Post by cassie on Feb 1, 2014 7:29:50 GMT -5
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EIGHTEEN
FEMALE
MAGICAL RESEARCHER
HALFBLOOD
STRAIGHT
KAREN GILLAN
ROSE ELIZABETH WEASLEY
 I, Rose Elizabeth Weasley, first made an appearance into this crazy world on the 24th July, eighteen years ago. This does, quite obviously, mean that I am only just eighteen; and being almost the youngest in the year has forever been quite a major source of disappointment for me. I digress, however. Like all babies, I looked a bit screwed up and not the prettiest for a while, but mum and dad (perhaps better known as Ron and Hermione Weasley) thought I was the most beautiful thing they'd ever seen. Luckily for me, I now look significantly less crumpled-up and red-faced. I was born into what is possibly the happiest, loudest, most chaotic family in the entirety of the wizarding world. And it was brilliant. Obviously there are disadvantages to having an absolutely gigantic family (at this point, I normally roll my eyes and say 'Hugo', but he's really, really not a disadvantage. I promise.), but the advantages far outweigh it. It means you get very good at making yourself heard and listened to very early on, and I will never, ever have to worry about making friends in my whole life unless I want to. I genuinely had no idea that mum and dad did the whole saving-the-world thing until the year or so before I left for Hogwarts, and I will be eternally, wonderfully grateful for the forever. I mean, I know it was beyond pretty brilliant of them all to do all of that, but letting me have the chance for a normal childhood must have been a little bit tricky at times, and definitely the best thing they could ever have done. It meant I didn't really hit the limelight until I got to school, and even then the novelty for most people wore off pretty quickly. Right from the off, I was one of those irritating children who just adore school. Even at primary school before Hogwarts, I still loved it. Not a lot interesting happened there though, so I'll just skip straight to Hogwarts. Arriving there is every bit as fantastical as everybody say it is - it's not just some hopeless cliche, it really is beautiful. Obviously, I'd grown up around magic and I'd always known I'd end up there, so I can't imagine how much more astounding it was for mum. I was really disappointed when Al was sorted into Slytherin. Well, no, that's the wrong way of putting it. I was really happy for him, but James and Fred were in Gryffindor and I just wanted everyone to stay together. The rest of that plan got further scuppered when Louis ended up in Hufflepuff, and then the Sorting Hat spent so much time deliberating over me that I was legitimately 97% sure that I was going to end up in Ravenclaw - evidently it didn't, because - as I'm sure you know - I plonked myself over at the Gryffindor table in between Dominique and some blonde girl. That blonde girl was Chloe Nott, who became my best friend within about two days, and she's the most adorable bundle of fluff I've ever met, before or after. The rest of our dorm were pretty snazzy too - me, Chloe, Dom, Cassie, Ricky... you get the picture: we're all fab. As already mentioned, I did love pretty much all of my lessons at school (except for divination - I should have listened to mum on that issue...), but I am a notorious fidget - sitting still is NOT my strong point - so I'm not sure that all of my teachers were that impressed the first term or so. I wasn't disruptive or anything like that (I can just about hear James laughing at the very idea of that - my family think I'm awfully prissy), I was just excitable. About a lot of things. I settled in, and making the Quidditch team as chaser in second year definitely helped a bit. Everyone looks at my mum (briliantly academic, but horrific at sports) and my dad (loved Quidditch, hated homework) and wonders if it's genetically possible for me to like both, but the secret to it is just that (and I do know that it's a major character flaw, don't worry!) I'm really, really, single-mindedly competitive; and that came out in the classroom just as often as on the pitch. I think I've got a bit off-topic again, oops! Basically, in summary so far, Hogwarts was great, I liked most of my lessons, played Quidditch, and making friends was easier than expected. In fifth year, I was made a Prefect, which was actually pretty cool. Well, I thought it was anyway. Mum and dad were pretty chuffed too, even if Jamie and Hugo delighted in taking the piss. Fifth year was quite an eventful year altogether, actually. As well as a shiny badge, I also got my first 'proper' boyfriend, Kaycee O'Malley. He was a Ravenclaw, the year above me, and quite generally a bit of a dick. Except that he wasn't, at all, really. When it was good, it was really, really good. Unfortunately, I panicked, cheated on him, and well- everyone knows how it went from there. Downhill, awfully quickly. I screwed up, and I know it. We did stay together for quite a while - into sixth year, at least - but yeah, it was pretty horrific for a while. It's almost two years later now though, and I'm pretty damn happy - I'm not sat here pining over him or anything, I'm just including it for the sake of honesty, because let's face it, I hardly came out of it looking like the good guy. The remainder of sixth year passed by pretty much without note - I worked pretty hard, I guess, not because I'd ever really needed to to do well (sorry, that's an awful thing to admit), just for something to do to stop feeling like the worst person on the planet. At the end of sixth year, I got pretty close to a one Mister Seth Wishart. He'd been Jamie's friend since about from forever, and he was a Gryffindor, so it's not like I didn't know who he was or anything, but we'd never really had reason to talk. Anyway, he's pretty ace (understatement of the year) at the guitar, so he offered to teach me to play a bit, and one thing led to another and by the time the summer holidays rolled around, well, we were kind of seeing each other but I still couldn't play the guitar. It was a bit awkward at first - I think we both really liked each other, but I was feeling stupidly guilty about hurting Kaycee and I desperately didn't want to do the same to Seth; and he thought I was still madly in love with O'Malley. We've since ironed out these misconceptions somewhat, and we've been together nearly a year now. He lives with Jamie and Fred, which can be a little bit awkward, I guess! It would, for example, be a monumentally awful idea to turn up on his doorstep wearing something a bit too skimpy without it getting back to my dad, or grandma, or any of my aunts and uncles. But on the whole, it's pretty cool. I got Head Girl in seventh year. I think my extended family just took this as further confirmation that I was the primmest human being on the planet, but I thought my dad might actually physically burst from pride, which was really nice. It was actually probably a good thing that Seth wasn't there, because I'd finally decided what I wanted to do after school, and worked my arse off accordingly. It paid off - I got decent exam results (Jamie's reading this over my shoulder and would like to say 'ew' regarding Seth; and that my exam results were a bit better than decent), and I am now working as a magical researcher. It's interesting, and I love it so, so much, I can;t even tell you! There's a lot of variety, obviously, but it's still a pretty small field. I'm working for a small, publicly funded research group, and I'm currently working on projects to do with transfiguration and spells. Basically, what we're doing is working out why spells work - why these words, not those; why this wand movement and not that one. It's fascinating, especially when you compare some our British spells to international ones - the differences are crazy. Long-term, I might apply for research within the Department of Mysteries; but right now I really like it where I am. I'm now living with Albus, which is really lovely. I love home, but I want my independence as soon as I can! Loads of the girls from our dorm are living together, so it's a bit strange not to be with them, but Chloe's still at home so I couldn't persuade her to live with me. I'm not sure what else to tell you - I love strawberry ice-cream, but hate cheese and onion crisps? I think my sense of right and wrong is pretty decent (thanks parents!), but I also know that I'm bored easily, don't like losing, am way too stubborn, and - in the words of my friends - can be 'unnecessarily' argumentative. Okay, I'm bored now. Over and out, much love! xxxx iCASSIE NINETEEN GMT |
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