#—response

[stedfastasthou]

What is the most scandalous thing you have done?

“There was that time I stole a highly eligible gentleman out from under the noses of the delightful ladies of the season and entrapped into a devious marriage.”

[asphodelroot]

☎ : List three or more people they would call out for during an emergency. ⊗ : What is something that causes them to question themself? ♆ : Are they prone to violent outbursts or thoughts?

☎

James Potter; Severus Snape; Petunia Evans         It probably means something that all three of these people don’t get along with each other. 

⊗

These days? Almost everything, though she rarely shows those doubts anymore. 

♆

In the past, she wasn’t. Yet that’s the past. Now, as she struggles to not unravel, sometimes those angry bursts make their way to the surface. 

[tenderperennial]

28. Or the you gave me something once

         Petunia was pretty sure Dedalus had meant to be kind. Or at least polite. Definitely (probably) hadn’t meant to be as patronizing as he’d wound up being, bombarding her with questions as they both sat in the hallway of the Ministry, her to (not be allowed to) testify about her near exposure of the Wizarding World, him to detail the steps that had been taken to cover up her ‘mistake’. At least his inane chattering had been less hostile than the screaming the Wizeygam, Wizgoment, Wizgarnet? —the stupid ‘Wizarding Justice Court’ had subjected her too, and decidedly pleasant compared to the screaming and sobbing that was the only conversation in Azkaban. Plus, he’d shared his sandwich with her. And it hadn’t been poisoned. 

. . . it’s a sad day when that’s become her standard for ‘decent person’. 

[stedfastasthou]

💭

“Desperately needs guidance.”

[stedfastasthou]

If you would give one piece of advice to the young debutantes this Season, what would it would?

“Not to allow their brothers to get in brawls over their honor at the queen’s ball.

            —baring that, to remember that for all their whispered venom, the hissing and sneering snakes that line the walls of every assembly room were once at its center as well, and more than half their vitriol is for that loss of attention.

Or, less philosophically, there plenty of time for fun after the marriage bells have rung.”

[stedfastasthou]

The Magician: What would your muse draw if given paper and markers? (I adore this question.)

And yes, she could give a full rundown of all the sails, the rigging, and most of their names, as well as sketch out what sets it apart from any of the number of other ships one might see afloat.

[stedfastasthou]

💗 Has my muse ever been in love?

Yes, most ardently. Sophia loved her late husband and was loved back by him in return. It was their one point of extreme unfashionableness—how openly in love they were with each other.

Whether she loved anyone before him is up for debate. For her part, Sophia would say it is irrelevant.