OOC: Real Hogwarts planning

[ugly_old_hat]

Hello all

Comments

[yggdrasilgnawer]

If you guys want a random monster attack of any kind, Smaug and Nídhögg are both available. Has to be unplanned, though, as Smaug in particular wouldn't knowingly participate in something like this, not with Vladimir and Valentine at the helm. :p Or I guess it could be planned, if Elric asks him to and he's under the impression it'd ruin Vladimir and Valentine's plans.

Nídhögg would just enjoy causing mayhem. And he might get cranky enough to attack if anyone disturbs his lake home too much.

Jasper is already Vladimir's personal assistant in general, pretty much, and would act in that capacity with this as well if asked to. (Up to Vlad-mun.) Otherwise he'll be quite busy planning a certain cracky wedding party...

[ariemorytwo]

Vladdie and I are thinking that perhaps there should indeed be a disturbance of the serpent's lake home!

(And now I'm having flashbacks to that Herzog faux documentary about Loch Ness ...)

[i_am_harkonnen]

I sort of assumed that since Jasper's already Vlad's 'personal assistant' he'd be involved in his usual capacity. With a minimum of actual busy work, since his adopted HH heir shouldn't do a house-elf's job. =D The planning portion'll be pretty much handwaved.

Nidhogg playing lake attack would be awesome for some lake-based bit of the madness. Vlad would be quite inclined toward a lake event, since between a giant squid, a bunch of angry merfolk, a dragon, and an Elder God, something's pretty well guaranteed to come out of that lake pissed off, making for good entertainment. =D

[mightiest_black]

Seconding what Smaug-mun said, re: monster attacks. Ancalagon and Starscream are both available to cause mass destruction or something like a fly-by scare. I'm open to cracky ideas too.

Starscream as a camerabot would be pretty funny, but I'm not sure he'd willingly do it. Maybe with the right incentive... which is something I can't think of, at the moment. Could be a terrible idea anyway, as he'd probably harass everyone involved and make things difficult.

Starscream the biased referee who's out to piss off as many people as possible? XD There's probably a better person for that job. Just tossing ideas out.

[ariemorytwo]

Starscream as a biased referee sounds kind of awesome XD Plus he may be one of the only entities at Hogwarts who ought to be able to cow Andrew Jackson's floating head. We were thinking we ought to have a referee team, who can argue with one another's calls.

Depending on how well Ari and Starscream get on (I owe a tag :( I suck!) maybe Starscream would be interested in participating either to indulge her (if they get along well) or to irritate her (if they get along badly)? Ditto for a camerabot. A harassing camerabot could be hugely amusing. Especially if anyone tries to get frisky.

[best_guitarist]

Either role's fine with me! He could fill in wherever another character is needed, or wherever would be the most amusing. If anyone does try getting frisky on camera, Starscream's disgust would be fun. He'd want to hose them down (or do something more violent, with mun permission), thus ruining the parts of the show that the Baron would no doubt have liked best. That's one way to ensure the show remains child-friendly.

I assume either role wouldn't be too RP-intensive? Wouldn't want to hold things up with my slow replies. If it'd only require Starscream stepping in every now and then, and/or randomly heckling the contestants, I could do that.

I'm also fine handwaving the rest of the Ari/Starscream thread for convenience, if we work out an ending for it. I'm inclined to say he gets along with Ari, as much as he can with any human that he's just met -- which could facilitate his involvement with the reality show, like you mentioned.

[ariemorytwo]

That would make Starscream the BEST cameraman. :D

I will try to tag back as Ari, actually, if you don't mind the slowness of my posting. It's interesting to confront Ari with something she can't pretend to understand.

[iam_beowulf]

Okay yes! BEOWULF will be a contestant!

[good_golly_day]

I'd love for Cathy to be a contetant.

Not sure about any of my other peeps, though. So we'll stick with this for now.

[ugly_old_hat]

CATHY. ♥

[dangerous_pets]

Hagrid is willing to provide support behind the scenes in the form of providing slime and/or disgusting magical creatures the contestants have to eat. :)

[ariemorytwo]

Oh man, that could be awesome. In that sort of disgusting Survivor-eating-grubs-and/or-drinking-fresh-cow-blood way.

Beowulf: THIS IS NO FOOD FIT FOR MAN! IT IS A MONSTER FOR CODDLING!