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Hiiiii~
I missed the introduction meme, so here's this!
PLAYER: Katie,aclosermoon
CHARACTER NAME: Criswell Peyton Higglebottom Trelawney
AGE: Twenty-nine
HOUSE/YEAR/SPECIAL ROLES: Hufflepuff / 2009-2016* / Prefect
*He was homeschooled from 2011 to 2012, though.
WHAT'S SOME COMMON KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THEM?:
He's the grandson of Sybill Trelawney, an eccentric with questionable abilities as a Seer, and the son of Carlyle Trelawney, a far more grounded and reliable Seer that was often hired by wealthy wizarding families to guarantee pleasant weather for their fancy events, help them arrange marriages, and the like. He's known for having predicted his own death and the death of his wife. Classmates of Criswell may know that he was pulled out of school for a year so the family could spend their last months together. He was never quite the same when he came back. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Weird.
He was an anxious boy that craved control and order and always had a lot of opinions about the right way to do things. He was never assertive enough to be a tyrant about it, though, even when he was a Prefect. Probably still drove his housemates crazy, at least.
He spent a lot of his time at school trying to tap into his abilities as a Seer and claiming to have hunches or feelings about things...but they were always wrong. (Spoiler: he still does this and he's still always wrong.)
He never made it through a Quidditch match without covering his eyes. Go Hufflepuff??
ELEVATOR PITCH: Criswell is a highly-strung man that's still trying to accept he's as blind to the future as anyone else and can't quite stop searching for signs. He's anxious and superstitious and he worries. A lot. About everything. But he's coping! Putting his energy in his craft, controlling what he can control (from his meticulously arranged schedule to his absurdly neat apartment), and looking out for his friends certainly helps. He's direct by nature and very particular, so he can clash with others when their opinions or standards don't align, though he isn't intentionally confrontational. He has a pet squirrel named Awl that's superior to him in every way.
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY: Wandmaker's Apprentice (former). Luthier's Apprentice (current).
NOTABLE RELATIONSHIPS: Currently none! I'm open to familial relationships through his mother, though. She doesn't currently have a maiden name and could be related to just about anyone. Anyone want an antsy cousin?
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Friends, especially those from Way Back. He's not the easiest fellow to get along with, but he's a devoted friend and can be coaxed into just about anything when a friend is the one doing the coaxing. He might still fret and complain about it, but still. He's adjacent to a Mom Friend in that he's reliable, always comes (over)prepared to outings, and will make sure everyone gets home at the end of the night (designated flyer?).
Divination Pals, whether they're as inept as he is (they can encourage each other's poor predictions!) or actually have some talent for it (he'll look to them for guidance at times...but also be sort of jealous!). People whose families would've hired his father back in the day could also have some interesting history with him.
Anything, really. I'm open to past romantic relationships, past unrequited crushes in either direction (he would've been terribly obvious about it, especially as a teen -- suffering!), people that want to smack him (understandable), a roommate, etc. If you have ideas, hit me up! :)
I missed the introduction meme, so here's this!
PLAYER: Katie,
aclosermoonCHARACTER NAME: Criswell Peyton Higglebottom Trelawney
AGE: Twenty-nine
HOUSE/YEAR/SPECIAL ROLES: Hufflepuff / 2009-2016* / Prefect
*He was homeschooled from 2011 to 2012, though.
WHAT'S SOME COMMON KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THEM?:
ELEVATOR PITCH: Criswell is a highly-strung man that's still trying to accept he's as blind to the future as anyone else and can't quite stop searching for signs. He's anxious and superstitious and he worries. A lot. About everything. But he's coping! Putting his energy in his craft, controlling what he can control (from his meticulously arranged schedule to his absurdly neat apartment), and looking out for his friends certainly helps. He's direct by nature and very particular, so he can clash with others when their opinions or standards don't align, though he isn't intentionally confrontational. He has a pet squirrel named Awl that's superior to him in every way.
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY: Wandmaker's Apprentice (former). Luthier's Apprentice (current).
NOTABLE RELATIONSHIPS: Currently none! I'm open to familial relationships through his mother, though. She doesn't currently have a maiden name and could be related to just about anyone. Anyone want an antsy cousin?
WANTED LINES:
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HE LIVES. For better or worse.
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what a good, anxious young man. he's just doing his best. living his life. good for him!
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Is he, though?
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are any of us?
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She has the potential to make Cris absolutely crazy and I'm here for it. I can see him attempting to get out of her chaotic orbit but continually being drawn back in by that Natural Charisma and the fact that she's such a mercurial mess. How will she survive??
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i have!! three!!
most relevant is maya (
they probably/definitely knew each other. he's welcome to have had an unrequited teen crush on her if you want to be mean or we can find another hook! olds gotta stick together one way or another!
she was v much the power & control type vs. his order & control, and she had the assertiveness to be a tyrant when she wanted to but found that honey yielded better results than vinegar.
UMMMMM let's see. my others are babies.
i have noel @
anddd lorcan (this journal) who is turning 21 and class of '20.
not much obvious overlap of history or interests with either of them tbh :(((
maybe he could've been some sort of peer mentor or whatever for noel? he needed a lil Structure in his life even if it didn't help establish good long term habits.
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Young Cris absolutely bought into Maya's Real Psychic act and probably adored her during their school days. I'd definitely be down for him Big Crushing on her for a while (step on his heart) and he also may've consulted her throughout his failed journey to come into his Seer abilities/hone his divination skills if she would've allowed that. I feel like if he met her as an adult, he'd be skeptical of her act but because he grew up around her he might...still...buy it...
Look. Her abilities aren't as reliable as his dad's were, but they're DEF real.
As to the Little Ones...yeah, not much overlap there. But we can always wing it! Trying to mentor sweet scattered Noel would've been So Frustrating to him and I could see him ending up being oh my god, I'll do it myself after a while. Which would explain why Noel didn't establish any long term habits. :')
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♥ SMOL PUFF. Not many connections for these two apart from their house and Louis' sister, but Cris thinks he seems like a nice enough kid and he'll come bother him if his squirrel shows any signs whatsoever of poor squirrel health. Is he dying?? But yeah, should be fun to see how they get on in-game! :)
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And my other is an even smaller baby Lysander who has a rescued bird and will at Least appreciate a squirrel even though he is joyless and dumb on the best of days
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But definitely, re: the wandmaker overlap! Criswell spent a few years studying under his grandfather (Horace Higglebottom, mediocre-to-good wandsmith!) before deciding it wasn't that fulfilling and jumping ship to make magical instruments instead. Because he was given a sign. Based on their ages, he may've been on his way out when she was on her way in, but they definitely could've crossed paths.
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AND newest child Freddie Weasley here. He's loud! He makes explosions! He's too smart for his own good! Another person who probably frays the boy's nerves I'm sorry oiasuorur
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If Criswell ever finds out about Chase's sandwich, it will Haunt Him. :') They're big opposites, so Chase will probably make him crazy and leave him a little mystified. How is this a real person. How do they never worry about anything. H o w. I don't know how they'll interact either, but I'm down to find out!
Protect him, Gilly! He's a big baby. He's definitely aghast whenever she comes back from work still covered in mystery potion ingredients, though. ALSO, in glancing at her profile I see that they're both Huffleprefects from Wimbourne, so they've...actually got quite a bit of overlap and could've known each other from back in the day if that's anything we're interested in doing. SORRY I STOLE YOUR TOWN.
If Ebenezer even kinda has Divination skills, he's actually ahead of Cris, so. :') But I'm definitely down for them to know each other vaguely through Meta(ph)oracle or to to develop some connection via Div. Cris is also kind of a douche, so maybe they deserve each other.
Freddie, please. He'd absolutely fray Criswell's nerves. Explosions Are Bad!
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And then Val
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Aaaand I think you're probably right about that. Even outside of the divination issue, I think Criswell probably just finds Val Intimidating on a few levels (seemingly cold, intelligent, judgmental Pureblood who plays a scary sport for a living! n o p e!), so he's not in a hurry to get in his space. Though I am, of course, down for making that happen anyway.
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