Character Bios: Roxanne
This week's bio:
Title: Roxanne
Rating: PG
Genre: General
A/N: Many thanks to my beta
shina_laris .
Between Dad and Freddie, it's a wonder that I ever have any fun! For a man who runs a joke shop Dad is terribly uptight. Freddie's just plain stuffy. All I ever hear out of either of their mouths is, "Roxanne Elizabeth Weasley, stop that! You are going to kill yourself!" or "Roxi! Please behave like an eight-year-old girl instead of a monkey!"
I think they just don't know how to have fun. So what if I turned Victoire's hair green? It will wash out in a month. Lucy didn't even mind when I changed her stuffed bear into a teapot either. She thought it was cute. I changed it back anyway. Mum complains about me using magic before I even get to Hogwarts, but they are just simple spells. I always make sure to use an adult's wand so the Ministry can't call me in for a hearing. So, it's not like I hurt anyone by playing tricks.
Mum tells me stories sometimes about what Dad and my Uncle Fred were like back before Uncle Fred passed away. She said they were two of the biggest hooligans Hogwarts had ever seen. They even played tricks on her for goodness’ sake! Mum says that there was a Yule Ball during her sixth year and that Uncle Fred invited her to go with him. In the middle of the dance he and Dad switched places on her. Dad didn't tell her the truth about that until they got married.
Uncle Fred and Dad ran an illicit joke shop from the Gryffindor common room and snuck around the school late at night. They turned students into canaries and fed them things that made them throw up and gave them nosebleeds. They played tricks on the teachers and left school early. The first thing they did after that was set up a joke shop.
How can you go from being that much of a trickster to not letting your daughter charm her brother's school clothes pink? I suppose it was all because of Uncle Fred. Mum told me once that when Uncle Fred died, it was as if a part of Dad withered up and died too. It was like he became a different person. He was always worried about people attacking him and he hated being around people. It took Mum ages to get him to come out of his shell, she said, and he's never been the same since.
I don't really get it. I never met Uncle Fred, or saw what Dad was like before his brother's death, but I can't imagine becoming a new person just like that. If my brother Freddie died, I'm not quite sure what I would do. Just thinking about it makes me want to cry, so I don't think about it. It is so much more important to be happy than to think about things like that.
That's all I want, really: to be happy. Dad is never happy and Mum's only happy when she isn't around Dad. I think she loved Uncle Fred as much as she loves Dad and that whenever she sees Dad she sees Uncle Fred. Mum gets what I need and she lets me play my little games as long as the other person isn't upset by them. Dad gets upset when I play any kind of tricks though. He says he doesn't want me to get hurt, but how could feeding Hugo Canary Creams hurt me? That doesn't even hurt Hugo.
Freddie, well, he's just Freddie, I suppose. He hates it when I play tricks on him and he always wants me to behave. I don't do what he says though, because he isn't that much older than me, so he can't boss me around. He's at Hogwarts now anyway, so the only time I see him is during the summer and at breaks. Sometimes I wish I didn't even see him then. When he comes home Mum and Dad spend all of their time with him, asking him about school and his friends. Just because he isn’t home all of the time he gets more attention than I do.
It’s almost worse when he’s off at school though. Not only do I miss him, but he isn’t there to take away Mum and Dad’s attention. That means they are constantly telling me what to do and what not to do. Dad is always looking over my shoulder and keeping track of what I’m doing. My school work is scrutinized and my room has to be spotless. It’s like Dad doesn’t know how to keep his attention balanced, so whomever he is with gets the brunt of it, which would be me since Freddie’s gone.
I cannot wait until I get to go off to Hogwarts myself. When Freddie deems me worthy of hearing stories about his life, he tells me some of the coolest things. There are hidden passages in Hogwarts that he uses to sneak around with his friends. The house elves in the kitchen apparently remember Dad and Uncle Fred and so they are happy to get Freddie all kinds of snacks and things, especially if he promises not to let Aunt Hermione visit the Gryffindor common room with her socks and caps and things. He always sounds so… happy when he talks about Hogwarts. I just can’t wait for my turn. Hogwarts seems like a place where kids can have a little freedom and the chance to breathe.
Other Bios: Teddy - Victoire - Fred - Dominique - Molly - Lucy
Title: Roxanne
Rating: PG
Genre: General
A/N: Many thanks to my beta
shina_laris .
Between Dad and Freddie, it's a wonder that I ever have any fun! For a man who runs a joke shop Dad is terribly uptight. Freddie's just plain stuffy. All I ever hear out of either of their mouths is, "Roxanne Elizabeth Weasley, stop that! You are going to kill yourself!" or "Roxi! Please behave like an eight-year-old girl instead of a monkey!"
I think they just don't know how to have fun. So what if I turned Victoire's hair green? It will wash out in a month. Lucy didn't even mind when I changed her stuffed bear into a teapot either. She thought it was cute. I changed it back anyway. Mum complains about me using magic before I even get to Hogwarts, but they are just simple spells. I always make sure to use an adult's wand so the Ministry can't call me in for a hearing. So, it's not like I hurt anyone by playing tricks.
Mum tells me stories sometimes about what Dad and my Uncle Fred were like back before Uncle Fred passed away. She said they were two of the biggest hooligans Hogwarts had ever seen. They even played tricks on her for goodness’ sake! Mum says that there was a Yule Ball during her sixth year and that Uncle Fred invited her to go with him. In the middle of the dance he and Dad switched places on her. Dad didn't tell her the truth about that until they got married.
Uncle Fred and Dad ran an illicit joke shop from the Gryffindor common room and snuck around the school late at night. They turned students into canaries and fed them things that made them throw up and gave them nosebleeds. They played tricks on the teachers and left school early. The first thing they did after that was set up a joke shop.
How can you go from being that much of a trickster to not letting your daughter charm her brother's school clothes pink? I suppose it was all because of Uncle Fred. Mum told me once that when Uncle Fred died, it was as if a part of Dad withered up and died too. It was like he became a different person. He was always worried about people attacking him and he hated being around people. It took Mum ages to get him to come out of his shell, she said, and he's never been the same since.
I don't really get it. I never met Uncle Fred, or saw what Dad was like before his brother's death, but I can't imagine becoming a new person just like that. If my brother Freddie died, I'm not quite sure what I would do. Just thinking about it makes me want to cry, so I don't think about it. It is so much more important to be happy than to think about things like that.
That's all I want, really: to be happy. Dad is never happy and Mum's only happy when she isn't around Dad. I think she loved Uncle Fred as much as she loves Dad and that whenever she sees Dad she sees Uncle Fred. Mum gets what I need and she lets me play my little games as long as the other person isn't upset by them. Dad gets upset when I play any kind of tricks though. He says he doesn't want me to get hurt, but how could feeding Hugo Canary Creams hurt me? That doesn't even hurt Hugo.
Freddie, well, he's just Freddie, I suppose. He hates it when I play tricks on him and he always wants me to behave. I don't do what he says though, because he isn't that much older than me, so he can't boss me around. He's at Hogwarts now anyway, so the only time I see him is during the summer and at breaks. Sometimes I wish I didn't even see him then. When he comes home Mum and Dad spend all of their time with him, asking him about school and his friends. Just because he isn’t home all of the time he gets more attention than I do.
It’s almost worse when he’s off at school though. Not only do I miss him, but he isn’t there to take away Mum and Dad’s attention. That means they are constantly telling me what to do and what not to do. Dad is always looking over my shoulder and keeping track of what I’m doing. My school work is scrutinized and my room has to be spotless. It’s like Dad doesn’t know how to keep his attention balanced, so whomever he is with gets the brunt of it, which would be me since Freddie’s gone.
I cannot wait until I get to go off to Hogwarts myself. When Freddie deems me worthy of hearing stories about his life, he tells me some of the coolest things. There are hidden passages in Hogwarts that he uses to sneak around with his friends. The house elves in the kitchen apparently remember Dad and Uncle Fred and so they are happy to get Freddie all kinds of snacks and things, especially if he promises not to let Aunt Hermione visit the Gryffindor common room with her socks and caps and things. He always sounds so… happy when he talks about Hogwarts. I just can’t wait for my turn. Hogwarts seems like a place where kids can have a little freedom and the chance to breathe.
Other Bios: Teddy - Victoire - Fred - Dominique - Molly - Lucy