#Astoria Crickett

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Ravenclaws 🦅

all named and confirmed Ravenclaws in Hogwarts Legacy 🪶

Everett Clopton

Professor Satyavati Shah - Professor Dinah Hecat

Duncan Hobhouse - Ignatia Wildsmith - Samantha Dale

Sophronia Franklin - Zenobia Noke

Sirona Ryan

Astoria Crickett - Constance Dagworth

Hector Fawley - Amit Thakkar - Andrew Larson

Mahendra Pehlwaan - Isidora Morganach (being represented by her empty painting, because there's no photo mode in cutscenes)

Ravenclaw door knocker, for Rowena Ravenclaw

former Headmistress Niamh Fitzgerald - "The Grey Lady", Helena Ravenclaw

All Ravenclaws in Hogwarts Legacy, to the best of my knowledge and ability (but let me know if I missed anyone). I tried to make everyone look as good as possible, and I have plenty nice shots of them all that I didn't end up using, so if anyone wants more pics of their favourite underappreciated Ravenclaw, just let me know and I'll happily post them💙

[storkteller]

Hogs posting collection

w/ less popular characters

[celestial--sapphic]

thinking of setting myself a writing challenge to help break up working on my longer fic

would anyone be interested in reading 500 word (or less!) drabbles written from a random word generator??

or! people could send me a word and i write something from that

obvs the focus would be sapphic witches, because i have one brain cell and it will always be ✨ women ✨

[cranberryletters]

cute Astoria

[catohphm]

Who's Danny's best friend?

Thank you for the ask! ☺️

Danny has a circle of besties that he would trust with his life. Currently out of the canon HL characters, Garreth, Poppy, Amit, Samantha, Ominis and Imelda I have more solid stablished headcanons for. I don't have much for Danny's interactions with Anne and Sebastian yet, other than they would get along well though the troublemaking nature of Sebs concerns him sometimes. For sure I know that Garreth, Poppy, Amit, Samantha and Ominis would be among Danny's best friends. Eventually, he and Poppy start a romance around their fourth or fifth year.

His friendship with Imelda also deserves an honorable mention. She and Danny are also friendly rivals at Quidditch and respect each other immensely. They start to get closer after the incident where Everett and Astoria trick Imelda into stealing first year Zenobia's gobstones in their third year. Danny helps Imelda confront her flaws and better handle peer pressure and upholding her reputation.

That's the current state at which my HL canon friendships for Danny are at, it'll change in the future as I expand his interactions.

[girl-named-matty]

Night owl or Morning person?

Are they a night owl or a morning person? Tags: Somehow put fluff and some cutesy stuff in here. Also not proofread sorry. This HC set contains the following characters: Sebastian, Ominis, Garreth, Leander, Amit, Andrew, Everett, Natty, Poppy, and Imelda. Rating: General Audiences. ..

Summary: My headcanons for if the Hogwarts Legacy students are Night owls or morning people!

Sebastian:

He is 100% a night owl. 

He spends hours reading late into the night. 

He also just really loves nighttime so he’d rather be awake during the night. 

This boy hates early mornings. 

If he’s not up by breakfast, he’s rolling out of bed and getting to class right before it starts. 

Obviously, not every morning because he has Ominis to wake him up and get him going but most mornings he’s still out of it and would rather go back to sleep but of course his education is still very important. ..

Ominis: 

Morning person 

He’s probably up late into the night but he’s actually a pretty big fan of getting up early in the morning. 

Waking up early gives him some time to get ready and spruce himself up before classes and gives him some time alone before having to deal with Sebastian’s antics. 

And since bright lights aren’t an issue for him, he can usually fall asleep anywhere at any time and make up for the sleep he may have lost by waking up early. 

He also finds early mornings to be the most peaceful part of his day. Although he can’t physically see the sunrise, he likes to sit outside and feel the warm sunshine on his face. ..

Garreth: 

He’s not a night owl but he’s definitely not a morning person either. 

He’s going to bed early and waking up late, sorry I don’t make the rules. 

He just really likes his sleep. 

But of course, he never misses breakfast, even if that means he’s rolling out of bed with messy hair and robes to get there in time. 

Just a sleepy boy, okay. But he doesn’t let his Aunt know how much he sleeps in right before important things. ..

Leander: 

A mix of both, perhaps? More on the morning side, though. 

Sometimes he’s up late simply because he got distracted and then got focused on whatever caught his eye. 

And then other nights he’s out like a light. 

Although, usually he’s up early enough in the mornings to make sure he’s up and ready for the morning. 

Don’t judge him for how long it takes to do his hair in the mornings. 

But his favorite mornings are when he wakes up and automatically feels like he can just take on the day with full confidence. :) 

Amit: 

NIGHT OWL 100% 

And not even because he’s rebellious or is stubborn the boy just wants to see his stars. 

He will spend hours upon hours looking at and charting the stars. They really are his best friend when he thinks about it. 

But even then he’s a very dedicated student so he’s still up early in the morning to get ready for school and be perfectly on time for breakfast and for his morning classes. ..

Andrew: 

He just strikes me as a morning person. 

But not the kind to wake up really early, he just enjoys his mornings. 

He takes them very slowly and has a pretty set routine that he likes to do in his mornings to help him feel like his days are going smoothly. 

Morning walks after the sun is up are some of his favorites. He also likes to read outside when the weather is just right. ..

Everett: 

Night owl and the opposite of Amit because he’s a night owl strictly for rebellious purposes. 

Well, most of the time anyway. 

We know he’s a prankster so he’ll stay up late waiting for everyone to be asleep just so he can snatch Zenobia’s gobstones again or stay up late to secretly plan another prank with Astoria Crickett. 

He gets caught a lot because he’s clumsy but you bet he’s gonna stay up late to try again. 

And he just hates the mornings. The worst part of the day for him. ..

Natty:  

Morning person. 

She’ll stay up late if she needs to but she just prefers mornings. 

She loves the sunrise and the feeling of the warm sun so basically mornings are her best friend most days. 

She loves early morning walks and loves it even more if her close friends and companions can join her on them. 

And when her friends are up before her just to get ready for the walk? Oh, you best believe you guys are gonna be best friends forever at that point. ..

Poppy: 

Dare I say she’s a night owl?

For whatever reason she’s up late, probably playing with whatever nocturnal beasts she’s befriended, she loves to do it. 

She doesn’t mind getting up early if she has a good reason to, such as feeding the beasts early, but usually, she likes to sleep in quite a bit. 

There’s just something so peaceful about the night that she loves and she’d much rather be up late to experience it than be up early. ..

Imelda: 

Morning person. 

Not only is she a morning person but she’s a super morning person. 

This girl wakes up at the crack of dawn just to get to the Quidditch pitch and train before anyone else can get there. 

She has a strict routine for practicing every morning and she holds herself to it. 

She thrives off of the energy she gets from waking up so early and going out there to practice and so mornings are just her thing. ..

[anomalyaly]

Hogtober Day 28: Portraits

[AO3/Wattpad]

I should never have spoken with that bloody portrait.

Elsie grumbled to herself as she mounted her broom and flew past Marunweem to find the other frame of the prattling portrait of Ferdinand Octavius Pratt. If she hadn't impulsively agreed to it before learning more information from Astoria Crickett, she would have stayed back at the castle where it was safe and warm.

Instead, she found herself fighting off Ashwinders in a remote location to rescue the obnoxious tattle-tale from a dire fate that he most likely deserved for his nonsense.

"Well, don't just stand there!" Ferdinand screeched from the other side of the gate. "Find a way to open the door!"

Elsie rolled her eyes as she cast a careless alohamora at the lock and watched it fall to the ground before bursting into the room. "Calm down! I'm here now."

"Calm down?" Ferdinand clutched his chest, affronted. "Those buffoons outside have been talking about burning me!"

"Can't say I blame them." Elsie ran her fingers along her wand. "I have half a mind to do that myself."

Ferdinand scoffed as he attempted to brush off the swarming moths from his portrait. "Oh, please. The Three Broomsticks is where I belong! Now, chop-chop! I need to be back there before cocktail hour."

Elsie tsked and tilted her head. "No."

"No?!"

She lifted her wand. "I spent all year being bossed around by petulant, egotistical portraits. I'm certainly not going to allow that to happen again."

She took a step back as Ferdinand gasped. "What are you doing?"

Elsie gave him an impish smile. "Ta-ta, Ferdinand."

"W-wait, you can't!"

"Confringo."

She strutted out of the cave to the sound of Ferdinand Octavius Pratt's caterwauling behind her.

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"Ready for our study session?" Sebastian asked, carrying a stack of books as he approached Elsie in the halls a few days later.

She smiled up at him and tossed her braid behind her head. "As I'll ever be."

"Great." He beamed at her, casting an evansesco at their combined study materials and offering his arm. "Our usual spot in the back of the library, then?"

"Actually," she chewed her lower lip, "perhaps the Undercroft would be a better option. You know, change of...scenery?"

Sebastian frowned. "The Undercroft? That's -" He narrowed his eyes at her sheepish expression. "What did you do?"

Elsie sighed, disappointed in her face for being unable to hide anything from him. She would still rather offer him an explanation than spend their study session with Ferdinand's melodramatic speeches in the background and knowing she was the cause of it. She took Sebastian's arm and started to lead him in the direction of the DADA Tower.

"I'll tell you about it on the way there."

[hollowwrites]

Crossed Wands Headcanon

I like to think Crossed wands isn’t that exclusive Lucan is just really strict and kicks people out a lot. I also had so much fun writing Crossed wands stuff in my Ominis x MC fic wanted to explore what other students fighting style would be.

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Ominis, Sebastian, Leander, Garreth, Natty, Imelda, Poppy, Anne, Lucan

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Ominis

He tried out because Sebastian begged him.

The most graceful duellist you would ever lay your eyes on.

Never misses. Never loses. IF you are lucky and get even a single hit on him, he goes FERAL. He is a naturally talented wizard due to his Slytherin blood so he will OBLITERATE anyone who tries it.

Is the only known ‘member’ other than MC to have beaten Sebastian.

Didn’t join officially because he didn’t want people to assume Gaunts are savages

Only returned to Crossed wands once. And that was to spar against Duncan when he was invited to join.

Duncan forfeit…obviously…didn’t even make an attempt

Sebastian

Can get away with a LOT because he’s charming.

If be blasts you into a wall, it takes one conversation and you’re apologising for being in the way

One talk with Lucan and he’s laughing, all is forgiven

Lucan let’s him get away with some BS because they’re friends (and because Sebastian is the best and puts up a good show)

Did panic when you beat him DADA that his position in Crossed Wands would be compromised

HUGE relief when you decide to partner with him instead of rivalling him

Leander

Has a weakness to crowd control spells

Doesn’t know why just can’t seem to repel them

Is surprisingly good at getting out of them though, probably from practise

Froze him? He’s out of it in seconds before you can cast your next spell. Floating? Doesn’t even care. He’s either casting whilst floating or he’s on the floor before it matters

Is usually how he gets a hit in from people underestimating him

Isn’t as bad as people make out. He’s just a bit of an idiot. Think Neville vibes

Garreth

Is a Pureblood wizard so very talented after being exposed to magic his whole life

Fighting isn’t his thing, gets really bored in match’s and just starts levitating people and doing nothing about it. Just let’s them float and laughs.

LOVES FLIPPENDO

Got REALLY bored and started tossing potions around. Giggled like a mad man when the fireworks display of potion carnage enveloped the stage. Received a warning for it

Was permanently banned after he downed a Maxima and Focus potion before a duel with Sebastian. Almost beat him. They only noticed he’d took the potions cause he was violently shaking afterwards. Sebastian found it hilarious.

Natty

Almost as graceful as Ominis…almost

No one bothers using Expelliamus as everyone knows she can cast without a wand

Terrifying to go up against

She smiles sweetly the entire time, laughing sometimes

Will call you pet names

Everyone thinks she’s being snide but she’s genuinely just happy

Happy to lose, Happy to win, Happy to draw

Utterly terrifying

Imelda

Literally could not care less about Crossed Wands.

Tries out in fifth because quidditch got cancelled and she had a gap in her routine

Tries to use her broom in combat, finding it easier to cast from it and gain the upper hand

Receives a warning for doing so

Teaches Lucan some new cuss words after shouting at him for giving him a warning

Lucan is now in love with her

Poppy

Oh it’s just Perculiar Poppy, she’ll do no harm right?

Wrong! She was raised by poachers being cruel has been bred into her

Got banned after she hung Astoria Crickett by her hair for fifteen minutes

Screamed the entire time about how it’s not nice when it’s happening to you and calling her a Kneazle

It took Sebastian, MC and Natty to drag her away

Anne

Would assume she’d be similar to Sebastian

If it’s even possible, she has less patience

Her and Sebastian are total opposites when it comes to duelling

She’s more similar to Garreth (this is why I ship them)

Is a bit more fond of potions than wand work. Never really took to it.

Gave up and agreed to watch Sebastian from the sidelines with Ominis

Lucan

“Me duel? No no no, I’m a showman. I appreciate the craft. I could duel…but I won’t”

Everyone mothers him.

If he does ever spar, the person on the receiving end always feels bad for whatever they do to him. Giving him a big hug afterwards.

MC once blasted him into a barrel

He thought it was fantastic

MC hugs him and refuses to let go until it’s their next duel

Masterlist

[animasola86]

EVERYONE HAS BROWN EYES!

Except Garreth, Ominis, Cressida and Adelaide!

Long post full of slightly unflattering pictures of eyes and eyebrows incoming:

Or so I found. If you can name any other NPC who doesn't have brown eyes, please do so! Garreth can't be the only one with green eyes! (Among the students at least, haven't checked the adults yet...)

Now, let the brown-eyed-parade commence! (I really am not complaining!)

Starting with: Sebastian, Poppy, unnamed Slytherin boy and Andrew Larson

Continuing with: Grace Pinch-Smedley, Astoria Crickett, Zenobia Noke and Leander

On with: Samantha Dale, Natsai Onai, Amit Thakkar, Lucan Brattleby and Nellie Oggspire

And last and certainly least (sorry): Duncan Hobhouse and Everett Clopton

Concluding: 15 out of these 19 students have brown eyes. The lighting was never 100% perfect for these, but despite my bad eyesight I can at least confirm that Cressida and Adelaide do have blue-ish eyes (or green-ish?! The longer I stare at those, the less sure I am XD), while the rest of the students (except Garreth and Ominis obv) range from all kinds of brown eyes (hazel and darker and whatnot, I'm no expert). Which is, I guess, quite common in Britain/Scotland? (Again, neither expert nor a native - though I just did a very quick google search and apparently brown is rather rare?! At least today, let's just say in 1890 more ppl had brown eyes...)

Also: Adelaide has the longest eyelashes and Ominis and Grace have the best groomed eyebrows! Only Everett's glasses have nose pads and all three of them are round. (Things I noticed while staring at these for hours...)

Oh and I forgot so many! Let's look at them without picture evidence (lemme check the HL wiki real quick ahem):

Nerida Roberts (brown) Imelda Reyes (brown) Violet McDowell (brown)

Lenora Everleigh (brown) Sacharissa Tugwood (green???) Arthur Plummly (brown and glasses) Charlotte Morrison (brown) Evangeline Bardsley (brown)

(so it's now 22 out of 27 for brown eyes!)

Case in point, I'd say, even more ppl with brown eyes! (Have to take pictures of Sacharissa next!)

So, yeah, thanks for coming to my TED talk!

(Brown eyes rules! Though as a green-eyed-person myself I wish there were more of us XD)

[chrystabelleblaumferge]

Bethany Pentaghast

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Basic Information

Name: Bethany Annabelle Diane Elizabeth Pentaghast

Nicknames: Beth, 'Ma Cherie' (Clarisse), 'Birdie' (Professor Fig), 'Princess Blueblood' (Sebastian), Demoiselle Pentaghast (Alain)

Gender: Female

Birthday: 22nd June 1875

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Ethnicity: 1/2 English, 1/2 French

Nationality: English/British

Birthplace: St. Mungos Hospital, London, England

Species: Human (Witch)

Blood Status: Pureblood

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Physical Information

Hair Colour: Dark Red

Eye Colour: Ice Blue

Height: 145cm (Year 1)

Weight: 30kg (Year 1)

Body Type: (Will be Revealed by Book 5)

Three Sizes: (Will be Revealed by Book 5)

Skin Color: Pale

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Relationships

Familial

(Patrilineal)

Clarisse Pentaghast (Mother)

Edward Pentaghast (Father)

Maribelle Pentaghast (Half-Sister)

The Matriarch/Gertrude Pentaghast (Grandmother)

Albert Pentaghast (Grandfather - Deceased)

Cecelia Pentaghast (Aunt)

Arianna Pentaghast (Aunt)

Brunehilde 'Brynhildr' Pentaghast (Ancestor *10th Century)

Alphonse Malfoy (Ancestor *10th Century)

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(Matrilineal)

Charles Mercier (Grandfather)

Monique Mercier (Grandmother)

Amelie Gautier (Aunt)

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(Descendants)

Henrietta (Daughter)

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Non-Blood Related Relations

(Adoptive Family & Platonic Relations)

Eleazar Fig - Mentor, Adoptive Father Figure

Miriam Fig - Idol, Adoptive Mother Figure

Garreth Weasley - Good Friend

Cressida Blume - Friend

Samantha Dale - Friend

Merlin - Ally

Abraham Ronen - Favourite Professor next to Professor Fig

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(Neutral)

Sebastian Sallow - Rivals, but begrudgingly respects him. Conflicted on how she perceives him

Anne Sallow - Acquaintances

Poppy Sweeting - Acquaintances

Cecil Huntington - Respects as a Prefect

Mirabel Garlick - Respects as a Prefect and Head Girl

Aesop Sharp - Respects as a Teacher but fears him for his strictness

Dinah Hecat - Respects as a Teacher

Matilda Weasley - Respects as a Teacher and Head of House

Ominis Gaunt - Strangers

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(Romances)

(To be Revealed in Book 3)

(To be Revealed in Book 4)

(To be Revealed in Book 4)

(To be Revealed in Book 6 *Endgame Romance)

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(Enemies)

???? - Natural Enemies

Portia Codsworth - Despises for ruining her parents' marriage

Maribelle Pentaghast - Mutual Dislike from their mothers' rivalry

Everett Clopton - Bully, Enemies

Astoria Crickett - Bully, Enemies

Charlotte Morrison - Bully, Enemies

Leander Prewett - Bully* (Subject to change)

Bernadette Rosier - Disliked by her for Blood Traitor status

Aloysius Malfoy - Disliked by him for Blood Traitor status, Family rivalry

Members of House Malfoy - Family Rivalry, Old Feud from the 10th Century

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Loyalty, Alignment & Misc Information

Hogwarts House: Gryffindor

Moral Alignment: Lawful Good

Patronus: Phoenix

Boggart: (To be revealed after Book 3)

Amortentia: Lavender, Rose-scented Tea, Old Books

Loyalty:

Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry

Gryffindor House

Pentaghast Family (Faltering)

(Will be Revealed in Book 2)

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Personality

Bethany starts off as a studious, shy and socially reserved girl due to her strict upbringing. She is well-mannered and polite being raised in an aristocratic wizarding family. Being the firstborn daughter of House Pentaghast meant that her elders had great expectations for her to become the next Matriarch of her house.

Her mother and grandmother's strictness while growing up had led her to retreat to her books to daydream about tales of heroes of old as a means of escapism from her responsibilities. To her, books are her one escape from reality.

Her deep-rooted desire to escape the clutches of her demanding family and find the courage to forge her own path in life had caused the Sorting Hat to place her in Gryffindor as it overrides her desire to fulfill her elders' expectations of having her be sorted in Ravenclaw.

As she grows older, she becomes more confident and unafraid to speak her mind, influenced by Miriam Fig who inspired courage within her. She is a very kind individual whose sense of altruism would lead her to place others above herself. Even when wronged by someone, she refuses to let go of her strong moral code and treat her opponents with respect. She still prefers to treat races deemed inferior by wizardkind (Goblins, Faeries, etc) with respect despite her noble origins.

However, she does have a judgmental streak where she would display a dismissive attitude toward subjects or topics she considers illogical or regards as pseudo-science such as Astrology and Divination. This would lead her to several disagreements with her housemate Emilia Lindley, who loves both subjects dearly.

She can be dishonest with certain people, often displaying a "tsundere-like" behavior toward them. Often toward people with whom she feels conflicting emotions. Her inability to be forthcoming with them is largely influenced by how her mother would punish her harshly for expressing negative emotions.

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Likes:

Tales of Chivalry and Heroism (Mainly Le Morte d'Arthur)

Rose Scented Tea

Studying in the Common Room

Solving Mysteries

Dislikes:

Ghosts/Undead Creatures

Blood Supremacist Beliefs

Pureblood Culture

Dishonest Men

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Subject Proficiency

Defense Against the Dark Arts: A+, Did not start as naturally talented in the subject but becomes better at it through hardwork

Charms: S+, Displays great aptitude for spellcasting and control over Charms

History of Magic: S, Passion for reading and learning lets her excel in the subject

Arithmancy: A+, Good at solving mathematical problems as needed for Ancient Magic research

Runology: A+, Displays utmost passion due to correlation to Ancient Magic research

Potions: A-, Would have scored higher if she did not enable Garreth's bad habits in making Sharp angry

Herbology: C, Decent but lacks interest

Astronomy: C, Decent but lacks interest

Divination: F, Despises and lacks clairvoyance

Care for Magical Creatures: C, Decent but lacks interest

Flying: F, Disastrously Bad

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Miscellaneous

OC to OC Relations (Allowed, but must ask for permission)

All information is subject to change as the series progresses, more shall be revealed later

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Credits

yooreeart (for commissioned drawing)

[hogwartslegacyprideweek]

We are thrilled that – after a couple of months of planning behind the scenes – the kneazle is finally out of the bag: the first ever Hogwarts Legacy Pride Week is coming in June 2025 🌈

We have been so incredibly pleased with the excitement amongst the fandom at the announcement of this event and look forward to sharing more in the coming weeks and eventually seeing what this brilliant and diverse fandom creates for Pride Week.

We promised more details... and here they are!

(See below the cut)

What is Hogwarts Legacy Pride Week?

Hogwarts Legacy Pride Week is a week long event run by fans, for fans that celebrates LGBTQ+ content and creators within the fandom.

When is Hogwarts Legacy Pride Week?

The first Hogwarts Legacy Pride Week will take place from June 9th to June 15th 2025.

How does it work? 

The event will take place over one week/seven days and each day will have specific prompts/themes which folks can create fan content around.

What are the themes?

More detail on that soon... keep your eyes peeled and wands ready for the next post 👀

Why were these prompts chosen? 

All prompts were chosen to be as inclusive and accessible as possible and can be interpreted in various ways to ensure no one in the fandom is excluded.

We understand this fandom is made up of folks from across the LGBTQ+ spectrum and whose identities are often intersectional. For this reason we will not use prompts that can only be interpreted as relating to one group or another; for example themes solely related to romantic relationships.

How can I take part?

There will be so many ways to take part in Hogwarts Legacy Pride Week. From fanfics and fanart to fanvids, moodboards, screenshots and playlists, there are so many ways to get involved!

You can create content for ships, such as Sebastian x MC, Poppy x Imelda or MC x MC, as well as individual characters separate from romantic and platonic relationships.

Do I have to fill every prompt? 

Whilst we certainly encourage folks to take part in the whole week, we completely appreciate this might not be possible with personal commitments outside of fandom.

Whether you decide to make something for just one day or for all seven, we cannot wait to see it! 

Can I submit multiple times for the same prompt?

Absolutely. If you feel particularly inspired by a prompt and want to produce multiple piece of work, for example a fanfic and fanart, go ahead!  

I am not LGBTQ+, can I take part? 

Absolutely. There are lots of folks across the fandom who are not a part of the LGBTQ+ community but have LGBTQ+ ships and/or MCs and we happily welcome them to take part.

It must always be noted that the aim of this event is for it to be a safe space for LGBTQ+ folks, so anyone who is not a member of the LGBTQ+ community – but wishes to take part – must always remember this.

Can I use AI?

This event actively discourages the use of AI (e.g. Chat GPT, Bing AI, Lumen etc).

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[juliesmac]

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FINALLY, I bring you the finished character sheet of Valerie! and just in time for her birthday!! so, happy birthday to the silly character I put so much thought into>:)

depending on how things progress in the future this will probably be edited over time to add new things/change things!

I figured since it is her birthday, I should technically introduce y’all to her some more! so, without further ado,

Name :: Valerie June Pine

Age :: sixteen +

Nickname(s) :: pinecone, junebug, junie

Gender & Pronouns :: female, she/her

Birthday :: June 15th, 1874

Nationality :: British / Born in Westminster, London, UK.

Zodiac Sign :: Gemini

Languages Spoken :: English, French.

Hobbies: herbology, journaling and writing, reading about dragons and various rare creatures, playing the piano (but only knowing 2 songs), exploring and going on adventures to learn more. she enjoys divination and a good prank

Favourite Colour(s) :: Red, Blue, Yellow, Green, Beige

Favourite Place(s) :: Hogsmeade, The Forbidden Forest, London, Warm summer afternoons

Favourite Food(s) :: Mashed Potatoes, Green Beans, Pumpkin Pie, Strawberry Jam on toast, Freshly baked bread, Chicken

Least Favourite(s) :: Custard, Rhubarb, anything sour!!

Favourite Drink(s) :: Cinnamon Tea, Pumpkin Spice Tea, Orange Juice

Best Friend(s) :: Sebastian Sallow, Ominis Gaunt, Natsai Onai, Poppy Sweeting, Garreth Weasley, Imelda Reyes, Amit Thakkar, Adelaide Oakes, Leander Prewett, Evangeline Bardsley, Nellie Oggspire, Grace Pinch-Smedley, Nerida Roberts

Love Interest(s) :: Poppy Sweeting, Ominis Gaunt

Other Friends :: Anne Sallow, Samantha Dale, Cressida Blume, Lucan Brattleby, Everett Clopton, Astoria Crickett, Deek, Sophronia Franklin, Richard Jackdaw, Zenobia Noke, Mahendra Pehlwaan, Arthur Plummly, Sirona Ryan, Scrope, Professor Fig, Professor Weasley

Enemies :: Ranrok, Victor Rookwood, The Poachers

About her family ::

Father - Michael Wolf Pine (Diseased)

Mother - Mary-Anne Peony Pine (Diseased)

Family Background - Living most of her life surrounded by muggles was primarily her mothers choice, and throughout her early years, she was not introduced to magic or the wizarding world. Her mother aimed to keep her out of wizarding world affairs for as long as she possibly could, due to her beliefs that her own kind was too dangerous for her pure-blooded child. Because of this, they stayed in London and surrounded themselves with muggles to keep themselves hidden.

Mary-Anne’s entire life she felt more drawn to beasts, and spent most of her life only surrounded by plants rather than with people. That was, however, until she met Valerie’s father.

It was fact, that wizarding families were more prone to losing younger family members. Their inability to control their own magic made them noticeable, and in turn vulnerable to Muggle witch-hunters.

Valerie’s fathers work studying muggles was often frowned upon by his magical peers. In the 17th century, a time where Valarie’s parents were mainly raised & surrounded by fear due to the persecution of wizarding children and adults, muggles would often attempt to force witches and wizards to perform magic for their needs. And because of this wizards and witches decided to retaliate, some— even decided to harm muggles . Due to these events, there was (and still is) a heavy distrust between wizarding kind and muggles, and vice versa. Some wizards even considered starting a war with the muggles because of all the witch trials and executions. Stigma still lies around muggles and their past hatred for wizardkind, but Valerie’s parents trust muggles more than wizarding kind because of their lack of power.

Of course, with time comes curiosity, and by the age of 11 Valerie was no longer naive enough to believe that her father was really just working an office job. Of course, she pursued learning magic in secret from her mother regardless. Valerie found ways to read her mothers old herbology journals, to access her fathers filing cabinets in his home office, where she read about the ministry of magic and found a copy of the daily prophet. Nonetheless, soon it became too hard to hide the fact that she was a witch in front of muggles.

So for the safety of her family, Valerie's mother reluctantly they decided to move to Godric's Hollow, a quaint village in the West Country of England. It was a small community, which centered on a village square with only a church, a post office, a pub, and a few retail shops (Including one she would eventually own). It was the exact kind of quiet they needed, even if Valerie’s mother did not completely agree. 

Her mother eventually had opened a retail herbology store in Godric's Hollow, that primarily served as a shop to sell ingredients for potions, etc. But she also housed quite a few magical beasts in the barn behind the shop.

Death Date: 1890, September 2nd. Poachers, who happened to be passing through their small town, walked into her shop and insisted on taking the beasts off her hands for a ‘discounted price’. Her mother insisted against it, stood her ground, and made it clear she would not be giving away any of her beasts today, and especially not to them. As a result, on their way out of town the poachers proceeded to set the barn on fire. While the barn and the connecting store burnt down in a fiery blaze, her mother ran inside the barn to rescue as many beasts as she could. When she did not return after they saw most of the beasts escape, Valerie's father ran inside to save her mother as well. Neither survived the tragic incident.

Because of her parents death, she decided to take whatever money she could make selling their old property, and use it towards transferring to Hogwarts to start her 5th year and begin learning magic. Revenge drives her, and she will do anything to learn magic so she can wipe out as many poachers as she can.

[simply-slytherin]

Fun little bits of lore I’m overhearing.

So I’ve decided to follow NPC’s around and explore Hogwarts more. I’m catching new pieces of dialogue.

Did you know there’s a Ravenclaw with a massive crush on Everett Clopton? Her two besties, a Ravenclaw and Gryffindor are teasing her about it and she’s denying it.

A Slytherin boy tried sending a love letter to Imelda. Key word is try. It didn’t go over too well. He said something about her personality that was supposed to come off as a compliment but it didn’t.

Zenobia Nokes does not only ball at Gobstones she also does Quidditch. Her family seems really into it so one could assume she might kick butt on the field. 

Also Astoria Crickett is a little shit and I’m happy some student named Hilda turned her into a worm.

[cecilia01]

Ordinary

Chapter four Raspberry and Scones

As I was pacing through the deserted corridors and up the marble staircases on my way to the Ravenclaw common room, I couldn’t get my mind off her eyes. Why did I find them so icy? Why can’t I erase the picture from my mind? Why did no one else notice it? Surely, there must be something wrong with me…

I absent-mindendly reached the end of the circular room, to find Samanta circling up and down in front of the windows, bending left and right, getting into all sorts of strange positions. ‘What on earth are you doing, Sam? Stretching?’ I asked her with a grin. ‘No,’ she looked up from her plant, eyes glistening with enthusiasm. ‘I want him to be in the perfect place. Somewhere he’ll be happy!’ ‘By dancing around it?’ ‘No, Lia!’ she frowned. ‘Great golden gobstones, I can’t seem to find it.’ ‘Well, I am not sure the others would take great care of him here, anyway… How about we put him in our dormitory? There is a handsome place next to the window…’ ‘I suppose you’re right,’ she sighed. ‘I just reckoned people would appreciate having more greenery around… But anyway, I’ll get my basket from our room, there is still some scones my mother gave. Shall we go down to the others? Amit said everyone would be down for the afternoon.’ ‘All right, we shall.’

We left the common room with the basket of scones, a blanket, and bottles of raspberry syrup, that Astoria Cricket presented us. ‘I hate it with burning passion, but my uncle forgets it every year, and sends me multiple bottles…Please, take them, I can’t bear the smell’ she said with a thud and dumped a whole box at us. ‘We can now make a proper picnic with all this!’ gushed Samantha, skipping down the stairs.

When we stepped out of the castle, we realised why the corridors were so deserted, as the whole school seemed to have the same idea to spend the last of the warm afternoons outside. There were scattered groups of students laying in the grass all around the grounds, playing games like wizards chess, gobstones or cards, others were flying around in the sky, chasing each other. We passed a group of second-years tearing about, and sat down next to Natty, under the shade of a great tree. She seemed to be highly amused, as she watched Imelda and Garreth. ‘Garreth hasn’t stopped annoying Imelda with something since we left class. He wouldn’t admit it, but I think he does it to make her forget about the whole Quiddich issue.’ ‘I would say he succeeds at that. She seems nothing but infuriated,’ I said, narrowing my eyes in the bright sunlight. At that moment Imelda and Garreth were transferring their chase into the sky, hopping on merlin-knows-whose broomstick. His laughter filled the entire sky, while swishing around with a neck breaking speed. ‘They are getting along quite well, don’t you think?’ ‘I wouldn’t say getting along is the right term, though… ‘looked Samantha up from the blanket she set the picnic up. ‘BOOOYS, WOULD YOU LIKE SOME SCONES?’ she shouted at the top of her lungs, waving in the direction of Amit, Everett and Leander Prewett, who were sitting near the fountain. ‘Oooh, scones? Are they filled? Not? No problem, I always have some pumpkin jam with me in case I get hungry. Hold on…’ said Leander appearing next to us so quickly, you would think he dissaparated. ‘Pumpkin jam, you say? But we don’t have anything to scoop it with…’ said Sam wryly. ‘Ha, I’m no mere amateur, Samantha. I always bring spoons of course. How else would I eat it? Out of the can? That would be weird. ‘Yes, that would definitely be weird.’ said Amit with a grin. ‘You can ridicule me all you want, Amit, but you’ll think of me and my delicious pumpkin jam, when you sit hungry on a Transfiguration class. And then… then you shall understand. Excellent scones, by the way, Samantha. Is it made with nutmeg? I can taste it. You see, I…’ ‘OMINIIIIS. OVER HERE.’ bellowed Amit as he sighted the boy stepping out the wooden front door. ‘We’re having a picnic, care to join?’ ‘Well, all right,’ said Ominis timidly, looking a bit lost without Sebastian on his side.

As we all settled down on the blanket, opened the bottles of raspberry juice and even glazed some of the scones with Leander’s pumpkin jam, I turned to Ominis. ‘How is Anne faring? Have you heard of her?’ ‘When I visited them in the summer, she seemed well, given the circumstances. Occupies herself with reading and wandering around the cottages mostly. Keeps her mind busy.’ ‘Good to hear. We all hope she can return momentarily.’ ‘Sebastian is doing all he can, even if it gets him into trouble, unfortunately. But he is stubborn, nothing will change his determination,’ said Ominis with a tone of deepest fondness, biting a bit of unjammed scone. ‘Speaking of which. Is he visiting her? I can’t see him around…’ I asked, trying to sound completely casual. But why was my face heating? ‘No, he is off to Hogsmeade with the new girl.’ ‘Oh, really? That is nice, the weather is great for a walk, I suppose,’ I forced a smile. But why is it bothering me? It doesn’t make sense at all. ‘Indeed,’ said Ominis with a smile on the corner of his lips. ‘But I suppose, the reason is more likely the command of Professor Weasley.’ I was glad he couldn’t see the sudden relieved expression of my face, or the crimson colour of my cheeks, that had nothing to do with the heat of the settling sun.

[catohphm]

Okay so after some good feedback from a few moots, here’s my new headcanon for Solomon’s case in Hogwarts Legacy-

After getting sacked from the Auror Office at the Ministry of Magic, Solomon Sallow relied on his family’s remaining savings to cover everyday expenses. Not exactly the best parental figure and role model to his niece and nephew Anne and Sebastian, it can’t be said he was active in looking for work either. The fact that his reputation was damaged from the fallout from losing his job did nothing to help. When the money ran out, Solomon had to turn to a less than reputable lender for financial support. His bad record with the Ministry also barred him from borrowing money through trustworthy institutions like Gringotts. 

The ex-auror’s debts racked up at a rapid pace with no reliable source of income. He received many warning letters from the loan shark that went unaddressed as the situation got worse. The loan shark, which had ties with the same shady group Ravenclaw student Astoria Crickett was connected to, was fed up with Solomon. They hired Victor Rookwood to collect. He confronted the ex-auror at his home in Feldcroft during an assault on the village. Infuriated that Solomon didn’t have the money, Rookwood cursed Anne as leverage to make her uncle cough up the galleons. Before he apparated away, the dark wizard threatened that next time he showed up and Solomon didn’t have the money, he, Sebastian and Anne would be killed. 

Around the time In the Shadow of the Relic would take place normally, Rookwood and his goons return to Feldcroft, they after Solomon for the money. Ominis, Anne, Sebastian and Danny (my MC) witness Solomon get killed by the debt collectors for not paying his dues. They seize and warp away with the relic Sebs was going to heal his sister with plus Slytherin’s spellbook, intent on pawning the loot away to make up for the money Solomon owed.