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| Jasmine | Jun 14 2009, 01:57 AM Post #1 |
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About You What should we call you? Jasmine What is your gender? Female How can we get in touch with you? jazzie . chatfield @ btopenworld . com - email How did you know we were here? Link on Neopets Did you read all of the rules? Of course. Unless there's something in the rules which told me I had to write something specific in this field. In which case I missed that - although I did read them thoroughly... Show us a sample post, from any game. A recent one would be nice. Doesn’t have to be the character you’re applying for.
How many characters do you currently have on this board? None, besides this one. Anything else you want to tell us before we begin? Erm, don't think so. About Your Character Basics Full name: Remus John Lupin Nicknames: Moony - that's the main one anyway. Doubtless I've been given various other odd nicknames by my friends, however for good reason I can't seem to think of any right now. Ancestry: Half-blood Gender: Male Age: Fifteen Birthday: March 10th Sorted into: Gryffindor! Surprisingly to some, though, everyone seems to think I should have been a Ravenclaw. Who do you follow? Follow? I like to think I don't follow anyone, or at least that I follow the side of 'good'... Or, more probably, James and Sirius. Wand: 14 inches, ash, unicorn tail hair Personal Sexuality: Straight Likes: My friends James, Sirius and Peter - they've always been there for me, even when they first figured out my... secret... but really, they're the best friends I could have. I mean, how many people would want to be friends with a... well, you know. Not that they can't be complete idiots at times, but I love them all really, and I'd do absolutely anything for them. Also, my family: in addition to the unconditional love thing, I'm so greatful that they didn't put me up for adoption or something when I got bitten, and then they did really try to get me cured. I've got a lot of respect for Professor Dumbledore, too - gotta respect a man who lets a... thing like me into his school. Let's see, what else... well, I like having time to myself, now and again, especially when James and Sirius are in one of their restless moods! When I am occasionally alone I like to read, or draw, although I'd usually much rather be spending time with my friends. I also like tea rather a lot, and chocolate is a guilty pleasure of mine - of course, it's always useful to keep some chocolate handy, it can be used as a remedy to certain situations. Dislikes: Erm, transforming, although that's quite an obvious one - I doubt many people really enjoy it. Apart from, of course, those like Fenrir Greyback... but I don't like to think of him. It gets me angry, and I'd much rather be calm. Yeah, I generally dislike anything related to 'that time of the month' (using that term always gets a laugh, though if anyone overhears they probably jump to amusing conclusions). Strengths: I like to think I'm a good person, sometimes... despite James' bad influence. Nah, I'm just joking. Well, I do pretty well in class, although I have to do a bit more studying than the others to keep up with them. I particularly excel at Defense Against the Dark Arts - understandable, really, since I've had to learn certain parts quite in depth, shall we say. I guess I'm pretty patient too, and I like to see the best in people (most people, there's always a few exceptions). I also like to think I can be quite funny at times, although a lot of people tend to under-estimate me; and I guess I'm the 'mature' one in the group, which could also be seen as a strength. Weaknesses: Aside from the obvious weakness that occurs at a full moon, I guess my main weakness is that I seek acceptance from my friends, people I meet etc., due to general disdain from those who know of my problem. I've also been told I'm TOO forgiving, although personally I don't think that being too forgiving is possible. Goals: Overall, I'd like to be recognised and accepted for who I am, my full moon problem and all: although I realise that's unlikely to happen. I don't know, I really just want a normal life. Get a job I enjoy, hopefully meet a girl I like, family and children: the whole lot. Again, though, I think that's unrealistic - I don't see a lot in my future, if I'm honest. Fears: Again... the full moon, my 'condition', hurting those that I love or generally hurting anyone at all. All those bad things. And after all of that, there's not much else to fear, is there? Tics, Quirks & Habits: Habits? Well I have a certain habit of, everytime the moon is full... you can see where I'm going here. If you hadn't already noticed, I have a tendency to refer to my condition as anything other than saying it outrightly, although that's not to say I won't or don't joke about it occasionally. Erm... I have a habit of getting really down on myself if anything in the slightest goes wrong - and then I have a habit of trying to keep everything bottled up. If that counts as a habit at all. In some occasions I can also get overly-polite, such as when talking to professors, girls, muggles, strangers... the list goes on. Basically anyone I'm not that close to. Pet Peeves: I don't reckon there's too much that REALLY annoys me, I'm pretty complaisent... Although, if anyone insults my friends, I can get pretty angry at that. Thankfully, it's usually my friends doing the insulting of others, so that makes things a lot easier! Favorite sounds and smells: I love the sound of birds chirping that signals daybreak. My favourite smell is the smell of books, so the library happens to be a favourite place of mine - not that I get to spend much time there, what with pranks to pull and such things. Have you ever met a boggart? What does it look like? Oh dear, I have indeed, and the worst thing about it is that if anyone saw it, it'd be pretty easy to work out what I'm keeping a secret: my boggart looks like the full moon. I don't make it easy for myself, do I? Can you cast Patronus? What does it look like? What memory do you use? I can't cast one completely yet, to my eternal shame, it's one of the only Defense Against the Dark Arts basics that I have yet to master. I'm pretty determined that I'll be able to soon, though. And I can get a kind of silvery shimmer thing going on, just... no shape yet. I use the memory of when I first realised that James, Sirius and Peter weren't going to ditch me for what I am. That was a pretty special moment. What is the worst memory Dementors bring forward? Well, this is all so predictable. Yeah, when I got bitten, and then all of my transformations are brought back too, on top of everything else. If you were to find the Mirror of Erised, what would you see? You know, I have no idea. Maybe just me, surrounded by my friends and family. I don't really have great aspirations, considering, so my hearts desire is really just be happy and surrounded by the people I love. Tell me a couple secrets about yourself: I sometimes get nervous around people I don't know very well. I have a tendency to cling to those people that do accept me, and I'll also turn a blind eye to most of their bad points. Personality: Most of the time, I'm a pretty chilled out person. I'm not confrontational in the slightest, I don't require adventure in my life. Aside from the occasional transformation, I'm a pretty average guy. There are those who would say that I can be quite boring, but those people don't know me very well. Then again, not many people know me completely, something that I regret deeply, but not a fact that I can change at all. I'm also very patient. It takes a lot to get me angry, but if you manage to get me to that state I will take no prisoners. I can have a sharp tongue when I want to: thankfully I hardly ever do want to. I can also be quite quick-witted, and I do admit that I enjoy pulling pranks on people and having a laugh: although I draw the line at anything that would hurt other people, or cause offense. Actually, I can get a bit stern when it relates to studying and homework and such. But really, if I wasn't, would we ever get anything done?! I think not. And at times I can be a little disapproving. Only sometimes though. Usually I'm willing to let things slide. But when I'm stressed out about an exam or a class... watch out. A lot of who I am stems from that one incident in my childhood: I fully acknowledge that, although it's not something I would have chosen. I guess I can be a little (or a lot) insecure around other people: there are a lot of occasions where I'm in a group situation and I don't feel like I belong there, or that I fully fit in. Yes, I can be shy, and there have definitely been a lot of times when I have been so incredibly polite that no one knows what to say to me. I guess it's better to be too polite than rude though, right? Thankfully these situations are getting less and less - I see Hogwarts as a second home now, and the Marauders are as close as family to me. However, there are times, very rarely, when I feel the need to withdraw from company. These usually happen around the full moon, and the people that would be wanting to spend time with me are the ones who would know the reason for my moods, so they're completely supportive. I am really thankful for my friends, so much that I guess I can cut them a lot of slack - I'm generally fair with people, and I do have a strong sense of justice, but if it's my friends who are doing something wrong... I usually don't mind. Looks Distinguishing Features: None? I don't know, other than the obvious, I look pretty normal. Not-so-distinguishing features: I look pretty worn-out or ill most of the time, particularly straight after a full moon, and my robes can be a bit shabby-looking. Oh, and my hair tends to grow a bit quicker around a certain time of the month, which can be an annoyance. Appearance: When I'm not too ill-looking, I do look rather normal. My hair colour's light brown and it can get a bit longer than I'd like, about neck length. I'm already getting a few grey hairs now and then, so I have a horrible feeling that I'm going to go prematurely grey. Which would really be the least of my concerns. I'm not really vain, although I like to look neat, so I try and keep myself at least presentable as best I can. This doesn't always happen though, due to my friend's pranks often requiring that we get our hands dirty, and the due to my "furry little problem". In fact, most of the time my robes end up looking a little shabby - I don't know how James and Sirius can climb trees and roll in mud and whatnot and still coming out like they've just stepped out of some girl's dream or something. Hmm, what else to say about my appearance? I do have a fairly plain face. My nose is slightly longer than I would like, but nothing that makes a big impact on my appearance. My eyes are a light brown colour, although they tend to go a little more yellow nearer to the full moon, often making them seem more orange than brown. I've often thought that glasses would suit me, however unfortunately I do not require them. I'm fairly tall, and skinny. I can look a little lanky at times, especially when I'm running around, hunched over, carrying a book or five when I'm in the middle of studying. And those books are incredibly straining to carry, let me tell you, even for someone who transforms bodily into a wolf every month. Although, I am quite strong. I suppose it's a side effect, not one I particularly mind. Place of Birth: My parents' home in London. Immediate family: My parents Gawain and Lisa. No siblings. Extended family: I know I have grandparents, although I don't know them too well for some reason. I think my parents had some kind of disagreements with them: for any reason, they don't talk, so I don't know them. I do know, however, that both my parents are only children, so no cousins or anything of that sort. It's quite a disappointment to me, really, I've always wanted a big family. Other important people: James, Sirius and Peter - they're like family to me, seriously. Pets: None... I'd be too worried for their safety. I'm not exactly the most reliable pet owner. If I need mail delivering I usually use some kind of postal service or borrow someone else's owl. History: My childhood started off fairly normally, as wizarding childhoods go. I displayed signs of magic from an early age, so it was clear I was eventually going to end up in Hogwarts, and my parents were incredibly proud of me. I know I'm biased, but they were probably the best parents a child could have, seriously. My mother was the bookworm of the family, she was very intelligent too. She was the one who enforced my strictness about studying and work upon me. However she also had a great sense of humour and was always making us laugh. My father was a lot like me, actually. Quite quiet, kind (at least I hope that's like me)... apart from one day when he majorly pissed off some guy called Fenrir Greyback. Who - you guessed it - happened to be a werewolf. In revenge, he bit me. I guess that IS a pretty good revenge really. Not for me, of course, but in the whole grand scheme of revenges, that one would rank pretty high. I've blocked out most of the memories of that particular incident, although dementors will always bring it back. I've run into them a few times, being what I am and all. My parents were distraught: you can imagine. Well, they didn't send me off to an orphanage, so that was quite good of them. I guess, since I was six when it happened, they'd already gotten attached to me by then, or at least I hope so. I mean, who would want a werewolf for a son? They tried all that they could to cure me. Potions, spells, strange rituals, Muggle science (don't even ask about that. Never again). Nothing worked, of course, so I continued to mutate into a wolf every month. This was a pretty low time in my life. I didn't realise properly at first what the full impact would be, until i overheard my parents discussing my possibility of being accepted to Hogwarts. And it didn't sound good. Until then I'd always thought that I would go there - and I'd really been looking forwards to it, too. I was quite lonely, being an only child, and an outsider amongst my Muggle neighbour's children, and I was looking forwards to befriending some people more like me. So, nearer to my eleventh birthday, my parents wrote a doubtful letter to Dumbledore asking if I would still be able to attend Hogwarts, and explaining my condition. None of us expected me to be accepted, and we were completely dumbfounded when we got the reply saying that yes, I could still attend, and that he would put in extra measures to ensure mine and the other students' safety. I was so excited the day I started Hogwarts. Of course I was upset to be leaving my parents, and they were fraught with worry about what would happen to me there. And then on the train I met James, Sirius and Peter. James was this loudmouth arrogant rich kid (still is, in a good way, of course) who waffled on about the houses and Quidditch, Sirius was a little quieter than James but eventually came out of his shell, and Peter was just this strange, short guy who sat there staring admiringly at James. I'm sure I must have seemed just as strange - I hardly spoke at all. In no time, we were all the best of friends. I don't know how it happened, but it did. And in time, we (or at least, James and Sirius) were infamous around school. That year when I started Hogwarts, a Whomping Willow tree was planted. Underneath the tree lay a tunnel to the Shrieking Shack in Hogsmeade, where I was to transform every month. And let me tell you, the transformations were (and still are) complete hell. There would be no one to bite or attack, so I'd bite and attack myself, and when I woke up I'd be covered in injuries and bruises. This lessened as time went on, thank Merlin, although they were still pretty bad. In my second year, James, Sirius and Peter found out my secret. And to my great surprise, they didn't mind. In fact, I think they liked the chance for a bit of adventure, although this may have lessened slightly when they saw how the transformation affected me. Around that time was when they all decided to become Animagi in order to keep me company during the full moon. They're still going to this day, although I reckon they're pretty close to achieving it now. Misc Anything else you want to share? Nope, not at all! Edited by Jasmine, Jun 15 2009, 12:12 AM.
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| Spider | Jun 15 2009, 03:14 AM Post #2 |
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Sirius B, Barty C Jr., Cuthbert B, Poppy P, Alphard B, Bellatrix B, Minerva MG
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Accepted by Spider! Remus looks great, there's just one thing Jormy and I'd like to talk with you about, and that's the animagus transformation. We're not sure if they'd tell Remus or keep it secret. Other than that, though, he looks great! Oh, yes, let me know if you want to give him a personal space in the Private Thoughts forum! Edited by Spider, Jun 15 2009, 03:14 AM.
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| Spider | Jul 14 2009, 09:59 PM Post #3 |
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Sirius B, Barty C Jr., Cuthbert B, Poppy P, Alphard B, Bellatrix B, Minerva MG
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