Name: Teddy Lupin
Birthday (Age): April 10, 1998 (29)
Gender (Pronouns): Genderfluid (He/Him, They/Them)
Blood Status: Halfblood, Part-Werewolf
Hogwarts House: Hufflepuff
Occupation: Ministry Cursebreaker
Faceclaim: Avan Jogia
Teddy grew up with a certain level of confidence in themself. They were loved by many and had a big extended family thanks to their godfather, but it was Bill Weasley they truly adored. Bill understood their slight werewolf tendencies, and Teddy grew up wanting to emulate him. Still, when they dated Victoire, it had nothing to do with family, and the two shared half a decade together. Then Victoire realized she was pregnant. It wasn’t ideal, but Teddy promised her they would be a good dad. Alaina was one of the best things Teddy could have asked for, but now she’s starting primary school, they look around and realize their twenties are almost over. Somehow Teddy has started settling down, and they don’t know how to feel about it.
Feelings on Magical Integration
Partially to prove he could, Teddy used to spent a lot of time around muggles in his late teens and early twenties. He was perfectly poised to make the transition to computers at Gringotts with ease, and while he’s not a loud voice campaigning to continue magical integration, he is all for it. He carries a smartphone for work and plays video games in his down time. He’s a metamorphmagus; adapting is what he does.
Considering how much of an impact the war had on his early life, Teddy tried not to think about it much. People asked him his opinion sometimes, especially on anniversaries, but how could Teddy have an opinion? He’d been far too young to remember it. Plus, it was the reason he had no parents. And that was a struggle Teddy tried not to dwell on. He tried not to think about how unfair it was. Some people occasionally commented that it made him like Uncle Harry, but even as a child, Teddy had known what a crappy similarity that was to have. He didn’t want to be in a “dead parents club.” He wanted to have parents.
Surprisingly it was Bill Weasley who managed to get through to Teddy in some of his darkest moments. They had a club too: “werewolves but not.” For both of them, it meant a preference for rare meat. For Teddy–he finally admitted to Bill at age fourteen–it meant sleepless, agitated nights on the full moon. Teddy didn’t transform or anything like that, but he felt the pull. He felt the wilderness under his skin, even if it didn’t have the control to break to the surface. At first, Teddy had feared that Bill would call him a monster, but instead Bill had just sat Teddy down and told him the story of a man who laid out the struggles of his condition and his own battles with self-acceptance. He’d encouraged Bill to rely on the people who loved him because they’d see his value even on the days he might not. Bill might not have actually transformed, but it didn’t stop Teddy’s father from making sure he knew his value. Teddy had cried and held Bill into a tight hug until he’d stopped. Even as an adult, Teddy still dons long red Weasley hair every full moon.
During the latter part of Teddy’s teens, they realized their identity didn’t quite fit male. Teddy hadn’t ever thought much about it because they could change their appearance at will anyway. They didn’t tend to make extreme changes to their body very often, preferring to keep the natural skin tone inherited from their father and their fairly average height from their mother. The shape of their body also wasn’t much of an issue for Teddy, although he changed it on occasion. It was actually while transformed somewhat and dolled up for a drag show put on by the Hufflepuff prefects his fifth year that Teddy first realized how poorly the label male fit. He liked the way he looked and the clothing he was in, but it was “she” from other students that really gave him pause. He eventually would decide it fit less well than “he” or “they” but that he didn’t ultimately mind; in that moment, though, Teddy realized there might be something to it. Some days he felt more masculine than others. Some days he thought being a guy fit and some days it didn’t. He learned the term genderfluid and decided it fit as well as anything probably ever would. Overall, they’re not bothered by it. Thanks to their appearance, everything about Teddy had always been a bit fluid anyway.
At Hogwarts and in their later twenties, that fluidity applied to Teddy’s love life too, but one person changed that for Teddy. Victoire went from a friend to something else before Teddy really had time to think about it, but she wanted to be their girlfriend. Teddy was fine with a label on it, especially when everyone else found out and just assumed. Teddy liked being her boyfriend too. It’s one of the few labels that felt nice: being Victoire’s boyfriend. They’re not entirely sure what happened. Well, they know a few things that might have contributed, but at least it was amicable enough of a split. Victoire’s family—who were awkwardly almost as much theirs as hers—had a hard time adjusting.
When Victoire told Teddy she was pregnant, they promised to be exactly what she needed. With a dry mouth, they waited for her to tell them to marry her. Bless her, Victoire didn’t. Instead they formed something in between a friendship and a relationship, closer some days than others, but Teddy thought they made it work splendidly. He was there when Alaina came into the world, and he’s been there as much as possible for his daughter along the way. The last five years have been more amazing than Teddy could have ever imagined. It might not mark pace with most people’s standards of success, but Teddy wouldn’t trade a minute of the messiness.
Victoire Weasley: Teddy’s ex-girlfriend and the mother of their child. The two are amicable now, and as far as Teddy is concerned, they’re almost like real friends again.
Alessi Zabini: Their friendship is somewhat new but seems on positive footing. At least it would be if Teddy could just figure out how to help Alessi understand why integration wouldn’t be a bad thing.
Jesmyn James: When Jesmyn and Teddy first partnered together on a project at work, Teddy didn’t realize how much he was going to enjoy it. Whenever he has a relevant problem now, he goes to Jesmyn.
