Glitch is a Bad Person.

[luchia13]

After a rewatch of Part 1, I determined several things. The topic of Cain being the Hufflepuffiest Hufflepuff to ever Puff in a Huffly manner is not the main topic of this post, however! The topic, my friends, is the fact that Glitch is a bad, bad man.

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[kseda]

You've received my quick-and-dirty opinion already, so I will now just paw at the icon more. HOW SO HOT.

[luchia13]

I DON'T KNOW. But oh how I love it. ♥

[erinm_4600]

THIS is the sorting post I meant :)

Interestingly... Cain is a Gryffinpuff, it seems. o.O

*drinks*

[luchia13]

This is TOTALLY the wrong comm to talk about this in, but I've always believed that every single sorting (save the immediate-shouts like Draco) means they belong in two houses. Obviously Harry was a Slythindor, and Hermione was a Ravendor. Ron might have been a Gryffinpuff, but who knows.

Anyway, the point being it's the dominant trait that picks the house, so I still firmly say he's a Hufflepuff! Hufflepuffitry drives his Gryffindor tendencies, as seen with Cedric Diggory.

[erinm_4600]

This is TOTALLY the wrong comm to talk about this in,

Please... *eyeroll*

I agree with you on all points. He does also, however, have many Gryffindor traits, I feel.

However, based solely on the Hat: TOTAL PUFF

But, really, all the houses share all the qualities. It's the extent to which they focus, etc.
*agrees with Dumbledore. They sort too soon*

[amedia]

*agrees with Dumbledore. They sort too soon*

*nodnod* I was sad that apparently hadn't been changed by the time of the epilogue. I thought it would have been a great tribute to Dumbledore's revolutionary ideas, and a fitting outcome of the inter-House cooperation when they (mostly) united against Voldemort.

[lionille]

Hmm, I thought that DG brought out the best in him. True, he's manipulating her in the beginning, but once she gets him off the ceiling, he's actually pretty nice to her with the intro and the help getting acclimated. "It's too high to jump!" sounded like concern for her to me. So does "this isn't your fight", really, considering DG's about to attack a bunch of armed thugs with, yanno, a stick. This did make me wonder, though, if Glitch was such a martial arts expert... why didn't he use it then? Did he forget he knew how?

he seriously doesn't even say "those poor people" or anything.

He does flinch and start to cover his mouth. He looks sympathetic. Granted, not enough to rush out there, but he followed DG when she did!Raw... I believe CAIN was the one who SAID they ought to leave the Papay victim! Glitch followed DG when she detoured off to check out the pod-thingy. (and speaking of Cain, Cain left DG in front of a seedy nightclub to pursue his own goals, Glitch did not. *coughs delicately

[amedia]

if Glitch was such a martial arts expert... why didn't he use it then? Did he forget he knew how?

Ooh, that's an awesome question! There's that problem I mentioned in the long ADD post a while back, that Glitch may have that ADD-ish trait of simply not having his memories at the forefront of his consciousness the way normal people do. Perhaps the situation in Part One didn't trigger his memory the way the Longcoat situation did later.

In the fight with the Longcoats, Cain looks surprised when Glitch runs up to launch that initial kick; maybe Glitch was surprised too! Glitch also looks as if he's having a lot of fun, maybe taking delight in his proficiency at a not-quite-forgotten skill?

Edited to clarify the last couple of sentences.

[kseda]

I've repeatedly said that I love his little self-affirming nod. It doens't get more epic than the one he does at the end of the fight scene ♥

[luchia13]

I am, in fact, not kidding! Being a Bad Person doesn't mean you can't do Good Things, though. (Also, the following numbers are for my sanity's sake, since you raise so many good points.)

1. He is nice! Kindness is an even easier way to manipulate people, particularly strangers (which is why Az's ploy didn't work out so well...) and considering Ambrose's job, he definitely knew it and how to make it work.

2. The "this isn't your fight" running always seemed like he was going to run in and grab her back, not fight by her side. And I do believe that he actually cares about her by then, but having friends and caring about them, again, doesn't make you a good person.

3. I flinch when people get slapped on tv, in a 'that's gotta hurt' sort of way that most people do instantly. It doesn't mean "oh, you poor dears" in any way - it means "oh, OW." Yes, I think he's sympathetic, but I'm playing Devil's Advocate here.

4. Cain said it, but I'm about 80% sure I saw Glitch nod in agreement.

The Glitch-fu has always bothered me, with how it

[naturalbluicons]

He's a Slytherin in part one. He's got the self-preservation instinct, which I would imagine develops after having to fend for yourself in a harsh world for 8 to 10 years in which you are viewed as a criminal. I doubt anyone was especially kind to him- I mean what happened that got him all tied up in the big cage in the first place?

It seems like as he grows to trust the people he's with he becomes less self-interested. *needs to watch again*

[kseda]

Okay, back with more pondering (again), and to belabor the point: that decade when he was on his own out there? Very Bad Things Happened. Like I said on the original post, Cain's reaction to him was downright polite. But to the general population of the OZ Glitch is 1) instantly recognized as a (probably dangerous) criminal, 2) instantly recognized as "target practice" by the Sorceress' people, or 3) there's a lucky few out there who recognize him as a member of the old regime who utterly failed to protect the realm. Under those circumstances everything you bring up up there is likely born of defense mechanisms, which is understandable.

So... I agree still?