<div class="floatleft">(http://i857.photobucket.com/albums/ab136/mrbunnyhesayno/Ivan_zpsmtcjirto.jpg)</div><br/><strong>Name ::</strong>Ivan Blackwood<br/><strong>Location ::</strong>London<br/><strong>House ::</strong>Slytherin<br/><strong>Year/Titles ::</strong>7th Year<br/><strong>Date/Time ::</strong>Summer 1988<br/><strong>What ::</strong>Jamming to some Queen<br/><strong>Tag ::</strong>--<br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Approved // Heartsink</div><div class="spoiler_body"><div align="center"><strong><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 14pt;">Hogwarts Student Application </span></strong></div><br/>Name :: Ivan Blackwood<br/>Nick Name(s) :: Blackfool (derogatory); Ivy (affectionate; by his mum)<br/>Age :: 18<br/>Gender :: Male<br/>Sexuality :: <em>Heterosexual</em><br/>Birthday :: (21, December, 1969)<br/>Birthplace :: Newcastle, England<br/>Hometown ::  London, England<br/>Ethnicity :: Anglo-Saxon<br/>Blood-Status :: Half-Blood<br/>House :: Slytherin<br/>Titles :: None<br/>Wand ::  six inches long, made of kauri with a phoenix feather core; unusually small<br/>Patronus :: Mockingbird<br/>Boggart :: Him as Minister of Magic<br/>Do you have any medical concerns?   [  ] Yes   [ X ] No<br/>        If yes, please explain ::<br/>Do you have a pet?   [  ] Yes   [ X ] No<br/>        If yes, please explain ::<br/>Your Characters On's and Offs :: <em>Link (https://elliquiy.com/forums/onsoffs.php?u=56891)</em><br/><br/><div align="center"><div align="center"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 14pt;"><br/>~All In the Image~</span></div></div><br/>Face Claim :: Pierre Niney<br/>         Link (http://puu.sh/hGAb5/b3e28035b3.png) Link (http://www.avoir-alire.com/IMG/jpg/358812.jpg) Link (http://img15.hostingpics.net/pics/224407pierrenan.gif) Link (http://auto.img.v4.skyrock.net/2079/85562079/pics/3177073553_1_2_zoLucq5o.gif)<br/>Height/Weight ::  5'10'' / 150 lbs<br/>Extra :: He has a small Iron Cross (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/60/Cross-Pattee-Heraldry.svg) tattooed on his left forearm<br/>Basic Style :: He hates the uniform and doesn't care about it one bit. Therefore it is often messy. He prefers normal muggle clothes, and will wear sunglasses if the weather permits it at Hogwarts whenever he can. <br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><div align="center"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 14pt;">~What They Might or Might Not Know~</span></div> <br/><br/>Personality :: Ivan is a complex person, full of apparent contradictions, but is in reality a deep believer in his vision of the world. He's openly a supporter of Carlotta Pinkstone. He more particularly supports the idea of the wizard world coming out to the open and merging with the muggle world. He advocates muggles and wizards to procreate to unify the races into one magical and technology advanced human race. He's also very vocal about structural changes that would need to be achieved to make that new society possible, notably the reform of the Ministry of Magic and its merger with the British government, the end of the British monarchy, a new global intergovernmental organization involving magic to replace the not functioning United Nations, etc. <br/><br/>He is fascinated by muggle-born wizards, considers half-bloods to be the norm and deeply dislikes pure-bloods and often mocks them. Ivan is quite arrogant and full of himself, believing he holds the undeniable truth about wizards and muggles alike. He's however suspicious about people and a real cynic, seeing Dumbledore for example as a liar and a cunning manipulator, and labels most Ministry of Magic press releases as half-truth propaganda and anything from the Daily Prophet as pure bollocks. <br/><br/>Often the mockery of the Slytherin house, he bears the nickname Blackfool, given by his comrades. He is not bullied, however, knowing he's quite talented in non-magical fights. His social awkwardness however gives him little to no real friend, making him a lonely man. <br/><br/>History :: As the middle born child of the Blackwood family, Ivan grew up estranged from his siblings and admiring his muggle mother. His father, a pure-blood born Blackwood, raised his three children as wizards firstly, but Ivan didn't like it. He wasn't like his sisters at all, he played with car toys and looked at airplanes flying in the sky, while his sisters were taught basic magic by their father. Resulting in that, Ivan's father grew up to be openly disappointed by his son and to praise his daughters, who turned out to be both in Ravenclaw like him in his years at Hogwarts. On the other hand, Ivan is in Slytherin, the first ever Blackwood in Slytherin, a disgrace to the family name, according to his father. <br/><br/>When he received his letter, Ivan burnt it the first time, but more letters came afterwards. When Nathaniel Blackwood realized the situation, he almost beat him up, but his wife Agnieszka stopped him. Afterwards, father and son made a deal regarding Ivan's future. He would study at Hogwarts and graduate and afterwards he could do whatever he wanted. At the time, Ivan thought it was a good idea, but now that he was thinking about it, he could have gotten a better deal. <br/><br/>On the day he started his first year at Hogwarts, he challenged Albus Dumbledore to a duel, trying to get expelled somehow. This was probably why he was chosen by the sorting hat in Slytherin rather than another house. In the end, people thought he was making a joke and as such nobody took him seriously. For his first five years, Ivan struggled with his studies, only finding peace when he could leave the castle and go fly on a broom or leave to see his mum in London, in the muggle world. <br/><br/>He excels in muggle studies and transfiguration, surprisingly enough, but is just miserably passing his other classes. He also has talent with brooms and flying, but he decided not to join his house's Quidditch team in his third year because most of the players hated him. He has no feeling of belonging to house Slytherin, often deliberately making trouble to lose points for his house. That, of course, has the frequent tendency to enrage Professor Snape. <br/><br/><div align="center"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 14pt;">~Odds &amp; Ends~</span><br/><br/></div><br/>Likes ::<br/>♦ Flying/Brooms<br/>♦ Muggle technology and society<br/>♦ Muggle music (devoted Queen fan)<br/>♦ Muggle girls<br/>♦ Messing with people<br/>♦ Carlotta Pinkstone<br/><br/>Dislikes ::<br/>♦ Ministry of Magic<br/>♦ Pure-Bloods (when he walks in the hallways and sees a pure-blood, he often sings "nobody likes an inbred" to them)<br/>♦ Joslyn's cat<br/>♦ Gryffindor<br/>♦ Hogwarts<br/>♦ Dumbledore<br/><br/>Habits ::<br/>♦ Staring intensely at people<br/>♦ Wand spinning (only he can do it with his 6 inches wand) with his fingers<br/>♦ Mocking people<br/><br/>Hobbies ::<br/>♦ Doing muggle stuff (watching muggle sports mostly, listening to music and reading muggle books)<br/>♦ Traveling<br/>♦ Flying on a broom<br/><br/>Talents ::<br/>♦ Great speaker<br/>♦ Muggle studies<br/>♦ Transfiguration<br/><br/>Flaws ::<br/>♦ Arrogant<br/>♦ Obnoxious to most<br/><br/>Trivia ::<br/>♦ He's unliked throughout Hogwarts and hated in his house for being an open supporter of Carlotta Pinkstone<br/>♦ He's also hated throughout Hogwarts for being an open mugglephile.<br/>♦ He expresses his opinions loudly so everyone can hear, without them necessarily wanting to hear them. <br/>♦ He likes to manipulate people into thinking they should hate each other. <br/>♦ In his first year, he challenged Dumbledore to a duel, prompting the general hilarity. <br/><br/>Quote you live by ::<br/>♦ "Abracadabra!"<br/><br/>Biggest Secret ::<br/>♦ He's an unregistered animagus, having developed the ability by himself after learning about it in his third year. His goal was trying to find the best way to leave Hogwarts without anyone noticing and his father unable to trace him. <br/><br/><br/><div align="center"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 14pt;">~Those In Life~</span></div> <br/><br/>Family Members:<br/>        ♦ Father | Nathaniel Blackwood | 46 | Works at the Ministry of Magic / Ravenclaw<br/>        ♦ Mother | Agnieszka Blackwood, née Sobotka | 48 | Works in the fashion industry in London / Muggle<br/>        ♦ Sister | Evelyn Blackwood | 23 | Works overseas in New Zealand as a Britain's Ministry of Magic ambassador / Ravenclaw<br/>        ♦ Sister | Inez Blackwood | 14 | 4th year at Hogwarts / Ravenclaw<br/><br/>Friends Worth Noting:<br/>        ♦ none (sad, init?)<br/><br/>Rival(s):<br/>        ♦ Joslyn Stone | 17 | Slytherin / 7th year <br/>        ♦ James Corbett | 17 | Ravenclaw / 7th year (? - sounds like he'd be a good rival, will put him here for now, will discuss in plotting thread if CS approved)<br/></div></div><br/><hr/><hr/><br/><div class="codeheader">Code: <a class="codeoperation" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="return smfSelectText(this);">[Select]</a></div><pre style="margin: 0; padding: 0;"><code class="bbc_code">[floatleft][img]http://i857.photobucket.com/albums/ab136/mrbunnyhesayno/Ivan_zpsmtcjirto.jpg[/img][/floatleft]<br/><br/>[b]Name ::[/b] Ivan Blackwood<br/>[b]Location ::[/b] <br/>[b]House ::[/b] Slytherin<br/>[b]Year/Titles ::[/b] 7th Year <br/>[b]Date/Time ::[/b] <br/>[b]What ::[/b] <br/>[b]Tag ::[/b] <br/>[spoiler=OCC][/spoiler]<br/><br/>[hr][hr]</code></pre>