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A Note on the Two Roosters
2022-07-14 Author: I'm Just a Pigeon
I'd wanted to write this around the New Year, but with the holiday and a cold, it got dragged out until now.
Now that the story has progressed this far, surely no one thinks I actually intend to follow the original plot, starting the attacks on Halloween and following the storyline with the petrified cat, right?
Of course, many people think the story is dragging because of the update speed... well...
Putting updates aside, let's just talk about the plot itself.
Setting aside our meta-knowledge, the issue of the Chamber of Secrets alone plagued two generations of headmasters, led to a student's death, forced the previous headmaster to resign, saw Dumbledore take office, and got Hagrid expelled.
Ostensibly, it's about two roosters, but in reality, it's about catching the Snake—surely no one thinks these are two separate matters, right?
William's numerous investigations have already laid down a bunch of subplots, but if these investigations could so easily lead to the basilisk's capture—wouldn't that make Dumbledore and company look completely incompetent?
Seriously, not even conspiracy-theory or asylum-level fanfiction would dare to write it like that, right?
Even those "bulldozer" novels, where a virgin-hunting evil dragon comes to Hogwarts only to starve to death, don't ruin characters that badly...
Then there's the matter of what has been gained from the investigation. So far, ignoring the direct clues, William has obtained—partial command over Gryffindor's biggest troublemakers, acceptance from a faction of the ghosts who were previously divided among themselves, further approval from Professor McGonagall (though not a blank check), deeper recognition from Dumbledore himself, the familiarity of the other professors, and the approval of the school's caretaker.
Even with a System, you can't expect me to just pad the story with a bunch of favorability-increase data, right?
Building relationships and gaining command authority over students—are these truly not gains?
I don't really want to write about this in the main text; a professor focusing on such things is a bit too low-brow...
There's also the issue with the System—hmm, many people think it seems to have disappeared.
It has indeed been quiet for a long time, but currently, nothing William has done at Hogwarts is enough to make people like or dislike him to a significant degree.
An ordinary student wouldn't hate a professor to death just for assigning extra homework, nor would they be overjoyed just for getting a few extra points—not even novels in the dating-sim genre would dare to write like that.
The emotional impact from homework is negligible. The reason farming was so fast in Azkaban was because of actual fighting; you only get sufficient negative emotions by taking real action.
That should be all, right?
Just watch for my slick moves—oh right, I owe quite a few updates from the New Year. I'll slowly make them up... don't rush me.
(end of chapter)
2022-07-14 Author: I'm Just a Pigeon
I'd wanted to write this around the New Year, but with the holiday and a cold, it got dragged out until now.
Now that the story has progressed this far, surely no one thinks I actually intend to follow the original plot, starting the attacks on Halloween and following the storyline with the petrified cat, right?
Of course, many people think the story is dragging because of the update speed... well...
Putting updates aside, let's just talk about the plot itself.
Setting aside our meta-knowledge, the issue of the Chamber of Secrets alone plagued two generations of headmasters, led to a student's death, forced the previous headmaster to resign, saw Dumbledore take office, and got Hagrid expelled.
Ostensibly, it's about two roosters, but in reality, it's about catching the Snake—surely no one thinks these are two separate matters, right?
William's numerous investigations have already laid down a bunch of subplots, but if these investigations could so easily lead to the basilisk's capture—wouldn't that make Dumbledore and company look completely incompetent?
Seriously, not even conspiracy-theory or asylum-level fanfiction would dare to write it like that, right?
Even those "bulldozer" novels, where a virgin-hunting evil dragon comes to Hogwarts only to starve to death, don't ruin characters that badly...
Then there's the matter of what has been gained from the investigation. So far, ignoring the direct clues, William has obtained—partial command over Gryffindor's biggest troublemakers, acceptance from a faction of the ghosts who were previously divided among themselves, further approval from Professor McGonagall (though not a blank check), deeper recognition from Dumbledore himself, the familiarity of the other professors, and the approval of the school's caretaker.
Even with a System, you can't expect me to just pad the story with a bunch of favorability-increase data, right?
Building relationships and gaining command authority over students—are these truly not gains?
I don't really want to write about this in the main text; a professor focusing on such things is a bit too low-brow...
There's also the issue with the System—hmm, many people think it seems to have disappeared.
It has indeed been quiet for a long time, but currently, nothing William has done at Hogwarts is enough to make people like or dislike him to a significant degree.
An ordinary student wouldn't hate a professor to death just for assigning extra homework, nor would they be overjoyed just for getting a few extra points—not even novels in the dating-sim genre would dare to write like that.
The emotional impact from homework is negligible. The reason farming was so fast in Azkaban was because of actual fighting; you only get sufficient negative emotions by taking real action.
That should be all, right?
Just watch for my slick moves—oh right, I owe quite a few updates from the New Year. I'll slowly make them up... don't rush me.
(end of chapter)
