http://hisownagenda.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] hisownagenda.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] fandomhigh2012-10-04 10:53 pm
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Oppression, Resistance and Revolution

"Last week we talked about nonviolent resistance," Magneto began as the bell rang. "There seems to be a misunderstanding about this particular practice. It's not just about sitting in a park imbibing hallucinogenic substances and singing folk songs. In some cases it's far from that."

Magneto snapped his fingers and the projector turned on displaying an image of a man with remarkable bravery.

"Often times it means risking your life and facing insurmountable odds."

Magneto snapped his fingers again displaying another image.

"Other times it means facing authority and getting detained for your beliefs. In some cases..."

Magneto snapped his fingers a final time and the projector turned off.

"It could mean physical harm. Or death. And through it all the non-violent protester must sit and offer passive resistance. Their weapons are words. But the essence of their actions is to let whatever harm or action fall upon them in the vain hope that someone will see that their actions are wrong."

"Today we are going to watch a historical film," Magneto continued as he walked around the room. "About the most famous practitioner of passive resistance. Please take notes. This will be on the final exam."

And with one dramatic gesture from Magneto, the lights turned off and the movie began.

Sorry. Magneto did not provide popcorn. Suffer.
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Korra

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Evan Sabahnur
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[identity profile] upmysleeve.livejournal.com 2012-10-05 02:42 pm (UTC)(link)
Ace McShane. Sorry, that's as passive as she gets.
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[identity profile] upmysleeve.livejournal.com 2012-10-05 03:02 pm (UTC)(link)
Note to self (which Ace did not actually write down): Bring popcorn to all classes, not just Yakko's.

Instead, she had to settled for a slightly stale toffee she dug out of the elbow-pocket of her jacket, which she supposed would at least get her in the mood to watch a film about hunger strikes.

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Darcy looked over at Ace and tried to mime Yakko. It was far more difficult than she had expected. There were a lot of jumping hands.
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[identity profile] upmysleeve.livejournal.com 2012-10-05 03:11 pm (UTC)(link)
Ace tilted her head. "...Evil clowns are invading?"

It was a fair guess, dammit, and wouldn't be at all surprising.

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Darcy considered this and shrugged. Close enough.

She mimed throwing popcorn into her mouth.

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Stephanie Brown
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[identity profile] upmysleeve.livejournal.com 2012-10-05 03:25 pm (UTC)(link)
Ohhhh. Ace nodded, and made her saddest puppy face as she held up her popcorn-free hands.

Somehow she suspected Professor Grumpyface would not take nearly as well to her just wandering out to pop some before coming back.

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[identity profile] taseredagod.livejournal.com 2012-10-05 05:00 pm (UTC)(link)
Darcy has already figured her chances of passing this class were not too high, so she was seriously considering doing just that. Reason took over enough for her to simply offer Ace half a candy bar with an apologetic shrug.
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Billy was here, and wondering if he should go and get some popcorn for everyone, or if that would upset Magneto. It seemed wiser to be safer.

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Hanna Marin