she burns.

Rita N. Skeeter, writer. Master of Journalism and getting the newest scoop just before you do. The N stands for none of your business, but I thank you for inquiring--it's your interview, not mine, darling. my life's work

[riitaskeeters]

narcissaism:

Gritting her teeth, Narcissa fought the urge to pull out her wand and hex Rita into the next room. Ladies, as she was often told, kept their heads during situations when people were trying to get a rise out of them. She yanked her hand away from Rita quickly, shaking her head. “Listen Rita, I may be two years younger than you are, but at least as a pureblood, I know when to keep my mouth shut and when to keep talking. You should learn the difference before it comes back to bite you.”

"Honestly, you could keep your ball and chain--I have the perks of both worlds, as do many muggle-born...” Rita mused, smirking, happy that she’d hit a nerve. “Have fun, darling, you can keep your gilded cage, trust me, no one is jealous.” With a flip of her hair, she left the fifth year, mind brewing with possibilities of what she could write for the year’s first issue.

[riitaskeeters]

seriouslyback:

“And I would have thought that you’d know my opinion on my upbringing. Or is the great Rita Skeeter one step behind everyone else for once? Do catch up.” He rolled his eyes, a hint of something poisonous seeping into his voice. “Sounds like you have yourself a headline: Rita voted Hogwart’s best witch by none other than Rita herself. Enlighten me then, what interesting activity did you partake in this summer?”

Rita tsk tsk tsked and shook her head gently, “What is it that bothers the Illustrious Sirius Black so?” She smirked and looked at her nails for a moment, inspecting them for any imperfections. “I said nothing of me being the best, but I do think I’m rather enjoyable to be around--save for right now, what with your attitude ruining my perfectly good mood.” She gave him a fake pout, for ust a moment. “This isn’t my Q and A, though. It’s yours, darling.”

[riitaskeeters]

seriouslyback:

“That hardly matters when nobody reads them,” Sirius retorts, dodging her first question with a slight grimace. “I bought a new pair of knitting needles, actually. Shame you didn’t manage to buy yourself a jar of mind-your-own-damn-business.”

“I would’ve thought with your upbringing, you’d have some semblance of manners,” Rita narrowed her eyes at Sirius and glared. “A simple no, Rita, I’m an awful bore and do absolutely nothing of interest, unlike you would’ve sufficed, I think.”

[riitaskeeters]

narcissaism:

“Listen Rita, Blacks don’t talk about our family behind their backs. We’re a bit more loyal than that, so if you even think for a moment I’d sell him out despite what he did, then I’ll be happy to prove you wrong.”

Rita seemed to roll her eyes often, but perhaps it was just her view of Narcissa--the girl was young, probably deemed rather unimportant save for the ability to spout out children. Rita felt somewhat bad for her--but then again, this was all clouded by her annoyance at that moment. With pursed lips, she spoke again: “Right, of course,” Rita said sarcastically. “Of course, Narcissa,” she pat at the fifth year’s hand and shook her head. “I should’ve known to try a difference source, I suppose... They do talk about how, erm, you know... You are, or whatever. Stiff and such.” She shrugged, not really meaning the words, but saying them nonetheless. 

[riitaskeeters]

lilyevcn:

Lily is certain she should have seen this coming when their conversation started, but it does little to sour the mood. She’s never had a real issue with Rita – and has even considered joining her field of expertise and joining the school newspaper – and it’s certainly not as if she has anything to hide. 

           “You’re just as bad as Gilderoy, you know.” She comments idly with a small hum.             “I’m afraid I’m going to have to disappoint, Rita – I’ve no juicy scandals for you,               unless you count a ridiculous amount of time spent trying to avoid sunburn.”

Rita’s face fell and she sneered a little. She recovered quickly though, and put on her smile, though her voice let Lily know that she was more than a little disappointed. “Are you sure?” Rita sighed somewhat dramatically, and shook her head. “I don’t need scandals. Any interesting story will do--aren’t there those that...” Once more, Rita let out a sigh--she rolled her eyes for added effect, “are simply fawning over you? You must’ve done something amazing for that, right?” 

Rita trailed off and tapped her pointer finger on her lip as she thought. “Oh!” Her voice and stance suddenly changed, and a large smile was on her face. “How about an interview?” Rita wriggled her eyebrows as her smile turned more into a smirk and she held her hands together in front of herself. 

[riitaskeeters]

narcissaism:

“The ‘Golden Son’? Is that what they’re calling him” Narcissa scoffed, shaking her head. “If you want a story on my dear cousin, then why don’t you go and ask him why he thought it would be a good idea to go against everything his family’s been after for years,” she suggested. Rita was interesting, but only when she was giving information. When she was trying to get it, Narcissa found her to be an annoyance.

“I just want the aftermath--his explosive departure was already covered. I need the follow-up, the story many people ignore. Sure, he’s left, but what’s there now? Is the little one holding himself together? Are his cousins gleeful at his departure?”

[riitaskeeters]

lilyevcn:

“They look adorable – now. Besides,   if I give in now, they’re never going   to listen to me if I catch them out on   prefect rounds.” 

“Well, if we keep them small and wonderful, perhaps they won’t be going out when you’re on your--rounds or whatever they’re called.” But, back to more important matters. “Your... Summer...” Rita began carefully, never having been too-close to the red-headed Gryffindor. “I’m in need of stories, good ones, darling. I’ve plans for the back-to-school issue of the newsletter--and you’re right here to help me!”

[riitaskeeters]

narcissaism:

Crossing her arms over her chest, Narccisa gave Rita a dirty look. “If you really want something to write about, why don’t you just go and dig up something old and do it again. You’re good at that,” she added, voice laced with malice.

"Only the desperate resort to such tactics, and I won’t be reaching that level anytime soon, dear one.” Rita smiled both sourly and sweetly, “Perhaps you’ve... Been hurt recently--oh, right, that tidbit about the Golden Son leaving the family... How’s the pressure now? Anything change?”

[riitaskeeters]

narcissaism:

“Rita,” Narcissa answered, looking up from her piece of parchment. “If I did something, and wanted to tell you about it. I would have. But I didn’t, and I don’t.” 

"Surely,” Rita began, “something must’ve happened in the Illustrious House of Black--" Rita wasn’t all too fond of the family, as they were rather haughty about their status when it truly only applied in one measly country. “I guess you really are yesterday’s news then, I’m afraid...”

[riitaskeeters]

lilyevcn:

        “It’s no use giving me those big puppy          dog eyes, I’m not giving in this time.” 

Rita tsks and shakes her head, “But the new first years are just so adorable--surely you could give in this one time?”

[riitaskeeters]

“Uneventful summers mean uneventful newsletters--are you telling me you did nothing? Not even buy a new, erm... Anything?” She looks them up and down, waiting for an answer with her quill at the ready.

[vintagefashionandbeauty]

Blue ombre fur coat, 1970. (♥)

[riitaskeeters]

(´ q ` ” ), ¥

money and guilty pleasures

Once more, romance novels–she has volumes upon volumes stacked away in some corner of her trunk. ABBA, though many of her pureblooded classmates have no knowledge of the band. Fashion, she considers herself to be quite fashionable, loves to read magazines to see the current trends, and she does so wish that the Wixen World in Britain wasn’t so drab.

Rita is terrible with money and cannot be trusted. She will spend, spend, and spend some more if left to her own devices–it’s for this reason she won’t go shopping alone, as she knows herself. Then again, every buy is a good one, a deal, and definitely needed in some way or another–though she is known to return things a few days afterwards, because she realised it was a rather bad choice. But, she certainly has more clothes than she could possibly wear, especially considering that she spends most of her year at Hogwarts.

[riitaskeeters]

(≧∇≦) = What makes the character happy

happiness

Receiving flowers, productive work-days, juicy gossip, letters from mother, writing on sunny days beneath a tree by the lake, the view from Ravenclaw Tower, Gilderoy’s terrible jokes, dancing to new records, the moment History of Magic ends.

[riitaskeeters]

（；へ：）

shedding tears

Romance novels, for one. Misprints or typos on the Snitch, especially one she doesn’t notice until she’s very comfortably in the Common Room, glancing over to someone reading that week’s edition and the error is there, staring her in the face, mocking her and everything she stands for. Peas. She absolutely hates them and finds them vile. Very cute first years tend to make her tear up, especially if they’ve heard of her and are interested in what she does or are asking for her assistance. Betrayals--she’s had her fair share of nasty break ups, both platonic and romantic, and when there is more than meets the eye, things can get nasty, and things can also go flying.

[riitaskeeters]

(;╹⌓╹) & (´；Д；｀).

fears & worries

Rita is a very private person, and her fears are not well known, though they are common to many people. Death is one thing that she fears, especially having lost a parent--life changes so much after such a thing, everything and every accomplishment that you had shifts off, because no matter what’s done, there’s no way to put it back on track, to bring that person back. What she fears more than death, is perhaps dying without leaving her mark--she does not want to pass just like any other person--Rita wants to leave a mark on the world, hopefully in the form of some sort of media empire.

As for worries--generally, they’re all things related to how busy she is. Rita hardly sleeps, is always snooping, constantly writing, and continuously micromanaging her staff members. Is the next issue going to be good? Does my hair look amazing today? Where are my glasses? I swore I put them here? Why hasn’t Gilderoy submitted this week’s column? Where is Xenophilius with their updates on--whatever it is? And, of course, her glasses are generally always on her head, sometimes on her face, one of her staff members are galavanting around while another few have their heads in the cloud--really, what doesn’t Rita worry about?

[riitaskeeters]

( ⌒o⌒)人(⌒-⌒ )

friends

Rita generally wants to be friends with everyone–but really, it’s only for selfish reasons. She does not get close to people, and keeps them at a distance. Rita does not use people’s names, sticking to calling people sweetie or darling or love–unless she really does care, or wants something from them. That being said:

Mary MacDonald seems like a person that Rita could get along with–mainly because Rita can sense something juicy might happen, and Mary, being something of a wallflower, might know more than she may let on. Frank Longbottom is rather cute, smart as well, and Rita is a sucker for people who help the young little wixen that walk through the halls of the school. Belinda Zabini is absolutely gorgeous, and Rita would not mind getting beauty secrets from her–and also having a fun mani-pedi day with the Slytherin.