it as it's just a discussion of a spell from the books.



The Accio Charm is quite possibly one of the most used spells in canon. We saw Harry use it superbly in the first task of the Triwizard Cup while facing down a dragon. While clearly picturing what you wish to summon towards you you declare "Accio ____!" How do you think this spell could be used in the real world? How would certain famous people/ celebrities/ politicians/ people in power use it? How can it be incorporated into society? On the other hand, how could it have a negative effect on society? What are the positives and negatives?


Debate is encouraged, but keep it peaceful, any outright fighting may have to maake me deduct points and I don't want to have to do that. Have fun and enjoy!




Your lovely leader,
Jay


New question: What do you think will happen if two people Summon the same object at the same time?

Comments

[tangerinesidhe.livejournal.com]

Were two people to attempt to accio the same object at the same time, my assumption is that there would be a struggle between the two of them and whoever had the greater will would win. However, I was thinking: when Harry attempts to accio his broom, he concentrates very hard on it, but he isn't sure at first if it is working. So, if someone else was attempting to accio the same object at the same time as you, I wonder if you might not know. Depending on the object and distance, it seems that the spell can be more or less difficult. What if you just think that either the spell isn't working, or the object is harder to accio than you assumed? Just a thought.

Destiny//Gryffindor