Ethics [Monday, January 7, 5th period]

[sith_happened]

If there was one thing Darth Vader excelled at, it was making a memorable first impression.

He waited until the classroom was full, then stalked in, cape flaring behind him.

He twitched his fingers as he reached the center of the room and the door slammed shut behind him.

"I am Darth Vader," he intoned over the even mechanized breathing of his suit. "I trust you may have already heard of me." His masked face scanned the faces in front of him. If he was at all affected by any negative thoughts and emotions being directed at him, he wasn't showing it. "You will refer to me as either Darth Vader or Lord Vader. Any other address will result in detention." He began pacing the room. "You should be grateful for that. Very few have ever been granted advanced warning of my actions.

"Today we discuss how far over the line you would go to save someone you love." Vader's voice turned cold. "I don't want to hear that you wouldn't go over a line. Would you lie for someone? Steal for them? Kill for them? Does it matter to you if it's friend or family? Does how much you love--" and yes, the word sounded awkward coming from that particular visage, "--that person affect how far you would go for them?"

Vader crossed his arms over his chest and waited for the first student to speak.

{OOC: Roster and syllabus here. I'm starting my first day of work in an internetless environment tomorrow morning, so Vader will be responding late. Please don't burn the classroom down while I'm gone :).]

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Re: Answer the discussion question

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

"Which is more important? Other people's opinions or someone I care about?" Walter asked rhetorically before answering his own question. "There isn't even a question - their opinions don't matter."

Re: Answer the discussion question

[sith_happened]

"And if your choice turns the one you loved against you?" Vader pressed. "Is it worth it then?"

Re: Answer the discussion question

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

Again Walter sounded sure of himself. "Yes, it's worth it. Unless letting them live makes their life something other than life. I would do anything for my master, but I wouldn't give him into a vampire's hands to keep him in some pretense of life."

Someone has had to think about these things.

Re: Answer the discussion question

[sith_happened]

"He would also end up with terrible hair," Vader said, thinking of his encounter with Angel last semester. "A lifetime of hating you and an obsession with gel. No one deserves that."

Sometimes Vader talked just to amuse himself.

Re: Answer the discussion question

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

Walter had absolutely no idea what Vader was talking about. Alucard could make his hair do some remarkably improbable things.

Without gel.

And Arthur....

"Arthur already has rather... interesting (http://www.livejournal.com/userpic/34179229/5499452) hair, but I wouldn't do it because I know that he does not want to exist like that and he would not consider it saving his life. If I had to betray him to keep him alive to fight on... I might do it, even though he would hate me."

Re: Answer the discussion question

[sith_happened]

"Be very certain about your answer before you go down that path, young one," Vader said. "It's not a choice that can be taken back."

Re: Answer the discussion question

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

Oh no, he'd go dancing down that merry path to self-destruction without a second thought. Right. Not that this isn't the most meta of meta things with recent canon or anything.

"Hellsing first. Then me and my wants."

Re: Answer the discussion question

[sith_happened]

"If that is your destiny," Vader said with a shrug that rippled his cape.

He turned and walked away.

Re: Answer the discussion question

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

Hopefully his destiny didn't actually include fangs, he thought wryly, watching Vader continue on with the restof the class.