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it’s been 𝐬𝐢𝐱 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 since the 𝐦𝐮𝐠𝐠𝐥𝐞𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐧 witch, 𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐘 𝐌𝐀𝐂𝐃𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋𝐃 was sorted into 𝐠𝐫𝐲𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐫 upon arriving at hogwarts. i suppose over the years we’ve learnt that she is 𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐝, 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 & 𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟-𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐥𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭, i guess that’s why they were sorted where they were. ( 𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑎 𝑐��𝑛𝑑𝑜𝑟. )

𝐀𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐒 !

rose-glossed lips sweet from peach schnapps, wishing on a firefly when the night is overcast, re-organizing your room for the third time that week, the warm touch of a hand when words fail, buttery croissants in a sun-dappled cafe, and the realization you’ve grown too big for your childhood bed.

𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐈 𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐘𝐋𝐈𝐒𝐓 !

i. MIRROR BALL - taylor swift.

ii. A LITTLE BIT ALEXIS - schitt’s creek / annie murphy.

character inspo includes: tahani al-jamil ( the good place ), alexis rose ( schitt’s creek ) rachel green ( friends ), vilde lien hellerud ( skam ), elle woods ( legally blonde ), ty lee ( a:tla ), amy march ( little women ), charlotte la bouff ( princess and the frog ), galinda upland ( wicked )

mary macdonald was brought up rich. rich in money and rich in support & love. she was the only child of charles and nancy macdonald, a fairly wealthy english couple. they weren’t like, obscenely wealthy. there were no butlers ironing the morning paper, or private planes. but they were the sort of wealthy that gets taken for granted – growing up, mary never wanted for anything. she’s used to vacationing somewhere warm and historic every summer. picture mcmansions, suburban pta meetings, disney princess movies, dressing up nice for sundays at church.

her parents were very much involved in her childhood, and always supported her throughout every twist and turn in her life. she’s always been very open with her parents and tells them everything. usually.

she also did child beauty pageants when she was little. adults adored her. the word darling was frequently heard to describe mary macdonald. it’s definitely shaped who she is as a person – frequently competitive, a little desperate for validation, often too concerned about appearances, always knows how to pull on a winning smile even when you just want to go home and cry. #relatable

but the love and support in her childhood has also shaped who she is. her spoiled upbringing has gifted her with an indefatigable sense of optimism and an inability to take no for an answer. she lives in a world where everything can be solved and everything has its place. her parents’ faith & religion has taught her to believe in the genuine good of humanity, and that if you do good things, you will be rewarded.

fast forward to 1971, when mary turned fourteen, and learned she was a witch. her parents almost didn’t want to send her to hogwarts, but mary was so excited by the idea that they couldn’t possibly say no to their little girl. so off she went, bundled up in a burberry jacket and scarf, armed with the best supplies diagon alley had to offer. she was definitely that obnoxious kid with the gold scales. mary’s parents didn’t mean to spoil her rotten, they were just sending their daughter to this place they knew nothing about for several months and this was the best way they knew to protect her. they also sent her daily letters and weekly care packages for her entire first term in first year. wow

she was sorted into gryffindor upon arriving & immediately began to make friends, thanks to her chatty & cheery nature. and also thanks to her need to have everyone she meets like her. they didn’t, of course – i’d like to say most people did, at least after the initial mary shock wore off, but of course there were those who found her overpowering and abrasive. and there were those who disliked her simply because of the blood running through her veins.

she approached hogwarts with determination & optimism. and maybe a little bit of competitiveness. fun fact: the sorting hat briefly considered slytherin for her because of her ambition and charm, but when it comes down to it, she’s a gryffindor through and through. she joined clubs, she talked to professors after class, she made neat, colour-coordinated notes. she made her presence known from day 1 and took hogwarts by storm. she wanted to be popular, she wanted to be noticed

and she was – just also by the wrong sort of people. in her fifth year, she was attacked by mulciber ( something i’ll plot out more once we get a mulciber )

but uh yeah this caused a shitload of trauma ! for one thing, she was paranoid as fuck for a long while after the attack. she was terrified of being alone, and still is to an extent. she was haunted by nightmares almost every night for months. but most of all – the attack sparked an unidentifiable doubt and sadness as she struggled to reconcile her optimistic beliefs with the horrors she now knew existed in the world.

she kept it all on the down-low, though, and a lot of people who were at hogwarts at the time don’t know how bad the attack actually affected her. because she just pulled on a pageant-winning smile, and did what she was best at – pretending everything was okay. not a great way of coping with trauma !

she didn’t even tell her parents. she knew how worried they would be, and she didn’t want them to feel like they couldn’t protect their daughter. they knew a boy named mulciber had cursed her, but they thought it was just an instance of schoolyard bullying, and mary lied and told them he was expelled because of it.

eventually, she started getting past it – sometimes she still wakes up from nightmares, sure, and she still has her bad days, but she’s surviving and growing. for now.

so ! what kind of a person is mary macdonald ? controlling. idealistic. uncertain. perfectionistic. vain. tender. materialistic. flirtatious. stubborn. ambitious. charming. conflicted. spoiled. impulsive. yearning. loving.

she likes everything planned to a tee, jotted down neatly in her favourite pink leather planner. she colour codes all her notes. her room is always neat and tidy and her makeup is always impeccable.

if this were a muggle high school au, she would be the head of the prom planning committee and it would have a 1950s theme.

she will give you way too many second chances and it will break her heart. she believes in the good of humanity with a stubbornness that’s almost naive.

she is way too dependent on validation, i’m gonna tell you right now. a total attention seeker, but she manages to be just charming enough that it isn’t annoying. her good looks don’t hurt, either.

she can be petty ! she can definitely be so petty ! and way too used to getting what she wants. i hate her

she is one of the quidditch commentators except uh … girl knows nothing about quidditch. mostly just gossips into the mic about the players while her partner commentator ( wc !!!!! ) actually commentates on the gameplay. but she’s managed to keep the position cause it entertains the audience and draws out students who aren’t as interested in quidditch

loose connection ideas: ima be honest with you, mary is a ho. gimme fwb, hookups, ex-flings. the more drama the betterrr. also, girl squad wya ?? OR EX-FRIENDS. the dramaaaa. again, would love another quidditch commentator. i’d also love a frenemy plot, a bad influence, a good influence, a one-sided crush ( on either side ), study buddies, or just straight up enemies, a bickering relationship … anything tbh