#Nina Fawley

[infcinity]

hiddenwashington winter market mini event 2 electric boogaloo!

here is my starter call for the mini event!! I’m going to be capping them at 4 per character and only three requests per mun for the moment because I’m just coming back from hiatus and trying to get back into the swing of doing replies!

please let me know who you would like a starter for, i won’t do it if you just say for anyone because i’m the worst when it comes to picking a random character!!

current count: seven

alcina dimitrescu ( 3 / 4 ) daniela dimitrescu, billy loomis, eleanor crain

annie james ( 0 / 4 )  

ben solo ( 1 / 4 ) anakin skywalker

chrissy cunningham ( 1 / 4 ) nina salazar roberts

emily biers ( 0 / 4 )  

ewan mckinnon ( 5 / 4 ) stitch pelekai, dale cooper, felicity mckinnon, madeline mckinnon, cleo mckinnon

george weasley ( 2 / 4 ) rubeius hagrid, roxanne weasley

hattie shaw ( 0 / 4 )  

helena ravenclaw ( 1 / 4 ) salazar slytherin

jeyne poole ( 0 / 4 )  

jiang cheng ( 0 / 4 )  

jyn erso ( 0 / 4 )  

kirei monsula ( 0 / 4 )  

lan sizhui ( 0 / 4 )  

mai ( 0 / 4 )  

natasha romanoff ( 4 / 4 ) yelena belova, peggy carter, steve rogers, antonia dreykov

parker halliwell ( 2 / 4 ) pj halliwell, wyatt halliwell

rhiannon fawley ( 1 / 4 ) ciri

robb stark ( 2 / 4 ) myrcella baratheon. catelyn stark

sarra palpatine ( 1 / 4 ) silco

sirius black ( 1 / 4 ) marlene mckinnon

winter celchu ( 2 / 4 ) jacen solo, ahsoka tano

[ramblings-of-a-mad-cat]

Picrew IV

@dia-m-o​ Thank you so much for the tag! I apologize for my tardiness but I’m sure you’re used to it by now. 😂😅I used this Picrew to create Nina Fawley! 

Remembrance readers, you know who she is. Luca, Gail, and Jacob’s mother. Here she is on her wedding day. They didn’t have brown eyes available so I gave her violet ones, but I’m so glad I could actually give her a crown of black flowers.

She seems so sweet, right? So innocent? Got them pre-wedding jitters, can’t be older than twenty-five. Surely she’s alright? Well, here she is twenty years later, after seizing control of R and proceeding to murder her son.

No so sweet anymore, huh? 

By the power invested in me by the State of Tumblr, I tag @lins-hogwarts-mystery​ @minniboe​ @missnight0wl​ @riffquinzel​

[ramblings-of-a-mad-cat]

I would consider it an honor to speak on behalf of Jacob's twin siblings - Luca and/or Gail. I'd also love to speak on behalf of their mother, Nina.

Get to know my character

Reblog this so your followers can spam your ask box. Have fun! ♥

01. What does your character’s name mean? Did you pick it for the symbolism, or did you just like the way it sounded? 02. What is one of your character’s biggest insecurities? Are they able to hide it easily or can others easily exploit this weakness? 03. What would be their favorite physical trait about themselves? 04. What are their favorite traits about their lover? (one psychological and one physical) 05. Are they sexually confident or more of the shy type? 06. Do they have any hobbies that their lover finds unusual, odd, or otherwise annoying? 07. Is there a catchphrase or sound that they tend to make a lot (likely without being aware of it)? 08. What is, perhaps, their biggest flaw? Are they aware of this or oblivious to it? 09. Do they have a favorite season? What about a favorite holiday? 10. Is your character more feminine or masculine? 11. What is something that would make your character fly into a rage? 12. Is there some particular talent, skill, or attribute that they simply could not give up? 13. What are your character’s sleeping habits? Heavy or light sleeper? Blanket stealer? One that always rolls onto the floor? Pushes their lover onto the floor? Sleep talker or walker? 14. Do they live alone or with family? How do they feel about their family/roommates? 15. Is there a certain person in this world that they cannot stand? The very mention of this person’s name makes them tremble with anger or fear. 16. Is your character the athletic type or more of a couch potato? What are some sports/games that they like? 17. Does your character have dreams of getting married and/or having children? 18. What kind of home would they want to live in? Where would they place this abode? 19. Would your character be the kind to get into fights? (physical or verbal) Would they be a good fighter or cave in rather easily? 20. Does your character like animals? What are some of their favorite animals? Would they want pets? What about mythological creatures? 21. What is one of your character’s biggest fears? How would they react when dealing with this fear? 22. What kind of tattoos, piercings, birthmarks, freckles, and other such unique physical features do they have? 23. What is your character like when it comes to school? What subjects are they good/bad at? Do they get in trouble a lot or are well behaved? 24. In their own words, how would your character describe what their lover is like? 25. Is there something traumatic from your character’s past that greatly affects them even to this day? 26. What is their lover like sexually? How do they feel about their lover’s quirks, needs, etc? 27. If your character was going to get arrested, what would be the most likely reason for it? 28. If your character became a celebrity, what would they be famous for? 29. What is one of the most courageous things your character has ever done for a loved one? 30. When it comes to the arts (music, film, theater, etc), what does your character like? 31. Would your character be the kind capable of killing? Would they enjoy killing or only use it when necessary or, perhaps, refuse to kill no matter what? 32. If your character’s lover offered to take them out on a dream date, what would they want to do? 33. If your character wanted to be alone, where would they go? 34. Does your character have favorite foods? (breakfast, lunch, dinner, dessert, snacks, etc) 35. Is your character afraid of death? If they got to choose how to die, how would they want to go? 36. Does your character have any medical conditions? Are they serious or minor? Do they affect their day to day life? 37. What are some of your character’s pet peeves? What are some things that annoy them or disgust them? 38. What kind of weather does your character like? Cloudy skies, rainy days, sunshine, etc? 39. When people look at your character, is there some assumption they might make about them just by appearance? Is that assumption correct? 40. Does your OC have any guilty pleasures they enjoy? Hobbies, past times, music, etc that they wouldn’t want known by others? 41. Does your character’s family affect your character in any way? 42. Is there anything in your character’s past that they regret, haunts them, or they wish they could change? 43. Does your character have a switch that changes aspects of their personality whether they are around friends, family, etc. Is there someone who gets to see their true self? 44. Is there a particular event that would emotionally devastate your character? 45. Is your character the kind to hide their true emotions or do they wear their heart on their sleeve?

46. What is some random affectionate thing that your character always does to their lover? 47. Is your character outgoing? Would they be the leader of the friend group, or the quiet one that gets dragged along? 48. Is there anything in particular that would ignite your character’s jealousy? Or does your character not get envious? 49. What is something that your character has nightmares about? Are these frequent? Do they heavily affect your character’s mood? 50. If your character confessed love to their crush, boyfriend, girlfriend, etc, what would they say?

[upinsmoke-gossip]

As autumn arrives, who seems most likely to get into the cozy spirit?

Think it’s time for everyone to bundle up in front of a fire and keep each other warm, do you? Well, Antonin Dolohov and Nina Fedorova are the first to come to mind since they’ve been seen getting cozy before and now they both have a loss to bond over.

It seems like a professional requirement for Han Lee to be in the cozy spirit, but he’s been sighted looking pretty comfortable around Luka Petrov and it seems like there isn’t any money changing hands there. I guess even someone like Han needs some downtime.

Then finally, Nigel Twycross seems like the most likely of any of them to cozy up to someone for the holidays, but the only question is, who is he cuddling up with? He’s been seen flirting with Gilderoy Lockhart and Henry Fawley and I think someone else, but eventually all those guys just blur together for me. 

@antonintheviper @ninafedxrxva @luka-petrov @hanestlythebestlee @nigel-twycross @staygoldengilderoy @fawley-en-face

[perfectirishgifts]

The U.S. Must Get Ahead Of The Curve On Electric Vehicles And Climate Change

New Post has been published on https://perfectirishgifts.com/the-u-s-must-get-ahead-of-the-curve-on-electric-vehicles-and-climate-change/

The U.S. Must Get Ahead Of The Curve On Electric Vehicles And Climate Change

Tesla Inc. electric vehicles charge at the Tesla Supercharger station in Fremont, California, U.S., … [] on Monday, July 20, 2020. Tesla Inc. is scheduled to release earnings figures on July 22. Photographer: Nina Riggio/Bloomberg

When Dan Yergin sat down virtually with reporters, the vice-chair of IHS Markit explained how a Middle Eastern oil executive was stunned at how many Tesla TSLA s he saw on the road in California. It was a foretelling sign — one that spoke volumes not just about oil’s future but also about climate security. 

The big question is whether oil will soon hit its peak, all in the context of whether electric vehicles will continue to gain traction in auto markets. Ironically, the biggest customers for oil and gas will come from Asia, which also has a simultaneous long-range goal of going green and curbing its greenhouse gas emissions. 

“We are seeing the impact of climate change with the various extreme events: the Australian fires, the cyclones and the droughts,” says Dr. Thani Ahmed Al Zeyoudi, Minister of the Ministry of Climate Change and the Environment for the United Arab Emirates, in an earlier interview with this reporter. “We can no longer pass this to future generations to deal with.” 

The UAE, which just discovered 22 billion barrels of unconventional oil reserves, says that it is planning on a world with no oil — that it is investing in green energy projects domestically and in new technologies all over the world. The country is home to several solar plants, hosting one of the world’s largest: the Noor Abu Dhabi. It generates more than 1,100 megawatts of power. 

Yes, “peak oil” and climate change are interrelated. Enter electric vehicles, which according to Bloomberg New Energy Finance will gain speed: it says that EVs are now 10% of the global passenger market. But that number will grow to 28% in 2030 and 40% in 2040. Why? National policies will favor decarbonization while the cost of batteries that power the cars will keep falling. The cost of EVs and cars with an internal combustion engine will even out in the mid-2020s, it says. 

And China and Europe are where the growth will occur: 72% of all such cars by 2030. That’s because their governments are taking bold action to curb CO2 and to get folks to decarbonize their transportation. The United States, it adds, will fall a bit behind but it will catch up by 2030. UAE’s Abu Dhabi National Oil Company proudly proclaims that the country has to be ready to celebrate the sale of its last barrel of oil. Right now, renewables make up 10% of its generation portfolio.

Slippery Slope for Oil

BEIJING, CHINA – NOVEMBER 16: Cheng Wei, CEO of Didi, attends a launch event of D1 electric vehicle … [] on November 16, 2020 in Beijing, China. D1 electric vehicle is jointly developed by Didi Chuxing and Chinese automobile maker BYD for ride-sharing services. (Photo by Xin Yue/Huanqiu.com/VCG via Getty Images)

Consider Tesla’s sales, especially in China: according to Investor’s Business Daily, Tesla sold 21,604 cars there in November — up from 12,000-plus a month earlier. Expect even better results in 2021, which is when the carmaker will begin making EVs in Shanghai. Globally, Tesla has exceeded its 2019 sales — remarkable, given that most other automakers have seen their sales fall this year. As a result, the company’s stock jumped 7% on Monday to more than $641 a share. 

Will oil use decline because of this trend — a commodity now out of favor because the coronavirus has weakened the demand for it? Bloomberg New Energy Finance, Wood MacKenzie and BP have predicted that oil’s relevance in the transport sector will wane as EV interest picks up. In the most extreme case, BP says that global oil demand will decline by 80% by 2050. In its “business-as-usual” case, it falls by 10% during this time. Otherwise, expect a 50% drop. 

To that end, China’s President Xi told the UN General Assembly that his country would hit peak CO2 releases by 2030 and that it would be carbon neutral by 2060. The goal is to wean itself from fossil fuel dependence and from having to rely on the United States and Russia for oil. Even then, the country says that it wants to reduce CO2 releases from oil and gas right now. How?

“We want to help assure that the petroleum sector is doing its share to address its contribution to climate change,” says Mitchell F. Stanley, the chair of the National Center for Sustainable Development in Washington, DC.

His group help set up the Greater Bay Area International Energy Transaction Center in China — an exchange that connects myriad buyers and sellers of energy products. “The Energy Transaction Center’s leadership can help to quickly push for the use of existing global product solutions that can materially reduce the environmental impact of petroleum shipment, storage and use,” Mitchell adds.

Read the Signs

SOUTHAMPTON – APRIL 21: General views as the sun sets behind Fawley Oil Refinery on April 21, 2020 … [] in Southampton, United Kingdom. The slump in demand for oil due to the ongoing COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, combined with the failure of oil-producing countries to slow production has resulted in the price of crude oil crashing, with US oil trading briefly at minus $37 a barrel yesterday. (Photo by Naomi Baker/Getty Images)

To be sure, predicting oil’s fate is a fool’s game. After selling at record lows in April, the price increased 20% in November: a barrel of Brent oil from northwest Europe has a January future’s price of nearly $46. Inventories are falling as well, all on top of the fact that OPEC producers say that they will limit the amount of production. 

To boot, the U.S. Energy Information Administration expects Brent crude oil to sell for $79 a barrel in 2025. By 2040, the agency says that those prices will be $146. 

But the underlying fundamentals suggest something different. Start with the assumption that oil prices will rise: if they rise high enough, people conserve and prices fall. Meantime, over the next decade, EVs will get better and cheaper while new technologies will come to market to make the internal combustion engine more efficient. At the same time, national governments will likely increase their efforts to curb CO2 emissions. 

“Oil and gas – while remaining needed for decades – will be increasingly challenged as society shifts away from its reliance on fossil fuels,” says Bernard Looney, chief executive officer of BP. 

If the onrush of Teslas on California’s roads are a precursor of things to come, then Dan Yergin says that countries will jockey for position in this new world economy: China’s zero-carbon pledge coupled with its advanced research into car batteries gives it a head start while Russia’s economic dependence on oil and gas put it at a disadvantage. The transition to decarbonization may be longer than what the experts are predicting, Yergin notes. But it will happen — and the United States has to catch up and then get ahead of the curve.

From Energy in Perfectirishgifts

[ramblings-of-a-mad-cat]

Luca: Because they like getting along with their friends, and being anything other than good and nice feels icky.

Gail: Because she feels an intense, crippling obligation to live up to her own ideals and represent the integrity that she believes in.

Nina: Because she's already given up too much for her goals, and no way will she allow it to have all been for nothing.

(Nina's technically a villain but she thinks she's a hero, so it counts.)

I’m curious now, what keeps your characters doing the hero thing?

Faith? A sense of duty? Resigned to their fate?

Think long and hard and tell me what it is that motivates them to do what they don’t need to.

[professorsoak]

nina dobrev, matthew daddario, ross butler, camila mendes.

Nina: I don’t think I’ve ever had a really terrible Nina experience unlike most people? I played with one really weird Nina that tried to ship with an Ian Somerhalder fc even though his chara was like 30 and she was playing a 15-year-old which was weird. But @jcsefinepettersen‘s Ana Krum has been so amazing that I really like Nina’s face now and probably forever.

Matt: I’ve never had a Matt fc stick around very long in an rp I was in? Which is weird given he’s one of the most universally popular faces in the community. I did briefly play off a Zoology nerd character at a college rp I was in and he was adorable.

Ross: I’ve never gotten to roleplay with Ross Butler’s face and I cry about it daily.

Camila: Once again, this is one of those really popular fcs that never sticks around??? I shipped with a Camila fc once though and I really liked her character, but I was never really convinced she was committed to the ship because she had so many other options. So it became a thing where I had to try and back my character out of a corner of being really into her because I couldn’t tell what was going on? But I really love @robbaerywrites‘s Blair Fawley and you know I loved her dynamic with your Justin (which is weird because I’m so not into the whole Archie/Ronnie thing on Riverdale) and I just really wanted them to kiss!

[thegoldenyearsrp]

                                    10 de FEBRERO de 2017

♣ — RESERVAS :

OC Tyler Young ( 38 horas )

♣ — AUDICIONES EN EL INBOX :

Ninguna

♣ — CUENTAS :

Ninguna

♣ — HIATUS :

Cassia Clearwater & Mina Lima ( semi ) — 16 de febrero

Ivan Davies & Barty Crouch Jr. ( semi ) — 19 de febrero

Jacob Black, Katherine Ollivander & Nirvana Davies ( semi ) — 16 de febrero

James Potter — 12 de febrero

Narcissa Black & Miriam Strout — 11 de febrero

Regulus Black — 12 de febrero

♣ — AVISO DE UNFOLLOW :

Benjy Fenwick ( inactividad )

♣ — FOLLOWS RECIENTES :

Marlene McKinnon

Rabastan Lestrange

Rosalind Bungs

♣ — UNFOLLOW :

Allison Alcott ( inactividad )

Edgar Bones

Emmeline Vance ( inactividad )

Florence Greengrass

Pandora Lorcan

Phoebe Elliot

Ted Tonks

Victoria Fawley

Winnie MacDougal

Xenophilius Lovegood

♣ — PERSONAJES LIBERADOS :

Edgar Bones

Emmeline Vance

Florence Greengrass

Pandora Lorcan

Phoebe Elliot

Ted Tonks

Victoria Fawley

Xenophilius Lovegood

♣ — FCs LIBERADOS :

Benjamin Jarvis

Cara Delevigne

Eddie Redmayne

Emeraude Toubia

Freya Mavor

Hunter Parrish

Lily Collins

Nina Dobrev

Tarjei Sandvik Moe

Troian Bellisario

✦ PERSONAJES ✦

O R D E N   D E L   F É N I X

Alice Watson ( Carey Mulligan ) 

Benjy Fenwick ( Matthew Gray Gubbler )

Dorcas Meadowes ( Rooney Mara )

Fabian Prewett ( Max Irons )

Frank Longbottom ( Jim Sturgess )

Gideon Prewett ( Robert Pattinson )

Jacob Davies ( Alex Pettyfer )

James Potter ( Matt Hitt )

Lily Evans ( Marina Ruy Barbosa )

Marlene McKinnon ( Lily James )

Mary MacDonald ( Lee Ji Eun )

Remus Lupin ( Andrew Garfield )

M O R T Í F A G O S

Alecto Carrow ( Elizabeth Gillies )

Barty Crouch Jr. ( Dane DeHaan )

Rabastan Lestrange ( Paul Wesley )

Regulus Black ( Logan Lerman )

C I V I L E S

Agatha Figg ( Bella Heathcote )

Alyssa Abbott ( Melissa Benoist )

Amelia Bones ( Merritt Patterson )

Andromeda Black ( Jessica Stroup )

Arthur Weasley ( Caleb Landry Jones )

Betty Braithwaite ( Lisa Teige )

Cassia Clearwater ( Kat McNamara )

Daisy Hookum ( Evan Rachel Wood )

Danny Wood ( Ansel Elgort )

Darcy Edwards ( Lucy Fry )

Edric Brown ( Dylan O’Brien )

Ellie Dowson ( Hailee Steinfeld )

Glenda Chittock ( Elle Fanning )

Greta Catchlove ( Olivia Holt )

Hestia Jones ( Felicity Jones )

Ivan Davies ( Thomas Brodie-Sangster )

Katherine Ollivander ( Karen Gillan )

Lorcan d’Eath ( Lucky Blue Smith )

Lucy Karoonda ( Britt Robertson )

Mina Lima ( Adelaide Kane )

Miriam Strout ( Alycia Debnam Carey )

Molly Prewett ( Rose Leslie )

Narcissa Black ( Amber Heard )

Nirvana Dawlish ( Elizabeth Olsen )

Rosalind Bungs ( Suki Waterhouse )

Scarlett Travers ( Carlson Young )

Zoe Nettles ( Sophie Turner )

♣ — CANTIDAD DE PERSONAJES :

MASCULINOS: 15 ( + 1 reserva ).

FEMENINOS: 28.

TOTAL: 43.

ADMINISTRACIÓN.

[ramblings-of-a-mad-cat]

I need to do these faster I swear

@bigirl-adventures​ you are too wonderful for tagging me in these for that I shall use this epic Picrew to reward you with not one, not two, but three of the dysfunctional Fawley family - 

Behold the depressed coffee bean, Luca! 

The anxious tea-bag, Gail! 

And the narcissistic ice-cube, Nina! 

With my tagging powers I shall reach out and contact @eyelash-curler​ @dat-silvers-girl​ @redhairedgryffindor​ and @syndromgabriell​. Have fun!

[ramblings-of-a-mad-cat]

screw nina

Aye, Nina’s not a good person. Even in timelines where she might not be a villain, she’s still rather terrible. By the way, thank you for this message, it made me chuckle. 😆

[ramblings-of-a-mad-cat]

I've seen a lot of posts where you compare HPHM to Timeless. As someone who's just finished the first season, I have to ask was Nina at all inspired by Carol?

She kinda was, actually! To an extent. I was suspicious of MC’s mum for a while before Nina Fawley was even conceived in my head, and I’ve talked about why. But the whole concept of R stressing the importance of ��shared blood” was definitely something inspired from Rittenhouse’s cult-y nature, plus it totally works for the Potterverse. But I kinda knew as I was coming up with the idea of her leading R that it was a very Carol Preston-esque like plot thread.

[ramblings-of-a-mad-cat]

Do u have anymore HCs/info about the Fawleys? I always enjoy reading them 😊

Thank you! That means so much to me! 

At this point, I do have other ideas I’ve been thinking about, but a lot of them might depend on how the story of HPHM turns out. Example: Suppose that the Rotfang Theory - the idea that R is the ministry conspiracy mentioned in passing by Luna in HBP - turns out to be true. If that’s the case, my head-canon that the Fawleys have been involved with R for several years, doesn’t really gel with the idea that they’re usually Healers. The Ministry and St. Mungos are two different places. It could still work though. But there’s no guarantee that R is Rotfang. It could be something else. I’m just generally hesitant to further the lore of the Fawleys too much until we know how the story is going to play out.

That being said... 

I’ve been developing the character of Arik Fawley. (Sometimes spelled Eric.) Father to Jacob, Gail, and Luca. 

He’s a man who likes singing, as well as baking. 

His favorite subject was History of Magic, he actually got along very well with Binns. He also joined the Charms club. 

He was in Ravenclaw, and he attended one Slug Club meeting before deciding that he loathed the atmosphere.

Arik had a brief stint of teaching at Hogwarts following his graduation, teaching History of Magic for a year to give Binns a vacation. However, he never planned to stay long term.

His younger brother Ramon committed suicide with no children. (An unfortunately common fate among this family.) and his younger sister Alice? She married Frank Longbottom, and the rest is history. 

Arik, like his parents before him, and many other generations, sought to reject his “duty” to the Cabal. But they have a way of persuading people. 

Like the majority of the Fawleys, he was born with the Mark of Despair on his hand. 

In his adulthood, he experienced a mental breakdown following Ramon’s death. He attempted to rid himself of the Fawley curse by cutting off his own hand. The Mark of Despair simply reappeared on his remaining hand. 

He died of a fever when Jacob was at school, that was seemingly brought on by Dragon Pox. Which the whole family contracted after Jacob came home sick for the summer holiday. Jacob always blamed himself. 

Then there’s Nina Fawley, the mother. As she’s based on a canon character referenced in the game, expect more spoilers below. 

Nina was born into a Pureblood line, though I have yet to decide which one. Currently on the fence between the Greengrass, MacMillan, and Burke families. 

She had several siblings who were very high strung and required a lot of attention. Nina was recruited to be a third parent and there was never enough love left for her. It would not be inaccurate to say that she resented this.  

Unlike Arik, she truly wished to join the Slug Club, but her sister spread horrible rumors about her and made it impossible for her to function in the environment. 

Nina was in Ravenclaw as well, two years above Arik. She was very, very good at answering the Knocker’s riddles, and became known for this. Arik had a crush on her well before they even met. 

Speaking of, they met after Hogwarts. The moment she was seventeen, Nina turned her back on her family without an ounce of regret. She made her way up through the ranks to become a Healer at St. Mungos, like her old classmate. 

While tending to her patients, Nina treated a woman who was old, in constant pain, and frankly not long for this world. The woman begged Nina to help speed her death, as an act of mercy. Nina did so, and this event changed her life. She had always been taught, as anyone, that killing is evil. But she had just done so...for good. It shook her entire understanding of the world. 

Now in a new environment and able to start over, Arik and Nina took to each other quickly and started dating. It wasn’t long before Arik told Nina the truth about his family - about their curse, and their connection to the Cabal. Nina had no objections to this organization - she wanted to join too. It was perfect for them, and with no barriers left, they had no reason not to marry. Their children followed soon after.

Nina found acceptance among the ranks of R, that she had never found before in her life. She liked it. Ironically, she lived for the days she would spend in the Cabal, and despite having promised herself years agi she would never favor any one of her children over the other...the truth is, she kept that promise...but only because she neglected all of them equally. 

Arik...did not die of a fever. It was poison that killed him, only meant to resemble something innocuous. It was not the first time Nina had taken life, and she was a Healer. She knew how to induce a fever. She loved him, she truly did, or so she believed. But he was in her way. In the way of the R. 

Jacob was the first Fawley in decades, perhaps centuries, who did not submit. He fought R with everything he had, and though Nina delayed this confrontation for as long as she could, and tried to find alternatives to make him behave, it was useless. And the conflict eventually put mother against son. Here, I’ll say no more. For Jacob’s fate in-game is still, in my opinion, uncertain...

Final, random note. Nina absolutely knows Rakepick, and mentored her. When this happened in the timeline isn’t altogether clear to me, but I know it happened.

[ramblings-of-a-mad-cat]

To Nina: Why did you use that spell on Luca? (Ch31 for ref)

“What else was I supposed to do?” 

“They were too young to understand what they had seen. There was no hope of explaining to them why it was necessary. I could see in that moment that they were devastated, and no amount of time or communication would ever heal such a grievous wound, not for someone so young and impressionable. To wipe their mind was the only feasible option. A way to quite literally put the problem out of sight, and out of mind. Do not assume that I slept easy at night, knowing the things I had done to my children. They were necessary, they were all I could do in the moment. But I’m only human, of course it hurt.”

“My error was in underestimating how much Jacob had influenced his sibling. In hindsight, I should have erased any and all memories that Luca had of Jacob. Cruel though it may sound, it would have led to a far better outcome for everyone involved. As it fell, Luca was already too attached to their brother, and forgetting the day he died only motivated them further to uncover the truth. I needed them to open the Vaults, and the promise of finding Jacob was something that would actually motivate them to do so...I suppose I underestimated Luca as well. I didn’t think for one moment that they would actually break through the memory charm on their own. Had they not learned the truth, perhaps I could have persuaded them to side with me, when all was said and done. But Rakepick got to them first. My traitorous daughter got to them first.”

[ramblings-of-a-mad-cat]

Idk who Nina Fawley is, but I'm guessing she's your OC. Tbh, I don't necessarily think Skye's "bad", but I just find her really unlikable & she's one of my least liked characters in the game. I know you think the opposite & I know not liking Skye's pretty far from a popular opinion since she's widely hated by almost everyone, but that's still my opinion. 😂

Heheh, sorry for any confusion. Nina Fawley is Luca and Gail’s mother, so she’s the interpretation of MC and Jacob’s mum. If you’ve caught any of my posts about this particular parent, you know I don’t think too highly of her, so I’ll let that indicate what sort of person Nina is and leave it at that. 😌

Your opinion is awesome, and so are you, anon! Yeah, as much as I do feel for Skye and am patient with her, I wouldn’t argue that she’s been mostly unlikable in this season. It’s been a while since we’ve had a moment as heartwarming as say, her trying to give MC a family heirloom. 

[ramblings-of-a-mad-cat]

2, 6, and 15 for Luca and 9, 18, and 21 for Gail for the character ask game. c:

Thank you so much! This is gonna be fun! 

Luca -

02. What is one of your character’s biggest insecurities? Are they able to hide it easily or can others easily exploit this weakness?

Luca believes they are a burden to their friends and family, to the ones that they love. When Jacob disappeared, Luca’s family stopped having any time for them, so despite believing that everyone deserves love and care, Luca stopped believing that of themselves. Started to worry that just by being around, they were hurting their friends. To put it lightly, no. Luca isn’t very good at hiding this. They have a tendency to tear up when being shown love, since they appreciate it while also believing that they don’t deserve it. This weakness is actually something that R loves to use against Luca. R wants Luca to believe that their friends would have been better off never even meeting them. 

06. Do they have any hobbies that their lover finds unusual, odd, or otherwise annoying?

I don’t think so. Luca endures Gobstones for all their friends, which they find simultaneously boring and anxiety-inducing. So something like them writing in a journal would be pretty innocuous, and most people like Chess too, so it’s not an issue if Luca prefers to play that. If anything, Luca’s lover would be more likely to have hobbies that would be considered questionable - as Luca tends to be attracted to people of a chaos alignment. 

15. Is there a certain person in this world that they cannot stand? The very mention of this person’s name makes them tremble with anger or fear? 

I don’t know that I would say that there’s anyone to whom it gets to that point, the point of just the name setting them off. But there would be at least one person that Luca would aim a curse at, on sight. I’m still figuring out the exact specifics of the different universes given what’s happened in canon. If you’ve read Luca’s story, then you already know who that person is, and her name is Nina. But if you haven’t, and we’re following strictly canon - it would be Rakepick. After Chapter 18, suffice it to say that Luca’s good nature can only go so far, and they’re probably more vengeful than Merula at this point. 

Gail - 

09. Do they have a favorite season? What about a favorite holiday?

I think she’s definitely a Spring sort of person. Spring is a time of new beginnings and hope, and the flowers and tree leaves are starting to bloom again. Plus it’s the lead-in to summer. Technically one could say summer is her favorite, and it’s a close second, but sometimes anticipation of something can be just as strong, if not stronger. I’ve been looking up different holidays because none of them were fitting in my head, and then I discovered  Yom Kippur focuses on atonement...and suddenly it makes so much sense for her. 

18. What kind of home would they want to live in? Where would they place this abode?

I feel as though Gail has never properly settled down in any one place. Moving around a lot as a child, for various reasons. While this might cause some to yearn for a home of their very own, I don’t think this happened for Gail. I think she never ingrained the idea that she needed a physical “home” to return to. She definitely craved a sense of belonging, but of a different type. Still, the one thing I know is that she would want a garden. She’s want to able to tend to the plants. So ideally, a house in a location where that would work. 

21. What is one of your character’s biggest fears? How would they react when dealing with this fear?

Above all, she fears failure. I think Gail’s integrity is both her greatest strength and her greatest weakness. She genuinely wants to do good for the world, and genuinely believes she knows how. To a degree, this can lead to arrogance. I think Gail’s blind trust, not only in her values but in those she trusts, can lead to a panic or denial response if such ideas or people let her down. If what she believes is shown to be untrue. If the “good” she thought she was fighting for turns out to be wrong. Gail sees a lot of terrible things in the world and she wants to fix them, but what if she doesn’t even know what she’s supposed to fight? What if she isn’t enough? Do to this, I believe her Boggart would take the shape of Gail herself, pulling the Year 5 move of holding her wand to her own throat. Gail doesn’t know how to deal with fear and would likely just double down on whatever she was doing before. 

[ramblings-of-a-mad-cat]

I don't know if you're a big fan of musicals, but is there a character in a musical you think Luca and Gail could play? For my part, I Think Jacob and my Hpma MC Could play as Jekyll and Hyde while I see Lilianne as Aaron Burr from Hamilton

Oh, I am so, so glad that you asked! I’ve always been passionate about theatre and I while haven’t seen very many musicals live, but there are definitely characters who resonate with my little Fawley babies. 

First of all, Gail has extreme  Zoey Murphy energy. Dear Evan Hansen is my favorite musical right now, and I have to say - having a complicated relationship with a problematic brother who isn’t around for her to call out...this character was made for Gail. Then again, she also has a lot of respect for authority figures...but if nothing else, I see Gail being able to embody Zoey’s feelings toward Connor. 

Luca, and MC in general, gives me similar vibes to The Baker’s Wife, from Into the Woods. She gets involved with a bigger conflict that her loved one is connected to, and even though he tries to stop her from getting involved, she staunchly refuses to quit, and winds up working for a villainous force and procuring various treasures....also, her loyalty and how much she doubts herself when she strays from that loyalty to said loved one...yeah, it just reminds me of Luca.

Jacob makes me think of Simba from the Lion King. Simba, who ran away in shame because he blamed himself for the death of a loved one that was actually killed by the villains...yeah, hard not to think of R and Duncan Ashe. Only for Simba to return later and take the fight to Scar, now a total badass....but not until another loved one comes to fetch Simba and “rescue” him from his complacency....or free him from a Portrait. Take your pick. 

And for extra fun, I’m gonna say that Nina Fawley resonates deeply with Roxie from Chicago. Let’s just say that both of these characters wind up becoming the villain of someone else’s story, even though they don’t believe they did anything wrong - largely because both of these characters are willing to kill to get what they want. 

Now I want to write a musical mash-up AU of Hogwarts Mystery, where Zoey and the Baker’s wife pursue Simba as he tries to assert his dominance over a shady Cabal called “J.” which secretly stands for “Jellicles.” I’m sorry but the Jellicle cats are a cult, and you cannot convince me otherwise.