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What was your character’s childhood like? (requested: loch ness)

Sally-Anne grew up in a warm, loving household with two parents and two older brothers. She wanted for nothing, but she never really asked for anything either. Until Hogwarts became known to the Perks siblings their life was the same. Lazy days full of reading, childish pranks and lazing about in the sun. The only complaint she could think of is the drastic change in weather between Texas and York.


What is your character’s hobby? (requested: gingersnap)

The badger has always been in a whiz in the kitchen, whether that be cooking or baking. She would never want to be classed as a housewife, would never accept being a stay at home mother but Charlotte Perks had made sure her children knew how to take care of themselves when it came to home economics. Sally-Anne could fix a leaky pipe, build a bookcase and cook-up a mean Sunday roast – all in the muggle way. Unlike her brother’s however Sally-Anne did quickly pick up a love for concoctions in the kitchen. She still doesn’t understand how she can fail so badly at potions but yet can follow a tart recipe with no issues.


What is something your character is reluctant for other’s to know? (requested: madamn bones)

During her early teen years, when Sally-Anne judged people based solely on personality rather than house, the young blonde had quite a crush on Theodore Nott. He didn’t seem to be as much of a purist as the ferret, he wasn’t a giant ass like her ex-boyfriend, Zach, and from what she knew of him he was fairly intelligent. Not to mention he was easy on the eyes. Nothing ever came of it and after her father was murdered, she locked her feelings for the blue-eyed snake away behind a locked door that would never be opened again.


What does your character find comfort in? (requested: unbreakable)

It all does depend on the situation. Comfort from a break-up? She’d probably say a girly night with Arya, Chinese takeaway, and a bottle of rum. A simple irritating day at work? Just a smile from her two boys can make all the difference and the three of them will spend the evening creating blanket and pillow forts the muggle way, reminiscent of her childhood with Samuel and Sebastian. But dark memories? Jackson’s conception? Her father’s death? In this case you’ll probably find her swallowing down a bottle of tequila in the company of her favourite brother. Sebastian knows when to cut her off before she throws up but still lets her drink until she’s numb at which point they’ll return to his home rather than hers (Jax and Alex being cared for by their mother) and the two Perks would curl around each other as they did when they were children. Except for the rare occasion Sally-Anne would always find comfort in her brother.


A memory from your character’s career. (requested: solus)

Sally-Anne rarely celebrated her birthday after the death of her father, the date being so close. After graduation she wasn’t even sure anyone knew what date it was but over a decade after she became a Professor, the blonde returned to Hogwarts after winter break to find her quarters decked out with streamers and balloons, gifts placed precariously on her bed and a card the size of her balanced against it. She wasn’t shocked when she found out that some of her sixth year students had managed to bribe Neville to get the date (he did love those rare plants after all), but she had been shocked that they’d done something about it.


A memory that your character cherishes. (requested: dragon seeker)

The birth of her second child. Though she loved Jackson more than life itself, the circumstances surrounding his conception meant that she had struggled greatly during her first pregnancy and subsequent birth. Where her mother had been as supportive as she could be, her brother and best friend had been filled with rage and confusion. With Alexander it was different, though still not in a loving and committed relationship like those who cared for her had hoped, the Professor was on genuinely good terms with the father of her second child, the two still meeting for drinks regularly years after. Though the public would not know the truth of his parentage until the boy and his father agreed to reveal it, both parents were ecstatic at the news and the Slytherin alum had made sure to be there throughout the badger’s pregnancy. There had never been a better moment than when Sally-Anne was laid up in St Mungo’s gazing down at her little boy, his father staring at them both with such fondness that she thought she might cry. They didn’t love each other the way they should. They were an unconventional family, but they were a family, nonetheless.


A memory that your character wishes to erase. (requested: solus)

There are many memories of her past which she despises but most of them contributed to her becoming the person she was today. Most would believe that she’d choose the death of her father, the death’s she had caused during the battle of Hogwarts or the assault that she was forced to go through as an adolescent. But the memory that she actually hates to remember is the simple breaking of a friendship. Sally-Anne had gained nothing from the temporary ‘end’ of her sisterhood with Arya other than pain and tears. It hadn’t helped her grow, she hadn’t changed. Their friendship eventually sown back together, the tears in the hearts mended yet never fully healed because though they were friends again they were no longer sisters. They no longer lived together; Sally-Anne would no longer turn to Arya first. So that is what she’d erase, the time which she despised her best friend because nothing was ever the same after that.


Something that makes your character angry? (requested: kestrels beater)

Something or someone? Unlike her brother Sally-Anne is not actually quick to anger, there are things about people that irritate her to high heaven but they don’t necessarily make her angry. And then there’s Zach. Her ex, her ‘friend’, her co-captain. A guy who infuriates her more than anyone else in her life ever has and it’s not specifically the womanising, pig-like, arsehole behaviour that aggravates her. It’s the fact that, unlike most, she remembers who he used to be. Before girls and ego got it in the way. And that’s what angers her, because Zach used to be someone she was proud to class as a friend, somehow along the way he lost himself, and she doesn’t even know who he is anymore.


Something that makes your character laugh? (requested: paris-brest)

Honestly, Sally-Anne can’t not laugh whenever a guy decides it’s his prerogative to ask out Arya when the blonde is around. The words won’t even be fully out of the gents mouth before she’s having to hold back giggles and tears of laughter. The look of sheer rage and aggravation that appears on the redhead’s face every single god damn time just makes her day. Her roommate hides it quickly enough before concocting the most ridiculous excuses, a different one every time. ‘Are you seriously asking me out while my pregnant girlfriend is next to me? Show some tact man.’ … ‘You see that decrepit old guy over there, yeah, he’s my sugar daddy. I don’t go for anyone under the age of 57.’… ‘Honestly I would, dear god I would, but a penis that small probably couldn’t handle me.’ Each comment followed by a sharp smile, a cheerful wave and Arya dragging Sally-Anne away, the blonde’s raucous laughter echoing behind them.


Describe your character’s parents. (requested: confection queen)

Matthew Perks – Sally-Anne had always been closer to her father than her mother. Don’t get her wrong she loved both her parents but as his little girl Matthew spoiled her rotten and tried as hard as he could to protect her from the world. As a well-respected official in the government and the heir to his families money Matthew didn’t want for money. The Perks family would never be classed as poor. He was a caring and devoted father, who adored all of his children, never once strayed, and loved his wife with all his heart. It wasn’t until his death just before she turned seventeen that Sally-Anne wondered if everything she’d ever known about him was a lie.

Charlotte Perks – Before becoming a stay-at-home mum to care for her three children, Charlotte had been a kindergarten teacher not far from the Perks family home in Texas. English herself, Charlotte took to American customs like a duck to water and fell for her future husband almost instantly. While Matthew worked Charlotte stayed home, assisting the children with their homework, teaching them how to bake and provide for themselves in the future. Charlotte eventually went back to caring for children after Sally-Anne began Hogwarts, becoming a child-minder for local families when they needed it. The loss of her husband hit her hard, but she stayed strong for her children and eventually her grandchildren.


Describe your character’s former lover. (requested: panic switch)

Which one? Her childhood relationship with Zacharias Smith that eventually culminated in a sloppy and awkward loss of virginity? Her short lived fling full of nothing but hate-sex with Nathaniel Avery? Or the Slytherin that she found herself in bed with multiple times over the years because he sure as hell knows what he’s doing. Said Slytherin who accidentally knocked her up? Either way Sally-Anne kind of has the worst luck when it comes to relationship.


Describe your character’s worst enemy. (requested: solus)

Do people actually have these? Obviously, she kind of hates Malfoy until he grows out of being the prejudice jockstrap that he is. And she despises Antonin Dolohov for the murder of her father, but she hasn’t particularly thought about a nemesis/enemy. Having someone hold that much power over her takes up too much time and emotion that she just does not have to give.


What your character is like at social events. (requested: solus)

t is actually rare that you’ll find Sally-Anne at a social function, choosing to spend her time at home with her children, marking student’s work or curled up with a good book. But when Arya inevitably manages to drag her to said boring function the short, even in heels, blonde is charming and sociable managing to make up or her friend’s sharp, brash personality. Sally-Anne can be deceptively sweet and innocent when she wants to be.