DADA for Muggles [period 3, Wednesday]

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Today Sirius and Remus had managed to wrestle the DVD player (infernal device) into submission for a Informational and Educational Film Experience for the class.

"This was Professor Lupin's idea," Sirius blatantly lied.

Remus gave him a sidelong look, and demurely added, "And the smoke from the DVD player was Professor Black's creative input. We have an ongoing interest in the way witches and wizards are portrayed in Muggle media. Last term, we watched a film about witches." Who were pretty. "This term, we will spend today taking a look at a television program from the early sixties. Not to date myself, but I remember seeing this when I visited my non-magic grandparents." No, Remus, you did date yourself, there.

"In any case, bonus points to anyone who can sucessfully explain why she has to twitch her nose that way and can't just use a wand like the rest of us."

Sirius barked a laugh. "As a final note, next week we will be covering boggarts, creatures from our world which take on the aspect of your greatest fear. Since we learned last term that some of you aren't plagued with just a fear of clowns, if you wish to be excused from the assignment, please see one of us either after class or in our office hours."

Study Hall, Wednesday [01/20]

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Study Hall, Wednesday [01/20]

Ziva opened the study hall early again today, but instead of getting onto the computer once the snacks and drinks were set out, she simply sat down at the front of the room with a stack of gun magazines. She'd turned into quite the packrat over the last few months, not having had the time to go through them to see if there was anything she wanted to save, and it was time to fix that now.

[OCD is up!]

Love & Romance, Hollywood Style [Period 4, Class 3]

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"Last week we talked about happily ever after," Drake began when the students had all settled in. "But that's not always how it ends up. People die -- but that doesn't mean their love is gone. It lives on, and sometimes it can be powerful enough to bring a soul back from the dead to protect his or her love or avenge a death or complete some sort of unfinished business related to the loved one."

He snapped his fingers and started the projector, showing scenes from the movies Ghost (including the ending) and The Crow, which was a good bit darker than the first example. "So in meta for Ghost," Drake said, "the late great Patrick Swayze gets himself shot and dies. Quicker than you can say 'Carol Anne, don't go into the light!' he runs from the afterlife and sticks around to watch Demi Moore in the shower. Then he figures out his best friend set him up and now Demi's life is in danger. Once he kills his former buddy and is sure that Demi will be safe, he is able to pass on.

"Now, meta for The Crow has a somewhat similar story, but a lot more violent," Drake went on. "Eric and Shelly are brutally killed on the eve of their wedding. One year later, Eric crawls out of his grave and hunts down the people responsible for his and Shelly's murders. When they're all dead, Shelly's spirit appears to him and leads him into the afterlife."

Drake showed a few more clips, then finished up the lecture. "One of the characters in The Crow says, 'A building gets torched. All that is left is ashes. I used to think that was true about everything: families, friends, feelings. But now I know that sometimes, if love proves real, two people who are meant to be together -- nothing can keep them apart.' Do you believe this? Do you think if something were to happen to you and your love, you could come back from the dead to try to make things right? Could you accept a happy peaceful afterlife if you knew your love was in danger?"

Magic for Dummies | Class Three | Period One

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"Morning, guys," Paige said. "Today we're going to learn about the rules of magic. Of course, these rules vary between different magic systems, but I'll share with you the ones I know and then we'll talk about the rules you may know from your world or the ones you've seen in popular fiction."

Paige walked over to the white board and picked up a marker.

"The biggest rule in my magic system is no personal gain."

She scrawled this on the board. "What does that mean? Well, it means that I can't use my gifts to benefit myself without serious consequences. For example, if I were to, oh, say, conjure up the perfect man to help me relax? That is personal gain. And the consequence of something like that might be unwittingly conjuring his evil twin who manages to wreak havoc on the city before he's discovered."

Hypothetically, of course.

"A well known guideline of Wicca that is prevalent in pop culture is the Rule of Three which essentially states that whatever energy a person puts into the world, positive or negative, will be returned to them threefold."

She wrote 'rule of three' on the whiteboard and then turned to the class.

"So, let's discuss the rules you've observed, heard of or have questions about."

Library [01/20]

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Once the library was set up for the day, Sam sat down with a copy of Richard III to re-acquaintance himself with the play and to figure out how many lines he was going to have to learn. His excitement about the play was currently being balanced out by not having anyone outside of Fandom to share the news with; sure, he could tell Dean, but he'd probably just laugh and call Sam a geek. Not that that would be wrong, of course, but it just wasn't the kind of conversation he wanted to have right now.

History of Medicine - Second Period - Wednesday, 1/20

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Another normal classroom set up in the Danger shop, though the day outside didn't look like Maryland so much as a certain region of France and it was a great deal warmer near the 'windows' than it would have been otherwise.

"Today, we'll be covering Egyptian medicine, and what the ancient society added to the idea of healing." ( And here we go... )

He pushed away from the desk.

"Now, if we could get started, I'd like to do a quick discussion. I know I've talked for a while, but I hope I wasn't too boring for you."

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