saerimm

[saerimm]

when she undertook the mantle of being baek ho’s housemaster, she also inherited the responsibilities that came with it. she was sworn in under an oath to protect her charges, to guide them, and aid them should they come to her seeking consul. in just a little under a year was all it took for oh saerim to become attached to her brood of wayward children—though she uses the term children loosely, often making jabs at their recklessness and stupidity, which adults often associated children with. she had been their age once, and can relate to their need for freedom and autonomy, but they lived under yosul’s roof, and as such, should abide by the laws of the land since they partake in the luxuries and amenities at no cost at all. saerim endeavors to teach her students moderation, a word unfit for any baek ho’s vocabulary, but it’s something that should be practiced if they intend to enter wizarding society as civil servants like she had. there were some who were more susceptible to her advice ( the younger students who were much more malleable and easier to influence ) and then there were those who were too hardheaded for her to crack. one student in particular, seo yujun, persisted in testing her patience. he was a student that held promise, but constantly toe the line between abiding by her rules and breaking them. tonight certainly was a testament to that habit of his as curfew had passed hours ago, yet there was no hide nor hair of the seventh year passing through her wards, alerting her of his return. so she’s content to stew in a dark corner of the common room, lying in wait. 

she needn’t wait too long for as she contemplates slumber, the wards she had put in place around baek ho’s common room ripple, recognizing the magical signature and permitting entrance. the room was blanketed in darkness, as had been saerim’s intention, so she waits for him to notice her, for him to realize he was not as slick as he thought he was. the nonchalant way he greets her wold have been off-putting if she were not more concerned about his whereabouts and reasons for staying out nearly past curfew. the woman doesn’t dignify him with a response as she stands, stepping out of the shadows with a look of consternation etched onto her countenance. years of observation granted her the ability to come to her own conclusions by taking in the appearance, noting their body language and the smells wafting off of captives held in custody. it taught her how to pick out the innocent, and the guilty, one of which yujun was, and it was a skill she used now to discern where he had been since he certainly wouldn’t tell her—she was too tired to pull teeth and interrogate him, so she’s content to make her assumptions. her heightened sense of smell told her most of the story: he smelled of cheap soju and smoke ( a bar ? perhaps a party ? ) the cloud of varying aromas also tells her he’d been in a crowd, compressed against other bodies where odors could stick to his clothes and skin. she’s made her deductions and comes to the conclusion that, in typical baek ho fashion, was doing something she wouldn’t have condoned.

“glad to see you’ve made it back in one piece, seo,” saerim murmurs, keeping her voice controlled lest she wakes the entirety of their house with a shrill lecture. “i’m glad to know you think the rules i enforce are a joke—but i think you’re the only one who finds them funny, since you’re the only one who doesn’t follow them. which, i think, is the real joke here, don’t you think ?”

— &. AFTER HOURS. / @saerimm

      he’s a creature of habit. it’s what seven years of reckless spontaneity does to a man. tonight, however, was not something he pulled out of thin air. no, tonight was his usual. it’s a typical friday, and that means typical friday nights, which should ( for every twenty something year old with a social life ) consist of typical end of the week havoc. by now his body acts on its own accord. dancing lazily to the loud bass. clutching his red solo cup tight as if it has always belonged there. the whole nine yards. the hexed soju has begun to wear off by now, leaving only a slight buzz in its wake. it’s fine. ( he swears. ) he’s been in worse conditions before. tonight, he can handle himself. 

      exhibit a: he’s able to walk on his own two feet all the way back to the baek ho dorms in one piece.

      exhibit b: this week’s password comes easily in the form of a hushed whisper. the portrait hole swings open. he’s in. simple as that.

      something akin to pride swells in his chest as he steps through the entrance and into the common room. for a boy adorned in red and gold, hubris is bound to follow isn’t it? envelope him tight in the sensation. wrap itself around his heart with a firm, strong grip. it was almost too easy. almost. but alas, luck never seemed to be on his side.

      he sees the outline of a familiar person in the corner of the room, made only visible by the early morning moonlight. but even that is enough for him to realize how screwed he is. “saerim noona,” he calls out, lips curling into a tight smile. he’s already bracing for the berating that’s soon to come. “you can stop hiding now, i can literally see the top of your head.”

      he’s really hoping he’ll be able to charm himself out of this one. after all, he’s done worse, been worse, seen worse. surely she’ll let this one slide, right? probably. ( but with saerim one could never be too sure. )

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all the texts!

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send ☼ for a congratulatory text  

2019, recently instated professor and housemaster of baek ho

11:23  💬 ➠    【 bh 🐅: seo yujun, and 18 more 】  : hello brethren, i’m oh saerim, recently instated professor of transfiguration and also your new housemaster. i made this gc so that we can all communicate with and get to know each other better. congrats btw on having the coolest dorm mom ever ✊🏼

send ⁇ for a worried text

2019, recently instated professor and housemaster of baek ho

00:43  💬 ➠    【 bh 🐅: seo yujun, and 18 more 】  : did yall here that crash just now???? yall okay????00:57  💬 ➠    【 bh 🐅: seo yujun, and 18 more 】  : lol i just found out what it was…doxies…love that for us 🤪

send ☠ for a misguided advice text

2020, present

18:09 💬 ➠    【 bh 🐅: seo yujun 】  : when you’re losing an argument but know you can overpower the person you’re arguing with….18:10 💬 ➠    【 bh 🐅: seo yujun 】  : 🤕 👊🏼

send ✆ for a morning text

2020, present

08:14 💬 ➠    【 bh 🐅: seo yujun , and 18 more 】  : RISE AND SHINE 🗣 TIME TO GET READY FOR CLASS THE EARLY BIRD GETS THE BELGIAN WAFFLES

send ♔ for an angry text

2020, present

21:53 💬 ➠    【 bh 🐅: seo yujun 】  : where are you? do you know you’re about to miss curfew, seo22:03 💬 ➠    【 bh 🐅: seo yujun 】  : tell me where you are right now and i’ll let this slide just this once 22:37 💬 ➠    【 bh 🐅: seo yujun 】  : love how my kids read my messages but don’t respond, thanks for showing me that you’re alive at least22:40 💬 ➠    【 bh 🐅: seo yujun 】  : we’ll talk when you return to campus 🙂

send ✺for a sassy text

2020, present

14:07 💬 ➠    【 yujun 🤡 💢】  : that outfit suits you, yujun-ah!!!14:09 💬 ➠    【 yujun 🤡 💢】  : the red nose is definitely a nice touch, who dressed you for this event? 😗14:13 💬 ➠    【 yujun 🤡 💢】  : oh that’s right I DID!!!!!!14:15 💬 ➠    【 yujun 🤡 💢】  : i hope this teaches you moderation and humility 😃

send  ♠ for a drunk text moment

2020, present

saerim had just returned from a colleague’s bachelorette night, which had been full of debauchery, amplified by the alcohol which flowed freely. she had booked a hotel room, but in her drunken stupor, saerim’s first instinct was to follow routine and return to yosul where she’s lived on campus for the past year. she walks barefoot, stilettos dangling in her hand whilst her wand in the other maintaining the lumos she had cast earlier, towards baek ho’s tower where her quarters were ensuite to the student dormitories. as she stands before the entryway to her room, her password eludes her, a password of her own making. not wanting to spend the night outside in the hallway, she slips into the baek ho common room, flinging herself unto the first available couch she sees, her shoes clattering noisily to the floor. in her periphery she sees a student in a far corner of the common room, looking at her aghast. sitting up, saerim presses a finger to her lips, shushing them quietly, “i dare you to speak of this. no one would ever believe you.”

send ☏ for a vague text

2020, present

17:11 💬 ➠    【 yujun 🤡 💢】  : are there any swamps nearby?

send ♣ for a text not meant for you

2020, present

00:15 💬 ➠    【 yujun 🤡 💢】  : missing you hours open!!!! jkjkjk they’re open 24/7 HAHAHA00:17 💬 ➠    【 yujun 🤡 💢】  : i can’t wait to see you, i have so much to tell you baby 😚00:18 💬 ➠    【 yujun 🤡 💢】  : …wait00:20 💬 ➠    【 yujun 🤡 💢】  : yujun i’m going to have to ask you to legally change your name to smth else00:21 💬 ➠    【 yujun 🤡 💢】  : it’s far too close to yoonmi for my comfort 🤡

send √ for a long-winded confession text lecture

2020, present

“i worry about you,” saerim confesses after taking him aside after class. with arms crossed over her chest and a furrow between her brows, she looks like a disappointed mother in the midst of lecturing her son. “i don’t think you’re taking your future seriously. i know you think you can just get by with mediocre grades, but that’s not all the ministry looks at when recruiting auror hopefuls. they look for potential, for what you can bring to their force, and if just ‘cruising’ is what you want to be known as, that’s fine, but they’ll think you’re not cut out for their line of work. please re-evaluate if becoming an auror is truly what you want to do. i don’t want you to get hurt or disappointed when you find that it’s not all you chalked it up to be. take it from someone who has been there.”

send ☢ for a desperate text

2020, present

17:26 💬 ➠    【 yujun 🤡 💢and 18 more】  : help, i’m craving mint chocolate chip ice cream but i’m too lazy to go to the kitchens and get some :(((((17:28 💬 ➠    【 yujun 🤡 💢and 18 more】  : first person to bring some to my door gets 50 house points!!!!!! 

send ✘ for a text that should never have been sent

2020, present

23:54 💬 ➠    【 yujun 🤡 💢】  :  if i were ever able to have children, i think i wouldn’t mind having a son like you

23:57 💬 ➠    【 yujun 🤡 💢】  : sleep soon yujun 🌚

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13:04 💬 ➠  【 hm 🐢: park minbyeol 】  :  violence isn’t the answer, but it is most definitely an option

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tend to the fires of transformation @mmjiyi !

within the confines of the dueling club’s meeting room, saerim walks in circles before the sea of youthful countenance staring blankly back at her. she had spent a few moments at the start of the meeting presenting a charm she’s sure many knew of, but had never cast: protego, the shield charm. a multipurpose charm she think anyone who calls themselves a witch or wizard should be familiar with. dueling was an ancient wizarding sport that perpetuated grandiose wandwork and dramatic play acting—never in the fine lining did it prepare witches and wizards for a real fight. her predecessor, and those before them had all taught dueling as if it were a theatrical number: proper form must be used to execute a dance and taking turns to play their part in the scene. saerim undertakes the challenge of unravelling these traditions, upending them and forging the cornerstones of dueling anew. upon the ashes of tradition, she would recreate the foundations around her concept of dueling: a lesson on fucking self-defense—as it should have been ( unfortunately, their magical forefathers didn’t have the foresight she did, but she digresses ) satisfied that she had, to the best of her ability, explained the purpose of the shield charm to her rather lackluster audience, saerim gathers them, ordering them to pair up for practice while she watched on the sidelines, where it was best for her to observe and properly facilitate. “alright kiddies, you know the drill. i wanna see clean wandwork ! a spell won’t be cast properly if you fuck up the wand movements. also, put intention behind your incantation because a spell is only as strong as it’s caster—” she yells over the clamoring of her students as they begin pairing up and finding space within the club room to practice “—i’m restricting advanced spells as well ! nothing above the third year skill level. if i see you trying to pull a fast one, i’ll eject you from the room and slap you with a detention.”

she finishes a full sweep around the room, adjusting limbs and doling out advice before making it back to her place at the front. in her periphery she sees a student, won jiyi, milling about, listless ( did she have an odd number of students today ? she hadn’t bothered taking roll. . . ) sidling up beside the ju jak, saerim hip-checks jiyi to garner her attention. “s’up—” the older woman grins playfully, hoping the younger girl would sense she meant her no harm “—seems like we have an odd number today. wanna pair up with me so you don’t lose out on some hands on learning ?—” saerim doesn’t even wait for a response as she steps away from jiyi, wand drawn “—rictusempra !”

[saerimm]

    WHIMSY     /ˈ(h)wimzē/ noun : playfully quaint or fanciful behavior or humor ( playlist )

[saerimm]

hello gang gang, this is joy again and i humbly offer you oh saerim, a former baek ho babe who is also baek ho’s head of house. she’s the professor of transfiguration and professor of art. prior to working at yosul, she was an auror for the ministry, specializing in stealth and tracking. for more information on this absolute unit, feel free to check out her stats and backstory (its still a wip since i deadass put this muse together in a day alsdfkjalsdfj ) feel free to add me on discord @ mrs. mothman#2804 for easier plotting. i’ll still be in tumblr ims tho ! under the cut is a not so short tl;dr and some wcs !

OH SAERIM

just starting off with this: out and in the open big gay. has been in a relationship with the same woman an npc named yoonmi since forever. love is real. 

33, baek ho alumni, baek ho head of house. #baekhobabes4life

her father ( half-blood ) and mother ( pure-blood ) met in scotland during beltane and succumbed to that ~ spicy magic ~ and proceeded to have 7 offspring 👶🏻👶🏻👶🏻👶🏻👶🏻👶🏻 👉🏼👶🏻👈🏼

saerim is the youngest child, and the only begotten daughter of the oh family. living, growing up, and competing with 6 brothers was not always good™️ but hey, they taught her how to fight dirty ✊🏼as well as how to stand up for herself and how to be brave. thanks oh bros.

was an active 🏃🏻‍♀️💨 student at yosul: was a chaser all seven years of attendance ( baek ho intramural team and varsity ), a member of the dueling club, and also the baking club. 

double majored in transfiguration and defense against the dark arts because she’s an overachiever and wanted to prove she could do it

her father passes away near the tail end of saerim’s last year at grad school. she takes a break after graduating yosul, and goes to a maeobsa university to attain an art degree with a focus in photography, ceramics, and painting.

returns and undergoes auror training. she passes with flying colors, excelling in stealth and tracking as an auror. she’s their ace in a hole due to her being an animagus, which is a borzoi 🐶, the russian wolfhound, known for being swift and persistent in pursuing and pinning down targets.

nearly died on an assignment in scotland and, at the request of her mother and brothers, retires as an auror. 

is asked by the current headmaster at yosul to join their staff as the professor of transfiguration lit rally a month after she retires 💁🏻‍♀️

she now works at yosul as both the professor of transfiguration and professor of arts. is also baek ho’s house master and the dueling club advisor lesgeddit 💪🏻

PERSONALITY 

she’s the epitome of what it means to be baek ho: brave, determined, competitive, a reckless dumbass who won’t back down when challenged. would jump off a cliff to PROVE a point. throws hands, won’t hesitate bitch 👊🏼

emphasis on bravery: came out to her family when she was 17 despite knowing how conservative they are. it caused a rift in their relationship for a long ass while, but they try being progressive and supportive of her since she is, after all, the family’s babie. 

she’s a social butterfly: tries to get to know everyone and memorize names and faces. is that teacher who knows who you are without ever having you in her class.

is really playful. loves pranking students, especially at night while in her animagus form. she’s been called the grim on many occasions, and uses this to scare the shit out of kids who’re out past curfew 🤡

the most loyal bih ever...deadass been with her high school sweetheart since the beginning of time. they lost count, no one knows anymore. that loyalty also extends to her baek hoes, friends, and family.

loves kids, is really good with them, hard pass on having any of her own tho. she’s happy being that cool aunt who gives the best presents.

super spontaneous and impulsive, over all really fun to be around.

PLOTS

baEK HO BABIES. who needs children when you’re responsible for 103581093581085 of them amriite ? saerim’s the housemaster of baek ho, and literally acts like a mother hen, constantly doting on them, whipping them into shape, and helping out whenever she can. don’t actually call her mom tho bc she’ll get an aneurysm 

hag line friends 😔

soft, art aesthetic frens. this is a super self indulgent plot bunny lmao

mentees ! ! ! ! saerim’s always down to teach young whipperschnappers a thing or two. she may be in her thirties, but she stays in shape and can give anyone a can of WHOOP ASS 

you run into saerim while she’s in her animagus form and you deadass nearly shit your pants because she looks like the grim lmfao

quidditch ! saerim played all throughout her time at yosul, and has a couple pick up matches with her friends in the ministry on that rare day off. need advice on how to get better/improve ? she’s always down to give a few pointers 

you got saddled with detention and saerim’s the wall between you and freedom. good luck tryna get past her. she gives the worst detentions: the humiliating and laborious kind.

more plots can be found here !

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May my heart be kind, my mind fierce, and my spirit brave.

Kate Forsyth (via quotemadness)

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Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nantes

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i’m all ears (2017)

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