So what do y'all get if you play a country song backwards?

[aftokaiafto]

 Well, y'all get your dog back.

You get your truck back.

And you get your woman back.

Or your baby got back--

Or you get a Tristan Gascoigne, here to ruin everything by being too Georgia Cajun to be allowed. (If you have a receipt, I suggest you return him ASAP.) 

(Unless you got him on clearance, and then not even Jesus can help y'all now.)

UM HI ANYWAY, I'm Anya and this is my first go-'round here at DingleGooseberry and I'm?? Really?? Excited?? Y'all please be patient with me, I beg of thee, because I'm still figuring out the RP mechanics.

(I'm a refugee from Tumblr...and from LJ, before the Fire Nation attacked.) 

But yes, please come say hi while I get myself and my stupid Southern boy situated? I'M REALLY EXCITED?

Oh, quick run-down! (Not diarrhea. Or maybe it is; the verbal kind.)

Important Junk: HELLO FELLOW RIBBONFIN JUNIORS, WHAT'S GOOD IN THE MCHOOD

Ya boi's classes: History of Magic, Outdoor Education, Transfigurations, Potions (under EXTREME DURESS), Magizoology, Charms, and Wizard Literature. Help him. HELP HIM!

"Boy, do you ever leave this cabin": For Equestrian and OE, HE DO. He's open to being dragged to other clubs. (Even LARP. He's a big ol' Tolkien/high fantasy gay. Take no prisoners.)

Comments

[novelling]

helloooooo I'm JJ! Welcome to the party. I'm currently marathoning Stranger Things but I will be back here with a real reply about my characters soon!

[oh_girl]

HIIIIII WELCOME. It's Jordan. You've already met me.

GLAD YOU'RE HERE!!!!!!!

[aftokaiafto]

Sterling taste in TV shows; I like you already. ♥

[aftokaiafto]

JORDAN, YOU READY FOR SQUAD?

[oh_girl]

[browbeats]

Hiiiiiii I'm Alex! I have so many characters, so I'll try to be brief with them to spare your eyes.

Riley Stamper - riledup - Azurcrest senior, cheerleader, just, like, all around tiny immature glittery trash fire. She may not be terribly relevant, but she'll be around.

Rosemary Stoker - this journal - Ribbonfin senior, prefect, aaand it looks like he's into hockey? Rosy's co-running intramural hockey this winter! Rosy is a tightly wound ball of anger and overprotectiveness who will kick your ass if you step out of line, but only because she's trying to save you from yourself.

Jefferson Key - racingstripe - Azurcrest junior, Quidditch Chaser, Wizard Lit TA, and just bundle of sunshine. He's like a golden retriever except 6'2" and even better at hugs.

Dinah Dixon - dinahdanger - Coppertale sophomore, Quidditch reserve, and just, like... weird. The sophomore class is weird. She bolds things a lot and draws comic books about herself-slash-people-at-this-school-but-mostly-herself.

Austin McNamara - soundscaped - Ebonhide junior, local acoustic guitar playing kid. He's whiny and there's an ongoing joke that he has hookworms because he doesn't like to wear shoes. Maybe it's not a joke, maybe he actually has hookworms. Either way, he's going to whine about it.

I thiiink Rosy and Jeffy would be the most relevant?? Jeffy thinks KNOWS all the juniors are his best friends, so there's no getting away from that.

[novelling]

I'd like to clarify that I'm at like a viewing party w many people bc this made it sound like I was unwilling to pause for 4 mins to respond haha

[aftokaiafto]

I mean, I'd forgive you either way because Stranger Things is amazing. And if you end up REALLY liking it, I suggest you check out the comic Paper Girls. It's got a similar vibe and it's excellent.

[bubblewrapped]

HELLO WELCOME I am Jenny I am here and phone posting and intoxicated. Welcome welcome welcome!! Here is a rundown of my characters.

Lucas Kowalski (bubblewrapped) is a junior Azurcrest. He is also from Georgia! But he is a muggleborn. He is the Charms TA and a huge dork/perky goth. Lucas is a gifted wizard but not good at much else. He will be shy and awkward but friendly enough with Tristan!

Yancey Montgomery (hotdish) is a Ribbonfin senior, so he's a tiny bit in Tristan's orbit. He's LARP prez and a cheerleader. He also likes hockey, so, not really an ice skater but decent on the ice.

Antonia Papadakis (heyitsnia) is an Ebonhide senior and head girl. She is here if you ever need a prefect!

Nisha Lewis (godzillabutworse) is a Coppertale soph and quidditch chaser. She is a small demon and although there's not a lot of overt overlap I'm sure she will harass Tristan sometime.

Griffin Flowers (cosmonot) is an Azurcrest sophomore who grew up in Amish country and wants to be an astronaut. He is a quidditch keeper. Not SUPER relevant!!

[sochill]

Hiiii ♥ I'm Rin! Welcome to the game~ I'm one of your roomies!! With this horrible kiddo, Ramon. He's kind of a butt but loves all his roomies so?? Should be fine. Also he's super chill about almost everything and finds people having emotions to be generally annoying, but gives more of a pass to his roomies.

Annnnd I also have a bazillion other kids, some of which are vaguely relevant to you, so I'll do a quick rundown.

Mostly Hazel (lilwitchhazel), who's also a junior! She's going to be co-running the intramural hockey league this year with Rosy! She likes yelling about sports and climbing trees!

I have another Ribbonfin, a prefect sophomore named Rupert (somethingwick_ed), who is obsessed with theatre and Shakespeare and is a huge snot and thinks he is very mature even though he is very not.

I've also got Jaime (lupofiasco), senior Azurcrest Quidditch captain person who is nice and is in equestrian club with Tristan! He's generally irrelevant to you though??

Annnd Phoebe (opuntia) who is a senior Ebonhide prefect and literally has nothing in common with Tristan. She's just a weird plant girl who is shy and kinda grumpy, whatever.

[aftokaiafto]

Aw, Jeffy, let's be best brofriends ♥ He'll only tease you a little bit and we can quote awkward lines from Fiddler on the Roof to prove our affection or whatever. It'll be gr8.

And yes, ya boi is into the hockey. Um. Beware his sudden and deadly snowplows, because he's That Kid and will do that for shits and giggles. (Beat him up, Rosemary.)

[aftokaiafto]

Okay so Big Gay Confession time: when I was first looking into this comm, I actually perused Ramon's app as sort of a barometer of What To Expect (When You're Expecting)™ and I fell in Big Doki Gay Love with him, so please love and accept me because he's great and I love him, help.

Tristan, once he figures his shit out, will probably cling to Hazel and Rosy like a cute lil Georgia leech because hockey folks and do y'all know how hard it is to find people to appreciate hockey in the South?

Jaime may be TECHNICALLY semi-irrelevant, BUT WE CAN FIX THAT? Horsies are great for bonding moments.

...Phoebe is going to be on the receiving end of a lot of plant puns now. You did this to yourself, Rin.

[aftokaiafto]

@LUCAS GEORGIA HEAUXES REPRESENT come on we have to show these yankees up

@fancy yancey- take him to LARP. Do it.

Ahhhhh I'm so excited ♥

[evercreep]

Hi Anya!!! I'm Meggie, aaaand if you found the game via tumblr, you probably found it through me! :) I'm one of the mods and I have... a lot of characters.

Most relevant to Tristan is Calvin Evercreech (this journal), who's his roommate! Calvin's abrasive, gloomy and unpleasant, but he's come a long way from the bully he was in years past at Hogwarts. He's a former Slytherin, and just made the Quidditch team this year as a Beater. He's a little softer with his roommates, so Tristan wouldn't have had to deal with his worst behavior for going on two years now. If Tristan can deal with his difficuly personality, Calvin's a loyal, endlessly supportive friend. He's also an academic superstar and my resident overachiever.

Then there's Spencer Sweet (bitterlysweet), junior Coppertale. He's LOUD and friendly, but he's also kind of an overbearing dumbass. Spencer has a nearly eidetic memory, which is a small part of why he's so intense. He's on track to becoming a professional figure skater, though, so Tristan can probably join him and Ruby (his partner) and Madison for practice once the lake freezes.

Reid Wainwright (cygninae) is a senior Coppertale prefect, and the Coppertale team's Seeker. Reid is... cold and unfriendly, at least on the surface. Really he's just super awkward and struggles to articulate himself. As a prefect he's firm but not especially harsh. He's a little hard to get to know, sadly, but he'll be nice enough to Tristan. :(

Mackenzie Prince (princeprincess) is a senior Azurcrest prefect. She's part mean girl, part wannabe femme fatale and part class clown. Now that she has ~responsibilities~ she's eased up a lot on her mean girling, but she's still the defacto Alpha Bitch a lot of the time. She's probably teased Tristan in the past, and clearly enjoys making people a little uncomfortable. She's the heiress to a highly successful wand repair business, and is one half of a questionable blueblood power couple with Ulysses Quayle.

Archimedes Rose (cherubic) is a tiny Ebonhide sophomore. Archie is a mini mad scientist, who infamously drugged, uh, all the upperclassmen with Amortentia last year. He was briefly suspended for that stunt, but doesn't feel that bad about it. While he's supposedly sworn off drugging his classmates, he's still an eccentric kid who has no issues with human experimentation. He also has a tendency to develop brief crushes on people and then... stalks them. Hopefully Tristan won't need to worry about him too much!

[sochill]

OH MY GOD he is my worst child I'm so so sorry that you have any positive feelings towards him at all (but also thank you -3- ♥)! I am here for you and sooo excited you fill out our cabin :,) Ribbonboys 4 lyfe.

When I was creeping on Tristan's app I was excited to see the hockey! Hazel will affectionately pick on him, probably, because that's sort of how she acts towards boys? And she'll be so down for sports bro :(

Bonding over ponies is a totally normal teenage boy activity I'm pretty sure.

Also Phoebe lived in Savannah for a while which I forgot to say, so go Georgia? And she fake hates plant puns.

[colemoss]

Hey there~ I'm Katie! Welcome to Gooseberry! :D I also have too many kids and only one of them may matter much but...

Cole Moss - (This guy!) Junior Ribbonfin and Tristan's roomie! He's a space cadet artist type that's naturally gifted when it comes to magic and academics without really trying. While he's bright and generally a nice guy, he's socially awkward and terrible at reading people and overly honest. Just generally a bit of an oddball. He doesn't have much overlap with Tristan otherwise but given Tristan's first dislike, Cole may not be his favorite guy? OOHBOY. Sorry about that. But they both went to Ilvermorny, so they've probably known each other for a while and we can discuss more if you like!

Heathcliff Lacey - heathclifflacey Junior Coppertale and a Quidditch player. He's a big, dumb, excitable, impulsive, roughhousing jock with an interest in divination and gardening. People describe him as wholesome and he hates it. He generally likes people and chances are good that Tristan is fine by him even if they don't have much to do with each other.

Casper Kim - casperkim Senior Ebonhide, Quidditch player, and prefect. Casper's an angry, sarcastic, negative guy with a lot of baggage and aims of being an Auror. He's notoriously serious and prickly but actually has a pretty good heart under there.

Lachlan Galbraith - lachlangalbraith Senior Azucrest, Hogwarts transfer, and Hermeticism TA. Lachlan's smart, hard-working, focused, and loves to ~learn~. Unfortunately, he's also very tightly wound and has some anxiety issues and relies on his fellow birdies to make him have some fun now and again. He's in Outdoor Exploration (because he finds and especially bird watching very relaxing), so he may cross paths with Tristan from time to time!

Grace Sowerberry - gracesowerberry Sophomore Ribbonfin and (brand new) prefect. She's got aspirations of being an opera singer and has an amazing voice but is hopelessly shy and indecisive when she's not on stage. She's probably seen Tristan around because they're housemates and she's a brand new cheerleader who thinks he should join the squad, naturally~

[ulixes]

freshhhhh meat

welcome and also what up, my dude? i'm cameron, and i'm currently out of town sans wifi. i'll be back in a few days, but i wanted to shoot you a quick hello, just so i wouldn't forget to come back with my character details. i am only slightly ashamed to admit that i think "dingleberry" approx 7/10 times.

i've got (a soph,) two juniors, and a southern shithead, so hopefully we can find some common ground. when i get back! peace!!!

[aftokaiafto]

Aw, I think Calvin and Tristan are bunkmates sorta? (I signed him up for Bed E in the cabin post, haha. Prepare for dirty socks inexplicably in your bed, Calvin.) And Tristan's a pretty mellow, low maintenance sort of friend; I think they'll get on famously.

I have two words for Spencer: ILL-ADVISED DEATH SPIRALS. Okay, that's more than two words, but the sentiment applies ALL THE SAME.

I think Reid just needs biscuits and a properly made pitcher of sweet tea and he'll perk right up. :( ♥

As for Mackenzie...you think they ever were forced to interact at one of those nicey-nice country club-style pureblood parties? Because that would be both hilarious and also A Mess.

Archimedes...WELL. HE'S A DEEP SUBJECT ALL AROUND, ISN'T HE.

[aftokaiafto]

NO LET ME LOVE HIM. I LOVE HIM.

(Also am I the only one to notice how easy Ribbonfin can become Rubbishbin, because...I ain't saying, I'm just saying...)

If she's going to pick up him, she'd better be prepared for increasingly gross and syrupy nicknames, because that's how a Trissy do.

ALSO YESSS GEORGIA PEACHES UNITE.

[odder]

HI ANYA! WELCOME! Tristan looks suuuper cute. I'm Lyss! I am Also watching Stranger Things but just with like, wine, not people, so I will try to only be mildly distracted. And I have five here and I hate myself.

This one is Jade Otterwell She's an Azurcrest Junior who is a little mean, a lot morbid in a (she tries to be) funny way. She's an actress who just joined LARP this year so might know Tristan from THAT and I am sorry for when she talks.

And there's Ira Ashworth: ashworthless who is also a junior, but he's a Coppertale. He's a chronic procrastinator who will beat people up for veganism but mostly just talks a lot.

Ferdie Ayers: ferdie is a Ribbonfin Senior so he'll know Tristan! He's also yr Head Boy. He's pretty level-headed and encourages open communication and proper ghost safety.

Addy Foster-Hayes: addytives is a senior who happens to be the Potions TA. She's a kind of Elle Woods-esque genius when it comes to that class and is very kind to all of god's children.

Finally there's Tuesday North: tues who is an Ebonhide sophomore and their new seeker. At home she is a rodeo trick flier! She's not as cool as that sounds.

[aftokaiafto]

Hey, as long as Cole is like...humble about it (and helps Tristan with his Potions homework because holy shit), then the two of them will probably be akin to wombmates.

(Haha...get it...because--because it rhymes, right--oh god my nerd is showing.)

Heathcliff...will probably have to deal with Tristan's instant kneejerk reaction of a shit-eating grin and situationally appropriate quotes from Wuthering Heights. I'm sorry babeface I don't make the rules.

Lachlan, come chill with this Rubbishbin junior boy and listen to his outlandish anecdotes and general tomfoolery. I'm sure the white noise of him running his mouth like a hosepipe will be very soothing.

Grace, you may have to convince him to actually JOIN the squad, but he can be reliably guilted and bullied into assisting at practice. He's a great pyramid base, naturally.

[aftokaiafto]

ENJOY YOUR HOLIDAY. DON'T MISS ME TOO TERRIBLY. ♥

[aftokaiafto]

ADDY HELP HIM WITH POTIONS, HE'S SO ANGRY AT IT

[evercreep]

Perfect! ♥ I think we can assume over the last couple years Calvin's developed enough affection for Tristan that he'll be on good behavior... and also stab someone in the back for him. No need to thank him, he has everything under control. Regardless, he's still yelling at Tristan about those dirty socks though. >:(

YES WONDERFUL, Spencer is ALWAYS up for DOING STUPID SHIT. He's my trash boy.

He'll warm up if Tristan's nice to him, he's just... a little offbeat. :(

Haha! Yes, they very well may have! Kenzie's in it for Fun, so she's very polarizing. We'll have to see in game if they enjoy one another's attention or if Tristan thinks she's a monster. (Spoiler: she's kind of a monster.)

YEAH THERE'S A LOT TO UNPACK THERE.

[theniceboy]

I didn't see this and when you commented on the ooc post I was super confused for a second

Hi, welcome! I'm roz. Just for the record, you can Im me from now until December if that's more convenient than emailing

So I have four. The most revelant is Evangeline Bagman. She's a junior ribbonfin. She's in at least one of his classes. She is new this year, she came from playing for the Gryffindor quidditch team, plus she's the daughter of the Ludo bagman and doesn't like to mention it. She's from east London and gets to have a cockney accent. Eve likes to build tiny robots.

Next relevant is Solomon Webb. He's a junior ebonhide and also on a quidditch team. He's from honduras and his native language is Spanish. He also has some classes in common and they're both in OE. Solo is like the gentlest creature that ever gentled. He won't say a mean word about anyone, he tries to hug cactuses Bc they're lonely etc etc. he's also a walking encyclopedia that likes to share random facts.

Olivia Sanchez is a senior coppertale prefect and less relevant. She's a junior boxer from New York. I'm pretty sure she's also in OE

Quentin Youngblood is a sophomore coppertale that will share whatever conspiracy that pops into his head at any given time. He's from a compound that survives predominantly off the grid. He's less relevant but he also unnecessarily comments on a lot of journal posts so he'll probably interact with Tristan regardless.

I am open to any and all kind of plot. I feel like all of mine but Quentin will at least be passably friendly and solo will behave as if he has been friends with tristan since birth just because that's his default.