Post by TOBIAS EMORY GOYLE on Sept 25, 2014 2:46:13 GMT -5
 tobias emory goyle sixteen pureblood 6th-year, Slytherin 9 1/2 inch, Dragon Heartstring, Holly BIRTHDAY: 16; April 3 PATRONUS: Octopus ABILITIES: N/A Might we start with your name in full; it is Tobias, right? "Toby... really I prefer Toby. Only my father called me Tobias. And, if it's all the same, I'd just prefer to not remember him." Ok. You said, your father - you mean Gregory Goyle. "That's him. I never really knew him all that well; definitely not as the way my brother and sister did." You talk about him as though he's dead... "He might be for all I know. After he and my mom divorced, he came around for a while... by that I mean he showed up for a while on birthdays and holidays trying to buy our love - that's what River says. Then he just stopped coming, and we never heard from him again. None of us have ever seen an obituary, but we've never seen any proof of life either. River and Anya hate him, I'm just kind of indifferent; I never really knew him well enough to know whether to hate him or not." Well, what about your mother - Tracey Davis, correct? "Yeah. I love my mom. Arya says that's because I was too young to really wrap my head around the fact that she'd cheated on our dad. But I figured that none of us were ever really all that fond of our dad; all I even remember of when they were together was the fighting. When Mom remarried (the same guy she'd apparently cheated on our father with and had a child of their own with), I was actually pretty excited - I was getting the closest thing I'd ever known to a real dad and a new half-brother my own age to boot. I was also still pretty young and naive. My step-father isn't a bad guy, but he was always more concerned with his son first, and when he and our mom had another baby not long after tying the knot, I was shifted back another row on his list of priorities. Really, the closest thing I've ever known to an actual father is my oldest brother, River. But with Riv, I never wanted for anything I can imagine kids with involved fathers actually wanting; Riv made sure of that." So it sounds like you've got an extremely close-knit relationship with your siblings? "That's a pretty big understatement. Arya, and I guess Ezra too, closed off to any of our parents pretty early on, but she always set the example to not put blame on those who didn't deserve it, and to embrace our bloods as our own. We're kind of like one of those Muggle sitcom television (I think that's what it's called) shows, except our parents aren't dead, just sort of out of the picture for some of us. I go home for holidays, but the place that really feels like home is River's house in Ottery St. Catchpole." So by the time you came to arrive at Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry, you had a whole clan waiting for you. "You could say that. Just about all of us ended up sorted into the same house; I don't know for sure, but I'm almost positive the Sorting Hat put me in Slytherin was because the entire time I was sitting on that stool I was staring out at Riv and praying I ended up in the same house as him, Arya, and Ez. It was really the first time we felt like we had a real family environment, the four of us - and our half-brother - against the world. And there were times where it really did feel like we were up against it, since apparently our father had some views on purebloods being superior to everyone else that not only did none of us believe, but that a number of people from pureblood families seemed to expect us to believe. My dormitory mates my first two years tried to bully me a lot because I wouldn't put down halfbloods and muggleborns. When Riv found out he put them in their place and got our Head of House to place me in a new dorm; he also had to stop Arya from trying to jinx those three boys from my year into oblivion. I'm about to start my sixth year in the Fall and while there's definitely a lot to be excited about, the one thing I'm not looking forward to is being the only Goyle left at Hogwarts. Arya and Ezra are about to graduate and move on. It'll take some adjusting to." You're saying you're worried about being bullied again? "Not at all. I outgrew that pretty quickly, River and Arya made sure of it. To be honest, I like the fact that I don't think like people expect me to or according to the prehistoric views of some of the kids in my house. If they want to judge me for that, let them - if they're the kind to judge me for that then I really don't put a lot of stock in their opinions, anyway. I'm just going to miss my brothers and sister is all." So what is it that you do to pass the time then? I imagine you'll be looking to devote yourself to some past-times in order to ease the transition that first year by yourself. "I've been training really hard to build my Quidditch game up, Ezra's been helping me - even though he's not all that fast on a broom he really understands a lot of the psychology and strategy of the sport. Slytherin is graduating all three chasers, and I want one of those spots on the team next year. There's also a couple of friends - yes, they're girls, because last year it was only made up of girls - that are trying to drag me into auditioning for the choir. I've got a good singing voice, but I'm not entirely sure how I feel about being the only guy in the choir - especially when I already catch stick from other guys because of how long my hair is. Really, I need to start trying to figure out what I want to do after graduation. I know that's still two years away, and I really don't have the desire to be an auror - not that I feeling good about getting the necessary mark on my Herbology OWL to go on to the required NEWT-level class for that anyway. And yeah, part of this is probably just me wanting to hurry up and graduate so we can go back to being one united family in the Wizarding World. But I also don't want to just end up settling on something practical like banking, which I could do, and being bored out of my skull every day at work." So does that mean you won't have time for much of a social life? Or for that matter, how rude of me, what is the current state of your social life? "Girls? I don't know. I don't really date much. I think Arya thinks it's because of our parents' failed relationship not giving me a great idea of what a healthy relationship is supposed to look like. Truth is I did date someone early on this past year and she did a real number on me. I had to keep it secret from Arya and Ezra for different reasons: He would have teased me incessantly and she would have probably slipped a potion in the girl's butter beer so that her hair would fall out. I'm not really in a hurry to get burned like that again, so yeah, I guess you could say I'm not really prioritizing dating next term. Someone would really have to knock me on my butt, so to speak, to get me to put myself out there again." So that's it? You're just going to give up that easily? "No one said anything about giving up. It's just a matter of priorities. I'm focusing on me, not trying to define myself through all the other people I'm with. Besides, Hana is all the girl I need in my life right now." I thought you said you didn't have a girlfriend. "I don't. Hana is my Sphinx cat. River bought her for me the Christmas after he graduated. She kind of hates Ezra... or at least she likes the way the blood from his ankles taste." Well that about covers just about everything on my docket. Anything else pertinent you feel like sharing? "I think I get a reputation for being withdrawn and shy - I've even heard some rumors that some kids want to call me antisocial - because I don't talk a lot and, when my brothers and sister were here, I tagged along after them a lot. Really, I'm just not the kind of person that's going to talk just to talk. But believe me, if I've got an opinion I'm not going to keep it back, you'll hear it. I'm just really low-key outside of smaller groups of those I really know well. I'm not antisocial. I'm not morose. I actually do like to smile. I can be goofy as the next person. Just because I don't talk your head off doesn't mean I'm not a friendly person. I just happen to think people should think before they speak, and I practice what I preach." That sort of felt like it'd been building up inside of you. "Maybe. I don't know. Just a pet peeve, I suppose. Riv always impressed on me to not judge people based off the superficial stuff or until you actually get to know them. And I'm kind of tired of people doing that to me. So I figured it best to just clear the air." You realize this isn't being published to your fellow students, right? "Whatever. Someone will read it and they'll know me for the better because of it. Thanks for taking the time to interview me though." You're thanking me? "Why shouldn't I? It's the polite thing to do, isn't it?" Sure. It's just... uncustomary. "I told you I liked being a little unconventional." hey guys, my name is RYAN! and I am rocking it at OLD years old, role-playing for roughly WORKING ON MY 2ND DECADE years - so i'm pretty chill with anything. i'm in the ELEUTIAN time zone, and hail from HAWAII so how about that! currently my character looks just like SAMUEL LARSEN or so i am told! I found y'all at OG ATR and that's pretty awesome isn't it? I currently have other faces on here known as TELEMACHUS HIGGS and THOMAS WEASLEY, so hit them up for plotting! anyways; peace my dears! |