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player information. name. Jessi. age. 30. referral / advert. Where am I again? why. Teddy is the first next-gen Harry Potter child I've ever played, but I didn't get to play him long. I'd love a chance to really get to play him longer and explore him further, especially with all this family he never knew. Next-gen characters typically don't have much canon to work with, but I think I've done an acceptable job of creating a character with strengths, flaws and depth. NOTE: While I'm aping him now, I wouldn't be playing him until the end of the month so Remus has time to settle first. (ALSO: He adopted a stray black dog shortly after his seventh birthday and it became known as "Esbe". He never told anyone, but the dog was actually named "S.B." because he spent nearly six months utterly convinced it was Sirius Black and eventually, when he was big enough to leave his grandmum, Padfoot would lead him through a Narnian doorway where he could see his parents again. Esbe was still well-loved even after Teddy grew out of this particular fantasy and he even attempted to smuggle him to Hogwarts at the start of several school years. Can you resist that kind of cute?) character basics. name. Teddy Lupin. aka. Ted Remus Lupin. type. Harry Potter. Teddy is almost twelve years after the pre-epilogue events of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, coming up on the holiday break of his first year at Hogwarts. journal. storyofaboy / storyofaboy. played-by. Liam Aiken. canon puncturing. Puncturable. in-depth (canon, option one). personality. Teddy is, first and foremost, a pretty normal little boy. He can change his physical appearance at whim, yes, but the 'specialness' of such an ability hasn't ever served as a driving force for who he is and why he believes himself to be so. Though orphaned before he was a month old, Teddy never lacked for steady, loving presences in his life, shaping a very affectionate boy who is comfortable with displays of affection. He's intelligent, one might say in a 'book smart' way, and he questions everything constantly. Eager to please, but difficult to pin down to one feeling or thought for long stretches of time, he often approaches people and life straight on with little artifice, leading to him being rather blunt or even tactless at times. At the heart of it all, Teddy is a kind, happy boy. There are things that make him angry or sad and sometimes any one emotion can consume him for a time, but it never truly changes Teddy and once the storm has passed he's happy and smiling again. He isn't terribly temperamental, but he is emotional in a very deep, sometimes extreme way, even if those extremes aren't always apparent to others because he keeps them to himself. He doesn't just want certain things, he needs them, he doesn't just dislike the Death Eaters who killed his parents, he loathes and despises them. Part of it is the emotional state of his age, but the other part is indeed who Teddy is. Teddy does everything fully with no half-measures, including love, and Teddy wants to be loved in return, which isn't so very wrong, but it does mean he can be susceptible to influence and suggestion if he thinks it will please someone he wants to please. An interesting quirk of his personality is, perhaps, the contrast between his oft 'certainty' about any topic and how often his feelings or opinions change to some new 'certainty'. There is, as with most children, very little grey in Teddy's world, as the transition from black and white extremes to understanding the true number of shades of grey is born out throughout youth and Teddy is not yet to the end of that. He is without a doubt opinionated, courtesy of an environment that encouraged development, rather than stifled it, but with a mind that constantly seeks new information and a psyche that still struggles to define 'who am I?', he can sometimes appear rather fickle because his opinions can change. He doesn't really take much notice of it and has been known to greet any claim of such with a puzzled look. He simply doesn't think opinions shouldn't change if he finds something new to change them, though there are subjects on which Teddy doesn't demonstrate this informational-shift, such as people who kill other people just because they have Muggle parents or were bit by a werewolf. It's hypocrisy, but one born of childhood and little life experience, not ill-will and deliberate blindness. Despite his strong opinions on many things, he can be incredibly non-judgmental about things like heritage, sexual orientation, appearance and the like. He's not afraid to tell someone they're horrid if they are, in fact, being a horrid person, but he would never be needlessly cruel to someone for little reason. If he's in possession of what he believes to be a justified reason (another's cruelty or idiocy), that's another story, complete with rash actions and heated discourse. While he's not an incredibly physical fighter, he has been known to get into both magical and physical scraps, but unless it's about his parents/war heroes, those instances usually come about because he's involved in a situation where someone else started it. Teddy is often compelled by not only a need to know, but also a need to understand. Nothing, be it physical danger or enforced rule or the word 'No', derails him in his quest to find answers for everything from concepts far too large for him to fully understand to the most mundane things in the world. No doubt his persistence has, in the past, been an annoyance to some, but Teddy doesn't even let that stop him. Instead, though possibly while licking an emotional wound if he's been rebuffed too strongly, he seeks inanimate sources of knowledge when the animate ones fail to yield his. One positive and pervasive result of this need to know and understand is that Teddy has a healthier, rather than extremely bitter, view about why his parents weren't there to see him grow up. That doesn't mean he doesn't wish every day they were there and that he doesn't have his moments of impassioned resentment, but on the whole he's come to accept, as best as he can at this age, the whys. After the trials of childhood and his teenage years fade into his adult years, his need to know and share, his deep emotions, easily giving and receiving affection, his intelligence and his responsible nature will certainly remain with him for that next stage of his life, but he will incorporate a world of greys into his world view, eventually become steadier in opinion and preference, grow confident enough to not be so eager to please and round off the sharper edges to his social habits to not offend nearly so many accidentally. On purpose, however, is another story. history. The story of Ted Remus Lupin began long before he was ever born, shaped by every event from wars to family ordeals, but it was defined by the events that came shortly after his birth to Remus Lupin and Nymphadora Lupin née Tonks. A war, one that was quickly coming to a climax, was being fought around the infant. He, of course, lay safe and secure with the most eventful thing in his days being the ever-changing colour of the tuts of hair on his head, thanks to the magical endowment from his mother. He would be doing that very thing when both of his parents went to join the Battle of Hogwarts, to fight for the right to a world free of a monstrous creature that had once been a man and his band of followers all so very seeped in purist ideals, the very ideals that had once cause the schism between his grandmother and the rest of the Black family. That would be the end result, freedom from Voldemort's tyranny, but one of the costs of it was their lives. While orphaned at a time that meant he would never have personal memories of his parents, Teddy was far from alone and very, very far from unwanted. His recently widowed grandmum became his guardian, but more than that, she became his family in a far deeper way than likely would have been possible had his parents lived, because Andromeda became nurturer, disciplinarian and confidante in addition to her existing grandmotherly role. While all of that was filled by his grandmum, the male influence in his life came from one Harry Potter, known to the wizarding world as the savior of it, but known to Teddy as godfather. Andromeda would always be Teddy's connection to Nymphadora, but Harry would become Teddy's closest connection to the lives of both of his parents, with Harry's life so entwined with theirs from as far back as Harry's own parents time on earth. But it was Andromeda that was the consistent presence in his life, for while Harry's focus was not always on Teddy – he had a job and later a wife and family, after all – Andromeda always was. Teddy was a familiar enough face in the Potter household over the years, and by extension, with all of the Potter/Weasley clan, but that involvement never trumped or precluded time with his grandmum. So while other boys might have been labeled 'mama's boy', Teddy was admittedly, and from his perspective unashamedly, 'grandmum's boy'. He grew up as normal as one could in the life he lead, but with an unrestrained curiosity about the world and a rampant imagination that often turned ordinary to extraordinary. There was no question Teddy would not ask, and no answer he would be truly satisfied with until he could not only know, but understand it. The whys were important, of course, but the hows were just as important to Teddy in many cases. It wasn't a thirst for straight knowledge, facts to be processed and recalled, but a need to grasp how the world around him worked and apply and share that knowledge. Some topics were closer to his heart than others, just as they were to the other people in his life, and Teddy soon learned who to ask what questions of to avoid causing anyone too much pain. If he felt a question about his mum, dad or the war might hurt his grandmum, even if she never showed it, he sought out Harry instead. If a question seemed destined to hurt everyone, he found inanimate sources of knowledge like books or old newspapers or the occasional personal journal until he had what he sought. This way of approaching the world afforded him a reasonably accurate idea of not only broader topics like the wars, but specific topics like each of his parents. It also gave weight to the sometimes opinionated discourse of a young boy too young to know any of it firsthand, but full of opinions and judgments and, most of all, defense. Though few dared, those who did speak at all negatively about his parents were soon the recipient of attack from Teddy because no one, no one, spoke ill of his parents, the war heroes, anywhere Teddy could hear it. While that extended to the memory of others just as revered, from his grandfather to Moody, it was for his parents that Teddy was most passionate. That didn't mean there weren't times when he was resentful or surly, acting out when childish certainties gave way to the understanding that most children had parents, rather than be raised by their grandparent, but those times ultimately ended with Teddy gaining a slightly better understanding of why his parents had done what they did, why gains come with losses and the gains post-war were had at the loss of his parents on their own terms, not any others'. And it wasn't all research and time with his grandmother, not at all, as eventually those adults he knew, like Harry and the Weasleys, brought children of their own into the world and Teddy found himself in the unique position of being the oldest. Having been raised with a sense of responsibility that had taken root so easily due to a personality that took pleasure in responsibilities, Teddy took to his role among the 'herd' with equal parts glee and creativity. The first few children to join the Weasley/Potter clan, like Victoire, were his playmates, but they also became his semi-equals in the 'oldest role'. Teddy, to be honest, thrived on being around all those children, always eager to help with the babies and patient enough to guide awkward childish fingers or limbs in the ways of fun activities from art to backyard games. Starting Hogwarts was a bit nervewracking for Teddy, in part because it meant leaving Andromeda and in part because those children he'd become most comfortable with were all still too young to attend. It was the first thing Teddy ever did that didn't have the safety net of his grandmum or those close to him and to say he was unhappy about going was an understatement. It was only the detailed encouragement of others, about how much fun Hogwarts would be and how much he would enjoy being with children his age who had experiences from all over for him to learn about, that finally got him on the train. If there was any surprise at where he was Sorted after arrival, it would only be to those who bet Teddy's loyal nature would win out over his need to know and understand, for it was to Ravenclaw that Teddy was sent. His first weeks of classes were absorbed eagerly, but it soon became clear, to Teddy at least, that he had a far better head for the bookwork aspect of any class than he did the practical aspects of some classes. There was intelligence and natural talent there, to be sure, but that didn't always make more perfect spellcasting or flawless method. A personal sore point was the practical Transfiguration. If it meant transfiguring something on himself, he could do it and more, and frequently did, but applying transfiguatory skills to other things was a challenge. If he nearly killed something in Herbology, there would be others who were far better at it to save the plant, but a failure in Transfiguration seemed to fly in the face of what he was. His idealized image of his mother warred with this failure, but Teddy was soon corrected on that matter and once more gently reminded that for however heroic he saw them, his parents had once been unskilled first years too. Unhappy letters home were eventually replaced, however, first with neutral and then with positive missives as Teddy settled in to Hogwarts and found friends who shared his incessant curiosity and fascination with the world. He even found those students who were almost as dedicated to learning history as it pertained to the wars and the Order as he himself was. And while very far from being a prankster of the level of the Marauders, there was still a streak of mischief there, unfortunately mixed with a bit of laziness, so before the first half of his first year at Hogwarts was over, Teddy did find himself in a few reprimandable situations by virtue of being 'along for the ride'. Despite that, he was generally a good boy who big problems didn't visit... and then Teddy woke up one morning to find himself in a place that was definitely not his dormitory. abilities. Being adorable. Wizard of the wand-using variety, and a Metamorphmagus. appearance. A steady, bright-eyed gaze (sometimes unnerving to its recipient, no doubt) and a cheeky sort of smile are, beyond wild colour of hair or stray animal facial feature, what people are bound to recall most about Teddy. Childish roundness melted years ago for the slender boy, but that hasn't stopped the dimples that show themselves anytime Teddy smiles. His hair is naturally a medium brown, but can and does change to any shade imaginable either intentionally or unintentionally. Teddy was born with baby-blue eyes that shifted to a unique state of one blue and one light brown; unlike his hair, they legitimately are heterochromatic, no matter what anyone who knows of his ability might insist. Teddy is naturally quite small for his age, standing at barely 1.3 meters [4'7"]. Thanks to a thin frame and a high metabolism, he does indeed look like he never has enough to eat. He can certainly change both of these things at any time, thanks to his abilities, but he rarely does so willingly, as his attentions are usually anywhere but on his height, weight or, for that matter, any other facet of his appearance. In the manner of his minutes-old unconscious magic onward, he has been known to change unintentionally for a situation, like increasing his height when very intimidated by a bigger person. Smudges on skin and minor snags and tears in clothing are common, though often thwarted by attentive caregivers. Truly, if it wasn't for the influence of his grandmum, Teddy's clothing would rarely match, as he's forever of the mind he has a hundred better things to be doing than hunting for two socks of the same hue of blue when he has two in his hand ready or locating his scuffed loafers when his trainers are right there. Hand in hand with those smudges, snags and tears are a plethora of boyish injuries that sometimes do end with scars, no matter how excellent his care. Of note is the scar behind his left ear courtesy of a particularly stubborn tree branch that didn't buckle as Teddy came crashing down past it. He secured the empty bird's nest he was after, so he considers it a mark of success. writing examples. first-person, voice. Here (HP-setting journals). third-person, narrative. Teddy reacts to being displaced. ☇