#i know nothing of snake and owl anatomy

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Eira "Raven" Liu

formerly known as "Python"

Ngl I would make this into a pin if I have the resources, you know like to square shiny reflective ones? yeah

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(   *  💀  /  jessie mei li, questioning, she/they )  —  is that emmeline vance i just saw rushing down the corridor? i hear they’re a twenty year old hufflepuff, returning for their sixth school year, but their friends would tell you that they are industrious & compassionate as well as blunt & graceless. if you want to know more about them, i guess i could tell you that they’re muggleborn, and from what i hear, they’re currently allying with the order. when our divination professor looks into their crystal ball, they see: falling asleep studying over open books, split open pomegranates, working under flickering candlelight, casual intimacy between friends, a kitchen full of laughter.

CHARACTER INSPIRATION: Izzie Stevens (Grey’s Anatomy), Callie Torres (Grey’s Anatomy) (+ Sara Ramirez, the they/she icon we all deserve), Kara Danvers (Supergirl), Charles Boyle (Brooklyn 99), Alina Starkov (Shadow and Bone), Janet (Not a Girl) (The Good Place), Penelope Garcia (Criminal Minds).

TRIGGER WARNINGS: Implied Racism.

LINKS: Pinterest. Playlist (Coming Soon).

𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐒

I N T R O

full name ➵ Emmeline Huan Vance

nicknames ➵ Emmy; Emma; Line; Em; Melly; Melsy; Vance; Hurricane

pronouns ➵ she/they/her/them

birthdate / age ➵ October 24th, 1959, 09:47 am / 20 years old

birthplace ➵ Brighton, East Sussex

childhood home ➵ Unknown home in Brighton, East Sussex — 162 Orchard Croft, Harlow, Essex

current residence ➵ Hogwarts, Scotland

religion ➵ agnostic; paternal grandparents were Methodist ( Protestant ) while maternal grandparents were also Christian

occupation ➵ full - time student at Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry

P H Y S I C A L

height ➵ 5 feet, 2 inches / 157.5 cm

weight ➵ 48 kg / 106lb

body type ➵ hourglass shaped figure

hair ➵ dark brown, bordering on black; soft and wavy

eye color ➵ dark brown

dominant hand ➵ right

FC ➵ Jessie Mei Li

voice ➵ Jessie Mei Li

special characteristics ➵

small waist

has a birthmark on her right ankle that looks like an apple

pierced septum

smells of ➵

lavender hand lotion

pomegranate

cardamom, jasmine and orange blossom perfume

E M O T I O N A L

zodiac ➵ scorpio sun (x); sagittarius rising; cancer moon

MBTI ➵ ISFJ (“The Defender”)

positive traits ➵ industrious; compassionate; generous; warmhearted; benevolent; selfless; observant; honest; personable; kind.

negative traits ➵ blunt; graceless; meticulous; well-meaning; impatient; internalizes feelings; oversensitive; tactless; overbearing; clumsy.

likes ➵ Pumpkin pasties; duelling club; laughter; the rush of incoming patients; cooking for friends; Ballycastle Bats; Diagon Alley; being barefoot at the beach; roadtrips; apple juice; hugs from friends; nicknames; vanilla candles; the heat of a boiling cauldron; Sugar Quills; warm sweaters; pizza; pomegranate seeds; cheek kisses; taking photographs; finishing essays early; coffee with milk and two sugars; Queen; Aston Villa; cats

dislikes ➵ spam (the food); apparition; the Daily Prophet; starless nights; Kenmare Kestrels; karaoke; losing bets; skinned knees; snakes; pigeons; the colour fuschia (it’s too bright); ticking clocks; banana flavouring; funerals; Bertie Bott’s Every Flavour Beans; Celestina Warbeck; mayonnaise; blue M&Ms; her lao ye; the word mudblood; leprechauns; fans of Kenmare Kestrels; losing football matches; witch Halloween costumes; rugby

amortentia ➵

birthday cake

fresh mint

old books

orange blossom

M A G I C

blood status ➵ muggleborn

wand ➵ Aspen, dragon heartstring core, 8 inches, hard

wand-quality aspen wood is white and fine-grained, and highly prized by all wand-makers for its stylish resemblance to ivory and its usually outstanding charmwork. The proper owner of the aspen wand is often an accomplished duellist, or destined to be so, for the aspen wand is one of those particularly suited to martial magic. An infamous and secretive eighteenth-century duelling club, which called itself The Silver Spears, was reputed to admit only those who owned aspen wands. In my experience, aspen wand owners are generally strong-minded and determined, more likely than most to be attracted by quests and new orders; this is a wand for revolutionaries.

patronus ➵ Hippo

E D U C A T I O N

Hogwarts class ➵ Hufflepuff, 1981

extracurriculars ➵

Hufflepuff Prefect / September 1979 - June 1981

Herbology Club & Greenhouse Keepers / September 1977 - June 1981

Toothill Duelling Club / September 1979 - June 1981

Wenlock Study Club / September 1979 - June 1981

courses & exams ➵

Ancient Runes - O

Astronomy - E

Charms - O

Defense Against the Dark Arts - O

Herbology - O

History of Magic - O

Muggle Studies - O

Potions - O

Transfiguration - O

Care of Magical Creatures - E

M I S C E L L A N E O U S

health ➵

walnut allergy

hayfever

pets ➵

Jíngyi; the long-eared owl

Shu; the white cat

handwriting ➵ Abuget

F A M I L Y

Deirdre (née Wilkinson) Vance ➵ paternal grandmother; retired nurse; deceased May. 1980

Edward Vance ➵ grandfather; retired soldier and miner; deceased Jan. 1980

Xiulan Wong ( Wong Xiulan ) ➵ maternal grandmother (lao lao); homeschooled; housewife; alive

Da Wong ( Wong Da ) ➵ maternal grandfather (lao ye); homeschooled; shop-owner; alive

Dr. Cillian Vance ➵ father; worked for/with the Red Cross UK (and the Hong Kong Red Cross); alive

Mei (née Wong) Vance ➵ mother; teaching assistant; alive

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emmeline had always known they were different. at first, it was because of her skin, the way she looked and spoke and could never find anyone to play with on the playground, her chinese middle name and her lao lao being the one to pick her up from school every morning. she would cry to her mother at night, cling to her arms like they were the port keeping her safe from the storm, and listen to her father sing, voice warm and tender as she drifted to sleep, but she never got the answers for why she was treated differently — never got answers for why she was the only non-white child in her school, never got answers for why they hated her so much, hated her existence. but she weathered through primary school, finding her footing in secondary school with her only friend, aisha, who never cared that she was different, that sometimes she could do things that nobody else seemed able to do, that she’d been encouraged to always tell the truth, nothing but the truth, that sometimes she’d say things that hurt, things that stung even though she never meant for them to.

for a while, the feeling of being wholly different faded, or at least, emmeline didn’t notice it quite so prominently anymore, and then suddenly it appeared again — but this time it had been because she didn’t know if she always felt like a girl. not a girl in the traditional sense, anyway, not some days. she liked dresses and fancy heeled shoes and tiaras, but found herself equally at home in plaid shirts and her father’s way-too-big suit jacket and kicking around a football, and for a half-asian barely a teenage… person (she’s still working on it), suspended constantly between two identities, it confused them (even though they’re perfectly aware now that those things are superficial, but the feeling still remains). the only person they ever talked to about it back then was aisha — their lifeline, their best friend, the one their parents reluctantly approved of because they had been so lonely for so long. while aisha was crushing on boys, sweaty and loud and just this side of too teasing, and starting to wear makeup and changing herself, emmeline was trying to find where she fit in, trying to understand who she was, who she is, why they feel so different.

in the midst of all that, emmeline’s letter to hogwarts came. just another difference for emmeline to feel, the knowledge that they have magic was unexpected and tore her family in two. the family she loved - her mother, her father, her lao lao and lao ye, and granny and pops - all had differing opinions on whether or not to accept it, whether or not to send them to school and deal with the fact, up front, that emmeline was, and always would be, special. in the end, emmeline’s pops snuck her out, following instructions from a professor mcgonagall, to find diagon alley, the place where emmeline suddenly felt she fit in. she could feel the magic in the air, could feel it almost crackling in the space around her, almost inviting her in. of course, it took some time — a little too much time, really — to buy everything she needed, and when she cried into her ice cream on the way home, overwhelmed and tired and feeling so many things, he was the one who held her all the way home. 

he and their granny were the only ones there to send them off the hogwarts that first year, their parents reluctant to accept anything so unnatural about their child, but emmeline hardly cared at the time (even though it hit them later that night and they sobbed into their pillow), too excited to remember to even wave, too excited to remember to cry because she was leaving behind the only friend she’d ever truly known, and when they saw hogwarts, that castle appearing, they just knew. they were home. she knows, after years and years of being torn between two identities on so many different fronts, that people aren’y happy she’s here, happy she has magic, happy she calls this place her home away from home, that she laughs loud at the hufflepuff table and wears yellow and black face paint for quidditch matches and tried out for the muggle football team, but there’s nothing they can say to change who she is, her pride in the blood flowing through her veins, in the magic at her fingertips. emmeline’s always known they’re different, but having magic, being home at hogwarts, is the first time she’s ever felt proud to be so.

[surveystodestressme]

2.

Are you more positive or a debbie downer?

i try to stay positive

What would you love to drink right now?

not your fathers mountain ale

Is that an alcoholic drink or not?

yes

Oh good. What would you love to eat right now?

some pizza

How many meals do you eat a day?

depends, but i try to get in 3

If you could have any talent in the world what would it be?

i'm not for sure

Do you brush your tongue with your toothbrush?

yeah, you're supposed to

How many times do you brush your teeth a day honestly?

once usually

Do you pop your bones or crack your knuckles?

yeah

Did you just pop your bones or were about to?

yes lol

What’s a movie you would recommend to a friend?

the saw movies!!!

Are you a righty or a lefty?

righty

Do you eat your nails?

i chew on them but i don't eat them

Do you enjoy making or taking surveys?

taking them

Name something that is blue that you like:

the sky

Name something pink that you like:

my cats nose

What music can you not stand?

rap

What is music you listen to when you just want to chill?

i don't know. anything really

What was your favorite concert that you’ve been to if any?

twenty one pilots

How many pets do you have and what kind?

7, three dogs and 4 cats

If you could have one more pet, what?

a rat!!

If you could sleep next to a tame wild animal what?

a lion or a tiger

Would you rather have an owl or a snake?

snake

Cool! What would you name it?

i'm not for sure

Do you eat the ice in your drink?

only if it's crushed

What do you order at Chik-Fil-A?

nothing because i wouldn't go there

If you had to go to Mcdonald’s what do you order?

nuggets

Wait…do you actually like Mcdonald’s?

don't be rude. i only eat it sometimes

What is your favorite cuss word?

cunt

Do you cuss a lot?

yeah

Have you ever been addicted to cigarettes?

used to be, yeah

What is your favorite font at the moment?

idfk

Which do you use more? Facebook or Instagram?

instagram

What is a hobby of yours?

playing video games

Would you give it up for a million dollars?

yeah

What WOULD you give up for a million dollars?

a lot of things

Do you have a favorite number?

88

Are you a student? If so, what classes will you take next?

yes, i have to take anatomy and phys II next and then microbiology before i can transfer to my next school

How do you like your tea?

w/ just a lil bit of sugar and honey

Favorite drink at Starbucks?

white chocolate mocha or peppermint mocha

___ makes you laugh:

a lot of things

___makes you mad:

assholes

___ makes you happy:

animals

Are you a good kisser?

i've kissed a lot of people so i would guess that i am

How many real bfs/gfs have you had?

maybe 2 or 3

Did you enjoy your past relationships?

they were good while they lasted

Would you ever get back with your ex?

no, i'm very happy with who i'm with now

Your crush has what color hair and eyes?

brown and brown

Do you like 80’s music?

sure

Name a comedy that you like.

horrible bosses

Do you like homework?

who really enjoys homework though?

Something you want to buy real bad?

halloween decorations

Something you would NEVER buy?

i'm not for sure

Something you would buy a friend as a gift?

something that i think they would like

What is something that would be a good birthday gift for you?

money lol

Something you would gift yourself?

shoes

Favorite candle scent?

i'm not too picky

Favorite Bath and Body Works scent?

i have some sprays that smell really good but i'm not for sure what the scent is

Do you watch beauty videos on YouTube?

i like to watch makeup compliations

Have you ever questioned your sexuality?

i did a while back

Do you like Star Wars?

yeah

What is the best thing about life?

meeting good people and making great memories

What do you think will happen when you die?

no idea

Are you superstitious?

ehhh somewhat

What kind of surveys do you like the most?

any kind, really

Do you like this survey?

sure

Do you go to church?

i used to when i was really young, my grandma made me go

Do you like Christian music?

not really

Have you ever skateboarded and failed at it?

lol yeah i was never good at skateboarding

Have you ever dropped something down the garbage disposal on accident?

i don't even have a garbage disposal

What show/concert have you went to that you didn’t like much?

i have liked them all pretty much

What CD would you never buy for yourself?

i don't even have any CDs

Is sex a must in your life?

i mean it's not a necessity, i can do without it, but i would like to do it every once in a while

Could you wait until marriage for sex?

if i hadn't already had sex, probably. but i don't even know if i want to get married

Have you watched porn alone before?

i usually do

What do you think about weed?

i enjoyed it when i used to smoke but i don't anymore

What shampoo do you use specifically?

my mother buys all kinds of shampoo, i'm not too picky. i like mane and tail

What conditioner?

i use a leave in conditioner, i don't know the brand

What body wash?

suave, i think

What is your favorite product brand? Name 2 good brands.

windows and hyundai

What is your favorite type of soda?

pepsi

Favorite dessert?

sherbet

I know you love animals, but what is your favorite?

cats

Would you rather be smart and ugly or hot and stupid?

smart and ugly

Would you ever kill someone for fun?

no???? wtf

Are you evil in any way?

i don;t think so

Have you read the entire bible before?

not in its entirety

What is your favorite sport?

bowling

Are you good at it?

yeah, i think so

Which smiley face do you like best? ( :) ) or ( :0] )

idk

Would you rather be a clown or a garbage man?

ew neither

Would you rather be a mime or a janitor?

janitor i guess

What unpopular job would you not mind having?

anything that doesn't suck and isn't stressful

What is your dream job? Why?

veterinarian, i love working with animals

Would you rather be a rockstar or a librarian?

librarian.

Last question: WHAT IS THE MEANING OF LIFE?

who the fuck knows man