dressrobes | IC Pr9spective: Kankri Vantas

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IC Pr9spective: Kankri Vantas

Character name: Kankri Vantas
Player name: Ri
Plot-related? Nope

Hell9, students 9f H9gwarts and students at heart. 6eginning this m9st auspici9us year at 9ur prestigi9us academy, there are n9netheless s9me predictca6le c9cnerns to 6e raised in any such diverse gr9up 9f individuals. I shall attempt t9 6e 6rief.

9ver time I have n9ticed a startling lack of c9ncern f9r the feelings of y9ur fell9w students and staff. It pains me t9 see infighting and disc9rd t9 this degree. Theref9re I w9uld like t9 9ffer my inexhausti6le skill as a mediat9r, alth9ugh I am n9 l9nger technically 9ne 9f y9ur peers. If y9u have any c9ncerns, feel free to appr9ach me at any time. I will d9 my 6est to pr9vide a n9njudgmental envir9nment t9 f9ster g99dwill and free and in9ffensive discussion 6etween all parties inv9lved.

Enj9y the new year, every9ne, and warmest welc9me back t9 H9gwarts!

Hello, students of Hogwarts and students at heart. Beginning this most auspicious year at our prestigious academy, there are nonetheless some predictable concerns to be raised in any such diverse group of individuals. I shall attempt to be brief.

Over time I have noticed a startling lack of concern for the feelings of your fellow students and staff. It pains me to see infighting and discord to this degree. Therefore I would like to offer my inexhaustible skill as a mediator, although I am no longer technically one of your peers. If you have any concerns, feel free to approach me at any time. I will do my best to provide a nonjudgmental environment to foster goodwill and free and inoffensive discussion between all parties involved.

Enjoy the new year, everyone, and warmest welcome back to Hogwarts!

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N9, a m9re permanent change 9f state. I was abruptly anat9mically disp9ssessed, leaving me a spectral shade 9f my f9rmer self.

In sh9rt, I am what y9u c9uld call a gh9st. And given the circumstances 9f my change 9f state, it is particularly painful t9 me t9 see students arguing with 9ne an9ther in unpr9ductive ways.

~~Why didn't you just say you were dead in the f~~

Wait! If you're a ghost, how are you using a journal?
This might come as a shock, but GHOSTS ARE NON-CORPOREAL. They can't lift quills!

I w9uld like t9 kindly request that y9u check y9ur c9rp9realn9rmative privilege, please. Afterlife is hard en9ugh f9r the c9rp9really challenged with9ut 9ur existence 6eing undermined 6y the c9rp9really privileged.

As t9 y9ur questi9n, while incredi6ly difficult it is actually p9ssi6le f9r us living-impaired t9 cause small am9unts 9f physical influence against n9n-living things. We can, f9r instance, carry small 9bjects f9r as l9ng as we are f9cused 9n d9ing s9, 9r displace fluids in a c9ntainer.

Right. So, you can lift a quill. It just takes untold effort on your part. Is that why I can only just make out what you've been writing?

And did you seriously just refer to yourself as "living-impaired"?

Partly. Alth9ugh many can attest that my handwriting was n9t much 6etter when I was living.

Yes. Dead is an 9ffensive term am9ng the m9re recently disc9rp9rated. Living-impaired, h9wever, has begun t9 be used t9 refer t9 inferi as well, s9 the anat9mically disp9ssessed c9mmunity is t9rn whether we sh9uld stand 9ur gr9und 9r just a6and9n the phrase alt9gether. I am pers9nally 9n the fence a69ut it. Given that inferi d9n't even have sentience t9 be 9ffended 9r triggered 6y inappr9priate termin9l9gy, and that they als9 already have 'Differently-resurrected', I can see why s9me m9re stu669rn pr9p9nents might think they sh9uld step 9ff. 9n the 9ther hand, even with9ut the term living-impaired, we still have afterlife-challenged, anat9mically disp9ssessed, c9rp9really limited, and transc9rp9real. H9wever, it is really up t9 the individual t9 decide what they identify as and t9 inf9rm th9se they have regular dealings with acc9rdingly.

Okay then.

Have you considered "expelled from life" as an alternative term?

Are y9u m9cking my alternative state 9f 6eing?

You mean the one in which you are deceased?

Are y9u just TRYING t9 9ffend me? 6ecause it's w9rking. This is exactly the reas9n why n9n-living rights is having such a hard time getting 9ff the gr9und, is 6ecause c9rp9realn9rmative pe9ple like y9u erase and invalidate 9ur existence at every p9ssible turn.
If y9u insult us, d9 we n9t feel pain?
If y9u walk thr9ugh us, d9 we n9t feel c9ld?
If y9u address us, d9 we n9t resp9nd?
We were 9nce living, every bit as much as y9u are n9w, why then are we w9rth less t9 y9u?

That was quite the diatribe for someone who has exceptional difficulties with penmanship.
Are you sure you ~~snuffed it~~ are among the corporeally challenged?

Given that I haven't aged in nearly tw9 decades, yes, I am quite certain that I am deceased. I w9uld kn9w better than y9u whether 9r n9t I was living-impaired. 96vi9usly, the implicati9ns apparent in y9ur 6latant disrespect and lack 9f an 9pen mind make y9u quick t9 discriminate against the spirit-assigned.
All we ask is t9 be respected as the witches and wizards that we 9nce were. Is that s9 much? We can still think, and feel, even th9ugh 9ur interacti9n with the physical w9rld is much m9re limited.

6esides that, 6elieve it 9r n9t there are s9me 9f us wh9se m9ment 9f disc9rp9rati9n is still a s9urce of unique pain f9r th9se we care a69ut. Y9u sh9uld 6e s9 lucky n9t t9 have had a cl9se relati9n 6ec9me c9unted am9ng the living-impaired. 9f c9urse I w9uld n9t wish it 9n any9ne, f9r I have seen the damage that a death can d9 t9 a family.

It is hard en9ugh t9 g9 thr9ugh every day kn9wing that y9u will never 6e a6le t9 em6race y9ur 9wn 6r9ther again. 9r feel the warmth 9f human c9ntact. That y9u will watch every9ne y9u l9ve gr9w 9ld and die, and y9u will never j9in them 6ecause at the m9ment 9f y9ur disc9rp9rati9n y9ur will t9 live was s9 str9ng that in its 9wn way, it c9nquered death.

This change 9f state is a curse, n9t a 6lessing. N9t a charming diversi9n. N9t a str9ll thr9ugh the park. We are chained en9ugh 6y 9ur existence, d9 n9t take 9ur dignity as well.

Edited 2012-09-02 07:46 (UTC)

[pause]

[and then a filter to Kankri]

I give.

What's your angle?

I am uncertain what y9u mean. Must I have an angle?

If your "corporeal challenges" make penmanship as difficult as you say they do, you wouldn't be spending your time writing long, boring, pompous diatribes to people you've never met.

So the question is, why are you posing as a ghost? What are you getting out of this?

Edited 2012-09-03 01:28 (UTC)

[What.]

H9W DARE Y9U PRESUME T9 THINK THAT Y9U KN9W ME. H9W DARE Y9U UNDERMINE THE PAIN AND ANGUISH THAT MY FAMILY HAS G9NE THR9UGH 6ECAUSE 9F ME. Y9U HAVE N9 IDEA WH9 I AM, Y9U CANN9T PRESUME T9 KN9W MY EXPERIENCES 6ETTER THAN I D9 JUST 6ECAUSE Y9U ARE T99 FEE6LEMINDED T9 6ELIEVE THAT THE W9RLD IS 6IGGER THAN WHAT Y9U Y9URSELF HAVE SEEN.

I c9nsider myself a pacifist and an intellectual, 6ut y9u are incredi6ly lucky that I can't get my hands 9n y9u.

You can drop the whole "corporeally challenged" thing now.

It was pretty good though. You really had me going for a while.

Edited 2012-09-03 02:39 (UTC)

My name is Kankri Vantas. I am the twin 6r9ther t9 the Hist9ry 9f Magic Pr9fess9r and Head 9f Gryffind9r H9use, Salvad9r Vantas.

I was anat9mically disp9ssessed in April 9f 1994, f9ll9wing a duelling accident in my 5th year at H9gwarts.

F9r the past 17 years I have hidden fr9m my 6r9ther, that he w9uldn't learn a69ut my change 9f state, 6ut n9w that he will 6e at the castle 9n a full-time 6asis, I decided that it w9uld 6e in every9ne's 6est interest f9r me t9 reveal myself lest I cause further pain t9 my l9ved 9nes.

Suuuurrrreeee....

Honestly though, you've put a lot of thought into this. I'm impressed.

I w9n't waste my time with y9u anym9re. Either y9u will 6elieve me when the sch99l year starts, 9r y9u w9n't, 6ut I will n9t 6e insulted 6y a stu669rn 6rat wh9 is unwilling t9 listen t9 reas9n.

Alright then, Kankri Vantas.

Have a nice life! Oh wait...

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IC Pr9spective: Kankri Vantas

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#tw: c9rp9realn9rmative attitude

What the Hell is a #tw?

#tw: trigger warning #69th as in that's what it means #and I'm warning f9r it

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#tw: feelings #tl;dr #respect #d9 y9u has it

#I can make little crosshatch things too

#filtered #g99d j9b #I'm s9 pr9ud

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#Filtered #tw: verbal bitchslap

How was that a verbal bitchslap?

#idk but #apparently you're not filtering anymore

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