Is our MCs backstory mostly up to us like parents and stuff? I'm planning my mc right now and just wanted to know thanks❣ Also, can't wait to read more of this IN it's so good❣❣❣
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So yes mostly in that a lot of your MC backstory is up to you with these consistencies:
The MC has always been a part of Clan Faille'Tor and has spent most of their time in Saor.
They would have had some sort of mentor figure for learning about magic and deals, Sirin looking out for them to some extent, and potential friendship with Oisein of course depending on your choices
A couple big small details that I can't spoil yet, but one of which will def be in Book 1 (Chap 7 or 8 as the outline stands currently!)
Otherwise, up to your headcanon! Also thank you for the kind words and the fact that you've sent an ask to plan your MC has me full 🥺❤️
Here is my list of headcanons for Alice, in order of the fics they appeared in.
Before Hogwarts
- Alice drew her letters to Santa, not knowing which language he spoke. (Broken Promise)
- She speaks French with her dad, English with her mom. (Broken Promise)
- Jacob didn’t show up for Christmas ’79 even if he knew his sister really wanted him there and had promised her he would be there before he left for Hogwarts. This was the first time Alice felt betrayed by her brother. She was 6. (Broken Promise)
- Alice’s parents always wanted their children to follow the rules and to be as perfect as can be, which was perceived by the kids as being strict. After Jacob disappears, her parents became overprotective. (Before Diagon Alley)
- Also after Jacob’s disappearance, Alice went to live with her Irish maternal grandmother, who lived in a Muggle village in Waterford County. (Before Diagon Alley…)
- Alice’s maternal grandmother is known in the village as a talented natural healer. She concocts basic potions to heal Muggles, technically not braking the Statute of Secrecy. (Before Diagon Alley…)
- While living in Ireland, Alice came to appreciate Muggles, as they didn’t associate her with Jacob. (Before Diagon Alley…)
- Receiving her letter from Hogwarts was bittersweet as it meant she would return to a world that would always link her to her brother. (Before Diagon Alley…)
Year 1
- Her mother and brother were in Ravenclaw. Her father went to Beauxbâtons. (On the Hogwarts Express)
- Alice doesn’t think all Slytherins are bad. (On the Hogwarts Express)
- During her first duel with Merula, she used Lumos and then stuffed her wand up Merula’s nose when the latter was busy criticizing her choice of spell, making it bleed. (Who’s the Best?)
- After her duel with Merula, Alice trained herself to be able to do some wandless magic to protect her friends from that bully. It wasn’t until her second year, after the Christmas Break, that she was able to effectively use wandless magic, which is still weaker than if she used a wand. (Summary of this headcanon)
- Alice thinks one problem that proponents of blood purity have not thought of is inbreeding. (Birds of a Feather)
- Alice can play the piano. (Socializing Ghosts)
Year 2
- Alice dressed up as a Ghostbuster during Halloween in her second year. (Who You Gonna Call?)
- Alice has a crap poker face. (An Unforeseen Complication)
Year 3
- Alice helps out at the infirmary. (Falling)
- Her first interaction with Charlie was her bumping into him in their first year and him just staring at her. (Falling)
- Alice doesn’t really like it when people make fun of what she’s reading. (Falling)
- She believes nothing is impossible. (Falling)
- Alice found one of her childhood drawings in the bin/trash can in Jacob’s room. (When the Sky Is Cloudy)
- Alice usually runs away when she is overwhelmed by her emotions. (When the Sky Is Cloudy)
- She likes to cry in empty corridors. (When the Sky Is Cloudy)
- She finds Barnaby’s presence soothing and doesn’t mind crying in front of him. (When the Sky Is Cloudy)
- Alice wanted to take Muggle Studies, but got distracted by the book she was reading when filling out the electives’ form and put a mark next to Divination instead. (Muggle Trouble)
- She borrows Penny’s Muggle Studies textbook to read it. (Muggle Trouble)
- She also reads Muggle textbooks during the summer. (Muggle Trouble)
- While not as fashion-obsessed as Andre, his influence as made her more aware of fashion and she can react strongly to ugly/weird outfits. (Fore Muggles Only)
- Alice is not super familiar with Muggle sports. (Fore Muggles Only)
- She thinks Chester is crazy for thinking she would make a good Prefect. (Can’t Wait)
Year 4
- Alice is familiar with televisions thanks to the time she spent in Ireland. (Video Games)
- She can be competitive. (Video Games)
- Alice LOVES mystery novels and TV shows. (Killing Innocence)
- She often wakes up in the middle of the night because of nightmares. (Killing Innocence)
- She has a close relationship with Tonks, to the point where she will “hit” her when Tonks is a bit too brutally honest. (CMDN)
- Alice can never quite hide her well-to-do-girl personality, even with band t-shirts and oversized flannel shirts. (CMDN)
- Alice is not a fan of Snape. Really not. (Autumn Cold)
- Rowan has a tendency to push Alice to her “full potential”, even when the poor girl is sick. (Autumn Cold)
- Alice gets help from Charlie in Care of Magical Creatures. (Study Buddy)
- Her scream is high-pitched. (Scream)
- Alice isn’t really bad with names, but there are some times she is, and when it happens, she’s really bad. (What’s in a Name?)
- Alice has some Muggle pop culture knowledge. (What’s in a Name?)
- While she became an animagus in her third year, she only told her friends (the ones not involved with the process) in her fourth year. (What’s in a Name?)
Year 5
- She is well liked by the Weasley family. (A New Prefect in the Family)
- She can get annoyed at Tonks and Tulip’s antics. (A New Prefect in the Family)
- Alice is really surprised she became a Prefect. (Something About Us)
- She has a tendency to confuse blushing with sunburns. (Something About Us)
- Being near Charlie has a relaxing effect on her and she’s less likely to have nightmare when he’s near her when she sleeps. (Something About Us)
- Charlie realizes his feelings for Alice during the summer before their 5th year. (Something About Us)
- Alice knows how to interpret rules to her advantage. (Hidden Truth)
- She hates it when people try to pry in other’s business (Hidden Truth)
- She kissed Charlie on the cheek before knowing she had feelings for him. (Hidden Truth)
- She lives in a terraced house in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in London. (Fantasy at the Proms)
- There’s an extension charm on her closet, which is full of clothes. (Fantasy at the Proms)
- Andre continues to have an influence on her fashion sense. (Fantasy at the Proms)
- Andre used to throw various fashion magazine at her when he disapproved of her outfits, until one landed on her head. (Fantasy at the Proms)
- She enjoys classical music. (Fantasy at the Proms)
- She sometimes knows the name of certain things in French and has to concentrate to remember their name in English. (Fantasy at the Proms)
- She doesn’t trust Rakepick. (You’ve Got a Friend in Me)
- Alice really cares about her friend not missing out on good times. (You’ve Got a Friend in Me & Distraction)
- She’s definitely not a fan of Emily Tyler. (Distraction)
- She’s determined, even when it comes to small things. (Distraction)
- Alice acts like a big sister towards Barnaby. (Something There)
- Alice is blind to her own romantic feelings and romance in general. (Something There)
- Alice is not use to let others lead, to not have full control. (One Step Closer)
- Alice is not a natural at dancing; she needs plenty of guidance. (One Step Closer)
- Nobody take’s her position as a Prefect seriously. (Fashion Emergency)
- She forgets the world around her when she’s lost in her thought, which makes her appear rude sometimes. (Get Your Head in the Game)
- She’s not really familiar with Quidditch. (Get Your Head in the Game)
- She’s observant (outside of romance). (Get Your Head in the Game)
- She’s also quick to react to danger. (Get Your Head in the Game)
- Alice gets better at dancing thanks to Diego’s guidance. (Der Walzer von Alice)
- She likes skirts and dresses that twirl. (Of Quidditch and Ballgowns)
- She gives romantic advice based on works of fiction she has been exposed to, while remaining oblivious to the feelings Charlie has for her. (How Does She Know?)
- Her French grandmother is a descendant of French kings. (From Paris, with Love)
- Alice doesn’t like talking about her privileged background. (From Paris, with Love)
- She has a small manipulative side. (From Paris, with Love)
- Alice tries to prevent her friends from getting caught if they break a rule. (A Night to Remember Pt.1)
- She hates it when Tonks calls her a Sloane Ranger. (A Night to Remember Pt.1)
-Her love of fairytales as nothing to do with the love stories in them. (A Night to Remember Pt.1)
- The Celestial Ball is the beginning of her starting to realize her feelings for Charlie (A Night to Remember Pt.2 & My Fair Alice)
- She thinks Diego is a bit odd. (Drama King)
Year 6
- Alice never wants to disappoint, especially people she look up to. (A Momentary Lapse of Duty)
- She’s familiar with Muggle science. (A Momentary Lapse of Duty)
- She watched a few episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation because of Captain Jean-Luc Picard, someone with a French name who speaks English with a British accent. (A Momentary Lapse of Duty)
- Alice has a hard time accepting Rowan’s death and blames herself for it. (Grief Pt.1 & Pt.2)
- She’s afraid anyone too close to her will die. (Grief Pt. 2)
- She discovers the Room of Requirements on the night she is grieving alone. (Help Me Say Goodbye)
Year 7
- Alice doesn’t like wearing bikinis. (Hottest Spot South of Havana (Part 2))
- Alice loves old libraries. (A Wonderful Surprise)
Post Hogwarts
- Alice doesn’t know the real reason Charlie broke up with her. (Stolen Dance)
- Alice and Barnaby became closer. (Stolen Dance)
- She has a tendency to ramble on when she is nervous. (Stolen Dance)
Luna met Mark for the first time at the Battle of Hogwarts - where he helped her tend to the injured while the fight was ongoing. (I’ll make a specific post about the battle in the future.)
Mark is a muggle-born from London, that was in the same year as Harry Potter.
His parents died in a car accident when he was a kid and his wizard-uncle raised him. He has no siblings or cousins, it was just him and his uncle.
In Hogwarts he was in Hufflepuff. He was also a member of Dumbledore’s Army.
(17 y.o. Mark.)
During the Second Wizarding War, his uncle was murdered while he was in Hogwarts (his 7th year), leaving him with no living relatives.
After the battle was over, he joined Luna as her apprentice.
Since Luna doesn’t have children (up until her mid 30′s at least, though she probably won’t have any at all.) - Mark was the closest thing she had to a son, since he viewed her as a mother figure, and sometimes even called her “Mum.” even though their age gap was more fitting for siblings. (~7-8 years)
Since she was little, Luna always found muggle technology interesting. Her grandmother (from her mother’s side) was a muggle and Luna used to visit her often when she was young. Her favorite things to do were to watch TV and drive her grandma’s car.
Yep. A car.
Luna’s grandma let her drive for the first time when she was only 8 and since then she kept practicing, until the time she went to Hogwarts.
For her 14th birthday, her mother bought her a car (without her father’s knowing), but Luna only got to use it for the first time after she got home when year 4 was over. Luna called her car “Oliver” and spent that summer (she eventually named- “The Summer of Muggles”) traveling around the UK. The car has magical protection around it that prevents cops from approaching it.
“Oliver” - Ford Escort MK1, 1973 model.
Luna was a fan of old TV shows, especially cartoons (she was a kid, after all), and even called her owl after Charlie Brown. In her room, she has an old TV (non-functional) and a stereo.
Due to her knowledge of muggle culture and rules, she didn’t take Muggle Studies, because she found it redundant.
Since both Barnaby and Merula are the children of Death Eaters, Luna asked her father if their parents were among the Death Eaters that tried to murder him during the war.
They weren’t.
Only after she’s learnt it, she was able to truly become friends with Barnaby and Merula’s... almost-frenemy? (I don’t know.)
