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Mary Selwyn Nott (first_mary) wrote in _firstwar_ooc,
@ 2009-12-22 14:20:00

Happy holidays everyone! I'm Kate, the newest player (I think!) to this intriguing game. I'm taking on two characters. Mary Nott, vaguely dissatisfied sister to Jacob Selwyn and wife to Edward Nott. And John Dawlish who is, well, rather insufferable. He's an auror, loyal to the Ministry to the point of madness, and tends to be something of a killjoy. Mary is far more fun--even for a smug pureblood--and tends to over-involve herself in every possible group and activity to make up for her current lack of direction.

Plot bunnies would be great and I'd love to discuss possible back stories and character relationships. Can't wait to play with you all!

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first_bilius
2009-12-22 08:54 pm UTC (link)

Hurrah!

Edward and Jake, obviously, are very interested in Mary. Edward thinks she is a perfectly adequate wife and that's about as close to love as the boy gets. At least at this point. We can thread to see how well they get along, maybe he can even muster up some affectionate tolerance. Mostly all he's concerned about is producing an heir, having a good hostess/escort for public functions, and that she not annoy him too much.

Jake, on the other hand, loves his big sister (most of the time) and really hates having to lie to her about what he's doing. When he starts telling people the truth, he'll probably tell her first, but everything such a delicate mess right now that he's avoiding it.

Bill thinks Dawlish has basically the right idea (defeat of the DEs should come from the Ministry, the Order is a bunch of [well-meaning] criminals, and change should come from within) but the man is such a stuffed shirt that it doesn't matter, Bill dislikes him anyway. Good times. ♥

Edward might know Dawlish if he's enough of a schemer. Edward likes to have his finger in every political pie, so he's pretty perfectly placed to hand out favors, and plenty of people are interested in staying on his good side.

Lesse... Kirley, if he ever ran into either, would try very hard to get Dawlish drunk and would probably hit on Mary, but I don't foresee any of them crossing paths except by accident. And Lily just flat out wouldn't get along with either. Unless any of Mary's 'groups and activities' involves any philanthropic work, which Lily would probably interested in. She's a bit over-active in the do-gooder department.

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first_dawlish
2009-12-22 11:04 pm UTC (link)

Such a great (and diverse!) list of characters!

I'd love to play out scenes with both Edward and Jake. Messed up family dynamics are SUCH fun to play, possibly my favorite type of plot. I do think Mary will be involved in a few charitable organizations, so maybe she and Lily will meet up at some point. Kirley sounds like the sort I would get along with famously, but I agree I can't seem him naturally crossing paths with either of them.

Bill/Dawlish mutual antagonism sounds like great fun! I like that it will be due to their personalities clashing, since ideology wise they do seem to roughly match up. I sense many disapproving glances and exasperated sighs in Bill's future...

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	first_edward 2009-12-23 01:50 am UTC (link)
	Sure sure sure. Edward/Mary might be easier at the moment since Jake isn't willing to venture too far outside of the safe house. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	first_mary 2009-12-23 03:09 am UTC (link)
	I'd love to do Edward/Mary. I'm happy to do first post honors, if you have the time this week. I know it's hectic for some! (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	first_edward 2009-12-23 03:43 pm UTC (link)
	I've got time. Except for Christmas day proper, we're just hanging out at home. And hell, I'll probably online on Christmas day, too, knowing my family. Fun people, but you really have to take them just a few hours at a time... (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	first_dawlish 2009-12-23 08:11 pm UTC (link)
	Ha, same here. The internet provides a healthy break from full-on family time. Whew. And great-- I'll probably post something today after I'm back from yet another function! If you have any burning ideas for setting, etc. let me know! (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	first_bilius 2009-12-23 10:36 pm UTC (link)
	Well, Edward has his holiday gift for her already bought. And if we'd like some tension, he could be going out of town for the holidays. ^_~ (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	first_mary 2009-12-24 02:03 am UTC (link)
	Ooo, perfect! I feel like since (I assume) this is the first Christmas for her sans Jake she would be particularly annoyed. Fun times! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	first_mary 2009-12-24 02:49 am UTC (link)
	It's posted! I'm enjoying checking up on this game between family duties! I just wish we had house elves around here to do our bidding. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	first_alecto 2009-12-23 01:53 am UTC (link)
	He! And welcome. I'm Anna with Alecto, a bitchy, young, and poor pureblood. I think Alecto might know Mary, depending on when she graduated (Alecto is class of 77). So I think we might have plot-ness with them. And Dawlish.... yeah Alecto doesn't care. Unless there's some legal trouble in her future, then things might get interesting. (Reply to this) (Thread)

first_mary
2009-12-23 03:14 am UTC (link)

Thanks for the welcome! Alecto looks so interesting! And they share a somewhat similar past, neither being wealthy despite their illustrious surnames. They would have been together for a few years at school, perhaps Mary has some recollection of an equally ambitious younger Slytherin girl?

I'll keep my fingers crossed for legal trouble! I can't imagine how Dawlish would handled Alecto!

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first_sirius
2009-12-23 03:44 am UTC (link)

Hello there! I'm Lara, and I've got Sirius.

Dawlish and Sirius might have a lovely time not liking each other very much. Sirius is kind of critical of the Ministry and has a penchant for finding himself a bit of trouble (and a last name that has a habit of preceding him). They both seem to have a penchant for adhering to a first impression and such diametrically opposing views on life and authority that may set them up well for sustained (though perhaps almost cordial) confrontation?

As for Mary.... well. I might have an idea. But it might be my post-final scotch talking. So I'll just kind of ruminate on it for a while.

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	first_dawlish 2009-12-23 03:57 am UTC (link)
	Poor Dawlish! All of these disrespectful blokes running around, just begging for a censorious glare. Love the idea of long-running conflict between him and Sirius, fueled by their unforgiving and inflexible adherence to first impressions. Can't wait! Please share when you're done ruminating! Some of my best ideas come after a few large helpings of whiskey... (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	first_sirius 2009-12-23 04:01 am UTC (link)
	Well, now that I've moved on to rum: how horrible would it be for Sirius to get suspicious of Edward? (naturally, we'd have to check with mods) But I'm just saying: if Sirius had any reason to be particularly suspicious of Mr. Nott, he might find the constitution to try charming his way into Mrs. Nott's good graces, so that he can poke around the Nott's home. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	first_dawlish 2009-12-23 04:26 am UTC (link)
	Ha, perfect icon! I'm impressed! I love that idea! It's fun to work on interaction from characters that otherwise have, really, nothing in common. And Sirius is clearly just the man to take matters into his own hands if he does have suspicions. I heartily approve. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

first_sirius
2009-12-23 04:32 am UTC (link)

muahahah.

First: why thank you. The movie Easy Virtue is totally worth seeing. (And from where the icon is capped.)

Secondly: Charming dissatisfied housewives seems to be right up Sirius's alley. And I'm thrilled that you enjoy the notion. ^_^

Thirdly: So much love for long-term adversarial interaction for Sirius and Dawlish. I mean really, Sirius is prone to somewhat illegal gambling, and the idea of Dawlish being being the Auror who most frequently catches him/processes his paperwork amuses me to no end.

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	first_dawlish 2009-12-23 08:13 pm UTC (link)
	It's currently next on my Netflix queue! Awesome and more awesome. Can't wait to play a few of these scenes out! There can never be too much Sirius in my life. And to play characters with such wildly different takes on him? Fantastic! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	first_edward 2009-12-23 03:41 pm UTC (link)
	The mod/Edward-mun has no problems at all with this idea. ^_^ Edward does, however. He's very unhappy. But who cares what he thinks? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	first_sirius 2009-12-23 10:44 pm UTC (link)
	certainly not Sirius <3 (Reply to this) (Parent)

	first_marlene 2009-12-25 08:17 pm UTC (link)
	HI and welcome! I'm Mandi, and I have Marlene McKinnon. I don't know if she would have any reason to be in contact with either of your characters but I'm sure something could come up in the future :) (Reply to this) (Thread)

	first_dawlish 2009-12-28 05:50 am UTC (link)
	Yay! Thanks for the welcome, Mandi. I'm hoping creativity strikes soon! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	first_remus 2009-12-27 04:31 am UTC (link)
	Can Dawlish and Remus be killjoys together? (Reply to this) (Thread)

	first_dawlish 2009-12-28 05:51 am UTC (link)
	Yes please! Dawlish can't be the only one shaking his head in disapproval! It gets lonely. (Reply to this) (Parent)