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Lauren Rosewood

meet lauren!

she is 15 and ~recently~ (compared to most of the other students anyway) sorted into gryffindor. she moved from america over the last summer to live with her father after her mother passed away (but that's not something she really talks about, she's currently in the fake it till ya make it phase).

friends: lauren is an extroverted, fun-loving, and in general kind person, so i can imagine friends would be aplenty (even if they are surfacy friends?). plus who wouldn't be curious about the "new girl with the american accent??" she loves get-togethers and building community and just in general getting people to hang out with each other, so i can see her having lots of slumber parties in her room and girls nights and just wholesome 15-year-old-girl fun (and perhaps some not so wholesome fun as well, I can 100% envision her as a party girl). she's also kind of the worst student and because of her mom being sick, she took part of her fourth year off, so if anyone wants to be a friend and help her w school im sure she'd greatly appreciate it lmao

enemies: the thing with lauren is that she's a little judgemental--like even though she's kind and will probably like you, if you do something or say something that rubs her the wrong way, it really just becomes ingrained in her mind forever, and it's really unlikely she'll change her opinion of you. she's also incredibly loyal, so she absolutely will take sides in any kind of friendship or relationship drama. she's also not afraid of confrontation and calling people out on their bs; and can be brutally honest (but like let's be real we stan a queen who tells it like it is???), so i can see that making people not really like her too. 

lovers: despite the fact that lauren is outwardly a warm person, i feel like she's struggling a bit inside given that she was incredibly close to her mom & is now in an entirely new country and basically her entirely family is just her dad now, who she really hasn't met/known until that point. it would be a challenge to get her to open up to anyone but who knows? 

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@michael

this is michael, a 26 year old (perhaps former?) classical pianist. 

he went to hogwarts *only briefly* as a first year and was sorted into ravenclaw, but was primarily homeschooled after the first year since he knew from a young age he wanted to pursue music as a career. he was deeply intertwined with the muggle world, having studied music from muggle teachers and performed to muggle audiences, and even completed a degree in piano performance at julliard. his entire life plan was based on his dream to be a renowned concert pianist, and it was all going well until he got into a bike accident that left some permanent damage in his left hand last year. to make matters worse, his then-girlfriend broke up with him shortly after. he had been living in new york city to pursue his dream for most of his adult life, and came back to the wizarding world, to hogsmeade, to clear his mind and start fresh. 

now, he runs a music shop; he sells sheet music, do instrument rentals (and the instruments are for sale too ofc), and in the upper level of the shop there are studio spaces for rent for private music lessons. he teaches too! not his fave thing but he is well-trained, and though he is a very serious person he is very nice, especially if you can get him to start talking about the piano or ask him any questions about classical music.

students: teaching isn't his favorite thing (simply bc he would just rather be performing, but he realizes that might not be possible in the future anymore), but he is well-trained. even though his personality is quite serious, when it comes to teaching, he understands that for most people, music is supposed to be fun and therapeutic. therefore, he doesn't really have a 'standard' that he holds his students up to, and he simply isn't going to make someone feel bad just because they didn't have time to practice that week. that said, he might just have a slight preference/favoritism towards students who practice hard, are interested in classical music, etc, just because he probably enjoys teaching those lessons the most. i can also potentially see his students coming by just to chat, i think something he wants to create is just kind of a relaxed and nurturing environment

friends: please give him some! he is very new to town and obviously because he never went to hogwarts, he lost out on a lot of that experience of growing up with a ton of friends, hogsmeade weekends, etc. would be great for him to meet people his age to maybe go out and get drinks with, etc, because he seriously didn't have much of a childhood and doesn't really know what life is beyond just music

enemies: i genuinely don't see him having a *ton* of these; he's simply not confrontational and doesn't really see the value in holding grudges. maybe some people will think he's stuck up/pretentious? 

lovers: open to this, maybe someone to bring him out of his shell, live a little, help him grow and rediscover his purpose in life; i feel like he's still dealing with the break up from who he considered to be the "love of his life" but also he's a p dramatic person haha. 

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Christofer Walker

chris is 23, a walker, and an employee at flourish and blotts. he was born with a condition that led to progressive vision loss, and so he is legally blind, though he can still perceive some light. in his hogwarts day he was known as a bookish know-it-all, but he has a kind heart and is honestly almost always willing to help anyone with school if they asked. if you're familiar with the walker family lore you'd know that he lost his dad when he was 15 to the death eaters, and that has really hardened him. he is closed off, reserved, and has a deep fear of people leaving him, though quite independent and very loyal and protective to those he loves. 

friends: i'd imagine he would have a handful. as a younger kid at hogwarts, he was quite bubbly and outgoing, but he became more closed off when his vision deteriorated rapidly at the age of 12, since he was ashamed of it and didn't want the other children to know (of course eventually it was inevitable and people knew! but for a while he really tried to keep it a secret). after the DE attack when he was 15, he became even more solitary. but he's an overall nice kid, just hard to get close to. this carried on into adulthood, and chris mostly likes doing his own thing. though i can imagine him having a few customers that he enjoys chatting with or friends he still keeps up with from hogwarts. 

enemies: chris hates anyone who might be affiliated with the dark arts, or anyone who believes in blood purity ideology. he also hates bullies. he has a really strong moral compass and really just believes in standing up for those who can't stand up for themselves. finally, chris believes in loyalty and hates it when someone violates his trust--he's not someone who forgives easily, so to regain his trust after having it broken can take a long time.

lovers: i don't really have anything in mind for this category but it would definitely have to be someone he trusts whole-heartedly and who manages to break into his hard exterior!

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@adeline

adeline is a 35 year old auror, a former slytherin. she was born into a wealthy pureblood family who taught her that muggles and muggleborns are less-than, but she has since changed her ways--the last straw being when her parents forced her to be romantically involved with a death eater and proceeded to disown her when she defended an innocent wizard from being tortured by that same death eater. she herself fell in love with a muggleborn, joined the order of the phoenix, and fought against voldemort in the war. she wasn't always trusted because of the way she had acted during her school years, and she still blames herself sometimes for the action and pain she had undoubtedly caused others because of the way she was brought up. during the battle of hogwarts, she lost her first love, and after that she became an auror, determined not to repeat her past mistakes. underneath the cold and hardened exterior she just wants to be loved, accepted, and do right by others. 

friends: she was not miss popular back in hogwarts--well she was, but mostly with that pureblood-wealthy-slytherin crowd--ones she 'betrayed' when she fought on the opposite side of them in the war. in general, the hogwarts population didn't like her, but that was a long time ago. she is introverted and true friends to her would be few and far in between, and they would have to be okay with her past and not judge her for it. it's not easy for her to open up and she has a knack for being too work-oriented and direct--but as a friend, she will always be honest with you, good and bad, and will stick by your side so long as that side isn't problematic or harmful. 

enemies: it's been a long time now but there might be people who don't believe that she's changed, or that she could 'switch sides at any moment.' she wouldn't go out of her way to 'prove herself' because in her eyes, she already has--but she would certainly not care for those who holds on to old grudges, even if a part of her understood why they would. finally, there's folks who... well, knew her in the past in slytherin and felt betrayed by her, who thinks that she's fake because she's changed. she can also be very intense at work, and she tends to not like people who don't know what they're doing, or don't work hard. 

lovers: a tricky one honestly, she lost who she considered her soulmate during the battle of hogwarts and hasn't looked since. someone would have to really try to get to know her for her to open up. she's able to--but she has to feel understood first.

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Rosie Im

and last but not least, i have miss rosie here. she's 16, a ravenclaw, and basically just a sweetheart. she was born in south korea and immigrated to the UK when she was 10, shortly before starting hogwarts. her parents works/worked in the entertainment industry and her father was well-known as an actor, and as a result of all of this she's a bit scatterbrained, artsy, oftentimes in her own world and day-dreamy. though she was sorted into ravenclaw, there's a part of her that feels like she probably should've been sorted into hufflepuff or something, because she doesn't consider herself to be particularly smart or wise--though she does try really hard in school simply because she feels like it would make her parents happy. 

friends: i imagine that most people at school (especially students in her year) would at least know of her. it's hard to get really close to her because she's actually quite shy, so she wouldn't be approaching students or starting many conversations on her own volition. but she's incredibly friendly and would typically at least say hi to a classmate in the hallways when she sees them.

enemies: she's a massive people-pleaser, and will pretty much do everything in her power to avoid a conflict. of course there's always gunna be people she dislikes, or who dislikes her, but if that was the case she'd just stay in her lane and avoid any sort of confrontation (it's one of her fears lmao, she hates it). 

lovers: rosie is a hopeless romantic at heart but nothing has really happened for her yet in the realm of relationships. she kissed nico once and im still cringing about it she's pretty content alone and watching her friends' relationships blossom while she focuses on herself but she also wouldn't say no if a kind person was to sweep her off her feet!

[Olivia Moretti]

I'M HERE FOR ALL THE PLOTS! (It's been so long ;-;

Jacob Williams & Lauren Rosewood - I am interested in how she'll take his drama. I imagine they'd be friends being in the same house and both extroverted friendly people.

Matteo Cappello & Lauren Rosewood - more friends coming your way! Matty is super friendly and loyal, loves to make new friends etc. He's in a relationship with another American so he'd probably come to her for advice i feel lol

Evelyn Brown & Lauren Rosewood - STUDY DATES! Evie would love to help Lauren out with school work!

Olivia Moretti & Lauren Rosewood - I feel like Liv would have said something at SOME point to upset Lauren and thus resulting in her not liking her. Though I'd be curious how her opinion would change in once it's confirmed she's a werewolf (there are rumors)

Anita Lancaster & Lauren Rosewood - Anita would love to help Lauren with her Charms studies <3

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omg let's do this!

Jacob Williams & Lauren Rosewood 
omg we may have to talk about this more but i find this idea kind of fun--low key feel like if lauren knew of the drama before she ever met jake, she'd just stay the hell away from him bc she just would not be a fan. BUT on the other hand if jake was one of the first people she got to meet/know once she got to hogwarts (given same house, extroverted, friendly etc), then i can *also* see lauren just being like 'my guy what is happening you need to get! it! together!!!!' but also kind of get the situation but also offer brutally honest thoughts. i feel like the latter makes sense because both tova and roxie aren't' in gryffindor?? i can definitely see them being friends but she can get fed up with the drama depending on what she knows/what he tells her and how close of friends they actually are lmao

Matteo Cappello & Lauren Rosewood i think him coming to lauren for advice is super cute! they should for sure be friends

Evelyn Brown & Lauren Rosewood yes! lauren is absolutely not the best student i can see her just attempting to make the study date more "fun" by being more chatty lmaoooo but also at the same time i kind of feel like lauren would find evie like 10% intimidating bc 'dam she's so smart rip me' :') 

Olivia Moretti & Lauren Rosewood i can definitely see them clashing, maybe it can be like quidditch related or something lmao a rivally turned into something a bit more mean? based on what someone said or whatever? LOL no ideaaaa 

Anita Lancaster & Lauren Rosewood and omg okay as long as she is ~ patient ~ lmaooo i can see lauren trying to put in minimal effort to still get by in a class, i don't know if that's something anita would ever address with her, or if that's something that would make her annoyed hahha

[Jacob Williams]

Jake - YES! I like the idea of them being fast friends when she gets to Hogwarts. Jake is also fed up with the drama and he knows he's the one who landed himself in it so he feels like an ass. But he like is completely enamored with Tova.

Evie - she'd for sure like Lauren. I think their first study session didn't go so well lol so instead they just started to meet up to talk somewhere other than the library. Evie can be pretty talkative, too when she's close with someone. I think the more open Lauren is with her the more comfortable she'll feel to do the same

Liv - she could have def said something nasty to one of the Gryffindors during a match or something. If Lauren ever landed a bludger on Liv that would add insult to injury.

Anita - lol she's a little patient. She can be stern when she needs to be. So maybe she kind of takes Lauren aside when she notices her attention slipping and tries to help her?

[Ariadne Spiteri]

Hey Kate, 

Silas Valentine x Lauren Rosewood Silas is a year younger but very bright. he's on track to become prefect for his year and ultimately head boy so he's no slouch when it comes to studying and could probably help her with her classes and getting back on track for her fifth year at Hogwarts.

Ariadne Spiteri x Lauren Rosewood Same house even though she's a couple years younger, Ariana is friendly and outgoing and would love to be friends with Lauren. They would know each other off the quidditch pitch, I believe she just got accepted as beater?? I can see a Quidditch thread coming soon (maybe with the whole team but that may be presumptuous hahah)

Let me know what you think

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JC omg sorry for the late response!!!

Silas Valentine & Lauren Rosewood
i can see that! though lauren probably wouldn't ~ intentionally ~ be seeking out a younger student's help (bc idk... her pride? LOL) maybe she bumps into him in the library one day and asks him where a certain book is lmao, and that's how a friendship begins and maybe she bugs him sometimes about schoolwork because she knows he's bookish; lauren also loves coffee (heh i read your plotter too) and so can see them going to find the best coffee around hogwarts together

Ariadne Spiteri & Lauren Rosewood
a thread w the team would be so cute! i can 100% see them being friends. maybe once lauren got onto the quidditch team ariana offered to show her around the castle/go adventuring around hogwarts or something? she would be a new face around the castle so would be inwardly desperate for friends and a friendly face, & maybe lauren can regard ariana like an older sister or something

thoughts? thread??

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added michael!

[Shoshana Levy]

Lauren and Shoshana start a Dead Mom Club

nah but who better to help out with fourth year studies than a fourth year? Plus Shoshie's on the older side for her year, so they're already the same age, and she gets on with a lot of 5th years. She actually just came out to her parents this past summer to transition, so while I'm not interested in like, any overt transphobia happening to her, it's a very different dynamic when you know someone from pre-transition vs post, and she might wanna explore that with the rare opportunity of a new girl at school around her age.

[Silas Valentine]

Silas would definitely join that dead mom club

No worries Katie, I know you're busy.

Silas Valentine x Lauren Rosewood Ouuu yes, completely agree on that one. They could meet in the library and then another thread in hogshead finding the perfect coffee to curb the school year stress lol. Let me know your thoughts

Ariadne Spiteri x Lauren Rosewood I'm super down for this. I'm thinking first thread on the quidditch pitch, yes to this big/lil sister mentorship! I'll start the Lauren x Silas thread in the library if you want to start the quidditch one.

[Shoshana Levy]

Ouuuuu not to butt in but: what do we think about a trio thread for Silas, Lauren, and Shoshie? Two old rivals catching the new girl up? Could be a ton of fun to combine those dynamics, methinks.

[Nico Park]

Can't believe I missed your whole plotter! Lemme just start SLINGING characters at you now....

Tova Jensen && Lauren Rosewood -- Tova is Jake's weird boo thing situationship crush thing lol so if they get their act together and eventually GET together, with Jake and Lauren being friends, I'm sure they'd see each other around. ASIDE from that...Tova could definitely use her big brain energy to tutor Lauren in things...especially History of Magic. Might make for an interesting dynamic if Lauren has exclusively been seeing the drama from an outside perspective and has some preconceived ideas about little ToTo.

Tova Jensen && @michael -- Tova will ONE THOUSAND PERCENT be in his shop as often as she can. She may not be able to keep pianos in her Hogwarts dorm but gosh darn it she can go to Hogsmeade and play them! Maybe we can figure something out between them? I could see Tova being enthralled by his experiences and talent.

Leo Williams && Lauren Rosewood -- If Lauren is friends with/loyal to Jake...she probably doesn't like Leo. If they ever interacted, I could see Leo being rather indifferent and borderline COLD towards her. Mostly because he doesn't know what she's going to run back to Jake and say AND he has bigger things on his hands now with Olivia's werewolf condition becoming common knowledge.

Elizabeth Vance && Lauren Rosewood -- if she's a party girl, she'll know Liz! Liz has a reputation as a quidditch star and THE party queen of the school. Her parties have always been legendary and she's a social butterfly. So the two may or may not have spoken at a party or two! Regardless...Lizzie would be nothing but warm and welcoming IF Lauren wanted to speak to her! Plus, Liz loves to hit the pitch with Jake and the rest of her friends...Lauren could totally come with!

Chelsea Delano && Lauren Rosewood -- Chels is a MEAN girl. Point blank...she'd be nothing but rude to Lauren. so idk haha maybe if we're bored one day and want a fight thread?

Nico Park && Lauren Rosewood -- Nickie would probably like Lauren! He's Hogwarts' number one soft boi simp boi. He loves parties and fun and adventure...but he's afraid of the dark so don't take him on late night adventures outside of the castle. He'd probably playfully flirt with Lauren a lot just cuz she's a pretty girl...but he'd never expect things to go anywhere so it wouldn't be like...uncomfortable flirting? ANYWAY...they're both fun! Fun is fun!

Lia Allman && @michael -- they were (it looks like) same year...so they would have at least seen each other that first year in classes. After school...Vader's name was EVERYWHERE in papers with her murderous escapades. Now she's on the run but she still likes to visit certain places in Hogsmeade in the wee early hours of the morning before anyone else gets there. Maybe Michael sees her one day as she's leaving cuz he got to his shop early? Whether he would approach her and there would be threading is up to you...or he could avoid her and just have that knowledge to himself? I dunno...just ideas!

Danica Barlowe && @michael -- Dani is three years older than Michael...but given that he was sorted into Ravenclaw and she was rather social and odd, she MIGHT have made some impression on him in that year. Aside from that, I can see her coming into Michael's shop to buy a new piano for her beau Charles and somewhere along the course of conversation, she's just like "Oh no, I have no idea how to play this." yet she's buying like....the NICEST one?

[Molly Walker]

Shoshana Levy x Lauren Rosewood x Silas Valentine  I really dig this trio! Maybe hanging out on the grounds and just catching up on drama, life and school work. Maybe the courtyards?

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not me thinking i responded but didn't lmao

Lauren Rosewood x Shoshana Levy x Silas Valentine
let's do this! who wants to start the thread in the courtyard?  :eyes: (I can take a stab at it later today if nobody does it lol) 

Lauren Rosewood x Ariadne Spiteri
im also down to start the quidditch one? do you want this to be with the whole team? 

KY <3
Lauren Rosewood & Tova Jensen
omg YES hahaa lauren would be so intrigued about hearing things from tova's side, she also thinks jake is a hot mess lmao

Lauren Rosewood & Leo Williams
yeah enemies for sure! seeing that lauren would have met jake first & became friends w him first haha if jake and leo don't get along then lauren and leo definitely would not

Lauren Rosewood & Elizabeth Vance
FRIENDS!! lauren is a bit of a party girl herself (though trying to dial it back lmao) but she's very much of a social butterfly and i can see lauren going to her for advice on the ~party culture~ of hogwarts. and of course quidditch buds too!

Lauren Rosewood & Chelsea Delano
lmaooo a fight thread!!! im kind of down lmao but we have to find a scenario where this would happen & they're in the same room together. 

Lauren Rosewood & Nico Park
lauren would absolutely flirt back and think nico is a cutie!! they are both fun people and low key i can see lauren just having some light hearted convos with him?? maybe she feels like she can just be herself around him bc he's so open and friendly

@michael & Tova Jensen
for sure! he would welcome her into his shop he's also happy to serve as a mentor or do some ad hoc lessons or whatever!

@michael & Lia Allman
how interesting!! so michael wasn't at the battle of hogwarts and actually i guess back in the day because he was p much a part of the muggle community people probably didn't love that about him/and he mostly kept that on the DL (it wasn't something he advertised for sure back when there was an anti-muggle sentiment). im not actually sure if michael would approach her given their pasts (unless they knew each other well or were friends in their first year? I dunno, maybe that seems unlikely?) lmao but he would definitely be curious about it if he saw her around. 

@michael & Danica Barlowe
lmao they could know each other!! at least by name  
and i can 100% see michael selling dani a fazioli piano bc that's the most bougie thing ever lmao

so of these im actually maybe the most interested in a nico/lauren thread? I think the dynamics will just be so wholesome lmao. honestly down for anything, or a microthread, whatever you would want? 

[Silas Valentine]

Awesome I'll get that quidditch thread started for the team

[Nico Park]

I have a thread with Nico open in the library....or we can start one specifically for the two! I might be able to do it later tonight. I'll be at work till about midnight EST but might find downtime to post while there!