snape, tom & harry
snape / is there someone your muse would do anything for?
at this stage in plotting, other than herself, no. however, in theory, yes, there are one or two friends for whom she would do anything. absolutely nobody in her immediate family, however. perhaps her abuela, once upon a time, but she’s passed away.
tom / how manipulative can your muse be?
it’s not her general move. she is capable of manipulation, she assumes, but she’s never really tried for it—she’s a very direct, blunt person, and is much more likely to expressly tell someone to do something or come forward, cards on the table, to bluntly ask, than to try to get her way through manipulation. it’s a little odd, actually, given her penchant for strategy, but she’s just so direct that manipulation has never been her deal. she’d much rather let someone know exactly what she wants them to do, and then let them know exactly how displeased she is if they do not. she’s absolutely fine with having manipulative friends, though. she’s difficult to manipulate because she has such an intensely driven focus on what she herself aims for, but she has no problem with the idea of her friends manipulating someone. it’s just not her move. she’s always been direct, dedicated, and logical.
harry / bravest thing your muse has done?
it’s a hard, interesting question for lucinda. if she had to think about it, really think about it, well — she’s not a coward, but brave is not the word she would ever think to apply to herself. she will not be cowed, but that’s not quite the same thing as being brave. if she had to choose something, though, it was probably going back home after her first year. she had to tamp down on magic in her home, and it was always a place she hated, between her father’s weakness and her uncle’s smug cruelty and her mother’s bored greed. hogwarts, on the other hand, was something new. hogwarts meant independence, and learning to hone her skills, and learning how to fly. hogwarts meant quidditch and learning and something to dedicate herself to. hogwarts was lucinda’s, something her family couldn’t touch, and somewhere that allowed her to succeed. leaving that to return to a place where she was dependent, where she was smaller, and not allowed to use magic — that was a very difficult thing to steel herself to do.