Post by wafflesplz on May 6, 2012 0:45:37 GMT -5
Application for "Belgium"
The Basics:
Nation: Belgium
Name of Character: Femke Vermeulen
Age: 19
Gender: Female
Country of origin: Belgium
Blood status: Muggleborn
School:
House: Gryffindor
Year: Second
Job Prospective: Spell Researcher (similar to/may do a little curse-breaking)
Subjects: Defense Against the Dark Arts, Charms, Transfiguration, History of Magic, Ancient Studies, Study of Ancient Runes, Astronomy (for fun, it’s a connection for her with her old “muggle” schooling that she enjoys)
Quidditch?: Yes, Chaser
Appearance:
Eyes: Green
Hair: Blonde
Other features: Femke loves hairbands, in particular ribbons. She nearly always has a ribbon in her hair and keeps a good collection, liking to match her ribbon to her outfit. Also, she loves to wear dresses and skirts and other feminine colorful things. She’s not averse to pants or shorts and will wear those as well, but she really loves her dresses.
Character Background:
Likes:
- Chocolate, beer, and waffles: She knows it is extremely stereotypical of her to love these things, but she is proud of her nation’s specialties, and besides, Belgium really makes the best of all of these things so why not? She also loves her fritten (fries).
- Cooking: Femke loves cooking, for herself and for others. She doesn’t do it too often since at Hogwarts there isn’t as easy access to a kitchen, but she loves to cook when she can.
- Bicycling: She used to bike a lot as a child, and still does when she’s at home. She misses it at Hogwarts and in her free time has looked into seeing if she can charm her bicycle to fly in the same way brooms do.
- Inventing: She loves to invent new spells to help with her and her loved ones' every day lives. Because she didn't grow up with magic, when she found out she was a witch she became fascinated with the prospect of using magic to help people.
- 'Muggle' Technology: Femke wants to bring the Wizarding World to the 21st century. She couldn't believe when she got to Hogwarts there were people who didn't know what a TV was or what a computer was. Femke loves modern technology.
- Comics: She grew up on her classic Belgian comics. From Suske en Wiske to Asterix she read them all and loved them. She took part of her collection to school with her in part to help her remember home, but also so that she might be able to share her love with anyone else who was interested.
Dislikes:
- Bullies: If she sees someone being picked on she’ll be sure to stand up for them.
- Uniforms: Despite having worn them for years and years now Femke still does not like uniforms. She loves colorful outfits and thinks the Hogwarts uniform is dreary. To combat this she displays her house colors more prominently in her uniform and wears her colorful ribbons and colorful socks, but it’s still a bit oppressive for her.
- Mermaids: She used to love mermaids, but then she had a close encounter with the ones in the lake and needless to say she’s not much of a fan of mermaids anymore.
- Love Potions: Femke thinks it's despicable anyone would use one of these. She's a romantic at heart and frankly is bewildered Love Potions are legal, even if they wear off after a short period of time.
- Politics: Though she votes regularly in both magical and muggle elections, Femke shudders at the thought of getting involved in politics. She believes the most amount of change will happen outside the current systems.
- Cowards: She can't stand those who won't even try. She understands there's a time to back down, but always believes that if there's a chance of success then you should always go for it.
Personality:
Femke has a very upbeat personality to her most of the time. She loves her friends and especially loves to tease them. She can be quite mischievous and even prone to pranking her friends (and enemies, though she doesn’t have many). She views herself as an older sister figure, even to those older than her and can be very protective of those she loves. Femke also can be very observant, which helps when dealing with her closest friend Lovino as he rarely says what he means.
However, Femke can be overly stubborn at times, and when she gets mad it’s hard to get her to calm down. She is nosy and likes to butt into business that is not hers and at times be very overbearing. But she usually means well and for the most part is simply a cheery Belgian with a slight tendency to want to match-make her friends.
Pet?: Yes, she has a fluffy grey cat named Océane that found her when her family was visiting the sea that she loves to spoil.
Background:
Femke was born and spent her childhood in Brussels, the capital of Belgium. Her family is a bit unusual with her having a Dutch father from the Netherlands and a Walloon mother from the French-speaking half of Belgium. Because of her parents Femke grew up speaking Dutch and French and so is fluent in both. Being a muggleborn it was a surprise for her and for her family when her letter arrived. Her family didn’t believe it until a representative from the school came and explained the situation (and proved magic was real). It was even harder for her parents to be convinced to have her go to a boarding school, her being their only daughter, but in the end they let her go as long as she returns every summer and most holiday breaks.
Femke ended up going to secondary school where she met her friends Lovino and Antonio. Despite their age differences with all three of them being in different years she grew to be close friends with them. As they got older this friendship turned into a love triangle with Lovino and Femke flirting a lot. When Antonio graduated the two dated for a few months before Femke broke it off after realizing that Lovino didn’t like her the same way she liked him; she realized he liked Antonio. When she finally saw the two again at Hogwarts that belief of hers was confirmed. Since then she’s become good friends with both of them as well as made plenty of new ones.
Relations with other characters:
Lovino: They’ve been friends since secondary school and after the dating fiasco they were awkward for a while, but made up and today are practically like brother and sister (though they still like to play-flirt with each other so not quite).
Antonio: She’s never been as close to Antonio as she is with Lovino, but they’re still friends and she thinks he’s a great guy and a good match for Lovino. She also gained an appreciation for tomatoes and turtles from him and enjoys his food.
(To Be Further Filled In)
Sample:
Femke hummed as she chewed on the end of her quill, thinking deeply about what to write next. It was a habit she had picked up as a kid when she was bored in class and had never managed to quit. As it was she was working on a history of magic essay, which, even though she knew she needed to take the class and it was important, still found kind of boring. She didn’t care that much about all the battles and wars that had gone on in the past she was much more interested in what kinds of spells they used and what curious things they used them for and why.
Still, writing this essay was important and so she kept scribbling, referring to different books she had scattered around her on the table in the corner of the Gryffindor common room. When she finally was finished she carefully put her ink pot and quill away, slumping in her chair with a sigh. At least she was done for the night… Shutting the books around her and putting them in her bag along with her paper Femke waved goodnight to a few of her classmates who were still up at this late hour and went to bed.
The rest
Anything else you'd like to add: I dedicate this app the Pi Song, the song I listened to on repeat for most of this app.
Country/Timezone: US- Central Timezone -6
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