it hurts to become.

even the mountains cannot hold all you have been carrying. sterling montague. xvii. he/him. cis man. slytherin beater.

[lizzie-mcguire]

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Hi, everyone! It’s Admin Sarah. As I mentioned in the chat, I decided to put together an ask meme designed purely for this roleplay! You’re not required to participate at all, but I thought it would be a fun, relaxed way for us to explore all of our characters. Please feel free to reblog this (and any other ask memes) if you’d like to join in! We don’t have designated meme-specific days – you can reblog ask memes whenever you’d like, and completed memes do count as activity. I’m just tagging this with #iidytask so it gets seen, but of course, there is no time table on completing these memes. Do whichever ask memes you’d like on your own schedule! If this ask meme goes over well, I’d definitely be willing to make more! (And if members have any suggestions or would like to make one of their own, please let me know!)

Send me numbers to find out more about my character! If I have a multi-muse blog, feel free to specify the character if you have a specific one in mind.

Has your muse ever had to deal with a significant loss? And if so, how did they cope with the grief of that? (Loss does not necessarily have to mean death here.)

What do you think it would take for your muse to reach their absolute breaking point?

Would your muse ever consider changing their stance about the war or switching sides? If so, what would push them to do so?

What was your muse doing when they heard about the three deaths, and how did they react to the news? Did they attend any of the funerals or memorials?

Does your muse believe in the existence of the Deathly Hallows? Which Deathly Hallow would appeal to your muse the most and why?

What are your muse’s thoughts on the Dark Arts? Would they ever use such magic themselves for whatever reason, or have they already done so in the past?

What memories would your muse be shown if they were in the presence of a Dementor, and what physical reaction would they have?

Is your muse capable of casting a corporeal Patronus? And if so, what form does it take and what memories does your muse use to cast it?

What would your muse see if they gazed into the Mirror of Erised?

What is your muse’s Boggart? Would your muse be able to successfully cast Riddikulus in the presence of one? If so, what would the Boggart turn into?

What scents would your muse smell if they took a whiff of Amortentia and why?

What is your muse’s wand?

What outcome would your character like to see for the war? And what would they like to do once it’s finally over?

What does your muse think of resurrection? Do they believe it could be possible? And would they be willing to do it?

What is the worst thing your muse has ever done? What pushed them to do this?

Who is the most important person in your muse’s life and why?

Who is your muse’s worst enemy and why?

What is your muse’s most prized possession and why?

Does your muse use social media? And if so, what platforms are they on, and what do they enjoy posting about? Is their account public or private?

Are there any public figures or historical figures that your muse looks up to? Why?

Does your muse have any vices? And if so, are they open about them, or do they try to keep it hidden?

Does your muse have any skeletons in their closets?

What are your muse’s guilty pleasures?

What are your muse’s bad habits?

What is your muse’s biggest regret and why?

What would your muse do if they found out they only had one day left to live?

Upon dying, would your muse choose to become a ghost, or would they decide to pass on?

How does your muse like to dress?

If your muse was a muggle, what would your character’s life be like?

What would your muse do in the event of a zombie apocalypse? What would be their chances of survival?

What would your muse be doing right now if the war had never happened? How would their life be different?

Would your muse ever consider making a horcrux? Alternatively, do you think they’d be capable of destroying a horcrux?

Would your muse be capable of using any of the Unforgivable Curses? And would they ever do so or have they ever done so in the past?

What were your muse’s O.W.L. scores? (Or if they did not attend Hogwarts, what were their test results on an equivalent exam?)

What is your muse’s favorite subject, and does this differ from their best subject? Alternatively, what is your muse’s least favorite subject, and does this differ from their worst subject?

If your muse was given the choice of what house they would be sorted into, what house would they have chose?

Would your muse ever consider running away from everything if given the means and opportunity? Why or why not?

If your muse had access to a time turner, what would they do with it?

What would your muse change about their lives or themselves if given the opportunity? Why?

How do you picture your muse’s relationship with their parents? What is their home life like?

Out of the seven deadly sins, which does your muse embody the most? What about the seven heavenly virtues?

What are your character’s religious beliefs? Have they ever experienced a loss of faith or a revival in faith? What prompted this?

If your character could be any magical creature, what magical creature would they choose?

If your character could have any power in the world, what power would they choose?

What is your muse’s favorite myth or fairytale?

What is your muse’s favorite song?

What is your muse’s favorite movie?

What is your muse’s favorite tv show?

What is your muse’s favorite book?

Who is your muse’s favorite fictional character?

[smontagues]

❝ I started talking to the stars in the sky instead. I said, “Tell me about the big bang.” The stars said, “It hurts to become.” ❞ CODY CHRISTIAN? No, that’s actually STERLING MONTAGUE. A SEVENTH YEAR student, this SLYTHERIN student is sided with THE NEUTRALS. HE identifies as CIS MAN and is a PURE-BLOOD who is known to be FACETIOUS, INDECISIVE, and SURLY but also ARTICULATE, INTUITIVE, and VERSATILE. { MARK, 22, EST, HE/HIM }

who allowed this to happen ??

Keep reading

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10.  What is your muse’s Boggart? Would your muse be able to successfully cast Riddikulus in the presence of one? If so, what would the Boggart turn into?

his boggart is a death eater because he super doesn’t wanna follow his dad.  i think he’d be able to cast riddikulus?  probably.  if so, it’d turn into a clown or like it’d be wearing roller skates and it would fall down. 

19.  Does your muse use social media? And if so, what platforms are they on, and what do they enjoy posting about? Is their account public or private?

sterling is an old man in a seventeen year old’s body.  i think he’s slowly been getting introduced to social media but i don’t think he’s very good at it and has probably deleted snapchat at least two different times because he couldn’t figure it out

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17.  Who is your muse’s worst enemy and why?

as dramatic as it sounds, probably his parents.  not so much in the sense of endangering him, but because they (especially his father) pose the biggest threat to him leading the life that he wants to live.

21.  Does your muse have any vices? And if so, are they open about them, or do they try to keep it hidden?

he’ll smoke and drink in social settings, probably casual betting amongst friends — he doesn’t lie about any of these, but it’s not like he’s bragging about it either.

38.  If your muse had access to a time turner, what would they do with it?

i’d like to say that he would go back and prevent his father from joining the death eaters, but then sterling wouldn’t end up growing as a human so…… who knows?

[henry-cavill]

[smontagues]

when:  31 december, 2023 where:  malfoy manor who:  open

    sterling was certain he had never felt as on-edge as he did the moment he stepped into scorpius’s end-of-year party.  that feeling had hardly simmered down as he reacquainted himself with the estate.  a place he’d been many times before, but never as an outsider.  always as a member of pureblood society, his father’s hand clasped on his shoulder until the adults went behind closed doors and the children were allowed to play.  but now?  he was a runaway, and he couldn’t shake the feeling he had apparated himself into the belly of the beast.

    he was so in-his-head about it all that he’d hardly noticed when, in his nervous shuffling, he knocked over a couple abandoned drinks.  it was only the shattering of glass that returned him to the land of the living.  “oh, f— merlin!”  he shouted, barely censoring himself.  on instinct, sterling stooped down to clean up the mess, glancing up when he saw a figure approach.  “i didn’t — i, uh, just cleaning it up.  i’m not the amateur party fouling, i swear.”

[smontagues]

when:  27 december, 2023 where:  leaky cauldron who:  @infcmous

     sterling bore holes in the doors of the leaky cauldron as he sat, waiting.  his leg was bouncing and it shook the table.  he couldn’t figure out why he was nervous — he hadn’t felt nervous around charles since they chose neighboring beds back in the dormitory in their first year.  when his fellow slytherin finally appeared in the doorway, sterling rose to greet him.  “thanks for meeting me,”  he said in a rush, like he was eager to get this part over with.  merlin, he sounded like a businessman — he sounded like his father.  he cleared his throat, changing strategies.  “i guess i should just come out with it, huh?  i, uh . . .  well, mate, this is where i’ve been staying.”  he gestured broadly up to one of the rooms upstairs.  “i know i told you i worked here over the summer, but — well, there’s the whole truth now.  i just wanted to get that out before we talked about anything else.  i trust you.  so there it is.”  great lead-in, sterling.  not fucking weird at all.  “but.  um.  i didn’t ask you here just to tell you that.  this was weird. — hi charles, how are you?  how was your christmas?”

[schmidtsburg]

[antigonick]

His heart was like a sensitive plant, that opens for a moment in the sunshine, but curls up and shrinks into itself at the slightest touch of the finger, or the lightest breath of wind.

Anne Brontë, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (via antigonick)

[wardo]

[smontagues]

❝ I started talking to the stars in the sky instead. I said, “Tell me about the big bang.” The stars said, “It hurts to become.” ❞ CODY CHRISTIAN? No, that’s actually STERLING MONTAGUE. A SEVENTH YEAR student, this SLYTHERIN student is sided with THE NEUTRALS. HE identifies as CIS MAN and is a PURE-BLOOD who is known to be FACETIOUS, INDECISIVE, and SURLY but also ARTICULATE, INTUITIVE, and VERSATILE. { MARK, 22, EST, HE/HIM }

who allowed this to happen ??

anyway. 

you know the drill.  about (bio to come) / pinterest board.

sterling nathaniel montague!

born to graham montague, one of draco’s third tier friends, and .... honestly his mother is so irrelevant i never gave her a name!!! if any pureblood pals want a cousin or smth hmu and sterling can fill that ig

the montagues are dumb purebloods but like ~new money~ aka like... grandpa montague got rich doing some shady business deals back during the first war 

as far as pureblood assholes go, sterling actually had a decent relationship with his parents — they weren’t close necessarily, but they could get along well enough

until right before fifth year, when he discovered that his father was a part of the reformed death eaters

he knew his parents were blood supremacists and it was something he had never really bought into, but he’d learned to keep quiet about that from a young age

his mum tried to assure him that it was nothing he needed to concern himself with but his father was in deep and trying to talk sterling into joining

sterling kept refusing but as time went on it felt less and less like he had any type of say in the matter

right after he turned seventeen, while he was on his easter break from hogwarts, he took out as much money from his family’s vault at gringotts as he could and squirreled it away

when the term was over and sixth year had ended, he did not return home — sterling took the money and ran

he crashed with friends at the beginning of summer, never for more than a couple days to avoid raising suspicions

eventually he ran out of options and — not having enough to reasonably sustain himself in his own home — ended up at the leaky cauldron

he swallowed his pride and got a job as a cook there in order to afford room and board for the remainder of the summer

now he’s back at hogwarts for his seventh year and boy is . . . . terrified of the future!!! if he even has one!

he’s highkey banking on getting signed by a professional quidditch team because honestly??? he doesn’t rlly have any other prospects

oh yeah he’s the slytherin beater & in astronomy club and duelling club

his only classes are astronomy (which he’s rlly good at), potions, herbology (both of which he’s decent at) and charms (which he’s. ... not v good at but he tries)

so he really doesn’t know what he’s doing with his life At All

he’s neutral in the war!! he doesn’t really believe in blood supremacy. he doesn’t fully get muggles, but that’s more out of privilege than prejudice (someone teach him not to suck); but he’s not brave enough to be in the MA, if he even knows what it is tbh

kinda dumb sometimes but he tries his best. just trying to get thru hogwarts. 

gay

his mum has written a few letters but he has no intentions of speaking to his parents ever again!!! we’ll see buddy lmao

EDIT bc things change:  so he’s basically an honorary longbottom now from living in the leaky cauldron and is probs on the fast track to accidentally joining the MA. whoops.

some parallels ig: chase stein (i was halfway thru writing up this intro in my notes on my phone before i realized i had been watching Too Much Runaways), jackson whittemore, matt donovan, quinn roberts (the great american whatever), a very very watered down version of neil josten 

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