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[ben]

So hey, I'm Johnny, and that up there is my first character, Ben. He'd really rather not be called by his full name...which is Benedict, so if your character would be so kind as to avoid using it, my character would be much appreciative. Anyway. He's a sixth year, Hufflepuff. Comes from a abnormally normal family. Has an older sister (WHO ISN'T TAKEN YET IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO DO THE HONORS...*COUGHHINT*) who is also in Hufflepuff, though as seventh year. Erm, to sum him up, Ben is kind of still a kid. He's athletic, easily entertained, has the attention span of your common goldfish, and can usually be found out on the grounds when he's not literally being forced to stay inside the castle. He plays Chaser for the quidditch team. Really Ben is a big softie. He doesn't really like confrontation, unless it's a competition...then he loves it. He'd be more likely to comfort you than kick you while you're down. In general he's a pretty nice guy. And as it might have been indicated by his house, he's loyal to no end. He's not so brave, but if it's for a friend he'll stick his neck out on the chopping block in a heartbeat.

All that being said, he needs some drama! I'm guessing, just because he's pretty outgoing, that he'll have quite a few friends, but I was hoping he'd have a few super close ones, and then a lot of the in-passing or out-partying type friends. He'd be friendly to almost anyone who didn't hate him.

As for enemies, well, I'm sure he'll have made some. And he's certainly going to have some quidditch rivals. But Ben doesn't really associate with people he doesn't get along with. He opts for avoidance. If there is a reason for your character to hate him, then most likely he won't try to change their mind, and there you have an enemy. But it's less likely for him to just hate someone for no reason.

Zeh ladies are a different story. Ben can be a charmer when he's lucky, but it's more than likely an accident caused by him not paying attention, or realizing that he's flirting. He's a bit naive when it comes to girls, and gets a little flustered around the ones he likes. He'll try to show off for them, and end up making a fool of himself. Basically I see three possibilities. UNO: The girl(s) that he likes, that make it very obvious that they don't like him and make fun of his clumsyness. DOS: The girl(s) that like him but he's oblivious to it and ends up charming the pants off them. TRES: Maybe a girl or two that he likes and makes a fool of himself for, but she she might like him or some reason, and finds the whole routine cute. I don't know. They're very basic, very overplayed ideas that I'd like to make a little more interesting, but I think they can be a template right? What probably wouldn't be happening for him are one night stands and flings. He's not really into that kind of thing. He'll get attached. So maybe one of those things happens and he gets attached and the girl blows him off. That's a possibility too. I guess the whole field is pretty open here so have fun with it. And even if you think your idea is kind of limp and pathetic tell me anyways. lol.

[elizabethdugger]

Ben and Jonathan ---

jonathan is a sixth year ravenclaw and is one of those quite, studious types (pretty stereotypical for his house). but uhh, they could possibly be friends or friendly acquaintances? he would have no reason to dislike ben, so i don't really see them not getting along to some extent. maybe they could just be friends in classes or something along those lines, since they're in the same year and all. i'm down for whatevaa.

Ben and Landon ---

landon is a sixth year slytherin and is kind of cocky and independent. i'm not really sure how these two would get along but i'm going to guess they would just be acquaintances. possibly even rivals since they both play quidditch? ooh, and they're both chasers. so i'd be down for some sort of rivalry between them if you're interested.

Ben and Elizabeth ---

hm. well you mentioned having partying types of friends, so maybe they could just be drinking pals or something? outside of that, i'm not really sure how well the two would get along. she's not exactly friendly but she isn't a complete biatch either. if your character doesn't really enjoy the whole party scene, i'm not really sure where these two would stand.

by the way, i'm lucy (: and love the red hot chili peppers lyrics in the title.

[augusta]

welcome to the site, i'm roz =]

AUGUSTA & BEN
ooh. another sixth year hufflepuff! meet augusta =] with his softish and nice-guy personality, i think they'd get along. augusta can prove to be spontaneous and probably won't find his immature points annoying. she can prove to be a little gullible and kid-like as well and she hates hypocrites. so i'm thinking they'd be really good friends? the girl he'd randomly talk to in the common room and rooting for him at quidditch games? lemme know of your ideas =]

[ben]

JONATHAN && BEN

Yea I can def see them being like classroom buddies. Not the closest, but they'd always say hey or whatever. I feel like if Jonathan was that into his classes Ben might be a little bit of an annoyance at times because he gets side tracked and tends to disrupt class on a regular basis. But usually in a comical way, so if he could get over that then I can definitely see them chatting it up during breaks or working on projects together or something...maybe not the projects part because it might kill their friendship. But meh.

LANDON && BEN

woot! I vote yes for quidditch rivals. Ben's competitive. All the effort he doesn't put into his classes pretty much goes into quidditch. He's serious about it...most of the time. But yea. I can't see them getting along much off the pitch if they have to try to destroy each other on it.

ELIZABETH && BEN

&& I like them for party buddies too. Ben would be pretty into the party scene, though, more just because he's extremely social than because he likes to get messed up. But I'm sure they'd see each other. And if she was having as much fun as him, that would be a good enough reason for him to hang out with her. It'd be kind of cool if they were like dude friends, if you were down for that. Like he totally wouldn't see her as a chick, (in spite of how amazingly hot megan fox is...). Like beerpong partners, shotgun buddies etc. If she's not that kind of girl then that's cool they can still be friends def. I just thought it might be cool. Add/edit/shred ect. That goes for all of them obv.

&& thanks! rhcp are rad!

AUGUSTA && BEN

I think they definitely need to be friends. lol. I was actually just about to post in her plot thread thing after I posted for Lucy. But yea. I think Ben might actually have a minor crush on Augusta. I kind of wanted them to be friends too though and I don't want his crippling nervosa in the presence of pretty girls to totally get in the way. So maybe they could be like pretty good friends, like hanging out and stuff, and just sometimes he does something stupid, usually in passing, and stops talking to her for a minute until he realizes he was being stupid by blowing everything out of proportion and everything goes back to normal. He'd be able to manage himself if they'd been at least okay friends for a while, and I'm sure they would have been after six years of basically living together. Meh, I dun know. Add/edit/shred etc.

&& hey! && thanks! lol. I'm Johnny! but you already knew that, I just didn't know how to further introduce myself.

[tinsley]

tinsley & ben

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<sub>Hi. I'm Vivi !
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Well, I have Miss Tinsley here. You can see her app, her plotpage, or any of her threads for a more detailed report on her.

I would think they would be friends, at the very least. She would find him fun to be around, seeing that she doesn't see much for over-confident, obnoxious males [ with an exception of one, really ]. And as for her social skills, she isn't really one to flirt or anything like that, but she'll probably find Ben to be cute in a completely brotherly way. However, she tends to give out mixed signals by accident- so I'm not sure how he'll take that.

And she'd probably tease him about Quidditch and whatnot from time to time, but nothing really serious.</sub>

[ben]

TINSLEY && BEN

I can def see them being friends. Ben's kind of totally naive at times, so if he wasn't crushing on her, (which can be arranged...by me saying he's not crushing on her for the sake of things,) he probably wouldn't pick up on her mixed signals and things would get along pretty smoothly! && if they were friends he wouldn't mind her picking on him every now and then...as long as it wasn't rubbing salt in a sore spot he was already obsessing over himself. He'd probably have a few retorts of his own on most occasions. So yea! I vote friends!

[tinsley]

tinsley & ben

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<sub>Well, Tinsley wouldn't really notice it if he did have a crush on her.
Unless, of course, he screams it to her face. Which might make things a little interesting/awkward. But that's your call, and I'm up for either one.

And Tinsley would definately like the fact that he would actually challenge her, in the terms of the quidditch subject. But yeah, friends for sure.</sub>

[augusta]

AUGUSTA & BEN
people have a habit of preaching gusta, because they think she needs it. being the petite blonde she is...it's mainly because of stereotyping issues. i'm thinking ben wouldn't judge her so that would probably be how they even became friends. and aw, a crush would be cute! augusta would find it flattering, but being the 'out of it' person she is, she probably wouldn't even get his behavior. no doubt she'd ben utterly confused at those 'moments' and would be a little uncomfortable. only because they're pretty good friends. i can't really go any further with it because augusta has a love plot with landon rooney, your now quidditch rival ^. if ben's still at it, haha, well that might be...an interesting relationship between landon and ben. but thats only if ben still has a crush on her, and if you want drama. but yeah, i'm good with your idea =]

[jonathanhardcastle]

Ben and Jonathan ---

Yeah, I could see Jon possibly getting annoyed by the whole interrupting classes thing but then again, that totally depends on which class it is. But a casual, classroom friendship would be cool with me.

Ben and Landon ---

hurrah for quidditch rivals! also, if ben does have a crush on augusta, this whole rivalry thing can be taken to the next level. butttt, we'll wait and see for that one.

Ben and Elizabeth ---

Dude friends, ftw. I'm definitely down for that. She's a bit of a tomboy so that would work perfectly with her personality. So we can just keep them at good party/dude friends. I'm trying to think of a way to add drama to the situation but I can't really think of one for the time being xD

[ben]

TINSLEY && BEN

Ben wouldn't really be able to maintain a solid friendship like theirs if he liked her like that. Or it would be the same kind of thing as with Augusta and they'd have to be better friends than what I'm picturing Tinsley & Ben to be in my head. I think I'd rather stick to just friends for them. But they're kind of the same way in that they flirt unintentionally so they'd be flirting but they'd both be oblivious to it. Heh. That's kind of cute actually. Anyways. What do you think?

AUGUSTA && BEN

lol. I didn't realize that was already a thing. But bring on the drama! That is if you guys are up for it. I'm totally down for having Ben get squeezed out & embarass/flustered. It could be kind of a wicked plot. Maybe Ben had felt that way for a while, but seeing her with Landon kind of made him realize it and things get way more complicated. (as in he gets way more awkward and clumsy) He would never say anything to her directly...because he's the nice guy and he wouldn't want to sabotage anything for her, but he'd definitely be green if he ever saw them around together. And if she didn't notice, I'm sure Landon would be able to recognize another guy suffering from serious envy and resentment.

LANDON && BEN

Which brings us to a complex Landon/Ben dichotomy. (If you didn't read the little blurb for Augusta/Ben you should as it applies to Landon too. lol) Anyway. If we go ahead with that plot Ben would see Landon as a lot more than an enemy. I realize now that this is the context in which Ben is capable of hatred...since he's a softy and threatening his emotions is his biggest weakness. He'd still avoid any major confrontation, but on the pitch shit would probably get dirty since that's the only place he knows how to let out his aggression. As opposed to flustering him when he has his feet on the ground, detesting Landon would probably make Ben fly harder. So I'm down for this is you guys are! I actually really like the way this plot shaped up. I don't know what your guys' end game was for Landon/Augusta, but you guys had the plot first so I'm down for anything Ben wise. He can get screwed over if that's how it plays out. Thoughts?

JONATHAN && BEN

Heh, most of them. But he's not that bad. He has his quiet days too. So yea. Sounds good to me!

ELIZABETH && BEN

^w^ I had a feeling she'd be chill. Anyways. That sounds awesome to me. I can't think of anything to spice it up much. But if I do I'll let you know. Maybe they can have one of those nights where they both drink themselves into oblivion and have a real conversation. But we should save that development for after we get a few parties under their belts.

[landonrooney]

Ben and Jonathan ---

Perfecto, my friend.

Ben and Landon ---

I'm really loving this plot idea (of course we'll have to see how Roz likes it as well). But nothing has really developed as of yet between Landon and Augusta, it'd probably take a little bit of time. BUT! I love everything you suggested. Even if they're not exactly a couple or anything, Ben could see fliratious exchanges and all of that which could be enough to make him a little jealous. But hell yeah, I love the idea of everything getting taken out on the pitch. And you're right, Landon would probably be able to tell Ben was suffering from jealousy and all of that, but I'm not too sure how he would respond to it. He wouldn't want to be a jerk about it (only because of Augusta) but he might subtly attempt to rub it in his face if he starts to view Ben as a real threat.

Ben and Elizabeth ---

We'll definitely save that development for a later time. We'll have to do a party thread soon, hopefully we can get a few more people involved in that one though (since two people isn't exactly a par-tay or anything).

[augusta]

AUGUSTA & BEN
oooh, i'm liking this ;] augusta however, is not, haha. this could get preeetty interesting. so as lucy said, landon and augusta are acquaintances. they've yet to really get into it, which is actually perfect timing for this as well. gusta's a pretty smart person. not brainy, but she does have a head upon her shoulders. when she meets landon, the first emotion she'll face is curiosity. and landon will find out that augusta is different from other girls. she'll be torn in between and will find it hard to believe that two guys are actually in a competition for...well, her. with augusta's personality, i'm assuming she will have feelings towards ben. however she hasn't that area much thought so she hasn't embraced it yet. being hufflepuffs of the same year, they'll be really close too, as in friends i'm guessing. so when augusta figures out what's going on, she'll freak out. like, she cares for the two of them a lot. taking her attitude and persona into consideration, this could go in two ways. she could take ben OR landon. both seem like augusta-like things to do. ack, now this is making ME confused! i reeeally suck at plotting and i haven't had this much drama in a long time. so you two can really do whatever you want with the outcome and augusta's choice. just keep her personality in mind ;]

this sounds like a whole lot of fun =]

[roxanne hope weasley]

Benedict & Sophia: Hufflepuffs need to stick together, so friends? you can never have to many, so I think these two should be friends

Benedict and Roxanne okay so i have no clue what these two would be. (and I'm to tired to think. So these two need a plot. any ideas?

sorry i know this was rather lame but yea. <3

[ben]

BEN && AUGUSTA && LANDON

Keke that all sounds brilliant to me. And don't worry Roz, we don't have to set up the end or anything so soon. We can just see how it plays out. I'm planning on getting a thread up before I go to bed tonight. I'll make it open, but either of you can take it if you want to start getting things rolling. Probably won't be much between Landon/Ben though until you guys get them going and stuff.

ELIZABETH && BEN

Cool cool. That all sounds good to me too! But true. I'll try to rope a few more people into it lol. ROR party? It could be like an under the radar thing and they both just happened to be there even though they don't really roll with the same circles.

SOPHIA && BEN

Def agree. Friends sounds good to me! Plus she's bf with Augusta so maybe they could be like a little trio. Heh. Maybe once that Ben/Augusta/Landon thing heats up Sophia can be the one Ben finally blurts it out to that he likes Augusta. I dun know. Just an idea. Could make things interesting and kind of stick Sophia right in the middle of things esp if she was then the one who let it slip to Augusta. Keke. Add/edit/shred obv.

ROXANNE && BEN

They both seem pretty chill. I think they could be like passing friends. Maybe like friendly quidditch rivals? That seems so boring...but I can't think of anything better lol. :/ Maybe something will pop up later?

[elizabethdugger]

Landon/Ben/Augusta ---

That all sounds brilliant to me. No need to worry how it will end now, so we'll get to that later. But you're probably right about Landon/Ben not really having much going on until things heat up.

Elizabeth/Ben ---

Word. ROR party sounds dank. Even though they don't really run in the same circles, she probably wouldn't be able to pass up an under the radar sort of party.