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Dirty Gertie Goyle (miss_spelling) wrote in felix_ooc,
@ 2015-08-27 14:41:00

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HEY Y'ALL. Max here with a brand new pufflehuff.

Gertie Goyle is nineteen years old and graduated Hogwarts class of 2003. That means that she overlapped with those in the trio's year during their seventh year of Hogwarts when Voldie was in power, as well as their optional second seventh year. Anyone younger than the trio would have had more opportunity to interact with her, and anyone older than the trio would be unlikely to know her at all unless they had some other connection. She was dorm-mates with Leah's little sister.

Her dad died in the battle of hogwarts and her brother Greg went to prison, so it was just her and mum for a while. But then mum lost her marbles, so she spent some (yet undetermined) years living under the care of the social worker Cecil Frobisher. She didn't really interact with Vic because there was such an age gap, but she became close friends with another foster sister and fellow Death Eater kid, NPC foster-sister Josie.

That's enough history I think. Nowdays Gertie is a Witch Weekly intern who'd really rather work at the Prophet like her dad. But not like her dad because he's a terrorist. She's extremely clever and sarcastic, but she's also kind of immature. She's very inexperienced in the ways of the world, and definitely hasn't figured out how to be a grown-up yet. She lives with Greg and relies on him for almost everything. In return she (very secretly) pads their budget with money she makes writing erotica for a very seedy women's magazine called Glamour de l'Amour. The sex scenes are decent, but she's definitely not writing from experience.

So... that's baby Goyle. I don't know if she'll really be able to get much interaction but I'm really excited about her. Any possible connections?

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miss_spelling
2015-08-29 12:04 am UTC (link)

Oh my gosh! Me too!

She might literally die if Greg knew about her side job. Just melt into a puddle of embarrassment. She definitely brings her "magazine work" (she never specified what magazine so she's not actually lying!) to the Snatch sometimes when Greg is working late, but she pretends she's not paying attention to the dancers. But for real she watches them and tries to think of new ways to describe boobies.

I bet she worked a summer or two at Flourish and Blotts, so I'm sure she'd know Zoe. Gertie has no clue about her own sexuality (which doesn't really bother her), so she's been very fascinated with Zoe's relationship with Jade. She hasn't been witness to very many happy relationships, so she probably has no issue with them.

She's probably met the keepers but she's got nowhere near enough seniority to actually interview them. She's likely to remember their tea orders and if they said thank you, but they probably wouldn't remember her. She's more of a concierge/toady than anything else. She may have given them a tour of the offices.

Would she overlap with Miles' sister at all? She might know him a little if she and Jemima knew each other.

Leah is definitely a role-model in the image department. She's not extremely interested in Leah's work but she admires how she's a badass business bitch who really maintains her own personality and style. She and Gertie have a lot in common, so they might get along really well.

She'd definitely remember Jamie because she was kind of nervous and squirrelly too. They probably saw each other a fair amount on holidays as well, but she was one of a huge group of foster kids in that house, so she probably wasn't very memorable.

Luna being taken away was probably one of the first war moments that was actually scary.

Aaaw, she's such a little teacher's pet, I'm sure she loved Declan. I'm sure she confided in him a lot, because most older people weren't that into listening to her.

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mispelin
2015-08-29 08:12 am UTC (link)

I like the idea of her having worked at the bookstore. I'm guessing Gertie will be surprised when the truth behind Zoe and Jade's relationship becomes public.

Oh yes, Jem would have been a fourth year when Gertie arrived at Hogwarts, so while the age gap and being in different houses might have prevented them from being close, they'd very likely know of each other. I'm leaving up to anyone who picks Jem whether she'd have played Quidditch and/or been a Prefect, as those would have been factors that might increase Gertie knowing of her.

Yeah, sadly Jamie only knows most of Vic's foster siblings on a superficial level. He'll recognize the Hufflepuff ones more easily, though, so he'll know Gertie if she ever interacts with him.

Declan would have listened to her, definitely.

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	miss_spelling 2015-08-31 01:55 am UTC (link)
	Of course! They're SO happy! Gertie was pretty darn precocious so I wouldn't be surprised if a lot of her friends were ravenclaws or older. How about we say friendly acquaintances? Yeah, he probably only knows her brothers and her two adopted sisters Claire and Josie. Declan probably knows a lot about her mum's condition then. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	mispelin 2015-08-31 08:25 am UTC (link)
	Friendly acquaintances definitely works. Declan knows, yes. (Reply to this) (Parent)

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