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( kennedy mcmann, cisfemale, she/her ) · for a pureblood / werewolf, i’d call you lucky for not picking a side. why fight for what’s right versus what’s easy when you can just sit down, right kayleigh ò nuallain ? i mean, a twenty four year old investigative journalist knows better than to get involved in political affairs, especially a wampus from ilvermorny. didn’t i hear that at school people used to describe you as determined and overbearing. staying neutral is always harder than it initially seems. 

like many irish immigrants, the ò nuallain family immigrated from ireland in 1845, right as the potato famine started - coming from very little, the ò nuallains remained farmers until 1848, when gold was found in california, which led the family to buy a mine in california from which they built their fortune - as the decades went on, part of the ò nuallains created a wizarding bank in new york ; passed down through generations, kayleigh’s family still owns most of the shares to nuall (pronounced n-ohl) bank, which still stands strong against other wizarding competitors in the 21st century, and is one of the oldest wizarding banks that survived the world wars

as the middle child of a wealthy family, kayleigh never had as much attention as her siblings; her older brother always seen as the heir apparent to the family business, and her younger sibling getting attention for simply being the youngest, kayleigh often went under her parents’ radar ; something which had once pained her greatly, but eventually found to be comforting, in a way

as a child, kayleigh always loved hearing about their families past, but as with most histories, there were mysteries that were left unanswered in her family’s narratives, which had her curious for answers

mysteries became her lifeblood, and she loved solving them; not for the glory, not for attention, but simply because she didn’t like things going unanswered

at ilvermorny, kayleigh was the kind of girl that you couldn’t help but like; charming and bright and up for anything and everything, she was known to be up for anything, especially if it was dangerous, which was why she got in trouble ... a lot

while she was down for anything, kayleigh was also not the sort of person you should cross ; known for both getting a professor fired for flirting with her younger sibling and for telling everyone her brother had gotten a girl pregnant in junior year - both of which were rumours, of course, but her reputation quickly grew from there, eventually seeing her become the person you went to to uncover people’s secrets (so long as she wanted to uncover them herself, of course)

after graduating, kayleigh began training as an auror before realizing it wasn’t for her and dropping out, becoming a freelance reporter and a barista before publishing a hard hitting story about the true nature of a congresswitch’s death, which had been announced as natural causes, but had actually been murder at the hand of the congresswoman’s ex husband

the story saw her hire at one of the biggest newspapers in new york

kayleigh knew that there were consequences to her actions; she’d learned it after she found the the professor she’d reportedly had fired following her to her place of work, which she reported to the authorities

after years of working as a journalist, kayleigh wasn’t known to be deterred from a story based on risk; after all, she was after the truth, and what was a little risk now and then, right?

she got her answer about three months ago in the form of a werewolf attack -- the once lively, vivacious girl finally turned cold and quiet and scarred, both mentally and physically, and has been unable to talk about what happened in great detail

her family has been especially unsupportive of her and what she’s going through and has essentially been going at it alone for the past few months until stephen, with whom she’s distantly related to, took her in 

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DEATHLESS.

the following prompts were taken from the novel deathless by catherynne m. valente, an american novelist & poet. the novel was loosely based on the tale of koschei the deathless, incorporating other elements of russian mythology, & setting it against the backdrop of the russian revolution. feel free to change the pronouns / prompts as you see fit, but be warned – below the cut, it’s quite long !

❛ the service of your body is not yours to give as you please. ❜

❛ you probably won’t survive. ❜

❛ go. run. don’t look behind you. ❜

❛ i have come for the girl in the window. ❜

❛ i will never be without information. ❜

❛ i will see him with his skin off before i fall in love. ❜

❛ if the world is divided into seeing & not seeing, i will always choose to see. ❜

❛ secrets are jealous things, permitting no fraternization. ❜

❛ no, it’s not like that, when magic comes. ❜

❛ magic does that. it wastes you away. once it grips you by the ear, the world gets quieter & quieter until you can hardly hear it at all. ❜

❛ the sight of it bruised my heart so that i cannot think about anything else. ❜

❛ i’ll be so quiet, i’ll never talk again. ❜

❛ keep me & obey me, for i am your husband, & i can destroy you. ❜

❛ i shall be clever, & i shall not let him go. ❜

❛ it is a new world, & we do not wish to be left behind. ❜

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Nancy Drew in 1x08 ‘The Path of Shadows’

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( jenny boyd, cis female, she/her ) · you know, the gossip in new york city is insidious and gossip about a muggleborn like poppy meadowes seems to constantly be afloat. what i know for a fact, though, is that they’re a twenty four year old receptionist who graduated as a slytherin from hogwarts. apparently that inclines them to be a bit opinionated and tempestuous when she rolls out of bed in the morning. as a member of the resistance ( vetted member ), i feel bad that they’ve resorted to taking up the moniker mars. 

alright, so bear with me as I give some background on the meadowes fam, which is essentially my own headcanon: back during the first wizarding war, dorcas meadowes was one of three adopted children of the meadowes, both of whom were pureblood wizards who sought to build a family while also providing a home for children left to their own ; two of those children turned out to be wizards, while one did not, and were thus considered a squib due to the fact that the children were thought to be biologically theirs. thus, poppy’s family line comes from this one squib, who I think would be her great-grandfather 

the meadowes family is very big, and there’s about seven children in all, two of whom are biological and five are adopted, one of which is also poppy’s biological cousin after she lost her family when she was a baby

all in all, a very loud and busy household, and poppy was not one to be ignored, mainly because she could cause a good amount of damage if you didn’t keep track of her, but also because she always adored attention

as they recount it, the meadowes family knew almost immediately that poppy was a wizard -- things were known to levitate, and if she was angry or upset or sad, those things would be flying around the room like a tornado ; poppy’s magical education, then, started at the same time as she started her regular education, and, gained control over her magic relatively easily

she went to hogwarts, of course, and was relatively popular ; joined a lot of clubs and did The Most TM 

decided to move to NY after graduating both because she wanted to ‘find herself’ and because her best friend was moving there too ; she realized how risky this was, but she also felt the pressure of living up in comparison to dorcas and hoped that she could help the resistance in whatever way they might need 

she can be A Lot but she has a heart of gold tbh ; definitely needs to mature some more

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Talent isn’t genius, and no amount of energy can make it so. 

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I need to go to class.

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You have been hollow for so long, you can’t remember what it was like to be whole. But don’t be afraid, darling. Having an empty heart leaves more room for the love to get in.

you’re not alone anymore // k.s. (via bexrps)

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Holly Black, Black Heart

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#priorities 

+  bonus

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Booksmart (2019) Directed by Olivia Wilde

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