History Of Witchcraft [Week 5 : Thursday, Period 4, Main Campfire]

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When the students showed up to the class, there was a table with drinks and snacks and Phoebe was looking more cheerful than she had last week. After everyone had signed in and gotten whatever refreshments they chose, she smiled at them.

"Okay, the last two classes have been pretty serious in subject matter. Unfortunately, the reality of history tends to be more with the ugly and the depressing than with the happy and the shiny. They say that history is written by the victors, but in the history of witchcraft, there have been losers on both sides. The problem is, it was sometimes hard to tell which were friends and which were enemies. A warlock could betray a witch just as easily as a parishioner could betray a priest. There were never any really clear lines between your friends and enemies... and the lines between good and evil are not always black and white. Sometimes, the lines are gray. Sometimes, the lines don't exist at all." Phoebe paused, taking a drink from her cup. "My point is, just because someone is supposedly on your side or just like you, it doesn't make them your friend. Likewise, if someone is on the opposite side of a conflict, it doesn't make them your enemy. Things change. People change."

She smiled. "Okay, for today, we're going to do something different. Throughout the ages, in stories, film and television, there have been several portrayals of witches. I want each of you to pick one that was called a hero, and one that was called a villain. I want you to tell us who they are, and then I want you to tell us why the hero wasn't neccesarily the good guy, and why the villain wasn't really the evil character."


[[OOC: Short class due to the fact that work killed my brain yesterday and am ill today because of it.]]

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Sign In

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Collapsey

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Andros

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Wyatt Halliwell

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[smartestone]

Hermione Granger

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Prue Halliwell

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Adam Park

Take Notes/Chat

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Because it happens

Re: Take Notes/Chat

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Wyatt probably looked a little unhappy. Well, more than a little.

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Phoebe may ahve winced at seeing her nephew looking so unhappy and wondered if it was for the reason she thought.

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Prue might have been looking down at the ground more than necessary during the lecture. She always had a hard time buying into the whole "people change" thing.

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Anders wasn't taking notes; just grinning. A lot.

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Adam listened to what Phoebe had to say, but wasn't taking notes for once.

Discuss Good and Evil

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Oh, this should be fun and entertaining.

Re: Discuss Good and Evil

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"Morgaine, Morgana le Fey," Wyatt said. "From Arthurian legend. Nowadays she's usually represented as an evil witch, plotting to bring down Camelot and her half-brother Arthur. But in some stories she's just fighting to preserve the pagan religion, and if you dig into the earlier versions of the legend, she's a healer and helps Arthur."

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"So if Arthurian legend had crazy fangirls, they'd probably accuse her of being a Mary Sue," Anders muttered under his breath.

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Wyatt snickered. "Probably. They wouldn't want an icky girl in their slash fantasies."

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Anders snorted. "And see, that's just dumb. Just 'cause there'd be a girl involved doesn't make the slash any less hot, it just --"

Might be bordering on TMI, considering who was talking.

Talk to The TA

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Wait for her to ping in.

Re: Talk to The TA

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Tori had listened intently to the lecture, trying to come up with a pair of her own. She's here if you'd like to talk to her.

Talk To Phoebe

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Because she is obviously here. *g*

Re: Talk To Phoebe

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At the end of class, Anders came up looking embarrassed and maybe just the slightest bit like a kicked puppy.

Not on purpose, though. That would be an abuse of his powers.

"Sorry?"

Re: Talk To Phoebe

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Phoebe looked up at him and it was obvious her lips were twitching to keep from laughing.

"About what?"

Re: Talk To Phoebe

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"Um, for getting off the subject earlier and maybe kind of almost oversharing?"

Fidget fidget fidget, and a whole lot of blushing.

Re: Talk To Phoebe

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Phoebe was having a hard time not giggling.

"You were in danger of traumatizing Wyatt..."

OOC

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No explosions or falling off the internet.