Hogwarts RP OOC

[Bessain]

crap! I forgot your charrie was a diff house!!!

[Michi]

XD it's fine. I've contemplated making her a Gryffindor, but then she couldn't be seeker for ravenclaw and that would upset her.

[Gwyn]

Personally I think having someone in a different house could add to the rp in spite of the Quidditch rivalry. Besides I think that Ravenclaw and Gryffindor are not so different as one would think. Hmm, actually having a 2nd character in Ravenclaw isn’t a bad idea. Want some company Michi?

[Wezurii-kun]

Have I been completly forgotten?

We got that covered. I am the 2nd in Ravenclaw.

[Zukuto-kun]

indeed

sorry for the neglecting ive been doing on my part. Ima post today and hopefully someone else will today too

[Zukuto-kun]

thalion said:

1 Well 1945 was around the time when the basilisk was on the prowl and Moaning Myrtle was killed.

2 We could have someone like Fenrir Greyback or someone with a grudge against Hogwarts stalking the forbidden forest and kidnap couple of students.

3 There could be s serious row (fight) between 2 groups of people and a series of serious incidents could start happening. House artefacts from a couple of the Houses (Gryffindor & Ravenclaw) vandalised. Students from those houses being hexed cursed or targeted for serious injury. (likely all done by Slytherin ppl).

4 Valuable paintings or other items go missing but they can’t be taken from the school so they must be some where inside of Hogwarts or under it. Lots of creeping around in strange dark dirty places, finding hidden rooms/tunnels and such.

5 A Quidditch revelry could build up and get out of hand when players are being targeted.

6 By far the best idea - think of something yourself and post it. ;D

i like these ideas and after charlie's embarrassment i was planning on getting #3 going into the plot.

and remember, we're not tied down to one thing, we can throw in 4 just as a little thing to do for a while and may be connected with the actual plot

[Gwyn]

Sorry Wezurii-kun I didn't realise you were in Ravenclaw too. My mistake. I know someone who's reading through all the posts and is thinking of joining the HoM. She's interested in being in Ravenclaw too.

[Michi]

Cool! We can always use more Ravenclaws, as we're currently a bit Gryffindor-heavy XD

So regarding Plot Idea Number 3, which two groups of people shall get in a fight? Should it just be the old standby of Slytherin vs all that is good and just in the world?

Remember, Tom Riddle has been in Slytherin house for just about six years now, spreading all of his jumped-up theories about muggle-borns and blood purity and that sort of thing, so Slytherin house is pretty corrupted at this point. So we could work the blood-purity issue in somehow, because that's pretty much his main thing.

Now, considering our characters are all in either Gryffindor or Ravenclaw, it would be obvious to have Gryffindor and Ravenclaw team up against Slytherin and just have Hufflepuff not come into it at all. However, it's been shown in the books that Hufflepuff is actually closer to the Gryffindor way of thinking than Ravenclaw is. They're loyal and true and no few of them are muggle-born. Ravenclaw seems to have a few muggleborn and some half-bloods and more pure-bloods. They're smart, and witty, but that doesn't mean they have to be compassionate or caring about others. It's implied sometimes that Ravenclaws can be slytherin-sympathetic.

So I was thinking that it makes more sense for the Slytherins to start spreading their ideas about blood-purity around, possibly to coin the term 'mudblood', and convince people (or attempt to) that their way is the best. The Gryffindors, being brave and all of that, would not take this lying down, and the Hufflepuffs, though not as outspoken, would generally tend to side with the Gryffindors. This leaves the Ravenclaws with some of them, probably a little more than half, deciding that the slytherins have got it right, while the rest either are apathetic (They are, of course, too intelligent for house rivalries), or against the whole blood-purity thing completely.

Naturally, all of our characters would likely be on the side of equality and all of that, but Gryffindor would probably be the only house vandalised or tormented as a whole, and possibly Hufflepuff. Some of the Ravenclaws not agreeing with the slytherins might be tormented individually, but the house couldn't be vandalised or anything if it was divided like that.

About Plot Point number four - To my knowledge the books don't explain about the sowrd of Gryffindor - what if it started out on display in the Gryffindor common room? It would be likely to be stolen and hidden if the house was somehow infiltrated, and none of the students, of course, know about pulling the sword from the sorting hat. So if the sword was stolen, it would be a blow to the gryffindors - Because it's somewhat symbolic, and naturally they would want to look for it.

I don't think that they should find it, because it's lost somewhere until Harry pulls it out of the Sorting hat in CoS, but they would still be searching around the dungeons and find secret passageways and that sort of thing. And with all the sneaking around, they could stumble upon a plot point - they could spy on something resembling a death eater meeting - before they were called Death eaters, of course. Or they could find something else entirely, with nothing to do with Riddle.

Another object that could go missing is the Goblet/Cup/Chalice of Hufflepuff. That would never get found either, as it's made into a horcrux.

Because Riddle has already started making horcruxes- Myrtle was the person killed to make the first one; his diary.

I dunno - this last bit is all just random speculation about where we could go with plotline 4.

GOOD GRIEF I've written an ESSAY. I am a NERD. I'll stop now. XP

[Bessain]

*applaudes*

For once it isn't me writing novels. Thank you michi.

Anywho, just for your own personal inspiration:

If the sword of Gryffindor went missing from the common room, people might start to blame Ravenclaw because of their divided view points and the fact that there seem to be Raveclaw kids welcomed into Gryffindor. So it could start to get hard for Emily and our other Ravenclaw friends to visit us. And vice-versa of course. Because Gryffindor starts to scorn Ravenclaw, Ravenclaw could return the feeling. Then, for the first time in history, two of the goodly houses would be divided.

[Michi]

Yeah Emily and the other Ravenclaws who lurk into Gryffindor might be accused of taking the sword. And I don't know about the others, but Emily comes from an almost all-slytherin pureblooded family, which could spell trouble.

In fact, even their group of friends might have a bit of a rift if there is any doubt between them about sword-snatching.

...This could get messy 0_0

[Zukuto-kun]

its good we have all these plot ideas floating about. Gives me ideas.

...but im still at a loss as to what i should write next....


ill get it eventually

[Gwyn]

I know I've posted a lot but Gwyddion is finally set in place and has a dubious reputation to over come. Now I’m going to sit back and wait for you to post. I’ll follow whatever plot/plots come along and interact as much as you want. Gwyn will always be a little darker than his friends will but not as dark as he was in the beginning. I’d like to see a Quidditch game or two or at least the games discussed in some detail. We can’t always win; sometimes our butts need to be kick.

Is the war over? If not we need to change the dates. By September of 1945 the war was over so if you want the war to come into the story somehow we need to be in 1944 or better yet 1943. By September of 1944 there were basically no more air raids. Even by Sept 1943 regular nightly air raids were ended. We can do as we choose but we should respect dates and events of the times. Hogwarts could likely have been on the fly over route of Nazi bombers when they flew in to Liverpool or Manchester. Both cities were heavily bombed not as bad as London.

[Zukuto-kun]

Ok guys i gots a great idea, its been floating in my head all day, now i just have to write it

i swear i will tonight, i aint going to sleep till i do lol

...so no one post, yet, mines gonna be SUPER LONG!!!

seriously...



[EDIT]

AND ill be going with Thalion's #3 Vandalization and abuse from teh slytherins

it may work out to be a sort of thing that can lead a bigger plot event like his #4 and then that could be set as a distraction while Moaning myrtle is killed as in his #1 idea.

so hopefully we can all go by this. I think its a solid plan for now

[Erin]

Hmmm...perhaps this will help me to introduce my character. I've been wanting to for awhile now, but for those of you who have been in this from the start (which is pretty much everyone), it's a lot of reading!

My character will be in Ravenclaw. This should be interesting.

Just responding to Thalions note about the dates, I've done some calculations since reading the post of 6 possible plot lines.

*gets all nerd like*

Harry was born in 1980 and 12 years later, in 1992, the Chamber of Secrets was opened. Dobby said that it had been opened precisly 50 years prior to this time and history was to repeat itself (obviously no one died this time though). So 50 years prior to 1992 is 1942. The first time the Chamber of Secrets was opened in 1942 and I think Tom Riddle was in his third or fourth year.

Hagrid, of course, was blamed for the killing of Mrytle. Does that mean Hagrid is already Game Keeper? I have no idea. But we all know that Dumbledore allowed Hagrid to stay. Should Hagrid be put into the picture perhaps? Or did he leave Hogwarts for a few years and come back? We could have it that Hagrid comes back during our characters are at Hogwarts.

Also, Tom Riddle was never expelled. I As I said above, I think he was in his third or fourth year. But is he perhaps still at school? Who's to say he hasn't yet left Hogwarts? We know that he's murdered, could he perhaps weave into our story line?

Think about it, they're only suggestions and info...use it well.

[Zukuto-kun]

YAY!!!

ravenclaw ftw

i actually had a long debate with myself (not crazy) about gryph or raven. was a tough decision.

but yea thatd be cool, i got a little down but people keep aiming me and messaging me on myspace....


...i'll finish it though no worries

[Erin]

Yeah, no worries. But don't fall asleep at the key board, it's un-healthy and you run the risk of drooling on the keys and destroying the key board. If it gets wet it breaks...milk and keyboards don't go too well either.

[Zukuto-kun]

no worries on that. i gots a mini fridge full of AMP's so im set.

man i can't wait to write the rest of this thing

[Michi]

*points at long HP essay above and pokes everyone*

Read it plz? Fulla junk.

Anyway, yup, we sort of unofficially changed the date so that the school year was starting in '44. Just...didn't post it in the thread XD So Tom Riddle is in his seventh year, as he was in his fifth when the chamber was opened.

Uhmmm Hagrid was expelled in his...third year, I think? So he would be about fifteen now. I think he might be a gamekeeper now, as he has no family to go home to, and he isn;t your average boy - Book!Hagrid was positively massive as a child, so he would be able to keep up with regular gamekeeper things more easily than a normal teenager. If we include him, though, we'll have to take into acount that at this time he's only a year older than our characters, and also everyone believes that he was opening the chamber of secrets.

About the war...we could include stuff like students recieving muggle papers or articles in the magical papers, and an occasional exploded house. I don't think Hogwarts would end up being bombed because the staff would have warded it against air raids and that sort of thing.

That said... yaaay another ravenclaw! Woop woop!

[Zukuto-kun]

sry forgot bout time change and such.

ok well vandalism and abuse is still a go?

sounds funny

[Michi]

Always! Post away!~