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Law & Chaos: Special Magic Unit (HP Chaos Gacha)

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Well, Dawlish is the average political-oriented auror and Crawford was mediocre until he suddenly shifted aims.

Hypocrisy is the name of the game, but Crawford can learn from the prick how to sail the waters and get his observations once he's learned enough about the job to someone more clever and inventive than Dawlish.

Dawlish is only good for bureaucratic jobs, while Crawford can potentially become a fighter ... if nurtured.

No wonder Moody regretted not getting him! :V
 
Well Dawlish, this should be interesting.

Guys seems a bit of a prick and a stick in thw mud but from what we know he is pretty good at his job but seems to be a guy that just follows orders.


Lol I wonder why they didn't want to put Julian with Moody.

Lol Tonks being Tonks.

Huh, Mavis may not be as bad as I thought
 
Bakkughan said:
"You tried to commandeer Auberon Selwyn to join your pursuit, then physically intercepted him and tackled him off his broom when he did not follow your orders."

"I tackled him to save that idiot-!"

He gave me a level look. I made myself calm down before I said something I couldn't take back.
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Seems that Dawlish is a little too upset that the idiot didn't make the grade.

Peacemaren said:
Dawlish is reasonably competent on paper and in canon, he has the right qualifications and everything; it's just that he consistently fails at the more physical aspect of cop work, which might be a good avenue for exploring his character too.
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IIRC, Dawlish failed because he stuck to the rules far too much, didn't bend when he needed to.

FTR2017 said:
No wonder Moody regretted not getting him!
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I was actually expecting Moody to get all three but I suppose that was asking too much.
 
So he's got an asshole for a direct boss, but that's only for 3 years, and with the grimoire there are good chance that he becomes Dawlish superior, at which point the man will be scrubbing toilets by hand
 
Yeah in-universe there was a bit of discussion about which trainee got which supervisor.

Moody did want Julian, but both are combat oriented out-of-the-box thinkers, and there were (not unfounded) worries that they'd just worsen each other. Besides, as Marchbanks said, the Traineeship is there to teach all of the job, including the boring parts. Tonks has the versatility needed to survive Moody and under his guidance hopefully gain some coordination and confidence. Putting Smidgeworth with Moody was just asking for a nervous breakdown, so they put him with steady, nurturing Schaklebolt.

Which leaves Julian, again someone who thinks out of the box and is a clear natural at dueling and combat (and that's without them having see Elf Combat in practice. What he needs is a steady hand and someone who knows the book inside and out. You need to learn procedure before you break it. The friction comes from them not fitting together personality wise, which was pretty much the reason I settled on him, because he could not be more different from Julian.

Looking through the reactions though, I realize that in the future chapters, there's not enough focus on Julian growing magically and combat-speaking, so I'll need to find a way to add that or risk people getting bored with the story. He's building up a case behind his mentor's back though, so there's a limit to how flashy I can make it and I do want to build up on that frustration and sense that Dawlish is standing between Julian and the Gacha rewards.

I just want that frustration to stay with Julian and not be something the readers feel, but I don't know if that's possible.
 
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Well, nothing stop him from getting with the others to compare notes on what they learned and teach each other when they have time. At least his management skills will get a work out. He can also learn DADA and Potion on the side (because let's be honest at Hogwarts DADA and Potion are 85% self-sudy).
 
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Well, nothing stop him from getting with the others to compare notes on what they learned and teach each other when they have time. At least his management skills will get a work out. He can also learn DADA and Potion on the side (because let's be honest at Hogwarts DADA and Potion are 85% self-sudy).
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Potions I agree, but wouldn't DADA at least require a sparring partner? Or is that just the duelling aspect of it?
 
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Potions I agree, but wouldn't DADA at least require a sparring partner? Or is that just the duelling aspect of it?
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I think partners would be needed for the most effective DADA things. However, learning to cast new spells and theoretical spell combos is probably still fair game on his own time. Admittedly, he'd want to test those out in sparring eventually as well, but it does allow for some self-study.
 
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Potions I agree, but wouldn't DADA at least require a sparring partner? Or is that just the duelling aspect of it?
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I think I was not clear enough but I was refering to the fact that the teachers for this subjects sucked (Potions because Snape has as much pedagogy as the university teachers I had that were teaching only because they were forced to and DADA because they get a new teacher every year with differents levels of ability) which kinda forces those wanting to pursuit them to NEWT level (or even just get theirs OWLs) to do most of the work themselves or with the help of their friends.
 
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I think I was not clear enough but I was refering to the fact that the teachers for this subjects sucked (Potions because Snape has as much pedagogy as the university teachers I had that were teaching only because they were forced to and DADA because they get a new teacher every year with differents levels of ability) which kinda forces those wanting to pursuit them to NEWT level (or even just get theirs OWLs) to do most of the work themselves or with the help of their friends.
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The potion thing is self-perpetuating really... I'm sure he'd be capable of teaching properly if any of his students seemed to have a level of dedication to the craft that he could appreciate... only his standards for potion crafting are skewed by the fact he is genuinely a genius in the field... thus he projects a antagonistic air to students starting from first year... thus his students rapidly lose any desire to devote themselves to potions unless they decide to do so specifically to spite Snape.
 
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