Post by Espen Vinkler on Aug 6, 2020 1:41:48 GMT
WIZARDING APPLICATION
Espen Cas Vinkler
VITAL INFO
Date of birth: 5th June 1961; Zaanse Schans, Netherlands
Age: 17
Mother: Anneke Janssen (48, muggle, director of the Zaandam Time Museum)
Father: Bas Vinkler (50, wizard, conductor for the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra)
In The Picture: Eline De Vries (40, witch, cellist for the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra)
Siblings: Gerrit (26, wizard) and his wife Luiza (26, witch) work at her family's apothecary in Portugal, Mila (23, witch) assists a French ballet company, Isaak (19, wizard) is continuing studies at Beauxbatons with a focus on languages, Tess (8, witch) starts her Beauxbatons studies in the fall
Bloodline: Halfblood
4th June 1978
I'm never going to send this, but Mam knows I'm upset, and if I don't simmer down it'll become a whole thing and I don't want to waste any more of my summer feeling this than I have to. I'd use my paints, but I don't have limitless resources here, and I'm not spending them on you, so a pen will have to do, even if the words are never all right.
You got the year wrong. I'm not "a grown man" until next June. Should I applaud you for knowing the month, at least? Why would you think I'd want to spend the day at the Concertgebouw watching you make eyes at Eline during a performance? Even she doesn't want that. You can have your tickets back. You should know that I can't stand to hear an orchestra anymore. Have you ever thought about that?
You probably haven't. And I shouldn't be angry about it. I should just accept that you don't know me and move on, and I'm usually okay, really. I've got so many people to love, and who love me too, so what does it matter if you're not one of them? But Tess is coming to school with me this year, and I've been thinking about it, and I love her, none of this is her fault. She says things sometimes, though, that are you, and she should believe she can take on the world, because she can. I'm glad she'll be at school, away from you. She deserves to stay kind and trusting and proud of herself, and you know what? I'm going to help her, and you won't be here to stop me.
Did you think about how we'd overlap? That I'd have to explain what happened to everyone? It's not like every other person at Beauxbatons is a Vinkler, no matter how hard you tried to make that happen in Zaanse Schans.
Why was this birthday of mine, the one you thought it was anyway, important enough to remember? I was supposed to learn from you how to be the man you proclaim I am, but last year didn't matter? Or the year before?
Mam's been the grown-up here, keeping us going, helping us through everything. She's more than you ever wanted her to be. Getting us to be the best of us, to realize what we can do. But you have no idea what it's been like, do you? No, I don't want to see you, to explain this to you, but have you thought about us? We're not kids anymore, we've become our own people, and we did it without you, why would I want to see you now that I've "grown up"? You've missed everything.
Do you have any idea how afraid I was to go back to school after I was ranked so low in the class? I'm not stupid, talentless, but I couldn't keep up - I'm good at maths, geography, so good with a brush that Elias has me make the backdrops for his sets. I can carry a tune, my feet remember the steps. I can race down a mountain, I've won medals for our team. I have friends there who support me, I have my cousins, I have my brothers and sister. But I was still so scared, because what if they thought less of me? I could barely speak French passably then, no matter how hard Isaak tried to teach me, and I didn't want to respond in class, and my marks were dreadful. But Mam knew what to do, how to reach me, and she's never even been to Beauxbatons. She's never held a wand and felt that magic. She's learned everything about school and magic from Tante Anouk so she can understand what we go through, and you can't remember my birthday?
I'm done. I'm done with this energy. I deserve to be happy, and I am. On second thought, you're not getting your tickets back, I'm ripping them up, and that seat will be empty tomorrow.
Will you notice?
APPEARANCE
Height: 5'9"
Hair: Brown
Eyes: Brown
Style/Other characteristics: Lots of hand-me-downs from Gerrit and Isaak, never too worried about what he's wearing because pretty much everything's got paint splatter anyway. Comfort over style, generally found in casual or athletic wear, figuring out his beard. Cuts his hair shortest in the summer, lets it come back over the year.
TEMPERAMENT
Primary Motivators: Adoration, Creation, Domesticity
Emotional Disposition: Calm
Moodiness: Even-Tempered
Topics of Conversation: Family, Relationships, Sports, Hobbies
Quirks, Habits, & Oddities: Daydreamer, collects pressed leaves and flowers to bring home, superstitious, repeats others
Hobbies & Enjoyments: Being active (skiing, hiking, wrestling, running), painting, card games
CORE TRAITS
Outlook: Hopeful
Integrity: Honest
Impulsiveness: Thoughtful
Boldness: In Person - Tentative. In Art - Bold, Emotive
Interactivity: Straightforward
Conformity: Traditional
Sense of Humor: Jokey
Boggart: Horses
(took a bad fall on day one of horseback riding and hasn't been back,
hooves and legs everywhere, trampling, rearing, snorting, more terrifying than any magical beast)
SEXUALITY
Sexual Orientation: Heterosexual
Libido: Healthy
Sexual Expressiveness: Direct
Openness to Sexual Experience: Moderate
Promiscuousness: Has dated, but only one girl at a time, no one for long
EDUCATION
Time at Beauxbatons: 1969 - 1979
EMPLOYMENT
Type of Application (Order, Death Eater, or Civilian): Civilian
Job/Position: Student
OTHER
Play By: Liam Payne
Player Name: Sam
Notes to Self: Cute Dutch phrasing; artistic influences: Robert Delaunay, Kazuo Shiraga, Joan Mitchell
Hair: Brown
Eyes: Brown
Style/Other characteristics: Lots of hand-me-downs from Gerrit and Isaak, never too worried about what he's wearing because pretty much everything's got paint splatter anyway. Comfort over style, generally found in casual or athletic wear, figuring out his beard. Cuts his hair shortest in the summer, lets it come back over the year.
TEMPERAMENT
Primary Motivators: Adoration, Creation, Domesticity
Emotional Disposition: Calm
Moodiness: Even-Tempered
Topics of Conversation: Family, Relationships, Sports, Hobbies
Quirks, Habits, & Oddities: Daydreamer, collects pressed leaves and flowers to bring home, superstitious, repeats others
Hobbies & Enjoyments: Being active (skiing, hiking, wrestling, running), painting, card games
CORE TRAITS
Outlook: Hopeful
Integrity: Honest
Impulsiveness: Thoughtful
Boldness: In Person - Tentative. In Art - Bold, Emotive
Interactivity: Straightforward
Conformity: Traditional
Sense of Humor: Jokey
Boggart: Horses
(took a bad fall on day one of horseback riding and hasn't been back,
hooves and legs everywhere, trampling, rearing, snorting, more terrifying than any magical beast)
SEXUALITY
Sexual Orientation: Heterosexual
Libido: Healthy
Sexual Expressiveness: Direct
Openness to Sexual Experience: Moderate
Promiscuousness: Has dated, but only one girl at a time, no one for long
EDUCATION
Time at Beauxbatons: 1969 - 1979
EMPLOYMENT
Type of Application (Order, Death Eater, or Civilian): Civilian
Job/Position: Student
OTHER
Play By: Liam Payne
Player Name: Sam
Notes to Self: Cute Dutch phrasing; artistic influences: Robert Delaunay, Kazuo Shiraga, Joan Mitchell