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[gossipgirl-rita-blog]

Dashing Groom || January 1981 {Timeline} || Rita & James

@goingxstag

Ideally, James Potter’s ego would make him a much, much more pleasant candidate for interview than his blushing bride. Still, she wasn’t taking any chances, so she made plans to trap him as well if necessary. This was the first major wedding she was covering and she planned to get a damn good article out of at least one of them, if she had to die trying!

Well, maybe not quite that far.

Unfortunately, she didn’t actually know where he liked to spend his time. She’d spent too much effort on Lily and hadn’t had a chance to research James yet, so her best plan for now was simply to knock on his front door. Which she did. Hard. As soon as it opened, she stuck a foot inside and spoke quickly, not pausing for breath or mental punctuation -- fingers crossed he was another sexist man with a hero complex and would refuse to risk hurting her by slamming the door on her foot.

“Mr. Potter, you may remember me, my name is Rita Skeeter, I was a few years above you at Hogwarts and I write for the Daily Prophet now doing human interest pieces and I wanted to interview you about your upcoming wedding, Lily may have mentioned it, may I come in please?”

[sirius-whoisleft]

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♣️ – for a HC about the first time my character ever saw yours

Although the boys weren’t able to become properly (that is: united in mischief far from the watchful, disdainful stare of Walburga Black) acquainted until that fateful day they each rode the Hogwarts Express for the first time, Sirius had laid eyes on James before. The Pureblood socialites of Sirius’s childhood didn’t often extend invitations to the likes of the Potter family, but Sirius remembers seeing James in the distance of someone-or-other’s garden party. He remembers him quite well, in fact - because he was the only one that looked like he was having fun.

[antonin-whoisleft]

What simple task is your muse surprisingly bad at?

Antonin Dolohov, and he will never bring this up himself or try to call attention to it, cannot - c a n n o t - snap his fingers or whistle. Both things completely elude him. He’s managed a good snap maybe three times in his entire life and they were all considered momentous occasions. Whistling is completely out of his wheelhouse, and he hates the idea that it makes him seem like he might not have any musical talent or finesse. He will disapparate and apparate back with his violin ready to prove someone wrong if he gets that impression, don’t tempt him.

[gossipgirl-rita-blog]

what would your character make a scene in public about?

It’s hard to say. Rita isn’t really the type to air her grievances in person -- she’d rather write a scathing article about it and make a “public scene” that way. But those kinds of scenes, she’ll take literally any excuse whatsoever. Even the slightest insult against her can and will lead to skeletons you’d forgotten you even had in that closet finding their way to the light of day. But in terms of actually causing a scene in person, it would take something very, very major.

[mcknickers-mckitten-blog]

sun: what makes you feel like you?

What makes you feel like you?

“Hey Potter! You know me - I don’t feel like myself until I’ve had a black coffee in the morning and a ciggie. But I guess, if you want me to go all ‘gooey’ on you: my mates and family remind me of who I am, or the person I want to be… yeah, that was pretty disgusting, I’ll stick with the coffee and cigarettes answer actually.”

[gossipgirl-rita-blog]

mars: when was the last time you got mad and why?

I don’t get mad. I don’t see much point to it, really. If someone has upset me, I simply remove myself from their company.

[But she does get revenge.]

[savingdavey]

mercury: who's your go-to person when you need to talk?

"Oh, Dorcas without question. There's no one I like talking to more, and there's nothing I can't tell her. Well, exception being my crush on her—bugged Amos with that one—but for the most part, it's her. Just being around her is a comfort, and, well, she's always been the first person I want to tell things to. Good news, bad news, the smallest thing. Things don't feel as real until she knows about them, too."

[gideonthesoldier]

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Gideon can juggle very well, and he can whistle nearly any tune back once he’s heard it (whether or not his mouth is full).