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Marlene McKinnon

marlene mckinnon. gryffindor. sixth year. half-blood.

out of character info

Name/Alias: charlie Pronouns: she/her Age: 22 in less than a week!!! Join Our Discord: yes [REDACTED] Timezone: GMT Activity: 5-6ish. I tend to be around for plotting and chatting most of the day, but I like to take my time with replies and do them ‘properly’. Also, I tend to write way too much so that always takes some time as well. That being said, I try to queue my replies so that they post at least every 2-3 days.   Triggers: none Password: Always Character that you’re applying for:  Marlene McKinnon Faceclaim: i’d love to change the fc to Carlson Young, Virgina Gardner or Olivia Holt (order of preference), but I could do Skylar Samuels (Yes, we’ll accept Carlson Young!) Favourite ships/any nonships for your character: Marlene/chemistry really. I personally hate nothing more than forced ships and will always go for chemistry. That being said, I do enjoy Blackinnon if it works out. And I just love Marlene/bad guys or girls in general because, let’s be honest, she’d quickly get bored by a ‘good’ guy/girl.

in character info

Full name: Marlene Saoirse McKinnon Birthday: July 31st, 1960 Sexuality, gender, pronouns:  bisexual, cis-gender female & she/her Age: 16 House: Gryffindor Year: 6th

Detailed Info

Personality: It’d be quite the understatement to describe Marlene McKinnon as outgoing. True to her zodiac sign, she’s an extrovert to the core and the life of every party. There’s hardly a party in school that takes place without her and if there is, it isn’t a good one as she’d like to say herself. She has zero problems with getting to know new people and throwing herself into new situations. If anything, she loves the challenge. Warmhearted and kind, it’s easy for her to make new friends and once you have a place in her heart, you’ll have a heart time getting rid of her again. Her loyalty comes without any conditions and even if she might make life hell for you if you betray her and can tease her friends quite a lot, she’ll always have your back, no matter what happens. As exaggerated as it may sound, she’d kill for her friends without thinking twice about it. Actually, she does a lot of things without thinking twice of them. The blonde is a person who acts first and thinks later. Something that has already gotten her in a fair share of trouble, not that she minds. She loves the adventure and generally goes by the rule ‘if it’s forbidden, that’s where the real fun begins’. Her recklessness is one of her biggest weaknesses. Directly followed by her impatience and the fact that she’s easily bored. 

There’s nothing Marlene despises more than dishonesty and lies. Some might describe her as a little too direct and honest, tactless even, but at least you can be dead sure that she’ll never lie to you. She might - accidentally - insult you by being too honest, but lies are something she doesn’t do and if she tries to, she’s discovered quite easily as she’s a horrible liar. Nevertheless, she’ can quite charming if she wants to be - which is most of the time. In addition, she likes to flirt a lot and considering that combined with her good looks, it probably doesn’t come as a surprise that she’s already had her fair share of flings during her time at Hogwarts. She doesn’t sleep around, but there’s no harm in kissing and making out a little, is there? Many people would describe her as shallow and superficial at first glance, as she does care a lot about her appearance and has a great sense of fashion (and would never go anywhere without her trademark red lipstick), but those who truly know her, know how profound she actually is. She’s an amazing listener and can actually be quite philosophical around the right people.  History: Born on a hot summer night on July 31st, 1960 in the Scottish highlands, Marlene came into the world screaming and fighting. The birth almost cost both mother and daughter their lives due to some complications, but in the end, both came through. Weakened and only barely, but they made it.  As the only daughter, Marlene was the center of attention as a child. Their parents had hoped for a little girl to somewhat balance out the male energy in the house and she was everything they’d hoped for and even more. As much as she loved to play with dolls and was a typical ‘girly’ girl, she was also quite the tomboy, though, always begging her older brothers to take her with them, whenever they went outside to explore the wild landscape surrounding their family home in the middle of the Scottish highlands, or simply following them when they wouldn’t take her. She was a wild, loud and stubborn child, to say the least, but with that attitude, she fit right in with the rest of the McKinnons who were a rather loud family per se. Quietness was something you found seldom in their family home, most of the time there was at least someone shouting or laughing loudly, but it was always filled with unconditional love and support for each other as well.

Having grown up with tales and stories about her parents’ adventures at Hogwarts and having two older brothers, who went to Hogwarts before her, saying that Marlene was impatient by the time her own acceptance letter finally arrived would be quite the understatement. If it had been up to her, she’d have left with her oldest brother the moment he got on the train for the first time despite being barely 7 years old. So when the day finally arrived for her to get onto the Hogwarts Express for the first time, she couldn’t have been happier or more excited. Growing up knowing about the wizarding world and society, she’d already had her fair share of acquaintances and friends before getting on the train for the first time, but even if she hadn’t, she’d have fit right in either way. After all, even 11-year-old Marlene already had the self-confidence and outgoing personality of a girl much older than herself. It didn’t really surprise anybody - and especially not Marlene - when the Sorting Hat put her into Gryffindor, the same house as her oldest brother even if the majority of her family had been sorted into Ravenclaw. As this was the house she’d been hoping for, she certainly wasn’t disappointed at all and instead looked forward to having a great time in this new adventure that was the next few years of her life.

Despite having always had a keen perception, Marlene definitely wasn’t the best student of her year. Not because she was stupid or didn’t actually have the abilities to be better, but simply because she prioritized having fun and enjoying time with her friends over homework and school in general. If it wasn’t for her intelligence, she’d probably have gotten much worse grades, but still, she was average at best. Not that she particularly cared. For her life was about actually enjoying life and making every minute count instead of burying your nose in a book. If it wasn’t for a few studious friends (most important of all, her best friend Lily Evans), she’d have gotten into serious trouble at some point, but this way, she always scraped by. It wasn’t until the summer before her fifth year that she truly realized that she might start to study more if she wanted to have any shot at becoming an auror after graduation like her father and oldest brother which had been a long-time dream of hers. Because average grades wouldn’t get you into the program and wouldn’t even allow you to select the subjects necessary to qualify for the training. She barely managed to get the required grades in the OWLs to proceed with the right set of NEWT classes to become an auror in training, but she knows that won’t be enough to actually make it which is why she’s now more determined than ever to actually become a good student in her sixth year. The only real question is if that determination survives the first weeks of school or if it dies a quick death as soon as the first parties start again and the real fun begins.  Sample paragraph: Merlin, Marlene hadn’t been that bored in a long, long time. And the worst thing about it was that she was to blame for her own misery. She could bite herself in the ass for having suggested that Lily and she studied for Potions together because let’s be honest, she’d much rather make out with the Giant Squid in the lake than waste another hour of that beautiful, astonishingly warm spring day inside remembering the recipes for the potions they were currently studying in class. And yet, she couldn’t quite ignore that little voice in the back of her head telling her that she strongly needed this study session if she wanted any chances of passing the OWLs with an Expectations Exceeded. “Honestly, I have no bloody idea of how you do this, Lilykins”, the blonde said with a slightly dramatic, over the top sigh of frustration and looked up from the book in front of her at her best friend, “how can you actually concentrate on that crap without going insane or boring yourself to death?” Her big blue eyes fixed on her friend, she stretched her long legs, that, like so often, were only barely covered by her skirt, under the table. Even though nobody in their right mind would have wasted this beautiful afternoon in the library, Marlene still couldn’t have let the chance of dressing up a little past. After all, if she already had to study, she thought she might as well look cute doing it. Besides, wasn’t dressing up about doing it to make yourself happy instead of doing it for anybody else any way? “Be honest with me, do you actually enjoy this?” Even though her tone was teasing and the little smirk gracing her red lips confirmed that she wasn’t out for a serious conversation and rather just wanted to have some fun, a keen observer would notice the hint of curiosity in her eyes. Sometimes Marlene wondered if there was something wrong with her for not being able to take her classes as seriously as some of her classmates, especially because her siblings were the complete opposite - not that she liked to share that insecurity with anybody else if she didn’t have to.

Her eyes lightening up a little and her smirk intensifying, she closed the stupid book with one determined motion. “Do you know what, I’ve had enough of that crap today”, she said, ignoring the fact that she spoke a little louder than appropriate in the library. Who cared if Madame Pinch threw her out, at least she’d have an excuse to go out into the sun then. There was always the next day to worry about exams, right? A part of her was well aware of how that attitude was going to get her nothing in the exams, but then again, hadn’t she already shown enough effort by studying for the past two hours? Wasn’t it about time they enjoyed the day? “And you have had enough as well”, she added, closing Lily’s book for her, ignoring any protests. “If you’re an old lady, you won’t regret not having studied an hour more, especially not because you don’t need it anyway. We both know that you could probably go into the Potions exam after a long night of drinking way too much fire whiskey and dancing without a single hour of preparation and still ace it. No, what you’re going to regret are the hours you didn’t spend with your friends. Or cute guys preferably.” A short pause. “Or girls, you know I’d never judge you either way.” Her words accompanied by a little, cheeky, wink, Marlene shrugged just slightly. “Talking up cute boys, what’s the latest update on you and Potter?” Wiggling her eyebrows, she chuckled amusedly as she saw Lily’s reaction. “Have you finally agreed to a date with that poor boy or are you going to let him suffer some more.” She knew she’d probably ‘pay’ for bringing up that topic, after all, it was no secret that Lily claimed to hate him and wasn’t ready to admit that the opposite might be the case. Which it obviously was, as a best friend you simply knew things like that even if your friend wasn’t willing to admit it just yet. However, that certainly didn’t mean that Marlene didn’t have a great time teasing her about the whole thing. The more Lily argued to be annoyed by his advances, the funnier it was really. “You know, I always know a few other guys I could hook up you up with if you really want him to stop hitting on you”, she suggested in playful seriousness, “I’m pretty sure, he’d get the message if you made out with, I don’t know, Samuel Bones, for example, on the next party. If you’re really not interested, that is.” 

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Headcanons:  

Even though the McKinnons have a long history of witches and wizards, they’re still ‘only’ half-bloods, as they’ve mixed with muggles and muggleborn witches a lot in past and recent history. 

Quidditch Team: yes, Beater for the Gryffindor team Clubs: Duelling Club Any changes to the bio: none Anything else of importance: not really I think?