Post by Ivy Laughlin on Feb 24, 2014 18:43:48 GMT -5
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SIXTEEN
FEMALE
SLYTHERIN
HALF BLOOD
PANSEXUAL
MALESE JOW
IVY RUTH LAUGHLIN
 PERSONALITY: Ivy has always been fiercely independent and capable. She takes no crap from anyone, learning from a young age that the best response to taunts or teasing is a quick, snappy retort that leaves them staring while you walk away, holding the upper hand. Some might say she's over protective of her friends and family, holding nothing back while lashing out at people who make snide comments either to their face or behind their back but she sees it as necessary – she holds loyalty in the highest regard but it's far more of a Slytherin "you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours" loyalty rather than the Hufflepuff kind. She's not above threatening people with violence (though it's rare that she actually follows through on her threats, being pretty short and slim). She is more than capable of standing on her own two feet, in fact she finds it slightly irritating when others baby her or attempt to help her without her explicitly asking for it. Being the centre of attention is not something that scares her but she prefers to remain in the shadows. She likes to keep herself to herself though when she makes friends she goes to great lengths to keep them. Ambition is one of the main things that drives her: if she sets her mind on something then you can guarantee she'll follow through and do it to the best of her ability. She dislikes people who are flaky regarding plans and arrangements, favouring others who are dependable and steadfast in their friendship. Occasionally she struggles with pride and stubbornness but she tries her best to accept responsibility for her own actions when she fucks up, something that was drilled into her throughout her childhood as her mother believes that accepting your mistakes is one of the most important things a person can learn to do. She's quick to make judgements about people and finds it difficult to see past these even if it turns out that's wrong. Letting people in is incredibly difficult for her and she finds voicing any emotion that's not nonchalance a bit of a struggle. Strangely enough, even though she primarily enjoys dry, sarcastic humour and frequently uses that, she secretly enjoys silly and far more unsubtle types of comedy like slapstick humour, though she prefers to keep this fact hidden lest it tarnish her sarcastic, overly critical reputation. She's also a bit of a foodie and gets overly excited when there's a new food to sample at the Hogwarts dinner table, much to the amusement of everyone around her. FAMILY & CHILDHOOD: She had a fairly normal, uneventful childhood, or as normal as one can have with one magical parent and one Muggle. Her mother too is a half blood witch and her dad a Muggle who had never came into contact with any magic before meeting his wife. Her mother frequently used magic around the house for little chores so when she arrived at Hogwarts she wasn't particularly impressed (or at least, that's what she tells people. Secretly the sight of the castle did take her breath away a little bit). She has one older brother, Jack, who is probably the main reason for her flippant I-don't-give-a-fuck attitude that she so often displays around people she's unfamiliar with. He's also more than likely responsible for her slight obsession with black leather jackets and high heeled boots – fashion was never something that came easy to her growing up, she always opted for more comfortable options rather than the latest trends. Not that she looked down on those who did follow changing fashions, she just always felt far more like herself in outfits that required less effort. Her relationship with her parents is good, though no one in their family is prone to sharing feelings. She's always felt far closer to her mum than her dad, though her dad – Paul - is the one she finds herself going to with friendship problems, mainly because of his no nonsense attitude and the way he tells her exactly how he sees the situation, including when it's her fault. Her mother, Shauna, though she isn't the epitome of maternity, is the person Ivy seeks solace in when she's feeling lonely and the person she writes to the most while at Hogwarts. She was born in Scotland on July 26, 2008 though her family moved to Devon in the south of England two years later. Questions about her accent are always inevitably brought up when she first gets to know someone due to it being a strange mix of the lilting Edinburgh accent of her parents and the harsher English accent she's partly developed from being surrounded by peers. Throughout her time in the Muggle schooling system, she didn't make too many friends, being the reserved child that she was. More of an introvert than an extrovert, she found that staying silent in school was far easier than participating. Her parents often made attempts to get her to participate more (report cards always came back saying things like 'A good pupil but rarely contributes to the class') but to no avail. HOGWARTS: Ivy regards Hogwarts as the best thing to have happened to her so far (she'll deny the absolute hell out of this if you ask her though). Though at her Muggle primary school she was shy and reserved, at Hogwarts she was more confident, more willing to participate in her classes. The Sorting Hat placed her in Slytherin – something she hadn't expected but in hindsight should probably have seen coming – though it did toy briefly with Gryffindor (she had heard the two were similar but had never realised just how similar until this point). However her ambition and tendency to think her actions through thoroughly before carrying them out resulted in her Slytherin sorting, though a part of her still wonders what she might have turned out like had she been placed in Gryffindor. During her first year she quickly discovered that she had an affinity for Transfiguration and showed herself to be one of the best at it in her class. There is something in the art of it, of changing one thing to another that captured her interest straight away and led to her practicing it relentlessly in her spare time. Her natural talent for Transfiguration hasn't carried through to her other subjects, however. There is, after all, a reason she was not placed in Ravenclaw. She can be incredibly unmotivated when it comes to the side of her work that isn't practical: essays are not her strong suit and she bores quickly of reading her textbooks. Cramming the night before a test is more her style than studying in advance. Despite this, she has high ambitions for herself when she imagines her career after Hogwarts. Her desired career would be something high up in the Ministry, preferably something where she can utilise her Transfiguration skills. Ivy has an easier time making friends at Hogwarts than she ever did back in her home town and she thinks it may be something to do with her heightened self-confidence. Though she's not hugely popular she does have friends in all of her classes and generally doesn't have to eat alone – though she wouldn't particularly mind if she had to. She often needs a bit of down time after spending a long period around people or she becomes brisk and irritable with whoever she's talking to, no matter if they're her best friend or worst enemy. She'll drop everything and run to help a friend in need, however, especially if they're a close friend. Relationship-wise, Ivy hasn't had much luck. Her stony exterior tends to drive people away rather than lure them in, despite her outward attractiveness. She had her first boyfriend in the winter of her fourth year, a Ravenclaw, and they lasted for four months before she eventually broke up with him because really, he was slightly on the boring side and she likes a bit more adventure than that. After this she had a rebound and then settled down into being single again, realising that she quite liked being unattached to someone once more. She rarely gets crushes on anything other than physical appearance and she's been described as having her standards set a bit too high by friends but she disagrees. At fifteen she realised that she wasn't entirely straight and quickly came to define herself as pansexual. Her inexperience with relationships is what puts her off the idea a little, as well as the fact that her first and only one ended in a huge argument in the middle of the Entrance Hall for everybody to see. Ivy has high hopes for sixth year and because it's her second last year she plans on making the most of it, even if that means breaking out of her comfort zone and trying new things or meeting new people. Perhaps this will be the year that she finally learns that letting people in isn't the horrible thing she imagines it to be. KAYE NINETEEN GMT |
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