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Headcanon Trois
Drink
The parties at Beauxbatons were well organised, well attended, and kept well under the radar of the staff. At the very least once a month a general invitation would spread around the senior classes and down to a select few younger students. Gabrielle attended her first set of parties by invitation of her friends with older siblings still at school. Alcohol flowed freely at the parties, and it was here that Gabrielle first tasted redcurrant rum. The sweet liquid soon became her favourite drink. Not everywhere served the beverage, but Gabrielle ordered it when she could. When at a loose end in her apartment, she would try to invent new cocktails with the flavoured rum, concocting weird and wonderful new drinks with, some just as delicious as the rum and some that weren’t so great. Gabrielle always looks forward to her birthday when she knows she will receive at least one or two bottles of rum as a gift. Big sister
Gabrielle thought she would have been an excellent big sister, but it wasn’t meant to be. Her birth was complicated and Apolline was told under no uncertain terms there would be no more children. No matter how often she begged for younger siblings, her parents refused her. She would have loved her baby brother or sister with all her heart, would have taught them all of the secrets of the Estate, and would have taught them all the fun spells when she was old enough. Since it was not meant to be to for her to a biological big sister, she became an adopted one, showering younger students at Beauxbatons with the love she would have shown a sibling. If ever in need of advice, help with an assignment or a shoulder to cry on, younger students knew they could come to Gabrielle and she would help them in whatever way she could. Perception
Gabrielle's perception of the world was not one steeped in reality. Living an admittedly charmed and protected life made her naïve and oblivious to other people’s struggles. She was often tactless and said things that made her sound stupid. She assumed that everyone lived in the same manner as her family, and had the advantages that she had. She saw the world with rose tinted glasses and became upset when things weren’t as perfect as she wanted them to be. She wasn’t a bad person, she just didn't know anything apart from her closed off life. Being educated at Beauxbatons didn’t help with her worldview as the recent world events and Wizarding War weren’t taught in the curriculum and wouldn’t be taught until at least 10 years after Gabrielle graduated. She saw things more clearly as she grew older and was exposed to lives and experiences of her friends and her new colleagues. She sometimes still said stupid things, but doesn't everyone? Darkness
The darkness could bring all sorts of ghouls and spooks for some people, but not for Gabrielle. It was not something that scared her, it was something brought fun and happiness to her life. There was nothing she enjoyed more than sneaking out of her room to sleep under the stars on a warm evening. Her Papa would carry her back to her room to make sure she had a decent night’s sleep. In the dark, she and her Beauxbaton roommate Esme would whisper secrets to each other and giggle about the day’s gossip. She first found out Nerissa was her cousin in her darkened Paris apartment and that meant she had a new family member to have fun with. Sugar
Multiple times in her life Gabrielle tried to cut sugar out of her diet. Usually before a crash no-sugar diet, she would have heard snarky comments from people around her. Gabrielle, your skin doesn’t look great, what have you been eating? Oh, you look as if you have gained the Beauxbaton Belly. Every time, she thought herself ugly, certainly not pretty and perfect as Fleur, that she was putting her family to shame, and the only way she would be pretty again would be to cut sugar out her diet. She would cut out all fruits, all sweets and chocolate and anything she deemed unhealthy from her meals. But Gabrielle had a sweet tooth and would crave sugary treats after a week of her crazy diet. She would make a big batch of cupcakes or would spend all of her bezants on treats at the bakery and she would binge for days. Lake
Gabrielle’s fear of water began with the Black Lake at Hogwarts. She had never learned to swim and waking up in the lake not knowing her surroundings and being unable to get herself to safety scared her more than anything in the world. Her fear of water diminished slightly as she got older. She could dip her toes in the ocean, she could have a quick bath, and she very nearly dove into the Nicolas and Perenelle Flamel Fountain before chickening out. But Gabrielle could never bring herself to visit a lake. France had some beautiful Lakes, but Gabrielle declined invitation after invitation to tour them when friends and family took their vacations. It seemed rude on Gabrielle’s part, but her boggart took the form of her being trapped under a lake with no reason. She would rather decline an invitation than have a panic attack in company.
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