ronald weasley application for aather

[creatively]

HERO APPLICATION

PLAYER INFO

Name: Kisa

Age: 20

Timezone: CST

Contact: earnestwind@gmail.com, plurk: rainbowtrain, irc: Hazel

 

CHARACTER INFO

Character Name: Ronald "Ron" Bilius Weasley

Canon: Harry Potter

Reference: http://harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/Ronald_Weasley

Appearance: http://i.imgur.com/w1SEhOI.jpg (Rupert's not one hundred percent perfect but he will do)

Activity for a third: cries sorry I basically had all of these but Katniss' was gathered when it reached 160~ ish for Jan and they grew, I'm sorry.
Kanata Shinonome
DECEMBER (175 linked, 181 counting the 6 extra from Canary)
http://aather.dreamwidth.org/938414.html (74)
http://dramatispersonae.dreamwidth.org/655456.html?thread=126130528#cmt126130528 (27)
http://dramatispersonae.dreamwidth.org/657162.html?view=126430986&posted=1#cmt126430986 (21)
http://dramatispersonae.dreamwidth.org/660194.html (39)
http://aather.dreamwidth.org/941359.html?thread=791927599#cmt791927599 (14 + 6 with Canary in another thread, but this is longer)

JANUARY (291 not including the +5 296 altogether all activity not linked)
http://aather.dreamwidth.org/959232.html?thread=805951488#cmt805951488 (25)
http://aather.dreamwidth.org/959232.html?thread=805863168#cmt805863168 (12)
http://aather.dreamwidth.org/961169.html?thread=807425425#cmt807425425 (65)
http://dramatispersonae.dreamwidth.org/667968.html (49)
http://dramatispersonae.dreamwidth.org/671617.html (24)
http://aather.dreamwidth.org/974592.html?thread=821185792#cmt821185792 (12)
http://aather.dreamwidth.org/973375.html?thread=820389183#cmt820389183 (12 + 5 more so far throughout the post)
http://aather.dreamwidth.org/973862.html?thread=820421670#cmt820421670 (26 so far) http://dramatispersonae.dreamwidth.org/673853.html (22)
http://aather.dreamwidth.org/972040.html#comments (20)
http://dramatispersonae.dreamwidth.org/671617.html (24)

Tamaki Suoh
DECEMBER (346-- 274 without intro included) http://aather.dreamwidth.org/936037.html#comments (74 comments made by him in his intro in December!)
http://aather.dreamwidth.org/938414.html (115)
http://aather.dreamwidth.org/940100.html#comments (66) http://dramatispersonae.dreamwidth.org/655456.html?thread=126132320#cmt126132320 (47)
http://aather.dreamwidth.org/940808.html#comments (57)
http://dramatispersonae.dreamwidth.org/660673.html (34)
JANUARY (323 not all activity represented)
http://aather.dreamwidth.org/961169.html?thread=807425425#cmt807425425 (48)
http://aather.dreamwidth.org/969293.html?thread=815905357#cmt815905357 (15 currently)
http://aather.dreamwidth.org/964728.html?thread=811058808#cmt811058808 (21)
http://dramatispersonae.dreamwidth.org/670437.html (27)
http://aather.dreamwidth.org/969936.html?thread=816803024#cmt816803024 (15)
http://aather.dreamwidth.org/964981.html?thread=811861621&posted=1#cmt817263989 (21)
http://aather.dreamwidth.org/958963.html?thread=805192947#cmt805192947 (12)
http://dramatispersonae.dreamwidth.org/671892.html#comments (34)
http://aather.dreamwidth.org/974592.html?thread=821186048#cmt821186048 (27)
http://dramatispersonae.dreamwidth.org/673369.html (52)
http://dramatispersonae.dreamwidth.org/671892.html (33)
http://aather.dreamwidth.org/976151.html?thread=822512151#cmt822512151 (18)

 

Character Info:
Ron Weasley was born into an old family as the sixth of seven children. There was a time where the Weasleys, as a pureblood family, would have been treated as something of royalty... But sometime before his birth the family diverged and stopped following the ideals of their ancestors. Some of them still do, of course, but the children of Arthur and Molly Weasley were not among them. For this, he grew up with little money and was ridiculed for his family name, but the benefits came in that he saw people for their worth and had a loving home.

Despite how much he loves his family and friends, however, Ron easily feels overshadowed. Being the sixth and the youngest boy means that all of his older siblings have accomplished everything he could dream of. He also felt shunted to the side because Ginny, his younger sister, was the first girl in the Weasley family for generations and thus given more attention. When he eventually befriended the Boy Who Lived and the Brightest Witch of Her Generation, well, of course that made this inferiority complex even worse.

The strange thing about this, though, is he never voices these inferiorities purposefully to people's faces. For example, although he's absolutely certain Harry lied to gain more fame in the Triwizard Cup, Ron merely distances himself and grumps in Harry's general vicinity. He doesn't tell him he's jealous, although there's a few hints of it in person, and Harry doesn't eve realize until Hermione brings it up. Which is actually vastly important, because this is how most of Ron's emotions work. He bottles everything up until they explode in one way or another.

Perhaps one of his most important qualities is that he is very loyal. Even when he's angry at someone he's known to put it aside when it's most important. One such time being when he and Hermione were rowing but, upon realizing she needed his help alongside Hagrid, he put it aside and took over the case when she as no longer fit to. Even later, when he leaves in Deathly Hallows, he immediately regrets his decision and tries to find his way back as soon as possible. This is an invaluable trait in Ron in that he will always put whatever misgivings he has aside in order to help his friends.

Ron is actually not as volatile as Harry for the above give reasons. Ron usually bottles things up forever before exploding and has fewer occurences because of this. And all of these come from a state of his insecurities/jealousies and his protectiveness to his friends and family. But he's less inclined to think the absolute worst of people as Harry is. There's a few moments of this when even he tells Harry he's being invasive and dumb about Malfoy's motives in year six and tells Hermione not to attack Draco at one point. Considering everything Draco does, Ron has more than enough reason to encourage either, but he doesn't do anything in retaliation without prompted reason (but he will gladly laugh when someone else does it).

The most important quality is that Rowling describes him as the heart of the trio. Hermione is logic and knowledge and Harry is the dedication and sometimes anger. Ron is the grounding point between the group. Harry notes that it's more fun with Ron around and in Ron's absence in the last novel Hermione hardly functions while Harry has no idea what to do (but Hermione and Ron were created to balance each other, so that's another story altogether). Ron is the one who is able to keep things moving eve when the other two are down and out or indecisive.

In all, he's a very normal boy who's fought in a war and grown up too fast. He's emotionally immature, but more so to the fact he is well aware of what he is feeling but doesn't know how to deal with it. Most of the time he's the one who can get people laughing, but when he's in a sorrow mood it's quite the opposite. He's a brilliant strategist when he wants to be and tends to be surprising for it. He wants to be seen and noticed for what he is, but also clams up when all eyes are on him. Mostly he is a boy who loves his friends and family more than anything and will sacrifice himself for them.

 

Memory Loss Considerations:
There would be no inferiority complex. I repeat: there would be no inferiority complex. Unless I am particularly cruel and immediately give him a memory of feeling inferior, which I'm not. This is really one of the most important aspects because it's in part also what makes him close off more of his feelings. So without it you basically have the eleven-year-old boy on the train ride to Hogwarts. He certainly showed he felt inferior then, but without the crippling inferiority complex that came from later years and the general distrust from wartime he'd be more open.

Trust is another important factor. At the beginning of the series he happily told Harry his whole life story but eventually would brush it off unless he did some miraculous feat (for example winning a Quidditch match). Unless he knows someone or has something important event wise to say he kind of lets what he has to say slide. So while he's always been fairly honest when directly asked something, without the memories of the war he'd be more-so open to saying things to strangers.

The existence of Hermione in his life will also have a crucial effect. This is because Rowling did create them to be balance each other out. Ron made Hermione loosen up and have fun whereas Hermione brought out the emotional side of Ron. Ron is an emotionally immature boy, but Hermione more-or-less had him confront his emotions. See: all of their rows. Rowling even describe book six as the book that Ron had to grow up in to "earn Hermione". So she plays a crucial role in making him face his emotions and so until those memories return he'll struggle unless something else becomes the catalyst.

Overall, this means he will be more sure of himself and less uncertain of things in general. He will otherwise be much the same boy, but these changes will actually be rather significant. He really will be the 11-yr-old boy on the Hogwart's Express because that's all he'll remember being: the slightly awkward but friendly boy.

 

Skills: (
Ron's skills that would need to be powercapped are his magic. His magic would be divided by "Years 1-4", "O.W.L. Level" and "N.E.W.T. level" of magic. The first branch is mostly lesser spells, so I don't think they'd have much effect sans if they're long-lasting spells in which case the time might be changed. O.W.L. level would be much the same, but with things like the Patronus charm they wouldn't take corporal form more than a few seconds. N.E.W.T. level is a weird one but this one mostly comes in the form of nonverbal spells not being able to be used. He's not quite as strong with N.E.W.T. level spells so it'd be about the same tier as O.W.L.

His skills would be as followed:
Years 1-4 Magic
O.W.L. Level Magic
N.E.W.T. Level Magic
O.W.L. Spell Knowledge
N.E.W.T. Spell Knowledge
Apparation-- Is the other one! Apparation is actually really dangerous already so he'd probably not be able to go long distances/more prone to spliching.
Voice Mimicry
Wizarding World Knowledge
Quidditch Knowledge

 

Team Considerations:
Ron is actually a good team player! If there are things he objects to rather it be he's lazy or morally against it he'll reject it. This can go either way in that if someone wants him to write a story in a game he may leave it to someone else or if it's a game suggesting to injure someone else he'll likely say no (unless he is REALLY, REALLY angry at someone but he's also been known to tell Hermione not to curse Malfoy and we all know how he feels about him).

He might not be exactly good at helping people through their troubles at first because he's uncertain of himself. However, he will also try to be there for them in his own way. For example when he stayed at Hogwarts specifically for Harry. He might not what to say, but he'll always be there to try and lighten the mood. And sometimes he actually inputs words of wisdom which is always fun.

He would probably take a role much like in canon in his team. Otherwise known as a grounder. He would likely get into arguments with his teammates but always be there at the drop of the hat if they really needed it. He would also try to provide the optimism when he thinks they need it or be the realist if needed, too. He's also capable of keeping people together and moving and would willing take that role if needbe. Mostly, he would be a good support system and probably older brother type overall.

In games they can go either way. Physical games? He will be all over. Conversation Games? Maybe at first. He was actually more talkative at the series start but progressively became more closed off. If given a chance to make some story up for fun, however, that might be different. If he's alone and having to write a story/meet everyone in a mingle he will probably just lazily do it. Trauma Games that involve injury he is most likely to nope on out of, as aforementioned, but ones where he can sacrifice himself he would... do that. Strategy Games would also be a forte of his.

 

Team Placement Request:
I AM ACTUALLY MOSTLY HAPPY WITH ANY TEAM FOR HIM. The only ones I can't really see are Iolite and Jasper. Ones that might be interesting are Sapphire, Coral, Turquoise, and Ruby. Sapphire because he has the general approach of nope.jpg out of things he does't agree with it. I can't verbalize why I think Coral other than I think he'd enjoy the light-heartedness of the team overall and get on wit them. Turquoise just FEELS Ron in that they are known to be lazy and also not do things they agree with. Ruby because he reacts similarly to events as many of the team and also similar to Coral feelings.... Tiger's Eye, too, because emotional stunting. But overall, I am fine with anything except for the above mentioned two!

In a lot of ways, Ron needs a team that are closer and less independent. While he'd be fine working with an independent team, probably more-so than either of his two best friends, he's always had a system of people that cared for each other. He would likely do well in a team that is exceptionally close or capable of viewing each other as a family (although the latter isn't really necessary). However, he is also pretty awkward so it might take a while for him to warm up to people..

The next thing which I'd value even above the above is a team that will bring Ron out of his shell. And by this I mean one that would encourage him to speak up and shine. This is actually an interesting thing to play with because Ron won't have anyone from his world to compare himself to and go "well they would be better". And so I think approaching his inferiority complex and showing him that he's better than he thinks is a really fun thing to play with.

 

WRITING SAMPLE

 

 

Links

http://rainbowtrain.dreamwidth.org/341.html?thread=597#cmt597 (3 threads set in Aather-ish voicetest)
http://halfbloodhill.dreamwidth.org/30949.html (Percy Jackson!AU. He's mostly the same just Demigod setting. Mostly a thread with Hermione since all the other threads were dropped)