Matilda Wormwood (
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IC Prospective: Matilda Wormwood
Character: Matilda Wormwood
Mun: Emely
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What is it about words that gives them so much weight when it comes to magic? I've been doing some reading and perhaps I am simply looking in the wrong places but I have yet to find anything that directly addresses this in any of the theory books I've picked up from the library.
Wordless magic is something we're all capable of, yet assigning a phrase to each spell makes it significantly easier. Why is that? What was it that came first, the word or the spell itself, and if the latter who thought up that saying something might make it easier? The more I think about it the more I can't help but feel it's a trick of the mind. By concentrating on a word that expounds the effect we desire, the more focused we become on said desire and isn't that what really brings about the magic?
If that is the case it really brings into question the necessity of even wands.
Does anyone else have any thoughts on this?
((ooc; pardon the icons, I mostly only have ones of her when she is 6 but I am slowly gathering more))
Mun: Emely
Plot related: N
What is it about words that gives them so much weight when it comes to magic? I've been doing some reading and perhaps I am simply looking in the wrong places but I have yet to find anything that directly addresses this in any of the theory books I've picked up from the library.
Wordless magic is something we're all capable of, yet assigning a phrase to each spell makes it significantly easier. Why is that? What was it that came first, the word or the spell itself, and if the latter who thought up that saying something might make it easier? The more I think about it the more I can't help but feel it's a trick of the mind. By concentrating on a word that expounds the effect we desire, the more focused we become on said desire and isn't that what really brings about the magic?
If that is the case it really brings into question the necessity of even wands.
Does anyone else have any thoughts on this?
((ooc; pardon the icons, I mostly only have ones of her when she is 6 but I am slowly gathering more))
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I've read that wordless magic is more advanced than anything we'd learn in school or in our lifetime but it's possible. I mean Mabel used to cause things to happen all the time before we got our letters. It might depend on the person though.
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This is probably why potions are so much easier than incantations. Potion brewing transcends language, when you think about it.
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I think that is the case with many witches and wizards. I suppose when we are younger, our minds are much more open and unhindered by the 'logic' we gain as we grow up, and what makes such magic harder to pull off.
Would you happen to still have the sources that you learned this from?
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I never quite thought about potions that way, though you are absolutely right. It is almost like math in that sentiment, and in a way beautiful because of it.
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There's a theory that we build walls around our inhibitions as we grow older and as we become more logical we're less likely to believe in things like faeries and the like, which would definitely make it more difficult to draw on our latent magical abilities if that's the case.
I've still got my notes on the source material. Did you want to borrow it?
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It makes sense. When we are younger and don't have those walls we are able to believe in something fully--even in a sense, passionately. In ways we can't when we're older. With such self-imposed constraints it is no wonder things become so much more difficult to do.
I would like to very much.
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Thank you, it is kind of you to say so. I'd love to be able to do more research but I'm a little lost as to where to begin. There is still a lot I don't know about the wizarding world so I feel I am operating blind at times.
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♀h, I remember that feeling. Are y♀u muggleb♀rn, perhaps? N♀t that I'd put a l♀t ♀f stake in bl♀♀d status.
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It d♀es get less confusing, I assure y♀u.
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My name is Matilda. Could I know yours?
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♀f c♀urse. I am P♀rrim.
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I can't help w♀ndering if y♀ur parents are disc♀uraging y♀u fr♀m learning due t♀ the gender r♀les they're used t♀.
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I know dad at least wanted another boy.
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That just means you'll have to be stronger and smarter than them.
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But with a spell, it focuses your intent and you get the result you want relatively consistently.