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Characters Involved: Cyrus Lillantine, Desdemona Lillantine, Callius Lillantine directly, and to a lesser extent Evander Lillantine, Antigone Lillantine, and Violante Lillantine

Usernames of each character, respectively: The Forgotten Weasley

Have each of the above listed members fully agreed to the following plot?: It took a while to convince myself, but in the end I won me over.

What is your plot idea? Please explain in great detail: While rooting around in the attic, up to no good, Cyrus discovers a charming little music box that appears to have been a wedding gift from his late aunt and uncle, Julius and Bellamy Lillantine (the parents of Violante), to his mother and father. While messing around with it, he discovers it has a false bottom, and in said false bottom, a series of very old letters. Upon further inspection, it becomes very obvious that the hidden letters are 'love' (as close to love as we're going to get with these people) letters written back and forth from Julius and Desdemona (Julius's sister-in-law) over the span of many years.

From references in the letters (and Cyrus having common sense) it becomes increasingly obvious that there is a very good chance that Evander and Antigone are not Callius Lillantine's biological children, but Julius's, and that Cyrus is his father's only child. In the midst of this, a house elf stumbles upon Cyrus and the evidence of his mother's infidelity, and loyal to Desdemona, attempts to stop Cyrus from taking the letters. Cyrus physically attacks the house elf, leaving it for dead, and proceeds to present the letters to his father, despite his mother's protests.

Callius reacts violently, but to Cyrus's surprise, does not embrace him as his heir, and instead threatens to simply disown him along with his half-siblings, having never been fond of his son to begin with, and now enraged at this last attempt to curry favor. While Cyrus had initially hoped to kill two birds with one stone and gain both the title of family heir and get his mother, who he regards as no longer of any use to him, out of the way, this throws a wrench into his plans. Deciding that Callius is the one who needs to be dealt with, he disarms his father and gets his wand into his mother's (who doesn't have a wand on her at the time) hands. Desdemona promptly imperios her husband, and as she is already injured, joins forces with her son to make it look as though Callius was inadvertently killed in a domestic dispute, with Cyrus attempting to defend his mother from his abusive father.

When law enforcement from the Ministry presumably arrives on the scene all of the evidence seems to point to everything happening as Desdemona and Cyrus claim it did. The two are truthful as to what incited Callius' violent outburst, and the knowledge of Cyrus Lillantine being the only legitimate son in the family ends up becoming public. The title of heir is transferred from Evander to Cyrus, and as such Cyrus stands to inherit everything as soon as he turns seventeen, with the former patriarch of the family now deceased.

When do you plan for this idea to go into effect? Summer 2035

What are the idea's drawbacks? (e.g. Does anyone get killed? Is Hogwarts going to have to suffer? etc.) An unfortunate house elf (who will be missed) and Callius (who will not be missed) end up dead.

Why are you interested in doing this idea? This is Cyrus's first attempt to uproot his family tree, with mixed results. Oh, and character development, that too. Evander's life and position are completely dismantled, as he's now simply a b*****d son instead of the heir he was raised to be. Antigone has even more incentive to stay far, far away from her family. Violante is furious that the family's name and fortune is going to a lunatic. Desdemona decides that if she wants to stay on her son's fleeting good side, she'd should probably maintain her distance. Everyone else has their suspicions about what really happened. Cyrus has everything he's ever wanted, but it's still not enough, surprise surprise.

Anything else you would like to share about this idea? This will have repercussions, but that was kind of obvious from the get-go. It's basically part II of III of my Lillantine nonsense.

Characters Involved: Diantha Warlow, Treva Warlow, the Warlow Family (NPCs)

Usernames of each character, respectively: The Forgotten Weasley

Have each of the above listed members fully agreed to the following plot?: Yes

What is your plot idea? Please explain in great detail: Diantha and Treva's father, Owain, a member of the Magical Law Enforcement Patrol, is killed in the line of duty while responding to a 'domestic dispute' (ie. the situation was completely misjudged and Aurors or Witch Watchers should have been sent in instead), very early into the summer holiday. The family is notified, and Diantha finds herself forced into a near parental role while her stepmother Isolde, grieving the loss of her husband and a few months pregnant as well, sinks into a deep depression to the point where she is barely functioning. Treva lashes out at her mother and siblings so much that she and a brother, Madoc, are sent to live with their paternal grandparents for the rest of the summer. Diantha, completely overwhelmed by the prospect of running a household on her own at the age of sixteen, is relieved when Nerys and Edwyn, two of her father's older siblings, step in to help, getting Isolde started with seeing a mind healer and finally allowing Diantha time to properly mourn her loss.

When do you plan for this idea to go into effect? Summer 2036

What are the idea's drawbacks? (e.g. Does anyone get killed? Is Hogwarts going to have to suffer? etc.) Diantha and Treva's father Owain, an NPC, is killed. Much suffering is had by all. Adults have breakdowns.

Why are you interested in doing this idea? Diantha and Treva grieve in very different ways. Everyone is bitter and angry and more than happy to be going back to Hogwarts by the end of it all. (ALSO IT WILL EVENTUALLY BRING THEM CLOSER TOGETHER AS SIBLINGS AND IT SETS UP FUTURE WARLOW SHENANIGANS)

Anything else you would like to share about this idea? Nahhh.

Characters Involved: Lydia Spencer, Mark Bloxham (NPC)

Usernames of each character, respectively: The Forgotten Weasley

Have each of the above listed members fully agreed to the following plot?: Myesh.

What is your plot idea? Please explain in great detail: Shortly into the start of her fourth year, Lydia encounters a sixth year Gryffindor named Mark. While the two originally bicker, Liddie finds him handsome and intelligent, and is flattered by his apparent interest in her as well. They go out on a few dates, most of which are instigated by Mark, as Liddie has no real experience with modern dating culture given her strict religious upbringing. She finds the idea of dating him exciting and rebellious, as her parents obviously wouldn't approve, and also as a way to prove that she isn't 'some stuck-up religious freak', as she fears her classmates think. Mark is bitterly sarcastic and somewhat aloof in nature, which only causes Liddie to become more infatuated with him, since he seems to be her polar opposite.

For a few months she is very happy to consider herself his girlfriend, and is oblivious to his controlling and emotionally abusive behavior, most of which he masks by turning it around on her or passing it off as her being oversensitive and clingy. However, she does become wary when he becomes outright verbally abusive, but feels as if she is too far into the relationship to break it off now, and begins to blame herself for being 'ditzy' and 'annoying', which she assumes causes his poor treatment of her. Over the Easter break Liddie's mother discovers her secret stash of makeup and evidence of her being in a relationship while going through her things at home, prompting a massive fight between Liddie and her parents, who accuse her of behaving inappropriately and threaten to pull her out of school.

When she returns to Hogwarts distraught, she confides in Mark, who also has a troubled home life, and when he suggests that she simply not return home for the summer holidays and stay with him, begins to seriously consider it. While Liddie doesn't actually want to move in with Mark, she considers enduring a summer of fighting with her parents and having her every move supervised to be worse, and reluctantly agrees to his plan, disappearing with him from Hogsmeade Station just before the train leaves to take the students home. At first Liddie genuinely enjoys the sense of freedom she gets from being completely unfettered for the summer, but quickly realizes that living with Mark means Mark having even more say in what she says and does, and finds herself in over her head.

However, when confronted with a pregnancy scare she decides that she's no longer safe around him, and runs off with only her wand after a particularly bad fight. When she eventually finds her way home her parents are so distraught over her having been missing for a good month that she is not seriously punished by them, but ashamed and blaming herself for everything, Liddie goes through a period of self-loathing until she finally starts to let go of what happened and move on, closing 'The Book of Mark' in her life.

When do you plan for this idea to go into effect? 2038-2039 school year/Summer 2039

What are the idea's drawbacks? (e.g. Does anyone get killed? Is Hogwarts going to have to suffer? etc.) Liddie gets involved in an unhealthy, abusive relationship. No one is seriously injured or harmed but there is some general unpleasantness and a good deal of bad behavior all around.

Why are you interested in doing this idea? Because its an important step in Liddie's plot development from studying The Gospel According to Her Overly Controlling Parents to the Gospel According to her Overly Controlling Boyfriend, and will help her eventually realize down the line that one basically led to the other.

Anything else you would like to share about this idea?

Characters Involved: Treva Warlow, Madoc Warlow, Diantha Warlow, Isolde Warlow (NPC), Edric Warlow (NPC)

Usernames of each character, respectively: The Forgotten Weasley

Have each of the above listed members fully agreed to the following plot?: Yeah.

What is your plot idea? Please explain in great detail: After arriving home the summer after her fourth year Treva begins to really suspect something is up with her mother, Isolde, who is in an improved mental state but still obviously depressed after the death of her husband, and her uncle, Edric, who seems to be hanging around an awful lot for a married man with children of his own to look after. Not wanting to believe that the two might be having an affair, Treva decides to alter her appearance (being a metamorphmagus) to that of her mother and see how her uncle reacts when he believes that she is Isolde. Obviously, he inadvertently reveals the affair to the disguised Treva, who immediately drops the disguise and reams him out. A bundle of nasty family drama ensues. Isolde finds out that Treva knows, Madoc finds out and blows up at his mother, Treva threatens to curse her uncle, a teenagers versus adults shouting match happens, and the younger kids are very freaked out by all the screaming and accusations. In the end Edric peaces out, Isolde locks herself in her room for several hours, and Treva sends Di a howler, figuring she probably knew and didn't say anything, or at least suspected. (She is correct).

When do you plan for this idea to go into effect? Summer 2039

What are the idea's drawbacks? (e.g. Does anyone get killed? Is Hogwarts going to have to suffer? etc.) No one is killed. Nothing seriously awful happens beyond a crap-ton of family drama and some very angry teenagers dealing with some messed up adults.

Why are you interested in doing this idea? Isolde is far from a perfect mother (as has been established), and this is a last straw of sorts with her two eldest children. Edric is a manipulative a-hole who went after his dead younger brother's wife and effed with the entire family dynamic. Treva is forced to grow up a bit and realize that her family has issues, but the issues don't start and end with her and Madoc, even if they are the Problem Children. Madoc has to come to grips with his dysfunctional relationship with his mother and the fact that he's not becoming a very good person. Di has checked out on her family because she can't handle the responsibilities of being the eldest (and only adult) child, but she gets a nasty reminder all the same.

Anything else you would like to share about this idea? Just to be perfectly clear: Isolde and Edric are in-laws, not siblings. This is ick (bc they exposed Isolde's kids to an adulterous, profoundly messed up relationship) but not squick.