fandomhigh | Ethics [Monday, January 7, 5th period]

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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"Let's say...your mother. And a painful, lingering death."

Katara found herself both immensely grateful and terribly guilty that this particular situation, at least, was in the abstract. "I would lie, steal or fight to defend her."

"But not kill?"

If she had been able to, would she have killed the Fire Nation soldiers who killed her mother? Katara pondered that for a minute. "If they were trying to kill her? Yes. Though I would try other means first."

"Most beings who are prepared to kill another being aren't open for negotiation," Vader commented.

"I didn't say I'd discuss it with them," Katara replied. "I said I'd prevent them without killing them."

"And how would you accomplish that, Miss Katara?"

"By turning their strength against them," Katara said, not about to mention waterbending directly. "There is a reaction to every force. Push and pull."

"You think by pulling hard enough, you could stop their push?" Vader paused. "It would be an interesting thing to try."

It reminded him of Obi-Wan. That made him crabby.

"By timing my pull correctly, I can throw their push off balance and redirect its force," she said immediately. "I don't need to stop it necessarily."

Interesting, Vader thought. This one has been trained.

"And by redirecting this force, you believe you could persuade this enemy of yours who is threatening your family? Extermination is not an option for you?"

"I would protect my people," Katara said with a nod and it was obvious she was speaking much less in the abstract now. She shot a sharp but quick glance at Zuko. "If I can not redirect my enemies' force, I will find another way."

"Good," Vader said. "Blocking off options because of a preconceived idea of good and evil is shortsighted."

"What could possibly be evil about protecting the Av- my family?" Katara asked.

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