So now you've read all that, you're probably wondering if I've ever cast it, since I'm apparently so expert, and no, I haven't. I've cast Imperius and I've cast the killing curse (on animals) but I haven't ever cast cruciatus and honestly I haven't ever really tried, although I faked trying a few times in Alecto Carrow's class.
From what I've seen if you're really angry it's not hard to at least get a flicker of it, like to cast it for a second. Holding it is harder. When Lana Sandoval cruciated me, the first time she cast it it stopped a second after I screamed. I think I startled her. Carrow took the mickey and then told her to try again and this time she held it. It was -- I don't even know how long she held it on me. Even if I'd had a clock, I don't think I could have -- well. It was awful and afterward I couldn't walk right. And I was still afraid of the hospital wing then and terrified out of my mind of Madam Pomfrey so instead of going there for the potion I just went back to Slytherin.
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Date: 2013-06-29 08:55 pm (UTC)From what I've seen if you're really angry it's not hard to at least get a flicker of it, like to cast it for a second. Holding it is harder. When Lana Sandoval cruciated me, the first time she cast it it stopped a second after I screamed. I think I startled her. Carrow took the mickey and then told her to try again and this time she held it. It was -- I don't even know how long she held it on me. Even if I'd had a clock, I don't think I could have -- well. It was awful and afterward I couldn't walk right. And I was still afraid of the hospital wing then and terrified out of my mind of Madam Pomfrey so instead of going there for the potion I just went back to Slytherin.