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Tweak says, "what's this, a missile launch?"

Kurt Wolfhart 🐡 Little Fish at Large (lovekurts) wrote in goose_ooc,
@ 2016-09-28 10:43:00

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! plotting, ! resources, player: kas

bluebloods wining and dining and whining and ... dhining........
hey there ~~upper east siders~~!

a few of us have characters that live that in Wizarding Country Club Life (ex. new england) and/or Urban Wizarding High-Society Life (ex. manhattan). because kurt is involved in both of those via his parents, i am being selfish this morning and seeing if anybody would like to collaborate on what that actually means. what is it like for our students to go home and attend stupid holiday parties? what is it like when the parents sequester the kids into a different room? or when they're, god forbid, allowed to mingle?

if you have any ideas, post them here! i'll also try to edit this post with a running list of things from the comments. i'm posting this now, but pledge that this evening i will watch at least one episode of gossip girl, and at least one of gilmore girls, to help my brain contribute. i am also not trying to steamroll anybody's ideas of what either of these lifestyles is like; i thought it might be cool to have something common to pull from, but this (a) DOES NOT need to be gooseberry canon in any way! (b) is also a place where, if you have deviating ideas about it, you should absolutely share!, and (c) don't ever feel like you need to live by the things set out in this post.

also begging for way catchier names for them than the aforementioned WCCL & UWH-SL (which are 99% not the serious choices.) the works-in-progress so far include...

THIS GOT PRETTY BIG ALREADY. i'm going to condense it into a google document later instead of constantly updating this post. UPDATES TO COME.

edit: okay, i stuck everything onto a google doc! here's a link. with that you can comment but not edit; if you'd like to edit, you can request it and i'll add you in!

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morale
2016-09-28 11:35 am UTC (link)

THIS IS LOVELY AND I WISH MY CHARACTERS WERE RITZY ENOUGH FOR THIS. I guess Diego probably has made rare appearances at big events, since his mom travels into big cities to sell very cool, very expensive art to all the wizarding elite so they can feel smart and artsy. But while the Morales line is super pure, they're also super obviously outsiders, so I doubt they've ever been considered part of the scene.

Western high society I imagined as those massive leisure ranches where no actual ranching happens. They're just mansions made out of rustic logs, with lots of antlers and rugs on the walls. There's probably less of a tight knit community because of all that damn space, but individual families may have close ties through business, marriage, or location.

(Also, things Still Totally Suck For Squibs in the ~land of opportunity~ so you're on the right track, haha.)

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morale
2016-09-28 12:34 pm UTC (link)

Okay, more thoughts on rural western wealthy and pureblood wizards. (The city folk probably have more in common with Marin's west coast culture, minus the L.A. celebrity stuff.)

There's probably a big focus on the aesthetics of what you own, and being in touch with nature... but in a way that's still convenient and isn't actually that rustic. Everything looks old and worn and homey, but is probably stupendously expensive. Less-than-sincere attempts to appear humble and down to earth. You have the massive "ranches", and the "cabins" (also just mansions made of logs) placed in these incredibly difficult to access locations with all of the best amenities. With Apparation and Floo, this is probably even more pronounced, and you can have these exclusive little mountain communities that you would risk your life trying to access by car. Or in Diego's case, a home almost literally in the middle of nowhere, where you can't even see your neighbors. Veeeeery isolationist, very don't tell me what to do in/with my home, not keen on the government getting involved in anything. I think it'd be difficult to break into because the families would, on the whole, be a lot older, and more inclined to be idle wealthy. You marry into it, and that's that.

Actual focus on community is probably a lot lower than on either of the coasts. There are no debutante balls or big social gatherings. Kids probably do get together to do outdoorsy things, though. Skiing is probably big??? WOULD WIZARDS SKI??? Horseback riding, camping, hiking, etc.

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	magitechnically 2016-09-28 06:49 pm UTC (link)
	Essie would ski, SO YES. (Reply to this) (Parent)

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