FULL NAME: Seamus Finnigan
FACE CLAIM: Tarjei Sandvik Moe
GENDER & PRONOUNS: Male, he/him.
SECOND PREFERENCE: Not really interested in anyone else atm, haha.
OCCUPATION: Part-time help at the Hog’s Head.
AMORTENTIA: Fresh dirt, cigarettes, shepard’s pie.
CURRENT POLITICAL POSITION:
Seamus is feeling conflicted at the moment. On one hand, he still harbors a lot of hatred for the Death Eaters and all who aided them, and very much wants to see them brought to justice. On the other, the events of the war and his experience at Hogwarts during Snape’s reign has left him deeply distrustful of, and aggressive towards, any form of authority or group of people considering themselves to be the “good guys”. Part of him remains loyal to Dumbledore’s Army, and another part of him resents what, in his opinion, a group of purebloods put halfbloods and muggleborns through in their desire to play hero. In summary, I’d say he belongs to the New Order but is questioning his belonging there.
Seamus has been struggling with a lot of anger since the war, and has become unsure of his belonging in the magical world altogether.
PERSONALITY TRAITS: (+,-)
+ Outgoing — Seamus has never had a problem with shyness, that’s for sure. He’s able to make conversation with just about anyone (whether or not they’re left with a good impression of him, however, is another matter entirely).
+ Determined — When Seamus decides he cares about someone, he’ll stick with them even being all logic and reason. When he makes up his mind to do something, he stops at nothing to get it done. He knows what he’s about, and he sticks to it.
+ Adventurous — When the opportunity for a good time or a cool story presents itself, Seamus doesn’t hesitate to accept. He’s willing to take on more than his fair share of risk, and after all, it usually turns out okay in the end.
- Volatile — Seamus doesn’t always have proportionate reactions to things. He can be quick to anger, but also quick to sadness, quick to joy, or quick to excitement. He’s also particularly bad at hiding his emotions, no matter how much he wishes he would have a better poker face.
- Irresponsible — Seamus will be the first to tell you he’s not the best at making good decisions. And as determined as he can be about his own decisions, he’s not usually worried about taking care of traditional responsibilities, which he tends to avoid with a passion.
- Cruel — Whether through his carelessness, his desire to stir up trouble for the occasional amusement of it, or his honest-to-god cruel streak, Seamus has been known to hurt those around him.
— Seamus’s parents had him very young, and, as he used to be fond of saying, he’s half-and-half. The stress of a muggle-magical marriage, and his father’s resentment of such a secret being kept until after marriage, led to them splitting up when Seamus was a small child. He spend almost all of his childhood just him and his mother, and barely knows his dad. He’s considering getting to know him more now, but, like a lot of things, Seamus is still harboring a lot of anger over the situation.
(I’d like to change the skeleton so Seamus’s mother is still alive if that’s okay. I have some plot ideas that require her around haha.)
— Seamus’s favorite subject in school was transfiguration. You wouldn’t know it to look at his marks (worst in his year Gryffindors, in most subjects!), but he was actually pretty good at the practical coursework. The long essays McGonagall used to set, as well of the difficult exams, were another matter entirely. Seamus has had rather explosive, uncontrollable magic his whole life, which has gotten him into some trouble more than once. But something about the precise, focused control required in the subject gives him more powerful magical results than he’s typically used to.
— When they were fourteen, Dean came to stay with Seamus in Ireland in preparation of attending the Quidditch World Cup. One day while his mother was at work, Seamus talked Dean into taking the family car for a joyride into the big city, where they spent the day. Amazingly, they got away with it.
— After the war, Seamus began hanging out in the Hog’s Head, doing (more than a little) drinking. Eventually, he managed to talk Aberforth into letting him help out a bit at the Inn, including introducing a very limited menu which excercises Seamus’s newfound interest in cooking. Besides Aberforth, he’s developed a few new friendships with some of the other regulars, including Winky who sometimes visit when she’s looking for something a little stronger than what the Hogwarts kitchen has to offer.
⚔ Dean Thomas: best friends
Within the first few weeks of their Hogwarts careers, Dean and Seamus had become best friends and have been ever since. There’s no one in the world Seamus would rather spend time with, and no one he feels understands him better, than Dean. But their vastly different experiences during the last year of the war seems to have driven some sort of wedge between them — try as Seamus might to pretend it doesn’t exist.
⚔ George Weasley: close friends
Seamus knew George a bit during school, but he’s gotten to know the man even more since the war. He likes George, and considers him in some ways to have a lot of the best qualities of Ginny (who he also considers a good friend) with none of the baggage of the worst year of his life that comes with the former students who were with him in the revamped Dumbledore’s Army.
⚔ Roderick Flint: suspicious of
Roderick has many of what Seamus considers to be the worst qualities in a person: pureblood, wealthy, Slytherin. He doesn’t know much of the man, as they’ve never run in similar circles or been involved in similar activities, but he can’t imagine anything good about him.
⚔ Gregory Goyle: annoyed by
The nice thing about Goyle, if there was such a thing, is that Seamus has always understood exactly the sort of person he was. The worst thing about Goyle was everything else.
