IC Prospective | Mycroft 7th year

[watchful_big_brother]

Character: Mycroft Holmes (BBC 'Sherlock')
Mun: Gowa
Plot specific: Not really, just trying out Mycroft as year head boy or prefect?

While I understand that as a student one cannot simply ignore the opportunities to cause chaos when presented with such a situation, I strongly encourage everyone to please do as they are told and avoid stealing into the Forbidden Forest. Things could get... messy.


[filtered to Sherlock]

This friendly suggestion goes double for you, brother. We wouldn't want to upset Mummy with an Owl about how you managed to get yourself spirited away by some over-eager Centaurs, now would we?

Comments

[strongestoftheturks]

Punks are stubborn though. You hit hard, it just rolls over them.

[watchful_big_brother]

Now there is your problem right there - you simply resort to your fists. A somewhat mundane and occasionally useful method, but there are far more eloquent means to resolving a situation with stubborn individuals.

[strongestoftheturks]

Talking doesn't work.

[watchful_big_brother]

Yes, you would say that.

[strongestoftheturks]

I'm not good with words.

Are you?

[watchful_big_brother]

Some might say that, but I think it is fairer to say that I'm simply well-versed in the English language.

[strongestoftheturks]

Got any tips?



I have siblings. They don't listen.

A lot.

[watchful_big_brother]

I'm not one for blackmail on normal occasions but in the situation of troublesome siblings...

Observe them. Take note of what they value, be it a certain food or drink, perhaps the company of a certain friend, so on and so forth. Pick which of those you can somehow use to... persuade them.

[strongestoftheturks]

So threaten to take those things away from them? What if you can't?

[Because really, some of his junior Turks very were innovative with sneaking out of their houses out of hours. It was easier to control them when they were all back at the Turk headquarters in summer; there he had Veld to run a tight ship. In Hogwarts though they revelled in their freedom a bit too much.]

[watchful_big_brother]

It's not always about threatening to take them away, per se. Humiliation, subjugation, the usual old method of threatening to call on a person of authority that the rascals fear in particular.

[strongestoftheturks]

[Humiliation and subjugation? That's something he might be able to do, but his idea of humiliation is to beat someone into it. But maybe...]

So, humiliate them in front of their friends.



Could backfire though. Make them mad.

[watchful_big_brother]

If you're so worried about feelings and potentially violent responses, try 'talking out' the issues. If they keep refusing to listen, then threaten to humiliate them before their friends.

Whether you follow through with the threat or not is entirely up to you, of course.

Assuming he's headboy?

[strongestoftheturks]

Right.

Thanks. I'll try that.

You're Mycroft Holmes right?

'kay!

[watchful_big_brother]

Indeed I am.

[strongestoftheturks]

You've seen the journals. You've got a lot of work to do.

Good luck.

[watchful_big_brother]

It helps to keep me busy.

[strongestoftheturks]

You must be a smart guy then.

[Rude's in his 7th year, and he's feeling the heat alright. NEWTS don't stand for "Nastily Exhausting" for nothing.]

[watchful_big_brother]

Oh no, not at all. I'm simply a humble student who strives to keep his peers in check while pursuing his studies.

[strongestoftheturks]

You do tutoring by any chance?

[watchful_big_brother]

I'm afraid not but I can supply you with a list of some high-achieving students who offer such services if you would like?

[strongestoftheturks]

Yeah, that's fine. Thanks.

Could I get someone good in Herbology, specially?

[Not going to lie, everything he touches dies.]

[watchful_big_brother]

That should be doable. I will pass on your details to a couple of candidates.

[strongestoftheturks]

Appreciated.

You do this all the time? Helping other students?

[watchful_big_brother]

I like to keep my ducks in a row, and helping some struggling students can be exactly the right push to boost moral of the population on a whole come exam period.

[strongestoftheturks]

I'm not a duck.