I hadn't heard that bit about character tests. Come on. It's hard to see what they would even test. Honesty? Reluctance to harm others? I could envision situations where you'd have to lie or hurt people as part of the job. (But then, I picture Aurors as more like wizarding cops).
And I have a feeling that they adhere more to the law and written rules than to their sense of justice if the two happen to clash.
Yep. And you can get some interesting characters that way- even people who would use Dark Arts if they thought it was necessary, or less evil than doing something else. (There were, after all, those Aurors who had power under Crouch Sr. to use the Unforgivable Curses; I can't imagine there'd be much point to granting the permission if they thought it was impossible for Aurors to use the curses).
And yeah, I think Draco can become an Auror if he really wants to. I'd imagine other obstacles, like his name, would cause more a problem than passing the Auror tests.
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Date: 2008-06-19 04:08 pm (UTC)And I have a feeling that they adhere more to the law and written rules than to their sense of justice if the two happen to clash.
Yep. And you can get some interesting characters that way- even people who would use Dark Arts if they thought it was necessary, or less evil than doing something else. (There were, after all, those Aurors who had power under Crouch Sr. to use the Unforgivable Curses; I can't imagine there'd be much point to granting the permission if they thought it was impossible for Aurors to use the curses).
And yeah, I think Draco can become an Auror if he really wants to. I'd imagine other obstacles, like his name, would cause more a problem than passing the Auror tests.