#quite possibly the most underrated father/daughter dynamic ever

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Shipping preferences

Here is a list of character pairings I enjoy and seek out in fanwork, pairings I like but don't seek out fanworks of, and also those I'm neutral of or don't enjoy. This does not mean that you're not allowed to ship those pairings, my word isn't law and honestly, I don't care what you ship as long as you don't force it onto people.

As a queer person, many of the ships I mention will be m/m, f/f or poly. The little heteronormative ships I mentioned also are most likely bi4bi or t4t in my headcanon. It's just what I enjoy and not in any case against people that ship straight ships.

Ships I seek content of:

Genshin Impact:

Haikavehtham | Kaveh/Alhaitham

They're possibly my favourite pairing in all of Genshin, I enjoy their dynamic a lot and also enjoy drawing and writing works about them.

As you can see I included both shipping names, I don't particularily care about the top/bottom thing in this, but will likely write more Haikaveh if I ever will write NSFW.

Thomato | Thoma/Ayato

Thoma and Ayato are simply *chefs kiss* together, what can I say? It's rare that a master/servant ship doesn't have a weird power imbalance that makes it unenjoyable but Thoma and Ayato in canon have a type of trusting relationship to eachother. So long as the fanworks I consum and create do too, I really like their dynamic.

I don't really choose the ship names based on top/bottom, I choose which one I prefer from the sound, so here also, should I ever write anything explicit about them, anything is possible.

Cynari | Cyno/Tighnari

Cyno and Tighnari were one of my first Sumeru ships I went into a brainrot for and continues to do so!! Ahhh, they're just so amazing together. They're the fathers, I don't need to say more I think. Collei is the daughter, if it wasn't obvious. :D

I'm so not normal about them.

Kaebedo | Kaeya/Albedo

The ANGST you can do with those two makes my mind go CRAZY with ideas. I should bring them to paper one of those days, really.

I mean, they're Mondstadt's protectors and also can both relate to the struggle of not fitting in. Oh goodness, I'm falling into a brainrot just thinking about it.

Yeah, Kaebedo is important to me. I'm a Kaeya main :D.

Candehya | Candace/Dehya

SAPPHICS!! Honestly, I love them, they're girlfriends, I have many ideas for them that I need to fucking write, my god.

I don't know what else to say, besides that I could make fluff of them for days on end and still crave more.

Dehyazard | Dunyazard/Dehya

Tell me that there was no tension in the Archon quests, I dare you. They're underrated and also have a lot of Canon compliant/divergent Angst potential!!

Alternatively I also enjoy a good polyamourous relationship: Candehyazard

Fremika | Freminet/Mika

A bit of a rarepair! But I think if they'd meet, they'd be very cute together!

Clorivia

One of my favourite Fontaine ships, I enjoy their dynamic quite a lot and enjoy seeing more of their past in fanfics.

Honkai: Star Rail:

Ratiorine/Aventio | Dr. Ratio/Aventurine

The ship that hooked me into the game, the characters I love most, yes, everything about them is my current brainrot.

I prefer top! Ratio, but also do not mind seeing the other dynamic :)

Acheswan | Acheron/Black Swan

Guns 'n Roses | Boothill/Argenti

Bungou Stray Dogs:

Soukokou | Chuuya/Dazai

I'm not yet finished with the manga but the tension between them is ENDLESS and I need to see more of it.

Ships I enjoy:

Genshin Impact:

Kazuscara | Kazuha/Scaramouche

Their lore is cool, but I don't consume much of them.

Xiaoaether | Xiao/Aether

I personally prefer Aether as the traveler, which is simply because of my genderqueerness, given that, Xiao is my bi king and Aether is the one who gives him a reason to hold on to life.

Jeanlisa | Jean/Lisa

I started the game and shipped them. Need I say more?

Ittosara | Itto/Kujou Sara

I don't consume much content of them but I do see the potential

Wriolette | Wriothesley/Neuvilette

I don't like the fandom this ship has, but I do like the dynamic.

Cyno/Alhaitham/Tighnari/Kaveh

I love them as a poly relationship just like I love them outside of it, though I do prefer for them to be monogamous a lot of times. It depends on what I want to write and what I want to read. :)

Heikazuscara | Heizou/Scaramouche/Kazuha

I prefer them in fanon more than in canon, but I do like them.

ZhongChi/Tartali | Zhongli/Childe

The fandom missed a lot of potential with them but their canon relationship has a lot to offer.

Bungou stray dogs:

Shin Soukokou | Atsushi/Akutagawa

Fyolai | Nikolai/Fyodor

Ships I dislike/stay away from:

Genshin Impact:

Kaeluc/LucKae | Kaeya/Diluc:

I prefer their dynamic as brother and personally don't enjoy seeing them as romantic partners.

However, while I used to be very much against people shipping it and got a bit toxic about it, I see both sides as something that should learn to leave each other's spaces.

NeuviFuri | Neuvilette/Furina:

I just don't see a necessity in them being romantic partners. I think their relationship has a bigger meaning when they're something else entirely than a relationship you can put into words.

Bungou stray dogs:

Kyouka/Atsushi:

I don't like the age gap of 14 and 18 years old.

General:

Any form of pedophilia:

I don't think I need to put a big explanation in this, for me it's just something I don't want to see romanticised.

Incest:

Also something I personally stay away from and don't like seeing romanticised.

There are also certain times I'm uncomfortable with some age gaps (like 14yo and 18yo), though this is depending on the severity of the gap.

My boundaries towards stuff can change depending of the portrayal of said stuff. The big issue is not it being part of media, it's the romanticisation of it.

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Congrats, Kate, you have been accepted to AL for the role of Minerva McGonagall (FC: Tea Leoni). We loved your enthusiasm for and portrayal of Minnie McG. Blah blah blah it would be weird to compliment myself some more here ha ha ha. Please send in your blog (no sideblogs for first characters, please) in the next 24 hours and be sure to take a look at our new player checklist. Welcome home, we’re so excited to have you join the family! 

OOC

name — Kate age — 26 pronouns — she/her timezone — EST activity level — REDACTED.  any questions? — why is McG so cool? 

IC Overview

name — Minerva McGonagall faceclaim — tea leoni, the bae age — 49 gender — cis-female, she/her sexuality — heterosexual patronus — a calico cat; maybe unusual for someone who seems as straightforward as strict Minerva, but there are many more layers to her than her students would ever imagine. the calico cat makes a perfect patronus for her, especially considering her animagus form, and she’s quite fond of it.  boggart — oddly enough, minerva’s boggart is a bible on fire. growing up the daughter of a minister, minerva has a complicated relationship with religion, but the bible on fire represents the loss of her most deeply held convictions, as well as the breaking of her relationship with her beloved father. 

IC In Depth

personality traits — 

+ intelligent — it is minerva’s talent for seeing to the heart of things that makes her such an excellent asset to the Order.  She has the ability to cut through bullshit when she’s dealing with people and is well respected for her academic insights, particularly in transfiguration. this ability to be both academic and interpersonal is an amazing feat.  + moralistic — minerva has deep convictions, and she fights for them. maybe it’s because she was a minister’s daughter, but she has a very black and white way of thinking when it comes to light vs dark, and the strength of her conviction is what makes her such an excellent leader for the auror. - stubborn — minerva can be very pigheaded sometimes. because she’s so intelligent and knows it, she has an impossible time believing that she could be wrong. once she makes up her mind about something, good luck trying to get her to change it, even if changing it is necessary for her to move forward.  - standoffish — minerva has never been the warmest person. she doesn’t have problems being around people, but that doesn’t mean she feels comfortable immediately opening up to them. she keeps many of the people in her life at arms’ length, preferring to hide behind the persona she’s built of strict professor, and this causes her to miss out on some really rich relationships. 

character biography — 

minerva’s six when her mother tells her that the unexplainable things she can do is magic. her mother confessed to her father, afraid that her three children wouldn’t be able to keep this secret, and though it shocks the muggle minister, he moves past it. still, minerva’s mother isobel relies heavily on her to help her hide the accidental magic her brothers can perform, not wanting to overwhelm her father. minerva is a thoughtful and shrewd young girl, and she picks up on the tensions that exist between her parents, despite the fact that they love one another. she vows never to keep the truth of who she is a secret the way her mother did. 

eleven and minerva’s time at hogwarts is a breath of fresh air. away from the mounting tensions at her home, she thrives in gryffindor, making close friends who sustain her. she’s almost sorted into ravenclaw like her mother, but she takes after the rest of her mother’s Ross family in being sorted into gryffindor. she plays for the house team and thrives at her academics, but most especially transfiguration. it’s her friendship with poppy pomfrey and alastor moody that really defines her time at hogwarts, though. they’re the two people she relies on most in this world, despite the fact that poppy’s in a different house and alastor drives her up the wall sometimes.

seventeen and minerva follows her dream of working for the ministry. the summer before she begins, however, she returns home to spend some time with her family, where she falls in love with a local muggle. their summer romance is a whirlwind, and minerva is too besotted to recognize that her relationship with dougal breaks all of those pledges that she made to herself so many years ago. it isn’t until he proposes marriage that minerva realizes how far she’s gone, and after a very frank conversation with her father, minerva breaks it off, not wanting to repeat the mistakes that her mother made. 

minerva throws herself into work with the ministry, but she’s not really happy there. she spends almost all of her time wondering if she made a mistake, if maybe she lost the one real chance at love that she would get in her life. after a couple of years of this, minerva resigns and decides to take dumbledore’s offer to teach at hogwarts. before she begins her first year, she hears on a visit home that dougal has married a local muggle girl. it’s as if a spell that had been cast over minerva is lifted, and suddenly she feels in her heart that she’s free of the pull of her first love. 

minerva’s twenty five and poppy makes an offhand comment about how perfect alastor and minerva would be for each other if they could just stop being so damn stubborn. minerva is embarrassed, blushing and protesting that they could never be more than friends, but a seed is planted, and it doesn’t take long for it to sprout and grow. finally, it comes to be too much for her to handle, and she begins to drop hints to alastor, hints that all seem to go unnoticed. eventually she has to pluck up the courage to be obvious about it, and to her surprise, alastor reciprocates. they settle into life as a married couple and begin a family, but that doesn’t stop either of them from doing what they feel is their duty for their world.

they both fight when dumbledore forms the order of the phoenix, and minerva is happy to be lieutenant to dumbledore here just as she is at hogwarts. the war is a nasty time, one that minerva would gladly forget if she could, but when it’s over and the dust settles, dumbledore comes to her, alastor, and kingsley with the truth. this is only a reprieve, a rest period between two battles, and they must be prepared for voldemort’s inevitable return. dumbledore needs to focus on hunting horcruxes with sirius, so he leaves the three of them in charge of the order, minerva acting as leader. she’s not sure how she feels about such an important role, but minerva mcgonagall has never been one to shirk her duty, so she sets her mind to it and marches forward. 

plot ideas — either for the broader group plot or for your specific character

I’d love to see minerva as a mother. i’ve left some of that purposely vague because of the inclinations/opinions of the moody player, but I think this would be a fascinating dynamic to explore between these two incredible fighters. how do they balance being parents while also being leaders of a revolution? what is it like for them to be parents when for so long they’ve been teachers?

MMM MCMOODY — such an underrated and wonderful ship, and as the mod for this group, I just had to establish it. alastor and minerva are the only two people I see being strong willed enough to complement one another, and I’m beyond excited to see how these two pigheaded stubborn individuals navigate the reality of marriage alongside leading the order.

minerva does not give a DAMN about politics, but I’d be super interested to see a plot that drags her into them somehow. how does she handle dealing with people like dolores umbridge or barty crouch sr? does she agree with alastor’s thoughts on the azkaban dementors issue, or does she have other ideas? does he pull her into writing up a proposed bill because he’s rubbish at that sort of thing? is she offered a seat on the wizengamot and suddenly alongside her teaching duties has to worry about actual lawmaking? so many possibilities.

OH MAN minnie is such a stubborn and narrow minded individual at times. she has a tendency to make snap judgements about people, and it’s hard to get her to change her mind. I’d love to see a dynamic where she makes a rash judgement about a student (likely slytherin) who goes on to be a death eater, and then has to come to terms with the reality that it was her actions that solidified that path -- maybe if she had been a little kinder and not expected this student to go dark they wouldn’t have. 

extra —

headcanons

minerva is the heir to an ancient scottish clan of witches, the ross clan. the ross clan has their own heritage of magic that is passed down through the generations, typically through the women. minerva’s mother turned her back on it when she married robert, but minerva learns about it from her grandmother and continues the lineage.