Unspeakables and N.E.W.T subjects needed |
 Oct 8 2009, 06:15 AM
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Getting Fitted for New Dress Robes Posts: 47 Joined: 7:06pm February 11, 2009 Location: England  |
I hope I'm posting this in the right forum.I'm currently reading fan fiction and I'm wondering again what subjects would be required as an Unspeakable.
We saw glimpses of things in the DoM rooms.I had seven subjects as possibilities.That is too many at N.E.W.T level though and outside reading can be done without exams and further study of certain things isn't always necessary. I had in mind-Divination,Potions,Charms,DADA,Transfiguration,History of Magic,Ancient Runes. I should say that almost everything except maybe Transfiguration(is it really needed?) catches my eye.Particularly,Potions,Charms,Divination I think. I also had writing as a Wizarding career in mind,like Beedle.What would be needed for that also do you think? Thanks. |
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Oct 8 2009, 08:34 AM
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Doctor Filibuster's Junior Assistant Posts: 1,977 Joined: 5:11pm May 4, 2007 Location: Texas |
QUOTE(lunalovegoodfan @ Oct 8 2009, 06:15 AM)  I hope I'm posting this in the right forum.I'm currently reading fan fiction and I'm wondering again what subjects would be required as an Unspeakable. There are two things that make speculation on this question difficult:We saw glimpses of things in the DoM rooms.I had seven subjects as possibilities.That is too many at N.E.W.T level though and outside reading can be done without exams and further study of certain things isn't always necessary. I had in mind-Divination,Potions,Charms,DADA,Transfiguration,History of Magic,Ancient Runes. I should say that almost everything except maybe Transfiguration(is it really needed?) catches my eye.Particularly,Potions,Charms,Divination I think. I also had writing as a Wizarding career in mind,like Beedle.What would be needed for that also do you think? Thanks. 1) Some very difficult fields are not very specific on the NEWT level requirements. For example, to be an Auror you need five NEWTs with no grade less than E. It doesn't specify which five subjects. Any five will qualify you, but obviously some are more beneficial than others. 2) Not all Unspeakables study the same things. For example, you would require vastly different skills and knowledge to study death than to study love. So there would probably be a minimum number of NEWTs required, but the subjects could vary depending on what you intended to study. -------------------- "It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities."
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Oct 9 2009, 12:15 AM
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Being Eaten by the Pea Soup Posts: 25 Joined: 1:32am October 2, 2009 |
In my imagination, to be an Unspeakable is sort of like to be a spy. They're kind of hand-picked or invited by related officials in the Ministry of Magic. There's not really a way to actively seek this job. Of course I could be all wrong.
 I just think that because Unspeakable is such a mysterious job that it'd be hard to know how to prepare for it beforehand, and maybe the Department of Mystery did NOT want anybody to know. Unspeakables weren't allowed to talk about their jobs, did they? So it makes sense to me that it's the job that finds you, not you that find the job.But as for what kind of knowledge would be needed for an Unspeakable, I just think it depends. I gather that very specific knowledge in one or two subjects may be a prerequisite, but then the person needs to have a good general knowledge about different branches of magic, too. Or else how could they tackle magic that are unknown and maybe are still to be sorted. |
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Oct 13 2009, 11:06 AM
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Leaky's Official Donut Maker and Mosquito Man  Posts: 11,144 Joined: 10:51am August 25, 2005 Location: Playing kal-toh with Professor Snape   |
 Maybe each Unspeakable specializes in one specific subject. It would be unlikely that an individual Unspeakable is skilled in all things studied at the DoM or that he took NEWTs in all those subjects. Maybe an individual that shows a distinct interest or ability in a branch of a specific magical subject would go on to specialize in its research in the DoM or, would use that knowledge to research other mysteries such as time or death. 
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