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[elucreh]

In other news, this fic is kicking my arse from here to Glastonbury.

ETA: Somebody offered to help. I'll make this a question to everybody out there:

If you were a nasty five or six year old little boy who had to torture something small and helpless so that Bill Weasley would get mad at you, what would you torture? Bonus points for making the small and helpless thing belong to a Muggle or associated with Muggles in some way but not belonging to a Muggle (latter preferred)

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[myf.livejournal.com]

So am I a really nasty piece of work, someone who's going to grow up to be a psychopath? He'd not draw the line at anything, it would be something soft and cute (like a kitten or a rabbit). If he was not deep down bad but just trying to be tough, maybe something a little less endearing, like a fly or snail or other sort of insect. As for the Muggle idea, I don't see how any particular animal (if it is indeed an animal to be tortured) is likely to be more or less Muggle... Wow, and now you see why I don't write. I am absolutely shit at thinking up things like this.

Good luck though!

[elucreh.livejournal.com]

He's growing up to be a DE and proud of it, so yes, I would say psychopath. *g*

Thanks for trying, anyway, darling. And thanks for asking...since you did, I thought to ask other people, and I think I've got an answer!

[ex-ms-katoni171.livejournal.com]

Bunnies. Or squirrels. Was going to say guineapigs, but you'd have to break into their owner's garden to get at them.

There's also cats, but I don't like the thought of cat torture. Even in fic. Even if Bill gets medieval on the offender's arse.

Possibly birds, like sparrows or robins or something.

[elucreh.livejournal.com]

Hmmm....I really like guinea pigs. Don't some people let them run wild in the garden? It could, like, escape or something...

Ooo, thanks!

[ex-ms-katoni171.livejournal.com]

Well, yeah, but not normally unsupervised. They're usually either being actively played with, or in a purpose built wood and chicken-wire run.

Suppose it could escape from a run, but it's rare that would happen. Besides, guineas are social animals, they wouldn't run far. So unless your pet torturer is bold enough to climb over the fence while everyone is out and break into the guinea pig's hutch, or owns a semiferal dog that could feasibly do the same...

There's always hamsters though. They're very prone to escaping, despite being kept indoors nine times out of ten. Not unreasonable that one of those might be found wandering around.

[elucreh.livejournal.com]

But guinea pigs are so...so plebian. They are very Muggle animals. Perhaps it could just belong to a very small child and the child lost interest and left it alone in the garden? I think that could work...heavens know I have to rescue stuffed animals from the playground often enough.

[ex-ms-katoni171.livejournal.com]

Hmm. Yeah, maybe. Could work. Kids have got guinea pig out of its hutch and are playing with it in the garden. Mum calls kids in for dinner. Kids run off, forgetting to put guinea pig away. It wanders off and finds a hole in the fence, which just happens to lead into a secluded piece of woodland where pureblood wizarding kids play a lot as no one goes there hardly. Could work.

Just include a bit of an explanation as to how the guinea found its way into Mr. Junior Psychopath's clutches.

And the nice thing about using a guineapig is that they're not native wild animals - it HAS to be some poor Muggle kid's pet. Adding to the pathos.

[adidi.livejournal.com]

pygmy puffs.

cause they are just too cute.

barring that, SPARK PLUGS!

[adalanne.livejournal.com]

My first thought is cat/kitten. Cats are everywhere, and surprisingly a lot suffer because of their independence. And there are few things I find as revolting as cat torturing. (Despite the fact that I really don't like cats.)