#lixelated

“I Incendio’d it.”

“You incendioed your alarm ravens!?”

“...no I actually use alarm clocks. Awfully useful and annoying, those things.”

which song? The last sad song rec you gave me was great writing music

Breathe, by Superchick

Coolest of the cool 8′D

2-4 songs that are probably on their iPod

Jared’s iPod would be a disaster of assorted funky music and several playlists of bird sounds. In the midst of this mess you can dig out a couple of more serious songs. Maybe.

Uptown Funk (in which Jared is secretly meme trash)

Signal 30

Run

The one place they sometimes end up falling asleep — where they’re not supposed to.

The windowseat in his dorm room. Which normally wouldn’t be a bad thing, except for Jared’s habit of keeping one of the windows open a crack at nearly all times. There is much concern about him actually falling out of Ravenclaw Tower when he naps at the window.

The game they’d destroy everyone else at.

Jenga.

The emoticon they’d use most often.

(`･⊝･´)

I can also see him abusing the sparkles and animal emojis.

What they act like when they haven’t had enough sleep.

Jared actually gets more jittery and active the less sleep he gets. He’s constantly readjusting himself and tapping his fingers on his desk and is generally very fidgety.

Their preferred hot beverage on really cold nights. Or mornings. Or whenever.

Spiced milk and honey.

How they like to comfort/care for themselves when they’re in a slump.

He’ll go for walks! Currently, his favorite haunts are along the shores of the lake or at the edge of the Forbidden Forest.

What they wanted to be when they grew up.

For the longest time he wanted to work in the Owl Post. Before that he wanted to be a professional Quidditch player, but then he got a toy broom and subsequently crash-landed it within the hour and so died his dreams of professional sports.

Their favorite kind of weather.

Grey. He really likes the overcast days where there’s several different shades of gray in the clouds.

If he’s indoors and perched on the windowseat in the dorms then rainy days and clear nights with bright moons are his favorite.

Thoughts on their singing voice (decent? terrible? soprano? alto?)

Like how crows are actually songbirds, Jared should probably not sing. Ever.

How/what they like to draw or doodle

It is two weeks into Jared’s third year, and he has already successfully turned the cauldron he and Astrid share for Potions into a model volcano. It is, of course, not supposed to be a model volcano. It is supposed to be a Girding Potion.

now your room can have a hellish red glow while you sleep~

Named Jared Upton. Can be called Jeri on occasion. Also known as Raven Boy throughout the school.

Half-blood with a pure-blood witch mother and a Muggle father. His mother is English and his father is Welsh--Jared grew up predominantly in his father's hometown in a small village in north Wales.

His mother is a healer at St. Mungo's. His father is a wildlife veterinarian.

His mother's family is predominantly Slytherin, but Jared was sorted into Ravenclaw. He doesn't particularly mind--the dungeons don't sound really comfortable and it probably would not be ideal to open the windows down there.

Owns a 12 1/4 inch hawthorn wand, phoenix feather core. It's surprisingly swishy and twirling it idly in his fingers to listen to it swish has quickly developed into one of his unbreakable habits.

Has perpetual dark bags under his eyes. No amount of rest seems to be able to get rid of them.

On good days he looks tired. On bad days he can almost pass as a hunted animal.

Currently a third year at Hogwarts. Taking Care of Magical Creatures and Muggle Studies as his electives. Primarily uses Muggle Studies to spread odd rumors about the daily lives of Muggles and derive entertainment from the purebloods' confused reactions.

Has a habit of sleeping with the window slightly open even in the dead of winter so that his birds can come and go as they please. You can easily tell which bed is Jared's by the number of ravens perched on the posts and rails in the morning.

Is always accompanied by at least one raven or other corvid.

Appears to have a knack for all types of birds, but ravens and raven-like birds are by far his favorite. He claims he's gotten good at handling them by tagging along with his father when he went out on his veterinary rounds as a child, but he's been attracted to the birds (and vice versa) since even before he could remember.

His best subject is Charms. His favorite is Defense Against the Dark Arts. He is surprisingly efficient at duelling (which he holds a personal interest in) and potion making (which stems from helping his mother make drafts back at home). Hates Herbology.

Writes with either raven feather quills or ballpoint pens and pencils. Can also occasionally be found peddling charmed Muggle writing instruments to other students.

The first time he met Astrid was when he was a first year on the Hogwarts Express. They probably could have shared a cabin in relative peace if he had only kept his mouth shut from remarking about her owl. Since then they've bumped into each other frequently enough in classes that they ended up being partners in Potions on many occasions.

Does not always follow the Potions books, especially if it's for making healing potions and tonics. For these, he prefers instead to go off of experience he's gained brewing with his mother, which never ceases to annoy Astrid.

It only further irritates her when he does it and the potion goes horribly wrong, which happens more often than either of them care to admit.