nerida vulchanova was, for years, the beater star of the bulgarian national quidditch team, until a shoulder injure truncated her interstellar career.
while recovering, she focused on creating her own female only quidditch team in bulgaria, along with creating “the witch revolution” a feminist network that started getting together all female quidditch players, giving workshops and conferences about the struggles of women inside the professional quidditch world. now, the network has expanded to professors, mediwizards, magizoologists, aurors and all the magical professions.
she’s openly a lesbian, and an advocate for raising awareness for lgbt issues inside the wizarding community. once a year, she hosts the “queering voices” gala, in which she celebrates and awards lgbt witches and wizards who have excelled in different fields such as: literature, medicine, sports or politics.
right now, she’s the coach of the bulgaria national team, and has brought them to the victory in the last quidditch world cup. she lives between bulgaria and sweden, since she’s dating russian astronomy professor diana zakharova, whom she met during her years attending durmstrang institute.
i was tagged by the amazing @lordvoidemort, tysm rayna
tagging: @burkesandborgin, @adrianpcey, @beauxbaton, @swearwolflupin, @nevelles, @crvdence, @fortesques, @salaezar, @dracomalvfoy, @ohremvs, and @ff-sunset-oasis, but no pressure if you don’t want to do this!
rules: always post the rules, answer the questions given to you, write 11 questions of your own, tag 11 people
answers + questions below the cut
rayna’s questions
what’s your fave book?
not to sound like an old man but it’s probably all quiet on the western front by erich maria remarque
tell me about the worst fight you ever had with someone.
i’ve never had a bad fight with anyone? mainly because i always win. but the ‘worst’ outcomes tend to be those non-physical fights, where i dislike someone but don’t say it aloud and piss them off with my passive aggressive behaviour until they fuck the fuck off
what kind of stuff do you decorate your wall with?
god there’s a little bit of everything on my wall? a lot of it is covered by gig posters and postcards ... i also have some audio equipment infographics on the wall behind my turntable along with concert tickets... and i have half a wall devoted to my ironic collection of propaganda art that everyone judges me for
do you have a tattoo? would you ever get a tattoo, if you dont? what would the tattoo be / what is it?
i don’t have a tattoo yet, but i’ve been wanting one for ages. tbh i have around 30-40 tattoos planned, i want to be tattooed all over. some of them are -- a (life-sized) white gyrfalcon on my back as a nod to my asian/eurasian heritage, my university motto ‘pax et lux’ along the side of my neck, the duomo di milano on my right foot and an oldsmobile car on my left foot for my parents, the words ‘come home’ under my fingers (like, palm-side)
favourite place in the world?
i don’t have an absolute favourite place ... it depends on what i’m going through and what my goals at the moment are. i’m sort of flighty and my preferences change a lot
favourite colour?
forest green
if you could be any animal what would you be?
wedge-tailed eagle
tell me about your last crush.
i don’t get crushes! i’m aromantic. people usually have crushes on me, but it makes me uncomfortable because i feel bad for them gjdkfjlsg
iphone, android, or neither?
my mom forced me to get an iphone for ‘convenience’s sake’ but i used to have a windows phone
favourite fictional character?
i love too many characters ... but recently i’m relating a lot to fox mulder from the x files
hogwarts house?
slytherin
my questions
what’s your favourite ice cream flavour?
if your life were to be made into a film, who would you want to direct it?
what’s a dish you wish you could learn to make?
what quidditch position do you think you’d like to play?
what’s your dream fic that you’d love to read someday?
what’s your favourite time period or cultural/political movement in history?
if you could be in any harry potter book, which one would you want to experience?
do you believe in anything occult, supernatural, and/or cryptid? i.e., do you believe in ghosts, curses, witches, vampires, aliens? and the like
in a battle or a duel, what would be your weapon of choice?
what’s your favourite season, and what do you like to do when that season rolls around?
is there anything you want to say to your favourite harry potter character?
i was tagged by the awesome @fortesques, @choxchang, @salaezar, and @nerville
tagging: @nevelles, @ff-sunset-oasis, @swearwolflupin, @mugglepuffs, @domlnique, @smlfoy, @peachyscorbus, and @loveqood!! but no pressure guys if you don’t want to do this or already have done this!!
rules: bold the statements that are true
answers below the cut
appearance
i am 5'7" or taller
i wear glasses
i have at least one tattoo
i have at least one piercing
i have blonde hair
i have brown eyes
i have short hair
my abs are at least somewhat defined
i have or have had braces
personality
i love meeting new people
people tell me that I’m funny
helping others with their problems is a big priority for me
i enjoy physical challenges
i enjoy mental challenges
i’m playfully rude with people i know well
i started saying something ironically and now i can’t stop saying it
there is something I would change about my personality
ability
i can sing well
i can play an instrument
i can do over 30 pushups without stopping
i’m a fast runner
i can draw well
i have a good memory
i’m good at doing math in my head
i can hold my breath underwater for over a minute
i have beaten at least 2 people in arm wrestling
i know how to cook at least 3 meals from scratch
i know how to throw a proper punch
hobbies
i enjoy playing sports
i’m on a sports team at my school or somewhere else
i’m in an orchestra or choir at my school or somewhere else
i have learned a new song in the past week
i work out at least once a week
i’ve gone for runs at least once a week in the warmer months
i have drawn something in the past month
i enjoy writing
fandoms are my #1 passion
i do or have done martial arts
experience
i have had my first kiss
i have had alcohol
i have scored the winning goal in a sports game
i have watched an entire season of a tv show in one sitting
i have been at an overnight event
i have been in a taxi
i have been in the hospital or er in the past year (not really, emt?)
i have beaten a video game in one day
i have visited another country
i have been to one of my favourite band’s concerts
relationships
i’m in a relationship
i have a crush on a celebrity
i have a crush on someone I know
i have been in at least 3 relationships
i have never been in a relationship
i have asked someone out or admitted my feelings to them
i get crushes easily
i have had a crush on someone for over a year
i have been in a relationship for at least a year
i have had feelings for a friend
my life
i have at least one person i consider a ‘best friend’
i live close to my school (well, off campus but i’m from another state)
my parents are still together
i have at least one sibling
i live in the united states
there is snow right now where i live
i have hung out with a friend in the past month
i have a smartphone
i have at least 15 cds
i share my room with someone
random shit
i have breakdanced
i know a person named jamie
i have had a teacher with a last name that’s hard to pronounce
i have dyed my hair
i’m listening to one song on repeat right now
i have punched someone in the past week
i know someone who has gone to jail
i have broken a bone
i have eaten a waffle today
i know what I want to do with my life
i speak at least 2 languages
i have made a new friend in the past year
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