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Rating: G
Warnings: none, worksafe.
Summary: Roland introduces Gale to Halloween
A/N: Arg, again not smutty, darn it. Although now with bonus drabble. XD;
Prompt: Feb 19 - Digital Devil Saga, Gale/Roland: roleplay - Gale just doesn't get it
Halloween
"So, then it is a weapon, like a firearm?"
"Uhh, no," Roland floundered. "It doesn't itself contain the energy. The energy comes from the person."
Gale's expression had been set to 'I do not comprehend' for the past five minutes, and it didn't look like it would be changing anytime soon. "Then what is its purpose?"
"It. Well it's-" Roland tried again to put what he could remember of the fantasy logic of a children's story into terms that a guerilla warrior AI could understand. "It's like a conduit, for the energy to flow through. Sort of."
Gale pondered this bit of information. "Then, would it not be more efficient to make it from metal? Wood is not an optimum conductor."
Roland tugged on his red and yellow scarf. Trust Gale to have no trouble with the concept of magic, but to need its use explained in logical scientific terms. No wonder they'd stuck him in Ravenclaw "It's not that kind of energy," he tried.
Gale still looked highly dubious, but was fortunately distracted as Cielo flew past them laughing delightedly, bee-striped scarf trailing in his wake. "Gale, Rolan', come on, we're gonna miss de candy!"
..and yes, now I want to do another drabble where Harry was messing around with a high-level spell he shouldn't have been to get a certain someone back from beyond the Veil and he gets several highly annoyed teenaged cannibalistic AI guerilla warriors instead XD (and, and Serph would be in Slytherin and all the others would be in various other houses and they'd still follow Serph instantly and without question which would completely floor all the students. And Cielo would be in Hufflepuff because above all he's about loyalty. And, yeah. XD;;; )
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dogmatix_sanRating: G
Warnings: none, worksafe.
Summary: Roland introduces Gale to Halloween
A/N: Arg, again not smutty, darn it. Although now with bonus drabble. XD;
Prompt: Feb 19 - Digital Devil Saga, Gale/Roland: roleplay - Gale just doesn't get it
Halloween
"So, then it is a weapon, like a firearm?"
"Uhh, no," Roland floundered. "It doesn't itself contain the energy. The energy comes from the person."
Gale's expression had been set to 'I do not comprehend' for the past five minutes, and it didn't look like it would be changing anytime soon. "Then what is its purpose?"
"It. Well it's-" Roland tried again to put what he could remember of the fantasy logic of a children's story into terms that a guerilla warrior AI could understand. "It's like a conduit, for the energy to flow through. Sort of."
Gale pondered this bit of information. "Then, would it not be more efficient to make it from metal? Wood is not an optimum conductor."
Roland tugged on his red and yellow scarf. Trust Gale to have no trouble with the concept of magic, but to need its use explained in logical scientific terms. No wonder they'd stuck him in Ravenclaw "It's not that kind of energy," he tried.
Gale still looked highly dubious, but was fortunately distracted as Cielo flew past them laughing delightedly, bee-striped scarf trailing in his wake. "Gale, Rolan', come on, we're gonna miss de candy!"
..and yes, now I want to do another drabble where Harry was messing around with a high-level spell he shouldn't have been to get a certain someone back from beyond the Veil and he gets several highly annoyed teenaged cannibalistic AI guerilla warriors instead XD (and, and Serph would be in Slytherin and all the others would be in various other houses and they'd still follow Serph instantly and without question which would completely floor all the students. And Cielo would be in Hufflepuff because above all he's about loyalty. And, yeah. XD;;; )
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Re: Hmm... as you're speccing about houses continued.
Date: 2008-03-04 09:01 am (UTC)A fic author did something with the 'Hufflepuff mafia' and I was all, yeah...
The issue is Ravenclaws have the brains to be quite dangerous, but they're likely to work solo and not do much with it. If they were mad scientists of the world-takeover variety, they'd be in Slytherin.
Slytherins have the rationality and drive to do things, but they're reluctant to stick their necks out. If someone shows up with a good enough argument to convince Slytherins to follow him, though, then you've got a smart and dangerous leader with smart and dangerous followers and you're in trouble. However, notice that despite the goals of the Slytherins being mudbloods out, muggles slaves/gone, etc, they never actually accomplish them. A lot of this is, as in the post-Voldemort trials, that they do see themselves a leaders/valuable figures. They are willing to pull back to fight another day and screw others over for that purpose.
Voldemort comes back to find his army kept itself in good condition, but they did that by hanging him out to dry.
Gryffindors are idealists, but the issue is that a rogue idealist without a plan isn't going to be much more effective than a Ravenclaw. Opposite reasons, but the same situation. The Gryffindors that are successful are the ones that manage to motivate other Gryffindors.
Since Gryffindors are hero-types, they tend to do crusade type things. Since idealists have different ideals, they tend to oppose each other until it's time to all pull together to fight the latest Slytherin group.
The Hufflepuffs have what the other houses all lack: fundamental unity. Notice that the Harry/Draco conflict wasn't that much of an issue, but when he looked like he was messing with a Hufflepuff...
They end up being the silent majority that wants stability and a lack of people they like being hurt. Despite the constant rises and beatdowns of Dark Lords, wizarding society is fundamentally stable, and it's thanks to Helga Hufflepuff, who took in the 'unwanted,' the people who weren't especially clever, well connected, or jock-like and gave them friends and a supportive environment.
It's interesting that in the books Hufflepuff House is the most insular. I mean, the geeky Ravenclaws socialize outside their own house more than they do!