Sectumsempra

It wasn't the healers, it was the fighters, i think i was quite clear on that.
But if i find a healer doing it i'll have some words with them and redirect them to to you xD
I think i'll devise something for the spell list and factional groups, because it is stupid for good people to be able to use it...

Well, I think there should be an ability, dark magic, which people have to apply for to use spells like Sectumsempra, Avada Kedavra and Fiendfyre.

Headmaster Vincent Majere wrote:Well, I think there should be an ability, dark magic, which people have to apply for to use spells like Sectumsempra, Avada Kedavra and Fiendfyre.

thats not very realistic don't you think? its not really a ability anyone can do it but no one should know Sectumsempra and fiendfyre is pretty much a suicide spell.

Well, it is, i mean, it's a learned thing, all spells are abilities, most anything you can do is an ability... some people just don't have certain abilities, casting dark spells could be one of them

It seems that anyone can cast dark magic, but making the unforgivable spells an ability might be appropriate. The unforgivables require a certain amount of antipathy and even pleasure derived from inflicting them to work.

i have to agree w/ caelani. i don't think it is so much choosing a side which makes dark magic work, but rather the intent behind it. as bellatrix told harry re: casting such a curse "You have to mean it, Harry." He was perfectly capable of casting the curse--except that he had to mean it for it to be effective. I really, really don't like separating magic into use for one side or the other.

Well still, I agree with some points of having to mean it, and all, but like I said, it's kind of weird to see an Order member or PA member casting Avada Kerdavra. It doesn't really describe the factions, which is to fight the dark wizards. If Good wizards fight dark wizards with that kind of magic(which has been labeled as dark magic) then that's kind of a contradiction isn't it?

You can't really make Dark Magic an ability. It's universal just like the other spells. It all depends on what you want to do with them. Take Professor McGonagall for example. She didn't practice the Dark Arts yet she successfully cast the Imperius Curse on Amycus Carrow. Sectumsempra is a dark spell there are no two ways about it. No one on the 'light' side of the war would want to use it. In all truthfulness I doubt that they could stomach the effects of the spell. I think Sectumsempra, Fiendfyre and the Cruciatus are spells that should be denied to those that a part of the Order, PA etc. They're not spells typically used by the members and Fiendfyre in general is a bad spell to pick. That's my two cents, guys.

Still that's what I was trying to say xD. It'd be rather weird to see a PA member casting the killing curse or Imperio, on another person. They would be students after all. But the only issue I'm concerned about is a.)How many people are using it in one fight? and b.)How are we supposed to live, if we get hit by it? I mean, I saw a spell that could heal the effects, but it says it can only be used by a trained professional. So are we supposed to have doctors on the field with us? xD

You did have at Grimmauld. You actually had several. Just FYI. And, also, FYI, given the right circumstances, even the most staunch "white light practitioner" would not hesitate to cast a sectumsempra or an unforgivable curse. I can think of countless scenarios where that would certainly be their full intent. To say that an Order member or a PA member would never use one and should be prohibited from their use is stereotyping or cast typing. This site seems to work best, in my opinion, when we have the flexibility of moving in and out of those gray areas that make our own individual characters separate and apart from the canon enough to make the site interesting. Otherwise, why are we not using strictly those folks mentioned in the Rowlings books? Why are we allowing any originality if we all must be typecast?