currently: alice cynthia. thirty two. pureblood. sister. member of the order of the phoenix. auror. ebony wood, phoenix feather, 9 2/3 inches, unyielding. 

previously: daughter. sacred 28. first macmillan gryffindor in over a century. quidditch captain. pear wood, dragon heartstring, 12 inches, rigid. 

traits: sweet, compassionate, humble, personable, loyal, just, dutiful, passionate, honest, curious, selfless, stubborn, persuasive, ready to fight, wearing rose-tinted glasses, domineering, self-sabotaging, fickle, anxious, deceitful, messy, closed off, distrustful, brutal, inferiority complex. 

aesthetics: a blade edge. walking along the edges of a babbling brook. cinnamon sugar on cookies. pink blossoms falling. pumpkin pasties, picked apart. droobles wrappers. firework sparks lighting up the sky. tigerlily bouquets. leather jackets. dried tears. the feeling of being stretched too thin. bloody defiance. a not so green thumb. popping bubblegum. dragon scales. 

the tl;dr: benjy and hestia dated while at hogwarts (he was a hufflepuff, she can have been whatever you want); he was mostly introspective but also consistently putting his foot in his mouth because he’s just chaotic like that; he also really, really loved her. 

that being said, after graduating he joined both the auror department and the order and proceeded to get progressively more reckless (bad); he also lost his dad in his early 20s (his mum died when he was a baby) and that made him completely spiral into a very deep depression, and general self-destructive behaviour. 

he is incredibly intelligent (like, genius level, though his dumbass actions would imply otherwise) and a mostly functional alcoholic, but especially at the time when this was all happening, benjy just... wasn’t at his best. this caused a looot of trouble in their relationship and ultimately saw them breaking up.

aesthetic ╱

chipped glittery nail polish, absentminded humming, silver rings, the first blush of dawn, dog-eared books, thrice-brewed tea turned bitter, the tinkle of small crystals rattling around in various pockets, bitten lips, blooming chrysanthemum, deep breaths, wide eyes pricked with tears, ephemeral curls of incense smoke, countless sleepless nights, romanticized dreams, an ever-growing, inescapable feeling of dread

tropes ╱

broken pedestal, the chew toy, fainting seer, blithe spirit, not-so-phony psychic, cassandra truth, good is not soft, inadequate inheritor

parallels ╱

tobias funke (arrested development), ophelia (hamlet), lorna morello (orange is the new black), amélie poulain (amélie), clementine kruczynski (eternal sunshine of the spotless mind), jess day (new girl), christian (moulin rouge!), klaus hargreeves (the umbrella academy), phoebe buffay (friends), ekaterina ‘kitty’ shcherbatskaya (anna karenina)

plot hooks ╱

order members who distrust her

order members willing to give her a chance

an unexpected grumpy x sunshine friendship 

the one friend who throughout the years always believed in sybill, even when they lied

fellow ravenclaw alums

people they’ve casually predicted the death of

people who come to her to get their fortune told 

one-sided crushes

the nick to their jess

roommates ( potentially new girl inspired :eyes:)