quip fast, die young

ayyyyyo, v excited to be here! it’s only an hour until the rp opens but it’s 3am so?? i’mma have to get to bed before it does + andromeda will have to come later but! here is marlene ( okay i wrote that at the start and now it’s actually 4am/rp opening time for me so andromeda is defs gonna have to come later bc i gotta send myself to bed lol )

first of all, she does have a full bio if you want to read it!! you can find that here

i’ll try do some quick facts here for you though!!

her dad’s an ambassador for the ministry of magic, and a mckinnon to boot ( think old money, old blood, socialites/philanthropists/often involved with the ministry etc ), and her mother’s from a family in china with old roots and a prestige which has lasted generations, but is not recognised here in the uk ( they immigrated when jia was a child, and were sort of considered nouveau riche for the lack of definitive roots )

marls and her brother matty grew up with That Crowd™ of pureblood society (rodolphus, sirius, etc.) — due to their parents experience/harsh realisations with the way robert’s parents viewed jia, the lessons they learned were different than the rest of their peers’; not that they were pro-equality (though that’s the side the kids are clearly planted on now), but at the least, didn’t ingrain blood supremacist values into them, which made shaking off perspectives touted by some of their childhood friends significantly easier than they otherwise might have been

marlene was sorted into gryffindor a bit after sirius, which was sort of a double whammy for their old crowd; unlike with sirius, though, who still lived amongst them all during the summers, marlene made a fairly clean break. the last event in that society she attended was from before she was sorted — after that, there were a few factors keeping her away: 1) she didn’t want to have anything to do with her grandparents, 2) she didn’t really know how to face those she left behind (girl’s always been a bit prone to feeling guilt), and, eventually, 3) she liked gryffindor, despite some of its flaws, and she was beginning to realise she fit there. it was home. and that was something that would be hard for the people she knew once to swallow

she thrived in gryffindor. not necessarily academically, bc whilst she’s always been fairly clever, her sense of focus and work ethic is... not. but socially, and with quidditch, and some of her classes, the last five years have been good for her

now that sirius has just run away to james’ this summer, the dichotomy of ‘leaving behind / running towards’ has been on her mind a lot more, and while her feelings about leaving behind those people she first built herself on are always complicated, they’ve never been so complex as currently

other facts!!

chaser!! she’s actually probably a better flier than player, by virtue of being so fast. she’s always been a very quick and instinctual person, and that extends to her flying af. quite probably the fastest player in the school, but that in no way translates to the best — her personal vote for that is james, though she acknowledges the skill of others such as gwenog jones, lucinda talkalot, ludo bagman and emma vanity. a good player, she thinks, tends to be a little better-rounded, and not only has good instincts, but also good insight, and an ability to both strategise and to take direction. marlene’s flying is often characterised by the risks she’ll take — as well as her creative moves, like the mckinnon flash — and under leadership she disliked, it probably wouldn’t end as well. however, she trusts, respects and loves james, and she’s very happy to have him as a captain. it also really helps their chaser dynamic, being close, and the relationship between the three chasers is one she cherishes immensely. she’s also not particularly attached to scoring: she likes racing to get the quaffle, and setting it up, like the gameplay dynamics of the chasers working in tandem to get the quaffle down to the other end of the pitch, but it’s not so common for her to take the shot herself

appalling at herbology and potions

like, awful

in second year, she once had a situation with these magical vines, and that pretty much sums up her entire herbology career & then potions is terrible because of her focus 

she managed to scrape a high enough grade to get into it at newt level, thanks purely to her wonderful friends who managed to get her studying on track enough, but she’s thinking about dropping it — she kept at it because it’s necessary for a few career paths, and many of her friends, she knows, focus on it because it’s a requirement for aurordom, but she’s got an inkling that aurordom would actually be a poor choice for her, especially given how little she trusts the ministry: she just grew up knowing too many people with clout in the ministry to really believe it cared about doing its job

on the other hand, she loves comc

comc, dada and charms are her three best subjects, and she’s v good at all three of them

dragons!!! she spends her time in history of magic classes drawing up schematics about how they could obtain dragons, manticores and other xxxxx creatures

she quite likes history of magic, though she can only focus on the elements which interest her

she’s got a lot of thoughts on the treatment of lycanthropes by the wizarding society (they’re not positive thoughts lmao bc the treatment of werewolves and other part-humans is so terrible; she has a lot of thoughts about the registration system, and its initial purpose and what it’s used for now, and also beyond werewolves, the treatment of vampires and other part-humans)

empathetic and it can be a real problem for her honestly? 

also, she’s not very good at letting go emotionally? she’s absolutely capable of caring about someone and not endorsing or forgiving them, but she tends to carry people around in her heart and under her skin forever and that’s an immensely difficult thing for her to try shake or even address

bad at processing emotions, like,,, so bad LMAO

really really good for a fun time though!! hit her up for shenanigans always

loves sugar quills, like so much,,, eats sugar quills like alice drinks coffee

does Not Like cats

as a kid at the pureblood society, would have a running commentary muttered under her breath (which wasn’t necessarily polite)

A Mess™

she is messy and emotional and has a jumbled up history and personal connections and an avoidance policy which sort of messes everything up and can make it hard for her to deal with those things in a way that helps things remain clear for her — she’s very much led by emotions, and when those are conflicting, it can be a situation — but she tries, and she has a good heart, and when it comes down to it, she’ll always do what she thinks is right, even if it can be a messy road to getting there

she laughs a lot, idk, she’s not rly one to back down from a fight but her general state of being is probably more quips and laughter

she’s a pretty physical person — she just always has been, running around the grounds when she was younger, being so involved with quidditch when she was older, and things being tangible are really grounding for her? it’s also sort of how her reflexes work best — she can duel, absolutely, but she’s also pretty good in a physical fight

not v good at defensive or healing magic though so if any of her friends want to help her out w/ that, hmu!! esp if your character wants to get more proficient at physical fighting as well, marls is defs down to help w/ that!

potential plots!!

i mean tbh anything goes? and it’s nearly 4am so i should sleep soon but i’mma jot down some real quick

related to that last point — someone teaching her healing/defensive stuff, and also anyone who wants to learn to fight a bit better? it’s not something she’d be advertising lmao but like. for a friend, absolutely. also especially if it’s the same person who teaches her defensive stuff, like it might come up as an arrangement

quidditch rivalries!!! she’s not usually the scorer, so it’s probably less of a frustration for keepers (unless they’re captains and are concerned for strategy) than it is for beaters or other chasers, but the speed can be a hass to deal with + i love plotting quidditch things so plssss come to me quidditch players

also quidditch teammates!!! i love shenanigans and teams bonding :’)

friends!!! gryffindor sixth years are presumably the ones she hangs out with most, but she’s fairly outgoing, so i’m sure she’s got a cross-year and cross-house friendship situation

in a similar vein, old friends! people who she’d have known once and now can have messy dynamics with ayyyyo (or even just. they don’t interact anymore but we can plot past things for moments of sadness or nostalgia maybe!!)

girl’s bad with processing feelings, but she’s pretty good at fun, so people to have hooked up with would be good too!! probably has some dates in her history, but i don’t think any actual Official Exes™? but defs down for hooking up etc