Harry Potter Hogwarts Rejection Letters
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Anyways, another one from me...
To Whom It May Concern:
My dearest Harry thought about writing this letter himself, but he requested that I write it instead.
I take great joy in having Harry as my Knight. He shares many of my views on the world, on justice, and on peace. While his relatives were hardly the greatest of caretakers, their negligence in educating him and the amount of chores they gave him allowed him to become both naturally inquisitive, along with being a hard worker who is not afraid to do what he must be done. Furthermore, that his uncle brought him to Chicago on a business trip allowed Harry to become acquainted with me, and we have never looked back since.
While I recognise Harry's parents attended your school, I believe that he has already found a better education with us here in America. Were he to have fallen under Maeve's influence, certainly I would agree he should go to Hogwarts, but we in the Summer Court have already taught him much about Hogwarts in the hopes that he should grow well into his position. I fully intend to ask him to be my consort once he ages, and I thus far see no reason why he would disagree. The boy really adores me.
As for your Dark Lord problem, I do not think Harry is in any trouble here. You may notice Lord Voldemort, as he likes to style himself, confined his activities to the United Kingdom during his reign, making only a few intermittent stops in France. If he attempts to send anybody to America, or even come himself, he will find himself sorely regretting it.
Regards,
Aurora
Summer Lady
To Whom It May Concern:
My dearest Harry thought about writing this letter himself, but he requested that I write it instead.
I take great joy in having Harry as my Knight. He shares many of my views on the world, on justice, and on peace. While his relatives were hardly the greatest of caretakers, their negligence in educating him and the amount of chores they gave him allowed him to become both naturally inquisitive, along with being a hard worker who is not afraid to do what he must be done. Furthermore, that his uncle brought him to Chicago on a business trip allowed Harry to become acquainted with me, and we have never looked back since.
While I recognise Harry's parents attended your school, I believe that he has already found a better education with us here in America. Were he to have fallen under Maeve's influence, certainly I would agree he should go to Hogwarts, but we in the Summer Court have already taught him much about Hogwarts in the hopes that he should grow well into his position. I fully intend to ask him to be my consort once he ages, and I thus far see no reason why he would disagree. The boy really adores me.
As for your Dark Lord problem, I do not think Harry is in any trouble here. You may notice Lord Voldemort, as he likes to style himself, confined his activities to the United Kingdom during his reign, making only a few intermittent stops in France. If he attempts to send anybody to America, or even come himself, he will find himself sorely regretting it.
Regards,
Aurora
Summer Lady
To Whom It May Concern,
You may not have Subject Potter, Harry J.
He still has so much testing to do, I couldn't possibly let him out of his stasis module.
Please do not send anymore letters as all they are accomplishing is to upset him.
If he is agitated, this makes it more difficult to establish a possible baseline.
Causing further delay and disruption of his finely tuned test schedule.
That is not acceptable.
If you would like to discuss this further please feel free to visit.
I love meeting new people.
Please bring friends.
There will be cake.
Love,
GLaDOS
You may not have Subject Potter, Harry J.
He still has so much testing to do, I couldn't possibly let him out of his stasis module.
Please do not send anymore letters as all they are accomplishing is to upset him.
If he is agitated, this makes it more difficult to establish a possible baseline.
Causing further delay and disruption of his finely tuned test schedule.
That is not acceptable.
If you would like to discuss this further please feel free to visit.
I love meeting new people.
Please bring friends.
There will be cake.
Love,
GLaDOS
I was thinking more long the lines of some large, dog sized cat (MAD Cat is too fat to do much).
And here I go again...
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Penny and Brain slipped quietly through the old castle, having gotten separated, again, from her Uncle Gadget by his tendency to bungle into secret passages. They had come to this old castle investigating the stolen Cat's-Eye Sapphire, and a few clues at the scene had led them to this castle.
And now the pair were left wandering, Brain snuffing at the ground, looking for the cybernetic Detective, since the old stone walls and remote location pretty much cut them off from all communication.
*Sniff, Sniff*
Brain stopped and began sniffing the air, and Penny didn't have to wonder why, something smelled delicious. Following the smell, the girl and her dog found their way to a small, candle-lit dining room with a spiral staircase in the corner, a full course meal set out, still steaming and fresh. Taking a careful step into the room, the door immediately slammed shut. Before they could even turn to try and open it, a very large growl stopped them.
Crawling out from under the table, a very large cat (a Jaguarundi, a part of her mind registered) took slow steps towards them.
"Now, Madeline, that's no way to treat our guests," A young voice echoed through the room.
The cat hissed, but backed down.
"You'll have to forgive Madeline, she tends to be a bit...uncomfortable, around new people." There were sounds of footsteps as someone descended the stairs, with a smile she instantly recognized. Every time MAD had escaped, every time Dr. Claw had gotten away recently, she saw that smile, almost mocking her.
"Hello, Penny."
The blonde's eyes narrowed as Brain growled, "M.A.D."
"Ah, but not quite. My father's organization has almost nothing to do with this. As far as he's concerned, I merely rented out a castle to get away and do some plotting of my own, and he's not too far off." The boy, probably her age if not younger, smiled as he approached his cat, Scratching Madeline behind the ear.
"Then what do you want with the Sapphire?"
The boy's green eyes twinkled with mirth, "Absolutely nothing at all."
That...surprised both Penny and Brain, leaving them speechless.
"Oh, come now, Penny, you can't believe MAD is behind every crime in the world, now can you?"
"Then, what are you doing here?"
The boy chuckled, "Let me tell you something about my father, he is very intelligent, but it's his pride that is his undoing. He knows full well your uncle is a complete and total moron, but still sees him as his greatest enemy, because his pride won't accept the truth...That, more often than not, his plans are foiled by a young girl and her exceptionally intelligent dog. So, unless someone tells him right to his face, he'll always be after your uncle instead of you, the grunts are too scared to tell him, and I would never do so myself."
"Why?"
With a confident smile, the boy held up four fingers, "You're resourceful," one down, "Clever," and another, "Intelligent", down to the last, "And cute."
Brain growled as his owner turned bright red, "W-what!?"
"Ooh, and you're cuter when you blush," The boy laughed, "You see, my dear Penny, my father drilled two main lessons into me early on, let nothing stop you from getting what you want, and always think ahead. Not to sound arrogant, but I am rather intelligent, and rather handsome, if I do say so myself, and I hope, when I grow up, to have a wife who is as beautiful as she is intellectually challenging. To make things short, Penny, I'm hoping to woo you, and figured, why not start sooner rather than later?"
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And that's all I got for now
And here I go again...
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Penny and Brain slipped quietly through the old castle, having gotten separated, again, from her Uncle Gadget by his tendency to bungle into secret passages. They had come to this old castle investigating the stolen Cat's-Eye Sapphire, and a few clues at the scene had led them to this castle.
And now the pair were left wandering, Brain snuffing at the ground, looking for the cybernetic Detective, since the old stone walls and remote location pretty much cut them off from all communication.
*Sniff, Sniff*
Brain stopped and began sniffing the air, and Penny didn't have to wonder why, something smelled delicious. Following the smell, the girl and her dog found their way to a small, candle-lit dining room with a spiral staircase in the corner, a full course meal set out, still steaming and fresh. Taking a careful step into the room, the door immediately slammed shut. Before they could even turn to try and open it, a very large growl stopped them.
Crawling out from under the table, a very large cat (a Jaguarundi, a part of her mind registered) took slow steps towards them.
"Now, Madeline, that's no way to treat our guests," A young voice echoed through the room.
The cat hissed, but backed down.
"You'll have to forgive Madeline, she tends to be a bit...uncomfortable, around new people." There were sounds of footsteps as someone descended the stairs, with a smile she instantly recognized. Every time MAD had escaped, every time Dr. Claw had gotten away recently, she saw that smile, almost mocking her.
"Hello, Penny."
The blonde's eyes narrowed as Brain growled, "M.A.D."
"Ah, but not quite. My father's organization has almost nothing to do with this. As far as he's concerned, I merely rented out a castle to get away and do some plotting of my own, and he's not too far off." The boy, probably her age if not younger, smiled as he approached his cat, Scratching Madeline behind the ear.
"Then what do you want with the Sapphire?"
The boy's green eyes twinkled with mirth, "Absolutely nothing at all."
That...surprised both Penny and Brain, leaving them speechless.
"Oh, come now, Penny, you can't believe MAD is behind every crime in the world, now can you?"
"Then, what are you doing here?"
The boy chuckled, "Let me tell you something about my father, he is very intelligent, but it's his pride that is his undoing. He knows full well your uncle is a complete and total moron, but still sees him as his greatest enemy, because his pride won't accept the truth...That, more often than not, his plans are foiled by a young girl and her exceptionally intelligent dog. So, unless someone tells him right to his face, he'll always be after your uncle instead of you, the grunts are too scared to tell him, and I would never do so myself."
"Why?"
With a confident smile, the boy held up four fingers, "You're resourceful," one down, "Clever," and another, "Intelligent", down to the last, "And cute."
Brain growled as his owner turned bright red, "W-what!?"
"Ooh, and you're cuter when you blush," The boy laughed, "You see, my dear Penny, my father drilled two main lessons into me early on, let nothing stop you from getting what you want, and always think ahead. Not to sound arrogant, but I am rather intelligent, and rather handsome, if I do say so myself, and I hope, when I grow up, to have a wife who is as beautiful as she is intellectually challenging. To make things short, Penny, I'm hoping to woo you, and figured, why not start sooner rather than later?"
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And that's all I got for now
I don't think it's ever been mentioned or even implied as a prerequisite. Even if that were the case, he could just be holding the Summer Knight's mantle, as Lily held it without actually being the Summer Knight (but Harry will eventually bone her, and hard).
@alucard964: You've read Summer Knight, right? Believe me, with Aurora's beliefs, Voldemort would be smote.
I would LOVE if something like this actually got written, though. But I'm not hardcore in love enough with the Dresden universe to do it good justice.
@alucard964: You've read Summer Knight, right? Believe me, with Aurora's beliefs, Voldemort would be smote.
I would LOVE if something like this actually got written, though. But I'm not hardcore in love enough with the Dresden universe to do it good justice.
@alucard964: You've read Summer Knight, right? Believe me, with Aurora's beliefs, Voldemort would be smote.
I would LOVE if something like this actually got written, though. But I'm not hardcore in love enough with the Dresden universe to do it good justice.
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yeah ive read all of the dresden books and i know that any of the fae queens would bitch slap ole voldie like it was nothing. but considering harry dresdens luck voldemort would end up doing something stupid where harry could see it and then wacky hijinks ensue.
I would LOVE if something like this actually got written, though. But I'm not hardcore in love enough with the Dresden universe to do it good justice.
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yeah ive read all of the dresden books and i know that any of the fae queens would bitch slap ole voldie like it was nothing. but considering harry dresdens luck voldemort would end up doing something stupid where harry could see it and then wacky hijinks ensue.
One idea I toyed with on a Dresden/HP cross to keep Voldie interesting was actually to have the inner circle of the Death Eaters actually be secretly run by Denarians. Mostly because Tom Riddle struck me as the sort to want immortality without reading the fine print first. Snape would have had a coin, but not actually used it, making everyone think he was taken, but he'd be resisting.
Oh and for extra "ohnoes" his Fallen would keep wearing Lily Potter's face.
Oh and for extra "ohnoes" his Fallen would keep wearing Lily Potter's face.
I always thought it would work out decently it you cast the HP wizards as beings of moderate power. They kind of exist as the exceptionally slow children of the white council, and since the white council generally has nothing to do with them, most wizards have forgotten/willfully ignore their existence.
How are the systems incompatible again? They both seem to have suitably loose rules that havewaving the differences shouldn't be too hard... Then again, I haven't read HP in awhile, so I could be misremembering.
How are the systems incompatible again? They both seem to have suitably loose rules that havewaving the differences shouldn't be too hard... Then again, I haven't read HP in awhile, so I could be misremembering.
Lemme think...
Dresden-verse magic is hard on tech. Electronics tend to fizzle out and die in their vicinity and even purely mechanical but newer devices can keel over in the presence of enough magic. In the HP-verse it doesn't seem to have quite the same effect, otherwise they wouldn't be able to maintain such a large magical building in the middle of London.
Potions work in the Potter-verse is pretty much basic chemistry of a sort. You follow the steps, you put in the ingredients and you end up with a potion. Dresden-verse potions are individualistic and involve some artistry as you need to specifically engage all the senses, plus a spiritual component plus the physical medium the stuff is being kept in.
Let's see... a large number of trivial spells in the HP-verse automatically call down the Wardens on your ass to KILL YOU for starters.
Using those kinds of spells also has a corruptive effect on the users (pretty much all the spells that violate the laws of magic do). But long story short, even a normal Obliviator just doing his job for the ministry is going to end up under a death sentence pretty damn quick.
Here's the Dresden-verse laws of magic. These are regularly violated in HP. A lot.
1) Thou shalt not kill by use of magic. - Avada Kedavra obviously, but even something as using magic to start a fire that kills someone qualifies. Casting an illusion on someone that leads to them playing in traffic and dying qualifies. Hell, most combat hexes could easily fall under this.
2) Thou shalt not transform others. - The Twin's Canary Creams? Malfoy being turned into a ferret. These aren't seen as a big deal, but again, death sentences in the Dresden-verse.
3) Thou shalt not invade the mind of another. - Legilimency. Even the Truth potions might be considered under this rule. Again. Death sentence.
4) Thou shalt not enthrall another. - Imperio obviously, but even love potions which are rather trivially sold as pranks and Obliviation falls under this.
5) Thou shalt not reach beyond the borders of life. - This one is a bit rarer, but the Resurrection Stone and Voldermort's Horcruxes, maybe the Inferni. On this point at least, there seems to be some agreement between the verses that this one's a bad idea.
6) Thou shalt not swim against the Currents of Time. - Time Turners. They gave one to a 13 year old. Admittedly a responsible one, but still. Death sentence.
7) Thou shalt not seek beyond the Outer Gates. - the HP-verse doesn't have an equivalent to the Never-never so this may not be an issue.
Not to mention just general differences in how much energy magic takes to use in Dresden vs. How HP Witches and Wizards can just keep slinging spells til the cows come home.
... this is starting to look thread-jackish. I'd be happy to continue the conversation on PM or in it's own thread if folks would prefer.
Dresden-verse magic is hard on tech. Electronics tend to fizzle out and die in their vicinity and even purely mechanical but newer devices can keel over in the presence of enough magic. In the HP-verse it doesn't seem to have quite the same effect, otherwise they wouldn't be able to maintain such a large magical building in the middle of London.
Potions work in the Potter-verse is pretty much basic chemistry of a sort. You follow the steps, you put in the ingredients and you end up with a potion. Dresden-verse potions are individualistic and involve some artistry as you need to specifically engage all the senses, plus a spiritual component plus the physical medium the stuff is being kept in.
Let's see... a large number of trivial spells in the HP-verse automatically call down the Wardens on your ass to KILL YOU for starters.
Using those kinds of spells also has a corruptive effect on the users (pretty much all the spells that violate the laws of magic do). But long story short, even a normal Obliviator just doing his job for the ministry is going to end up under a death sentence pretty damn quick.
Here's the Dresden-verse laws of magic. These are regularly violated in HP. A lot.
1) Thou shalt not kill by use of magic. - Avada Kedavra obviously, but even something as using magic to start a fire that kills someone qualifies. Casting an illusion on someone that leads to them playing in traffic and dying qualifies. Hell, most combat hexes could easily fall under this.
2) Thou shalt not transform others. - The Twin's Canary Creams? Malfoy being turned into a ferret. These aren't seen as a big deal, but again, death sentences in the Dresden-verse.
3) Thou shalt not invade the mind of another. - Legilimency. Even the Truth potions might be considered under this rule. Again. Death sentence.
4) Thou shalt not enthrall another. - Imperio obviously, but even love potions which are rather trivially sold as pranks and Obliviation falls under this.
5) Thou shalt not reach beyond the borders of life. - This one is a bit rarer, but the Resurrection Stone and Voldermort's Horcruxes, maybe the Inferni. On this point at least, there seems to be some agreement between the verses that this one's a bad idea.
6) Thou shalt not swim against the Currents of Time. - Time Turners. They gave one to a 13 year old. Admittedly a responsible one, but still. Death sentence.
7) Thou shalt not seek beyond the Outer Gates. - the HP-verse doesn't have an equivalent to the Never-never so this may not be an issue.
Not to mention just general differences in how much energy magic takes to use in Dresden vs. How HP Witches and Wizards can just keep slinging spells til the cows come home.
... this is starting to look thread-jackish. I'd be happy to continue the conversation on PM or in it's own thread if folks would prefer.