how i see mary macdonald
mwah!
born on september 23rd, 1959
muggleborn
her full name is marisol, her family and friends back home call her mari. in first year, marlene misheard her name as mary and it stuck
sapphic/queer
patronus: butterfly
gryffindor
of the macdonald, torres, and perez families
afro-latina, mom is venezuelan and dad is jamaican
has three younger siblings: nicholas (three years younger), rafael (five years younger) and juliana (eight years younger)
her closest friends are lily and marlene, gets integrated into the marauders friend group around fifth/sixth year. of the boys, she likes peter pettigrew most, and finds herself intrigued/suspicious of remus lupin
was attacked and imperioed by milton mulciber in fifth year
her middle name is carmen
always wears tons of bracelets on her wrists, both metal and fabric
loves warm weather, hates the rain
has had an impossible crush on lily evans for years
didn't want to join the order, was forced into the valkyries as a fighter
feels very out of place in the magical world, finds herself torn between her self at home and her self in the magical world, because nobody knows her from both
specializes in protection charms, memory charms
her best classes were charms, ancient runes, and defense against the dark arts (to most people's surprise)
dated a few boys at hogwarts very casually, really wasn't that into them. with that and mulciber's attack, rumour spreads that she is a slut, which makes her even more of a target for harassment
has a complicated relationship with hestia jones beginning in 1976
reads poetry in her spare time, has stacks of books on her shelves at home. she loves emily dickinson
songs for mary: guts by leith ross, anything by adrianne lenker, before the line by dodie
credit to sophithil, fancast is sofia bryant
if you want more mary, check out my fic valkyrie!
