❛ one night when you are watching a storm, you will understand what she and you have in common. you are both lonely creatures. the difference is that the storm loves her lonely so much that she lets it dance and sing as loudly as she wants, whereas you despise yours. ❜
ANDROMEDA TONKS. thirty. neutral. wife. mother. healer. traitor. avid cat lover.
TRAGEDY SELLS PAPERS. she knows that, perhaps a little too well. especially when it just happens to involve one of the sacred 28 —– so naturally, rita is armed to the teeth, a quill being squeezed between slender fingers, a sympathetic smile resting on lips that are painted a dangerous shade of red. “ i can’t believe he’s gone, “ she says, and forces her lip to tremble ever so slightly. “ did you know him? “ there’s a pause, and her gaze becomes a little sharper. meadow green eyes scan her target, as if they were some sort of high esteemed item at an auction. “ i’m just… “ she trails off. eyebrows pull into a frown. “ i have to get a couple quotes about him for the prophet, but it feels so sudden. “
& what else could she possibly expect? she had once worn the name BLACK as proudly as any other. reporters were surely to flock, to hunt down herself and dear sirius, what do the traitors have to say about the death of someone they once held close? this reporter’s knowledge, however, was either entirely limited or she was incredibly good at playing it fake. ❛ yes, i knew him, ❜ she offered, lips tight as she took a slow sip from her whiskey. she didn’t want to talk, to give her anything worth twisting.
WHEN: january 30th, 10:32pm
WHERE: the hogs head
WHO: open
𝐋𝐈𝐓𝐓𝐋𝐄 𝐑𝐄𝐆𝐔𝐋𝐔𝐒 𝐁𝐋𝐀𝐂𝐊 --- 𝐃𝐄𝐀𝐃. plastered on the headlines of every paper, on every doorstep. she couldn’t escape it even if she tried. and what was worse was that she couldn’t even mourn. because it wasn’t fair --- she wasn’t a black. she was an onlooker. she was supposed to read the news, shed a tear and move on. but regulus --- little regulus. little regulus who she’d watch grow. little regulus who was too young to understand when she walked out. little regulus who she’d never had the chance to apologise to, who she’d once loved so deeply and who had once loved her. she’d never said goodbye --- i’m sorry --- i still love you. and now she never could. but there was no one to talk to --- except, maybe, sirius. and yet a part of her didn’t dare try and find him. and so instead she sat where she so often did, at the bar of a seedy pub in hogsmeade, slowly nursing a dry whiskey. ❛ this seat’s taken, ❜ she lied to the figure who was hovering beside her. she needed her space. little regulus black was dead, and she had no choice but to mourn.
❛ one night when you are watching a storm, you will understand what she and you have in common. you are both lonely creatures. the difference is that the storm loves her lonely so much that she lets it dance and sing as loudly as she wants, whereas you despise yours. ❜
ANDROMEDA TONKS is 30 years old and works as a HEALER. she is NEUTRAL in the war. she was a SLYTHERIN and is a PUREBLOOD. SHE looks like GEMMA CHAN.
character inspiration: astrid leong-teo (crazy rich asians), colleen wing (iron fist), laurel castillo (how to get away with murder), theodora crain (the haunting of hill house)
aesthetic: a worn angel statue in the middle of an empty courtyard, the calm in the air before a storm, the overwhelming smell of bleach in the hospital, cat fur on the inside of every coat, holding a lover close throughout the night, sitting in the quiet corner of a crowded room
links: stats, bio, pinterest
triggers: domestic abuse, depression, alcoholism
BACKGROUND
andromeda was born and raised to be the epitome of a perfect pureblood little girl. her sweet, feminine looks and sharp, razor tongue complimented each other so precisely that she quickly became the favourite child. she was the leading image to promote the good name of the black family and was nearly always the centre of attention at every pureblood party.
and tbh, she was into it. growing up spoiled af meant she learned to crave attention, to crave praise, and she would stop at nothing to please her parents. of course, she wasn’t always perfect, she was still a child, [ ABUSE TW: but any time she stepped even a toe out of line, she was met with punishment at the end of her fathers belt. END TW ] therefore, she never did step out - and she didn’t want to. she liked to be adored, praised, doted on, and it gave her an intense sense of superiority tbh.
so basically she was the perfect little girl up until she started at hogwarts. and then… well, things started to change.
you see, the thing is, andromeda had never before in her life met anyone with muggle blood, and therefore had no idea who it was she was hating - she’d always just followed in her parents and sister’s footsteps. but when she started at hogwarts, andie met plenty of boys and girls who claimed to be muggleborn or halfblood and… they weren’t that bad?? and she started to get super confused and wondering why the hell it was she was supposed to hate them so much? and i mean, plenty of them were even better at magic then her, so her entire ideals began to shift
[ ABUSE TW: but christmas break of her first year, when she went back home and started questioning everything that she once believed in, her father beat her so heavily she was left with a scar across her shoulder. END TW ] after that, she kept her mouth shut.
but it was clear from here on out that andie was no longer the perfect little black child. she was labelled a rebel, she refused to attend the parties her mother begged her to [ ABUSE TW: and she received beating after beating to try and whip her back into shape. END TW ] still, however, she remained strong in her beliefs - she didn’t understand why muggles were beneath them and she would no longer stand for prejudice.
still, however, she was just a young girl. still at hogwarts and still living with her family, she found it incredibly difficult to detach herself from the lifestyle which she grew up in. not only that but she still adored her family, still loved her friends, and she wasn’t so sure she was brave enough to face them on the opposite side of the battlefield.
things changed when in her sixth year she fell in love with a boy called ted tonks. though things might have shifted before they completely changed from here on out, and it quickly became apparent that andie would do anything to be with this boy. even if that meant leaving her beloved sisters and her childhood friends.
with not even a penny to her name, andromeda ran away from home after graduation after admitting to her parents that she had fallen in love with a muggleborn.
while she doesn’t like to talk about it, andromeda found it incredibly hard to abandon her family, particularly her sisters, after everything they had been through. to this day, andromeda still cares deeply for them and never wants to see them hurt ( physically and emotionally ). she has tried to reach out to both narcissa and bellatrix but has never heard anything back, and has now gone four years without so much as sending them a letter.
it is also for this reason that andromeda has never joined the ranks of the order --- she is petrified of what may happen if she ever saw someone she once knew and loved on the battlefield. when it comes down to it, andromeda isn’t sure what she would prioritise --- her old family or her new allegiance. and frankly, she’s too scared to find out. since she is close with many members, however, she does certainly have ties and is trusted within the group, sometimes even with top secret information, but she would never go as far as to call herself a member.
both broke and both too young to even understand what they had done, ted and andie stayed with ted’s parents for a while as they worked at bars and restaurants and cafes to try and get some money to find their own place. and by the time andie was 19, they did it.
they were married young and fell pregnant with nymphadora not so long after. at the age of 21, andromeda gave birth to nymphadora, and while she should’ve been over the moon, things were never going to be so easy. NOTE: this is all open to change once we get a ted!
it wasn’t too long after giving birth that andromeda was diagnosed with post-natal depression. she was hardly able to look after her own little girl yet alone herself. in the tough times when she felt so utterly alone, she found herself turning to alcohol as a way to relieve stress, and she has not been able to ween her way off it since.
although it’s obviously not post-natal, andromeda still suffers from depression and a form of ptsd. growing up in the home she did and leaving at such a young age, it was hard for andie to not feel hopeless, and she still suffers hard from it to this day. (but will she see anyone about it?? nope.)
a year after dora was born, andromeda enrolled in the healer’s program for a more steady income and for something that she was familiar with (she’d always been known to be a bit of a fretting mum at hogwarts tbh). she’s now a fully trained healer and works specifically with spell damage.
PERSONALITY
can someone say mum friend?????
very protective over those she considers friends/family. has been known to just take people under her wing and treat them as her own, especially people who have had similarly crap upbringing’s. she knows what it’s like to grow up in a toxic home and really just wants to prove that there are nice people out there who will look after you and love you and just wow i love her
those left over bits from when she was a true pureblood bitch lmao
l isten, it’s impossible really to just completely detach yourself from that with which you grew up believing. she’s been known to still be quite snappy and demanding at times, as well as quick to judge and sometimes manipulative.
she’s trying her best to be a better person i swear pls give her a chance
*coughs* alcoholic *coughs*
the side of her that spends night after night huddled in the dark corners of seedy bars, downing drink after drink without a care in the world bc she just hates the world tbh and yeah it’s just?? easier.
@steelbones ( augustus ): 💻for me to use a line from my favorite TV show as a starter ! ( the good place )
WHEN: february 1st, 1980
WHERE: hogsmeade
andromeda was well used to seeing old faces in hogsmeade. in fact, she all but expected it now. she had gotten quite good at the art of a polite smile, the small nod of a head, of knowing how to move on without appearing awfully rude. but there were some faces that still caught her off guard --- that she couldn’t simply walk past, couldn’t smile or nod or even pretend. the face of augustus rookwood was one of those few faces she couldn’t quite grasp. caught offguard was to say the very least. ❛ it’s suddenly very important that i get drunk, ❜ she muttered to herself, sucking in a deep breath as she continued on her path, unfortunately towards him.
🎬 for me to use a line from the last movie I watched as a starter
📹 for me to use a line from my favorite movie as a starter
📚 for me to grab the book nearest to me, flip to a random page, and use the first line of dialogue I see as a starter
🎧 for me to shuffle my playlist and use the first line of the next song as a starter
🎶 for me to use my favorite line of the last song I listened to as a starter
📺 for me to use a line from the last TV show I watched as a starter
💻 for me to use a line from my favorite TV show as a starter
🎵for me to shuffle my playlist and use my favorite line of the next song as a starter
💋 for a shippy starter
😡 for an angsty starter
👊 for an argument/fight starter
🌈 for a random encounter starter
💀 for a dark starter
🍬 for a fluffy starter
Bellatrix, the eldest sister, was the impetuous one. Andromeda, the middle sister, was the sensible one. Narcissa, the youngest of all was the quiet one. During the three years they were at Hogwarts together, the Black sisters were known at the Furies: Good, Bad, and Evil.
