What do you think Light Magic is? I plan on writing something where Harry is LightMagic!Crazed. So he'd be Light!Harry with Dark Intentions.

 

Light magic is basically anything Harry learns in Hogwarts. What you'll find is that after a page or so, you'll start to run out of offensive spells that aren't dark. He'll be doing 'reducto' and 'stupefy' for the whole fic.

 

This is my view on the issue:

Light magic = anything where you use 'light' feelings to power up spells - happiness, love, compassion but (self) righteousness too.

That would be Patronius, for example, while Dark Magic are the Unforgiveables, which are powered by hate and desire for domination (no S&M for light!Harry )

The things learned at Hogwarts are neutral magic, because you don't need emotions to power them up. It's interesting that it would make Snape's spell Sectumsempra 'neutral' too.

 

I'd say that it's any magic that was created without an intent to cause pain or do bad deeds.

Mobilicorpus, created to carry bodies without using muscles. Levitate someone 1000ft, dead.

And so on.

 

Seriously? I expected some holy light or something! Some Ancient Light spells...

 

Go to this story
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2147931/1/
and look at the ancient light spells he has, they seem to be alright.

It is a listing of all sorts of different spells and stuff that he has thought up/got from the books or whatever

 

If you want some decent light spells, than make them up. Use a latin translator, or whatever language you want, and put in something,

For example: a light spell that hurts the eyes

Blind the eyes
to
Caecus eyes

Another spell, this one damages their hearing

Damage the ears
to
Detrimentum ears

 

I would change it a bit more, don't think I would have the english in it (the latin word then ears or then eyes etc)

 

Oh and reverse noun and verb order. I don't know almost anything about Latin, but I remember that much from high school - first write noun and then the verb. So it's: [insert noun for eyes] caecus.

 

Meh, I was just giving an example of a light spell.

 

Hm, so how about Dumbledore after OotP prepares Harry to become a Light Lord? However, the powers of darkness and whatnot appeal him more? So it'd be Light!Harry with dark intentions, a twist from Dark!Harry with light intentions.

 

It would be interesting for sure, but if you need light thoughts for light spells (opposite of dark thoughts for dark spells ie Crucio), then it would not work very well

 

If done right, it could be good. Otherwise not. IP82's discription seems to work the best for this situation. Harry would have to completely believe he is in the right and that everyone he attacks is morally deviant for light magic to be an effective tool. Like how people depict Dumbledore.

 

I figured the plot would be Dumbledore's grave mistake would be walking Harry down the path of the Light. So, in a sense it would be a SelfRighteousness!Harry. His status of purity would be in terms of magic, not by blood, which brings out TaintedLight!Harry because he wants to play the role of 'God' that he stumbles upon another power, Darkness. Get it?

 

Yeah, I'm going to try to combine it with my Affinity Fic.

 

The only type of light magic that I think could be used for offense, is clerical magic like they have in Dragonlance and Forgotten Realms.

If it's magic that's provided by some god being, then as long as the god is happy he can use it however he wants.

Litha

 

It depends on the situation. You don't always have to write that way. Not that it matters much J.K. is horrible at Latin and she screws up all of her translations. If you know a little bit about Latin (i.e. declensions) you can create a whole family of spells using only one word.

 

I dont think light magic should be branded by a type of spell, but rather a different type of magic all together.

I always thought of light and dark magic as opposites to counter each other. example, if you if you torch a log already on fire the fire grows bigger. If you dump a bucket of water on it the fire goes out.

I see no reason there shouldnt be a "light" magic spell break a bone. Your jsut using a different spectrum of magic to get the same job done.

I find this particular explanation useful when writing duels consisting of more than throwing AK's and reductos. If someone throws a light spell you cancel with a dark shield. or maybe they throw a dark spell and if your good enough you use a dark shield and somehow harness both spells power to toss another back, becuase the magic being the same cant cancel or destoy itself.

I also think to get the result of harnessing a specific spectrum of magic you have to focus emotionally on it. Happy for light magic, anger for dark.
Patronus=light
AK=dark

Anyting not emotionally charged isnt considered light or dark. Its simply unfiltered magic. Neutral you could say.

The ministry simply brands TRUE light magic as dark becuase it is charged by a another source making it more powerful, emotions.

Light magic should also still be jsut as corruptable as dark magic. With dark magic over time you becine addicted the power. Light magic can be just the same. Remember with this idea light and dark arent branded with the good or bad side, it's simply different concentrated forms of magic.

Watcha think?

 

Not bad actually, interesting ideas