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Draco Malfoy | Harry Potter | Reserved

[personal profile] alphaophiuchi 2015-07-03 04:06 am (UTC)(link)
Player Information

Name: Momo
Age: 24
Contact Info: [plurk.com profile] comatosebutterfly
Other Characters: N/A

Character Information

Name: Draco Malfoy
Canon: Harry Potter
Age: 18
Gender: male
Canon Point: shortly after the Battle of Hogwarts; June 1998
Background Link: at Wikipedia
Inventory: With him, Draco will be bringing a set of basic black robes along with a three-piece suit and button down shirt (all worn), a Malfoy insignia ring (worn), a wand with magic stripped, a small satchel containing one small, old-fashioned notebook, a bottle of ink, one feather quill, and a pocket-watch.

Personality:
Draco has been brought up from a very young age to believe that he is triply gifted, in that not only is he a wizard and a pureblood to boot, he’s a Malfoy. It is exactly this mindset that drives him to be the person that he is throughout his life. He spends the vast majority of his time acting like an entitled, superior individual, and generally treating those he believes to be beneath him for whatever reason - impure blood, an unfortunate family tree, he doesn’t like the look of their face, et cetera - like the rubbish that he has been raised to believe they are. In fact, up until roughly sometime during his sixth year, Draco believes that, without a doubt, he is a very special person.

It’s only after some of the events during his sixth year, namely his mission to let the Death Eaters into Hogwarts and to kill Dumbledore going poorly, that Draco seems to start to change his mind as to what he believes in. No longer does he quite believe in the same things as his parents to the same extent; time being fully immersed within the situation - being a Death Eater, having to do things he had only thought of previously in the theoretical, rather than the practical - opened his eyes to it all, allowing him to gradually form his own opinions of what Voldemort stood for and the related topics, all things that had been prominent stars in his life since he was young, though he’s still unfamiliar with the concept of openly speaking them. Even with the minor changes in mindset as he grew up, the core of whom Draco is as a person - an elitist, albeit somewhat misguided, bully - remains true.

Most of his bullying towards fellow students - and even some teachers - can be superficially traced back to his belief that he's better than everyone else. On a psychological level, however, it lends itself to suggesting that there's something more driving this: he knows that some people are better than him, but refuses to believe it on the grounds that he's a Malfoy, and he ought to be better than them. As Draco also tends to compartmentalise his emotions, thusly separating himself easily from most things around him - a talent that tends to be tried during the duration of the war, when he's faced time and again with torture and murder - it's easy for him to separate himself from how any of those he puts down might feel; it's easy to assume that his own emotions also need some kind of release, and that they find it through his bullying. To him, pushing others down so that he might take his rightful place high above them is his way of refusing to acknowledge that he might be just as human as the rest of them, with just as many flaws. He prefers to believe that he and his life are perfect, rather than dotted with the many problems that it is; to put it bluntly, he's jealous of what others have - or at least what he perceives them to have - over him. Often, it will be obvious what exactly he's jealous of: it will be that that he focuses in on for the brunt of his verbal attack, as if lessening what someone else has will make it mean less in actuality.

Slytherins are known for their loyalty, but only to a select few, and Draco epitomises that: his family takes precedence over anyone else, with his mother as the absolute highest priority. It's easy to see that he has a lot of pride in where he comes from, both in terms of House and ancestry - he's been toting both as the be-all, end-all since he was small. Even when it becomes apparent that perhaps his father's decisions may not have been the best, Draco still stands by him until the end; however, the fact that he's been practically forced into becoming a Death Eater to take his father's place does take its toll on their relationship, putting a certain strain on things that makes Draco's focus on his mother that much more obvious. But all things considered, it's obvious from the get-go that the only drive he has behind anything he's done in this, his sixth year at Hogwarts, is to keep his family safe and proud of him. No matter what, he wants to live up to his father's expectations of him, rather than hazarding disappointment. Another way this manifests itself is through his mission in his sixth year of school, during which he is reduced from the smug little boy who thought himself better than everyone else to nothing more than a pawn, expected to carry out his tasks with robotic precision. It takes its toll on his body and psyche alike, but he pushes through, because if he doesn't, it will be his family to suffer for it.

Though he's generally known as a coward for a wide variety of completely true reasons, Draco's family is one of the few things to make him truly courageous. In that sense, it's only his loyalty that makes him put aside the flight aspect he so cherishes. It's simultaneously fleeting, as he finds the upkeep on aforementioned courage more work than its worth; he breaks down in his sixth year over things getting too difficult for him, and that emotion sticks with him through the remainder of the Second Wizarding War. However, assuming that his family is what drives him to be courageous, they have the simultaneous effect of rendering him more cowardly: more often than not, he would rather do anything other than go against his parents or their ideals. He's terrified of disappointing his family, as proven throughout the sixth and seventh books, when he had opportunities, however minor, to speak up and speak his mind, but didn't; as long as his parents are around, his immediate loyalties are to them, and what they believe in. Though most of the time his cowardice has little to no reason behind it save that he doesn't truly like conflict, or putting himself in harm's way, it does manifest from time to time - once in a blue moon - in a display of enlightened self-interest: where he truly does know what he's doing, but knows his own limits at the same time. At the same time, both pride and his Slytherin tendency to choose flight over fight override certain instances of this. In the case of danger, he will feel a sort of morbid curiosity that often gets overridden until he's at an appropriately safe distance from the aforementioned danger; until that moment, his fear of virtually everything takes over and puts him effectively into a panic that can rarely be sated easily. He's easily frightened, often reacting at moments of fear or frustration by lashing out angrily.

Draco doesn't tend to trust people, nearly as a rule. Perhaps when he was younger, he was more open about trusting, largely when it came to those in his House, but as he grew older, there is no doubt that he grew more withdrawn. He puts on facades most of the time, according to what he believes people to want to see in him, or what he wants people to think of him: he might be the most charming young man in the world at first glance, but the truth of the matter is that he is more likely to act this way if he believes a person to be able to do him a favour in the future. In simple terms, if he thinks you can do something for him, he's considerably nicer than if he knows you can't. In a way, he tends to see having proper friends as a bit of a weakness - a thought passed down from his father; however, he does have a small handful of those he trusts implicitly. He prefers to take allies, people with skills he recognises that he doesn't have, or henchmen who can do his dirty work for him. He fears being made expendable, and projects that fear onto those he interacts with; it severely colours the way he treats people, particularly in the case of Crabbe and Goyle, his well-known lackeys. It's possible that Draco either doesn't believe that anyone else is capable or worth of being his equal - or few people, at the very least, as he does consider a unique handful of that level - and that's what drives him to treat others warily, keeping them at arm's length. It's also obvious that he has an incredible inability to ask people for help, though whether that's a matter of distrust or simple pride getting in the way is a toss-up: it's likely both. Considering he spends most of his time using people for his own various purposes, it should come as no surprise that that's exactly what he believes others will do to him. He doesn't like owing people, which is precisely what he thinks will happen if he asks for help. Also tied into it is his tendency to believe that he needs to appear rather better than everyone else: rather than letting himself appear as human to people, he would rather bottle his emotions inside and keep them all at arm's length, thusly creating an almost godlike persona. Completely by his own choice, Draco strives to be absolutely unapproachable, and generally surrounds himself with bulky henchmen types in order to better achieve that end.

Despite his obvious lack of intelligence when it comes to trusting people, especially those that he should have no problem trusting, Draco is actually a very intelligent young man. He is referred to as the top of his class, excepting Hermione Granger, which suggests that he's at least academically brilliant, if even in those classes that he chose to take after being given the option in fifth year; it also suggests that he at least made the effort in those classes he despised, for the sake of his pride and his determination to be the best. His family has always pushed him that direction, and his Slytherin ambition agrees wholeheartedly. Also a key part of his intelligence is his tendency to be curious about things: if he feels like he's missing out on something he perceives as good, he will thrust himself into the middle of it, regardless of what other people around him think. He very much gets off on being in the spotlight, and he's very good at drawing everyone's eyes to him; he knows exactly how to work people so that they feel for him, and sympathise. His intelligence plays heavily into his manipulative streak, simply enabling him further. He's also remarkably clever, which he never fails to show off; in Draco's world, his intelligence and cleverness are both things that he ought to flaunt just as much as his pureblooded status. It is, after all, his cleverness that leads him to generally know exactly what buttons to push with people, and how to annoy them most without actually getting himself killed.

As the only son of two pureblooded parents, Draco has been taught to strive for the same greatness that his family has achieved in all aspects of their lives: the Malfoys are one of the better known wizarding families, known to have been pure for as long as anyone can remember (or at least, as long as is recorded publicly), and their name alone holds plenty of clout. Throughout his youth, he uses this to his advantage, dropping his father's name at every opportunity he possibly can in hopes that it will benefit him, and as he gets older, Draco wants nothing more than to keep this reputation up. He sees the more widely-beneficial qualities of having a positive reputation, and realises that it most certainly does open doors. Besides that, the last thing he wants is to disappoint his parents. He knows perfectly well that he has the capabilities of excelling at anything he puts his mind to, and if doing it by skill isn't the most expedient method, then cheating or putting others down to get himself up to the top is a completely viable route, as far as he's concerned. He doesn't bat so much as an eyelash at the idea of buying his way onto a team, or using others as stepping stones to get what he wants.

Even with all his ambition, though, Draco is still not much of a proper leader. Despite being able to boss around his lackeys, and command enough presence to be well-known and well-feared, he simply does not have the drive to be able to take point in any major situation. Instead, he does what's expected of him, stepping into positions of power not because he wants to, but because he has to; for example, when he steps into his role as Death Eater after his father's incarceration, and very quickly realises that it's best to keep his mouth shut, and just follow along.


Flavor Abilities: Draco is a wizard, which means that he has the ability to access all sorts of spells with the use of his wand. Most of his spells will be stripped away, due to offering too much of an advantage, save perhaps the most minor, first-year-level ones, such as lighting charms (Lumos); minor summoning charms, likely limited to a small area (Accio); and minor levitation charms (Wingardium Leviosa). Generally speaking, his wand and his being have both been stripped of most magic, leaving Draco a regular baseline human, albeit a very annoyed one.

Suitability: Despite his initial misgivings about the setting, Draco will, in fact, warm up to everything sooner or later. I not only look forward to playing him through the initial scepticism and dislike, but also through him eventually deciding to do something about all of it and exploring thoroughly. Once his mind is set upon something, he’s very driven and determined to figure it out, so the change will be good to play out. I also expect he’ll die at some point due to cabin fever, and I rather look forward to playing out the consequences of it and seeing how it changes him and how he looks at everything around him.

RP Samples:
network sample at the test drive meme
additional network sample, from Throne of Shadows

Prose:
It had taken Draco the better part of a week to actually figure out not just the tablet, but the network and everything else that went along with it. Technology was far from his forte, thanks to years of growing up in an entirely magical household, but he’d made do, and now that he’d been there a little while, he was finally starting to get the hang of it. Not that he’d ever admit that he ever had trouble with the buggered thing; that was information on a need-to-know basis, and no one needed to know.

His robes were doing wonders to keep some of the chill out as he explored, but it was still far from ideal. He rather hated snow. Even at school, he’d hated the snow. It always got into every nook and cranny, and chilled you from the inside out. But here in this strange, seemingly abandoned town, he had no choice but to deal with it, to buck up and head outside, grumbling under his breath - breath that was woefully visible - as he sought out an area of the town that hadn’t been raided already. Or better yet, perhaps a person.

What he wouldn’t give for a little companionship, honestly.
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REVISION REQUEST

[personal profile] snowblindmods 2015-07-07 06:18 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you for your interest in our game! Before we can accept you into Snowblind, we would like to see the following revisions:

We feel that the samples showcase a disproportionate amount of Draco's geniality and socially acceptable behavior compared to the rudeness and bullying he exhibits throughout most of the series. We would like to see more of how his less acceptable behavior will come across in your playing.

Additionally, though Draco's tendency to bully and look down on people has been touched upon, we would like to see more about his prejudices against muggles and muggleborns specifically. These are values that he was raised on and spent much of his life acting in accordance with, so we would like more detail about the development of these values and how they still affect his life and behavior at his canon point.

Please reply to this comment with your revisions within three days or your slot will be forfeit.
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Re: REVISION REQUEST

[personal profile] alphaophiuchi 2015-07-08 11:30 pm (UTC)(link)
Personality:
Through the duration of the Second Wizarding War, Draco’s gone through a large number of changes. Perhaps not all of them were great, but they were certainly great enough to him to open his eyes up to some of the things he’d always been purposefully blind to. He spent the vast majority of his life taught to hate Muggles and Muggleborns - those he and his family believed to be ‘less worthy of magic’ for not having it in their family to begin with - and with the war, he slowly began to realise that perhaps that wasn’t the best way of looking at them. By no means is he accepting of Muggles or Muggleborns during or after the war, but he most certainly does begin to slowly regard them as human as well. With his personal experiences of Voldemort and the more extreme Death Eaters, his own belief system was thoroughly shaken, teaching him that perhaps it’s high time he gain a little perspective of his own, and form his own opinions. Needless to say, though truly accepting them as peers is a far-off pipe dream for Draco, he doesn’t quite revile them the same way after the war.

In fact, it’s more likely that he would actually avoid them entirely, so as to never bring matters up. After the war, it became more and more obvious to Draco that some of the Muggleborns he had grown up with (and, naturally, had treated poorly) were growing more and more vocal in their own defence, and that - having been on the wrong side of things all throughout - he was no longer in any position to talk back to them. Regardless of his own personal beliefs, he was a Death Eater as much as the others, having had at least some hand in the torture of Muggles and Muggleborns; to everyone around him, that made him as bad as the rest. Therefore, in the true form of a coward, he began preferring to hide himself away. There is no doubt that this action is done out of fear, a desire to have his much more normal life back, but also as a way to try and dissociate himself from the more vocal and hateful Death Eaters he had once been lumped in with.

Suffice to say, though it may not be entirely obvious that Draco’s mind had been changed by the Second Wizarding War, it most certainly has. Even so, there are some habits that are hard to break, and his knee-jerk reaction will always be that magic is the best, and that those without are not only missing out, but are somewhat lesser individuals than himself. Perhaps eventually, he’ll be open to coming around to everyone having their own talents, but that day is far from immediate, even if he one day realises that perhaps a little outside help is necessary, no matter how much he despises relying upon others and showing weakness around them. There’s little doubt that, given how much he hides himself away, he’ll need others to do things for him at some point in his life.


Sample:
It had been a couple of days since he found himself waking up in a strange place, his wand present but apparently unwilling to cooperate with him. It had taken over an hour before he realised that no, he wasn’t capable of magic any more, save perhaps the most basic spells; it had taken another three after that to come to terms with the idea that this was reality and not just some horrendous nightmare. The idea of being without his magic had a knot tightening in Draco’s throat, his stomach tying in knots until he wanted to throw up what little he’d been eating. Reality or not, it was still a nightmare, and he wanted out of it. He wanted nothing to do with this bloody town or exploring or leaving his stupid house. He wanted nothing to do with any of this.

The network had proven difficult to figure out; there had been more than one angry muttering of bloody Muggle technology along with innumerable other epithets, none of which were nice. He’d hesitated to respond to anyone as of yet too, mostly regarding the screen with a sneer. Muggles, the lot of them. They had to be. Even the magic-users, if there were any at all, were probably in the same boat as him, and what could any of them do then? He was useless without his magic. He doubted any of the others were much better off.

But sooner or later, he got hungry. Too hungry to just sit around and wallow in his own miserable life and the turns it had taken since his father was sent to Azkaban. Too hungry, apparently, to realise that going out in the chill would inevitably have him running into someone.

It wasn’t even the hunger that had him so irritated when they offered to help him; it was the fact that he was being condescended to. As though he was incapable of taking care of himself. And perhaps that wasn’t what was actually happening, but it certainly sank into Draco’s mind that way when paired with the knowledge that the person before him couldn’t possibly have magic, and that made them a Muggle. How could a Muggle possibly know what was best for him?

“Get the hell away from me,” Draco all but snarled, his teeth threatening to chatter as he drew his robes a little tighter around him, wishing for not the first time that he had a warming charm to keep the worst of the chill out, instead of letting it sink into his bones.
Edited 2015-07-08 23:56 (UTC)
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ACCEPTED, NOTE

[personal profile] snowblindmods 2015-07-09 09:38 pm (UTC)(link)
Congratulations, you’ve been accepted into [community profile] snowblindrpg! Your character’s tag will be draco malfoy (harry potter). Your character will wake up at six AM on day 13 in a building on square M1. The description for this building is as follows:

A standard single-story house with a kitchen, living room, dining room, bathroom, and bedroom. There's a desk in the bedroom that holds a very old-fashioned typewriter that doesn't require electricity, although there's no paper for it nearby.

Please reply to this comment with the journal you will be using for the game. After that, join [community profile] snowblindrpg, [community profile] snowblindooc, and optionally [community profile] snowblindmemes with your character journal. After that, reply to the taken character list and player contact list and make a top level thread for your character on the search page. If you have not replied to these lists within three days you will be removed from the game and will have to apply again.

Thank you for your interest in our game!

NOTE: Draco will not be able to use summoning spells, will not be able to lift anything with magic that he couldn't lift physically himself, and cannot use any offensive magic.
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[personal profile] alphaophiuchi 2015-07-09 11:26 pm (UTC)(link)
This is the journal I'll be using for the game! Thank you for the notes; I'll make sure to keep them in mind.
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