The title sounds a bit ominous 
but because I only have 5 active students at HNZ rn I'm daring to do a PD again. I'm stealing Claire's excellent idea and listing some specific plots, so go give her PD a look too because she did it very well.
I will ask if you'd please ask for 2 or 3 plots max, I'm really trying not to overload at the start as I always do
ideas for the future are also appreciated! You can go with any of my ideas or just give some of your own, but I would like to focus on group threads with a specific sort of plot this semester.
Here's the kids with some plot ideas for all of them:
Leaving the rest blank for her for now because a lot of it depends on sorting and stuff, but I might update this table later.
Those are my kids, any additional plot ideas are welcome too.
but because I only have 5 active students at HNZ rn I'm daring to do a PD again. I'm stealing Claire's excellent idea and listing some specific plots, so go give her PD a look too because she did it very well.I will ask if you'd please ask for 2 or 3 plots max, I'm really trying not to overload at the start as I always do
ideas for the future are also appreciated! You can go with any of my ideas or just give some of your own, but I would like to focus on group threads with a specific sort of plot this semester.Here's the kids with some plot ideas for all of them:
| Vanity Mettlestone Sixth Year Judgmental - Thief - Will hold a grudge Vanity is a bit of a menace, and her reputation probably precedes her a bit. She's chaotic and always chooses the nuclear option. She thinks she's a very stealthy and cunning person, but she's not. Shes about as subtle as a battleaxe. She's Quidditch co-captain this year, as well as somehow still a prefect. She'll also be having a romance this year, which will be fun for her. |
| Plot idea | Description | Characters needed | Number of people |
| Vanity (unfairly) getting someone in trouble | Since she's a prefect, I think it would be fun if she throws around her power a bit. I hesitate to make it too blatantly unfair, but maybe she enjoys it a bit too much | Preferably Slytherins so she can (threaten to) take points. | A group or an individual. |
| Some gossip she shouldn't know | Vanity overhears something or draws some sort of (wrong?) conclusion and runs with it, telling anyone who will listen. | Someone close to her age probably, she'd need to know them a bit to draw any sort of conclusion and she wouldn't care about young kids. | One or two maybe who talk and Vanity overhears? |
| Vanity steals something | It's been a while since she stole, but Vanity has a habit of stealing stuff. Could be something someone left unnattended, jewelry or something else. | Anyone, but she'd probably dare more with a younger kid. | One or a small group. |
| Quidditch drama | This depends on other people but I can imagine not everyone is happy Vanity was made co-captain, maybe there can be drama about it. | Someone on the Slytherin team. | Any amount |
| Helping someone? | Since she's a prefect, maybe a situation where she actually has to help someone (with a bully or idk something small like telling them the way) might be fun for to RP. | A younger student, maybe firstie. | One or a small group |
| Hazel Ashworth Fifth Year Creative - Quirky - Try-hard Hazel is a sweetheart, especially compared to the girl above her, lol. But she has her own quirks too. I haven't really played around with Hazel's less positive aspects yet, which might be fun. She wants very badly to stand out and be unique, and she can be a bit careless with other people's feelings. This year she has a boyfriend, so I can imagine that having some effects on her plots. Her little brother might too. |
| Plot idea | Description | Characters needed | Number of people |
| Hazel showing up in some weird look and getting a reaction. | I haven't played with it a lot yet, but Hazel makes her own clothes and can sometimes be a bit eccentric about it. Maybe she could wear something kind of silly and get some pointed comments or looks? | Girls around her age or older would have the most impact, but any works. | A group or an individual. |
| Hazel selling her own handmade jewelry. | Since Hazel also makes stuff like necklaces and bracelets, maybe someone could have a positive reaction instead and ask her to make her some, or she comes up with the idea herself. But Hazel is still a Slytherin and would want something in return | This one is very open, might just be an open thread I do. | Any amount |
| Complaining about Logan | This depends on her little brother Logan, but if anyone has a run-in with him and is annoyed with him (especially if they're around Hazel's age) they might ask her to talk to him or keep him in line. | Someone around her age annoyed with her little brother. | One or a small group. |
| OWL drama | Hazel isn't very studious and can use any help she can find. I can imagine her in the library kind of lost because she didn't keep proper notes. Maybe someone takes pity on her, or she asks someone more organized for help. | Any fifth year | One |
| Accio plots | Hazel works at Accio so anyone who wants something specific in the yearbook (a good picture, or something) could maybe ask her about it. It's also maybe just fun to RP her at an event trying to take pics. This may also be a more open topic I just do, but the idea might inspire someone. | Anyone | One or a small group |
| Cyrus Thorne Fourth Year Quiet - Poet- Pretentious Cyrus is a sweet kid, a bit quiet but overall a good egg. He has a surprisingly large friend group, which I noticed by how many roses he got. He's on the Quidditch team and a generally nice guy. A bit of a hopeless romantic with a tendency to fall for a girl (or boy?) from afar and just kind of pine. I think it would be funny if it goes both ways, with him liking someone while someone else likes him. He's also considering joining HM, he might need a nudge. |
| Plot idea | Description | Characters needed | Number of people |
| Study buddies | Cyrus' grades haven't been great (my bad) but he wants to improve a bit before his OWL year. He might seek someone out to help him, or maybe he can join a study group. | Probably Ravenclaws or other fourth years, but Cyrus would prefer only serious people. | Any amount |
| Writing pals | Cyrus has shown his writing to a small group of people already and enjoyed it, he might seek out more people who also enjoy writing and exchange stuff with them. It could also be what convinces him to join HM. | Maybe people from the previous writing thread, or other people interested in writing. | Small group |
| Unrequited Crush | Could go either way, Cyrus doesn't really have a specific type and I kind of just pick someone random for him to moon over, but maybe it could be fun to have someone like him as well. If it's Cyrus with the crush, since he's getting a bit older, he might actually make a move and ask someone to a dance. | Anyone, girl is more likely though I do think Cyrus is bi (he has not realized that yet though) | One or two people |
| Piano plots | Cyrus also plays piano, which I haven't mentioned a lot. Maybe there could be a plot about that, someone who wants to learn and he can help? Or something else. | Anyone interested in music | One or two |
| Spider plot | Looking at his bio reminded me he's afraid of spiders, could be fun to do something with that. Especially as he wouldn't want to show he's afraid, though he definitely is. | Random person he encounters a spider with. Maybe a younger student would be funny. | One, maybe two? |
| Logan Ashworth Second Year Arrogant - Determined - Quidditch Obsessed I haven't gotten to use this guy nearly enough yet, and I'm hoping to change that this year. Logan is a pretty wild kid, and he can be very arrogant. He's sporty and loves Quidditch. I'd need to decide on a favorite team but he's probably all-in for whatever team I pick. He's also convinced he'll make the Quidditch team this year (he doesn't know OOC i already have someone on there, sorry buddy). When he's older I also want him to be a bit of a heartbreaker. He's just starting to get a bit interested in girls, but for now it's very much still in the 'teasing to get attention' phase. |
| Plot idea | Description | Characters needed | Number of people |
| Quidditch practice before tryouts | Logan would probably want to try practicing before tryouts, he might try to find someone else who will do that or he might encounter someone there. Alternatively: spying on another team's tryouts. | Another kid around his age, obsessed with Quidditch. | One or two |
| Argument about Quidditch teams | As I've noted above, I haven't decided yet what team Logan is fan of but maybe someone else is fan of a rival team and they fight about it. Maybe physically, Logan would probably hit someone over a sport. | Another Quidditch fan, around his age. | One person |
| Girls he can 'flirt' with. | Like I said before, flirting is still not the right word for it but he's realized he likes making girls laugh and getting their attention. He'll probably be very annoying about it. | Girls around his age, second year and third. | One or two |
| Someone to bully | Logan isn't a bully who goes out of his way to bully people, but he can be a jerk to kids who are different. He'd just make a few insensitive comments or ask why someone is doing something. Might be fun to have someone a bit on his side too, or someone defending the bullied kid. Either way would be fun. | Someone around his age who Logan would find 'weird' | Two people |
| Someone to get in trouble with | Logan is a troublemaker and while he's not a big prankster, he loves exploring and doesn't mind breaking rules. Maybe he could find someone to go into the forest with or explore the castle at night. And someone would bust them, because duh. | Someone to go with him (or a group) and someone to catch him | Small group + professor or prefect |
| Arachne Westwick First Year Odd - Quiet - Gentle Arachne is a bit hard to plot for for now, because a lot of her plots depend on her relationship with her sister and where they both end up being sorted (which is likely something I'll know soon after posting this PD and is maybe a reason I should wait, but I won't) so I might add more plots to this once I know that. But what's important is that she's a twin, very connected to her twin sister Nessie, but also wanting to make more friends. She's a weird girl full of uncomfortable macabre facts and with very little social skills. |
| Plot idea | Description | Characters needed | Number of people |
| Tentative friendships | Arachne is very nervous about making friends because her sister really doesn't want her to. Still, she's curious about others and would reach out. Maybe she could have a few careful blossoming friendships (that might get crushed by Nessie) | Kids around her age, first years. | Maybe just one or two to start. |
| Someone else interested in bugs. | Arachne has a bug obsession thanks to her dad and will probably be outside finding them fairly often. She might keep them for a bit so she can draw them, but she doesn't hurt them (unlike her dad, but hey in the name of science). Could either be a shared interest or someone who doesn't like her putting them in jars. | Kids interested in bugs. Close to her age? | One or two |
| Bullies | While Arachne is going to try to make friends and hopefully will manage it, I also think it would be fun (and sad) if she gets scared off a bit by bullies or just rude people. She's a strange girl who will do things like watch someone from a distance for a long time or follow them around. Or who would share obscure facts about death. So it's not hard to imagine someone would thinks he's weird and tell her. | Any age would work honestly. | One or a small group. |
Those are my kids, any additional plot ideas are welcome too.
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He's a very sensitive poet guy so it makes sense. I don't know how he'll feel about her in return, but at least they can be friends? They're in the same year, so study buddy sounds great. We can just say they've interacted more off screen and are friendly acquaintances already. We can even say they've studied together in the past?
But Eloise can be seen as the weird type, always spends her time with bugs, keeps a jar of a few different bugs in there or has ladybugs crawling on her and she also always seems to wear funky and weird earrings a lot which may seem weird to a few people.
