#marisol macdonald

[moonyaugust]

how i see mary macdonald

mwah!

born on september 23rd, 1959

muggleborn

her full name is marisol, her family and friends back home call her mari. in first year, marlene misheard her name as mary and it stuck

sapphic/queer

patronus: butterfly

gryffindor

afro-latina, mom is venezuelan and dad is jamaican

has three younger siblings: nicholas (three years younger), rafael (five years younger) and juliana (eight years younger)

her closest friends are lily and marlene, gets integrated into the marauders friend group around fifth/sixth year. of the boys, she likes peter pettigrew most, and finds herself intrigued/suspicious of remus lupin

was attacked and imperioed by milton mulciber in fifth year

her middle name is carmen

always wears tons of bracelets on her wrists, both metal and fabric

loves warm weather, hates the rain

has had an impossible crush on lily evans for years

didn't want to join the order, was forced into the valkyries as a fighter

feels very out of place in the magical world, finds herself torn between her self at home and her self in the magical world, because nobody knows her from both

specializes in protection charms, memory charms

her best classes were charms, ancient runes, and defense against the dark arts (to most people's surprise)

dated a few boys at hogwarts very casually, really wasn't that into them. with that and mulciber's attack, rumour spreads that she is a slut, which makes her even more of a target for harassment

has a complicated relationship with hestia jones beginning in 1976

reads poetry in her spare time, has stacks of books on her shelves at home. she loves emily dickinson

songs for mary: guts by leith ross, anything by adrianne lenker, before the line by dodie

credit to sophithil, fancast is sofia bryant

if you want more mary, check out my fic valkyrie!

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it  admittedly  takes  her  a  moment  longer  than  normal  to  realise  they  have  a  customer.  andie  likes  to  think  of  herself  as  an  efficient  enough  worker.  the  kind  that  strives  to  be  attentive    &    present.  if  not  because  she’s  prideful,  then  simply  because  she  can’t  afford  to  lose  good  work,  but  today?  she’s  tired;    the  result  of  staying  up  late,  attempting  to  sew  together  a  last  -  minute  diagon  dragons  sweater  for  her  son  to  wear  to  the  game.  quidditch  had  always  been  exciting  to  her.  sure,  she  lost  out  twice  at  the  ravenclaw  try  -  outs,  but  rejection  never  swayed  her  from  the  momentary  JOY  she  found  enthusiastically  cheering  from  the  sidelines.  being  able  to  now  share  that  joy  with  marco  was  a  gift,  even  if  it  meant  sacrificing  some  beauty  sleep  in  the  process.  it  didn’t,  however,  help  her  deliver  at  least  half  -  decent  customer  service.  blinking  herself  back  to  reality,  throat  clears  as  she  approaches,  attention  finally  caught  by  their  mumble.      ＂    hi!  can  i  help  you  find  what  you’re  looking  for  today?  we,  um    …    ＂      gaze  briefly  drops  to  the  book  in  hands,  attempting  to  decipher  whether  that  is  the  eejit  of  this  situation  or  rather,  someone  else.  hopefully  not  her.      ＂    we  have  other  books  on  quidditch  if  that  one’s  offended  you.  it’s  hard  finding  books  with  good  manners  these  days.    ＂      bad  joke  is  at  least  delivered  with  a  smile.

tagged: open where: flourish and blotts, diagon alley

Deer in the headlights was always an interesting expression in Cara's opinion-- graphic really. But in that moment as she stood in front of the shelf of books, that was exactly what she looked like. She didn't know where to begin. Maybe the book that was actually labeled Quidditch for beginners. She didn't know why she was feeling so stressed about a game that she didn't really care to learn about. She wasn't particularly athletic or had any love for any sports that she had come across in life. However, she didn't like not knowing something that everyone else around knew so well. It was just another example of how she was simply sticking out more so than everyone else. Like an irritating pimple that just refused to go away.

With a huff of breath, Cara stood on her toes and reached for the first book that seemed informative but not boring or confusing. "You're such an eejit," she mumbled to herself as she looked over the spine and then flipped it open carefully.

[beatriceswizardingworld]

HOW EVERYONE FOUND OUT ABOUT MARY MACDONALD’S CRUSH ON JASON MCKINNON

(Jason was officially the last person to know)

Part 1- James Potter

A) Background information:

James has always been close with Mary. It started because of Marlene. The Potters and the Mckinnons were neighbors, therefore Marlene and James were childhood friends. They grew up together and would spend all of their time together when they were back home.

Mary and Marlene have been inseparable since their first year. Mary would spend most of her summer at the Mckinnons. It helped her escape her own house, and she got to spend time with Marlene so it was a win win. Adrienna and Michael (Marlene’s parents) loved having another girl at their house. It was a good change since they had 4 boys.

So basically, James and Mary spent their summers together and became even closer. James loved her very dearly. (During summers, the four of them would spend all of their time together. Marlene, James, Sirius (he stayed at the Potters all summer long), and Mary. So the four of them had their own little group in summer until the rest of their friends arrived on July/August. They’d do everything together.)

B) Marson:

Mary has had a crush on Jason for a while now by the time of summer 1974. She didn’t do anything about it, she didn’t even talk about it; but James Potter noticed it during one particular day.

C) 4th year summer holiday (1975):

Sirius, Remus and Peter were at the Potters (Remus and Peter had arrived on July, Sirius was there the whole summer of course.) Mary, as usual, was at the Mckinnons and Lily hadn’t arrived yet

It was the end of Jason’s 5th year. His 5th year was very rocky, he had terrible (and a lots of) girlfriends. Marlene never understood why Jason dated them.

D) VERY random hc that’ll be mentioned later:

When James met Mary, he didn’t believe her name was “just Mary” He thought it was a nickname for a longer name (even though Mary is such a common name) like “Marisol, Marialle, Marigold, Maryl.” So James used one of those names (and many more) randomly as a nickname for her. Each time they got more ridiculous. When he ran out of girl names, he began with male names “Maryson, Marius..” Mary didn’t know what name he was referring to most of the time. Then there were the stupid rhymes “Mary berry, Mary cherry..” Mary thought it would end at one point since there were only so many names James could use, but after one point he started making up gibberish names. He’d use them so casually, in every kind of setting. One time, at an order meeting full of Aurors , James said “Okay, Maryladadido” Mary almost used muttered Crinus Muto and dyed his hair green.

And this is how that whole nickname incident started:

1971, Train ride to Hogwarts:

James went to check on Marlene. As he entered her compartment, he saw a dark haired girl he hadn’t met before. Marlene must’ve made a new friend.

“James, hi.” Marlene greeted cheerfully. “Meet my new friend” she pointed to Mary. James walked towards her to shake her hand. “Hi, I’m James.” he said enthusiastically. The girl was shyer than him. “Hi, I’m Mary.” she replied. Definitely calmer than him.

“Mary?” asked James, as if he was hearing the name for the first time in his life. “What’s that short for?” he asked. The girl looked confused. “Um, nothing. It’s just Mary.”

“Really?” asked James, surprised. “Are you sure? It could be Marigold, Maryanne, Marybeth, Martha?” Mary laughed at how ridiculous those suggestions was, but she still looked bewildered. Rightfully so, a guy she had just met was questioning her very simple name.

“Mary is one of the most common names in the world. Mary. Nothing more. This can’t be the first time you’re hearing of it.” Marlene jumped in as she rolled her eyes at James. “Sorry Mary, James is like that. You’ll get used to him.”

“Hey, Marigold and I are having fun. Why are you apologizing in my behalf” replied James. “Anyway, Mary is a very basic name. I’m not convinced. But if that reaaally is the case, I’ll find better ones for you, don’t worry.” James said to the girl.

“Well, It’s not like James is the most unique, interesting name there is.” Mary said sarcastically suddenly. Marlene laughed loudly. She hadn’t seen that side of the girl yet, but now that she had, she was sure that they were going to be best friends.

James laughed at that too. She liked this girl “You’re right Marisol, I’ll be sure to scold my parents about that.” He said playfully. “I might have to do that, as well.” Mary replied with a smile. They all laughed. Both James and Marlene was sure that this girl was going to stick around in their lives for a long time after that.

THE MOMENT JAMES FOUND OUT:

Mary was at the kitchen with Jason when his O.W.L. results arrived. When he saw he got an “O”, he got so happy and hugged Mary tightly.

That’s what pushed Mary over the edge. All of the feelings she had bottled up for an entire year threatened to come out spilling.

Keep in mind that 4th year was very rocky for Mary. She had to listen Jason talk about his girlfriends and she had to see him with them at every corner of Hogwarts. She sometimes wished she didn’t like Jason (because it seemed like a hopeless case) but she couldn’t help it. She was very confused about her emotions and Jason hugging him was the straw that broke the camel.

She decided to go outside and take a breath. She didn’t want to get emotional in front of everyone and get interrogated. She could feel her eyes tear up. She just needed a moment to clear her head. She definitely didn’t think James would be there.

James was alone in the garden. He had to grab something from his house, the house next door, and he was about to get in the Mckinnons when he saw Mary.

Though Mary tried to hide it, James immediately understood that she was upset. He always had a gift at reading her. James didn’t say a word, he just hugged her. He didn’t make her talk, didn’t ask anything.

After a while, Mary whispered “How does it feel to get rejected by Lily over and over again? Don’t you feel hopeless?”

James smiled at. that. So that was what this was about. “Well I do feel hopeless -and pathetic- sometimes, but it’s worth it. She’s worth it” he said honestly. His eyes lit up every time he thought about Lily. He quickly pulled himself together. “Why though? Do you fancy someone?” James added with a grin. Mary nodded her head.

“It’s Jason isnt it?” James asked as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.

A laughter escaped Mary’s mouth. James always managed to make her laugh, even when she was at verge of tears “Is it /that/ obvious?” she asked “It’s not actually, but I know you. I see the way you look at him. I see how you get overwhelmed when he talks about his girlfriends” said James casually.

He took a breath, as he reached for Mary’s hand “Look, I know that you feel hopeless. But if you truly love him, you can’t stop chasing him Marisol.” “I didn’t”.

Mary laughed. Both at his words and the nickname. “Oh yes you still haven’t” She paused, now more serious “And I admire you for that. You are not an annoying git, you truly love her. You just um.. show it differently.” James laughed “Well Lily might not agree with that.”

“One day she will” said Mary without any hesitations. She meant it. She wasn’t trying to comfort James, she knew Lily would realize it one day. She had a feeling.

James smiled at that and they continued to sit under that big tree, talking and laughing about everything and anything for hours until it got dark and Sirius came lurking on them.

And that’s how James was the first person Mary told about Jason.

[mischiefarchive]

THE CHARACTER CONNECTIONS —

closed.

childhood friend / partner in crime - a friend that Marlene made at a young age whom is also a pureblood, the gender can be any, of course. They clicked instantly and got into loads of trouble and would be the person mentioned in Marlene’s bio. SIRIUS BLACK. 

best friend / savior - this person has managed to help marlene during their darkest days, even offered them a place to sleep in desperate times. they’ve turned to them and let them in on some of the deepest kept secrets of theirs. JAMES POTTER. 

NPC squib sister - marlene has a squib sister, those that they’re closest to know of this, but due to the way their sister was treated, marlene trusts very few with this secret. at the moment, marlene has yet to rescue her from their parents tyranny but that’s their number one goal as of now....so therefore at times, marlene may seem slightly distanced or as though they’re mind isn’t focused on the war. MARISOL MCKINNON. 

a lost friend  - due to them not knowing of the situation surrounding marlene’s recent betrothal, they’re angry with them. they can’t understand why they’d willingly allow themselves to be betrothed to someone so awful, that has treated their friends so awful. marlene wants to tell them, but they fear what might happen if they do. marlene doesn’t blame them for their anger. - MARY MACDONALD. 

NPC  // BETROTHED - again, this character won’t be playable for obvious reasons, but to throw some drama into the mix, i’m going to have marlene currently betrothed, weeks away from their wedding and all sorts of fun tension. ARCHIBALD MULCIBER.

wanted.

people who don’t trust them.

someone they’ve slept with, potentially or occasionally do, but less so now because of the risk - any gender. 

someone that they just get up to no good with. 

[noxtms]

*   𝐀𝐍𝐎𝐍𝐘𝐌𝐎𝐔𝐒 𝐀𝐒𝐊𝐄𝐃   :   this looks fun. who are your mw older fcs?

angelica ross, caitriona balfe, tom ellis, andrew lincoln, hugh dancy, alex kingston, sendhil ramamurthy ( specifically as amos diggory ), amy acker, alexander skarsgard, andrew lincoln, carla gugino, maggie q, renee elise goldsberry, pedro pascal ( specifically as eliza fawley’s husband ), salma hayek, laverne cox, frank grillo, jamie clayton, gael garcia bernal, sarah michelle gellar, lee pace ( specifically as xenophilius lovegood malfoy ), gillian anderson, taraji p henson, lesley ann brandt, krysten ritter, sarah shahi, fan bingbing, gemma chan, howard charles, indira varma, diego luna, michelle yeoh ( specifically as arabella figg ), david harbour, danai gurira, katheryn winnick, lee hyori, t’nia miller ( specifically as aurora sinistra ), skeet ulrich, jon hamm, gugu mbatha raw, daniel henney, gabrielle union, sarah rafferty, john cho, minka kelly, lisa berry, lupita nyong’o, linda cardellini, john krasinski, bradley cooper ( specifically as mundungus fletcher ), lucy liu, sam heughan, oscar isaac, hayden christensen, milo ventimiglia, poorna jagannathan, annabelle wallis, santiago cabrera, morena baccarin, jada pinkett smith, matt czuchry, isla fisher, emily blunt ( specifically as margaret macdonald ), michelle pfeiffer, kareena kapoor, isaiah mustafa, jude law, mike colter, mariska hargitay, sean bean, melanie scrofano, daniel craig, raul esparza, ming na wen, matthew gray gubler, keanu reeves ( specifically as rubeus hagrid ), luke evans, sheetal sheth, nesrin cavadzade, rachel weisz, sophia bush, mads mikkelsen, zoe wanamaker, william jackson harper, reese witherspoon, kumail nanjiani, lauren ridloff ( specifically as ian borgin’s older sibling ), demi moore, neve campbell, steven yeun, bridget regan, ruth wilson, tenoch heurta, winston duke, angelina jolie, marisol nichols, alison brie, matthew goode, dichen lachman or jennifer garner ( specifically as andromeda tonks ) ! 

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El Paso de Robles Chapter passes out over 24 youth awards

–The El Paso de Robles Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution Youth Awards Committee presented Youth Good Citizen Awards at 12 schools, representing all the school districts in North County, along with a number of private schools participated.

Those receiving certificates and medals were:

Almond Acres Charter Academy – Sixth Grade: Olivia Heinbach, Seventh Grade: Nathaly Gutierrez, Eighth Grade: Christopher Murphy

Atascadero Middle School – Sixth Grade: Lucas Pulse, Seventh Grade: Andrea Casey, Eighth Grade: Lauren Muell

Cappy Culver Elementary School – Sixth Grade: Kayanna Hearn, Seventh Grade: Jolie Clack

Daniel E. Lewis Middle School – Sixth Grade: Chandler Schaffer, Seventh Grade Rylinn MacDonald, Eighth Grade: Bella Bowen

Lillian Larsen Elementary School – Eighth Grade: Marisol Aguilar

Independence High School – Sixth Grade: Aleah Johnson, Seventh Grade Whitley Oliver, Eighth Grade: Helen Higuera,

North County Christian School – Sixth Grade: Sydni Morris, Seventh Grade: Carter Paisano

Pleasant Valley School – Sixth Grade: Arely Garcia-Araujo

Templeton Hills Adventist School – Eighth Grade: Natasha Parrish

Templeton Middle School – Eighth Grade: Delanie Stetz

Trinity Lutheran School – Sixth Grade: Vanessa Fletes, Seventh Grade: Kyra Otte, Eighth Grade: Alyssa Taylor

  The qualifications set forth by the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution to honor outstanding students are:

Honor: honesty-high principles, trustworthiness, loyalty, truthfulness, punctuality, moral strength, and stability, cleanliness in mind and body.

Service: cooperation, meritorious behavior bringing honor to school or community, kindliness, true Americanism – individual responsibility to home, to country, to God.

Courage: mental and physical, determination to overcome obstacles.

Leadership: personality – originality- ability to lead and hold others – good sportsmanship -responsibility.

Patriotism: fundamental Americanism

Daughters of the American Revolution award ‘Good Citizenship’ awards El Paso de Robles Chapter passes out over 24 youth awards –The El Paso de Robles Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution…