Application for Gellert Grindelwald
Gellert Grindelwald looks at the quill and takes it for granted, as he does the room. He reads over the questions and snorts softly. They want him to apply to a wizarding school? A school, at this late date? But it is certainly preferable to the lonely cell. The questions themselves seem ludicrous, but he is willing for anything that does not overtly compromise his thoughts, that will allow him a chance to... talk with others again. His confinement would have driven many mad but, powerful, he had some few methods of rare communication, even there, and he had never stopped working. Taking stock of himself, he wonders if there must be some trace of madness. It would be reasonable to assume so. Fifty years. When he meets others, it will become evident, if so. He must be careful to replace resentment with civility. He knows this. Idiots have walked free, while he has been kept locked in his own prison. It will be better to consider himself newborn, curious. Indeed, it will be prudent, not only for his assurance of his worthiness for freedom, but to gather knowledge of the new world in which he will undoubtedly find himself. Politics will have shifted, surely, and likely not in the favour of wizards, or he would have been freed, hailed as a hero and martyr. Nevertheless, he is being offered this chance, so perhaps there has been some measure of acceptance of his ideas.
1. What is your favorite cheese? Why is it your favorite? "Cheese? What a bizarre question. Perhaps... I should choose the cheese made from the milk of Aberforth's goats. Why? Because it is amusing, and because I am relatively indifferent to cheese. Perhaps otherwise I should prefer something strong, smoky. Idiazabal." If Aberforth had been there, he should have laughed.
2. Who would you kill first, Barney or Carrottop? Grindelwald pinches the bridge of his nose and looks down. He thinks, but ensures the quill does not write: Travesties. But I suppose the muggles need their circuses to keep them occupied, pacified. Barney pretends to be a magical beast. Carrottop has the gall to claim some measure of wizardhood. Which is the most tractable, the most benign? I believe it would be Barney. After all, cloying pacifism in muggles is to be promoted, no matter how temporarily grating. I will kill Carrottop. First. But he is not so foolish as to state that when filling out a form, even a magical form, offering him some measure of freedom.
Instead he allows it to write: "Perhaps, rather than killing Barney or Carrottop, I could use them to promote entertainment to muggles. Surely if one gives them an expectation of compliance and gives them a position as audience early, they will learn to obey and to watch, even to be pleased by the cavorting foolishness of such as these."
3. What time is it where you are? "I have been keeping careful track of the time. It is 18:48 at Durmstrang."
4. If you were Albus Dumbledore returned from the dead, which member of the Order of the Phoenix would you sexually harass? How would you harass them? If you are Albus Dumbledore, please answer as if you were Sirius Black. Gellert laughs at this question, albeit bitterly. Then he abruptly silences. Albus is dead, it says. Albus is dead. And yet... 'If you are Albus Dumbledore...' Perhaps, after everything, he had made a horcrux? It has been fifty years, and still something in him mourns - it mourns for loss if it has not yet mourned for death. Or perhaps Albus had simply managed to fool them all, and they trusted him to do so. He was powerful, and more so even than Gellert, though they had been closely matched. He focuses. Which member of the Order of the Phoenix? He knows of no Order. Then he laughs again, with wit but not merriment. Without him, even after years... "Albus Dumbledore may sexually harass himself."
5. If you are pushing to be in:
A. Slytherin - please state the clever, witty name of the bar in which you bartend, in the dark. This is immeasurably more cheering. What would have attracted Salazar himself? "The Viper's Respite."
B. Gryffindor - Debate whether Harry should ultimately end up married to Fred or George. Use examples from a variety of world mythologies to bolster your argument. The questions states 'if.' Gellert is not interested in being a member of Gryffindor. He does not answer. While he is inclined to comment using mythologies and is mildly amused that things have progressed to the point where 'Harry' might marry 'Fred' or 'George.' "Fred," he says finally, concerned that if he doesn't answer all the questions he will be compelled to return to his cell. "George starts with G."
C. Ravenclaw - You guys are supposed to be smart. Explain why my desk is inundated with paperwork at all times, even though I’m constantly disposing of it. "Perhaps you are a squib, that you cannot deal with it effectively with magic? Perhaps you deal with it sheet by sheet, disinclined to develop any system, create any spells to assist you? Perhaps a quill such as this one charmed to the speed of thought, or several such quills, would assist you."
D. Hufflepuff - Prove you are not useless. Gellert does not want to be in Hufflepuff either, and does not feel he has anything to prove. Nevertheless, he answers. "Have you seen Nurmengard? I built it." His mouth twists as the quill writes this.
6. Offer a bribe to the members of this community so that they will not squib you. Items used in bribery do not necessarily have to belong to the person offering the bribe. Do not threaten us rather than offering a bribe. A threat indicates you either don't really want to be here, or don't have enough sense to answer the question properly. The hat will automatically squib you, regardless of other votes, if you do. "Ah, a bribe? I have been robbed of my material possessions, and am only as I stand before you. And yet, I am Gellert Grindelwald! What can I offer but a chance to change the world, oh wizards, a chance to live free and straight, proud in the sun, shining with magic? I can offer society, collaboration, communion with those who are worthy as you to lead the world, to become its caretakers, its custodians - fathers and mothers to those from whom we have hidden our glory for so long. Yes, I offer you magic, and I offer you pride, cause, a chance to aim for the fulfilment of all your great potential. I offer you power, in all senses of the word."
"I have read the hogwarts_hocus faq, and understand it is a crazy, cracktastic sorting community and RPG. Gellert Grindelwald
I have read the hogwarts_hocus rules and agree to abide by each and every one of them. Gellert Grindelwald.
I agree to be a good sport and not get my knickers in a bunch. Gellert Grindelwald.
One day, marmalade will rule the world. Gellert Grindelwald"
1. What is your favorite cheese? Why is it your favorite? "Cheese? What a bizarre question. Perhaps... I should choose the cheese made from the milk of Aberforth's goats. Why? Because it is amusing, and because I am relatively indifferent to cheese. Perhaps otherwise I should prefer something strong, smoky. Idiazabal." If Aberforth had been there, he should have laughed.
2. Who would you kill first, Barney or Carrottop? Grindelwald pinches the bridge of his nose and looks down. He thinks, but ensures the quill does not write: Travesties. But I suppose the muggles need their circuses to keep them occupied, pacified. Barney pretends to be a magical beast. Carrottop has the gall to claim some measure of wizardhood. Which is the most tractable, the most benign? I believe it would be Barney. After all, cloying pacifism in muggles is to be promoted, no matter how temporarily grating. I will kill Carrottop. First. But he is not so foolish as to state that when filling out a form, even a magical form, offering him some measure of freedom.
Instead he allows it to write: "Perhaps, rather than killing Barney or Carrottop, I could use them to promote entertainment to muggles. Surely if one gives them an expectation of compliance and gives them a position as audience early, they will learn to obey and to watch, even to be pleased by the cavorting foolishness of such as these."
3. What time is it where you are? "I have been keeping careful track of the time. It is 18:48 at Durmstrang."
4. If you were Albus Dumbledore returned from the dead, which member of the Order of the Phoenix would you sexually harass? How would you harass them? If you are Albus Dumbledore, please answer as if you were Sirius Black. Gellert laughs at this question, albeit bitterly. Then he abruptly silences. Albus is dead, it says. Albus is dead. And yet... 'If you are Albus Dumbledore...' Perhaps, after everything, he had made a horcrux? It has been fifty years, and still something in him mourns - it mourns for loss if it has not yet mourned for death. Or perhaps Albus had simply managed to fool them all, and they trusted him to do so. He was powerful, and more so even than Gellert, though they had been closely matched. He focuses. Which member of the Order of the Phoenix? He knows of no Order. Then he laughs again, with wit but not merriment. Without him, even after years... "Albus Dumbledore may sexually harass himself."
5. If you are pushing to be in:
A. Slytherin - please state the clever, witty name of the bar in which you bartend, in the dark. This is immeasurably more cheering. What would have attracted Salazar himself? "The Viper's Respite."
B. Gryffindor - Debate whether Harry should ultimately end up married to Fred or George. Use examples from a variety of world mythologies to bolster your argument. The questions states 'if.' Gellert is not interested in being a member of Gryffindor. He does not answer. While he is inclined to comment using mythologies and is mildly amused that things have progressed to the point where 'Harry' might marry 'Fred' or 'George.' "Fred," he says finally, concerned that if he doesn't answer all the questions he will be compelled to return to his cell. "George starts with G."
C. Ravenclaw - You guys are supposed to be smart. Explain why my desk is inundated with paperwork at all times, even though I’m constantly disposing of it. "Perhaps you are a squib, that you cannot deal with it effectively with magic? Perhaps you deal with it sheet by sheet, disinclined to develop any system, create any spells to assist you? Perhaps a quill such as this one charmed to the speed of thought, or several such quills, would assist you."
D. Hufflepuff - Prove you are not useless. Gellert does not want to be in Hufflepuff either, and does not feel he has anything to prove. Nevertheless, he answers. "Have you seen Nurmengard? I built it." His mouth twists as the quill writes this.
6. Offer a bribe to the members of this community so that they will not squib you. Items used in bribery do not necessarily have to belong to the person offering the bribe. Do not threaten us rather than offering a bribe. A threat indicates you either don't really want to be here, or don't have enough sense to answer the question properly. The hat will automatically squib you, regardless of other votes, if you do. "Ah, a bribe? I have been robbed of my material possessions, and am only as I stand before you. And yet, I am Gellert Grindelwald! What can I offer but a chance to change the world, oh wizards, a chance to live free and straight, proud in the sun, shining with magic? I can offer society, collaboration, communion with those who are worthy as you to lead the world, to become its caretakers, its custodians - fathers and mothers to those from whom we have hidden our glory for so long. Yes, I offer you magic, and I offer you pride, cause, a chance to aim for the fulfilment of all your great potential. I offer you power, in all senses of the word."
"I have read the hogwarts_hocus faq, and understand it is a crazy, cracktastic sorting community and RPG. Gellert Grindelwald
I have read the hogwarts_hocus rules and agree to abide by each and every one of them. Gellert Grindelwald.
I agree to be a good sport and not get my knickers in a bunch. Gellert Grindelwald.
One day, marmalade will rule the world. Gellert Grindelwald"