Walk me through your beautiful mind and tell me how you chose your love stories for your character.
Thanks for the ask! Warning: Long post ahead.
Okay so first, I played it safe with HPHM, putting them with canon characters.
David and Merula, I honestly loved the foil that MC and Merula are for each other in the main story of HPHM. However, it could have done with a lot more fleshing out, which is really what I wanted to do in creating their relationship.
Whether they're enemies or just rivals to lovers is up for debate but regardless I liked their at first very contentious relationship gradually developing into an admission of respect. It culminated in the two catching feelings for each other, Merula defending him and eventually the two dating. The rest as they say, is history.
Amelia and Chiara, now I tend to flip flop on this as I really do like the thought of Amelia travelling the world, taking down creature poaching operations and breaking hearts. On the other, I do like Amelia and Chiara meeting up again later in life and kindling an unspoken love for each other.
Phoenix and Erika, these two are the loosest as I haven't had much time to develop them. But, I like the thought of them being rivals to lovers, Phoenix being one of the few able to truly get under Erika's skin.
For everyone else, it's a little different, with a lack of knowledge or interest in the canon of HPHL and HPMA, I started going with OC x OC ships instead. I’m a great fan of the idea that shipping can be used to really help grow and develop both halves of the ship. So I cast my line into the great sea of OCs and see who bit first. Thus, I wound up with Leila, Gareth, Lydia (@rogueharrington), Asher (@cursebreakerfarrier) and Hazel (@kc-and-co). Also, Valentina (@camillejeaneshphm)
I love Reubeila being able to find a loving family in each other after experiencing a horrible home life. I love Clareth’s will they/won’t they yet there’s still a fierce sort of loyalty between them. I love Marilyd’s friendly rivalry that developed into friendship and then one of the most amazing romances. I love Asher and Robin’s angsty side that let Robin show a bit of softness in contrast to the loud, brash, goofy girl that she usually is. I love Nick and Hazel, I feel like it would make Nick more confident, and I adore the support they would have for the other’s ambitions. Luis, my Marauder’s era boy and his tragic romance with Valentina is also one of my favourites for the fact that they knew they loved each other but never quite got there.
But overall, what I really look for in a ship? Satisfaction, plain and simple. Whether they become life partners, strike out on their own or if the romance ends with a hint of tragedy, as long as it was a satisfying journey and conclusion, I’m okay with how any ship turns out.
Gareth looked over to where Cledwyn was sitting, the later glaring slightly as Gareth blew him a kiss before getting up and leaving the room, but not before offering a small smirk and a few words "Find me when you feel like it, but just know I will not be available for you this weekend."
Cledwyn scoffed audibly as Gareth walked out the library, immediately being shushed by the librarian. Trying instead to focus on his Defence Against the Dark Arts assignment he had been trying to work on.
That was before Gareth Farr and his smirk once again managed to get under Cledwyn's skin.
"Fuck this." Cledwyn grumbled with a shake of his head, snapping the tome on werewolves closed. His chair shrieking against the library floor, not even bothering to put it back as he ignored the complaints of the librarian, aiming to catch up to Gareth as quickly as possible.
Travelling Clara Oswald lands a job at a roadside diner in Georgia, and thinks Beth Greene is the prettiest co-worker she’s ever had. But it’s hard to get an American wonder gal like that to notice you, when all you’re doing is serving shakes and fries to passerbys.
