Character Workspace

[Tommehbell]

Do you have the perfect character already planned? But you are missing just that one key element and you can't put your finger on it?

Are you scrambling around for a great last name or a great birthplace for your character? Do you need a quirky personality trait? Or are you just really stumped as to why your 4th year is just now going to Hogwarts? Or maybe you are playing a character of a different gender and aren't sure if a guy or a girl would do this or that? Be it a Hogwarts character, Ministry or Diagon Ally character. Come one come all!!

Well you have come to the right place! *checks map* Yep this is the right place. This is the character workspace. Here you can pose your character question and have it answered by your fellow SSers. We are a mighty helpful bunch.

So if you have a question post it here and someone will help you work through your character speed bump. You don't have to post the entire bio for your character, but just give us enough to go off of so we can help you.

Just a few reminders
1. You have to create the character yourself. We are only here to help with a few details

2. If you respond to a request please only address the question posed.

3. be respectful of the different RPing skills of all members

4. All SS rules apply and have fun!





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[Lollipop!]

This is so cool, and just what I need.

Okay, my new character - James Humming, is a 4th year but didn't go to Beauxbatons or Durmstrong - he's English and I'm stuck on why he's just going now...

please help.

[SilverTiger]

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Originally Posted by LilyLunaGinnyPotter

This is so cool, and just what I need.

Okay, my new character - James Humming, is a 4th year but didn't go to Beauxbatons or Durmstrong - he's English and I'm stuck on why he's just going now...

please help.

Well, the most commonly used reason for that would be homeschooling. Which I can say has been used as a reason for many SS characters not going to Hogwarts starting with their first year.

But then, there'd still be the reason why his family chose to homeschool him rather than just let him go to Hogwarts all along.

[Mordanyes]

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Originally Posted by LilyLunaGinnyPotter

This is so cool, and just what I need.

Okay, my new character - James Humming, is a 4th year but didn't go to Beauxbatons or Durmstrong - he's English and I'm stuck on why he's just going now...

please help.

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Originally Posted by SilverTiger

Well, the most commonly used reason for that would be homeschooling. Which I can say has been used as a reason for many SS characters not going to Hogwarts starting with their first year.

But then, there'd still be the reason why his family chose to homeschool him rather than just let him go to Hogwarts all along.

My charrie Everett Sutherland was homeschooled until now for his fifth year. I don't have a reason for why he was homeschool for starters, so I'm gonna get on to doing that now I remembered he may need that excuse, but I do for why he has now decided to go to Hogwarts. Being a fifth year, he needs to complete his OWLs, thus coming to Hogwarts so he can make sure he is up to date with everything, and to make some friends.

You could basically say the same thing for James

[Ladybug]

Cool!

I'm in the works of creating a new character Sara. She's from a large family, the oldest. Muggle born although only her and one younger sister have shown signs of magic.

I'm a bit stuck on a personality for her, I've done the stuck up type, and the quiet type but i want to do something different this time.

Any ideas?

[hjhm]

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Originally Posted by Miss Evi3e <3

Cool!

I'm in the works of creating a new character Sara. She's from a large family, the oldest. Muggle born although only her and one younger sister have shown signs of magic.

I'm a bit stuck on a personality for her, I've done the stuck up type, and the quiet type but i want to do something different this time.

Any ideas?

That's a nice idea or character plot. Well since you have done the stuck up and the quiet type and you are intending on making her different from your previous charries, why not make this charrie simply weird, good weird--- just like Luna Lovegood. I know portraying a weird character is quite difficult to handle but hey, it's nice to RP a charrie that is simple different.

Since she is muggle why not make her have these collection of stamps or maybe loves to talk about (i don't know, let's say) shells or whatever it is that you think would be her hobby.

[Maxilocks]

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Originally Posted by LilyLunaGinnyPotter

Okay, my new character - James Humming, is a 4th year but didn't go to Beauxbatons or Durmstrong - he's English and I'm stuck on why he's just going now...

please help.

There are a lot of other magical schools! You can have fun creating one of your own. Maybe he didn't attend Hogwarts because his parents wanted him to attend a day school, until they felt he was old enough to go to a boarding school.

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Originally Posted by Miss Evi3e <3

I'm in the works of creating a new character Sara. She's from a large family, the oldest. Muggle born although only her and one younger sister have shown signs of magic.

I'm a bit stuck on a personality for her, I've done the stuck up type, and the quiet type but i want to do something different this time.

Any ideas?

How about outgoing and friendly? She could be bright or happy-go-lucky or even a little clueless, or maybe she just wants to have fun. Factor in her background and personal history, and figure out how those are likely to affect who she is. If she has strict parents, maybe she's rebellious. If she's the oldest, maybe she has a penchant for leading and shouldering responsibility. If she has a lot of siblings, maybe she's competitive or wants to stand out.

Mischievous/ trouble-making would also be different from stuck-up and quiet.

If you're still unsure, you could make a list of adjectives that could describe a person and figure out which ones feel natural to your charrie. Good luck!

[Ladybug]

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Originally Posted by hjhm

That's a nice idea or character plot. Well since you have done the stuck up and the quiet type and you are intending on making her different from your previous charries, why not make this charrie simply weird, good weird--- just like Luna Lovegood. I know portraying a weird character is quite difficult to handle but hey, it's nice to RP a charrie that is simple different.

Since she is muggle why not make her have these collection of stamps or maybe loves to talk about (i don't know, let's say) shells or whatever it is that you think would be her hobby.

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Originally Posted by Maxilocks

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How about outgoing and friendly? She could be bright or happy-go-lucky or even a little clueless, or maybe she just wants to have fun. Factor in her background and personal history, and figure out how those are likely to affect who she is. If she has strict parents, maybe she's rebellious. If she's the oldest, maybe she has a penchant for leading and shouldering responsibility. If she has a lot of siblings, maybe she's competitive or wants to stand out.

Mischievous/ trouble-making would also be different from stuck-up and quiet.

If you're still unsure, you could make a list of adjectives that could describe a person and figure out which ones feel natural to your charrie. Good luck!

Thank you guys for both ideas, i think i might take parts of each idea if that's okay? Mix-match ideas? I think i have a fairly good idea on the personality of my charrie now, but i will still make a list of adjectives. Try to make my character interesting and weird but at the same time outgoing. If that can happen XD

Thank you both again for your help

[Deezerz]

Hi everyone!

So, I created a new character; a fourth year male. His name is Kennedy and he's quirky, shy, was raised as a muggle and is anti-magic. His mom is sending him to Hogwarts because she can no longer home school him. At the moment he is negative towards anything magical because he thinks it makes him a freak.

The question I am truly asking help for is; do you guys have any tips on how I can make him quirky and shy without making him too much of an outcast or loner? I don't want Kennedy to be lonely.

Thanks!

[Tommehbell]

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Originally Posted by Bubbles

Hi everyone!

So, I created a new character; a fourth year male. His name is Kennedy and he's quirky, shy, was raised as a muggle and is anti-magic. His mom is sending him to Hogwarts because she can no longer home school him. At the moment he is negative towards anything magical because he thinks it makes him a freak.

The question I am truly asking help for is; do you guys have any tips on how I can make him quirky and shy without making him too much of an outcast or loner? I don't want Kennedy to be lonely.

Thanks!

Hmmm well I think the whole anti-magic thing is going to be a personality quirk. Maybe he is upset that he is a wizard because he got picked on for being a "freak" and that makes him sensitive about it. I mean if he were anti-magic, then his parents wouldn't send him to Hogwarts. He was raised as a muggle...is that because his parents are muggles? Or his is one magical and one is a muggle and they wanted to do a Dursley thing and try to stamp it out of him

Maybe he is a muggle magician to show how muggles can do magic too. So he goes around doing magic tricks. That's quirky in the magical community. And being shy doesn't mean he has to be an outcast, it just means its harder and longer for him to make friends.

[Deezerz]

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Originally Posted by Tommehbell

Hmmm well I think the whole anti-magic thing is going to be a personality quirk. Maybe he is upset that he is a wizard because he got picked on for being a "freak" and that makes him sensitive about it. I mean if he were anti-magic, then his parents wouldn't send him to Hogwarts. He was raised as a muggle...is that because his parents are muggles? Or his is one magical and one is a muggle and they wanted to do a Dursley thing and try to stamp it out of him

Maybe he is a muggle magician to show how muggles can do magic too. So he goes around doing magic tricks. That's quirky in the magical community. And being shy doesn't mean he has to be an outcast, it just means its harder and longer for him to make friends.

Thanks! I guess it is, didn't think about that. And yeah, he got bullied at school for being different. His did is a wizard, but his mom is muggle, but the dad left when he was a baby. His mom knows about the magical world and tried teaching him about it with the books his dad left behind, but felt that he needed more suitable people to teach him, so she decided to send him to Hogwarts; where his dad went.

Also, his mom is Mexican and I was wondering if I can demonstrate that, but according to the rules I can't use Spanish words, right?

[Tommehbell]

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Originally Posted by Bubbles

Thanks! I guess it is, didn't think about that. And yeah, he got bullied at school for being different. His did is a wizard, but his mom is muggle, but the dad left when he was a baby. His mom knows about the magical world and tried teaching him about it with the books his dad left behind, but felt that he needed more suitable people to teach him, so she decided to send him to Hogwarts; where his dad went.

Also, his mom is Mexican and I was wondering if I can demonstrate that, but according to the rules I can't use Spanish words, right?

So when he gets to Hogwarts he can struggle with the fact that he can do magic openly without getting picked on that sort of thing. And maybe its not so much that he is anti-magic its just that he's had to live his whole life hiding who he really is for fear of getting bullied that is ingrained in him that he's a freak because of that

Well you don't have to use like Spanish words, but you can like have him celebrating Mexican holidays like Dia da los muertoes. Which is one of my fav Mexican holidays btw He can be in the kitchen asking the house elves to make him Mexican foods and things like that.

[omnomnomRAWR]

Okay, well my current character, Maria, is my previous character, Adrianna's, stepsister-slash-cousin.

Ad has quite the backstory, but Maria...not so much. All I have is that Maria's parents fought a lot, and her father married his twin brother's recently widowed wife, and it caused a lot of angst to come up in the family.

Anything else I could add to it? And Maria's French/Italian.

[Tommehbell]

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Originally Posted by dracosgurl

Okay, well my current character, Maria, is my previous character, Adrianna's, stepsister-slash-cousin.

Ad has quite the backstory, but Maria...not so much. All I have is that Maria's parents fought a lot, and her father married his twin brother's recently widowed wife, and it caused a lot of angst to come up in the family.

Anything else I could add to it? And Maria's French/Italian.

Are you asking for help with the back story?


I think what you have so far is really good you just need to explain why her parents fight, why her father married his brother's widow.....kindy ick in this day and age....And then you can use how she is related to ur previous charrie, and how that has shaped her because she is 11 so she is heavily influenced by everything around her.

[omnomnomRAWR]

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Originally Posted by Tommehbell

Are you asking for help with the back story?


I think what you have so far is really good you just need to explain why her parents fight, why her father married his brother's widow.....kindy ick in this day and age....And then you can use how she is related to ur previous charrie, and how that has shaped her because she is 11 so she is heavily influenced by everything around her.

Yeah, sorta.

Ah, okay. Yeah, it is kind of ick, but I've seen it happen here. Thanks!

You're a great help!

[Maxilocks]

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Originally Posted by Miss Evi3e <3

Thank you guys for both ideas, i think i might take parts of each idea if that's okay? Mix-match ideas?

Thank you both again for your help

Of couuuurse.

You're welcome.

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Originally Posted by Bubbles

Also, his mom is Mexican and I was wondering if I can demonstrate that, but according to the rules I can't use Spanish words, right?

This is what the Site Rules and FAQ say:

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The primary language for SnitchSeeker is English. When posting please use English. Site moderators need to be able to read what you are posting. Those who choose to post in a foreign language may only post short phrases, and may be asked to edit. Breaking rules in a foreign language is breaking multiple rules and warnings and infractions will be given.

Incorporating words or short phrases like hello, goodbye, yes, of course not - in another language - in your posts is fine. For example, one of the former CoMC professors, Prof. Maya Saylen. was Mexican, and she sometimes used words like sí and me gusta. My previous Hogwarts character, Jared Descoteaux, who taught Charms was French and often said merci instead of thank you, or oui instead of yes.

Just make sure you know exactly what the word or phrase you're using means, and that it doesn't break any SS rules!

[Lady of the Lake]

My character is chatting to a new transfer charrie on Diagon Alley about the Sorting, which made me wonder how the process works for older students who come to Hogwarts after their first year. Do they get sorted at the feast like first years? I'm confused and have no idea how to respond. Help, please! probably the wrong thread to ask this For now, I've just said that my charrie doesn't know this as she was way too nervous at her Sorting to mind what was going on around her

[hjhm]

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Originally Posted by Lady of the Lake

My character is chatting to a new transfer charrie on Diagon Alley about the Sorting, which made me wonder how the process works for older students who come to Hogwarts after their first year. Do they get sorted at the feast like first years? I'm confused and have no idea how to respond. Help, please! probably the wrong thread to ask this For now, I've just said that my charrie doesn't know this as she was way too nervous at her Sorting to mind what was going on around her

From what I know, the RP sorting is as the same as the ones you read or see in HP films, which is of course, on the start of the term feast. A first year could pretend that he/she is expecting a certain house to be sorted in when in fact he/she has already been sorted.

[Tommehbell]

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Originally Posted by Lady of the Lake

My character is chatting to a new transfer charrie on Diagon Alley about the Sorting, which made me wonder how the process works for older students who come to Hogwarts after their first year. Do they get sorted at the feast like first years? I'm confused and have no idea how to respond. Help, please! probably the wrong thread to ask this For now, I've just said that my charrie doesn't know this as she was way too nervous at her Sorting to mind what was going on around her

This thread is for help in developing your character Your question is just more for like the general RP. So actually your query should goes here. In the school RP question thread. You can ask anything about how the school RP works and whatnot

[HP_fan4ever]

Alright my character is basically a done but I have one question.
I have him marked as half-blood but I'm not 100% sure I'm right.

This is his background:
His mother comes from a magical family but she's a squib. His biological father is a pure-blood wizard who left her when he discovered she was infact a squib (not a muggle like she said)

So what would be his blood heritiage?

[Holmesian Feline]

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Originally Posted by HP_fan4ever

Alright my character is basically a done but I have one question.
I have him marked as half-blood but I'm not 100% sure I'm right.

This is his background:
His mother comes from a magical family but she's a squib. His biological father is a pure-blood wizard who left her when he discovered she was infact a squib (not a muggle like she said)

So what would be his blood heritiage?

I think it would depend on the blood status on his mother. For although she was a squib she still carries the blood of her family. For example if her family are half bloods , then he's a half blood but if his mother's family is pure blood then mixed with his father's status he's a pure blood.

[Kimalia]

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Originally Posted by HP_fan4ever

Alright my character is basically a done but I have one question.
I have him marked as half-blood but I'm not 100% sure I'm right.

This is his background:
His mother comes from a magical family but she's a squib. His biological father is a pure-blood wizard who left her when he discovered she was infact a squib (not a muggle like she said)

So what would be his blood heritiage?

Think of Squib as sort of a skip in the magical line. What really matters now is since she's a squib, what the mother's parents were. If the grandparents came from a pure-blood family as well, then that should make your character pure-blood as well.

[hotleopardmama]

So I think I have my character going... but this is my first time attempting this RPing business... how does this sound as an intro to my character:

Leolaine is the eldest of three in the Swiftkneazle household and thus, the first of her siblings to be invited to attend Hogwarts. Her father, Leonidas, is a tall, broad-shouldered, kindly Pureblood wizard who is the last and only remaining Pureblood son to carry on the Swiftkneazle name. Her mother, Lynh-My is a thin, prim, and exceptionally small Muggle woman, much to the mostly silent chagrin of some of the elder Swiftkneazles.

Leolaine, like her two younger Half-blood siblings, Leonard and Leona, is quick-witted, overtly friendly, fiercely loyal, and magically-inclined (albeit mostly accidentally due to her young age). She especially loves to fly on her older cousins' brooms, though her mother expressly forbids it due to her being so small for her age.

With waist-length platinum straight hair, olive skin, and almond-shaped ice blue eyes, Leolaine stands just shy of 4-feet tall and will JUST make the age cut-off to attend Hogwarts this year. Slight of frame, though agile and determined, Leolaine tends to stubbornly overestimate her abilities and often lands herself in the school infirmary having stretched her emotional or physical abilities a bit too far. With any luck, she hopes to grow taller and stronger (both physically and magically) while at Hogwarts and grow up to be an Auror someday.

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Another question: where on here are we supposed to make our first post as part of the Hogwarts RPG Term 29? Thanks for the suggestions and help.

[Danny Boy]

This thread is great! I thank you all.

So, my next charie's gonna be a girl and I know that's gonna be a challenge for me but it seems right for me. She's kinda odd and into divination and stuff. So I wanted an odd name to go with but one that's believable.

Some help please?

[Kimalia]

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Originally Posted by hotleopardmama

Another question: where on here are we supposed to make our first post as part of the Hogwarts RPG Term 29? Thanks for the suggestions and help.

Hi! Your introduction sounds perfectly planned. You'll have to wait till September before the School RPG is officially open and you will be able to make your first post for term 29 almost anywhere at the school. Right now you can just focus on RPing your character getting the school belongings in Diagon Alley until Hogwarts Express train is open.