#samuel murad/aiden

[the-al-chemist]

HPMA Appreciation Day 2 - Favourite Character(s) of others

I’m rubbish at choosing favourites, so here are two of my top picks (yes, it’s cheating but even picking two was hard!)

Dafne Arcano by @kathrynalicemc

My favourite creepy little necromancer was one of the first HPMA characters I met, and my first introduction to the Arcano family and lore, which is one of the most interesting and expansive I know in the fandom. For that, Dafne deserves a top spot.

Samuel Murad/Aidan by @hogwartsmysteryho

I fell in love with the concept of Samuel Murad and his “alter ego” Aidan from the moment I first read about them. This was one of the most unique and hilariously sweet ideas I’ve seen, and I absolutely adore it and them!

[hogwartsmysteryho]

Valentine’s Day Challenge Day 3: Red

a short story about samuel murad finding his love for life for @lifeofkaze’s valentine’s day challenge!!!!!!!! Professor Willows belongs to the massively cool @that-scouse-wizard and saffron summers is from the brilliant mind of @the-al-chemist

Samuel Murad spaced out as he sat in his Charms class, unable to concentrate on the lesson going on. Samuel was never a straight o student who paid intense attention to his studies and took diligent notes, or any notes at all, but usually he was able to pass time by staring up at the board and learning a thing or two. Lately, however, Samuel found himself struggling to even raise his neck or open his ears. He spent entire class periods staring at the desk in front of him, not thinking of anything at all, and tuning out both the sound of his professors speaking and the sound of Aiden rambling in his own head, a skill he had mastered after years of sharing a body. What little motivation Samuel had had to work on his studies before was just gone completely.

When the bell rang, Samuel slowly packed up his things before trotting out of the classroom. He didn’t make it all the way before he heard his name.

��Mr. Murad,” the Charms professor, Professor Willows, called. “Can I speak with you for a moment?”

Ooh, Aiden echoed in Sam’s head. Sir Samuel, thou’st in trouble!

“Go take a hike,” Samuel muttered under his breath.

“What was that?” Professor Willows frowned.

“Nothing, sir,” Samuel said, turning around and nodding at his teacher.

“I’m sorry to keep you from your weekend,” the professor joked.

Samuel didn’t say anything, just nodded. He didn’t mind, he didn’t have any weekend plans anyway.

Professor Willows cleared his throat. “I’ve noticed that you’ve been falling behind recently. I talked to some of your other professors, and they’ve been saying the same things.”

Samuel’s mind started to drift a little. He couldn’t remember if he had ever talked to a teacher one-on-one before.

“I was thinking it might have to do with the approaching holidays, I know that while this can be a happy time for you teenagers, it can also be really hard for you. I want to remind you that I am always here should you wish to confide in me. I recognize that that can be awkward, however, so I also want to recommend that you confide in a friend, if you should want to.”

“Thanks professor,” Samuel said, with yet another nod. “I’ll keep that in mind.”

Professor Willows gave a small, sad smile. “You’re free to go, Sam. Thanks for staying.”

As Samuel walked away, he looked around the well-decorated halls beside him. Professor Willows was right, the holiday where love in all kinds of forms was celebrated, Valentine’s Day, was right around the corner. However, Samuel wasn’t sure his professor was entirely right about all of his statements. After all, this was hardly Samuel’s first Valentine’s Day at Hogwarts, and he’d never fallen into a slump around the holiday before. Although, Sam did suppose that things were different this year. The kids in his grade had started to couple up this year, it was the first year that they were really old enough to start to appreciate the romance aspect of the special day.

Samuel didn’t have a partner himself, but that was fine, it didn’t bother him. He didn’t really have any friends to celebrate with and love, but that didn’t really bother him either. He also didn’t have a family to love and love him, and although that bothered him a little, it was an unchangeable fact, and not a new one either. Samuel didn’t have anyone, but he never did, so why was this holiday affecting him more than it usually did?

You have me, Aiden’s voice rang in Sam’s mind.

Samuel considered this. “You’re right. I do have you. Thank you,” he said gently.

Samuel felt his nose start to tingle as if he was going to sneeze, a sensation that he associated with switching control with Aiden. It didn’t last, though, and died away almost as soon as it came, leaving Samuel still himself. Sam hadn’t switched to Aiden in a while, he realized.

The Slytherin continued out of the castle and into the cool February air. He made his way down towards the Lake, taking his time as he went. There was no need to be in a rush if there was no particular place you were going to, after all. After walking along the shore for a bit he spotted a familiar figure along the horizon. It was Saffron Summers, a Hufflepuff girl in the same year as Sam, and she was doing some rather strange movements with her arms and legs as she faced the lake. If you hadn’t known Saffron, you might dismiss her actions as some kind of very unusual yoga routine, but every student at Hogwarts knew that Saffron was far too eccentric for it to be just that.

As Samuel observed the girl’s actions, the corners of his mouth curled up ever so slightly, and he began to make his way over to her. He did not, however, make it to her before his attention was caught by a Gryffindor couple, who were a few years older than Samuel himself. They hadn’t noticed Sam, but he could hear their conversation from where he stood.

“She’s just so weird,” the girl was stressing. “She’s a total freak of nature, it’s a wonder she has any friends.”

“I bet she’s trying to come up with some plot to turn the whole school into bunnies, and the ones that follow her around now are her brothers and sisters who she already got to,” the girl’s boyfriend teased. “She’s trying to summon the bunny god right now, that’s what all those freakish cult rituals she’s doing are for.”

“You joke, but she’s insane enough to actually do that, mark my words,” the girl replied darkly.

Samuel had heard enough. If Sammy did have a friend, well, then it was Aiden. But if he had a friend besides Aiden, then it was definitely Saffron Summers. His nose started to tingle again, but before Sam lost control, he drew his wand and whispered, “Wingardium Leviosa”. Lifting the two up by their shoelaces, he floated them out above the water, and promptly let them go. The lake wasn’t frozen anymore, but it was bound to be a cold swim back to shore. Sam noticed a picnic blanket and basket out where they had been sitting, and couldn’t help hoping that they’d get cramps while paddling back. His anger having been quickly satisfied, the tingling sensation in his nose died down again and Samuel once again remained as himself.

Serves those folk right, though I personally wouldst has't did hang those daws up on a tree f'r all to seeth their foolishness and hypocrisy, Aiden declared as Samuel continued his path towards Saffron.

If Saffron saw him, she didn’t say anything, so Samuel just sat a few feet away from her and looked out at the wind and the waves. He wasn’t sure how long he’d been there before Saffron had stopped her ritual and was saying, “Oh, hello there, Sam.”

Samuel stood up and turned around to face her. “Hello Saffron.”

Saffron looked at him, her signature wide smile and dreamy expression all across her face. “I heard the most peculiar shouts and splashes from down the shore a few minutes ago. Luckily I was able to complete the Dance of the Saber-Toothed Hippogriff without being disturbed by them.”

Saber-Toothed Hippogriff? Aiden asked, but Samuel just nodded and looked away for a second. He thought of Professor Willows’s advice before turning back to her again. “Saffron, do you have any remedies that will help me pay attention in class more?”

Sam knew he could count on Saffron to tell or give him something quirky and non-boring as an answer, but he hadn’t expected to be pulled along on a run towards the forest by her. As they dashed, Saffron looked over her shoulder and said without a hint of the exhaustion of running in her voice, “Your aura’s been off for a while, Sam, and I have just the thing to help!”

Samuel wished it could have been Aiden doing the running. Despite using the same body, Aiden had always been more physically fit when in control. Luckily, however, they made it to their destination in no time. And their destination was…

“A rose bush,” Samuel stated. Not just any rose bush, too, this one was white.

Saffron smiled up at Sam. “Paint the roses red!”

Samuel shrugged and pulled out his wand. “Colova-“

Saffron grabbed his wand and lowered it. “Paint the roses red.”

Samuel wondered if Saffron had read Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland before, or if she was just mad enough to come up with the same riddle by herself. “I don’t feel like going back to the castle to find some paint and a paintbrush,” he said blankly.

“You don’t have to, silly,” Saffron giggled, tipping her head to the side. “Just paint the roses red!”

“I don’t understand,” Samuel said. “Could you say it another way?”

Saffron thought for a moment, before she lit up like a light bulb had gone on above her head. Grinning as wide as ever, she lowered herself into a headstand and repeated, “Paint the roses red!”

I wilt admiteth, I haven’t got the foggiest what the lady means, Aiden said. Samuel was just thankful that Saffron was wearing shorts under her school skirt.

Sam turned back to the bush. How do you paint the roses red without painting the roses red? He sat and thought and stared at the bush for a while. Finally, the sun began to set. Samuel continued to stare at the roses blankly, until something incredible happened. As the sky became oranger and then redder, the rays fell upon the rose bush, making each flower appear gorgeous red. When at last the sun fully dripped away and the illusion disappeared, Sammy turned and smiled up at Saffron, who was grinning back, of course. He couldn’t explain it, but something about knowing that he had been right here, right in time made him feel warm inside. There was something so mysterious, yet so comforting about the simple wonder of the world. The world was pretty wonderful, after all.

Samuel felt a sneeze coming on.

[hogwartsmysteryho]

YOU KNOW I LOVE ME SOME TAYTAY

Okay, I’m going to ask for:

Samuel/Aidan

Vinny Raymond

Tulip Karasu (your No.1 hun)

Charlie Weasley (my No.1 hun)

Or your pick from the above, if you don’t fancy doing all of them!!! 🧡🧡🧡

thanks sm for the ask these r literally so fun!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

samuel/aiden - “New Romantics” (1989 Deluxe)

“We're all bored, we're all so tired of everything / We wait for trains that just aren't coming” samuel lives in a constant state of boredom. meanwhile, aiden spent his own life trying to achieve one goal: knighthood. it just never came for him

“We show off our different scarlet letters / Trust me, mine is better” who had it worse? probably samuel but aiden’s the competitive one so he’s the one who’d bring it up and compare. on the other hand, this line can reflect how they each have different strengths and weaknesses to add to their life.

“We're so young, but we're on the road to ruin / We play dumb, but we know exactly what we're doing” samuel is the type to sit through someone explaining something he already knows to him just because he doesn’t care enough to tell them he’s got it. there’s plenty of playing dumb from both of them, and some actual being dumb for both as well.

“'Cause baby, I could build a castle / Out of all the bricks they threw at me / And every day is like a battle / But every night with us is like a dream” first of, “castle”: knight vibes. life has thrown them plenty of bricks, dealt them pretty shitty cards, but they’ve managed to build this fun, quirky life with each other. “battle”: knight vibes. every day is a battle against getting discovered as a two-in-one. but again, life together makes things more interesting and fun, like a cool dream.

“Baby, we're the new romantics / Come on, come along with me” sam and aiden are my new romantics, a new era of ocs for me :)

“We are too busy dancing to get knocked off our feet / Baby, we're the new romantics / The best people in life are free” aiden would be the one dancing, but samuel has the thick skin to pick them back up when they fall, literally and figuratively.

“We're all here, the lights and noise are blinding / We hang back, it's all in the timing / It's poker / He can't see it in my face / But I'm about to play my Ace (Ahh)” samuels definitely hanging out in the back of the party. meanwhile, in tight situations they can switch between their different talents if all else fails, their “ace”

“The rumors are terrible and cruel / But honey, most of them are true” there’s many rumors surrounding the strange samuel murad. most of them aren’t true, but samuel sometimes feels they may as well be.

vinny raymond - “Clean” (1989)

ive chosen this song to talk a little more ab vinny and his relationship with his father

“The drought was the very worst / (Oh-oh, oh-oh) / When the flowers that we'd grown together died of thirst” it takes vinny a while to see past his want for a happy, stable family, and see that the flowers of a healthy relationship with his dad are dead. his worst times living with his dad were before he realized things were too far gone.

“You're still all over me / Like a wine-stained dress I can't wear anymore” vinny keeps his family and emotional baggage with him everywhere, even if he doesn’t act like he does.

“Rain came pouring down / When I was drowning, that's when I could finally breathe” it wasn’t until one night in the heat of it when vinny finally snapped at his dad, and escaped that house. he’s still drowning in his guilt from leaving his brother behind, but he can breathe now, knowing he deserves better.

“There was nothing left to do (Oh-oh, oh-oh) / When the butterflies turned to / Dust that covered my whole room” there was no more vinny could try to fix his family. his vacant room at home is collecting dust, whereas vinny is now “finally clean”

“So I punched a hole in the roof (Oh-oh, oh-oh) / Let the flood carry away all my pictures of you” vinny found his courage and and let go of the happy memories that blinded him from throwing that punch sooner

“The water filled my lungs, I screamed so loud / But no one heard a thing” vinny is drowning, but he continues to act his normal, bubbly self so one one knows how much he’s struggling.

“Ten months sober, I must admit / Just because you're clean, don't mean you don't miss it / Ten months older, I won't give in / Now that I'm clean, I'm never gonna risk it” not a day goes by where vinny doesn’t want to go home and get his brother. but he remembers what’s best for himself and for eli, and stays strong.

i was hoping that you’d come through, and ask for the one, the only,

tulip karasu - “cardigan” (folklore)

“Vintage tee, brand new phone / High heels on cobblestones / … / Sequin smile, black lipstick / Sensual politics” i imagine tulip’s homelife to be attending work dinner parties hosted by her parents and sitting alone in her room. her parents are important ministry officials, perhaps gifting her material goods like vintage tees and whatever the equivalent of a phone is in 80s wizarding world. she wears a sparkling sequin smile because that’s what her parents expect, but she wants to be her true, black lipstick wearing self, which they don’t approve of.

“When you are young, they assume you know nothing” tulip wants to challenge any and all authority and would probably be miffed at being underestimated because of her youth.

“But I knew you / Dancin' in your Levi's / Drunk under a streetlight” enter merula snyde, someone who is so audacious, so rebellious, undermines authority and does what she wants to do.

“And when I felt like I was an old cardigan / Under someone's bed / You put me on and said I was your favorite” canonically, mc doesn’t even know they have a classmate named tulip before they meet her. she’s that invisible at this point. merula is the first person to see tulip, the true, rebellious tulip. the friendship is formed.

“A friend to all is a friend to none / Chase two girls, lose the one” tulip is no sociable goody-goody with a giant friend circle. in the beginning merula is her only friend, it’s just those two girls. i think she‘d agree with the “friend to all is a friend to none”

“You drew stars around my scars / But now I'm bleedin'” in year three, when tulip opens up ab her struggles with friendships, mc reassures tulip and calls her a friend. tulip thanks mc, but doesn’t actually call mc a friend back. mc helps her accept herself and learn to befriend people, but it takes time, its a scar not a cut after all, and she isn’t really integrated into the friendgroup until even later.

“But I knew you'd linger like a tattoo kiss / I knew you'd haunt all of my what-ifs / The smell of smoke would hang around this long / ‘Cause I knew everything when I was young” i think tulip will forever wonder what would have happened if she hadn’t thought she could get to the cursed vaults by herself and betrayed merula. it remains an unresolved issue

“And when I felt like I was an old cardigan / Under someone's bed / You put me on and said I was your favorite” i’m repeating this line here because it also can refer to tulip meeting mc, and no longer being alone after the fallout with merula.

and now that i’ve exposed the true reason i don’t ship tulip and tonks, because tulip and merula are otp, i’m going to drop all these taylor songs for tulip x merula because i can. “Blank Space” “My Tears Richochet” “I Wish You Would” “Getaway Car” “Bad Blood” “happiness”

charlie weasley - “willow” (evermore)

“I'm like the water when your ship rolled in that night / Rough on the surface, but you cut through like a knife” charlie is a man of action, the field agent in many schemes. just as the water pushes the ship forwards, allowing it to move, charlie‘s actions allow plans to move forward.

“And if it was an open-shut case / I never would've known from that look on your face” macho, poker face boy. has a chill expression even when being scared half to death by a centaur.

“The more that you say, the less I know / Wherever you stray, I follow” charlie has always been the most mysterious weasley. he has countless tales about dragons and creatures, and i can see him making a little passing joke about one of those tales to himself, leaving someone conversing with him to just be like wait what? he’s also uber loyal, and will follow his friends anywhere.

“Life was a willow and it bent right to your wind / Head on the pillow, I could feel you sneakin' in” charlie’s very creative and laid back, which is kind of like flows like the bending branches of the willow tree.

“Wait for the signal, and I'll meet you after dark / Show me the places where the others gave you scars” charlie is adventurous, he’ll travel to places other people won’t. plus, sneaking around to go exploring just fits his aesthetic.

“You know that my train could take you home / Anywhere else is hollow” being a weasley, charlie is very comfortable in what he knows is home, and he’s always very generous and genuine in offering what he has to others, no hollow gestures.

send me a character or relationship and i’ll break down a swift song for them!

[hogwartsmysteryho]

7, 14 and 22 for all your kiddos please? 💛

thanks so much for the ask!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

7. what are 3 foods they can’t live without?

nolan- ham, cheese, blueberry pancakes

vinny- vinny appreciates tasty food, but could live, and has lived, without everything except water and bread

anastasia- tea, chocolate, strawberries

allison- chocolate chip cookies, coffee, peanut butter

samuel- flaming hot cheetos, mountain dew, sour patch kids watermelon

aiden- any kind of meat, cake, sour patch kids watermelon

14. choose an Au you think would be interesting for them to be a part of. who would they be?

nolan- i’d put him on some kind of james bondy spy team. he wouldn’t be the main character spy, just that team member who’s generally annoying but still part of the team.

vinny- in a modern, muggle au, i think vinny would be a cross country star. he just has those vibes. although, i feel like he’d be good at wakeboarding if given the oppertunity.

anastasia- hmmmm maybe some kind of upper east side gossip girl au?

allison- going into a percy jackson au, where she becomes the counselor of the aphrodite cabin.

sam/aiden- definitely some dr. jekyll/mr. hyde au. or an au where samuel is the alter ego to aiden, and they live aiden’s life in midevil times.

22. what is something others admire about them? are they aware that people admire them for this?

nolan- even though he’s a smartass, people do appreciate that he studied hard to get all of that knowledge. he assumes people admire his intellect, even though no one has ever told him so.

vinny- his ability to always look on the brightside, get along with anyone, and seemingly never get down in the dumps. some people have told him they admire this, so he has a decent awareness of it.

anastasia- her intense drive and knowing exactly what she wants her future to be. she has zero awareness people admire it.

allison- her high emotional intelligence and good advice in times of crisis (teenage hormone crisises usually). she knows people admire and value her advice.

samuel- most people don’t know too much about him, but it seems like he’s a pretty daring and talented flyer. sam knows he has that reputation, and it’s one of the few things that makes him a little uncomfortable.

[hogwartsmysteryho]

Hello, can I have 3,5 and 13 and 22 for, don't be mad, all your characters if you want and can? ✨✨✨✨✨

thanks for the ask!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ngl it took some effort 😅

3. a scent that fits them? doesn't have the be what they actually smell like!

for this one i’m just gonna go with my favorite of each of their amortentia scents!

nolan - green tea | vinny - brown sugar (fun fact: i changed vin’s amortentia smell to the components of my personal foavortie cookie, the oatmeal scotchie) | anastasia - mint | allison - lemonade | marty - ramen noodles | samuel - stones | aiden - chocolate | ryan - honey

5. a touch/feeling that fits them?

nolan - a firm handshake | vinny - big bonfire heat | anastasia - blood rushing back into flow after your circulation was cut off for a little | allison - locking arms | marty - waking up and lying in bed in your covers | samuel - sliding a ring on your finger | aiden - bear hug | ryan - a brainfreeze has just passed

13. if they could change one thing about themselves, what'd it be?

nolan - give himself a photographic memory | vinny - make himself better at focusing | anastasia - would make herself care less about what other people think of her | allison - wise enough to not change anything | marty - would make himself more charismatic | samuel - better work ethic | aiden - also, but more unexpectedly, wise enough to not change anything | ryan - no more honesty curse

22. any embarassing tattoo/scar stories?

nolan - bowtruckle bite scar on his right index finger | vinny - barely visible burn on his left forearm/wrist from trying to make pancakes | anastasia - small nick above her eyebrow from dropping a book on herself when trying to unshelf it | allison - all tats intentional and unembarrassing | marty - not embarrassing but his left forearm and wrist were twisted badly in the vault of fear, and madam pomfrey was unable to fully heal it because of the curse, so his left arm is twisted nearly 180 degrees. he can hold his arm twisted back if he feels like it, but that makes his elbow stick out awkwardly | sam & aiden - nothing embarrassing, but have sported various cuts and bruises over the years | ryan - always picks dare when playing truth or dare, was dared to get a tattoo (i’m not sure what of yet, but i’m thinking maybe a teapot?)

[hogwartsmysteryho]

11,15,21 for Allison and Sam/Aiden please!💛

thanks for the ask, this is such a fun task!!!!!!!!!

11. who was their child hero/heroine?

allison- allison lived a pretty sheltered life until hogwarts, and did plenty of adventure reading to compensate. fairytales were her favorite, and maid marian from robin hood was her favorite of all.

sam- samuel didn’t really have any role models after his parents died. he did take a liking to Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, however. alice was a bored little girl who had many interesting things happen to her, and that definitely resonated with sammy.

aiden- aiden‘s personal hero was his king from back in the day, along with pretty much any knight he knew of. he had a lot of mentors in his training days, and plenty of knight-in-shining armor legends.

14. choose an AU you think would be interesting for them to be a part of. who would they be?

answered here, but beware another percy jackson theme :)

21. what are they most afraid of? what made them fear this?

allison- allison is afraid of isolation and being kept in a bubble her whole life due to her overprotective parents and her disability.

samuel- samuel is most afraid of flying, due to the trauma of surviving a plane crash that also killed his parents. any kind of airborne motion, even if unrelated to planes specifically, makes him nervous, he prefers to stay grounded in general. forced interaction with a broomstick or flight is the usual cause for aiden to take over.

aiden- aiden vaules the virtues of fraternity and brotherhood very much, as it was a large part of his code from knighthood. he is incredibly loyal, and so his biggest fear would be something fatal happening to someone he’s close to, such as samuel or his friend saffron.

[hogwartsmysteryho]

8 for everyone, please?

thanks sm for the ask!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

8. a song that fits them, and do you think they would enjoy it?

nolan: “Before You Go” by Lewis Capaldi - he’d probably be mad that i choose this song but would admit that the vocals are good

vinny: “Daylight” by Matt and Kim - vinny would absolutely love this song

anastasia: “My Grand Plan” from the percy jackson musical haha - i think she’d like it alright

allison: “Fool For Love” by Stefy - she’d think it’s pretty good and catchy

marty: “jealousy, jealousy” by Olivia Rodrigo - he’d like this one

samuel & aiden: “Birds” by Imagine Dragons - sam doesn’t have an opinion, aiden thinks it’s a good song, just not his style

ryan: “Secrets” by One Republic - she would like this one and the violin in it

[hogwartsmysteryho]

For the headcanons…

Saffron, Samuel, and Aiden

And… Artemis and Marty (have I said how excited I am about your new boy?!)

aiden always loves hanging out with saffron, especially because he doesn’t have to pretend to be someone else and can just be himself. but, one time he provoked one of saffron’s bunny’s into biting him, like really deeply, causing him to change back to samuel. sam couldn’t feel the teeth, but the bunny insisted on hanging there on sam’s arm for an hour, while saffron rubbed his arm with fern leaves in an effort to get the bunny off, certain that that would be a better alternative to going to the hospital wing.

artemis and marty got off on the wrong foot when he complimented her, but due to his smirky, seems-holding-back-a-laugh-at-all-times demeanor artemis thought he was making fun of him. they fought a bit like cats and dogs before realizing the misunderstanding. marty admitted to artemis that he actually wasn’t funny enough to make fun or her even if he wanted to, and artemis has since been spotted teaching marty some good jokes so he can get his comedy skills up. the two get on really well now, but still have debates about whether soup or scully is cuter. bonus: maybe artemis is marty’s prefect in my canon?

[hogwartsmysteryho]

Samuel Murad/Aiden

BASIC

Name: Samuel Murad | Aiden

Description: The kids at Hogwarts have heard many things about Samuel Murad, a mysterious kid who mostly keeps to himself. some say that he lives alone, writing poetry in the woods. some say that he’s a sociopath, that he killed his own parents. that as a child he fought both sides of the wizarding war. the truth about samuel started long ago, centuries ago, when a muggle boy by the name of aiden was on a quest to gain his knighthood. he was to confront and kill a dangerous man believed by the king to be a sorcerer. only the man really was a wizard, and in the confrontation he trapped aiden’s soul inside a tarot card. many decades later, seven year old samuel murad was going on a plane trip to visit his muggle mother’s family. the night before the flight, samuel had a vision of the plane crashing and himself being the only survivor. when his vision came true, samuel spent four years in a muggle orphanage, waiting for his hogwarts letter to come. when it finally did, samuel traveled to diagon alley to get his school supplies. quickly becoming bored of that scene, he wandered into knockturn alley where he purchased a deck of tarot cards from borgin and burke’s. knowing he must be a seer, samuel was messing around with the cards when he accidentally released aiden’s spirit, which became bound with samuel. now living as two people within one body (samuel’s), samuel usually remains in control with aiden as his co-pilot, although certain things trigger aiden to being in control. while at hogwarts, samuel doesn’t care much about making aquintinces, causing an air of mystery to grow around him. as the grade gets older, they realize how ridiculous all the rumors are, but he remains as mysterious as ever.

Nickname: ‘Sir Samuel’ by Aiden, ‘Sam’ and ‘Sammy’ by some teachers and students, ‘Sociopath’ by some students

Gender Identity: he/him | he/him

Sexuality: heterosexual | bisexual

Birthday: November 2nd, 1998 (scorpio) | August 8th, 1118 (leo)

Blood Status: half-blood | muggle

Hometown: Bradford, West Yorkshire, England | Cambridge, England

Nationality: British

PERSONALITY

Myers Briggs: INTP | ESFP

Enneagram: 4w5 | 2w3

Good Qualities: cunning, intelligent, resourceful, un-offendable | courageous, loyal, ambitious, ultimate wingman, athletic, chivalrous

Bad Qualities: unfriendly, unambitious, unemotional, constantly bored, lazy, distant | submissive, dim, lack of boundaries, overbearing

Quirks of being in control: samuel wants to keep their duel identity a secret, having never heard of it before and not wanting to wind up as someone’s case study. this results in some hilarious impersonations of samuel whenever aiden is in control. although both boys inhabit the same body, they still have different physical qualities. samuel was born with CIPA, or congenital insensitivity to pain with anhidrosis, which is a disorder where a person cannot feel physical pain or temperature. to be clear, he still gets injuries, just does not feel the pain | aiden is a muggle, and cannot perform magic, including seer magic, while samuel can. he is also a fantastic athlete due to all his knightly training, which translates over whenever he gains control. he can feel physical pain, in fact…

Triggers: whenever samuel feels heavy emotions (fear, anxiety, happiness, distress), which doesn’t happen often, he switches into aiden | whenever aiden is in control and feels physical pain, he switches back to samuel.

APPEARANCE

Face Claim: zayn malik | billy magnuseen

Height: 5’10”

Eye Color: dark brown

Hair Color: black brown

Build: lean, healthy

Scars: a handful scrapes that left a mark

Walk: straight, purposeful | confident

Posture: good | great

Grooming: well mantained

Gestures while talking?: no | occasionally

Eye Contact: yes | yes

Style: plain, put-together | revels in modern comfort clothes

Handwriting: neat, but often smeared because he is left-handed | elegant

AT HOGWARTS

House: slytherin

O.W.L.’s:

Charms (Acceptable)

Defense Against the Dark Arts (Acceptable)

Potions (Acceptable)

Transfigurations (Acceptable)

Herbology (Acceptable)

History of Magic (Acceptable)

Astronomy (Exceeds Expectations)

Ancient Runes (Exceeds Expectations)

Divination (Exceeds Expectations)

N.E.W.T’s:

Charms (Acceptable)

Astronomy (Acceptable)

Ancient Runes (Exceeds Expectations)

Divinations (Outstanding)

Prefect: no

Head Boy: no

Quidditch: samuel is afraid of flying and isn’t incredibly invested in the quidditch team | aiden took over in all the first year classes and loved it, as it’s one of the few magical things he can do. he got quite good, causing people to thing samuel was skilled in flying and encouraged to try out for the team. aiden would reject that idea out of respect for samuel and his trauma.

WIZZARDRY

Wand: Phoenix Feather core, Pine Wood, 9”, extremely bendy

Animagus: none

Boggart: airplane | giant spider

Riddikulus form: turns into a small finch | cannot cast spell

Patronus: has never tried to cast spell | cannot cast spell

Amortentia (what they smell like): ginger ale, sour patch water melon, stone | chocolate, sour patch water melon, metal

Mirror of Erised: himself exploring an infinitely interesting world | himself, as a full knight

RELATIONSHIPS

Friends: Saffron Summers- able to notice that two spirits resided within a single body with her aura-sensing abilities, saffron befriended both sam and aiden. sam appreciates her quirkiness and knows he’ll never be bored when he’s hanging out with her | aiden just likes that he can be himself around without hiding like he usually does, and he likes the treats she bakes for them. @the-al-chemist

Jack Whitten- Sam and Jack were never BFF’s, but sharing a dorm with each gave them a solid mutual understanding. they know better than to get in the other’s way, and they’ll help each other set up for a stunt or clean up after something’s happened, no questions asked @unfortunate-arrow

samuel isn’t extremely interested in making friends, but if you have an oc with enough patience and determination to make it, hmu | if you have an oc who doesn’t mind sharing their food, aiden is already pledging his undying loyalty, just hmu!

Rivals: samuel can’t really be bothered with rivalries | aiden, on the other hand, would get very caught up in a petty rivalry if you have an interested oc!!!

Love Interest: aiden has tried to use his position to get samuel dates with many girls in the class. poor girls have received a lot of mixed messages from samuel over the years

Zola Albatross- when zola asked sam out at the beginning of their fourth year, he agreed despite not knowing much about her. they grew closer, eventually enough for sam to trust her with his secret, but they realized that their feelings were more platonic than romantic and agreed to just be friends. @usernoneexistent

hmu if u hv an interested oc!

[the-al-chemist]

Cupcakes for Two

A/N: a HPMA scenelet written for the lovely @hogwartsmysteryho, featuring her new child Samuel and his alter-ego Aiden. Hope you enjoy it, HMH. You’re as fantastic as Shaggy’s 1995 hit song Mr Boombastic. Warnings: none.

Samuel Murad turned heads as he walked back from the Quidditch pitch, battered, bruised and bleeding. His peers winced with empathic pain as they saw the state of him, but Samuel walked as if he hadn’t a care in the world, without so much as a limp.

Back in the dungeons, Samuel went into the Slytherin boys’ bathroom and cleaned his wounds - though, of course, they weren’t technically his - and assessed the damage. Nothing too bad this time. Aiden had gotten off luckily, and therefore, so had he.

He showered, and returned to his dormitory to change, but his plans became derailed when he saw what - or rather, who - was on his bed.

A girl his own age, dressed in a long white skirt a bright pink t-shirt with a unicorn on the chest, was lying on her back across the width of the bed. Her shoeless feet, clad in mismatching fluorescent socks, were pointed straight towards the ceiling, and her head hung from the edge of the bed, so that her wavy blonde hair fell to the floor and puddled there. One of her eyes was squeezed closed, while the other peered closely at a piece of quartz she was holding to her face.

“What are you doing in here?” Samuel asked her.

At the sound of his voice, the girl sat upright and turned to look at him, her eyes so wide he could see the whites all around her pupils, and her smile so broad her pink gums showed.

“Oh. Hello,” she said, sounding almost surprised to see him in his own bedroom. “It’s you!”

“Uh, yes,” Samuel frowned. “Who else would it be?”

“Your friend, of course.”

“I don’t have any friends.”

“Yes, you do.”

The girl nodded earnestly. Samuel shook his head. He didn’t have any friends. Most of the other students at school thought him strange, even stranger than the peculiar crystal girl who walked her pet rabbit on a lead like a dog and was now inexplicably sitting on his bed.

“It’s Saffron, isn’t it?” he asked her, and she nodded, her smile growing impossibly wider. “How did you get in my dormitory?”

“Oh, I just walked here,” she told him, and wriggled her brightly coloured toes to demonstrate.

“Who gave you the password?”

“What password?”

Saffron’s smile didn’t fade, but there was a look of amused bafflement in her wide brown eyes. Samuel blinked, and shook his head.

“Right. Can you just leave? I want to get changed.”

“Oh. Yes. I just came here to give you these, anyway.”

Still smiling, Saffron picked up a white cardboard box decorated with hand drawn daisies and handed it to him.

“They’re all vegan, and gluten free, because I didn’t know if you might be a coeliac. The ones that have chocolate sprinkles on to look like tealeaves are for you. The ones that have golden snitches on are for your friend.”

“I told you. I don’t have any friends.”

“Of course you do,” Saffron’s blonde eyebrows furrowed momentarily, before rising once more. “I mean your friend who lives in here with you.”

She raised a finger and pointed it first to Samuel’s forehead, and then to his chest. Samuel took a step backwards, away from her. How could she have known about Aiden?

“Hope both of you enjoy the cupcakes. Come on, Tofu. Time to go home.”

A white rabbit in a blue gingham harness and lead hopped out from under Samuel’s bed. Saffron picked up the lead, and she and the rabbit left the dormitory, leaving Samuel alone.

Alone except for Aiden, of course.

[hogwartsmysteryho]

Hello!!!! I’d like to know what are Samuel and Aiden’s favourite kinds of cake? 💛

hi and thanks for the ask!!!!!!!! this might b a little late, but aiden loves pretty much any and all food, he’s a bottomless pit and spends a large amount of his in control time eating. of all the cakes, chocolate sponge with chocolate frosting and chocolate chunks and chocolate fudge swirled in is his very favorite, though i suspect saffron’s vegan cupcakes with little golden snitches are now treasured and held close to his heart. samuel doesn’t really have an opinion on cakes, he doesn’t have much of an opinion on most things. chocolate is also his favorite though, and he ate more than one of those cupcakes himself

[hogwartsmysteryho]

oc list

hphm

marty raymond

hphl

nolan miller

vinny raymond

anastasia jennings

hpma

samuel murad / aiden

ryan oakley

[kathrynalicemc]

BRB CRYING ILY AL 🥺💕💕💕 Also I love Dante so right back at ya! I still am obsessed over how you gave my boring ass throw away npc a fully fledged backstory and life and family 🥺🥺 We love that for them!!!

HPMA Appreciation Day 2 - Favourite Character(s) of others

I’m rubbish at choosing favourites, so here are two of my top picks (yes, it’s cheating but even picking two was hard!)

Dafne Arcano by @kathrynalicemc

My favourite creepy little necromancer was one of the first HPMA characters I met, and my first introduction to the Arcano family and lore, which is one of the most interesting and expansive I know in the fandom. For that, Dafne deserves a top spot.

Samuel Murad/Aidan by @hogwartsmysteryho

I fell in love with the concept of Samuel Murad and his “alter ego” Aidan from the moment I first read about them. This was one of the most unique and hilariously sweet ideas I’ve seen, and I absolutely adore it and them!

[hogwartsmysteryho]

Sir Samuel! An all-too familiar voice rang in Samuel’s head. Could it be that thou hath finally found thouself a fair maiden?

Samuel had no idea why Aiden spoke in what seemed to be a wannabe Shakespearen dialect. He knew Aiden could speak everyday English well enough to impersonate a modern teenager. The dialect Aiden chose to use wasn’t even the old english he would have used back in his time, or Samuel wouldn’t have been able to understand him at all. Aiden was putting more effort into sounding knightly than he would have just speaking plain, modern english. He didn’t even always use the proper elizabethan grammer, or any of the correct vocabulary.

“Aiden, did you hear what she said?”

Nay! I’m afraid I hath been distracted by the blissful ecstasy of flying earlier today.

“Yes,” said Samuel as he pulled a new shirt over his many bruises and scrapes. “Was the broom surfing really necessary?”

Apologies, my lord! I may have gotten a little caught up in our lesson and gotten carried away. In my excitement I forgot thee dislikes flight.

“It’s fine. We have bigger problems.”

Problems concerning thee’s new lady friend?

“Yes, but she’s not my friend. Although she seems to think think she is.”

I dare say thee should let her be thee’s friend, Sir Samuel.

“She knows, Aiden. She knows about you, and our little duality here,” Samuel said, finishing changing and flopping on his bed.

Dear me! How could she have foundeth us out?

“I dunno, but think on it for a little.”

I certainly shall!

Samuel himself tried to reflect on his recent actions and exploits. But the more he tried to think of any ways he may have accidentally revealed himself, the more bored he got. He lacked the drive to fully ponder it and rolled over in his bed. Reflecting was boring.

“Boring boring boring boring,” Samuel said aloud, listening to his voice. Aiden didn’t respond. Maybe he’d gotten lost in thought again, or maybe he was just too used to Samuel’s mannerisms to comment.

Everything was always so boring. Samuel squinted his eyes at the object now in front of him. He grabbed the box and pulled it toward himself, taking a cupcake decorated with chocolate sprinkles out and examining it.

Saffron Summers wasn’t boring. He took a bite. She wasn’t a bad chef either.

Samuel closed the box as he ate his cupcake, storing it in their designated snack drawer, so Aiden could eat his cupcakes later. As Samuel finished his treat, something told him this wouldn’t be the last he’d hear from Saffron Summers.

Cupcakes for Two

A/N: a HPMA scenelet written for the lovely @hogwartsmysteryho, featuring her new child Samuel and his alter-ego Aiden. Hope you enjoy it, HMH. You’re as fantastic as Shaggy’s 1995 hit song Mr Boombastic. Warnings: none.

Samuel Murad turned heads as he walked back from the Quidditch pitch, battered, bruised and bleeding. His peers winced with empathic pain as they saw the state of him, but Samuel walked as if he hadn’t a care in the world, without so much as a limp.

Back in the dungeons, Samuel went into the Slytherin boys’ bathroom and cleaned his wounds - though, of course, they weren’t technically his - and assessed the damage. Nothing too bad this time. Aiden had gotten off luckily, and therefore, so had he.

He showered, and returned to his dormitory to change, but his plans became derailed when he saw what - or rather, who - was on his bed.

A girl his own age, dressed in a long white skirt a bright pink t-shirt with a unicorn on the chest, was lying on her back across the width of the bed. Her shoeless feet, clad in mismatching fluorescent socks, were pointed straight towards the ceiling, and her head hung from the edge of the bed, so that her wavy blonde hair fell to the floor and puddled there. One of her eyes was squeezed closed, while the other peered closely at a piece of quartz she was holding to her face.

“What are you doing in here?” Samuel asked her.

At the sound of his voice, the girl sat upright and turned to look at him, her eyes so wide he could see the whites all around her pupils, and her smile so broad her pink gums showed.

“Oh. Hello,” she said, sounding almost surprised to see him in his own bedroom. “It’s you!”

“Uh, yes,” Samuel frowned. “Who else would it be?”

“Your friend, of course.”

“I don’t have any friends.”

“Yes, you do.”

The girl nodded earnestly. Samuel shook his head. He didn’t have any friends. Most of the other students at school thought him strange, even stranger than the peculiar crystal girl who walked her pet rabbit on a lead like a dog and was now inexplicably sitting on his bed.

“It’s Saffron, isn’t it?” he asked her, and she nodded, her smile growing impossibly wider. “How did you get in my dormitory?”

“Oh, I just walked here,” she told him, and wriggled her brightly coloured toes to demonstrate.

“Who gave you the password?”

“What password?”

Saffron’s smile didn’t fade, but there was a look of amused bafflement in her wide brown eyes. Samuel blinked, and shook his head.

“Right. Can you just leave? I want to get changed.”

“Oh. Yes. I just came here to give you these, anyway.”

Still smiling, Saffron picked up a white cardboard box decorated with hand drawn daisies and handed it to him.

“They’re all vegan, and gluten free, because I didn’t know if you might be a coeliac. The ones that have chocolate sprinkles on to look like tealeaves are for you. The ones that have golden snitches on are for your friend.”

“I told you. I don’t have any friends.”

“Of course you do,” Saffron’s blonde eyebrows furrowed momentarily, before rising once more. “I mean your friend who lives in here with you.”

She raised a finger and pointed it first to Samuel’s forehead, and then to his chest. Samuel took a step backwards, away from her. How could she have known about Aiden?

“Hope both of you enjoy the cupcakes. Come on, Tofu. Time to go home.”

A white rabbit in a blue gingham harness and lead hopped out from under Samuel’s bed. Saffron picked up the lead, and she and the rabbit left the dormitory, leaving Samuel alone.

Alone except for Aiden, of course.

[lifeofkaze]

This is as sweet as Saff's organic, gluten-free and vegan cupcakes 💛💛💛

On a totally unrelated and random note, have a gif of boat... ship. Who said that?

Cupcakes for Two

A/N: a HPMA scenelet written for the lovely @hogwartsmysteryho, featuring her new child Samuel and his alter-ego Aiden. Hope you enjoy it, HMH. You’re as fantastic as Shaggy’s 1995 hit song Mr Boombastic. Warnings: none.

Samuel Murad turned heads as he walked back from the Quidditch pitch, battered, bruised and bleeding. His peers winced with empathic pain as they saw the state of him, but Samuel walked as if he hadn’t a care in the world, without so much as a limp.

Back in the dungeons, Samuel went into the Slytherin boys’ bathroom and cleaned his wounds - though, of course, they weren’t technically his - and assessed the damage. Nothing too bad this time. Aiden had gotten off luckily, and therefore, so had he.

He showered, and returned to his dormitory to change, but his plans became derailed when he saw what - or rather, who - was on his bed.

A girl his own age, dressed in a long white skirt a bright pink t-shirt with a unicorn on the chest, was lying on her back across the width of the bed. Her shoeless feet, clad in mismatching fluorescent socks, were pointed straight towards the ceiling, and her head hung from the edge of the bed, so that her wavy blonde hair fell to the floor and puddled there. One of her eyes was squeezed closed, while the other peered closely at a piece of quartz she was holding to her face.

“What are you doing in here?” Samuel asked her.

At the sound of his voice, the girl sat upright and turned to look at him, her eyes so wide he could see the whites all around her pupils, and her smile so broad her pink gums showed.

“Oh. Hello,” she said, sounding almost surprised to see him in his own bedroom. “It’s you!”

“Uh, yes,” Samuel frowned. “Who else would it be?”

“Your friend, of course.”

“I don’t have any friends.”

“Yes, you do.”

The girl nodded earnestly. Samuel shook his head. He didn’t have any friends. Most of the other students at school thought him strange, even stranger than the peculiar crystal girl who walked her pet rabbit on a lead like a dog and was now inexplicably sitting on his bed.

“It’s Saffron, isn’t it?” he asked her, and she nodded, her smile growing impossibly wider. “How did you get in my dormitory?”

“Oh, I just walked here,” she told him, and wriggled her brightly coloured toes to demonstrate.

“Who gave you the password?”

“What password?”

Saffron’s smile didn’t fade, but there was a look of amused bafflement in her wide brown eyes. Samuel blinked, and shook his head.

“Right. Can you just leave? I want to get changed.”

“Oh. Yes. I just came here to give you these, anyway.”

Still smiling, Saffron picked up a white cardboard box decorated with hand drawn daisies and handed it to him.

“They’re all vegan, and gluten free, because I didn’t know if you might be a coeliac. The ones that have chocolate sprinkles on to look like tealeaves are for you. The ones that have golden snitches on are for your friend.”

“I told you. I don’t have any friends.”

“Of course you do,” Saffron’s blonde eyebrows furrowed momentarily, before rising once more. “I mean your friend who lives in here with you.”

She raised a finger and pointed it first to Samuel’s forehead, and then to his chest. Samuel took a step backwards, away from her. How could she have known about Aiden?

“Hope both of you enjoy the cupcakes. Come on, Tofu. Time to go home.”

A white rabbit in a blue gingham harness and lead hopped out from under Samuel’s bed. Saffron picked up the lead, and she and the rabbit left the dormitory, leaving Samuel alone.

Alone except for Aiden, of course.

[lifeofkaze]

This is one of the most interesting concepts I’ve seen on my dash in a while, and I adore it 💛

It’s amazing that they’re so distinct from each other, I can’t wait to find out more about them!

although my hphl set has now been completed, it’s time to start a new set for hpma let’s ignore that i haven’t even made much progress with my hphm oc, despite that being my main hp fandom here !even though i don’t know any of the canon characters for this game, and have only read a little plot summary, this guy’s more of just an era type oc, he wouldn’t be the mc anyways. anyways, im very excited to share with you…

name: Samuel Murad | Aiden

description: The kids at Hogwarts have heard many things about Samuel Murad, a mysterious kid who mostly keeps to himself. some say that he lives alone, writing poetry in the woods. some say that he’s a sociopath, that he killed his own parents. that as a child he fought both sides of the wizarding war. the truth about samuel started long ago, centuries ago, when a muggle boy by the name of aiden was on a quest to gain his knighthood. he was to confront and kill a dangerous man believed by the king to be a sorcerer. only the man really was a wizard, and in the confrontation he trapped aiden’s soul inside a tarot card. many decades later, seven year old samuel murad was going on a plane trip to visit his muggle mother’s family. the night before the flight, samuel had a vision of the plane crashing and himself being the only survivor. when his vision came true, samuel spent four years in a muggle orphanage, waiting for his hogwarts letter to come. when it finally did, samuel traveled to diagon alley to get his school supplies. quickly becoming bored of that scene, he wandered into knockturn alley where he purchased a deck of tarot cards from borgin and burke’s. knowing he must be a seer, samuel was messing around with the cards when he accidentally released aiden’s spirit, which became bound with samuel. now living as two people within one body (samuel’s), samuel usually remains in control with aiden as his co-pilot, although certain things trigger aiden to being in control. while at hogwarts, samuel doesn’t care much about making aquintinces, causing an air of mystery to grow around him. as the grade gets older, they realize how ridiculous all the rumors are, but he remains as mysterious as ever.

nickname: ‘Sir Samuel’ by Aiden, ‘Sam’ and ‘Sammy’ by some teachers and students, ‘Sociopath’ by some students

gender identity: wizard (he/him) | male (he/him)

sexuality: sex-indifferent/demiromantic | bisexual/heteroromantic

house: slytherin

blood-status: half-blood | muggle

good qualities: cunning, intelligent, resourceful, un-offendable | courageous, loyal, ambitious, ultimate wingman, athletic, chivalrous

bad qualities: unfriendly, unambitious, unemotional, constantly bored, lazy, distant | submissive, dim, lack of boundaries, overbearing

face claim: zayn malik | billy magnuseen

best class: divinations | flying

worst class: flying | everything except flying

quirks of being in control: samuel wants to keep their duel identity a secret, having never heard of it before and not wanting to wind up as someone’s case study. this results in some hilarious impersonations of samuel whenever aiden is in control. although both boys inhabit the same body, they still have different physical qualities. samuel was born with CIPA, or congenital insensitivity to pain with anhidrosis, which is a disorder where a person cannot feel physical pain or temperature. to be clear, he still gets injuries, just does not feel the pain | aiden is a muggle, and cannot perform magic, including seer magic, while samuel can. he is also a fantastic athlete due to all his knightly training, which translates over whenever he gains control. he can feel physical pain, in fact…

triggers: whenever samuel feels heavy emotions (fear, anxiety, happiness, distress), which doesn’t happen often, he switches into aiden. whenever aiden is in control and feels physical pain, he switches back to samuel.

friends: samuel isn’t very interested in making friends, but if you have an oc with enough patience and determination to make it, hmu. if you have an oc who doesn’t mind sharing their food, aiden is already pledging his undying loyalty, just hmu!

rivals: samuel can’t really be bothered with rivalries | aiden, on the other hand, would get very caught up in a petty rivalry if you have an interested oc!!!

love interest: aiden has tried to use his position to get samuel dates with many girls in the class. poor girls have received a lot of mixed messages from samuel over the years. hmu if u hv an interested oc!