Thea Nott always knows which fork to use (![[info]](http://www.insanejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} theanott) wrote,@ 2010-07-13 10:50:00 |
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000// lifts you up like a child or drags you down like a stone
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Nicknames: Everyone calls her Thea. That's how she introduces herself and what she writes on forms. She'll correct you immediately if you use her full name. If you are extremely close, you may be invited to address her as Tea. (Only her father ever called her Teacup, and that will remain the case.) Age/DoB: 23 / 13 September 1979 Gender: Female Ethnicity: Unutterably English, since before the Norman conquest. Blood Status: Pure Occupation: Personal assistant for a member of the Wizengamot Current Residence: Flat in London [roommate welcome!] Wand: 9 inch black walnut, selkie mane core Familiar: Animals are a burden, even worse than children because you can never have an intelligent conversation with them, even if you feed them for fifteen years. Broom: Don't be silly, quidditch is undignified Alumni Of: Slytherin Special Abilities: Does scornful sarcasm that can strip paint at fifty paces count? | ||
Weight: 115 lbs Hair Color: Brown Eye Color: Brown Defining Traits: Long, thin burn scar along her right shoulderblade, courtesy of the Battle of Hogwarts. Clothing Styles/Colors: Conservative and elegant would be how most people would describe Thea's usual dress sense. Fashion is fleeting, style is eternal. Thea favours neutral colours - basic black-and-white, tans and greys, and the occasional muted colour - and well-draped lines. Other: Her bellybutton is pierced, though this is not something very many people have the chance to find out. | ||
General Dislikes: People who leap before they look, or even think; playing quidditch (or any activity that requires teamwork); the gauche, the graceless and the ill-bred; practical jokes; the dark; bland, boring food (and people) and coffee (cheap and brash). Skills Mastered: Chess, etiquette, rhetoric, Charms (especially latent) Sexual Orientation: Bisexual, not that this is something Thea advertises widely, nor will allow to get in the way of her perfect plan for a power marriage and scalding respectability. Boggart: The dark. Total, all-encompassing, sound-swallowing darkness, in which she is alone. Patronus: Osprey Mirror of Erised: Herself at the centre of a laughing, happy, carefree group of family and friends... but it's pointless to waste time on impossibilities. Collections: Political favours. She has also fought long and hard to retain her mother's significant collection of magical texts, which represent important wizarding heritage, whatever the Ministry says about them being Dark. Virtues: Politeness, precision, rationality, intelligence and respect for it Vices: Sarcasm, prejudice (against stupidity primarily, but also Muggleborns), truly cutting bitchery, a short temper, distance and reserve Astrological Sign: Virgo - While these Slytherins might not be the most outgoing of their class, they are often among the most wise, and their canny observation and lightning-fast analysis of any given situation will take them far. Often behind that quiet mien hides the mind of a big dreamer, who had both the imagination to come up with a concept and the power to follow it through. These Slytherins are an interesting mix of politeness and politics, pragmatism and intuition. They make good alchemists, Ministry bureaucrats (well, somebody's got to do it), and academic advisors. They are often underestimated. This is most unwise. Extracurriculars In School: Chess club, having an infamous criminal parent, attempting to avoid the gross excesses of stupidity to which her peers seemed all too prone. | ||
And so Thea was raised by her mother - with the assistance of but no real impact from a governness and a selection of tutors. These people (excellent, all of them, for Katie would permit nothing but the best for her daughter) were certainly present, but all the significant impact upon Thea's developing personality and habits came from her mother. She shaped herself into what her mother showed her was the right way to be - precise, polite, careful, well-heeled, observant and respectful of the power of the tradition into which she had been born. When Thea went to Hogwarts, she went straight into Slytherin, with a number of children she'd known for a long time - the offspring of her parents' friends and associates. Knowing them, however, didn't mean Thea was going to blithely fall into ranks with them; though she maintained cordial relations, Thea's always been more of a loner, more likely to be sitting in a corner observing (and taking note) than participating in anything she doesn't wish to. Add into this her mother's insistence (she claims it was a wish of her father's, but Thea doubts even Theodore's wishes would be respected if Katie didn't agree) that Thea not be sheltered from the growing revival of the Dark Lady, but absolutely not participate ("I don't care how the Malfoys want to raise their daughter") and Thea's school years were more about keeping her head down, her eyes open, and her marks excellent than raising any sort of hell. The extent of Thea's teenage rebellion was getting her bellybuton pierced around the age of 14 - and only those few friends present at the piercing and her mother (very unimpressed) knew about it. The issue was negotiated, but Thea kept the piercing as a reminder of her independence, even as she willingly followed her mother's line. And then at the end of her fifth year at school, Katherine Nott was sent to Azkaban. The war had been brought home now. Not only did Thea have to go and live with some elderly cousins of her father's, but she was now receiving sidelong glances, whispered asides, the judgement of all those unworthy to even be acknowledged by her mother. She had even more in common with the Malfoy girl and her cronies now, and in her sixth year at Hogwarts, Thea found herself spending more time with them. She still resisted active involvement, keeping to her mother's wishes, but she drifted closer to it. In the next summer, Katherine was sprung from prison along with other Death Eaters... and immediately put to the Dark Lady's work. Thea saw very little of her, but moved back into Dorford Park now that she was of age, keeping the house in the hopes that Katherine might need it (and Thea) during her work. (A vain hope, it turned out, but a Nott doesn't throw tantrums or complain uselessly). Thea may not have been the worst of the tormentors under the Snape-and-Carrows regime at Hogwarts, but she certainly didn't stand aloof, and there was no doubt whose side she was on. At the Battle of Hogwarts, Thea couldn't simply go safely home when it was so obvious where her mother would be; leaving with the Slytherins, she later returned through Hogsmeade, arriving much to late to be involved in any fighting and managing only to find Katherine in the moment she was cut down. Cue one of the most unpleasant periods of Thea's life. She arranged her mother's funeral, while answering questions about Katherine's doings. She took full possession of her family home, while the Ministry ransacked it for Dark Objects and hints to the whereabouts of the few Death Eaters who remained at large. And she fought to retain the family property while the Prophet called for reparations to those families who suffered most from the depredations of the Dark Lady and her followers. The vitriol she spat back hardly helped matters, but surely a newly orphaned young lady had some cause for grievance. In any case, no one wanted to employ her - not a Nott, not someone who supported the Carrows - and the family vault was left a little bare by those reparations. Thea had to close the Park and moved into a shared flat in London, while she took the only job on offer to her: secretary (ugh) to Robin Glover, a mid-rank conservative member of the Wizengamot. Oh, he was relatively pure and politically not that different from the Notts, but Katherine had always dismissed him as a lightweight and a weakling. He turned out to be reasonably clever, though, and in his employ Thea began to appreciate that politics could be the ivy that tears down the wall an army couldn't overcome. She was promoted to his personal assistant, and settled down to be groomed for a political career of her own. After all, the War proved only that the Dark Lady was too weak, stupid or flawed to get the job done, not that the ideas for which they fought were wrong. | ||
Katherine Nott (mother) - confirmed and imprisoned Death Eater, d. 2 May 1998 Theodore Rosier (father) - d. 15 February 1986 ROMANCE No woman is an island, but then again no woman is a potato salad either, and Thea's never felt incomplete in any way that requires an "other half". It's not that she believes in arranged marriages, just that she intends to arrange her own (powerful, pureblood, perfect), and in the meantime, her relationships are more like flings (in their casual nature, not their gauche, common overtones) or even one-night stands (...well, no one's perfect, but she does keep trying). FRIENDS While it can't be said that Thea was ever precisely intimate with the other girls in her year, being a snarky and independent piece as she was, she nevertheless views B. Zabini as far more tolerable than just about anyone else she was educated with. The Malfoy girl has her moments as well, Thea supposes, though she can be an appalling brat sometimes. Often Thea thinks she got on better with the boys than the girls. Diamond Malfoy - a long and occasionally antagonistic acquaintance took on a closer cast in their late school years. After graduation and associated trials by fire, the pair found themselves colleagues and, when Thea moved up to London, flatmates. They got on like a house on fire - literally - and Diamond moved out before anything actually burned down. The girls get on much better when they're not in each others' faces 24/7, and are now quite good friends. Perry Parkinson - is very definitely the right sort of people for Ms Nott. She finds the association surprisingly relaxing for a fellow Slytherin; it's about casual social contact, but he's also someone with whom she doesn't need to worry about hiding her history or preferences. | ||
Name: Dee Age: 30 E-mail: cupiscent@gmail.com AIM: titaniafae Timezone: Australian EST (GMT+10, give or take) PB: Keira Knightley Roleplay Samples: A couple of entries as a Theodore very similar to this one can be found here: theosophicFor third-person samples, see here as Xavier Bletchley or here as Gideon Prewett. | ||