Dominic Chambers (![[info]](https://www.insanejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} knowhow) wrote in ![[info]](https://www.insanejournal.com/img/community.gif){kind=small} finnigans_rpg, |
Dominic nodded along to Dean's comment - and Luna's. "Yeah. Dad doesn't love his job, I don't think, but he's happy he makes money and didn't have to keep going to school. Mum, on the other hand... Total opposite. Loves her job, even when it's stressful, and was always disappointed I didn't take more after her on the academic side." Which might sound strange coming from a Ravenclaw, but there was more than one way to learn and Dominic had never really been interested in subjects that focused heavily on book-learning. "Yeah. I have to do a lot of cleaning up after myself in my work, but it's not my whole job, you know? And I get to use magic. I was thinking of people who clean restaurants and offices and that's all they do..."
"I think I can manage stickmen," he said, smiling at Dean's idea and Luna's obvious approval. He'd definitely love to see how Dean worked the animating of them - he'd been curious about the painting process ever since the show. Not that he was expecting this to be anything like as impressive, of course. There wasn't that much you could do with stickmen. "Have wizarding portraits always moved?" he asked, addressing the question to either of them. "It's funny to imagine wizards having moving, talking portraits before muggles had developed television. Might explain a few ghost stories, though."