“ gonna need something stronger than coffee today, rosie. “ she slides into one of the chairs behind the bar counter, dropping her parchment paper and quills on the surface in front of her. rita likes doing research. she genuinely does. but she’s trying to catch up on nearly fifty years, and she has to admit that she has bit off a bit more than she can chew. especially when new things keep happening, too. so she gives rosmerta an exhausted smile, that never quite reaches her eyes. “ irish coffee would be fine. “ she pauses, seemingly forgetting herself. “ thank you, “ she adds, and her smile turns and shifts, becomes sweeter, realer. but at the same time, wasn’t the first smile more genuine? she shuffles her papers in front of her, sorts through them quickly, before stuffing them into her purse. organized chaos. “ you look good. “
The right side of her lips slowly tugging up into a half-smile, Isolde shakes her head slightly and walks around until she can sit on the chair two places right of Rita. “Not working right now,” she states as she glances over at a menu, tilting her head to the side. Finally, she turns her head and looks at Rita again. “They just let me behind the counter because I asked. I think they took pity on me; one of them obviously knew me as an older lady and was way too polite to someone their own age.”
Laughing lightly, she raises an eyebrow. “Thanks. So do you. Then again, that’s no surprise,” she adds after a moment of silence following Rita’s compliment. She doesn’t trust the journalist. Or reporter, or whatever the brunette is. Isolde isn’t well versed in the news world, but what she does know is that Rita Skeeter’s a dangerous person to talk to, and so she knows she has to be careful about everything she says. Really, it’s not like she has much to hide. From what she’s gathered so far, her life was pretty uneventful. To be fair, when someone tried to tell her something more difficult, she found an excuse to get away as quickly as possible. Still, no matter what, Isolde knows that trusting Rita Skeeter will never lead to anything good.
“I call it an espresso squared — it’s two double espressos, in one mug. Also known as an atomic caffeine bomb,” said Amelia, taking a big sip from her mug. She reserved cups of coffee of this strength for truly strenuous time. ( This past month, she’d almost exclusively drank espresso squareds — could you blame her? ) “Merlin knows I need it.”
Humming in response, Isolde nodded and squinted as she looked at the menu over the counter. “Sounds useful, but not that healthy,” she said as she turned around to look at Amelia with a smile. “Are you okay? I mean, I know this is all messed up, but... That much caffeine kind of scares me. Not that I’m judging; I’m actually tempted to get the same thing right now.”
JAMIE CHUNG? No, that’s actually ISOLDE ROSMERTA from the MARAUDERS ERA. You know, the child of MINA ROSMERTA (NÉE LEE) and CHARLES ROSMERTA (BORN PARK JAE-HO)? Only 31 years old, this HUFFLEPUFF alumni works as a LANDLADY OF THE THREE BROOMSTICKS and is sided with THE NEUTRALS. SHE identifies as CISWOMAN and is a PUREBLOOD who is known to be INDECISIVE, GULLIBLE, and STUBBORN but also GENEROUS, COMPASSIONATE, and OPEN-MINDED. — &&. ( SAM, EST, YOUR THEY/THEM, 24. )
character parallels: molly weasley ( harry potter ) + sandy olsen ( grease ) + marge simpson ( the simpsons ) + sookie stackhouse ( true blood ) + joyce byers ( stranger things ) + james gordon ( gotham ) + ginny weasley ( harry potter ) + lorelai gilmore ( gilmore girls ) + scott mccall ( teen wolf ) + lily aldrin ( how i met your mother ) !!
THREE HEADCANONS
— ❝ 01. Isolde’s father and mother escaped to the United-States after a big fight with their families, two very powerful pureblood families that had always been in competition with one another. The Lees stood for everything the Parks stood against, and vice versa. Therefore, after deciding to abandon their families and build a life of their own, a choice that was far from easy for either of them, they moved to New York City, New York, at the age of twenty. It was then that Jae-Ho changed his name to Charles Rosmerta, cutting all ties from his family, and though Mina kept her name, she did take the same surname as her husband. Two years later, they had Isolde, and five years later, after they had Isolde’s younger sibling, they decided to move to the U.K., after having met a man from there, through Mina’s job at the MACUSA, who promised them an even better life situation there (which meant a lot, considering they had a pretty awesome life in New York City thanks to good jobs and money sent by the one grandmother on Mina’s side who approved of their love). There, Charles would get a chance to establish an inn, a dream he’d always had but had never gotten the chance to think seriously about due to the expectations his family had for him since they were a very prominent pureblood family, and having an inn simply wasn’t good enough. In the UK, the little family bought the Three Broomsticks, and lived in a house a little bit outside of Hogsmeade. Mina got a job at the Ministry of Magic, in the Department of International Magical Cooperation, and became a very important member of the department. Meanwhile, the Three Broomsticks did extremely well under Mina’s dad’s ownership, and the family never lacked anything. Truly, Isolde had a very comfortable childhood, and though she wished she could have gotten to know her extended family at some points, the more she grew up, the more she realized they weren’t worth it. They had given up on her parents, and as someone who adored Charles and Mina, Isolde just couldn’t forgive that.
— ❝ 02. When Isolde was twenty-three years old, her parents decided to move back to New York City, so that her mother could become an ambassador for the British Ministry of Magic over there, and so that her father could retire for a little while and concentrate on art (which, I forgot to mention, but he used to paint on the side, but never had much time for it). When leaving, which was a painful separation for everyone, Charles gave the keys of the Three Broomsticks to Isolde and told her she could either sell it and keep the money to invest in something else, or run it herself. To be completely honest, Isolde did hesitate for a while. She had been working at a book shop in Diagon Alley at the time, but had bartended at the Three Broomsticks in the past, and the place meant a lot to her, so… She ended up deciding to run it herself. The ownership was switched from her father to herself, and Isolde started making little change by little change to the place. It became a bit less sophisticated than it had been when her father had owned it, but a bit more homey. She made it a place where everyone would feel welcome, and ended up having customers from all sides of various conflicts. She treated them all the same, but there was a zero tolerance policy for violence and disrespect. Whilst she did not take a side in the war, having close friends on both sides and not wanting to lose them, she did lean heavily on the Order’s side, convictions-wise. Still, she remained neutral, as it was the easiest thing to do for her.
— ❝ 03. It tears away at her. Knowing what’s right, and yet remaining neutral. Problem is, she loves too much. Loves some people on both sides, and it would break her to choose some over the others. Still, she tries to help in little ways. Subtly lowering the price of rooms for Order members, smiling less sincerely at Death Eaters, and some more. Thing was, she believed in individuals, not causes. She thought that some people could be saved; that they wouldn’t remain bad people for the rest of their lives. Maybe it was silly and childish, but it was the way she felt. She wanted to save the world, but to do that, she couldn’t take a side. And that made sense to her.
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Has a younger sibling who’s five years younger than Isolde. I’ll send in a wanted connection for them soon!
Lesbian af.
Loves trying out new cocktails, though she hasn’t changed the drinks menu of the Three Broomsticks in a while now.
Loves muggle wine, but would never serve it in the Three Broomsticks, as she knows it would cause a lot of problems.
Is just so... Generous. Warmhearted. Kind. Which makes the whole neutral thing a bit strange, but thing is she can’t find it in herself to oppose someone so openly. Especially not when she loves people on both sides, and thinks minds can be changed for the better. I don’t know if I’m making sense, because Isolde is strong; she just doesn’t like confrontation. And she believes there’s good in everyone, which is problematic in and of itself, but hey! She’s far from perfect!
The whole “doing nothing in a situation of injustice is just as bad as acting for the injustice” just really unsettles her. Like, that whole idea... Fuck. It’s just, so, I don’t know. She knows it’s true, but that doesn’t make it any easier to claim a side.
Just wants people to feel welcome in her establishment! Still, she doesn’t tolerate violence or disrespect in the Three Broomsticks, and isn’t afraid to kick patrons out.
