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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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miles_a_minute
2015-12-14 06:47 pm UTC (link)

Forgive me if my response is a bit choppy. I'm replying from work, tee hee, and my phone does some strange autocorrect things sometimes! But yay Slytherins. You should make one!

Leanne - I don't know much about this character, so will have to read her bio, but if she's from a purist/DE/society family, then they would definitely know each other at least by name. He's a much more personable guy now than he was in school, so he'd be friendly enough. Sometimes a bit shocking or snarky, but mostly he's not too nasty anymore. :)

Justin - They could totally know each other a bit through quidditch healing. As above, Miles isn't totally awful anymore, but definitely was an ass in school, and with some DE stuff after school, and that certainly might have left a sour taste for Justin. We should for sure scene them sometime and see how Justin feels about him. I'm not even quite sure how Miles feels about people now so sounds like a plan!!

Juliana - They should be friends then! He needs more friends. They could be party buddies and stuff. Not sure what kind of history you're interested in, how close and etc, but they could have fooled around at some point perhaps if she's that sort. If not, just buds? Either way!! They can pretend not to care about stuff together. XDDD

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julst
2015-12-14 10:53 pm UTC (link)

Totally understand! I have to rush-type at work. :P

Leanne will probably be friendly if Adrian is close to him, plus that also means she probably went to every single game he played in school and professionally because she was there for Adrian. She'll chat!

Justin has lightened up a lot, too. So we'll see how they interact!

Jules is like let's complain and be apathetic together. Sad parent-less kids. She could totally have been like... she thought he was a jerk when they were younger, but then as she went through a little more angst and issues and kinda got mad and wanted to have more fun, she was like "Hey, Bletchley. I hate you. Let's go break something." I would love if they were close - she needs more friends that aren't related to her. And I'm sure, if he was up for it, totally would've fooled around with him. She shows her love by being a jerk (and occasionally showing sweetness), so watch out!

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miles_a_minute
2015-12-16 07:25 am UTC (link)

Leanne - Sounds good. Having done a teeny bit of homework, I have a feeling she's mostly in "little sister" land in Miles' head as well. Though not actually, of course, so there's some flexibility. I just mean that he will likely be friendly-ish, but certainly not take her seriously.

Justin - Sounds good! We shall play it by ear.

Jules - They could totally be close and basically be destructive shits together at times. Maybe they've fooled around or whatever at some points in the past, but if they're actually friends, he'd totally blow it off and etc so as not to complicate things. He shows his love very similarly, I expect, so they seem like they'll get on well! And who knows where things might go. :)

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