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Eleanor Griffith · October 30, 2024 – 2:33 AM

ELEANOR GRIFFITH
16 || Ravenclaw || MCHB || rep of 7
This is the melancholy and subtly pessimistic niece of Professor Samuel Griffith, Eleanor Griffith; it’s likely a surprise to find her back at Hogwarts for her sixth year, seeing as her father was purportedly pulling her from school after her fifth year in order to marry! Nonetheless, the odd and asocial teenager is back in the halls – rumor has it she’s left her parents behind to live with her equally odd uncle and Professor of Alchemy. She tries terribly hard to fly under the radar of most, which might make her come off as mysterious at first glance, but within a first run-in, her stammering and fidgeting and cumbrous rambling it’s plain to see her as the skittish and awkward soul she is; definitely not a proper lady.

Having spent a childhood being handed from household to household and neglected by her parents, Nellie has naturally built high walls around her heart. She has such deep seeded trust issues that she doesn’t even realize the scope of their effects on her lifestyle and is, incidentally, a master of appearing to overshare without truly sharing anything important about herself. She is not good with younger children or even those her own age, as an only child, but does use her people pleasing tendencies to make sure the adults in her life are happy with her.

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Fellow Club Members: Nell is in four clubs: Art, Astronomy, Book, and Creatures Club. She’s a highly creative spirit – something that runs in the family – albeit very shy about it and finds outlets for her imagination in both Art and Book clubs. She adores her COMC class, which prompted her to join the Creatures club (animals, including most magical beasts, are much easier for her to deal with than people). Her anxiety and stress make sleep difficult for her, so she also hopped into the Astronomy club last minute to ~~ignore the stress instead of dealing with it~~ be productive. I think through her clubs she has made some tentative friendships (at least, from her perspective).
Those Former Marriage Prospects: Towards the start of her fifth year, Nell was informed by her father’s letter that this would be her last year at Hogwarts, but not because she’d be going to a nice finishing school – no, it would be because she was getting married in order to better the family situation. Undoubtedly, Gilbert Griffith courted many well-to-do families during that year in the process of trying to find a wealthy (or, at least, wealthier than the Griffith’s) son/heir for his only child… Perhaps one of your characters is from one of these families? Maybe even one of your boys was a former marriage prospect for the odd young Miss Griffith? Despite Nellie now being off the market (thanks to her Uncle), I’d love at least a few of her classmates to have been considered/made aware of an attempt at a match with the melancholy and awkward girl – both for the awkwardness of it all and to give her a few extra connections to others (since she’s so asocial and struggles to make friends). These fellows are likely MC, but since the Griffiths were originally UC, I could see Gilbert trying his luck with some lower rung UC families too.
Truly? Friends? (It’s All Perspective): Nells, amongst other things, has a memory for faces, and so tends to know of a lot of people without really knowing them. As has been stated many times, she struggles to make friends – and, even then, due to subtle anxious attachment issues, she struggles to recognize the friends she does have – and is always worried she will be left behind in the end (she feels like friends are fickle by nature, but that is likely something she decided on her own rather than observed). Her best friend is her young aunt Agatha, who has unfortunately graduated, and so I’d like her to find a few people she can let in and be close with! Anyone who can get past the walls protecting her will find someone that makes terrible jokes, awkwardly offers hugs, laughs often and smiles just as much – simply a kind person that gives freely of herself and her time.
Other: Between taking the maximum number of classes a NEWT student can and four clubs, Nells is probably a face her classmates can place a name with but normally tries to blend in the with the wallpaper; she’d rather live on the peripherals of others’ lives, because there is safety in being overlooked, in anonymity. However, that can’t always be the case! (not if I have anything to say about it, at least lol) So if you have any ideas or thoughts regarding my ~~damaged~~ girl that aren’t mentioned above, please feel free to reach out <3

Quincy Smellie · November 5, 2024 – 12:56 AM

I have Quincy who is in Creatures Club with her. Though admittedly he probably has a reputation of smiling a bit to much when cutting up creatures to put in potions and more of a fascination with their anatomy than the magical aspects of them. Though if there is a sick creature Quincy is the first interested in helping it feel better ( he dreams of being a healer/surgeon and perhaps is a bit over excited about the surgeon part )...

If you wanted to toss them together perhaps a set-up of them looking after a sick creature might work...

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Gus Lissington · November 5, 2024 – 1:29 AM

I have Cadogan Glynn, a fellow Ravenclaw. He's quiet, but maybe they could be friends? Acquaintances, at least.

I also have Gus, if she's taking DADA as a NEWT student

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Greta Gillenwater · January 7, 2025 – 11:40 AM

I have Greta Gillenwater who is also in the Creatures Club, as well as being only a year below her. She's the opposite of a wallpaper person and whilst I find her lovingly competitive, goal-driven, fiercy protective and maternal... others can see her as bossy and can rub people the wrong way. They shared classes as well last year and the year before because our NEWT/OWL class splits. She's counts Millie Potts, another Ravenclaw in her year, as one of her closest friends so perhaps theres an opening for Eleanore to be included if Eleanor wants to be an isn't scared off by Greta's nature.

I also have Caroline Weasley who... can be an awkward child for her to interact with. She love creatures more than life itself and when faced with her passion will ignore every other oddity and would probably just power through it and can be an awkward encounter. I find sometimes having somebody anxious pair with somebody whose tone deaf takes the anxious load off. I can imagine threads of a "LOOK WHAT I FOUND" In the common room and Eleanor being like heeelp this child.

Thanks go to the marvelous MJ for her sensational set.

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Themis Lyra · January 8, 2025 – 5:15 AM

I give you three possibilities!

Georgianna Shacklebolt is a first year Ravenclaw. She is basically the antithesis of Eleanor and probably comes across as "a lot" to Eleanor.

Anne Moony is a Slytherin a year behind her, so they've had classes together. She's also in Creature Club and was in Art for a few years.

Themis Lyra you know why So...Themis would have been her Astronomy prof for five years and advises Astronomy and Book clubs. Themis sees a less refined version of herself in Eleanor and has a soft spot for the awkward, brainy women. She would love to offer Eleanor someone that doesn't really give a damn if she's a proper lady, but just wants to see her succeed.

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