#nycom.intro

name: lisa simpson

birthdate: may 9 1999 

gender: cis female 

pronouns: she/her

sexuality: bisexual 

major: magical theory major, government minor

headcanons:

The first thing Lisa did when she learned magic was to create a small bag that was bigger on the inside so she could bring her saxophone anywhere she went. 

 Only her parents and siblings know where she is, the rest of the people they know think she’s at law school. Thankfully she knows enough to keep the ruse going when she visits home. 

She found out about magic when she was 16 and ended up helping a magic user out of some trouble. She gave Lisa resources to learn and ever since, she has been studying it constantly. 

 Although Lisa loves magic and learning things that most of the world doesn’t know, she still often gets the feeling she should have gone to law school. This is the cause of a lot of anxiety in her life. 

 Lisa’s new dream is to find ways to use magic to heal the planet and wildlife on a vast scale and stop climate change.

bio:

Lisa has always found it hard to fit in with her peers, she was more interested in studying and going to libraries and museums than whatever was “cool” with others her age. Her closest friends were her mom and sister, her saxophone, and her cat Snowball. At a young age she developed anxiety that mostly revolved around her need to succeed academically. She put pressure on herself to never get anything below an A, and she didn’t know how to stop. She also tends to be pretty sarcastic, a trait she likes to think comes from her mother.

When she found out magic was real, Lisa could hardly contain her excitement. This was a whole new world of things to learn, and magic had been a central theme in all her favourite childhood books. She studied everything she could get her hands on, but when she found there was an entire magical school she could apply to, her anxiety came flooding back. This could be the chance of a lifetime for her to go somewhere where people actually had to have loved learning the material to get in, a place where she might not feel like such an outsider. But ever since she was little she had dreamed of going to law school and one day becoming the first female president. 

 All her life she had been practical, making the smart choices so that her life wouldn’t be derailed, but now her heart was pulling her towards something stronger than her head was. Even a couple of years into her schooling, she still has panic attacks wondering if she made the right choice. Her mother was the first to know where she was going, she trusted her with anything, and then her little sister. About a year into her schooling, they realized her father and brother had to be let in on it too or they would get curious and blow the whole secret trying to figure it out. Going home to visit is always stressful for Lisa, she is constantly worried something will slip from one of her family members when they run into neighbours.

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BIO

the mortal world knows zuko as the black sheep of the esteemed choi family and firstborn son of senator ozai choi. but to the students of the new york conservatory of magic, he is the awkward wallflower whose temper is as hot as the flames that he can produce.

nobody quite knows how zuko received the scar that runs from his left eyebrow to his cheek; rumor has it that it was from the tragic fire that took his mother's life. unbeknownst to many, ursa choi didn't pass away from arson, and senator ozai actually has a short fuse — especially when it came to his only son.

he learned to live in the shadow of his younger sister, the all-around golden child, azula. though he has accepted that his own gifts would fall short to hers, it doesn't stop him from trying to win over ozai's approval. even at nycom, his one-sided competition against his sister has become well known among he student body. to zuko, it's him against the world.

the decision to study combat magic stemmed from the feeling of responsibility, rather than his personal vocation. to follow in his father's footsteps as a prominent member of mortal and magical politics, he had to be able to live up to the family name. zuko consistently worked hard to be a top student, yet doesn't see his true purpose in using magic for offense. these feelings cause great turmoil in his inner self.

while zuko can be impatient and domineering at times, when he eventually lets his guard down, people are surprised to see that he's a man of unwavering loyalty and honor, who's willing to help out anyone in need.

HEADCANONS

a descendant of the prominent choi dynasty in korea, zuko comes from a line of powerful elemental magicians that specialize in fire & lightning. his paternal grandfather immigrated to america as a way to expand their network and ultimately, their power.

despite his uncle being a leading innovator of lightning magic in the east, zuko finds great difficulty in wielding lightning magic. however, he has mastered the technique of lightning redirection — a technique that his own uncle invented.

much to his schoolmates' surprise, zuko is well versed in magizoology. this is mostly due to his fondness for animals.

zuko lacked a model for healthy relationships growing up, therefore he doesn't seem to process friendships or romantic feelings logically. he tends to refer to acquaintances as buddy because he mimics the way people speak to their pets.

name: chelsea gripling

gender: cisfemale

pronouns: she/her

faceclaim: aslihan malbora

major: illusion magic

three to five headcanons

- once the most popular girl at her high school, chelsea has gone through a major transition by sharing her crown and reigning as a co-queen bee. now that she’s in college, she’s struggled to find her usual gaggle but really enjoys what the magical normies have to offer!

- can frequently be found around campus practicing her illusionary skills and sipping on a green juice with her college friends on the quad. 

- has been known to host a facial party in her dorm but asks that those who attend be sure to bring a hypoallergenic sheet mask for the individuals who are more sensitive. 

- is actually super forgetful with names for people she’s not close with. only those individuals in her inner circle are ever pronounced correctly -- which can be really annoying for the other party (allegedly). 

name: raegan thorston character: ruffnut movie / show: how to train your dragon birthdate: june 18th 1999 gender: cis female pronouns: she / her faceclaim: jenny boyd major: combat magic minor: magizoology

has always liked her name because it sounds a lot like ray gun.

has a twin brother named tyler.

the twins each have a bearded dragon that they keep in their rooms but have created a portal in both tanks so the dragons can visit each other.

their mother was a magical being who died when the twins were 7. their father is a normie. he didn’t even know she was a magical being until after she died.

the twins were a handful without magic so it only got worse when they started showing signs of having magic.

they were kicked out of 2 different normie schools and their dad managed to pull them out of the third before they could get expelled.

raegan has been taken into custody several times by non-magical law enforcement but they are always unable to hold her because they can’t actually prove anything they accuse her of. the one time they had evidence it mysteriously disappeared. 

she’s also been taken into custody by magical law enforcement but her maternal grandfather is one of the higher-ups in magical law enforcement and the accusations always manage to get dropped.

the one time she was supposed to be held overnight, she was released early. if you ask her why, she’ll say the officers on duty had the hots for her but it was actually because she talked so much that they couldn’t stand being in the same room with her any longer and let her go.

she’s broken so many bones at this point that when it happens she just kind of looks at it and shrugs before using a spell to repair it.

she clearly has bpd but will never admit to that.

from what yang has put together from bits and pieces, she was born in arizona. she’s not sure when she and her dad moved to maine because she’s never gotten a straight answer about it but ruby was born right after yang turned two so that shrinks the gap in the timeline. she’s also never received a straight forward answer about why her mother didn’t come with them or why she never saw her again after they left arizona. 

for all intents and purposes, summer ( ruby’s mom ) is her mother.  she raised her, took care of her, loved her; and that’s what mattered. but summer died when yang was eight. so before she was even in double digits she’d lost not one, but two mothers.

yang was born with fire powers which only got stronger as she got older. she would never admit it but she knows that the rise in power can be attributed to her growing understanding that she’d been abandoned by her mother. 

a lot of the time all she needs to do is remind herself that neither of her mothers are coming back and that alone can exert enough power to burn down a small village.

she is exceptionally strong for her size and appearance. 

she can absorb and retain magic which she can then use against others or to protect herself.

yang grew up with her dad, her maternal uncle, and ruby which made her feel responsible for ruby in a maternal way. 

most of her fires are an exertion of a build up of emotion but she covers this by pretending to be a rambunctious pyromaniac.

she’s the kind of person who would teach someone how to swim by pushing them in the water.

appears straightforward, confident, cheerful, energetic, bright, flippant, carefree, adventurous, sarcastic, sociable, extroverted

magenta is generally well meaning but she has a tendency to say or do things that are deemed socially inappropriate and / or crass.  

she will generally choose science over social interaction. unless she can be convinced that the interaction would help advance personal scientific discovery. 

she’s currently enrolled in what would be considered 4 different majors and 2 minors. she exceeds expectations in all of these fields. her problem is she refuses to take classes that don’t interest her or acknowledge deadlines. which is why she’s still in school.

magenta has high functioning autism. she’s very particular about certain things. she will only eat tiny food and fizzy beverages. she has recently expanded in that she will drink water (as long as it’s fizzy) and regular sized food as long as it can be cut into small pieces. 

she has a tendency to hang off of things she shouldn’t hang off of and tries to find ways of getting to places that require the least amount of social interaction (the vents). if she wasn’t so involved in science, she’d make an excellent gymnast. 

she has a magical robot named emily that she created her first semester at nycom.

name: jackson overland frost preferred name: jack movie / show: jack frost,  rise of the guardians birthdate: december 25th 2000 gender: male pronouns: he/him faceclaim: froy gutierrez major: elemental magic

grew up in rural new york up near canada where it’s cold and snows way more than it does in nyc. he could see the mountains from his house.

has a little sister named emma who is in junior high (middle school). she wants to attend nycom when she is older. she has more earth-centric powers.

as far as anyone is concerned, jack was born with his abilities to create and manipulate snow and ice. he can also use the wind to fly / levitate. he’s been practicing it from a young age and is a natural at it. he’s taking elemental magic as his major mostly because he thought it would be a breeze. get it? breeze? (cece told me to make this joke.)

he has a ferret named snowball. he is white and mischievous af.

found out the hard way that when he gets really upset it leads to destructive blizzards.

has a tendency to be extremely hyper.