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Miles Bletchley (miles_a_minute) wrote in plotb,
@ 2015-12-10 14:37:00

Hello all.

So I just posted about the Vini Uehara PB. I'm working on turning him into ex-Slytherin, 27yo Miles Bletchley (even though his 25 year old PB looks about 18, sigh). I'm working on his history and personality, and was hoping to score a few connections to make this work.

A few things I'm thinking of for Miles (recently edited a bit to show updates now that his FULL BIO is fully finished):

Miles was definitely on the DE track as a youth (just like Draco, if a few years older and from a less prestigious family) and had some purism issues
Bisexual, and a little devil may care about it (in fact, a bit of an attitude of "screw tradition and have fun" in general)
Mother Isabella died when Miles was 10 (by suicide, and Miles found her), and after a few years, his father Edward remarried a beautiful younger woman named Marina (potential connection to someone there?) who got pregnant just after he finished Hogwarts
Edward was sent to Azkaban for DE stuff after the BoH, in large part because Miles squealed on him to keep himself out of trouble (and then he took a few months to lay low and practice quidditch in Brazil while things cooled down after the war)
Marina basically told Miles (when he got back) to shape up or ship out because she didn't want Clara corrupted by purism and all the dark and twisties that had basically ruined the Bletchley family thus far, so Miles... reformed (sort of) and threw himself into quidditch
Miles spent a handful of years as a reserve keeper, and only like two years ago got bumped up to first string
He has a soft spot for his his kid sister Clara, is actually on decent terms with stepmom, and outside of quidditch as a hobby, he likes to have fun (i.e., he's a charmer of menfolk and ladies alike)
He has a bit of wangst in his history and in his head (mommy issues, and guilt over what he did in the war, and also over basically selling out his father), and so has decided he just wants to enjoy himself, so he has decided basically not to take anything seriously any more

That's about as far as I've gotten thus far, so I'm looking for connections to help me fill in the details of the last 10 years since Hogwarts. Fellow Slytherins he kept in touch with, new friends, quidditch pals, ex-flings, ex-relationships (few and far between though they may be), family connection through stepmother, etc etc?

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marredparv
2015-12-11 07:09 am UTC (link)

Woot!

Gale - Okay, cool. I really like all of that, especially him knowing of the Daddy thing and Gale taking that as a sign that Miles needs guidance. And it totally fits with Miles' equal opportunity pleasure principle he's adopting. I could actually see he and Gale getting on well then, with Miles looking up to Gale a bit for his political savvy. Would definitely be fun to play with!

Alicia - Woot! Love it.

Seamus - Awesome. I will make Marina's maiden name Quigley then, and list Seamus as... cousin? The idea of Seamus seeing Miles playing unabashedly with Clara amuses me. Miles in my head is like, a total softie around her, when away from her he's a bit showy and cocky. :) I like this.

Ella - I'm down! I'm just terrible at working out the details of like, extended extended. I swear, the Black family tree still makes me crazy... Since the Bletchleys are pretty purist, his mother was a Rios and her family is mostly in Brazil, and the stepmom is now a Quigley, I'm not quite sure how/where to fit it in!

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galer
2015-12-11 07:58 am UTC (link)

Gale - Sure! Gale can totally do some "mentor" type of thing with him. Or some such. Gale's pretty easy to push into social "Hey come drink with us!" sort of random things. lol So that.

Alicia - I definitely think the flink would have happened after Alicia was booted from quidditch. One of those "Fuck it all!" sort of scenarios... both figuratively and literally. lol She's a bit of an aggressive and raw human so I suspect amusing things to come from this.

Seamus - He says he knows his playing with his sister all adorable and shiz is all for show! Miles can't fool him!! Expect lots of eye rolling. lol you should bother Kat (fin's mun) on family details and such.

Ella - No worries! I think we have some solid connections with my other three! So no need to force anything at all. haha.

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miles_a_minute
2015-12-11 08:07 am UTC (link)

Gale - Sounds great. We'll consider it a friendly and semi-close-ish sort of connection/whatever and go from there! Should be fun.

Alicia - Makes sense. And I srsly can't wait. Love those sorts of... raw/intense sort of dynamics. I'm sure he'll find it quite fun to rib her, especially if she gives it back. Will be amusing fo sho!

Seamus - Also should be amusing! Miles will let Seamus believe what he wants. Will probably make evil-type comments for amusement, too. I expect this to be entertaining. I will bother Kat, but I'm collapsing into bed now so it won't be tonight. Necessary, though, as I feel like the Quigleys are a huge lot and I will need to learn a million details about, haha.

Ella - Okay, sounds good then. We'll leave it at that for now and see what crops up!

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	approbation 2015-12-11 08:10 am UTC (link)
	So excited for him in our lives!! All of these will be ridiculously fun! (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

quigleychang
2015-12-12 05:53 pm UTC (link)

Let's see if I can't do that without mucking up the HTML...

So, now I'll bother you before you get to bother me ;)

This is Finbar's family. Or, well, you'll get to it by clicking on Finbar who's right there to the right of Cho. Then if you go to his father, Chullainn Quigley, you'll see that he has loads and loads of sisters. Each of those sisters has a birthyear, so you can pick and choose whichever one you'd like to connect to, and then give her the appropriate title (grandmother, great-gran, whatever) and add a spouse or two :D

Welcome to the family!

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marredparv
2015-12-13 06:35 pm UTC (link)

Sorry for the delay! I was sick and just couldn't deal with thinking the last day or two.

Thanks for the message! I will do just that! That leaves me a few generations to figure out. Since Chullain only has sisters, I will need to pick a new pureblood last name for a spouse and tie it in that way. I think I might go with the Fawleys just because it's not super common/well-known, and not played in game, unless you have any preferences?

It's cool if I just add a bunch of stuff to that family tree and etc? (I ask as I'm already doing so... XDDD)

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approbation
2015-12-14 06:56 am UTC (link)

The only thing to know about the Fawleys in game is that he has a relative that would work at Fawley & Associates

A private co-op practice that was founded by Sebastian Fawley, although he has since retired. The partners who remain left the name as is because they couldn't reach an agreement on what to change it to and were tired of arguing about it. The overall practice leans toward Women & Children's health, although two of the partners have unique specializations that welcome patients of all genders and races.

We don't have the Fawley relative attachment in game - but that would be a thing if anyone ever picked 'em up.

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miles_a_minute
2015-12-14 06:15 pm UTC (link)

Of course, of course. How did I space on Fawley & Co, even if there was no Fawley PC. I think it still works, though. When I get home from work, I'll add Sebastian Fawley to the family tree as a random brother with no details, so at least that's there for reference if anyone decides to pick up a Fawley. (Or I can totally just pick a different family name if it'd be better to keep it simpler?)

Thanks thanks!!

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	galer 2015-12-14 06:23 pm UTC (link)
	I think.. you should keep it. lol I think that's whats so fun about this game box - - everyone is somehow related to each other. It's always been my dream to be in a game where everyone has a relative or three in game.. -nerd- (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	miles_a_minute 2015-12-16 07:19 am UTC (link)
	I support that kind of nerding. Keeping! :) (Reply to this) (Parent)

	summerbird 2015-12-14 08:59 pm UTC (link)
	No worries, it's not like I*m the fastest of the bunch here either :P The additions look great! and yes it IS a huge family, because that was fun to come up with + it opens up so many options for others to expand on it :) (Reply to this) (Parent)

	marredparv 2015-12-13 07:02 pm UTC (link)
	Okay, I think I did it right, but please feel free to edit anything I changed if any of it doesn't work or something. And... wow that's a big family. XDDD (Reply to this) (Parent)

miles_a_minute
2015-12-11 08:12 am UTC (link)

Also, just before I pass out for the night -- I didn't mention it above initially, but for Gale (who would know the society gossip) and Seamus (who would know the family story) -- Miles' bio mom committed suicide when Gale was 10. He found her on Dec 26th dead in the bathtub. I added/clarified that above, but it wasn't originally there so thought I ought to say so.

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	approbation 2015-12-11 08:13 am UTC (link)
	Thats a good fact to know! I will keep it tucked in my brains. (Reply to this) (Parent)

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