Hey, I’m musing on the Patil Cousinsss, and curious about Parvati and Padma’s relationship. Do you have any particular thoughts on that? It’s hard to be sure since Harry is a clueless narrator, and Ravenclaw bookworm’s a stereotype, but I get the impression that Padma was a little more dependent on Parvati and may have struggled more to make friends at first after they were separated at Sorting, and found it easier to be bold when they were together. It’s fine if you don’t have any preferences there but I haven’t thought a lot about Padma before so I’m kinda trying to decide what I’m building from, if that makes sense. :)
I'd love for them to have a close or at least good relationship at this point in their life, but I don't have any particular head canons that I'm attached to! I feel like Parvati probably felt a lot of social pressure to strike out on her own in her first few years at Hogwarts which might have exacerbated Padma's social isolation, but I think that A) in the course of weathering all the War Bullshit, Parvati probably would have felt a little more codependent on Padma than she might've in her younger years and B) Parvati's grown up a lot since she was a teenager, and although she's still a little bit of a silly girl she's also pretty serious about like, running her business and stuff, which might make her a little more like... on Padma's level, depending on what Padma is doing with her life? Like I can imagine in school Parvati was very "okay Padma is Much Smarter and more Grown Up than me, but I'm Popular and Pretty" but now all of that stuff matters way less to her
sorry huge ramble! not married to any of it, just kind of where I've been assuming Parvati is/has been at re: their relationship
I love a ramble, and I love this! I like that Parvati and Padma kind of flipped in terms of dependency, and I get the feeling that though they may have been slightly at odds sometimes in their school years in terms of maybe defining themselves against each other (which is natural with siblings, and probably especially so with identical twins), they ultimately always still had each others' backs: like how Parvati immediately said Padma didn't have a date for the Yule Ball yet, and got her a Beauxbatons partner, and invited her to the DA! So Padma would definitely have been there for her when she needed her. :)
I think that Padma may have had a little initial jealousy when Parvati and Lavender became close, but when she realized she wasn't being replaced she came to like and then love Lavender as a sister as well.
I know Padma went back and finished school but I'm not sure what she's doing workwise. I'm considering textiles? Idk. Taking Potions turned into making dyes turned into kind of artistic stuff but maybe also fashion? I'm still thinking it over. But she's proud of Parvati for being settled and stable and finding a way to do what she loves.
Ahhh I’ve been on vacation but I see Suni is in and I’m very excited to interact with her when I get home! And I will put up a screened gossip Dropbox for briar also
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sorry huge ramble! not married to any of it, just kind of where I've been assuming Parvati is/has been at re: their relationship
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I think that Padma may have had a little initial jealousy when Parvati and Lavender became close, but when she realized she wasn't being replaced she came to like and then love Lavender as a sister as well.
I know Padma went back and finished school but I'm not sure what she's doing workwise. I'm considering textiles? Idk. Taking Potions turned into making dyes turned into kind of artistic stuff but maybe also fashion? I'm still thinking it over. But she's proud of Parvati for being settled and stable and finding a way to do what she loves.
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And today I'm getting Shot #2 so who knows how that'll affect me.
BTW you were talking about gossip stuff for Briar, where should we submit items?
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