Fandom High Weapons Poll

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[OOC: ATTN: This is non-binding, non-official (although some official types thought it might not be a bad idea), and just to see what's actually what out there in the school. Vala's name is only on it because we needed a paid account (I'm so weak!) to post from.

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ETA: Question two, where it reads "magic users", it should read "people with magical/superpowers/mutantpowers/etc."

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ETA3: Anything I (aka_vala) posted in comments below with the "FH ate my life" icon are OOC, and my mistake in spacing the fact that comments are IC. My bad, please ignore. :(

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[Poll #579502]

Comments

IC: regarding powers

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

I thought about this long and hard, because frankly, yes, the powers and attitudes of some of my fellow students is goddamn unnerving. But having just pled for the administration to regard us as individuals, I'd be the worst kind of hypocrite if I went back on that, and asked for the registration of werewolves, vampires, mutants and magic-users in toto.

I have two brown belts in different martial arts. I am a bigger threat than some of the students here with magical powers. I am registered in those belts-- because it is a skill which can cause damage to others, and which I can, with sufficient time and laziness, fail to keep proficiency in. It is an intrinsic part of me, yes, but not the most important part. Do I want to be listed with the school as a "threat"? Hell no. I just outed myself, though, so people can take that awareness of my abilities any way they want. Better yet, they can *ask* me about it.

But if I'd wanted to, I could've kept that as a 'secret weapon' against either my fellow students or the things we face here. It was *my* choice to come out of that closet, though. I don't think forcing that choice on anyone else will lead to anything but confusion.

The main thing is-- knowing what a werewolf or a witch is, should be the kind of question we can ask the administration. Then ask how we protect ourselves from any threats they pose. The freedom of information here should also still protect those who have those powers or abilities from being judged on them, without knowledge of their character first. Knowing how to protect ourselves from vampires, mutants, or anyone else here who has dangerious abilities should be a priority-- but so should knowing how to protect yourself from, say, a brown belt who may have eaten in the cafeteria and who currently thinks she's Ming the Merciless. And the responsibility for providing that information lands again, on the administration who admitted those students-- not the students themselves. *Not* by identifying individuals who would under normal circumstances, not pose a threat to anyone.

The presumption of threat is not one that most of us are qualified to make, I'll admit. Some of us are more paranoid than others (*sneer*). But knowing the hazards in your environment means that any accidents or problems that happen can at least be dealt with in the least traumatic manner possible.