Recent content by Ruth Thorne

Ruth really did need to make more of an effort, she knew, but that was hard. If she succeeded, people would expect more and more of her and then get mad when she failed. Rare unexpected moments of brilliance seemed to get a greater reaction from the people around her. Easier to say it was just a...

Ruth twirled a curl of hair around her finger, peering at the dancefloor again. She wondered if Cyrus was on a date there that she could snoop on, but didn't really see him. She did see Felix and Nia making out. Spicy, she thought, amused. She turned back to the younger girl with a shrug. "Like...

Ruth blinked in mild disbelief. Honestly, that was a little bit disappointing. She could sort of understand, maybe, but at the same time it had never really bothered her. She usually just followed behind Cyrus at big family events and if she wasn't tagging along with him she had something to do...

Ruth was keen to get ice skating at the ball, having decided to wear something a little easier to move in. She didn't have a date, nor was she necessarily on the hunt for one. Maybe if her roommates had dates, then it would be different, but only Winnie really did and that was kind of a weird...

Current Points: 135 Ruth's legs were still a little sore from that last duel. She'd tried to make it look intentional and relatively effortless, but it had been a huge workout. Needless to say, she was not intending to do a repeat performance just yet and scrambled to block the spell. She fired...

Current Points: 145 Ruth was a little unsure of how to approach this. She knew Sybil was smart and really good at magic so she didn't think she was really going to do her any harm, but she still wanted Sybil to like her at the end of the day. She blocked the incoming stunning spell with a quick...

Current Points: 150 Ruth had had a tough duel against Amory and had been happy to get the win. At least, she thought, he could go get a neck rub from a certain Gryffindor and she could go on working on her heel routine. Of course, until she saw her next opponent was Sybil. They had shared the...

Current Points: 90 Ruth rolled her eyes as she dodged the spell by dropping into a split. It was hard when her feet wanted to keep moving, but she'd assert control over her movements as best she could. "I can't say the good ones in front of a professor," she said sweetly, moving back into a...

Current Points: 100 "Protego, woo!" Honestly, Ruth was getting a bit tired. She was in shape and liked dancing, but this did take a lot out of her. Still, she wasn't going to give up so easily. She'd just have to get a big drink of water once she was done. She did another twirl, thinking up...

Still binging Taskmaster, s19 is one of the best seasons (series, Jason) of all and because I subscribe to one of the sport services I got access to, appropriately, Binge, so I've been binging the NZ seasons. SO GOOD. NZ s2 always has me in stitches. The most recent UK season did get me to go...

Picture of me writing Ruth's duel with Amory: (IYKYK)

Current Points: 110 Ruth was very much in the rhythm of it, now she was thinking of it more like a performance. She couldn't tell if the crowd was into it, but if they weren't they obviously just didn't know better. "Prooooooooootego!" she cheered with a jump, blocking the next spell with...

Current Points: 120 Although Ruth couldn't control the dancing enough to stop it, she could keep herself on the platform and work with the rhythm she had. Inadvertent spins didn't really help, but she made the best of what she had. Plus, it had given her some inspiration. She knew in some places...

Current Points: 110 Ruth was getting carried away trying to toy with Amory instead of winning, and she knew that Cyrus would probably tell her off for it. Leah would have told her to focus too, no doubt. Her focus on watching to see if the horns would weigh him down and turn him into some kind...

Current Points: 140 Ruth rolled her eyes. "That's Miss Thorne to you," she retorted, with an over the top shrug and shake of her head. You didn't call a girl by just her surname. He had a lot to learn about etiquette, she thought. Despite having been previously considering how she might act as a...