DIY Spell making

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 141240

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "TrekkieGrrrl" <trekkie at s...> wrote:
> >
> > bboyminn:
> >
> > Which brings us to another aspect, in many cases, the wand
> > movement seems to have precise requirements. ... I suspect 'wand 
> > movement' is both an art and a science in itself.
> >

> Trekkie: 
> And that makes Snape's remark about "foolish wandwaving" so much 
> more interesting. ... also the accompanying "foolish Wand-waving" 
> that goes with the sectumsempra and the other spells he has 
> alledgedly invented.
> 
> There's something here that seems out of tune to me.
> 
> ~Trekkie

bboyminn:

Thing to remember is that 'wand waving', while complex in its nature,
is not necessarily complex in its execution.

For example, in OotP when Tonks is helping Harry pack his trunk she
makes the following comment -

--- OotP; Am Ed, HB, Pg 53 --- 

"It's not very neat," said Tonks, walking over to the trunk and
looking down at the jumble inside. "My mum's got this knack for
getting stuff to fit itself in neatly -- she even gets the sock to
fold themselves -- but I've never mastered how she does it -- it's a
kind of flick --"

She flicked her wand hopefully, one of Harry's socks gave a feeble
sort of wiggle and flopped back on top of the mess within.

- - - end quote - - - 

Here the wand movement is very simple but very precise; it's a 'flick'
but apparently a very exact and precise 'flick'.

I suspect the wand movement for Sectumsempra may be more general; more
of a point-and-shoot movement. 

So, I guess my point here is that wand movement covers a full range
from simple imprecise movement to simple precise movement to complex
imprecise to complex precise movements; a full range of
simplicity/complexity and precision. The central point to the
discussion at hand is that you can't really know the nature of the
wand movement for a new spell until you have experimented with it.

Just a thought.

Steve/bboyminn