Lindy-Mae Pilliwickle
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| Linden Mae Pilliwickle | |
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| Biographical Information | |
| Born | 16 August 1995, 22 |
| City of Birth | Piddlehinton, Dorset, England |
| Blood status | Half-blood |
| Physical Information | |
| Gender | Female |
| Height | 5'6" |
| Hair Colour | Blonde |
| Eye Colour | Brown/Hazel |
| Skin Colour | Very Fair |
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| Education | |
| School | Hogwarts |
| House | Ravenclaw |
| Class of | 2013 |
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| Playby | Peyton List |
| SJ | |
The most important thing one needs to know to understand Linden Mae Pilliwickle is that she’s not just a twin; in essence she’s a triplet. She and her brother along with her cousin Poppy were raised a bit like a litter of puppies, which is still rather true to this day. At the tender age of 14 she is trying to suss out just where she belongs and having a bit of trouble with the idea. She is a ravenous reader and collector of knowledge, with a deep desire to constantly be right, but also liked and often struggles with the internal conflict of not being able to be both.
History
Linden Mae Pilliwickle was born a good hour and a half after her brother Quentin, in what her mother likes to lovingly joke was her first sign of willful stubbornness. All throughout the pregnancy Holly claims to have felt Lindy’s personality forming; her strong nature, her endless energy, and regular 3AM dance sessions on her mother’s poor bladder. In comparison Quentin has always been easy going, relaxed, nonplussed by his sister’s (and not much later in life his cousin’s) bossy nature. Compared to her sister’s pregnancy Holly Pilliwickle (nee Potts) had a glorious time; with two happy healthy babies coming into the world. It was this ease v. chaos that would lay the groundwork for how the twins would be raised alongside their cousin Poppy. As the older sister, Holly (and subsequently her husband Jack) took on much of the responsibility that Rosie just didn’t seem able to handle.
Life carried long like that, the three of them being raised like a litter rather than three separate children with singular identities for the first three years of their lives; always with a little more focus on how small Poppy was, how much attention she needed. It was just the way of things until that horrible night shortly after the twins turned three. The ripples of war had touched the Finnigan and Pilliwickle clans in its own way; friends injured in the fighting, worrying over Mr. Pilliwickle’s blood status, questioning if they should follow Effie Finnigan’s lead and head stateside until the matter was resolved. In the end all stayed firmly planted where they were and the war passed with only slight damage to their well-being.
Jack sustained critical injuries toward the end of the war and though they were able to save him he would have been stuck on desk duty for the rest of his career with The Ministry. The other side effect of knowing what it’s like to almost pierce the veil is realizing how much of your life you’re willing to give up and what dreams aren’t worth letting go of. It was in this spirit that Jack Pilliwickle and Ronan Finnigan finally stopped finding excuses and opened a family pub, experimenting with Magical Gastronomy. Life seemed to be on a fairly even keel for much of the twins’ life after that – right up until Uncle Ronan and Aunt Rosie got divorced. Once again it fell on Holly to help as much as possible and while Lindy didn’t want to feel cheated, it was something that she struggled with. The only feeling that was possibly worse was the guilt she felt every time her mother reminded her that Poppy didn’t have the kind of life Lindy had been given. At eight the most you understand is that your cousin is not only spoiled but she gets all of your Mummy’s attention too.
The years between seven and eleven are a bit of a blur, the constant struggle to be both part of something that she loved and the desire to escape it. When at long last the trio boarded the Hogwarts Express, Lindy felt nothing but a great sense of relief. She felt the odds of them all ending up in the same house was next to impossible. Their personalities were all so different and they each placed a high premium on traits assigned to specific houses. It wasn’t until it was all said and done (with Poppy in Slytherin and Q in Gryffindor) that Lindy felt the slight twinge of panic, not sure if she really did want to be separated from her other thirds. Of course it really was the best thing for all of them, because while they remain incredibly close, it has given Lindy a chance to find her own way, her own sense of self, though she still struggles with the fact Poppy is her best friend and also the single most infuriating person on the planet.
Ravenclaw has been a good home for Linden, at least mostly. It is not always easy to be the smartest in the room, especially when it just so happens that you’re not. Being wrong (or at least the fear of it) is extremely hard for the 14 year old. Growing pains abound for most people her age (boy or girl) but it is decidedly harder when you’re already constantly competing for attention on the home front. She has learned not to particularly show it, but balancing her insecurities has gotten even harder this last year as around her the perception of boys and cooties have really started to change. Everyone is so very grown up and Lindy wants to be so very grown up too; but when you’re tip toeing into grown up territory it is very hard to be as sure that you’re the most-right-smartest-person when everyone else seems very much more experienced than you. It was all much easier when boys tried to give you tree frogs or pull your hair, and sometimes she wishes everything could just freeze and be that simple again – but she can’t ever admit that because it seems Q and Poppy are quite happily developing into the next phase of being adults and Linden can’t bear the thought of being left behind!
