Get to know you!

[Linden Kinnek]

I am the oldest. I have one younger sister. Though despite the four year age difference when we were younger people thought we were twins/asked who was older.

 

[Lydia Drage]

I am the oldest out of my bio siblings + have two younger stepsiblings. I also have two older stepbrothers who I don't have a relationship with. They are 8+ years older than me and I didn't grow up with them at all, so I still consider myself the oldest

 

[Samantha Jacobs]

I’m the eldest! And my brother is the only sibling i got. I’m four years and four months older than him

 

[Noelle Maxwell]

I'm the oldest. I have two younger sisters. I am older by 4 years and the middle one is older by 6 years. Our middle sister is the breadwinner at home now since she is not yet married and I don't live there anymore. I still send some cash though since my mom's the primary caregiver of my son.

 

[Daisy Parker-Taylor]

I am middle! I have an older sister of almost 2 years, and a twin sister! But she's younger by three minutes heh heh heh

 

[Professor Cyndi Kingsley]

New question!
What's your favorite animal?

I love jaguars, leopards, and panthers. They are so beautiful.

 

[Daisy Parker-Taylor]

I love ducks with all my life but I'd be lying if I didn't say Doggos were my fave

 

[Lydia Drage]

I second Donna with dogs.

In the non-domesticated realm, elephants are my favorite. I admire them as a species.

 

[Samantha Jacobs]

Oh! this is a toughy cos i love animals!

monkeys, dogs and penguins are probably my faves

 

[Professor Landon Carter]

If you don't know my favourite animal is a cat then you're not my friend.

I also love red pandas and cows

 

[Ainsley Lynch]

 

[Elara Chatelain]

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[Professor Cyndi Kingsley]

New question!

Which HNZ class would you be great or terrible at? Why?

I'd probably be terrible at Herbology. I've gotten a lot better lately but I don't have great luck at keeping plants alive

I think I'd do well at something with a lot of practical work like Charms. I learn better doing hands on work.

 

[Tilly Drage]

I think I'd be really good at Ancient Runes- I have a knack for language and putting information together. I also think I would do well at Potions because I love to cook, I can follow recipes, and I'm also a hands-on learner.

I would be terrible at Transfiguration. I'm a cautious person and there are too many things that can go wrong. My own brain would trip me up.

 

[Ainsley Lynch]

My first thought was 'oh i would be good at potions i love cooking' but I'm not a recipe guy as much as an experimentation guy, so I'd either wind up writing my own half blood prince style alterations or just blowing myself up spectacularly. I think I'd probably be pretty good at Divination? There are psychics and practicing witches in my family & I'm a dab hand at the tarot cards.

Ironically I think I'd be pretty bad at Ancient Runes, I'm outstandingly mediocre at languages. (Vraag Daph hoe gaat mijn Nederlands...) I could probably pull it around in the upper years since those are more Divination-adjacent, but for Kingsley's classes at least I'd be awful. I'd also definitely be terrible at Arithmancy, numbers are super not my thing.

 

[Samantha Jacobs]

A subject I think I'd be great at is History of Magic - I like to think that I'm pretty good at remembering most things and I like to learn about history! Especially learning things that happened all those years ago! I think It would be quite fascinating to learn about.

And a subject that I think I'd not do well in is Arithmancy - I'm quite terrible at math, equations and numbers in general for that matter - A bit complicated for me tbh! Even though I mentioned that I am quite good at remembering most things, remembering how to do equations isn't my strength at all

 

[Amber Chou Wilson]

I think I'd be pretty good at HoM because I'm good at studying/memorizing things. I'd probably be bad at something like Divination, I doubt I'd have the gift I like things to be a bit more exact and less vague.

 

[Lysander Summers]

It's hard for me to differentiate between "what subjects would I love" and "what subjects would I be good at". I'd love CoMC like I loved taking Agriculture, but I was still terrible at the exams.

I do think I'd be good at charms and divination (Divination is definitely the bludge subject of Hogwarts). I could either be really good at Transfiguration, because my imagination is so detailed and vivid, or really bad because my focus is terrible and I could definitely end up with something halfway changed.

I thought I might be good at potions because I'm good at following recipes to the t, but realistically I think you'd learn a couple of recipes a week, rather than like three potions in half a year, and I would definitely struggle to remember all of it and mix them up. Arithmancy would for sure trip me up too

 

[Stefan Archer]

I'd probably be good at things like divination because I've always been good at spinning something, so being able to make something up about what I've seen/not seen.

I'd probably be bad at potions for the same reason i struggle with cooking, a mixture of impatience and the attitude of "ah it'll be fine" as i forget steps and wing it.

 

[Professor Cyndi Kingsley]

New question!

Do you have any pets? If you're comfortable, share some pictures Here or Here!

Sadly, I don't have any pets right now. My family did just get a puppy though! I'll be going over to play with him later today.

 

[Samantha Jacobs]

I sadly dont have any pets, but i would loveeeeee to have oneee hehe

 

[Aine Thompson]

Spoiler

I'm on a farm (until I move in to my own place next week) - we've got a few dogs and 2 cats. Recently we had a pet lamb and pet calf - ones that we had to rescue and hand-rear for a bit. This is Timmy (a few months ago), he was very tiny and cute...now he's an absolute unit of a lad and last time I dealt with him I swore at him a lot trying to corral him in to a different area of the yard so he'd leave the deck furniture and mum's garden alone.
(Sorry for posting it here and not elsewhere, hope that's okay!)

 

[Alexis Kramer]

I have a dog right now. A pup, cheeky one, named Sid. He's a rescue dog. I also need to note that wherever we live, my house tends to become a hang-out place of dogs and cats.

 

[Ainsley Lynch]

I have a beautiful fluffy cat named Avril!! (Pics galore in the first thread Cyndi linked)

I grew up on a small farm with a LOT of animals, so only having one cat is very weird to me. Before this, the minimum number of cats my family had had was four, plus a dozen other animals. For the last eleven years it's just been me and Avril though, I've had her since she was 4 weeks old (rescue kitten) and I love her to bits

Homes that allow pets are unfortunately very rare in NZ (most landlords have a blanket ban on all pet ownership which. oh my god don't get me started I have SO MUCH ANGER about this) so I only know a small handful of people with any pets and as a result a lot of people visit "me" just to see my cat and get some animal time in their lives. Makes me even more grateful I'm able to have her around

 

[Monty Pendleton]

I just have the one mouse at the moment, called Dirk

Hopefully in December I'll be bringing some rats home too, I can't wait

I think there's only been a few months of my life since I was about 11 that I didn't own at least one rodent hehe. It's very sad that they tend to only live for a couple of years, but I just love them with all my heart!!