#ben x ismelda

[hphm-jeniferltheman]

No Surprise

[Spoiler and Long Explanation Ahead]

a bit of spoiler cause i'm still in year 5 of the game and i have a lot i wanted to draw before this event

I listen to this song in repeat while making this maybe you should too? (also the reference of the title)

In Year 6, after the death of their best friend, Ben and Jeniferl decided that it is best to break up for the meantime.

Ben believed that despite being together, he had failed to protect her and the people she cares about. The death of Rowan shows that he is still incapable to protect the others, despite his attempts to change. He felt worthless and believed that only a strong, courageous person could be with Jeniferl that can keep her safe... unlike him. He will keep changing, even if it makes him the worst version of himself, until he has proved to himself that he is capable of becoming that person.

Jeniferl on the other hand, didn't want more people to die because of her. She once again blamed herself from all misfortune and believed that the more she is attached to someone, the closer death will come to them. After the death of her best friend, she fears Ben will be next therefore she wants to maintain her distance and, to the best of her ability, suppress her emotions in order to concentrate on breaking the family curse and the curse vault. If she kept bringing ill fortune, she believed she didn't deserve to be loved.

The breakup left a bitter taste in their relationship. They told one another that  they could do anything they wanted regardless of what the other think, but their relationship is over.

On the day of the Masquerade ball

It was surprising how Jeniferl was on the ball despite all the tragedy that happened to her; it was Barnaby’s idea for her to go. Jeniferl and Barnaby are like siblings to one another, for they share the same interest in magical creatures and dueling. Feeling bad about what happened to her, he invited Jeniferl to a dance at the ball in an attempt to cheer her up, which she appreciated and agreed with. But what’s more surprising is what they saw in the Ball, 

Ben and Ismelda were dancing together. 

Everyone was startled that the two were together, but Jeniferl repress her emotions and smiled at them as they danced elegantly in the night. As promised, Barnaby and Jeniferl performed their dance as friends, but someone is watching them closely. It was Ben. Even though he presents a cold and disinterested demeanor around her, he is nonetheless troubled. In actuality, he only attended the event because of her presence. He wasn't supposed to go because he didn't see the point in going and would rather train to get stronger instead. But Ismelda came and informed him how Barnaby would be going with Jeniferl. He requested Ismelda's company in order to verify whether it was real. Upon realizing it to be true, he was reminded of their breakup and understood that there was nothing he could do.

The night may be beautiful, but no surprise, two hearts are left in sorrow once again.

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First I wanna say sorry for my poor writing and grammar skills I just want to finish this so that i can focus on my uni,,

and second, YES, the two broke up after 3 years of flirting and a year of dating ,,how unlucky but thats just the life of Jeniferl. I already planned this ahead before the spoiler TLSQ happen but, I hate to admit it, this tlsq benefit the story and I'm sorryy I added more pain in my story(I'm gonna add more tho).

No hate to Ben and Ismelda shippers, I love Ismelda's character and i just thought her being with ben is an out of character but i become more curious . Also I chose Barnaby because he is the one i chose to be partnered with my mc in the game but in my story, Barnaby doesn't have romantic feelings towards Jeni

But the TLSQ haven't released yet so there might be changes added in the story but who knows, I hate it but I'm excited for this tlsq~ also i kinda didn't follow the color dress code sryy

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[avidrawsthings]

Behold, Ben and Ismelda's kids

I've had Artemis and Apollo's designs in my head for well over two years now?? I had always planned on including an adopted third child which resulted in Astraeus, as being the basic bitch that I am, I wanted to give them a sun/moon/star motif.

As a whole:

They were born in 1997. Apollo and Artemis were born in June, while Astraeus was born that following September.

They created their masks out of Magic for aesthetic reasons. They're used primarily for communication and spying if needed.

The three of them operate a little business that can range from acquiring certain items to completing homework for a price. The higher the desired grade, the higher the fee.

All of them can use Vytarian Magic but aren't dual-enrolled at the academy.

Childhood friends with the quads.

Individual profiles will be below

Apollo Copper

He/Him

Ravenclaw

Introvert

Pastel Goth

Younger twin

He's the one that does the homework of students that pay him. He'll make sure to copy their handwriting to avoid getting caught.

Wields Mannequin Magic, which he'll sometimes use to prank other students.

In his downtime, he enjoys customizing dolls.

Artemis Copper

She/Her

Slytherin

Extrovert

Goth

Older twin

She's the one that will seek out specific items that classmates ask for when she's paid. She draws the line at Love Potions, however.

Uses Illusion Magic, which she'll sometimes use to prank classmates and avoid trouble.

She's best skilled in both Charms and History.

Astraeus Copper

He/Him

Gryffindor

Ambivert

Punk/Goth

Youngest child

His birth parents were Death Eaters that only had him out of necessity to continue the bloodline, and didn't care much for him or each other. Following their deaths at the Battle of Hogwarts, Astraeus was adopted by Ben and Ismelda, who also gave him his current name.

He's fully aware of his heritage, but considers the Coppers to be his true family.

He doesn't like his eyes because it reminds him of his birth parents, having seen photos of them before. The masks were created for this reason.

Artemis and Apollo wear their own masks as a show of support.

Likes to sketch and sculpt as a hobby.

Uses his Gravity Magic to prank classmates.

[livelaughlovewonderwoman]

#truth

[verhanna]

So cute!

[jackies-ear69]

Jam City officially hates Ben, first that personality change shit, then the masquerade ball bs, now shipping him off to America??

[moonprincess101]

in lieu of the Ben/Ismelda chaos here's my opinion about it:

"Wasn't expecting that"

And/Or

"...Maybe? With development..." (i dunno, my approach to ships is kinda "oh, well, thats a thing now")

Either way, I can see why people are so put off by this. As for me, I'll just consider it in my au as a fling that happened. Maybe its the adrenaline talking.

Long story short, weirded out but not as disgusted as I probably should be? I do agree though there are better ships they could've used though...

[benscursedkid]

I disappear for…….some time and you’re telling me ben is now dating ISMELDA???? i—but—he—

jamcity, I’m speaking to you now. what did I do wrong? tell me. i can change 😭

[domaslut]

What can I say? She was getting tired of waiting for him to make a move… And you can tell she is a good student: he gave her instructions, she pursued them.

TAKE A HINT FELIX. SHE’S DROOLING AFTER YOU.

[idkijustgotherelol]

My fave straight couple

Commissions open

[electricslytherindog]

Ismelda, you better than this

[ramblings-of-a-mad-cat]

Oh sorry, I should’ve been clearer. Yeah it was an NPC in the game who said they saw a Gryffindor & Slytherin kiss. Like I said it might not be referring to Ben & Ismelda but with all the ship teasing that’s happened with them, it wouldn’t surprise me one bit if it was

No worries. I think that definitely clears it up. While it isn't a direct confirmation, I think we can safely assume that's who the quote was referring to Ben and Ismelda, or if nothing else, the player is meant to see that quote and arrive at that conclusion. It's just so interesting to look at this aspect of the quest. Frankly, it's kind of the only thing about the Masquerade TLSQ that was particularly memorable.

Like, don't get me wrong, it's a nice quest! It's enjoyable, there's basically no problems with it, and it provides some nice character moments for Tonks and Andre. The only thing is that there's nothing original here. It's just another story about the gang planning a party and everything going wrong in such a way that MC has to pick up the pieces and fix it. Cap things off with a big party in the Great Hall, followed by MC and their date stealing away to have a private moment? Bonus points because they watch the stars. It's just...again, it's nice, but it's kind of just a bunch of pieces that come from a dozen other quests. Ben x Ismelda is the only thing that anyone is likely to remember this quest for.

And that's my 30 second review of the Masquerade Ball.

[ariparri]

So I’m currently working on Diego and Veruca's ship content for their canon and AU versions. And my mind started going to ship names for other pairs and I was wondering what or how they would be called.

Diego and Veruca are obviously DieRuca. At the time of making their ship official I went the basic route by combining their names instead of a unique name that represents both characters. But now that the name has stuck, I ain’t changing it.

Like Carson and Tulip's ship name Glitter Bomb, which takes the glitter portion of Carson’s prank and the bomb part for Tulip's dungbomb prank. Combining their names was not an option because every combination I tried all sucked.

Then I got their AU ships: JaeRuca (Jae x Veruca), Charson/Carster (Chester x Carson), Shooting Stars (Skye x Veruca), Carmelda (Carson x Ismelda), and Crowan (Carson x Rowan)

Like Glitter Bomb, I need to make something with all these ships (´°̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥ω°̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥｀) but DieRuca has me in a chokehold

For canon x canon pairings like Diego and Ismelda, I thought Rose Thorn would suit them. You know, Diego being the rose and Ismelda being the thorn. Dielda and Ismego sounds kind of dumb so I don’t want to use them.

Jae x Chiara would be Jaeara I guess. I feel like they could get a unique ship name if I think hard enough of what represents these two.

Ben x Ismelda now that it’s officially canon（≧∇≦）Benmelda? Bemelda? IsBen? Besmelda?

What other ships are there?

Talbott x Badeea? Barnaby x Liz. Barnaby x Rowan? I think I also remember seeing a Penny x Barnaby ship once 🤔 Chiara x Victor?

[avidrawsthings]

dude im convinced youre like the only person in this fandom that even ships ben and ismelda together lol

Given the hilarious chaos that's been unfolding? Maybe XD

[redhairedgryffindor]

When I think about Jam City shipping Ben and Ismelda and turning into a canon, I realise...

that I don't care. JC might make Ben and Ismelda a canon couple in their game, but that isn't the case in my HPHM universe. In my HPHM universe, my MC and Ben were a couple. JC can do whatever they want in their game because I'm done accepting their ideas and the storyline of their game.

Jam City’s Ben x Ismelda shipping isn’t going to stop me from loving Ben

[marmotish]

1) Seeing that Jam City created the game and these characters, I don’t see the problem with them shipping their own character nor the point in making a fuss.

2) Seeing that Jam City initially seemed to create this game in so that it was intended to be somewhat of an open-world with how you played your character and their interactions with other characters, only to then flip flop between how much interactions and development and free interpretations you are allowed even with your own characters, it does feel frustrating when they suddenly eliminate/resurrect/pull out random characters/plot points that may or may not be important to the main story.

3) Ok which writer/artist/developer on the team was like “Ben x Ismelda should be a thing,” and who was crazy enough to hear them and be like “Oh yeah, it’s canon now!” 🤣 Was there no one who heard this and asked, “…but why?” Was there no one who brought up how Ismelda is the one who casts the worst spells on Ben in DADA, only for the original shipper to be like “Aw yeah, that’s when I knew they were meant to be! 🥰” And everyone but the enabler is giving them concerned looks?

(let me settle down to read and answer this properly ⭐️)

1) true, JC can do what they want with their characters - they don’t need our permission or approval. people still want to express their opinion on these decisions though and that’s fine - it’s not hurting or harming anyone. i think it’s the fact that ben and ismelda have never interacted in-game (correct me if i’m wrong - i haven’t played in months), much less shown romantic interest in each other, that’s caused this whole freak-out 😂 also my heart goes out to ismelda x mc shippers and ben x mc shippers.

2) look, when i first downloaded the game i thought it would be just that, an open-world game where you just do spells and shit, befriend NPCs and whatever. But first scene - YOU HAVE A BROTHER. so they have a story already planned, right, cool, moving on. then you’re kind of just dragged along for the ride of an increasingly dragged-out storyline. i can’t even remember half of the last two in-game years! and look, i don’t know if i’ll ever finish this game. it’s gotten way too hard to progress if you haven’t started the game since it came out. in terms of free interpretation - i do a lot of that anyway, or rather i just ignore what the game has forced my mc into and go on with the plot line in my head. i draw hphm 99.5% more than i play it.

3) i’m going to chalk up the in-game decision for ben and ismelda to date as some poor judgement on both sides. new!ben as opposed to old!ben is a little more ‘edgy’ since his personality overhaul in year 6, and ismelda is ‘edgy’ too, though it’s a front i reckon. so maybe that’s how the date thing came about? idk… i’m not bothering to think about it too deeply.

[jackies-ear69]

JC: Ismelda and Ben are dating:)

Ismelda: