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Post by En on Jul 5, 2003 23:04:15 GMT -5
*muses* Why are all of these things... things you want to be... not what you are?
Why are they all loners?
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Jack
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Post by Jack on Jul 5, 2003 23:09:28 GMT -5
I mean, I know they worked really hard and all, but if a lot of full-grown, experienced witches and wizards can't do it... I have something to say on that subject... Maybe he meant not in front of Dementors? I mean it is easy by yourself... Happy thoughts are really easy to come by, and then say Expecto Patronum... Easy as pie... But when a dementor is near, they suck all those thoughts away... so i think he meant near Dementors... I am not very good at analizying myself... or analyzing at all... I am really good at three things: Acting, rping, and School. other things i am okay at...
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fico the fur
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Post by fico the fur on Jul 6, 2003 11:44:04 GMT -5
Oh, duh! That's right, Tobe. And didn't Motley say something like that at the beginning of page two in this thread? Okay, so it's probably just that it's easy enough to make a Patronus when there isn't any threat... But then, that guy, the guy that gave Harry his DADA O.W.L., he was still impressed.
Quick question: what is the "proper" pronunciation of "Patronus"? I mean, on the tapes and cd's, it's "puh-TROH-nus". But I always thought it was "PAY-tron-us". (I was thinking, like, from the same idea as a patron saint.) So what is it supposed to be? Or is it one of those words that changes pronunciation depending on which country you're from?
So, speaking of happy-thought-patronuses. What do you guys all think your three happy thoughts would be? I mean, because Harry learned in this book that it doesn't really have to be a memory, just a thought. (*gets a Peter Pan flashback* Think happy thoughts... ) And he realized he just had to think of his two, good friends. So what three things would everyone here have in mind?
Nialle-- ... You didn't know me when I was younger. I was a loner. I mean, I talked to everyone, sure, but I wasn't all that close to anyone. Or if I was, I can't remember it. It's like, I remember that I was friends with [Jem], right? Good, close friends. But I don't remember what it was like to be friends with him. I know it happened, but it's like when someone tells you a story about you when you were younger. It gets to the point where you think you remember it, but you don't really. That's what all my friendships before fifth grade are like. And the only other people I knew were my family, and we didn't get along until I was in seventh grade or so.
I like the idea of loners. The idea of being able to make it on your own, but also being able to be part of other people if you want to.
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Post by En on Jul 6, 2003 16:04:07 GMT -5
Er... just bear in mind that wolf packs tend to kill loners they catch in their territory.
Still doesn't answer my question -- why are these all things you want to be? What are you?
pah-TRON-es would be the church-Latin pronunciation.
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fico the fur
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Post by fico the fur on Jul 6, 2003 17:48:13 GMT -5
Oh, okay. I was reading the question differently and didn't get that that was what you were asking.
*thinks about that* I don't know what I am. *thinks some more, with the faces to go with it* Okay. I'm very social, but I could probably go for a pretty long period of time without companionship or whatever. I'm really set on getting something "useful" or "good" or something out of life, but I haven't figured out what yet. I'm protective of people I care about, but I sometimes don't care enough for people I don't know personally. I'm really introspective, but I'm sometimes not attuned enough to other people. Food is not a high priority, intellectual stimulation is. I do things that have to be done, and I do things that I care about, but I'm actually pretty lazy. I never get very angry, but I also don't get very happy or very sad or very anything, really... only very rarely. And I'm always thinking I'm things I'm not. I feel more comfortable on the land than anywhere else, but I'm not scared of heights or water. I even like heights, because they're something that I'm good at that a lot of other people aren't.
Geh. That feels right. I'm one of those senseless hodge-podge people.
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Post by Ritsu on Jul 6, 2003 18:12:30 GMT -5
What am I? Who am I? Good question.
*remembers Les Miz* There's a song Jean Valjean sings that goes like Who am I? 24601!!!. Nevermind.
I'm Rita. I'm Portuguese. I'm 17. I don't like my nationality. I always wish I was some place else. I'm a dreamer. I'm always thousands of miles away from reality, and when reality calls I crash down and find it hard to get up in the sky again. Ever since I hit puberty that I've been having troubles. That's why right now I consider myself a depressed child. I'm constantly sad, though I'm easily cheered up. But if someone shuts up, whenever they stop talking to me or whenever I lose interest from whatever I was interested in, I get sad. I'm also an introvert. But like that Placebo song goes like "I've never been an extrovert, but I'm still breathing"/"I've always been an introvert, happily bleeding". I don't know if it's my temper that scares people away. I just know that thanks to that I've closed my shell to outsiders. I stick to my friends. I'm very possessive. I have big self-esteem issues. Sometimes I lock myself up in my room and refuse to get outside. That happens in school time, mostly. I'm afraid that people laugh at me for the way I look. I'm also bi. And music flows through my veins.
That's who I am currently. A girl that lives in denial with herself.
I say Pah-troh-nus. I mean, it's weird the way I say it, because I say it like Latins say. Because Portuguese is a Latin driven language and yada yada.
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Post by Ersade on Jul 6, 2003 21:28:51 GMT -5
So I've been thinking about this for a long time.. I actually think mine might be a chameleon.. I don't know.. It just kind of makes sense to me. I mean, an ersade is a creature that changes to be what you're most comfortable with, and chameleons change to fit in with their surroundings.. So, I don't know... Maybe?
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Post by Sphi on Jul 6, 2003 23:53:04 GMT -5
RITA!! *gigantic hugs* It's you, right?! I saw you posting around for a while and I thought it might be you!! I don't know why; you had a very Rita-ish quality. I was a bit worried when you just disappeared without saying anything, but I'm glad you're back. ;D
Oh, and Ersade, I like that quote in your signature.
Okay, enough with the endless chit-chat. Yeah, I pronounce it the same way as En and Rita. Pah-TRON-us is right...if you go to the Scholastic website, they have a pronunciation guide thing with sound clips. It's pretty cool.
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Post by En on Jul 8, 2003 10:31:48 GMT -5
Ersade, that makes total sense for you, yeah. And when I read that, I got this really strong mental image of a chameleon patronus not charging, but covering you so the dementors couldn't touch you. ____________________________________________
Rita, if I had to imagine your patronus, I'd choose the whooping crane. They are an endangered species of migrating birds here in North America. They have an amazing wingspan (I've heard as wide as two metres) and these beautiful opalescent pale feathers that look white in some lights and blue in others. They have a mournful call, but when they fly they are so lovely that you can't help thinking they'd sing if they could. They're fishers in marshland ponds, and they mate for life.
Why would I pick that for you? Because they're rare and often reclusive, because they sound so sad and are so lonely, but also because they're beautiful. And can be violent when protecting what they care about. And yet can also be so committed to what they love. And because they travel so far (thousands of miles in spring and fall) but always go back to the same place. _____________________________________________
Gen... sounds most like a house cat.
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Post by coldmercurywitch on Jul 8, 2003 11:13:29 GMT -5
Oooo!! Do me! Do me! ;D
*has a think for a moment*
I am me.
I am the kind of person who can slip in and out of reality when I need to so that I keep in touch with everything in the real world but also manage to keep my sanity. I love to read and write and learn and create. Sometimes I create to make something beautiful, sometimes because I have something to say and thing it would be better said in a visual manner, and sometimes just for the sake of creating. To me, creation is important and beautiful and comforting and fullfilling. I can feel trapped very easily if it seems that someone has me tied down or held down or is tryign to tie or hold me down and stop me from doing what I want or being me. I am very sensative, though most of the time I do my best to avoid letting my true feeling show because they get hurt to often. I love to think. I love the everyday magic that surrounds us but is often over looked. I love dreaming. If I find something I really like I can be very passionate about it. I care for people, and for those who are very close and special to me, I make sacrifices to keep them happy and safe and away from harm. I am imperfect and have faults and I like being that way. I am strong and drive myself and others. I am fierce and lash out if I feel threatened or provoked beyond a point of control. I am forever changing and forever wanting change.
Ummm....I can't think of anything else at the moment.
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fico the fur
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Post by fico the fur on Jul 8, 2003 19:35:02 GMT -5
Nialle: *thinks about that* That sounds right, but it doesn't feel right. Like, I can understand the connections, but I don't feel cat-like... not house-cat, anyway. Is there another type of cat that works?
Er... I would make suggestions to other people's animals, but I'm really bad at that. So don't think I'm ignoring you guys, okay?
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Post by Evelyn on Jul 8, 2003 21:48:58 GMT -5
What am I or better yet, who am I? Good question, I'm still not quite sure but here's what I've figured out.
I am a dreamer, romantic, idealist, opinionated and a cynic. I can site perfectly happy in my room lost in my own little world for a time. I have a love for music, reading and writing, I don't think that my life would be complete without those things. Even thought I'm quite social and open up around friends I'm also very private, I doubt that even my closest friends could give you a definite picture of the true me. I tend to keep most of my emotions hidden inside me, kind of creating a barrier between me and those who I care about. It takes a lot for me to show a lot of emotion, even the most saddening mews doesn't tend to bring me to tears; that's happened only rarely. I'm also very laidback and clam most of the time but get on my wrong side and you will pay. One of my friends has suggested that I might enjoy philosophy in college and I see her point, I tend to do a lot of thinking about the most random things, analyzing it for as long as it can keep my attention. I am also the typical gemini. I have also dreamed many times of living in some exotic place or in a small European town somewhere. I don't mind heights or water, I love the water. I also wish tht I could fly, flying has always attracted me. Maybe it's because to me it symbolizes a sort of freedom because I can go anywhere I wanted and I could be alone, totally alone lost in my own thoughts.....
There's probably more but this is all that I could think of at the moment.
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Post by En on Jul 9, 2003 12:21:58 GMT -5
Well Nierme... don't smack me, but the one thing that seems to fit is: a spider.
When cornered, many species can bite, and some can be poisonous. They are also strict survivors and are very careful to protect their egg sacs. Yes, they devour things in a way we sometimes find strange, and yes, some people are irrationally afraid of them.
But spiders also create. Outside of humans, they build possibly the most architecturally complex structures in nature. They are also capable of adapting their creations to suit their needs. What's really incredible, of course, is that they make their own materials, producing various kinds of filaments from their own spinnerets -- not unlike how you create from your head and heart, using the beauty you yourself choose to notice and appreciate. ____________________________________________
Gen... sorry, no. The reason I picked a cat at all, though you don't strike me as terribly feline, is because the house cat is the only animal I can think of that exhibits the traits you're describing. Particularly the wanting to be solitary but choosing to associate with some people sometimes bit. ____________________________________________
Evelyn, I don't know you very well, but what you said gave me a pretty clear picture. The thing is -- the picture was of a brown bear.
Hold on, hold on. I'm serious. Brown bears are generally solitary creatures, except nursing mothers, and they can be terrifying when territorial, but they can also be sociable given the right situations. Their usual reaction to company is curiosity, sometimes even playfulness, but there's a reason bears are often pictured as stoic, too; they often like to watch and consider before responding, if they choose to respond.
They're smart and creative; they solve problems and sometimes use tools to reach food or secure shelter. They're not big as bears go, and they tend to be fairly peaceful; but more importantly, they are amazingly graceful fishers. You might think, watching them move in a berry patch, that they are slow movers -- but I've seen one run down a sharply pitched and rocky slope as gracefully as any eagle ever flew. And you might think, looking at the thick brown fur and small brown eyes, that bears are plain creatures -- but look closely, and you will see that the fur is soft as down below and shiny as satin above, and that their eyes are intelligent and liquid with beauty.
And do they dream? We can't know -- but I've seen a bear pause to gaze at the moon, and another stop to watch a waterfall. Where their cousins the squirrels and pika chitter and hurry from chore to chore, and their brothers the coyotes hunt and struggle and sing within their packs, the bear is mysterious, quiet, and aware.
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Ayan
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Post by Ayan on Jul 9, 2003 21:19:46 GMT -5
Sorry to but in but I would like to know what you think mine would be...Umm..let's see
I am a loner who likes to put on a mask in front of others, I am still kind, average intelligence, a good musician, a writer, a dreamer, quick-tempered, active, and very depressed at the moment...
I also live in denial..I want to make myself believe that if I distance myself from people I'll never get hurt..But I'm lonely and enjoy people's company...
sorry again, maybe you should just ignore me since I'm not too good at this stuff..
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Post by coldmercurywitch on Jul 11, 2003 7:58:13 GMT -5
Well Nierme... don't smack me, but the one thing that seems to fit is: a spider.
When cornered, many species can bite, and some can be poisonous. They are also strict survivors and are very careful to protect their egg sacs. Yes, they devour things in a way we sometimes find strange, and yes, some people are irrationally afraid of them.
But spiders also create. Outside of humans, they build possibly the most architecturally complex structures in nature. They are also capable of adapting their creations to suit their needs. What's really incredible, of course, is that they make their own materials, producing various kinds of filaments from their own spinnerets -- not unlike how you create from your head and heart, using the beauty you yourself choose to notice and appreciate. Are you saying people are irrationally afraid of me?
*thinks about this spider thing for a moment*
I really like it. Why do you always think I'm gonna smack you when you cast me as things or choose things like this for me? I like spiders and I really admire their skills. They are primative and advanced at the same time. And although they create for practicality, they also put alot of work and tender care into, and manage to make their achitechtual structures beautiful at the same time.
And you know what? I even eat some things in ways most people find strange. how weird is that?
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