If you could be given the oath, would you be?

[Shadowdancer]

(raises her hand) Yes, I've taken the Wizard's Oath.
I wish it were real, even though I know that it couldn't possibly be...

And yes, I'm new to these boards. This is my first post...

[frostykitten_13]

*Raises hand* I have also taken the oath... more than once actually. I had to read it quietly so my family didn't hear me and think I was insane. About the Harry Potter like wizardry though, I would much rather have the YW wizardry, it's doing something, like saving the universe, as opposed to making things float and carefully hiding yourself and all those of your kind from the rest of the world. Wizardry would make life more fun

[Mel]

I think that the Oath would most likely be admisitered to me. I have to read at leat like 100 pages of books a day... just sitting under my tree on our cast iron bench watching the sun sink into the sky, reading until i can't see anymore... almost nothing gives me more pleasure. my whole house is covered in mine and mostly mine books alone, and i come from a family of 5 and has 4 animals.....

and im pretty good at talking people into doing stuff..im not great, but i mean that, sometimes, its not so hard for me to get people to change their opinions about something. Its all about like showing your view and supporting with facts, and sometimes just repition over a while if they're particularly stubborn.

concerning bravery, im not that much, but i really think about doing a lot of stuff, and if somebody said or did the right (or wrong) thing, i would totally freak and just go like..bananas....(hmm... i luv bananas!!)
so yea, i think that i would most likely get it anyways.

[Mel]

oh, and just as a Post Script,
YW is totally better than HP. what's the point? Why do some people have wizardry and others don't? What's the deal!!! At least in YW there's a reason.

and i like YW better also cause you can actually picture it happening in real life, in ordinary places, and have at least some kind of explanation as to how it happens.
Son't get me wrong. I read HP just as much as the next person... I just think that its gotten way too hyped up and overrated, if u ask me.

[Mimi_Fire]

HA!!! I read more , and Yes i will... I have taken the oath too(the funny thing is after I fanished taking it my neighbor turned on the A/C compleatly ruining the silence...)

I'm not a coward, nope:P I don't think i am, I love and believe in all life....

so maybe I'm on a waiting list too!

I can only read books from the library...T.T

Mel's got a point, I mean I just can't imagain HP, but in YW I can imagin the anyone around me could possibly be a wizard...and in HP...its just not working for me
~Mimi Fire~

[Stargazer2]

I would most certainly take it, but i doubt my folks wouldn't notice me dissapearing forever, seriously, my mom knows everything that happens when it happens, it's creepy...

[Skye]

*Raises both hands, and then raises feet too*

I have totally read the Oath, and I would totally take it given the chance. As for the whole HP/YW debate, I have to side with everyone here and go for YW, even though I read both series. The YW books just seem to be more realistic.

[Nitta]

*raises both hands as high as they can possibly go*

I'm with Skye. I read both but YW is so much more real.

I admit that i have already tryed to take the oath. (several times)Said it out loud and everything

Can I Be On The Waiting List Too???Please!!!
I want to be a wizard!!! Ahhhh

It's not fair! Why can't we all be wizards!

I'm ok now I just needed to get that off my chest.

[L]

*raises hand*

Who hasn't? And that's not counting the times I've read it aloud, to make sure I know what it means.

I love words insanely. However, I love them mostly as a side effect of loving storytelling, so whether that point is valid is... debatable. I'm very conservative; I don't waste food, money, time, electricity, etc. Lying, however, might pose a problem. I generally don't lie, per se. But that's only because I prefer simplicity. Lies become too complicated too easily. I'm very good, however, at careful wording which gives them a different impression than you'd expect. Or at tiptoeing around the subject in question.

Courage may be an issue. I'm a very cautious person. But if I knew the rules of the game, I would probably have very little trouble...

Maybe I would get picked. I'd certainly hope so, because I can't tell you how much I miss magic.

[Cameo]

I think I would be, actually. I have an impressive vocabulary (brag brag), and I read all the time. (I'm also really good at writing, but I don't know if that's relevant or not.) As a side note, I'm gifted and mildly neurotic.

So I probably would be offered the Oath. But the downside is that:

1. I lie quite a bit, mostly to my parents. Well, it's pretty much just stretching the truth, but they're kind of strict and overprotective of my alien psycho sister (who would never, ever, EVER be offered the Oath, by the way- she's too crazy.).

2. I've never really had my courage tested. (Phrasing it like that makes it sound like an IQ test.) I don't scare easily, but I'm talking more about things like horror movies rather than my life being in danger.

3. My strict parents would suspect something if I stopped spending all my time on the computer and was always out soing "stuff."

Would I accept anyways? Of course.
Would I try to resolve the problems? Definitely.
Would I end up in a situation rivalling when Nita told her parents in Deep Wizardry? Most certainly.

[Brianna]

I often wish there was some time of magic. Any type of magic. This is especially bad for me with YW, because the sort of magic Duane describes is the only kind that I've ever heard that could possibly really mesh with the real world.

I don't think wizardry has much to do with always remembering to turn off the lights once you leave the room. Nobody's perfect. And nobody knows whether they'll be really able to perform in a truly life-threatening situation until they are in it. It's something you just can't know because there is no experience around that can truly prepare you for it. And although stuff like being good with words or enjoying reading might make you a better wizard, the manual itself admits that the traits are not an absolute necessity. If you have them, they'll help you, but that doesn't mean you NEED them.

I think wizardry is most based on caring about everything. Wanting to save people, help people. Making it your responsibility to care for the universe. Being willing to give up everything in order to accomplish what is right. I don't know if I am up to that. I don't know if I even want to be. I've always told myself that the only reason I don't care about the world's problems is because I have no ability to solve them. Now I"m not so sure that that's the reason I don't much care. So although I would love to be offered the oath someday, I don't know whether I could ever have it, or even if I ever should have it, if I may not be willing to use the power to aid the purpose for which it is given.

[Sibby]

I like to think I would be offered the Oath. I fit almost all of the criteria for wizards. I read all the time. Like, obsessively. It's so bad, my parents ground me from books because I don't do my homework, and I sometimes stay up all night reading.

I'm not very wasteful. I always try to remember to turn lights off, recycle, everything like that.

I'm a good person. I have a nasty side to me, but then, so does Ronan, and he was chosen as an avatar for a Power That Be's! I also will lay myself down to help others, no questions asked. While it's never been to the extent that my /life/ has been at risk, I go out of my way to help people a lot. Homeless people on the street and poor animals in alleyways practically break my heart.

I'm brave, and I have stamina (although, since wizards are often bookworms, I'm not quite sure that's really required). But, really, I just don't know how I'd act in a life-or-death situation. No one really does until they're put there.

The lying is the only thing that's a problem for me. I lie a lot. Mostly to stay out of trouble with my parents. But I also do it to random people because it's fun, and to see if I can get them to believe me. However, I'd stop if I knew something bad would happen because of it.

If I was offered the Oath, I'd take it.

[EragonKit]

i think that it would be awsome to be offered the wizards oath. i also read all the time and when my parents ground me they take away my reading because my grades are slipping from reading too much. the only thing that i do besides reading is play kingdom hearts a little. if i was offered the oath i would take it without even thinking about it.

[brendon]

I would take the oath in a second

[Caitlin]

I've done some thinking since I last posted my views on this. And, with some inspiration from your comments, my view has changed. A bit.

I'm thinking that we should depart form the text a bit. Instead of taking the oath at face value, I've thought more about it as an ideal. What changes has it wrought in your life? How has it changed your outlook? Ever since I seriously thought about it, I've been more cautious about things. I make sure to turn off lights when I'm not in a room, I don't waste water, that sort of thing. I try to keep an eye out for people who need a hand, and I give it to them. I think that, in wishing it would happen, I've started to mold myself so it would? Mabye? I'm not sure.

However it is, I think the Oath's one of those amorphous things. It's got a different meaning for all of us, and it comes at everyone in a different way. Who knows? We could have been offered it and not known it. It's more of a perspective thingus. I think. Erm...