#shout out to mozzie for the incredible graphic !!

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⧼   madchen amick, cis female, she & her  /  soon you’ll get better - taylor swift +  A LOVING MOTHER. a mother who loves her children more than anything in the world. a mother who will do anything for her children, no questions asked. and yet, a mother who is not afraid to call her children out for their wrongs.  AN INDEPENDENT WOMAN. who started as an independent girl, always determined to do everything on her own, stubbornly refusing to admit she needed help. a girl who never wanted to do as she was told. and yet, grew into the young woman her parents had always wanted. who married and had children, and settled down. and never quite content with the housewife roll, continued to do exactly as she pleased. A CAREFULLY MAINTAINED APPEARANCE. not a single strand of blonde hair out of place. a pristine french manicure, not a single chip goes unfixed. a carefully curated wardrobe, each item hand-selected. a strand of pearls and an oversized fur coat. a closet of designer gowns and more shoes than one can count.   ⧽   ━━   hey, isn’t that HÉLÈNE GRAVES LEVESQUE? i read a daily prophet article on them, once ; the FIFTY year old pureblood WITCH is a BEAUXBATONS alumnus who has gone on to be a HOUSEWIFE DANCE INSTRUCTOR. i’ve heard they can be quite FERVENT & SOPHISTICATED, but i don’t know… they came off very ABRASIVE & DECEITFUL in that interview. it really is hard to know what to believe these days though, isn’t it?

meet hélène levesque:

mentions of abuse tw, mentions of abuse cw, mentions of death tw, mentions of death cw

about:

the oldest daughter of étienne and béatrice levesque, hélène has been strong willed and independent since the day she was born, a whole two weeks early. 

at her mother’s suggestion, hélène was enrolled in dance lessons at the age of three. her parents thought and hoped, it would help to settle her unruly spirit. and they were correct. 

from an early age hélène was instilled with the idea that one day she would marry a pureblood man from a respectful family and begin a family of their own. an idea which she romanticized as a young girl, resented as a teenager and grew to accept as an adult.

she was twenty years old when she first met the man who was to be her husband, an american named archibald graves. he was perfect in every single way and yet she found herself dreading their impending nuptials. but she did as she was told, what was expected of her and married this stranger.

and then on their wedding night, archibald revealed his plans for their future together. he had business opportunities in england and they would be relocating as soon as they returned from their honeymoon and that was that.

caught off guard by the news, hélène tried her best to hide her disappointment but it was clear she was upset. she spent the remainder of the honeymoon dreading their impending move, but she did it without protest, trusting her husband knew what was best.

adjusting to life in a foreign country wasn’t as hard as she thought, she had the close knit-nature of pureblood society to help her with that. and her mother, who helped with the move and stayed for the first month.

the couple spent the next couple of years integrating into the pureblooded society of england. whether it was their attendance at galas, or sending a gift for someone’s child’s birthday.

and then hélène learned she was pregnant with the couple’s first child and once again her life changed. suddenly, she was thinking and acting for two people instead of one. and she was terrified.

fortunately her pregnancy went smoothly, and she gave birth to a healthy baby boy who they named damien. she fell in love with him the second she laid eyes on him, her beautiful baby boy.

they would have a total of four children, whom hélène dotted on. though, her husband seemed to have other ideas about how their children should be raised, they reached a compromise of sorts. hélène got to dote on them as much as she wanted but they would be raised with their father’s beliefs.

and at first, there wasn’t any problem, but as the years passed and their children grew, hélène realized that maybe this wasn’t the way to be raising children. yet, it wasn’t until their oldest son ran away that she finally had enough.

she had recognized her husbands pattern of abuse and how it had drove damien away, and determined not to lose another child she left. it was less than amicable, but after six years they don’t have much to do with one another. the exception being rowan’s funeral which was something. -- see below for more on this

hélène had thought about returning to france after their divorce. but she quickly dismissed the idea as foolish, her children were in england and that’s where she would be. this led to her purchasing her own house (manor, lbr) and turning it into her dream home. 

it was her boredom that led her to reconnect with dance, and although she had fallen out of practice and was far past her prime she was happy. and eventually, she decided to offer lessons to the wix community. her primary focus being ballet, but she also taught ballroom dancing.

rowan’s death absolutely rattled hélène, i’m not sure how else to describe it. that was her baby, after all. she’s slowly getting back to her normal self, damien’s return has helped a lot but it’s been difficult.

fun facts:

if you hurt her children, she will hurt you. 

post divorce hélène has been very into trying new things/just doing things she never got to do growing up or during her marriage. this includes things such as flying, 

hélène would deny this if you brought it up, but she has definitely taken to mothering any younger wix that she’s encountered. this probably has something to do with what she considers her failures in raising her own children, but again she doesn’t talk about that !

has always been a huge patron of the arts, this is worth mentioning bc she just lvoes them so much !! 

she loves floral arrangements. she has a new one in her entry way at least once a week.

she loves scented candles like a lot 

i’m going to edit this later !! i just wanna get the basics out 

pinterest board: coming soon

playlist: coming soon

wanted connections: 

the remaining graves children (please see the main for the formal connection)

otherwise, i haven’t gotten around to actually writing up these wanted connections & submitting them to the main but these are some rough ideas!

her first friend in england! definitely pureblood, they would’ve met thirty years ago when hélène first moved to england !! i have this idea of them being the first person to truly make her feel welcome and they’ve stuck by each other through it all 

just other friends in general !! maybe a rival of sorts ?? 

a post divorce fling could be funky 

students !! hélène was a ballerina growing up and after her divorce she started to teach lessons !! her main focus is ballet but she also teaches ballroom dance classes !! 

friends from france !!

members of the levesque family !! i’ll definitely be working on a more detailed wanted connection but she had at least two sisters and a brother all of whom would be welcome as well as any nieces, nephews or niblings !!