I spend way too much time thinking about tables and fonts and gifs; you are a sweet splendid butterfly to notice. Also omg this buffet of characters. Lets do this!
Keep! That is definitely an article she would write, yes. But also sent flowers in condolence because your dog being killed is legitimately tragic in Rita's opinion and poor him (her value system is deeply skewed).
Re: Alastor Moody -- She's the absolutely bane of the Ministry, particularly the divisions associated with law enforcement. Publicizing every misstep and spinning small issues into huge disasters. Showing up at crime scenes and waving around her press pass and posessing knowledge she totally shouldn't know and amping up paranoia that someone in the Minister is a snitch (when really it's just her creeping around in her animagus form). She is their cross to bear.
She's definately had words with Alastor (Rita's going to call him by his first names and a dozen 'dears' and 'darlings' like they're best friends, just to annoy him). Is probably actually incredibly friendly because she appreciates him the same way she does Bellatrix Black; because he is newsworthy and easy to sensationalize. I imagine she's written several articles depicting him as this loose canon stratocrat with anger management issues amidst liberal reworking of the truth and out-of-context quotes. And Rita's going to absolutely latch on to this Selwyn, Mulciber, Hopkins issue and run with it SHE IS SO EXCITED RIGHT NOW.
I am all for dating history with Gideon. That feeling when you got blinded by the booty. In Gideon's defense, if it was at school it was probably before she fully developed her fangs and spent more time trash talking political philosophers as opposed to actual people. It is extra hilarious now because she's such a bane to the entire DMLE. They probably designate him as the one to deal with her all the time and lol good luck with that Gid.
Issacs likes -- reading. Roman and Greek mythology. strong coffee. Isasac's dislikes -- Lacking purpose. the self-deprecating sorts. YES FRIENDS PLS!! Herbology was one of her weak areas at school; maybe they became friends because he tutored her? Someone had to help her otherwise she'd have murdered everyone else's mandrakes because fuck if she's gonna be the low grade in class. And Rita cares 0% about the whole halfbreeds issue, unless making a big deal out of it will advance her career.
She probably does not already know Ted & Ursula, but Rita welcomes all flirting even if she's gonna shade him like the mean girl she is and she hella wants to be down with the Rookwoods because Rita's all about connections to wealthy elite. Probably wrote at least one article about the benevolent and altruistic works Ursula and her husband are doing.
I'm loving all the plots and this post is now diamonds.