[HP] Being a problem student at Hogwarts

"Magic First" is a very interesting book.

When Tom first entered Diagon Alley to buy his wand, Mr. Ollivander told him that wands are an indispensable friend for wizards.

"But why?" Tom asked confused. "In the past few years, I have been able to do magical things without a magic wand."

"But that's more difficult and more extensive." Mr. Ollivander's silver-white glasses stared at him, reminding Tom of the cataract patients in the hospital. "Every Ollivander wand has a super powerful magical substance. And each one is unique. If you use a wand that belongs to another wizard, it will never have the same effect as your own wand. A wand is a loyal friend and will assist wizards in doing great things."

After using the wand, Tom indeed found that the wand was like an optimizer, reducing the difficulty of casting spells and enhancing the effect of spell casting. It was much easier and more precise than when he used his own magic in the past.

However, this book "First Interpretation of Magic" is about the more primitive and extensive use of magic.

The book first acknowledges that the birth of standard spells does indeed symbolize the crystallization of wizards' wisdom, changing the long, complicated, chaotic, independent and difficult to pass down spellcasting methods of wizards in the past, allowing more wizards with mediocre or even inferior qualifications to have greater power. opportunity to take the path of a spellcaster.

The book then evaluates the birth of the wand, believing that the advent of the standard wand also gave a way out for mediocre wizards who have difficulty controlling their magic power.

"But there is no doubt," the author of the book wrote harshly, "these measures to accommodate the mediocre are also delaying the future of outstanding wizards. What they bring to the wizarding world is a path that seems to go longer but actually does not. The dark path that kills the light.”

When Tom saw this, he knew why this book was thrown into the restricted area. The mediocrity is the majority. Those who think that a society only needs to retain the elite are naturally opposed.

However, there are still some truths discussed in the book. For example, since the standard magic spell has the word "standard", its excellence lies in its universality. Not every wizard can use standard magic spells to achieve their best effects. of. But if you use too many standard spells, it will be difficult to think outside the box and make modifications:

Firstly, schools now mainly teach standard spell models, and rarely teach principles and improved spell models - of course, by Tom's age, he had never heard of improved models;

Secondly, if you continue to use standard magic spells during the period of rapid development of magic power, your spell-casting habits and preferences will also change, which will further affect the development direction of magic power. For example, a person's transformation spell growth limit is A, but his magic power is always within the range of standard magic spells. Due to the lack of stimulation for the development of magic power, the body may think that it is enough to develop to B, which makes an excellent person with the transformation spell disappear from the public.

Another example is that using a standard wand does reduce the difficulty of casting spells, but on the other hand it also increases the wizard's dependence on the wand. Without the wand, most wizards find it difficult to control their own magic power to achieve spellcasting effects. Wandless magic has become synonymous with powerful wizards.

"It is simply unimaginable to me," the author of "A Brief Introduction to Magic" also commented, "that there are actually wizards who put all their lives and powers on a short, fragile stick. Just fold it gently. , you can see a self-righteous and arrogant 'wizard' turn into a helpless and howling squib."

The book also disagrees with the magic-saving refinement of spellcasting enabled by the wand.

"More is better! Bigger is beautiful! Waving a small wooden stick to release colorful rays of light? It's just like playing with fireworks sticks by poor Muggles who can't afford large fireworks." The book said.

"Never mind the refined spelling. The more refined it is, the harder it is to hit. In a one-on-one duel, you may be able to focus on your opponent to find the target of the spell, but when the mad dogs of the Inquisition are When chasing, are you running while turning around and trying to aim one by one? My personal suggestion is to aim at your own throat, at least the end will be smoother."

Tom circled the word "aim."

After he accidentally conjured a gold needle instead of an iron needle in his Transfiguration class, Tom went to look up the information and wanted to know why this happened. Finally, he discovered that the key points of spell casting are the three Ds, which are a clear casting target (Destination), a determination to cast a spell (Determination), and a calm (Deliberation) and calm mind.

Without a target, the spellcasting fails; lack of self-confidence leads to lack of determination, and the spellcasting fails; there is no stable emotion related to casting spells, and the spellcasting fails.

It's scary to think about it like this. When Yeyou was locked in the room and faced the three-headed dog that day, if he hadn't aimed at the chain, but had been distracted and caused the target of the spell to shift to other places, he might have been loaded into it. Sent to parents in a small box.

If it weren't for the fact that the wizards' spellcasting targets were more determined by their thoughts rather than manual aiming... Tom remembered that when his father took him to play in the wooden warehouse when he was a child, he used the "human body tracing style" on the model, and never missed the wooden warehouse method. , I was even more scared.

There are two ways to solve the problem of aiming at the target. One is to go further and further on the road of improving the accuracy of the strike. Wizards who rely on wands to cast spells should choose this one. This is reasonable, after all, magic power is limited, and when the wizard is being hunted, the smaller the noise when casting the spell, the better. The other is to expand the attack area while ensuring the intensity of the attack. "The First Solution to Magic" adheres to this point of view.

The advice given in the book is to use standard magic spells to get started, and then use your own magic power regularly to familiarize yourself with your own magic style and preference. Based on this, you can constantly revise the magic spell template until you form a personal style of magic spell. . At the beginning, you can use a wand to assist in releasing magic power and reduce the difficulty, but the ultimate goal is to cast spells without a wand.

"Directly releasing magic power is also the simplest and most convenient way to attack. This is how little wizards who lack the ability to protect themselves protect themselves. The standard magic spells that follow can be said to shape the magic power in the magic power releasing stage. So as to achieve the purpose of casting spells." The book gives a spellcasting model.

Tom tried it based on the model in the book. It was not difficult to directly roll the magic power into magic balls and release them. The magic framework was simple to the point of rudimentary, but it was not easy to maintain the spell and increase the number of magic balls.

The main reason is that the magic power with almost no frame restraint is very violent. As soon as Tom successfully released the magic ball, he found that this thing was extremely untamed after leaving the body. Controlling it was like using a rope as thick as a little finger to lead an excited three-headed dog. He had no choice but to point in a direction before he lost his strength. The next moment, the magic mass roared towards him, sweeping up the magic particles in the air along the way. When it reached its destination, it had expanded to the size of a basin, and then exploded in a big way. Blockbuster, the effect is like a little wizard whose magic is out of control.

"Wow." Tom sat on the ground and gasped, looking at the mess with gleaming eyes.

so cool! he thinks. If it could release several magic balls at once like the description in the book, even a three-headed dog with amazing magic resistance would be blown to pieces, right?