Site plot

[SARAH]

Here is the general response to a site wide plot.

Cain Edge:

I think a site-wide plot would be wonderful fun!

Hanna:

FIRSTLY, the new skin is super pretty Sarah. I don't know if you're the one who made it but I definitely am digging it. <3 AND that's coming from someone who does graphics professionally for a living.

Secondly, I am all about a site wide plot. I really enjoy them, especially if it's a plot that can include members in a creative way. I really enjoy the member based plots but I think a site wide plot would be better organized and give those involved a definitive goal rather than having aimless floaty purposeless characters doing mundane things. I think it's especially neat to have a site wide plot and have little member subplots sprout up from it as a result. I especially think this would be good for this site since a few of the members have proven to be significantly active and progressive independently. I think those members would only benefit and thrive from a site-wide plot.

Hope that answer makes sense. Excited to see what crops up in the future.


Min:

Hey there,

Love the changes.. And I'm up for a site wide plot.. However that said I don't think it would be overly beneficial for the free spirit of the board. On caution we have had a topic dedicated to the nature of the beast known as a site plot.. Shockingly we found for many people it is a draw back.. People who take key roles in the plot doing a runner act and disappearing, and a lot of new members have a hard time pulling their charries into a site plot being toppers for concerns..

Not sure if that helps though,
Min



So my idea is that we have a plot that involves everyone (something that people can incorporate in their posts) but they do not have to partake if they wish not to. So I have been pouring through all the HP books over the last few weeks, getting a real feel for what JK wanted for this realm. I think a lot of the book's magic was lost in the screen production (but that is a rant for later!). What I love about HP is that the magical world has no idea how to fit in with the muggle world (muggle clothing? what's that?).

I thought our plot could be centred around a dramatic revolution in wizarding policy regarding creatures. In the final book of HP Lupin describes how difficult it is for creatures to be accepted by 'normal' wizards. So, perhaps a vampire or werewolf became the minister for magic and something like that. So, a positive plot that could swing either way -- outrage from purebloods, but positive in regard to advancing wizarding kind.

Anyway -- I don't want this to be our final plot. I think we should all wrestle with it together to find something good and different. 

[SARAH]

Okay, so I have had a few ideas:

In the year 2020, according to the Bulgarian Ministry for Magic’s decree, all creatures classified with near human intelligence were required to be round up for counting and branding.

- Other ministries followed suit

- Creature uprisings from 2025 – current

- Creature uprisings led by (Insert canon character available)

- Drumstrang falls in 2030 (Got the idea from a post from one of our members)

- 2029: British Ministry for Magic grants creatures an equal status and a vampire/ centaur/ werewolf Minister for Magic steps up


So, there would be a number of people interested in this result:

1.) People who don't mind and carry on with their day to day living (i.e. people who aren't so keen on joining in the plot have a space not to do so).
2.) People opposed to this integration - most wizard, especially purebloods,would be against this. According to the HP series creatures were not of an equal status to wizard. Voldemort only uses such creatures for his own gain (no love there). Remember the passage where Voldie mocks Bellatrix for her niece marrying Lupin. 
3.) People intent on making the integration work (creatures and sympathises). 

Creatures, like werewolves, won't have much that changes, other than equal job opportunities (remember how Lupin describes the werewolf colonies that extracted themselves from the wizarding world). 

Vampires, centaurs, goblins and house elves are now allowed to carry wands. 

No creature with human sentience can be executed and now have to face the same criminal proceedings as wizards. 

Britain is the first country to make their status equal. The result of this is that many creatures are moving to the UK. There are still violent uprisings elsewhere. 

[RILEY]

Nice idea! The first things that come to my mind:

- The abilities claim needs to be expanded a bit, perhaps even split in two parts; abilities such as patronus, metamorph, occlumens, etc in one part, creatures like werewolf, vampire, veela in another (if you're counting veela as creature). And the list needs to be expanded to include more creature types, such as those you've mentioned - centaurs, goblins, etc etc so there's plenty of choice for creature types, so it doesn't end up wiht JUST vamps and werewolves. 

- I think it will work well seeing as there do seem to be a number of 'international' characters, around, so there are people can make reference to stuff 'in their country' or whatever.

- I think people, especially current adult characters, should be allowed to change their character once the plot is implemented - so like, make sure they know that if they want, they can make their current character a creature of some sort to fit with the plot, rather than some people having no creatures characters to join in with and not wanting to lose theirs, or have to make another. If they want to change a current one a little, they should be able to.

- If Britain is saying that creatures need to be treated equally and have equal rights, then keeping creature children out of the education system isn't really going to be possible - they'd have to allowed vamps, weres, the lot into Hogwarts if they were magically capable, otherwise they wouldn't really be 'equal', which could cause a LOT of problems for the Ministry.

- When there was immigration into Britain in the 1960's things went downhill fast, especially in the cities - violence, racism, the general feeling that immigrants were taking all their jobs... I'm pretty sure even now there are still many who argue the whole 'british jobs for british people' thing. If creatures are given equality, and a lot of creatures are moving over for a 'better life' and job opportunities, it wont take long before society as a whole (the non-creature part) starts to argue back, so that could be something else to bring into this - the groups of anti-creature-equality who don't agree with anything, especially not the jobs nor the immigration, and want to stir up a whole ton of trouble for the Ministry to deal with...

[SARAH]

"The Wand Ban is the Code of Wand Use's Clause Three (passed by the Ministry of Magic in 1631). This clause forbids Non-Human Magical Beings such as house-elves or giants to carry a wand. Vampires, hags, and other magical hominids are not permitted to carry wands because they are classified as non-Magical Part-Humans. Werewolves, on the other hand, are recognised as humans afflicted with lycanthropy and are permitted to carry wands, though in their transformed state they lose the ability to practise magic as a normal witch or wizard."  The year 2012 marks the year of the first creature uprising in Bulgaria. The revolts started in small towns, just out of the reach of the cities. Their revolts were against the prejudice and discrimination shown by witches and wizards against their kind. Goblins, centaurs, vampires, vela, merpeople and werewolves joined together for the right to bear a wand, attend magical education and job opportunities. The uprisings started out small and peaceful. However, two years later, a different picture started to emerge. Violence emerged and many creatures and wizards were killed. By 2017, the Bulgarian Ministry for Magic quelled the prolific uprisings and an uneasy peace settled. In 2020, the Bulgarian Ministry for Magic declared that all non-Magical Part-Humans were to be counted and branded. Any non-Magical Part-Humans who resist are to be classified as dangerous and would be sentenced to death. By 2022, the uneasy peace broke and another uprising ensues. This time it is led by a group of creatures – Mikhail Yankov, a young werewolf, Magorian, a centaur, Krobum, a goblin, and Lorcan, a vampire. The uprisings spread across the globe and threatened to expose the magical world to muggles. In 2030, Drumstrang falls. In response to this threat, the British Ministry for Magic declares that non-Magical Part-Humans have equal status to wizards and witches and allow them to bear wands, attend Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and gain jobs within wizarding society. Creatures from all over the globe are now attempting to move to the UK for a better life. Violence and hatred for creatures is beginning to stir in the communities.  What side will you join?