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Braces, or suspenders, were almost universally worn due to the high cut of men's trousers. Belts did not become common until the 1920s. — MJ
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#1
Ben is out of a job! because I found his previous one boring after all this time sorry friends

While he has often been between jobs in his life, this is the first time he's been between jobs with a family to support, so he will want to remedy this ASAP. That's where you come in!

Ben has a range of experience in the following areas but is technically qualified for nothing (meaning he has no post-Hogwarts training or certification in any of these areas): cursebreaking, magical creature care, flying, Quidditch.

Ross' new anti-nepotism law means neither of his brothers can just get him a Ministry job, but that doesn't mean nepotism can't help him elsewhere! Aldous is very likely to be the next Minister and even if he's not, Roman was/might continue to be the senior undersecretary to the Minister. Perhaps your character is willing to give Ben a job to get in their good books?

In general I'm looking for ideas / pitches about where he could work that would either have played work connections or create interesting situations for me to thread. I'm also interested in interviews - Ones that go well, ones that go terribly, I don't really care. If anyone Ben has prior connections with wants to convince him to try and start his own business and wants to be a partner, I am intrigued by that possibility and of having to ask his brothers to bail him out later if it goes belly-up.

And then finally, friends/family would know he was in need of work. If anyone wants to offer financial assistance Ben will awkwardly turn it down (for now) and if anyone wants to offer leads on jobs Ben would be awkwardly grateful. These could be threads/letters or just offscreen.



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#2
I personally stand by the idea that Ben should be Hogwarts's flight instructor and I would love to find an IC reason as to why they would need one in the middle of the term. NPC instructor dying comes to mind, not gonna lie

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#3
If MJ is down, maybe Ben could be the coach of the Chuddley Cannons?

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(October 6, 2023 – 4:00 PM)Cecilia Lupin Wrote:  I personally stand by the idea that Ben should be Hogwarts's flight instructor and I would love to find an IC reason as to why they would need one in the middle of the term. NPC instructor dying comes to mind, not gonna lie

I should have mentioned this earlier, but I wasn't thinking about it. This could align with my plot here, and I would be willing to move my timeline up for it.

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#5
WE talked before about Vera's dad trying to entice him to come and work in the broader 'Blackwood' quidditch universe - either coaching or developing quidditch supplies. These would give you relative autonomy for his day to day work.

But Honestly I'm HERE for the Hogwarts flight instructor idea! It would also give him a 'reasonable' socially acceptable excuse not to be living with his wife. And Yuri would love him


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(October 6, 2023 – 5:46 PM)Sweetie Whitledge Wrote:  
(October 6, 2023 – 4:00 PM)Cecilia Lupin Wrote:  I personally stand by the idea that Ben should be Hogwarts's flight instructor and I would love to find an IC reason as to why they would need one in the middle of the term. NPC instructor dying comes to mind, not gonna lie

I should have mentioned this earlier, but I wasn't thinking about it. This could align with my plot here, and I would be willing to move my timeline up for it.

Amarantha is excited to murder the previous flight instructor by throwing him down the moving stairs so there will be a perfect opening in the middle of the year. And it will align with Kelly's plot Smile

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#7
come work for Syd at the Podmore Zoo! There's a list of occupations on the actual occs list, but I'm open to something more ~niche if you can think of it!

You can hang with Bella XD and Eva/Beau when we need them lol


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#8
Thanks everyone! After checking the reputation doc to ensure he's reputable enough to be on Hogwarts staff (only just! five is the minimum lol) I'm leaning that direction, thinking having all the professors to interact with may be more interesting than either Quidditch or Zoo areas.

I have no opinions on what happens to the previous flight instructor though, I'll leave that up to you all to sort out with staff =P



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