New Characters

[batrachian]

And not just new ones, but new ones with journals. Alternity has a vibrant cast of OCs, but by my accounting Miss Rachel Lamont is only the third one to get a direct voice. (The others being Lana Sandoval and Hydra Lestrange). Unless I've missed someone? (I consider someone to be an OC only if they've received no mention in canon whatsoever; Sally-Anne, Dominic Selwyn, and Siz squeak through by the slimmest of margins.)

Either way, it's an interesting narrative decision, and the decision to deviate from it has certainly caught my attention, at least.

Comments

[kiya]

I believe Evelyn is also an OC.

[batrachian]

...how on earth did I forget Evelyn?

So, okay, four. (And isn't it interesting that they're all female? Not that I mind a more equal balance)

[capericious]

I know Rachel has her (bigoted) flaws, but it is wrong that I'm already sorta shipping Bill/Rachel and simultaneously hoping she's the long-lost daughter of the Auror from Sirius' Grim Truth about Dolohov?

[batrachian]

Oh yep. Shipping Rachel/Bill so hard. Problematic and tricky? Absolutely. But I like her. A lot.

[capericious]

Dinner and a Cardinal may be a bit of a non-traditional date but I'm sure those crazy kids can make it work!

[capericious]

And yes, I like her too. She seems more Daphne than Padma on the non-ISS continuum. Then again, I guess we don't really know about the things she's done.

[contrariwise]

Oooh, her being that guy's daughter would be really awesome. What was his name again? Weren't they trying to remember how old she'd be now/figure out what her name was now?

[batrachian]

oh gosh, this is going to be such a blast to read....

*squeak*

I love this game so much.

[kiya]

I just. "How about I curse a goat?"

(Meanwhile, I am glad that Shacklebolt has sat on Molly, who appears to need to be sat on reliably lest she cover people with feels.)

[batrachian]

Words cannot describe my glee at Kingsley preemptively sitting on Molly like that. because, seriously. that is things that Bill does not need. now, or ever.

[kiya]

I seriously a few days ago said "I just hope that someone sits on Molly" to someone in email who will remain undisclosed unless they choose to identify themselves.

Wasn't quite in the context of Bill's situation, but Molly takes kind of a lot of sitting.

[capericious]

Well, we were discussing it here in alt-fen--the Auror's name was Brodie and the age should be a few years older than the fifth years, maybe 4-7 years older, although that's an estimate since all we know is that she was at an age where she could talk and was able to hold a conversation with Dolohov.
That said, I feel like a lifetime of consuming narratives makes me see Chekhov's gun everywhere. Or, well, Chekhov's orphan, in this case. (If an orphan is mentioned in the first act, she will be revealed to be a long-lost daughter or a Chosen One in the third act, I guess?).
(That said, Harry Potter would have been hilariously more existential and weird if he had been just a random orphan living an unremarkable life and we caught glimpses of a terrible war that barely affected him, just out of the corner of his eye, for seven years.)

[(Anonymous)]

I think that we were meant to start shipping Bill/Rachel from their first interaction. :)

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[kiya]

Oh, Bill.