Post by emmeline vance on May 8, 2010 6:06:59 GMT
THE CHARACTER BASICS
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FULL NAME, emmeline marie vanceNICKNAMES, emmie, ems, em
BRITHDAY, twenty fourth of april, 1960
HEIGHT, five foot six inches
HOMETOWN, brighton, england
HOUSE, gryffindor
BLOOD, muggleborn
THE CHARACTER
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BOGGART, “My boggart turns into a giant spider. It’s really devastatingly anticlimactic, promise. Most girls are afraid of spiders. Guys too, now that I think about it. They’re just disgusting and ewww. I’d take on a thousand death eaters before I had to deal with an Acromantula. I think that would just about do me in. What I think you really want to know is what I fear the most. I’m not afraid to tell you. That would be giving my heart to someone, wholly. I don’t really have a reason for this fear. I’m a hopeless romantic, though, so I suppose heartbreak just is really personal to me. I might be fearless in every other way, but love is as scary as it is desirable.”
AMORTENIA, “Oh, I’ve actually smelled my amortenia, and it’s quite lovely. It starts off with the smell of coffee and fresh baked bread, more coffee than bread but regardless, it smells like home, in the morning. My mum always has coffee and she liked to make bread, and our house by the shore always smelled of it. And then I smell the sea, quite clearly, salty and wonderful. I grew up next to the ocean so it’s always a part of me. I love it, and I must say the only downside of Hogwarts (really, because there aren’t any others) is that there is no shore. No really. The black lake doesn’t count. The final note of my love potion is Christmas. It’s hard to explain, but I’m quite sure it’s Christmas! It’s like cinnamon and snow and warmth all rolled into one. But yes, my amortenia is coffee, fresh baked bread, the ocean, and Christmas time.”
FAVORITE MEMORY, “Oh, I have so many! Christmas mornings, memories at the beach, my childhood friends, growing up at Hogwarts. I can’t possibly pick just one, and it would take me all day to tell you my top five, so we’ll just say I’ve had far too many to pick just one. And I’m sure there will be many more to come.”
WORST MEMORY, “Worst memory, hmm. Well there are a few not-so-great ones, I suppose. Everyone has them. It’s hard to think of one on the spot like this, but I guess I got lost on the pier (which is very, very large and full of clowns and shady people) when I was a kid. That was oddly quite traumatizing. I guess it was then that I decided to be so brave all the time. Because I knew that I never really wanted anything like that to happen again.”
BIGEST MISTAKE, “Dwelling on mistakes is a bit petty, don’t you think? I mean, I could tell you about all the mistakes I’ve made in my life: boys I’ve never pursued, events I’ve missed, friends I’ve broken friendships with—but it’s only made me who I am today. Doesn’t it seem, to you, that we make mistakes because without them we would never learn, never grow? I could tell you that I should never have ventured into the forbidden forest when it’s clearly offlimits, or that I should have curbed my curiosity many a time, but I don’t regret it. I try not to really regret anything. Sure, sometimes I can’t help but wonder, ‘what if’, but really, I can only look ahead. In a way, we change the outcome of those mistakes by changing our futures. I’m really happy with my life, I don’t think I could possibly think of one mistake that would make it any better. I know that isn’t really answering the question, and I’m not trying to avoid it, honest. That’s just how I feel.”
COULD NOT LIVE WITHOUT, “Oh, the ocean! It’s so beautiful, the way it makes you feel. It’s beautiful. All of it. The way the sky meets the ocean, the feeling of insignificance against the vastness of the sea, the smell that only the beach has, the call of seagulls. The way the mist rolls across the ground in the early morning and we’d venture out in our oversized sweaters and not much else and pad along the shoreline when there were no tourists, when it was silent, save for the waves pounding the beach. God, it’s utterly perfect. I very much hope to live by the sea when I’m older. I’m not sure I could live without it. And, I suppose I also couldn’t live without my family and friends. I love them very much. And my cat, Dinah. I probably love her the most, but don’t tell anyone else that!”
SNOG, MARRY, AVOID
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SNOG, “Oh, I’m not sure at all who I’d like to snog. There are quite a lot of cute boys around the castle, but none of them seem to fancy me or anything. I’m afraid I intimidate people, being so energetic and unapologetic and curious all the time. I’m not much good with boys anyway. I mean I’m clever and everyone calls me feisty, but boys want cute and seductive and I’m not really either of those things. It’s just something I’ve sort of accepted. It doesn’t mean I don’t want to snog a few boys. Well, maybe I haven’t snogged any to tell you the truth. I don’t tell anyone that though. I usually just pretend to have done it when it comes up. It’s probably one of the only things I don’t tell anyone. I guess that’s pretty cowardly of me, I shouldn’t be ashamed or anything, but I dunno. I just hate being the inexperienced innocent one. I guess I’m just a little more protective of my heart than most girls, even if I have no reason to be. I’m always the fearless one, I guess it just is the one thing I really dislike about myself. But I don’t want to waste my first kiss on just anyone. It’s an interesting conundrum.”
MARRY, “You know I think most girls are lying if they say they haven’t thought about getting married at least once in their lives. I’d very much like to at some point. I believe in love and that it lasts. My parents were very much in love for the period I knew them. I think I’d like to have what they had, or at least a fraction of it. But I’m not in a rush, I don’t need a boyfriend, in fact, I’ve never even had one. Not really. There has been crushes, and flings, of course, but no real boyfriend. Which, at seventeen, I suppose is sort of odd. It doesn’t bother me too much though, there are more important things to worry about. But still, I guess you can call me a hopeless romantic. I want a white horse and a castle and a fairytale. When I was a little girl I used to read fairy tales. In fairy tales you meet Prince Charming and he's everything you ever wanted. In fairy tales the bad guy is very easy to spot. The bad guy is always wearing a black cape so you always know who he is. Then you grow up and you realize that Prince Charming is not as easy to find as you thought. You realize the bad guy is not wearing a black cape and he's not easy to spot; he's really funny, and he makes you laugh, and he has perfect hair. I know happy endings are rare, but that doesn’t mean I don’t believe in them at all, you know? Sometimes you just have to go through a few bad guys in disguise before you get there. And I’m willing to wait for that.”
AVOID, “Well anyone who supports You Know Who is no friend of mine, that’s for sure. Being a muggleborn I get a lot of grief about not being a pureblood, but it’s only made me want to steer away from the blood purists. But I’m not afraid of them by any means, in fact, they can come at me all they want. I’ll just outsmart them and send them on their way. Really, with minds as narrow as theirs you really think that I wouldn’t be able to take them on? The whole lot of them think they’re far more brilliant than they actually are! It’s rather invigorating, really. I think I’d very much like to join the resistance when I get out of school, aside from working as an auror, of course. And since I’m studying to be an auror, I suppose I can’t entirely say I’d like to avoid these people. I’d much rather seek them out and deal with them up front. Avoiding people and things really isn’t good at all now that I think about it. Better to just sort it all out and move on with everyone’s lives. Much less messy, much less drama, especially about the castle. I guess that’s why I never avoid people I’m mad at. Better to get it out in a screaming match and have it sorted. At least that’s what I feel most of the time. I’m not afraid of conflict, like most people are. It’s so pointless! Only holds us back. And time is far too important to waste.”
A VIEW ON THE CHARACTER
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YOUR CHARACTERS NAME GOES HERE IN THE EYES OF A CHILDHOOD FRIEND, [/size][/color][/font] “Ems is a bit much, at first. She’s entirely fearless and has more curiosity than a cat. She’s not very talkative, but she’s not afraid to speak her mind either, and she’s almost always happy. She doesn’t let much bring her down. No brooding here. I think she might just hide it all though, because honestly, nobody can be that happy all the time. But she’s a great friend, definitely a fighter, and she’s a great listener. If you have a problem, she’ll be with you to the very end. She’s loyal and has a huge heart. She’s just a great person all around, you just have to be able to handle the constant energy and exuberance she gives off. I think, if anything, her one flaw is that she doesn’t focus much on herself. She can be too giving, too loyal. I think it would do her good to meet someone who showed her that it’s okay to focus on herself once in awhile.”- - - - -
ALI XO
ALI XO
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