( cis female | she / her | alexa demie ) —— isn’t that dorcas meadowes ? yeah that is them, sitting there at the hufflepuff table with those other sixth years. when sybill looks into that crystal ball of hers, she sees false nails painted magenta, the smell of hairspray and cherry cigarettes, an elaborate secret handshake, oversized hoop earrings, too-loud laughter past midnight, smudged lip gloss, caramelized sugar sticking to the pot, a promise not easily broken. anyway i’ve heard they’re pretty theatrical, staunch, and self-indulgent. apparently they’re for the light and muggleborn but i’m sure that’s not related.
enter dorcas meadowes, stage right, with the spotlight trained on her, just the way she likes it. though nobody calls her dorcas – she remains strictly ‘doe’, or ‘dork’ to her friends and ‘meadowes’ to her enemies.
me mum was so doped up on pain meds when i was born she decided to name me dorcas, and ever since i’ve just been trying to get as high as she was cause i’ve no bloody idea how she ever thought that was a good idea, doe has said on multiple occasions.
doe’s mother was young when she had doe, too young, and certainly wasn’t planning on having a child for several more years. but things happen, and doe came along just before her mother’s eighteenth birthday.
though her father wasn’t in the picture, she was raised by her aunts, her grandma, and her great-aunts. they say it takes a village to raise a child, and in doe’s case, her village was one cramped, noisy apartment.
in such tight quarters, tempers tend to flare, and as doe grew so did her impatience. she always had a knack for getting into trouble, exacerbated by all the unexplainable things that seemed to happen when she was around.
( of course, once she was accepted to hogwarts when she was eleven, it all made a lot more sense. )
PERSONALITY :
doe has one volume setting while talking: loud, and one speed setting: fast. add her thick geordie accent to the mix, and her frequently inebriated state, and it’s a wonder anyone can understand her.
she has the confidence of a con artist, and none of the dishonesty. the definition of audacious, doe has never been one to lie. not that she’s incapable of it, but she’s never seen the point. everything she thinks and everything she is, she displays for the world to see
there are those who look down their nose at her for her muggle blood, or her crude humour, or her irresponsible ways, but in doing so they miss her frankness, her unswerving loyalty to those she loves, and her strict moral code, all of which earned her a spot in hufflepuff.
by the way, she is extraordinarily loyal. she’s the kind of girl who’ll drop everything to console a friend going through a bad breakup, and when she offers to go key their ex’s broomstick, she's serious. doe is ride or die
she's never been very good at school, which is part of the reason she tends to slack off and party, mostly because she has undiagnosed dyslexia and reading can be a real challenge for her. and in subjects like charms, or potions, where one misread word or number can be the difference between a spell or potion working and it blowing up in her face, she struggles greatly. but she excels at divination and herbology, two vastly underestimated subjects.
i’d say doe is fairly underestimated. what with her muggle lineage, her coarse attitude, her hogwarts house, and her poor grades, many people don’t see her as someone who’ll make much of a difference. she’s a fun party girl, and always good for a laugh, but i think it’s easy to not see deeper than that
uhhh that’s all i can think of right now ! can’t wait to plot and write with all of you
sometimes im like “tone down the Self to fit in” and other times, the voice of God comes to me in a dream and says “I didn’t make you crazy for no reason”
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