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Character Information
Name: Tiana Hudson
Canon Origin/Series: The Princess and the Frog by Disney
School Year: 7th
Gender: Female
Age: 17
Out of school living location: Birmingham, in a small house with her mother.
Blood status: Muggleborn
Personality: Tiana is a hard working girl who sometimes loses touch with the important things in life. She always has a goal in mind and works towards it, even if that means sacrificing fun and friends and even her own health--if she has to work three jobs and get little to no sleep, then by God she will. This means she's not always the most popular girl among people her own age, but she's nice, and rather pretty, so people try to befriend her, despite her problems. She can be sort of judgmental, and has little to no patience for people who would rather coast than work hard. She's a realist, and doesn't delude herself with fairy tales and fantasy stories--at least, not anymore. (Even if, okay, Hogwarts has helped her learn to dream a little again.)
Despite her "go for the gold" personality, though, at heart Tiana is a romantic, and a family girl, who understands the importance of surrounding yourself with the people you love. Even if she's forgotten how important those things are in her struggle to get what she wants, deep down she knows, and deep down she wants to find someone just like her momma did to share her life with.
Canon Background: Tiana was born to two hard working parents in New Orleans in the early 1900s. Her father worked two jobs and stressful hours to support his family, and her mother was the best seamstress in the whole city. Her best friend was Lottie, a rich girl with royal aspirations, whose father commissioned Tiana's mother to make dresses. As a child she dreamed of owning a restaurant with her father and making a name for their family.
When she was young, though, her father passed away, leaving behind his dreams. Tiana started working the second she could to start saving up money to buy the old sugar mill her daddy had always wanted. She almost manages to buy it, but at the costume party before Mardi Gras she's told that a woman of her status isn't meant to own property.
After a slight fiasco with the beignets, Lottie takes Tiana up to change, and that's when Tiana's life is also changed--forever. After Lottie disappears to go dance with the Prince (whom we find is fake), Tiana meets a talking frog--the real Prince Naveen of Maldonia. He weasels a kiss out of her, and suddenly Tiana is a frog too!
Needless to say, hijinks ensue, and Naveen eventually falls in love. However, believing she could never love him back, he decides the best choice is to get Lottie to kiss him back into a Prince so he can help Tiana reach her dream. However, before he can do so, the Shadow Man Facilier's shadows find him and trap him. The climax of the movie hits when Tiana gets the charm back that has cursed Naveen from Facilier. Choosing love with Naveen as a frog over being alone as a human, Tiana destroys the charm.
As frogs, Tiana and Naveen are married, and when they kiss they transform back--because married to him, Tiana becomes a princess. In love and happy, Naveen forces the realtors to sell Tiana the sugar mill and together they make it into the successful restaurant Tiana has always wished for.
Background (AU!Canon; HP): Tiana's daddy, James, was a hard working man from New Orleans, Louisiana, and her mother, Eudora, a seamstress from Birmingham, England. James had never though he'd travel much, being from a poor family, but somehow he managed to get himself to England and that's where he met Eudora. It was one of those love at first sight things, you know? They just knew they were meant to be. He hung around England, doing odd jobs--illegal things, really, since he shouldn't have been there working in the first plane--and when he saved up enough money he bought a nice ring and proposed to the girl of his dreams. They were married in a small, sweet ceremony, and Tiana was born only a couple years later.
Now with a small child, and eager to show off his wife to his family, the three traveled back to the USA where they lived down in New Orleans. They didn't have much, but they had each other, and that was what was important. Tiana loved her parents more than anything, and it was her daddy who got her interested in cooking back when she was no more than a few years old. She'd pull a chair up to the stove top and make big pots full of gumbo, or try and knead the dough for fresh bread even if she wasn't really strong enough yet, or put the powder on her mama's beignets when they were fresh from the oven. She didn't seem any different from some of the other little girls in her neighborhood, really, until a piece of fabric caught fire and she somehow managed to put it out. Her parents didn't talk about that.
It was always her daddy's dream to open up a restaurant, and it hurt Tiana so much that he never got to see that dream come true: when she was ten years old, he got sick and passed away. Heartbroken and alone, Eudora moved her and her daughter back to Birmingham to be with her own family and try and cope with the loss. That's when the letter for Hogwarts came, and if one of the professors hadn't shown up to prove it wasn't a hoax they wouldn't have believed it.
Now Tiana's used to her magic, although she still enjoys taking the time to cook a dish from scratch or sew something by hand. Magic is interesting, but it's not the most important thing in her life, and over the summer her family members help her catch up on everything she isn't learning from not being at muggle school. She'd like to go to a technical college when she finishes Hogwarts and learn how to run a restaurant and open her own--maybe even a good Southern cooking one in the magic world, so they can all know what they're missing.
Gryffindor: Tiana is strong and independent, not at all afraid to speak her mind. She will stand up for what she believes in and the people she loves, and family means more to her than anything in the world. She also is a romantic at heart and believes in doing the right thing.
Hufflepuff: Tiana is probably one of the hardest working people you will ever meet. She will not stop until she gets her job done. She's also very into domesticity, finding the greatest pleasure in cooking, having a good hand at sewing, and knowing how to clean a room from top to bottom--not because it's her job as a girl, but because she honestly enjoys it.
Ravenclaw: Tiana's definitely a smart girl, but mostly with the things that interest her. She will study cooking and recipes until the sun goes down. She's also very driven to do well in school and push herself to learn even the difficult things.
Slytherin: Tiana is ambitious and will stop at almost nothing to get what she wants. She won't compromise her morals for it, but she does know that money gets you places, and sometimes you have to sacrifice your happiness in the present to get your happiness in the future.
Sample Journal Entry:
Now listen, whoever thought it was a good idea to put itching powder in those poor first year's beds should be ashamed. Even the poor house elves were a little itchy when they came to collect them, and the poor children had to be escorted to the Hospital Wing. I'm not pointing fingers, but if you did it, it might be nice if you went up there and apologized. Maybe bring some candy for good measure.
Also, do any of you guys have the instructions for the History of Magic essay? I thought I copied them down but I can't find the parchment. Some help would be much appreciated!
~Tiana
Sample Interaction Post in Third Person: The biggest problem with Hogwarts was that the kitchen wasn't exactly open to students. All she wanted was some comfort food from back home, some good hearty mash potatoes and gravy, or a bowl of jumbalaya, or, damn, she'd even take a seafood salad if that's all she could get. Tiana's fingers itched to cook, and it really didn't matter what it was. Okay, so she didn't really want to make English food. She was sick of it. That's all her extended family ate back home, and that's all they ate at Hogwarts, and all she really wanted was something hearty and spicy and good. Something that reminded her of back when her daddy was still alive.
Sighing, Tiana flopped back on her bed and closed her eyes, resting the book she was reading for class open on her stomach. She could still remember the tiny house they lived in back in Louisiana, back when her daddy was alive and she still had an accent that wasn't English. Not that Tiana disliked England--it was nice, and Hogwarts was interesting. But she missed the warm summers back home, that pressing humidity that made everyone sit out on their porches and enjoy each others company.
Maybe she'd go back after graduation. Maybe. If she could stand leaving her mother, and her family. And even her friends here; she did like the magic world, even if it meant going out of touch with the world her family lived in, just a little bit. Well, she still had some time. She'd figure things out eventually.
Propping the book back up, Tiana kept reading for class, trying to put her anxiety out of her mind.
Name: Tiana Hudson
Canon Origin/Series: The Princess and the Frog by Disney
School Year: 7th
Gender: Female
Age: 17
Out of school living location: Birmingham, in a small house with her mother.
Blood status: Muggleborn
Personality: Tiana is a hard working girl who sometimes loses touch with the important things in life. She always has a goal in mind and works towards it, even if that means sacrificing fun and friends and even her own health--if she has to work three jobs and get little to no sleep, then by God she will. This means she's not always the most popular girl among people her own age, but she's nice, and rather pretty, so people try to befriend her, despite her problems. She can be sort of judgmental, and has little to no patience for people who would rather coast than work hard. She's a realist, and doesn't delude herself with fairy tales and fantasy stories--at least, not anymore. (Even if, okay, Hogwarts has helped her learn to dream a little again.)
Despite her "go for the gold" personality, though, at heart Tiana is a romantic, and a family girl, who understands the importance of surrounding yourself with the people you love. Even if she's forgotten how important those things are in her struggle to get what she wants, deep down she knows, and deep down she wants to find someone just like her momma did to share her life with.
Canon Background: Tiana was born to two hard working parents in New Orleans in the early 1900s. Her father worked two jobs and stressful hours to support his family, and her mother was the best seamstress in the whole city. Her best friend was Lottie, a rich girl with royal aspirations, whose father commissioned Tiana's mother to make dresses. As a child she dreamed of owning a restaurant with her father and making a name for their family.
When she was young, though, her father passed away, leaving behind his dreams. Tiana started working the second she could to start saving up money to buy the old sugar mill her daddy had always wanted. She almost manages to buy it, but at the costume party before Mardi Gras she's told that a woman of her status isn't meant to own property.
After a slight fiasco with the beignets, Lottie takes Tiana up to change, and that's when Tiana's life is also changed--forever. After Lottie disappears to go dance with the Prince (whom we find is fake), Tiana meets a talking frog--the real Prince Naveen of Maldonia. He weasels a kiss out of her, and suddenly Tiana is a frog too!
Needless to say, hijinks ensue, and Naveen eventually falls in love. However, believing she could never love him back, he decides the best choice is to get Lottie to kiss him back into a Prince so he can help Tiana reach her dream. However, before he can do so, the Shadow Man Facilier's shadows find him and trap him. The climax of the movie hits when Tiana gets the charm back that has cursed Naveen from Facilier. Choosing love with Naveen as a frog over being alone as a human, Tiana destroys the charm.
As frogs, Tiana and Naveen are married, and when they kiss they transform back--because married to him, Tiana becomes a princess. In love and happy, Naveen forces the realtors to sell Tiana the sugar mill and together they make it into the successful restaurant Tiana has always wished for.
Background (AU!Canon; HP): Tiana's daddy, James, was a hard working man from New Orleans, Louisiana, and her mother, Eudora, a seamstress from Birmingham, England. James had never though he'd travel much, being from a poor family, but somehow he managed to get himself to England and that's where he met Eudora. It was one of those love at first sight things, you know? They just knew they were meant to be. He hung around England, doing odd jobs--illegal things, really, since he shouldn't have been there working in the first plane--and when he saved up enough money he bought a nice ring and proposed to the girl of his dreams. They were married in a small, sweet ceremony, and Tiana was born only a couple years later.
Now with a small child, and eager to show off his wife to his family, the three traveled back to the USA where they lived down in New Orleans. They didn't have much, but they had each other, and that was what was important. Tiana loved her parents more than anything, and it was her daddy who got her interested in cooking back when she was no more than a few years old. She'd pull a chair up to the stove top and make big pots full of gumbo, or try and knead the dough for fresh bread even if she wasn't really strong enough yet, or put the powder on her mama's beignets when they were fresh from the oven. She didn't seem any different from some of the other little girls in her neighborhood, really, until a piece of fabric caught fire and she somehow managed to put it out. Her parents didn't talk about that.
It was always her daddy's dream to open up a restaurant, and it hurt Tiana so much that he never got to see that dream come true: when she was ten years old, he got sick and passed away. Heartbroken and alone, Eudora moved her and her daughter back to Birmingham to be with her own family and try and cope with the loss. That's when the letter for Hogwarts came, and if one of the professors hadn't shown up to prove it wasn't a hoax they wouldn't have believed it.
Now Tiana's used to her magic, although she still enjoys taking the time to cook a dish from scratch or sew something by hand. Magic is interesting, but it's not the most important thing in her life, and over the summer her family members help her catch up on everything she isn't learning from not being at muggle school. She'd like to go to a technical college when she finishes Hogwarts and learn how to run a restaurant and open her own--maybe even a good Southern cooking one in the magic world, so they can all know what they're missing.
Gryffindor: Tiana is strong and independent, not at all afraid to speak her mind. She will stand up for what she believes in and the people she loves, and family means more to her than anything in the world. She also is a romantic at heart and believes in doing the right thing.
Hufflepuff: Tiana is probably one of the hardest working people you will ever meet. She will not stop until she gets her job done. She's also very into domesticity, finding the greatest pleasure in cooking, having a good hand at sewing, and knowing how to clean a room from top to bottom--not because it's her job as a girl, but because she honestly enjoys it.
Ravenclaw: Tiana's definitely a smart girl, but mostly with the things that interest her. She will study cooking and recipes until the sun goes down. She's also very driven to do well in school and push herself to learn even the difficult things.
Slytherin: Tiana is ambitious and will stop at almost nothing to get what she wants. She won't compromise her morals for it, but she does know that money gets you places, and sometimes you have to sacrifice your happiness in the present to get your happiness in the future.
Sample Journal Entry:
Now listen, whoever thought it was a good idea to put itching powder in those poor first year's beds should be ashamed. Even the poor house elves were a little itchy when they came to collect them, and the poor children had to be escorted to the Hospital Wing. I'm not pointing fingers, but if you did it, it might be nice if you went up there and apologized. Maybe bring some candy for good measure.
Also, do any of you guys have the instructions for the History of Magic essay? I thought I copied them down but I can't find the parchment. Some help would be much appreciated!
~Tiana
Sample Interaction Post in Third Person: The biggest problem with Hogwarts was that the kitchen wasn't exactly open to students. All she wanted was some comfort food from back home, some good hearty mash potatoes and gravy, or a bowl of jumbalaya, or, damn, she'd even take a seafood salad if that's all she could get. Tiana's fingers itched to cook, and it really didn't matter what it was. Okay, so she didn't really want to make English food. She was sick of it. That's all her extended family ate back home, and that's all they ate at Hogwarts, and all she really wanted was something hearty and spicy and good. Something that reminded her of back when her daddy was still alive.
Sighing, Tiana flopped back on her bed and closed her eyes, resting the book she was reading for class open on her stomach. She could still remember the tiny house they lived in back in Louisiana, back when her daddy was alive and she still had an accent that wasn't English. Not that Tiana disliked England--it was nice, and Hogwarts was interesting. But she missed the warm summers back home, that pressing humidity that made everyone sit out on their porches and enjoy each others company.
Maybe she'd go back after graduation. Maybe. If she could stand leaving her mother, and her family. And even her friends here; she did like the magic world, even if it meant going out of touch with the world her family lived in, just a little bit. Well, she still had some time. She'd figure things out eventually.
Propping the book back up, Tiana kept reading for class, trying to put her anxiety out of her mind.