❛ I, personally, am at a loss to see why the Ministry has foisted such a useless teacher on us at this critical period. Obviously, they are in denial about the return of You-Know-Who. ❜
INDEPENDENT / HIGHLY SELECTIVE / VERY PRIVATE / OC FRIENDLY / MULTI-MUSE FRIENDLY canon divergent roleplay blog for ERNEST 'ERNIE' MACMILLAN, a character from HARRY POTTER, lovingly penned by ELLIE.
What an innocent boy ! Blonde hair covering a head that has been shielded and a heart that has been caressed with love by the woman who took him in. Innocent eyes probably have never seen blood tainting hands that only knows war, welcoming her skin home with metallic warmth. Wish, wash goes the sink, untainted water littered with red that was slowly coming over her calloused skin. Skin around the fingers that ended a life. Someone’s veins are not pumping blood furiously under pale skin, a heart is not beating beneath a chest of bone. Why ? Because it was her job. Now, as the clock struck twelve, it was time to go to sleep, so thunder ricochet from a biting tongue demanding his next move.
“ Go back to bed ! “
Ernie’s brown eyes didn’t fill with sadness at her tone, he just moved smoothly into the bathroom, watching her as he sits on the toilet lid. He knows why she’s covered in blood; he’s not that much of an idiot - he just c a r e s too much, and it’s obvious in the way his eyes are spanning the room. He can see the heartbreak in his mothers gaze when they think he isn’t there, when they talk of death and of blood and of WAR that they think he can’t h e a r because he’s only YOUNG, the fire blazing in his aunts eyes before he comes downstairs. He doesn’t understand the point of the war, only the secret glances of people he doesn’t know, people he’s been told never to speak to, their sneers and words marking his mother like BLADES - knives coated in the blood of his m o t h e r and he feels as if he’s drowning. Little Evans boy ( not POTTER… not yet ), can’t catch his breath with how CRUEL the world can be. He analyses Dorcas as best as his seven year old mind can. If you grow up in a WAR ZONE – you’re never really a c h i l d.
Marlene lets out a giggle at her pseudo-nephew, because he’s a kid, & you’re supposed to giggle around kids, right ??Not that she knows much. Since the war began, she’s sure she doesn’t know very much at all, but then she knows how to fight, & that’s probably the best. She’s also gagging for a cigarette, since Lily made her give up smoking because she was spending so much time around little Ernie. Probably the closest she’ll ever get to having kids of her own, since no one would marry a wreck like her ( not that she would want them to ) & she’d likely be a terrible mother who’d forget about her children. Not exactly responsible, is Marlene.
❝ after dinner, y’ nut. ❞
she says it affectionately, & her face softens.
❝ an’ you’re the best nephew. ❞
Ernie grins at her, nodding in the slightest at her soft giggle as he watches his aunt with sparkling eyes. He doesn’t know there’s a war going on, just that his mama never lets him out after dark, never takes him to Diagon Alley anymore, told him never to let anyone he doesn’t know in the house if he hasn’t asked them a question to verify their identity. He doesn’t understand what the little sticks are, nor why Marlene would use her wand to set fire to them, stick them between her lips, eliciting his mama to throw a fit – lock her outside for twenty minutes before aunt Marlene decides to Apparate back in, after Ernie had nearly fallen off his chair because of the look on his BEST auntie’s face.
A W. delicate hand comes to brush hair out of the boy’s face, tenderly caressing his cheek. if he cried, lily might cry too. her eyes dart around their immediate surroundings, trying to spot someone who might look like they’ve lost something, then, giving the boy another soft smile, she nods before she picks him up in her arms.
❝ of course i can. was she here with you ?
❞
she doesn’t really wait for an answer, though, and instead takes off with him, the logical thing to do was go to the authorities. she’d head there, but she’d also try to find her on her own. she didn’t want to think the worst; no mother would ever let her children alone if it weren’t for a bigger force.
❝ i’m lily. it’s very nice to meet you ernie. that’s a pretty name, by the way.
❞
ernie’s little hands are nearly shaking already as he reaches for her hand tentatively. he knew that if he got lost, he was to go and try to find an adult, and he figured this ADULT was n i c e; better than old mama. old mama was strict, rude and never held his hand or touched his cheek like this other nice lady did. other mama would call him things. things he did not understand.
❝ mama b’ough’ m’ h’re.
❞
ernie nods slightly, nibbling down on his bottom lip as he sniffles in the slightest. he’s ready to start his ceremonious whining and bring on the tears, he’s been looking for minutes, but to little ern it feels more like h o u r s have passed and he was completely unable to find her, not a piece of blond hair was in sight that morning. not even when she said that she was going to get one of his dirty toys up off the floor. she just…. went. disappeared into thin air.
❝
‘i’y ! liwy. LI-LY. ❞
at first, ernie had struggled with saying the word, the name of the nice young lady who was now carrying him and allowing him to nestle his head into whatever crevice he wanted. ( the only thing the authorities would do would be chuck him in an orphanage; where he would be unwanted, unneeded and s i n k like a rock in the ocean. ) and then, his gaze captures her hair and he’s flabber-gasted. his next words are spoken with a lisp, and adoration is filling his gaze as his palm presses messily to hers, squealing in the slightest at the color of her eyes and hair, smile lighting his face up.
ernie’s voice is soft as he glances up to the second woman in his life that’s always been there, other than LILY, his mother, his n e w mother who loved him with all her h e a r t and s o u l.
ernie’s voice is soft and he stills the spoon he has hovering near his mouth. she’s his new ‘MAMA’ now and he’s claimed her as his, already, after the diagon alley incident. ‘mama used to be marry, with the ring and now ??? this mama no marry.’
001 . hello ! my name is ellie, i’m eighteen and i’ve been in the roleplay community for about four or five years now and here are a few of the rules i’ve come across that apply to interactions with ernie ! i’m generally super easygoing, activity will occasionally be pretty lax but i’m always here for interactions .
002 . ernie is primarily book - canon based . whilst i adore the harry potter movies , very little of my interpretation of ernie will come from anything we see in the films . so , in short , the actor we see in the films ( LOUIS DOYLE ) is not going to be seen as ernie here .
003 . i’m super private and super selective , so i will only be interacting with my mutuals . if i don’t follow you back , it could be one of three reasons : i haven’t seen whatever film / read whatever book / etc . your character belongs to , i feel our writing styles do not mesh well , or i just haven’t seen that you followed me ! if i’ve mentioned having watched / read the particular thing your character is from , feel free to kick me up the bum . my dis.cord will only be available to mutuals , and even then , i will be super selective about which mutuals i choose to send it to .
004 . i make and find all the icon resources myself . the psd is named RED VELVET and the icon border is from KINGSLEIGHS border pack . please do not steal my icons , unless i have explicitly stated that it is okay to download them and use them .
005 . please don’t god-mod . it isn’t fun for anyone , especially me and you . god-modding can result in an outright ban or just me dropping the thread we have going .
006 . plagiarism is a big no - no ! ernie is a recently revamped muse of mine , as evidenced by the recent url change & theme update . it's also a bit indicative of the fact that i've been around for a while & seen multiple friends go through periods of time where their work has been plagiarised & specific headcanons & characterisations have been stolen . if i become aware of any such plagiarism , i will not hesitate to block & unfollow you .
007 . if you have any triggers and i haven’t tagged them , please do not hesitate to shoot me a message ! i will go back and tag everything ! i don’t want anyone to feel as if they cannot speak to me , whether about plotting or otherwise .
008 . i do have exclusive and mains with which i will only roleplay with their iteration of a certain muse , unless i fall just as in love with another’s characterisation . please do not ask me to make exceptions , unless i have stated that i will .
009 . i may not follow you back if you are a duplicate , unless you are a multi - muse blog . however , exceptions may be made .
010 . this muse will have multiple verses & therefore will have multiple ships . ernie does not have a set sexuality in any verse so things are pretty up in the air in that aspect . ships will be based entirely on chemistry . if ernie doesn't have chemistry with your character , then a ship probably won't evolve . a side note : smut probably won't be happening here , not unless i'm super feeling it with our characters interactions .
name : ernest 'ernie' cyneweard macmillan . nicknames : ernie , mac & ern . date of birth : april 30th , 1980 . age : verse dependent . gender : cismale . pronouns : he / him . sexuality : pansexual . religion : atheist . hometown : norwich , norfolk . hogwarts house : hufflepuff . occupation : verse dependent . education : home - schooled , hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry . social class : upper class , if anything , but does work hard and does a lot to prove himself , and will not inherit any money until his father’s death , so individually he’s more middle class . financial class : extremely wealthy ; worth as much as the malfoy family , with a much better track record .
general description : originally described as a stout - looking boy , ernie macmillan is just that : stout . before his surprise growth spurt over the summer after third year , he had a spectacularly chubby , round face & wore the school vest every day . he’s blonde , blue eyed & is nearly always smiling . his growth spurt did nothing to hide that he was bigger than the average child , his figure still imposing & yet welcoming , seeming to let off a warmth that attracted people like a moth to a lamp . at age fifteen he has another growth spurt , ending up 5ft 9 & 1 / 2 in . sometime after his seventeenth birthday & the battle of hogwarts , he grows even further , growing to six foot . he’s also pretty fond of & wears a lot of the colour yellow , having been sorted into hufflepuff & everything . height : anything from 5ft 3in all the way through to 6ft 0in . hair colour : blonde . eye colour : blue . body type : mesomorph ; athletic - heavy . piercings : none . tattoos : verse dependent . faceclaim ( s ) : evan turner ( child face : infant ) , theodore turner ( child face : infant ) , jackson brundage ( child face : 3 - 11 ) , william moseley , bradley james ( adult face : 28 - 34 ) , charlie hunnam ( adult face : 34 - 49 ) , daniel craig ( adult face : 50 - ? . )
follows my headcanons starting from age two and ending at the start of his first year . usually unused as a verse , as many characters will not have interacted with him before he got to hogwarts . up for play with any character who is a member of the sacred twenty eight , or any character who could feasibly be part of the same social circle . faceclaims are evan turner , theodore turner & jackson brundage . there have been spin - offs of this verse with different parents : lily evans - as his adoptive mother sirius black & dominique macmillan as his biological parents .
post the battle of hogwarts , circa adulthood . ernie makes his own way in the world , l;having joined the ministry as an auror following his provisional year at hogwarts , in which he was training & finishing his newts ( mainly for himself . ) this all happens as ernie deals with the grief from the loss of his long - time friend & first love , justin finch - fletchley , & his ptsd diagnosis . he climbs the ranks within the auror department , working beneath hermione granger , as a liaison officer with the internationalauror offices .
post the battle of hogwarts , circa adulthood. the loss of long - time friend & the first love of ernie's life , justin finch - fletchley has driven ernie into a deep depression . somehow , his friends manage to drag him through the first and second year of life without justin . despite being a recipient of the order of merlin &nsbp;, first class for his fighting in the battle of hogwarts , the wounds are still fresh . he works as the undersecretary to the minister of magic himself , kingsley shacklebolt .
ernie , proud as he may be , has to admit he's fucked it up big time . as the time - turners crack down the middle , everything changes . this verse is for explicitly harry potter universes . this includes the founders era , the fantastic beasts series & the period before it where newt is at hogwarts , the riddle era , the marauders era & the next gen era .
incredibly rich & he knows it , ernie macmillan is the typical rich boy who has it all . his parents , those macmillan's , historical powerhouses & advisors to royalty , politicians , humanitarian charity ceo's & barons . ernie attends a private school & is an exceedingly private person . he works a weekend job & his life is set with his father being a member of the house of lords / the duke of norfolk , a member of the knights of the garter & royal advisor , & his mother the ceo of a prominent non - profit human rights organisation . ernie has no magical ability in this verse . this could be applicable to the royals ( faceclaim used will be sam claflin , as close friends with prince liam , ) gossip girl , or any other such socialite based tv show . )
ernie macmillan , victor of the fifty sixth hunger games , at age fifteen . he is the youngest victor to emerge from district two , having shown fierce loyalty , winning in the name of violet lawson , whom he was reaped with . his exception skill with many weapons enabled him to outsmart all of his opponents , following violet being murdered in the bloodbath . he works with lyme , allying himself with other victors who belief the capitol should burn , with the likes of finnick odair & finnick's wife , annie cresta , he lives in district thirteen following the commencement of the seventy fifth hunger games . in an alternate verse of this , he sacrifices himself to save finnick odair from the mutts , to allow finnick to return home to his wife . primary faceclaim is charlie hunnam , but other faceclaims may be used if thread is set before the seventieth hunger games , when he is twenty nine .
ernest macmillan , bastard of jaime lannister . after being in hiding for years , he is one of the key players after being discovered by cersei , who takes him in before the death of joffrey , as it is to be seen as a great act of kindness to reaffirm the lannister's now having the right to rule . firmly allied with the lannister's , he will follow cersei to the death . a key strategist in the war to come , he grows anxious with the news of the king in the north as well as the winter , as the time grows nearer for the game to end . this verse begins when he is sixteen .
agents of shield / marvel cinematic universe verse . ernie macmillan was hand - selected by phil coulson to help rebuild shield when the rest of the strike team was radicalised by hydra . ernie's job is to train all members of shield in combat , especially the agents who had minimal training & did not carry weapons when shield fell . ( not yet updated as far as the last two seasons as i haven't watched them yet , but watch this space . )
ernie has always known he wasn't like the other kids , but who was he supposed to tell when his parents didn't understand why he burst into flames when he got angry & seemed to have some control over the elements ? following the burning down of x - manor , he has allied himself with the x - men . ( this is a new verse but i am obsessed with the x - men film franchise & i have to rewatch them to be able to incorporate stuff here . )
north side , riverdale . the son of the richest lawyer in town , ernie macmillan keeps to himself , as well as his small group of friends . with the arrival of rich girl veronica lodge & the drama that emerges following the death of jason blossom & the additional panic the black hood brings , ernie is haughty , proud & has learned everything is not as it seems , even the southside .
