IC Prospective: Vashti (1st Year) (OC)

[skullsandstuff]

Character: Vashti Middens
Mun: Mordrid
Plot specific: N

Hi everybody! I'm Vashti Middens, and I'm really liking it here so far. The common room is a bit crowded (and it's kind of a little overwhelming!), but I expect houses don't normally bunk together, so. Anyway.

Dad said there are trips to the village for the older students? I don't know when the next one's happening, but I was hoping to make arrangements with somebody to get some blood lollipops for me when you go there. I'm willing to pay you back for them.

Comments

[skullsandstuff]

Haha, yeah. I think most people assume Mum dyes it. It's been like this for a while, so I don't think about it much anymore.

[di_intraining]

It's definitely an eye-catcher. Ever thought of dying it back to your natural colour:?

[skullsandstuff]

Mum did that for a while at first. But I like this color. It's cool.

[di_intraining]

Guess that's a preference for you then.

[skullsandstuff]

Yeah, green's a nice color. It makes me think of growing things. Makes me feel more alive.

[di_intraining]

You can feel all of that without green hair, but I suppose each person's different.

[skullsandstuff]

It might as well be my natural hair color now, it grows this way. I don't see why I should have to hide it.

[di_intraining]

Suit yourself. It just seems strange, but as I said before each person's got a different idea of how things should be.

[marshall_lee]

Yeah, it's really messed up that's for sure.

Sounds like it! It's crazy how class-oriented Wizard society still is.

Hmm..probably as Non-Magical Humans or something like that.

[skullsandstuff]

So messed up. And stupid. Bleugh.

Maybe that's why Dad never took me to any magic places before my letter came. He didn't want me having to deal with jerks.

Unless there are more wizards than muggles--and if there were, I kind of doubt we'd have to keep our world a secret from them--wouldn't it more sense to just call them Normal Humans, and ourselves Magical Humans? Whoever's in charge of drawing up the categories sounds really stuck up, just assuming the default for humanity is wizard.

[skullsandstuff]

Yeah, I guess so. It just seems strange to me that you're so weirded out by green hair. I mean, I know it is weird, but it can't be the weirdest thing at Hogwarts, right?

[di_intraining]

It's not, but I can't say that I've ever met someone who's comfortable with green hair, whether they're a wizard or a Muggle.

[skullsandstuff]

Oh.




Well now you can!

[marshall_lee]

Yeep.

If that's the case your Dad is a pretty wise man.

Nah, I think the Wizarding population is smaller than the Muggle one. I don't think they would ever call Muggles normal humans because that would seem to imply wizards were abnormal. And I agree with you completely on the default for humanity thing. Especially in the cases of weres and vampires. They're still essentually human. Kinda cruel to just shove them to the side when they become afflicted you know?

[skullsandstuff]

If there are more muggles, then we are abnormal. Normal just means the usual, and the usual is whatever there's usually the most of. There's nothing wrong with being abnormal. It's just... not normal, that's all.

Afflicted? [There are a couple ink blots from tapping her quill against the paper.] That makes it sound like a disease.

[Some more ink blots.] I guess it kind of is though, isn't it.

[inator]

Ew, why blood lollipops?

[skullsandstuff]

Blood tastes good. Do you not like meat? Are you a vegetarian?

[inator]

No, but meat doesn't taste like blood. It tastes like meat!

[skullsandstuff]

Meat juice? Blood.

I guess cooking it could change the flavor though. Do you only eat well done meat then?

[inator]

I think I mostly just don't think about the blood...

[skullsandstuff]

You're one of those people weirded out by blood for no reason, aren't you.

[inator]

I don't think it's weird, I just don't think it seems tasty!

[skullsandstuff]

You like meat though, and apparently not just well done meat either. You 'just don't think about the blood'.

With rare meat, the blood is even still red, for goodness sake.

[inator]

You know, you're awfully hung up on this.

[skullsandstuff]

You're the one that brought it up. I just get annoyed with people that can't see the double standard.