╰ °✧ that’s MARLENE MCKINNON and SHE seems to look a lot like NANA KOMATSU. according to ministry files, the PUREBLOOD used to attend HOGWARTS and be in GRYFFINDOR. now, they’re TWENTY and is A RADIO BROADCASTER. red wine stains on white linen ; bloody lips pulled into a defiant grin ; plunging into cold water ; the twist of your gut before you make a stupid decision ( still laughing despite the fear ) ; loud and unapologetic laughter echoing out ; a soldier — scared but marching on nonetheless ; a bonfire roaring to life, wood hissing and sparks flying are the best way to describe them. it doesn’t say in their file, but word around the street is that they’re a ORDER MEMBER.
hullo , it’s ME , bri ( she/her , 23 , est tz )!! this is my trash daughter , marlene , but don’t tell her i said that because she will bully me. any who , you can find more about miss mckinnon under the cut including wanted connections ( at the way bottom so feel free to skip the about bit if it’s too long )! and feel free to check out her ABOUT PAGE & PINTEREST.
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FULL NAME: marlene isadora mckinnon
AKA: marlie , len , mckinnon
AGE: twenty years old
BIRTHDAY:
GENDER & PRONOUNS: cis woman
PRONOUNS: she/her
SEXUALITY: biromantic bisexual
BLOOD STATUS: pureblood
FORMER HOUSE: gryffindor
OCCUPATION: radio host , order of the phoenix member
marlene’s radio show is anonymous and she mainly uses it to shit talk the deatheater movement and share stories about the order of the phoenix and their allies. it’s fairly similar to the potterwatch radio show that lee jordan runs during the seventh book. of course , since this is marlene she’ll also put on some music during the breaks.
FACECLAIM: nana komatsu
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POSITIVE TRAITS: humorous , protective , spirited , passionate , loyal , courageous , persistent , independent , playful
NEGATIVE TRAITS: bullheaded , impulsive , impatient , self destructive , arrogant , attention seeking , argumentative
DEMEANOR: marlene can come off one of two ways : friendly and playful or cruel and spiteful. she is a person set in her ways , that means she probably has already decided how she feels about a person either before or in the first couple minutes of meeting them. to her friends and family , marlene is a spitfire with a penchant for adventure and trouble. she likes to make her loved ones laugh and have fun and is incredibly protective of them. however to those she’s not so crazy about , she’s a spitfire in a less fun way. she’s hard to win over if a person has already felt her judgement but it’s possible ... maybe ... who knows.
𝐀𝐁𝐎𝐔𝐓 ( trigger warning : the death of a family member - i will tag the paragraph it’s in. )
the mckinnon brood resides in SCOTLAND , her father’s family having settled there for quite some time while her mother’s side has never left japan — save for her mother of course. they are a large crew even when only counting marlene’s immediate family. she has four siblings , all older. it had been a contentious subject whether to send the kids to hogwarts or mahoutokoro in japan. her father won the fight eventually and the mckinnons went on to scatter themselves throughout gryffindor and ravenclaw.
as a note , the mckinnons have not mingled with many of the other zealous pureblood families for a long while now having marked themselves as blood traitors generations ago. they’re a rough and tumble kind of group who don’t care for haughty parties or the politics of it all.
marlene has always been a whirlwind of spirit and trouble. she was infamous for the pranks she played on the family’s tutors and her disappearing acts , though her parents could hardly blame her with the kind of examples they set ; both aurors who threw themselves into trouble even when the odds were against them. marlene grew up hearing stories about their misadventures , all tied up in a nice little bow as if her parents weren’t risking their lives as the war worsened. but it was not them that marlene wanted to be like. no , she completely adored and idolized her grandmother.
KIRA MCKINNON was a staple in the mckinnon household , floating in and out as if it was her own home. she doted on marlene as her youngest granddaughter. she would often steal her grandchildren away to different adventures in town or the lands surrounding the mckinnon manor. marlene always looked forward to her grandmother’s visits.
even when marlene was whisked off to hogwarts , she and her grandmother exchanged letters — probably the one thing that marlene would let her friends tease her about solely because she didn’t care.
marlene was sorted into gryffindor , like her father and older brother. she made herself comfortable quickly and garnered a reputation as a fairly opinionated and sharp witch. she liked the flashy spells and never cared for the classes where she was required to sit still — “ what a bore. ” she would often say during history of magic and potions classes.
she had grown up playing quidditch with her family and tried out as soon as she was able to , earning a proper spot on the house team in her third year ( either beater or chaser , whichever position works with the other gryffindor headcanons! ).
most notoriously , marlene had trouble picking her fights wisely. she has always been the type of person to act first and think later , which during her time at hogwarts got her into an awful amount of trouble — fights on the pitch , in the corridors , sometimes even in classes. it was difficult for her to stand down when she had a problem with someone ...
this passion became more and more focused around equality efforts for muggles and muggleborns. that conversation was had frequently at the mckinnon house and it was clear who her family stood with : the order. however , marlene’s passion for it was based in the seeds her family planted. i think that if the mckinnons sided with the death eaters , marlene would have fought just as passionately for that ... at least until around the time the rp takes place because this is when she begins to form her own opinions.
FAMILY MEMBER DEATH TRIGGER WARNING BEGINS ... though marlene was obvious in where she stood in the war , it never became real to her until her seventh year. she had nursed a quiet fear for what waited for her outside of hogwarts’s walls until she received news of her grandmother’s death. kira mckinnon had garnered her own reputation throughout her career. she was no one to scoff at as a looming figure in the efforts to catch war criminals. however when she retired those she had helped imprison didn’t forget what she had done. she had been on the death eaters’ hit list for quite some time and they finally crossed her off — marking the beginning of the mckinnon family’s demise. marlene refused to leave school and took her grief out on students who she suspected stood with voldemort. it nearly got her expelled. but her grandmother’s death left her with a nearly paralyzing need to fight. TRIGGER WARNING ENDS.
upon graduation , marlene — seventeen and burning with purpose — signed up to join the order. her family welcomed her , though her parents had reservations about their youngest and most reckless joining up. they tried to keep her off missions as long as possible and so marlene went elsewhere to try to help.
she began her radio show , title TBD , when she was nineteen. it requires a special tune in in order to hear and is riddled with passcodes and code names but she mainly reports on news and stories , including her own passionate rhetoric. she operates it out of a wizarding network who she hosts a show for during some weekdays but at night she uses the instruments to hold her own show. of course there is music during breaks because marlene needs to jam.
since she’s joined the order she’s actually been included on missions and meetings. all she can see is the fight right now , but in that reckless and young perspective where she can only see it ending well for her and her friends. because of that she tends to act fearless and downright stupid , glossing over her fears and worries with humor and general avoidance.
TLDR; marlene is a chaotic dumbass who runs a secret radio show under the guise of an actual radio host for a wizarding network. she’s a dedicated order member who will absolutely throw herself in harm’s way because ... she’s a chaotic dumbass.
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RIDE OR DIE’S — these are the people marlene would go to battle for. she is a fiercely protective friend and would rather herself get hurt than those she cares for. these are also the people she would actually confide in too. she very rarely shares what’s going on in her brain except for when it involves these people. on the flip side , if no one’s in peril , marlene is that friend who always pushes her limits a little too much. she wants everyone to enjoy themselves but it won’t stop her if they decide not to partake. she’s a bad influence point blank.
HOOK UPS & FLINGS — marlene is straight up afraid of serious relationships. she sees her parents and their parents and relationships like theirs seem so out of reach. i wouldn’t say she’s a serial one night stander but she has definitely left some broken off flings in her wake because of this. any gender , anyone.
LOVE INTEREST — me: *says marlene is afraid of serious relationships* also me: *puts love interest under wanted connections* exCUSE ME if i’m a sucker for a guarded person falling in love oK. anyway this could really be any dynamic but personally i am a sucker for a past hook up catching feels but marlene doesn’t return the sentiment unTIL LATER or enemies to friends to lovers or literally anything , it does not take much to please me. again , open to anyone.
RIVALS & ENEMIES — marlene is an absolute rage machine and has probably started fights with a lot of people. with that said , her favorite people to hate are death eaters or their sympathizers. other than that , rivals or enemies could be a former school/quidditch competitor to someone who looked at her funny once.
MENTOR — hello i am a sucker for the mentor - student dynamic and if anyone wants to knock some sense into marlene , please do not hesitate to do it. she’s young and stupid and naive about the war efforts , she doesn’t have an accurate view of the world , a place she thinks is neatly divided into black and white. your character can tell her she’s not all good and she can be a pain in your character’s ass!! a win - win honestly.
LITERALLY ANYTHING — i ,, Love to plot and am so down to brainstorm new fun things with y’all!!
