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eronn.actually@gmail.com — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:07:04 GMT

Yes, new layout! I may change it soon-ish, because there's another one I'm drooling over, but for now I'm really digging this one!

eronn.actually@gmail.com — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 15:55:57 GMT

Out of Character

Name: Eronn

Age: 25

Email: eronn.actually@gmail.com

AIM: eronn actually

Timezone: EST

Experience: here

In Character

Full Name:Agatha Denise Belby

Other Names: Occasionally called "Aggie," but only by her family and close friends

Played By: Karoline Herfurth (with dark hair from these icons - can provide some larger pictures once I'm on my home computer if needed.

Date of Birth: 8 December 1972

House:Hufflepuff

Years: 1985-1992

Blood Status: Halfblood

Family:
Father - Hyperion Belby. Pureblood wizard who works for the Ministry of Magic. Agatha is closer to him than she is to her mother, but even so, they're not super-close. Their conversations usually revolve around Quidditch.

Mother - Reba Martin Belby. Muggleborn witch who used to work at Honeydukes but is now a stay-at-home mother. Since Agatha was born, Reba has tried her best to turn Agatha into a girly-girl, but so far nothing has worked. Agatha avoids talking to her mother about anything significant, as the conversation usually just turns into an argument.

Brother - Marcus Belby. Currently ten years old, and due to start Hogwarts next year. Despite having only lived with him during the summers while in school, Agatha is very close to him. She writes him letters frequently and tells him of all her Quidditch exploits.

Uncle - Damocles Belby. Famous uncle who invented wolfsbane potion. Agatha is used to adults asking her questions about him, but luckily most of the students don't really seem to care. She thinks it must be neat to be so rich and somewhat famous, but she'd rather get that through quidditch and not something as boring (in her opinion) as potions. Although wolfsbane is very useful, of course, if you should happen to be a werewolf.

Pet(s): None. She loves pets, mind you, but she is shite at taking care of them. She had one her first two years and she was forced to send the poor cat home because she consistently forgot to feed it. You'll often find her cuddling with someone else's cat in the Common Room, though.

Hobbies: Quidditch, quidditch, quidditch and more quiddith

Quidditch:YES! She is a Chaser and Captain for the Hufflepuff team.

Personality: Agatha is a tomboy - and she always has been. She never wanted to play dress-up or try her mother's make-up. Instead she preferred playing outside where she could run and yell and get as messy as she pleased. While she's not quite as wild now as she used to be, Agatha still prefers being outside to in, sports to baking, trousers to skirts and hanging out with the boys to gossiping with the girls. She is most passionate about Quidditch, which she has always been good at. She is fiercely competitive and takes the game incredibly seriously. The only time she has been caught crying was after losing a match.

Agatha is tough, but she is also generally easy to get along with. Quidditch, of course, tends to get her worked up, but otherwise she's pretty laid-back about everything else. Her Hufflepuff-ness tends to only come out around her Quidditch team - for them she will do almost anything, although she also expects a great deal back in return. She expects them to work just as hard as she does, and have the same level of commitment that she does, too. Obviously this can cause some conflicts, but Agatha generally finds a way to work them out, difficult though they might be.

Agatha does have friends who are not on the Quidditch team, but she is, quite frankly, not a great friend to them. Quidditch comes first, always. Most of her friends know this and accept this, but they also know that they can't always depend on her. Romantically, Agatha also hasn't had much luck. She loves to hang out with blokes, but most of the time they see her as a bloke. Plus, she's so wrapped up in Quidditch that she doesn't seem to have time for a relationship. Secretly, Agatha really, really wants a relationship, but she's far too proud to admit that, and will openly scoff at the idea if anyone suggests it.

Agatha is also stubborn to a fault. While this means she sticks to her convictions, it also means that she can be irrational and illogical when her mind is made up. And while Agatha is tireless when it comes to Quidditch, she is not nearly so dedicated when it comes to her classwork - there she barely manages to squeak by, and frankly doesn't really care that she could do better. She knows she could, but then her Quidditch performance would probably suffer, and that is by far her top priority.

Sexuality: Heterosexual

Past/Current Relationships: None.

Physical Appearance: Agatha is average looking, with dark hair and dark eyes and a generous amount of freckles across her face. Her hair is usually thrown back in a ponytail, and when she is not in her school robes, she is usually dressed in athletic gear or jeans and a t-shirt. Her face is always free of make-up, and her hair free of product. She does have a particularly pretty smile, which is by far her best feature. Her figure is very boyish, and while people have told Agatha that she would look pretty if she made more of an effort, she'd just look awkward and uncomfortable all dolled up.

Affiliations: The Hufflepuff Quidditch team. Oh, does that not count? Then...the Ministry, by default.

History: Agatha was the firstborn of Hyperion and Reba Belby, and her mother was delighted to have a daughter. Agatha was outfitted in pink from the moment she was born, but it wasn't long before she started protesting this. Agatha was a natural tomboy, much to her mother's dismay, and many fights arose between them over it. Agatha's father preferred to stay out of the arguments, but if forced to provide an opinion, he would usually opine that it would be better to just let Agatha have her own way - she would learn to like dresses all by herself if given the chance. Unfortunately for her father, no such thing occurred, and Agatha just became even more tomboyish. To this day, her mother will throw it in her father's face, that this comes from him giving Agatha her way too much as a child.

Agatha didn't worry herself too much about her parents' disagreements, though. She was a happy child, once she was given more freedom, and she easily made friends with some of the neighborhood boys and could easily play outside with them for hours on end.

When she was seven, her younger brother Marcus was born, and she was overjoyed to be a big sister, and especially to have a little brother. Surprisingly, she was good with him even when he was a baby. For all her boyish and rough qualities, Agatha was surprisingly good with babies. She would spend hours playing with him, and when he got older he would follow her around, mimicking everything she did. Agatha was happy to teach him how to climb trees and make mud pies and all the things a little boy should know.

She was a little sad, of course, when it was time for her to leave for Hogwarts, but she was also excited about the opportunity. She especially wanted to play more Quidditch, which she had only gotten to do briefly before her mother completely put her foot down and forbade it. Agatha was naturally good, but not spectacular, at the sport, but what she lacked in talent she made up for with sheer determination. She practiced often and she practiced hard, and by her second year she made her house Quidditch team. From then on, Quidditch became the focal point of her life, overshadowing everything else. If she wasn't playing Quidditch, she was talking about Quidditch.

She became quite close to some of the boys in her year, and while she was nice to the girls, she never felt particularly close to them. She soon became best friends with one of the blokes, and to this day they remain very close. Despite this, there were never rumours that they were more than friends - people always saw Agatha as too much of a tomboy (and possibly a lesbian) to actually fancy a boy. Which was far from the truth - in her fourth year Agatha developed a raging crush on her best friend. She found the whole situation excruciating and embarrassing, and managed to keep it a secret. She eventually got over it, but since has almost always had a crush on one boy or another - but as always, she has never acted on it.

In her sixth year, Agatha was made Captain of the Hufflepuff Quidditch team - the biggest honour of her life so far. She was overjoyed and took the position very seriously. As she heads into her seventh and final year at Hogwarts, she is determined to work harder than ever to win the House Cup - but of course, the outcome of games does not lie solely on her shoulders.

Desired Occupation: Professional Quidditch player, of course.

Samples
A link to a previous journal or thread will suffice if the character has been played before.

Journal: If you are trying out for the Hufflepuff Quidditch team, please be aware that try-outs will be next Tuesday at six o'clock sharp. Absolutely no excuses will be accepted if you are not there. Be sure to sign up on the sheet in the Common Room, too. We don't take walk-ins either.

Also, those of you already on the team...I know I don't even need to remind you to come to try-outs. We will also have a meeting the night before to discuss what we're looking for in new players. See me for the location. I will also expect you to hand in your training log from the summer, detailing your practise sessions. I know that some of you were limited as to how much you could fly at home, but that does not mean that you could not engage in other physical activities to help keep yourself in shape. I expect us all to be in top physical condition!

And now, business is done! Had a lovely summer and all that, although I'm more than happy to be back at Hogwarts. Hope you all had a nice time, too. Gotta run, I think the professor is sending me dirty looks. How can he know I'm not writing notes? I very well could be! Oh, here he com----

Log:
Agatha was usually a confident person, but try-outs always made her nervous for some reason. So much was riding on just a few hours on the pitch, and while she would need the opinions of her fellow teammates, ultimately the decision rested on her shoulders. One wrong choice on her part, and their whole season could be ruined. It was nerve-wracking, especially as doing well in Quidditch meant the world to Agatha.

Regardless of how nervous she was feeling, though, Agatha knew that she had to seem confident, or her team might not have faith in her. So she put on a good face as she headed down to the Quidditch pitch, the broom she had received over the summer as a present in her hand. She arrived early and did a few quick laps around the field to calm her nerves. It helped, but not quite enough. So she did a few more laps, trying to calm her nerves and not let herself think about anything except her flying. That felt better.

She felt herself relaxing, and by the time she landed, she felt up to the task, even if she still wasn't one-hundred-percent comfortable. A few people started to filter onto the pitch, though, so she put a breezy smile on her face. "Welcome to try-outs!" she said with a wave.

eronn.actually@gmail.com — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 21:30:53 GMT

Loui Batley was just featured on Go Fug Yourself, which made me way more excited than it should.

eronn.actually@gmail.com — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 22:36:49 GMT

Moving has consumed my life. However, I should be around later tonight if anyone wants to rp/chat/plot!

eronn.actually@gmail.com — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 02:28:51 GMT

Whew, just got home after a 2-hour commute (not even counting the one hour I waited for a bus before giving up and going back to my office to eat some dinner). Huge metro accident - at least six dead, tons injured, and apparently they're still getting people off the trains - and this happened five hours ago!

Craziness.

Although I wouldn't have been on the trains, since I go the opposite direction, I'm still grateful I had a happy hour and wasn't on my way home to get stuck in that mess.

However, this did lead to one of the more amusing metro incidents I've ever witnessed.

This girl pulled her dog out of her Louis Vuitton purse somewhere around Gallery Place. I literally did a double-take when I saw it.

Then I took lots of cell phone pictures and sent them to a few people. Best response was from my 13-year-old sister Mary: "Wat a diva!"

True dat! (Which I am way too white to pull off realistically, but whatever!)

sevenyears application

eronn.actually@gmail.com — Thu, 28 May 2009 13:22:50 GMT

ooc information

name Eronn
age 24
aim eronn actually
email eronn.actually@gmail.com
cdj/journal pigs_in_space
experience here
do you mind having this information on the contact post? Nope!

ic information

name Bridget McGee O'Henry
age 17
birthday 5 April
bloodline Muggleborn
house Hufflepuff

PB Anna Maria Mühe

parents Alban and Erin O'Henry are nice, normal Muggles who, up until their daughter turned 11, lived nice, normal lives. They've never quite adjusted to the fact that they have a magical daughter.
siblings A three-year-old brother named Martin. Bridget jokes that he's her parents' replacement for her.

personality Bridget has spent her life feeling like she doesn't quite fit in. First growing up with her Muggle parents, she couldn't help feeling that there was something more than the life she had. She was right - she possessed magic and went off to Hogwarts. She hoped that she would finally find the place that she belonged, but that didn't quite happen. While she did feel happier at Hogwarts, she still felt like something of an outsider - she hadn't grown up with the same history, customs or expectations as most of the other kids at Hogwarts. It was an extreme culture shock, and Bridget coped by trying to be the absolute best at everything.

Some of the disconnect was only in Bridget's mind - insecure and nervous, she really projected a lot of what she was feeling onto the people around her, and as an 11-year-old was unable to recognize that and stop it. But her feelings did serve her well in some ways - she worked hard at her schoolwork, determined to get good marks and prove that it didn't matter that her parents were Muggles - she deserved to be at Hogwarts just as much as anybody else.

A Hufflepuff to the core, Bridget succeeds more by pure force of will and hard work than by any natural brilliance. She is smart but not clever, and she is a particular dunce when it comes to mathematics. Because of her single-minded determination, she didn't make friends fast or easily, although she eventually warmed up enough to a few of her housemates. She is a good and loyal friend who can be depended on to stand up for anyone she cares about, consequences be damned. She's also got a huge soft-spot for the underdog, mostly because she sees herself as one, too (although she wouldn't admit that for the world).

Bridget has grown to be jaded and sarcastic, mostly as a defense mechanism to hide her worries about her own future. She's scared to death of having to go out in the real world and find a job and prove herself even more. She just wants to find her place in the world and to be able to stop worrying so much. It likely won't happen - Bridget doesn't realize that she causes a lot of her own distress, and that won't stop simply because she has a job or a nice flat. She'll always find something to worry about and agonize over, as that's just part of who she is.

Despite all of this, Bridget's actually an enjoyable person to be around. She's got a certain charisma and her self-deprecating humour usually helps people warm up to her. Plus, she tells it like it is and can be counted on to not sugar-coat things.

concept The Muggleborn with a point to prove
blurb Bridget is just your average everyday over-achieving, cynical, sarcastic, know-it-all Hufflepuff. Only she's actually slightly more pleasant than that moniker would suggest. She's never felt like she completely fits in at Hogwarts, and because of that she works really hard to prove that she deserves to be there. Who is it she's trying to prove it to? Herself, more than anybody else - Bridget uses her studies and her sense of humour to shield herself from her own insecurities. However, she can be counted on to stand up for people in need, irregardless of the consequences.

samples.

There is no limit on the samples, although like I stated above, your samples are the bit that is going to be focused on the most.

journal sample

Whoever created the "terrible twos" moniker must never have actually had any children. Why? Because the threes are worse. So much worse!

I love my little brother, I really do. But my parents have absolutely no control over him and just let him run wild. And he's learned to open doors himself, so he's taken stuff from my room more than one time. I've finally had to resort to locking the door magically to keep him out, which my parents aren't too pleased about, but maybe if they'd gotten me a door with a real lock on it I wouldn't have to use magic at home. But do they think of it like that? No, of course not. They say I'm not trying hard enough to make Martin a part of my life.

He's my brother, he's already a part of my life! What else do I have to do? Entertain him 24/7? Praise him to high heaven when he doesn't poop in his pants, like my parents do? (That's my parents praising him, not pooping in their pants. My parents are thankfully toilet-trained.)

Nope, sorry, I'm not going to completely change my life because my parents suddenly decided that they just had to have another child.

I can't wait to go back to Hogwarts.

thread sample

Bridget's yearly trip to get her school supplies at Diagon Alley was usually not just boring, but excruciatingly boring. Usually it involved a long, dull trip with her parents and, in more recent years, her baby brother. And she loved them, but she loved them more when she only had to deal with them in small doses. And a whole day of what basically amounted to sight-seeing for her Muggle parents was not nearly small enough. She hated the staring, the pointing, the stopping to marvel at various street peddlers. They were like bloody tourists, Bridget had always thought - even back in her first visit when she was only eleven.

But this was going to be a good day, because it was her first trip to Diagon Alley alone. Her parents had offered to take her, as they always did, but she'd insisted on going by herself. After all, she was legally an adult in the wizard world now and could even apparate. Besides, her father had to work and her mother had to take her brother on a playdate - why should they be put out of their way when Bridget could take care of it?

Her parents had agreed, although she suspected it was somewhat reluctantly. They probably felt some sentimental emotions about their little girl growing up, but Bridget reasoned that the feelings must not have been very strong for them to have given in so easily. But she wasn't going to trouble herself about that - not today.

No, today she was going to spend all day by herself, browsing through the bookstore without interruption, eating when she wanted and going where she wanted. And, she thought, if she ran into somebody she knew from Hogwarts, she wouldn't be embarrassed to see them for once. The thought was almost prophetic, as a few minutes later she spotted someone she knew outside the Quidditch shoppe. "Hey," she said casually, sauntering over as if this wasn't a big deal for her. Because it totally wasn't. "Haven't seen you in awhile."

Click please!

eronn.actually@gmail.com — Wed, 27 May 2009 17:02:09 GMT

Click please!

eronn.actually@gmail.com — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 20:24:04 GMT

eronn.actually@gmail.com — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 20:15:58 GMT

Haven't done this in awhile...

eronn.actually@gmail.com — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 16:16:19 GMT

Happy 2009!

eronn.actually@gmail.com — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 22:25:57 GMT

Merry Christmas!

eronn.actually@gmail.com — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 19:25:48 GMT

eronn.actually@gmail.com — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 16:44:42 GMT

It is Christmas, I will be nice.

It is Christmas, I will be nice.

While I am trying to be nice and bite my tongue, click on these:

...I don't remember where that red egg came from.

eronn.actually@gmail.com — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 15:50:53 GMT

Click!

eronn.actually@gmail.com — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 15:56:30 GMT

eronn.actually@gmail.com — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 02:05:59 GMT

Yes, even more!

eronn.actually@gmail.com — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 14:39:43 GMT

Click click click!

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eronn.actually@gmail.com — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 23:11:37 GMT

New default icon, just in time for the season! :D

More Dragons!

eronn.actually@gmail.com — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 08:15:49 GMT

Please click. :)

eronn.actually@gmail.com — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 19:18:23 GMT

Jumping on the bandwagon...

Musings/Slight Pimping

eronn.actually@gmail.com — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 02:15:24 GMT

So I have been thinking lately that there are a lot of characters I want to see at different games, plus some brainstorming I'm doing. I was going to do lots of detail, but honestly I'm way too tired, so I'm just going to do this in...not as much detail as I planned.

First of all I am dying for a Leanne at 12gp_rpg. I also want a Fred, Angelina, Lee, and other people that Katie would interact with, but the Leanne is who I really, really want to see. Think of all the fun faux-lesbian jokes! You know you want in on that! :D

My Veronica could also use some fellow seventh year Slytherins, and a Harry Potter would also be GREAT.

At Brave New World RPG (bravenew_rpg), I would really love some more fifth years (especially boys for Hollyoaks to crush on), as well as more adults.

The last game I'm in is Beyond Wonderland (beyondwonderlnd), where I play Liberty Van Zandt from Degrassi: TNG and Josie Trent from Strange Days at Blake Holsey High. ANYONE from those fandoms would ROCK. Seriously, they're all alone in their fandoms. And there is so much potential for awesomeness.

Lastly, I've been thinking about a third character at Beyond Wonderland already...I want someone at Sunnydale, since I already have two kids at Forks, so I've been thinking about some of the characters there/possibly new fandoms. I want someone more normal/social. Maybe someone from the BSC, Clueless or Mean Girls? But some new fandoms I was thinking about:

-10 Things I Hate About You
-Arrested Development (seriously, George Michael? Maeby? Steve Holt! How awesome would that be?)
-Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure (it's kind of supernatural, but pre-time travel could work!)
-High School Musical (ha ha ha, just KIDDING, I swear!)
-The Parent Trap (post switch!)
-She's the Man (um...I have a weird thing for girls dressed as boys. I'm sorry.)

I was also thinking about Sugar and Spice and some Meg Cabot novels, but I don't think they'd fit in too well. Well, maybe Sugar and Spice pre-bank job. But Meg Cabot has some supernatural ones and there are no more supernatural fandoms, and while the Princess Diaries (the book series, not the freaking movie which I hate) is fun, you don't want to have too many characters that are semi-famous, you know? It would just be too bizarre for two schools. :D

THOUGHTS on these?

And Emily I am still planning on checking out the game you want me to join. I have just been a combo of super-busy (at work) and super-lazy (at home). No promises, but I am considering it!

eronn.actually@gmail.com — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 15:50:33 GMT

Why is it Monday? I haaaate Monday.

Also, I nearly cut myself in the leg with a huge butcher knife last night. Actually I did cut myself, but not very much. It could've been much, much worse.

That is why you should never move a drying board without first checking to make sure it's completely empty.

Question!

eronn.actually@gmail.com — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 16:40:16 GMT

Especially for those Aussies (which I think is just Tara, but whatever) out there.

Amazon.com doesn't have an Australian mirror site, correct? So if I want to buy an Australian DVD, what is a good, reliable Australian site I can use? I've found the DVD I want, but I'm not familiar with any of the sites and I'd rather use one that won't rip me off.

eronn.actually@gmail.com — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:01:14 GMT

ABC Family is running a Harry Potter movie marathon tomorrow to celebrate the ~~first~~ FOURTH.

Um...yeah, a British movie marathon is obviously the best way to celebrate America's independence.