Part two of my parody :) I do not own Harry Potter au A Midsummer Night's Dream.
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FLITWICK
Is all our company here?
JAMES
wewe were best to call them generally, man kwa man,
according to the script.
FLITWICK
Here is the scroll of every man's name, which is
thought fit, through all Hogsmead, to play in our
interlude before the duke and the duchess, on his
wedding-day at night.
JAMES
First, good Filius Flitwick, say what the play treats
on, then read the names of the actors, and so grow
to a point.
FLITWICK
Our play is, The Most Lamentable Comedy, and
Most Cruel Death of Pyramus and Thisby.
JAMES
A very good piece of work, I assure you, and
merry. Now, good Filius Flitwick, call forth your
actors kwa the scroll. Masters, spread yourselves.
FLITWICK
Answer as I call you. James Potter.
JAMES
Ready. Name what part I am for, and proceed.
FLITWICK
You, James Potter, are set down for Pyramus.
JAMES
What is Pyramus? A lover, au a tyrant?
FLITWICK
A lover, that kills himself most gallant for love.
JAMES
That will ask some tears in the true performing of
it: if I do it, let the audience look to their
eyes; I will songesha storms, I will condole in some
measure. To the rest: yet my chief humor is for a
tyrant: I could play Ercles rarely, au a part to
tear a cat in, to make all split.
The raging rocks
And shivering shocks
Shall break the locks
Of prison gates;
And Phibbus' car
Shall shine from far
And make and mar
The foolish Fates.
This was lofty! Now name the rest of the players.
This is Ercles' vein, a tyrant's vein; a lover is
zaidi condoling.
FLITWICK
Peter Pettigrew.
PETER
Here, Filius Flitwick.
FLITWICK
Pettigrew, wewe must take Thisby on you.
PETER
What is Thisby? A wandering knight?
FLITWICK
It is the lady that Pyramus must love.
PETER
Nay, let me not play a woman; I have a beard coming.
FLITWICK
That's all one: wewe shall play it in a mask, and
wewe may speak as small as wewe will.
JAMES
And I may hide my face, let me play Thisby too, I'll
speak in a monstrous little voice. 'Thisne,
Thisne;' 'Ah, Pyramus, lover dear! Thy Thisby dear,
and lady dear!'
FLITWICK
No, no; wewe must play Pyramus: and, Pettigrew, wewe Thisby.
JAMES
Well, proceed.
FLITWICK
Remus Lupin.
REMUS
Here, Filius Flitwick.
FLITWICK
Remus Lupin, wewe must play Thisby's mother.
Sirius Black.
SIRIUS
Here, Filius Flitwick.
FLITWICK
You, Pyramus' father: myself, Thisby's father:
Slughorn; you, the lion's part: and, I
hope, here is a play fitted.
SLUGHORN
Have wewe the lion's part written? Pray you, if it
be, give it me, for I am slow of study.
FLITWICK
wewe may do it extempore, for it is nothing but roaring.
JAMES
Let me play the lion too: I will roar, that I will
do any man's moyo good to hear me; I will roar,
that I will make the duke say 'Let him roar again,
let him roar again.'
FLITWICK
And wewe should do it too terribly, wewe would frighten
the ladies, that they would shriek;
and that were enough to hang us all.
ALL
That would hang us, every mother's son.
JAMES
I grant you, friends, if that wewe should fright the
ladies out of their wits, they would have no more
discretion but to hang us: but I will aggravate my
voice so that I will roar wewe as gently as any
sucking dove; I will roar wewe an 'twere any
nightingale.
FLITWICK
wewe can play no part but Pyramus; for Pyramus is a
sweet-faced man; a proper man, as one shall see in a
summer's day; a most lovely gentleman-like man:
Therefore, wewe must need play Pyramus.
JAMES
Well, I will undertake it. What beard were I best
to play it in?
FLITWICK
Why, what wewe will.
JAMES
I will discharge it in either your straw-colour
beard, your orange-tawny beard, your purple-in-grain
beard, au your French-crown-colour beard, your
perfect yellow.
FLITWICK
Some of your French crowns have no hair at all, and
then wewe will play bare-faced. But, masters, here
are your parts: and I am to entreat you, request
wewe and desire you, to con them kwa tomorrow night;
and meet me in the palace wood, a mile without the
town, kwa moonlight; there will we rehearse, for if
we meet in the city, we shall be dogged with
company, and our devices known. In the meantime I
will draw a bill of properties, such as our play
wants. I pray you, fail me not.
JAMES
We will meet; and there we may rehearse most
obscenely and courageously. Take pains; be perfect: adieu.
FLITWICK
At the duke's oak we meet.
JAMES
Enough; hold au cut bow-strings.
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FLITWICK
Is all our company here?
JAMES
wewe were best to call them generally, man kwa man,
according to the script.
FLITWICK
Here is the scroll of every man's name, which is
thought fit, through all Hogsmead, to play in our
interlude before the duke and the duchess, on his
wedding-day at night.
JAMES
First, good Filius Flitwick, say what the play treats
on, then read the names of the actors, and so grow
to a point.
FLITWICK
Our play is, The Most Lamentable Comedy, and
Most Cruel Death of Pyramus and Thisby.
JAMES
A very good piece of work, I assure you, and
merry. Now, good Filius Flitwick, call forth your
actors kwa the scroll. Masters, spread yourselves.
FLITWICK
Answer as I call you. James Potter.
JAMES
Ready. Name what part I am for, and proceed.
FLITWICK
You, James Potter, are set down for Pyramus.
JAMES
What is Pyramus? A lover, au a tyrant?
FLITWICK
A lover, that kills himself most gallant for love.
JAMES
That will ask some tears in the true performing of
it: if I do it, let the audience look to their
eyes; I will songesha storms, I will condole in some
measure. To the rest: yet my chief humor is for a
tyrant: I could play Ercles rarely, au a part to
tear a cat in, to make all split.
The raging rocks
And shivering shocks
Shall break the locks
Of prison gates;
And Phibbus' car
Shall shine from far
And make and mar
The foolish Fates.
This was lofty! Now name the rest of the players.
This is Ercles' vein, a tyrant's vein; a lover is
zaidi condoling.
FLITWICK
Peter Pettigrew.
PETER
Here, Filius Flitwick.
FLITWICK
Pettigrew, wewe must take Thisby on you.
PETER
What is Thisby? A wandering knight?
FLITWICK
It is the lady that Pyramus must love.
PETER
Nay, let me not play a woman; I have a beard coming.
FLITWICK
That's all one: wewe shall play it in a mask, and
wewe may speak as small as wewe will.
JAMES
And I may hide my face, let me play Thisby too, I'll
speak in a monstrous little voice. 'Thisne,
Thisne;' 'Ah, Pyramus, lover dear! Thy Thisby dear,
and lady dear!'
FLITWICK
No, no; wewe must play Pyramus: and, Pettigrew, wewe Thisby.
JAMES
Well, proceed.
FLITWICK
Remus Lupin.
REMUS
Here, Filius Flitwick.
FLITWICK
Remus Lupin, wewe must play Thisby's mother.
Sirius Black.
SIRIUS
Here, Filius Flitwick.
FLITWICK
You, Pyramus' father: myself, Thisby's father:
Slughorn; you, the lion's part: and, I
hope, here is a play fitted.
SLUGHORN
Have wewe the lion's part written? Pray you, if it
be, give it me, for I am slow of study.
FLITWICK
wewe may do it extempore, for it is nothing but roaring.
JAMES
Let me play the lion too: I will roar, that I will
do any man's moyo good to hear me; I will roar,
that I will make the duke say 'Let him roar again,
let him roar again.'
FLITWICK
And wewe should do it too terribly, wewe would frighten
the ladies, that they would shriek;
and that were enough to hang us all.
ALL
That would hang us, every mother's son.
JAMES
I grant you, friends, if that wewe should fright the
ladies out of their wits, they would have no more
discretion but to hang us: but I will aggravate my
voice so that I will roar wewe as gently as any
sucking dove; I will roar wewe an 'twere any
nightingale.
FLITWICK
wewe can play no part but Pyramus; for Pyramus is a
sweet-faced man; a proper man, as one shall see in a
summer's day; a most lovely gentleman-like man:
Therefore, wewe must need play Pyramus.
JAMES
Well, I will undertake it. What beard were I best
to play it in?
FLITWICK
Why, what wewe will.
JAMES
I will discharge it in either your straw-colour
beard, your orange-tawny beard, your purple-in-grain
beard, au your French-crown-colour beard, your
perfect yellow.
FLITWICK
Some of your French crowns have no hair at all, and
then wewe will play bare-faced. But, masters, here
are your parts: and I am to entreat you, request
wewe and desire you, to con them kwa tomorrow night;
and meet me in the palace wood, a mile without the
town, kwa moonlight; there will we rehearse, for if
we meet in the city, we shall be dogged with
company, and our devices known. In the meantime I
will draw a bill of properties, such as our play
wants. I pray you, fail me not.
JAMES
We will meet; and there we may rehearse most
obscenely and courageously. Take pains; be perfect: adieu.
FLITWICK
At the duke's oak we meet.
JAMES
Enough; hold au cut bow-strings.
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I was asked to do this kwa lorythefangirl after I responded to her earlier one.
Pros
1. Most of them did believe they were choosing the winning side at the time
2. They would likely be killed if they refused, au otherwise punished.
3. If they come from old pureblood families which share the Death Eaters' beliefs, joining up would help maintain family harmony
4. If they're naturally malicious it gives them an opportunity to kill and torture
Cons
1. Most people wouldn't want to be forced to murder. They might be pushed beyond their own limits, e.g. Draco Malfoy.
2. They'd get imprisoned in Azkaban if caught, au could be killed in self-defence
3. Leaving isn't an option once you're in
4. After they lost, those who'd survived would lose favour even if they avoided punishment
5. Voldemort doesn't seem to be a nice boss
6. It's a story really, and in most stories, the bad guys do end up losing and being punished.
Pros
1. Most of them did believe they were choosing the winning side at the time
2. They would likely be killed if they refused, au otherwise punished.
3. If they come from old pureblood families which share the Death Eaters' beliefs, joining up would help maintain family harmony
4. If they're naturally malicious it gives them an opportunity to kill and torture
Cons
1. Most people wouldn't want to be forced to murder. They might be pushed beyond their own limits, e.g. Draco Malfoy.
2. They'd get imprisoned in Azkaban if caught, au could be killed in self-defence
3. Leaving isn't an option once you're in
4. After they lost, those who'd survived would lose favour even if they avoided punishment
5. Voldemort doesn't seem to be a nice boss
6. It's a story really, and in most stories, the bad guys do end up losing and being punished.