Written on: Saturday, August 11, 2007
Title: The Deathly Hallows
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Right. Time to get to it. Anyone who noticed the time must be thinking what I am doing so early in the morning. Studying? Hmm I wish I could say that. Well I did do SOME studying today, somewhat. Anyway came back from hospital today. Don't want to talk about it. Not here. Not now.
Moving on. It's time to discuss the Deathly Hallows. The Elder Wand, the Ressurection Stone and the Cloak of Invisibility. What would you choose? The unbeatable wand, the stone which summons the dead or the cloak that hides all. Tough. Tough. Hmm. Well, this is my blog, so let's discuss about my choice. I'd say it'd waver between the stone and the cloak.
So firstly, why not the wand? I mean its an UNBEATABLE wand. UNDEFEATABLE. NUMERO UNO. Nahz. Haha. Let's say we enter a HP-theme RPG virtual reality world where there is made-up magic in that VR world, I would just be glad of a wand. Who cares if you have an unbeatable wand. Sure you'll be unbeatable and all, but yeah, what would it achieve? As good as the wand sounds, it doesn't really give one any benefit except to ensure definite protection. Plus the ownership of a wand is such a complicated matter so how can you make sure that you are the actual owner of the wand? Haha. I'll do with a normal wand which can do the normal spells.
So why the cloak? Several reasons. Sometimes it would be just give a sense of relief to be able to hide from everyone's sight. To not be judged by your facial expression or your attire. To not be judged on looks basically. It lets your literally blend in with your surroundings, ensuring that no one notices you. A sense of escape. Maybe. It doesn't stop you from being solid. But hey. You can't have everything you want. Anyway, as Dumbledore puts it, the true magic of the cloak would be that you could conceal others with you. It's something that you can share rather than restricted to personal use. As such, its uses would be endless.
So why the stone? Well, I guess it would be sort of comforting to have your loved ones whom you have lost "return" to you. Like Dumbledore said, no spell can reawaken the dead. Even with the use of the stone, the dead still doesn't belong in this "world". Both are still seperated. Nevertheless, it would be useful if you wanted to clear any unfinished business or questions you might have wanted to ask. Then again, one must fully understand that the dead cannot truly return. Bringing them back using the stone would not make things the same as it once was. Fail to accept this and one might be driven to suicide in order to join the lost loved ones, as depicted in the story of the Tale of Three Brothers by the second brother. The dead are dead. That's it and will be it, forever it. No turning back.
Still, the cloak would be useful to sneak around places or just to hide from everybody for a moment. The stone can be used to settle any unfinished business. Well. Why would I want to use them? I have my own reasons, or maybe not. Some things are just better left unsaid. Of course, the Deathly Hallows are FICTIONAL and NON-EXISTENT. But it doesn't hurt for one to delve in the realm of wonder and creativity from time to time, as long as one does not confuse it with the real world.
Why am I driven to blog, you might wonder? Bored in the dead of night I guess. Oh well. My classmates can't access the school website because it's down for most of the evening today... or should I say yesterday? Anyway, I just hope they can still enter their CIP and PDP stuff in. I was tasked to enter for everyone but since for some reason I am unable to add participants to the activity I entered, everyone had to do it themselves. And if they can't, I'm the one to blame. Partially why I get tired of being a leader. Made me kinda phobic to being blamed. But yet the years of leadership has imbibed this sense of responsibility in me (if any), to some extent or another. I guess I just can't help being a leader. Good things come with bad things. That's just the way things are. I'VE GOT TO STUDY. STUDY STUDY STUDY! Argh. Must get that momentum back. MOMENTUM. *ding* What's that second law again? Darn. STUDY. Bye.
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