This is your OC captain speaking, aka the person behind all the craziness on this blog, but feel free to call me Luce, or Lucy. I love baking, writing, and editing, and though I'm pretty mediocre at all three they bring me a lot of joy. I really like world-building and have a fun time trying to put the pieces together of unresolved things in stories (aka. what's going on in the lives of the side characters while the main folks are off saving the world). I'm here to have fun and share my musings with you all, and I hope you stick around! Thanks for stopping by.
This is my blog for HP-related OC's. While I'm no longer actively posting content on here, it is my main blog, thus I don't quite have the heart to delete it.
For all other fandoms, and more a place of activity, check out: @lucesbloodbank
I know I've been relatively absent for the latter half of this year but I just wanted to wish everyone a happy holiday season. Fingers crossed this next year will be a little kinder to us all.
Cheers, all. Thanks for being a constant ocean of inspiration and creativity.
"'Congratulations, Captain' they said. Abney's dead. 'You just got promoted to Major.' What a bed of roses this has all turned out to be."
Name: Merrick Crispin Brume
Nicknames: Mack, Mackie, Broom
Name Meanings: Fame, Curly-haired, Mist
Birthdate: December 20, 1883
Nationality: Scottish
Gender: Male
Blood Status: Halfblood
Sexuality: Heterosexual
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⋆✴ Education ✴⋆
School: Hogwarts (Y1-6)
Merrick was never the best student when he was in school. In fact, he struggled a lot to keep up with his peers in the more academically dense disciplines. Transfiguration felt nearly impossible to wrap his head around, Potions and History of Magic were always lacking, and his patience tended to wane when confronted with plant care in Herbology even if he did enjoy the natural aspect. There were two areas, however, in which he managed to excel: Care of Magical Creatures, and Defense Against the Dark Arts. Merrick had always been fond of owls and other birds since he was young and while his education in magical creatures extended outside the realm of such animals, he enjoyed it nonetheless and often situated himself in the Owlry. In spite of his mediocre grades in the majority of subjects, though, he had come so close to graduating. A little more than a year and he would've had his certificate and a full NEWT grade card. That one year could've changed everything, but after falling out with his parents, he refused to go back.
House: Hufflepuff
Perhaps Merrick should've taken it as a sign of his family's lack of understanding for his nature that the only one who seemed certain that he'd end up in Hufflepuff was his brother. All others considered Gryffindor most likely, though his parents had still hoped for Ravenclaw. While they were not disappointed by his sorting, there did come with it a certain level of surprise as he wrote home to tell them of what had transpired. However, being encircled in the gentle golden hues of the Hufflepuff Common Room was never a sorry sight for him, and was in fact a comfort seldom found for him at Hogwarts.
Best Class: Care of Magical Creatures
Worst Class: Potions
Electives: N/A
Quidditch: Hufflepuff Keeper
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⋆✴ Magic ✴⋆
Wand: Blackthorn wand with a Dragon Heartstring core, 11" and rigid flexibility
It was a curious feature of the blackthorn bush, which sported wicked thorns, that it produced its sweetest berries after the hardest frosts, and the wands made from this wood appeared to need to pass through danger or hardship with their owners to become truly bonded. Given this condition, the blackthorn wand would become as loyal and faithful a servant as one could wish.
Boggart: His brother's body, twisted and bloodied
Riddikulus: A large, flapping owl with a comical, exaggeratedly large beak, squawking in a ridiculous, high-pitched voice
Patronus: Incorporeal wisps
Amortentia (how he smells): A mix of earthy and spicy scents—wet leaves, burning wood, coffee grounds, and ale
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⋆✴ Physical ✴⋆
Height: 5'11"
Body build: Lean but wiry
Eye color: Brown, with the faintest hint of gold around the iris
Skin tone: Pale
Hair: Red, thick, and tousled with a slightly darker undertone. Often messy.
Voice: Gravelly with a rough edge that becomes more pronounced after a few drinks. There’s a certain terse authority to his voice, even in casual conversation that can make even the kindest of words seem more demanding than intended.
Food: Comfort foods like meat pies, hearty stews, and anything that reminds him of home. He’s always had a soft spot for muggle pastries.
Likes: Coffee, owls and other birds, muggle radio, holidays (for the festivity or an excuse to get hammered? we'll never know), local markets, quiet nights
Dislikes: Purebloods & blood purists, arrogance, stale biscuits, youth fatalities
⋆✴ Habits ✴⋆
Spending habits: He's not particularly wealthy and tends to live frugally
Smokes: Yes
Drinks: Yes
Mannerisms: Often fidgets with his jacket collar when anxious. He’s also known for cracking his knuckles during tense moments.
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⋆✴ Timeline ✴⋆
Grew up in Scotland in a wizard household that tried to uphold certain standards of "class" and purity
Left home at 16 after a very contentious fight with his parents about his prospects in the wizarding world and their own perception of wizard supremacy
Having very few prospects in the muggle world and even fewer in the wizarding world, he enlisted in the Army at 18 after his brother died and severed nearly all ties to magic
Ended up joining the OTC later on and became a "career soldier"
During the early stages of the Great War received an owl from his sister-in-law imploring him to join the Owl Airforce
Aids the Airforce in his "off" periods
Rose through the ranks in the army and after his superior was blown up by a mine amidst the ongoing Great War, was promoted to major.
Ended up taking a bullet through the helmet in the late winter of 1917, never seeing the end to the war.
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⋆✴ Relationships ✴⋆
Mother: Elspeth Brume (née Thorn)
She rests firmly entrenched in her belief in the importance of maintaining family "honor" and status within the wizarding community.
Father: Abelard Brume
A distant and emotionally cold man, whose harsh expectations pushed Merrick into a strained relationship. Abelard had strong blood purist tendencies but kept them subtly hidden under a mask of propriety.
Brother: Hadrian Brume
It was hard being the focus of the family's affections—or so Merrick imagined. Hadrian always seemed to have a leg up on him but he was thankfully never an ass about it; they probably wouldn't have been as close as they were if he had been. He died younger than he should've while out on an auror mission, only a couple of years after Merrick left home. It was a grief worse felt than that of separating from his parents.
Sister-in-law: Josephine Brume
Merrick always found Jo to be a bit too uptight and judgemental. Yet love was love, and he couldn't fault his brother for who he chose as his wife. He could secretly fault him though for transfering a misplaced kind of duty of care onto himself after Hadrian's death. She was the sister he never wanted but nonetheless was compelled to look after (even if it was as sparingly as he could swing it without a guilty conscience). After Merrick joined the army, they spoke even less, and the next time they caught up wouldn't be until she was trying to recruit him to the Owl Airforce.
⋆✴ Relationships with Others ✴⋆
Best friend(s): -
Friend(s): -
Enemies: -
Acquaintances: -
Love interest(s): Corrine Lovette (courtesy of @endlessly-cursed )
How does one come to define the fury and solace rapt in her company? Merrick's relationship with Corrine has always been a complicated one to say the least—undefinable, raw, but ever-present. They initially started off on shaky ground, for in Merrick's eyes there was little justification for women to be entangled in such a gruesome war (there might've hardly been one for the men either). It was perhaps a cruel trick of fate that their paths continued to cross. Bickering turned to banter, and then back to bickering, but quiet nights with a drink in either hand had a way to soften the noise and bring a comfort otherwise unknown to him. In the quiet moments between the two of them, he was gentle. Yet while the war may have brought them together, it likewise fizzled the flames between them into shallow embers as his death denied them any true peacetime reconciliation.
Nasmyth's second album and one of the more politically charged collections, it was recognized as a fluctuation between the discontent of struggles she recognized in the wizarding world, and wishful songs of peace and love. The titular track in particular garnered the album attention from the public and shot her further into the spotlight as she continued to lend a voice to the causes that mattered to her.
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Nasmyth - 1959
A collection of love songs and some more "experimental" works, but a beloved album nonetheless with a gentle echo and softer tones carrying hopeful messages for the future. Partially written during her pregnancy with her first child, the album further solidified her place as a folk musician in American wizarding culture.
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Wiggenweld - 1964
The last full album Nasmyth released before her death and arguably the most controversial in the wake of Slade's reappointment to office, the songs were seen as a criticism and one last outcry to her husband to follow through with the things he had promised to do in office, in addition to reflecting on her struggles throughout her life.
Hello all! Please take this as an announcement of my return to this blog because I have five new OCs (well, one is two years old and another I’ve had for about a year) to talk about and develop 😆 They’ll all get like official intros when I have more info on them but for now these bullet points will suffice! ✨
Ivan Cassander Klarič
— FC: Goran Višnjić (specifically in Timeless)
— Victorian era
— Traveller; nerdy about everything but especially charms ; makes money by writing a popular weekly travel column for The Daily Prophet
— Attended Durmstrang for five years and then attended Hogwarts (was sorted into Ravenclaw)
— Love interest to Rhiannon ‘Nanny’ Hart @potionboy3 who he is completely besotted with (and he’s a malewife tbh)
— His Patronus is a kingfisher (representing courage, tranquility, and love)
Niles Jonathan Whittaker
— FC: Hunter Parrish (specifically in Ratched)
— Magic Awakened era
— Secretary to Petra (when she’s Head of Magical Law Enforcement) as well as an historian (specialising in Victorian magical society)
— Love interest to Kerrady Redlaw
— Muggleborn ; sorted into Ravenclaw
— Named after the Frasier character because his parents (and myself) are avid fans
— ‘I read the rules before I break them’ kind of guy but will only break the rules to help Kerrady otherwise he’s a stickler for them
— He needs fellow nerdy friends or those who work in magical law enforcement
— His Patronus is a barn owl (representing wisdom, good luck, and prosperity)
Russo Calloway Reagan
— FC: Al Pacino (specifically in Insomnia)
— Petraverse OC (born in 1942)
— Hit-wizard and Hit-wizard trainer (trains Petra and later becomes her mentor/partner)
— Uncle to Indira Reagan
— — Attended Ilvermorny and was sorted into Wampus
— Was disowned by his father and brother, so moved from America to England to get away from his family
— Foul-mouthed (but amusingly so), blunt, and direct but with a heart of gold
— Covered in scars and blind in his left eye (all injuries from being in the field)
— When he drinks he should not drink as much as he does oof but it doesn’t effect his work
— Is the disappointment of an older brother to the perfect younger brother (maybe someone can play out that dynamic with me? 👀)
— His Patronus is a Bernese Mountain Dog (representing strength, protection, and loyalty)
Marco Luciano Traversari Rathbone
— FC: Robert De Niro (specifically in The Last Tycoon)
— Riddle era
— Born into a wealthy Italian-British pureblood family who are prestigious jewellers & watchmakers (both for the Muggle and Magical communities- they might be pureblood but the Muggles got money too right?)
— Attended Ilvermorny and was sorted into Horned Serpent
— He is a skilled jeweller and watchmaker himself but is also an expert dueller so became a bounty hunter, helping those who are vulnerable- not for the money but because he wants to experience the real world and do something good with his life
— Doesn’t personally agree with pureblood ideals and rubs that in his father’s face when he takes over the family business and hires Muggleborn witches and wizards
— Comes across as apathetic but that’s only because of his upbringing; he’s actually incredibly intuitive, compassionate, and articulate
— His Patronus is an Abraxan Winged Horse (representing power, determination, and spirit)
— Open to a love interest for the right OC
Carey Winston Ravenscar
— FC: Bill Pullman (specifically in While You Were Sleeping)
— Marauders/Golden Era Petraverse OC, but is more integrated in River’s story (still figuring out the details on that one)
— Attended Ilvermorny and was sorted into Thunderbird (was dormmates and friends with Davey Raines)
— Shy and awkward (that’s why he’s also besties with River- he was the first person to not think River was weird or crazy) and is somehow a hotshot MACUSA lawyer & advisor ; people underestimate him and he loves to prove them wrong
— His Patronus is a golden retriever (representing adventure, unconditional love, and fairness - and also because he’s the human embodiment of one lol)
HP Next Gen Appreciation Week | Day One: Favourite OC of mine
Noor Verma-Dhendron
She originally existed as a LOST OC but she and her sister have since been brought into HP and I still love her. Competitive, curious, an intellectual battering ram yet a little emotionally-obtuse, she's not a perfect human being but she's trying, and I appreciate her.
I am aware that I haven't done an AW in January as usual, but due to some personal stuff, I have postponed doing it till now. But fear not, your yearly AW is back!
And this time, our youngest generation will take the lead! As usual, you don't have to participate every day, and anyone with a next gen OC (1999-2010) is welcome!
Prompts:
Day One: Favourite OC of mine – Tell me about your fave (or faves!) and why they're your fave!
Day Two: Favourite OC that isn't mine – Tell me about the OC or OCs that you don't own that you love and why!
Day Three: Favourite ship of mine – A ship or ships that you love and why!
Day Four: Favourite ship that isn't mine – Ship or ships that you love that aren't yours and why!
Day Five: Beach Day AU- Make up a mini AU of your characters on the beach! What kind of person are they? Do they go early, or late? Are they a sea lover? Are they afraid of any kind of algae...or seagulls? Tell me all about it!
Reminder to tag me in all of your creations and tag them with the #hpnextgenaw tag!!
See you in May! Don't forget to schedule your posts if you want to take part but can't due to irl stuff!
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possible tw: fighting, weapons, blood, body image, kissing.
"and if love is a thing held in common, i suppose we had that in common, too, though i realize that might sound odd in light of the story i am about to tell.”
― donna tartt, the secret history
marlon volta
melinoe volta
iason volta @potionboy3
illias volta
skylla volta @potionboy3
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am I crazy for wanting you?
maybe do you think you could want me too?
i don't want to waste your time
do you see things the way i do?
i just want to know that you feel it too
when i think about them i'm thinking 2000s rom-com and that's what this video screams. this also turned into yet another if hogwarts was in america -aus but we're just gonna pretend it doesn't look like that.
Middle name is Blake because her parents were expecting a son. She usually goes by Blake to her friends
The Shelby Family is rich. Either wizards or muggles idk yet. Her dad owns a company but idk what company
She’s got academia vibes. A lot of Amelia Earhart too because I’m thinking she can fly a plane
For her job, I think she does a lot of classical studies and travels around the world a lot. Maybe something to do with literature or archaeology
As for personality I think she’s carefree and highly independent and is loved and accepted for not being a son anyway because she’s got a tomboy can-do attitude. She’s good with being on her own and can adapt to anything
Probably the oldest with some siblings but I haven’t made them yet
list of my hp world characters who are currently open for love interests! list will be updated along the way.
under the cut there are 8 characters in total as of now.
! preference for matching stories !
*hogwarts founders era*
verena slytherin
born: kind of undecided but during salazar slytherin's adulthood
hogwarts house: slytherin
sexuality: bi?
looking for: love interests of any gender
intro post
family pinterest
bright, smart and rebellious
daughter of salazar slytherin
disagrees with her father on many things
very skilled at archery and knows combat battle
has an older brother
*hp victorian era/hphl*
charles hartford
born: somewhere between 1866-1869
hogwarts house: ravenclaw
sexuality: gay
looking for: possible male lovers and a wife to continue his family line
pinterest
intelligent, nurturing, charismatic but some what afraid
he's gay but very much closeted and hiding his true self from everyone
assistant of ezra greenaway who he is also in love with for a time period but it's one sided, he's kind of ezra's sidekick
he already has relatives in more modern days, hartford family is one of my main families. (willard hartford, valentin hartford, harker hartford etc.)
related to the durand family (@cursed-herbalist)
likes books and reading, practically lives in the library
has a difficult relationship with his father who wants him to make more of himself that working for a writer. his father is an auror and the family is later known from being mostly aurors.
*fbawtf era*
enzo rovere-parsons
hogwarts house: slytherin
sexuality: bi
looking for: i'm leaning towards a male love interest but somewhat open to ideas
pinterest
curious, clever, sneaky, witty
sibling of gio and reva rovere-parsons @unfortunate-arrow, he's the middle child
best friends with jaren greenaway
has a kind of carefree attitude in life most of the time and should probably take things more seriously
charming but petty and he has a lot of anger on his heart
terrorizes the wizarding kind
hates magic and the wizarding community (if he would to have a love interest who's a witch then the storyline could be that he doesn't find out about her magic)
if you're in need of unfortunate romance then this might be a good option for that, but there's also a chance that he could be an okay husband! it's mostly his actions and backstory that weigh on him.
has a future doppelgänger named john arthur :)
enemies with theo and elian goldcrest
*riddle era*
johannes larkspur
born: 1923
sexuality: bi?
hogwarts house: gryffindor
looking for: love interests of all genders
family video
family intro post
family pinterest
artistic, balanced, accepting, brave
his family is a big name in wizarding art industry
wants to be an artist
middle child, doesn't want to be here
matilda larskpur
born: 1902
sexuality: bi?
hogwarts house: hufflepuff
looking for: love intrests of all genders
family video
family intro post
family pinterest
cunning, ambitious, vengeful, hard-working and loyal
widow and still heart broken
loretta (@gaygryffindorgal) her sister owns the larkspur family art trading company. she works hard to keep their reputation good despite the criminal activities they're accused of.
has a daughter marie-rosalie @gaygryffindorgal
iason volta
born: 1924
sexuality: bi?
hogwarts house: gryffindor
looking for: love interests of all genders
family video
family intro post
family pinterest
flirtatious, self-assured, lazy, impatient
party boy
first son of gretta and erebus volta
his family is known for their firewhiskey, casinos and criminal activities (they're a mob family)
enemy family: larkspur family
loviisa aarnintytär
born: 1600s
status: immortal
sexuality: bi?
looking for: love interests of all genders in any era after 1600s
intro post
pinterest
independent, strong, defensive but kind of lonely
immortal finnish witch with a tragic backstory
oldest daughter, has a younger sister aada (@gaygryffindorgal)
I can offer Oswin Kenway as a male lover for Charles? He's a little underdeveloped but no less dear to my heart with the rest of the Kenways.
b. 1874
Ilvermorny grad
Bisexual
Scroll keeper of the Kenway family's prophesies
Set to inherit the family business
Inquisitive student of natural phenomena—particularly cataloging insects
"Firstborn favorite" syndrome
Charmer, a walking flirtation just like his sister (but without the love potions and with a slightly stronger moral backbone...slightly)
Spent much of his youth traversing the Americas with the rest of the merry band of hooligans, prophecy-chasers, and protection-seeking magic folk before heading off to England along with his siblings at his father's behest
