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2. How did you come up with your MC and Jacob’s backstory (family, where they’re from, their relationship with each other, etc.)?
Mostly when I realised that the borders are fake and nothing is real anymore since JKR has a twitter account. I was like BAM! their father could pass as a character on Mad Men, maybe has gang ties who knows we don’t talk about him much he’s just doing very well in America as a perfectly legal businessman. BAM! Jacob was born before the statute technically got overturned and his mother very nearly got into a lot of political drama because of it. BAM! Look at that, one conveniently burned off family tree member who now stole from his family and sunk the fortune into a grand amount of land. BAM! Second sight? Legilimency (which came later admittedly)?? We’re gonna connect some witches and wizards to each other to like nudge it in the direction.
Literally just as HPHM started opening up more and more avenues, I took some artistic liberty with stuff and hunted through the wiki/pottermore for just. Stuff. I think it also helps that I don’t feel like I have to justify having some “OP” character/Mary Sue anymore because like??? So???? I don’t have anything to prove with Natasha. Bless her dumb ass. But the one thing I really relied on heavily as far as Natasha and Jacob goes is the age difference. For my Jacob, he’s born 1963, and Natasha isn’t born until 1972. So like they have the different wave interests, and like a lot of their relationship is kind of what they barely remember of each other. Natasha doesn’t know if she’s confusing the good and bad times with wishful thinking half the time, and Jacob (later) struggles to distinguish between the baby sister he left behind and the sure and confident girl he meets again.
I just dug my fingers into whatever I could find, said seeya later to anxiety over what I’ve created, and honestly enjoyed it far more than I potentially might’ve.
8. Does your MC have any sentimental items?
Natasha is a very sentimental person, at the end of the day. Doesn’t like to admit it, but her room at the family manor in Scotland is chock full of random and mostly useless items that serve no purpose other than making the heart a little fonder.
Highlights of the collection include a snitch that was given to Jacob by a fellow student after Slytherin’s biggest Cup win, one singular earring that was gifted by her uncle, Aquila, in the shape of a little star (she lost the other one; it caused much distress), and a very old and well loved record player that was given to Jacob by their father, that doesn’t work properly because of all the magic of course, but Natasha hauled it back over from America once they moved out to the manor full time.
14. What is your MC’s fashion style?
Think Sharon Tate. Literally, Natasha’s honest style icon and pretty much the sole person I refer to most times. The open shirts and cut pants and plaid and silk and thin jewellery? Perfection. Literally I can’t even describe it just google her.
15. What is your Jacob’s fashion style?
Look, men’s fashion is fantastic for the 70s and 80s in a sense it was great for that time but you look back and you’re like. Man. What the hell was going on? So whilst I do believe Jacob had some kind of passing phase of neon and tennis shoes, he probably ending up emulating his father a lot in terms of the neat suits and pull overs and cardigans and ties. Permanent business casual. Jacob is very prim and proper about his appearance and would like to forget just what he was wearing as a young teen, unaware of the ways of the world.
25. A song for your MC and Jacob?
Jacob grew up in America with the 70s as the song of his life. We’ve got him dancing with a tiny Natasha to Dancing Queen, belting out Grease in the middle of the hallway, a very dramatic rendition of Jolene to boot… Queen probably resonates very well with that era. Something like Somebody to Love or I Want To Break Free or even lmfao Bohemian Rhapsody just to really like encompass that late 70s kind of vibe yknow? Jacob’s Hogwarts run is from like 74-81. Track music from that timeline and it’ll probably be a gradual explanation of him.
Early 80s kind of vibe for when their relationship really just. Disappears in a way? Jacob goes missing, Natasha gets all his vinyls. They don’t know how to explain it to their muggle/no-maj family. A bit of Tiny Dancer, a bit of London Calling. Blondie really probably resonated (especially Call Me), maybe some Joan Jett lmfao. Whilst Natasha didn’t spend her teens in Manhattan, London was her best friend.
And I have to give an absolute mention to Don’t You (Forget About Me) because what is childhood/teenage life without the crippling fear of being forgotten and left behind, set to a catchy track that featured in just about everything during that pinpoint of your life.
Honestly Spotify playlists like all out 70′s/80′s are the discography to both Jacob and Natasha’s own lives just about lmfao I couldn’t make this shit up if I tried I just kept clicking through like wow! WOW!
