i love your theories/headcanons about fiore and her relationship with her parents so let me share this one with you : What you said about snape hating fiore for the opposite reasons that he hates harry are quite close to how i imagine snape/rakepick relationship. They give me some grindeldore vibes. Like Dumbledore said or at least implied, Lily was the best part of Snape so it's faire to assume that Patricia would be the WORST of him and that's why he hates himself so much for having an affair and even a child with her. He doesn't accept anything let alone his daughter. Snape has this really unhealthy and complicated relationship with darks arts and bad people. He can't help but being drawn to them. Something indescribable keeps making him coming back to her. As for Patricia i see her as a narcissistic woman who secretly would enjoy to take lily's place because for her it would mean "i am BETTER than her who is supposed to be a paragon of virtue ". She seems to be overconfident but i suspect that she has self-esteem issues so it would fit her to seek for snape's (or someone else) devotion and i don't think she would love healthily either. A touch starved and cruel man who finds comfort in a self-absorbed woman who doesn't judge him for his creepy interest in dark arts and challenges him. That's how is see them : a whole mess doomed to end very badly.

Lily is a metaphore for the light and Patricia is a metaphore for the darkness. (Just like Ariana was Dumbledore's light and remorse and Grindelwald his poison, the difference is that the fling between snape and patricia was too short to develop into something as deep as grindeldore, otherwise Snape would have moved on from Lily and the "always" line wouldn't make any sense).

Lily brings out the best in him (loyalty) and Patricia brings out the worst in him (cruelty, cowardice, bad parenting representation).

(Bad romance from Lady Gaga is playing in the background while i'm writing this lmaooo i'm joking)

Anyway thanks for reading me i was really inspired :D ( i love parallels and metaphores)

First of all, thank you so much for the compliment, and thank you for your interest in Fiore! She’s a sweet little rascal alright, and I love her, for all of the drama she originates from, she’s managed to turn it around!

Oh man, I think you may really be onto something. It is so like Snape to do this. Or at least, given the toxicity that infected his relationship with Lily, I am not surprised. He defines himself based on the women in his life and his relationships (percieved or otherwise) to them. He always wanted to be his best self for Lily. Or maybe it’s more accurate to say he believed he would have been his best self with her, even if that’s not true. With Rakepick, all of his flaws are sharply shoved back in his own face. She wouldn’t hesitate to call him out on them and be real with him, and he’d hate her for that yet he’d also keep coming back.

It’s interesting that you say that about Snape being unhealthily drawn to the darkness in people because that’s one of Luca’s flaws too. Now in rethinking this, if Luca should meet Fiore and learn about her parentage, they might just feel a degree of sympathy for Snape like they understand him better. In general, I love what you said about Rakepick taking satisfaction from replacing Lily. Especially since I headcanon Rakepick as being a muggleborn herself, and she’s a Gryffindor too. I think she would take some kind of sick pleasure from turning Snape’s head and making him fall for her even though his heart is supposed to only be with Lily, and Rakepick is certainly no Lily.

Snape knows Rakepick is bad for him and Lily would have been good for him. By fathering Fiore, he’d feel like he was betraying Lily. Not for the first time either. He’s still torn up about relaying the prophecy to Voldemort. I bet he thinks that eventually, had Lily lived, she would have “come to her senses” and left James. To the end, he never accepted that Lily was with him. Literally tore a photograph of her family in half, and took the last page of a letter with her loving signature. My dude had so many issues and if he’d had a fling with Rakepick they actually make even more sense?

So there is a theory going around here on Tumblr that rakepick has a kid, and that they were being held captive by R, her name would be Firoe. I think that the mc would most likely rescue them near the end of year seven. So since it's near the end of year seven and the mc is almost an adult then they would adopt them. So this is my mc with Fiore.

Script

Fiore: w-were are they t-taking my m-mum

Hailey: your mum is going to be ok. I'm going to take care of you for a while. Is that ok with you.

Fiore nods

Fiore: I don't want to be alone again...

Hailey: it's ok your going the be ok.

Fiore hugs her

Im sorry your theory about Rakepick having a child didn’t turn out to be canon. I mean ngl I’m kinda relieved because I wouldn’t wish anyone to have someone like Rakepick as a mother seeing how she’s shown she’s not afraid to traumatise, hurt and even kill children. But at the same time it could’ve been interesting and given her a more human side. It had the potential to at least. And anyway just because Rakepick’s bad doesn’t mean her child has to be the same way, I am kinda curious to know what a child who has a parent by the likes of her would be like. Like yeah they could just follow in her footsteps or they could turn out to be better than her.

At this point, I don't even necessarily think Rakepick being a double agent would be what's best for the story or anything, and the emotional desire for that twist has long since worn off...but it still would have made more sense and explained a lot. As in, stuff that's being revealed even now.

The vials. Rakepick kept Olivia's memories in her own office. She hid them there. Supposedly so she could have some kind of leverage on R, but if that's true, why didn't she pack them before she took the gang into the Portrait Vault? It seems that she knew she wouldn't be coming back, so what happened there? Her wiping Olivia's memories could have just as easily been about protecting her as it could have been taking her out of the equation. With everything we know about Rakepick, why wouldn't she just kill Olivia, in that situation? What if she always planned to restore Olivia's memories and/or left them for Olivia/Jacob/Dumbledore to find. For crying out loud, they're even labeled. See, Rakepick doesn't have to be secretly good or anything, but sometimes her decisions just don't make a lot of sense if she isn't actually a spy.

Another example - the Two Way Mirror. One can assume she was just talking to Verucca or Peregrine in that scene, but if that's the case, why not show us? Peregrine openly admits to being in on this plan the moment we confront him, so why keep the identity of the other half of this conversation as a mystery? I know R is a mysterious organization and all but they're also not exactly a secret anymore, and with Peregrine now being unmasked, aren't we a bit beyond that stage?

It's alright if the Mother! Rakepick Theory didn't wind up being true. Honestly, it was always a longshot, and was just as much wishful thinking on my part as it was a concept that could actually happen. It could also depend on whether or not Fiore was actually alive. If this was a mother desperately obeying the people who have her child...or a mother playing the long game to burn down the group that killed her daughter. Though that might have made her a little too much like Snape if the latter case were true. Which is a nice segue into a thought bubble I had a little while ago - I hadn't given much thought as to the identity of Fiore's father. But the very first time I actually considered it, the answer immediately fell into place. I said to myself, "Oh, it's Snape. Duh." And then my mind was blown.

I know, I know, age gaps and timelines and whatever, but keep in mind that Fiore is younger than Jacob's Sibling. I sure as hell don't see her being born while Lily is still alive. As to how Snape x Rakepick (Snakepick?) would actually happen, I'd need to figure that out, as well as how Snape feels about her - assuming he even knows that Fiore is his. He might not. As for her actual age, I'm thinking she's somewhere between Bea's year and Harry's year. She could be an OC for the original books, who knows. I mean Year 8 is totally gonna be a thing right?

Sadie Sink would be a great fancast for Fiore :)

Name sounds familiar, actually! Let me have a look.

Okay, I don't recognize her, but doing a bit of digging, I'm finding that she was on Stranger Things, which I've heard a lot about. That's probably where it comes from. Either way, she's a cutie and I could definitely see her as my little rascal! In the past, I've gone with Caitlin Blackwood for Fiore (Can you tell I'm a Whovian?) But Sadie could work well too. The main distinction here is that Sadie is 5'2 and Caitlin is 5'8. On the one hand, it's a well known headcanon on my blog that her mom is tall, and also that they look very much alike. But on the other hand, Fiore has tiny energy. She just does. I'll have to think about this...

I don't see Snape knowing Fiore is his. First because there is a possibility that Dumbledore knows and since he needs him too much he would not take the risk to loose an useful spy so Rakepick can get back her daughter... (If she's "that" bad.) Another option is that Rakepick is such an independant and proud woman that she doesn't think she needs help to save Fiore let alone a man she now deeply despises... Anyway it would complicate many things in the story if he knew and besides it adds even more misery to his life. Dying without knowing he had a daughter LMFAO what a miserable life... I also love the idea that no one in the wizarding world besides Dumbledore knew the reasons behind Rakepick's actions.

Snape could know but with Harry, the second war and the canon events it doesn't really add up...

Anyway, with the events at the end of the third fantastic beasts movies we now know that a character having a secret child is definitely something that could happen in canon... So yeah your theory is kinda cool :)

Snape knowing is actually a very significant question, especially since Fiore is likely to be in the same year as Harry, or if nothing else, their time at Hogwarts will overlap.

Because you're right. Whatever else he may be, I believe it would affect his decisions and he would likely want to protect her. Of course, the fact that he has a child with Rakepick at all raises questions of how that happened, how the two of them could have ever...coupled. I still don't know how it would have gone down, but I can see Rakepick being the kind of on-and-off ex that Snape despises yet still finds himself spending nights with when she visits, if that makes any sense? Or even if it was only just the one time.

Fiore would show up to Hogwarts, and, no way around it, Snape would have a strong opinion about her. Because we all know he's not able to mentally separate his enemies from the members of their families that he meets. He could never treat Harry as his own person because he was the spitting image of James. And guess what, Fiore looks exactly like her mom. (Not sure why this is such a narrative motif in the Potterverse, but hey, when in Rome...) So Snape isn't going to just ignore her like he would any other student. Her name is Rakepick, and she's a mini-me of his long-time enemy turned occasional lover. Oh, this is going to get so messy. I don't even want to think of how badly he'd treat Fiore, all the while not knowing.

But if he did know...would he treat her any better? I'm inclined to think that yes, he would, but he also wouldn't become father of the year. That's just not who he is, he doesn't have that in him. It takes empathy, it takes a certain talent to know how to talk to children, and we all know Snape doesn't have that. But just imagine how conflicted he would be, knowing that Rakepick's daughter was his. Especially if we go with my head-canon/fanfic idea from ages ago that Snape hates Rakepick for betraying him to R and nearly getting Lily killed in the process. Dude, imagine how much Snape would hate Fiore, and Rakepick, and himself, for his having had a daughter with someone other than Lily.

It creates such an intriguing parallel between Fiore and Harry. Because Snape looks at Harry and hates him because "you should have been mine." He looks at Fiore and hates her because "You shouldn't have been mine." Or even worse, "I should have never had you, you shouldn't exist." Would he be that cruel? I honestly don't know. I doubt he would say such things to her because to be frank, he would sooner die than admit his identity to Fiore, but still, he might think such things and those kinds of thoughts could affect his actions.

Ultimately, what you said about Dumbledore is very likely correct. He'd know. I don't know how he would know, but he would. He always knew. Usually because he'd use passive legilimency on people, but in this case, if Snape didn't know (and Fiore likely wouldn't) then I'm not sure how he would find out unless Rakepick told him. He could screen her too, but she's an Occlumens. Either way, it is so like Dumbledore for him to know that Fiore is Snape's daughter and not tell him in order to prevent him from being distracted, to keep him zero'd in on Operation: Harry. It's a hypothetical idea about head-canons surrounding a fanfic character and yet, it fits him to a T and I'm already mad. Fuck you, Dumbledore.

Why would Fiore being forgiving of Rakebitch and Snivellus, they’re both god awful people. I mean I guess Snape had somewhat redeemable qualities to some people but the same can’t be said for that ginger psycho

Because they're her parents and therefore, the situation is complicated for her. A person being blood family is not an excuse or an obligation, you don't owe someone anything just because you share DNA with them. But if a person feels conflicted in that case, I'd say that's natural. If they choose to forgive that person, it's their business. This is why I don't mind "Albus Severus Potter." Yes, Harry forgave his abuser. He has that right. But it doesn't mean the narrative itself is trying to Snape. (The film leans into this idea more, but The Prince's Tale was far more nuanced in the book.)

Rakepick is hardly as complex as Snape, but this is where headcanons come in. Even if as assume that Rakepick still committed all her crimes in the Fioreverse, it still stands to reason that Fiore might have seen another side of her (or wanted to see it, convinced herself, whatever.) Just because the game chose to make Rakepick into a boring one-note baddie doesn't mean I'm going to. I can accept her as a villain. But I refuse to accept her as a character without depth. Canon? What canon? I'm already deviating by giving her a daughter in the first place. Don't forget, the entire concept of Fiore is tied to the idea that she is the reason for Rakepick serving R in the first place. They threatened her, in the very least.

All of this will depend on the interactions Fiore has had, and will have, with her parents. Again, I drew inspiration from Lyra Silvertongue. She hated her parents for the majority of the adventure but in the end, after they were gone and she had time to reflect...well, she didn't exactly forgive them but it was a calmer, more wistful assessment of them, if that makes sense. I could see Fiore reaching that point with her parents as well.

Then again, she might also be forgiving of them and be unwavering in her faith for no other reason than because Fiore is a cinnamon roll. That is how I see her. Cheerful and friendly and unfazed by most things. Even as a little girl she would frequent Knockturn Alley and learn the tips and tricks of thievery, crime, and even The Dark Arts. She's still a cute and friendly bean, though, and that's why I like her. Fiore is a person of duality, and all of my long-time mutuals, go ahead and finish your drinks.

Fiore’s gonna need therapy…Rakepick for a mum AND Snape for a dad? 😰

I'm actually very glad that you sent me this, because I'm pretty sure someone sent me a similar message about Fiore prior to the #InboxPurgeOf23, so it's good that I get to talk about this.

If it helps at all, Snape in HPHM is significantly more likeable than Snape from the books. But then again, Fiore is looking like she's going to at least partially be a character who is around during the Golden Trio era. Where, perhaps due to being angered by Harry's presence, Snape behaves far worse. I feel like Fiore would be pretty angry about that. Though, I guess it would depend at least a little on her perspective of Harry. That's something to come back to, now that I think about it.

The more I consider this development to her character, the more Fiore is reminding of Lyra Silvertongue, from His Dark Materials. Stuck with two problematic major characters for parents who are on opposing sides of a war. Not to mention they both have a tendency toward the more lawless paths of solving problems. I genuinely think Fiore would turn to a life of crime after Hogwarts. Not bad crime, but it's an environment that would have always felt like home to her, because of her mother. I could see her having dealings with the Death Eaters, but always outplaying them and robbing them blind, the same way she would with The Ministry. Jae would be proud.

I've given a lot of thought to how Fiore would feel about her mom and deal with that but not nearly enough to her perspective on her dad. I dunno, I feel like she'd be understanding and forgiving of both of them? Which is not necessarily a good thing, but I just see her as such a cinnamon roll. With the same sneaky ways but without a drop of evil in her heart.

What electives would Luca and Gail take? (Oh and Fiore if you know:)

I believe I do!

So, doing a bit of logistics, it seems like students going into third year select a minimum of two extra subjects. Though they can take the maximum of all five new classes, these seems to be something that requires the use of a Time Turner and therefore a student would need to post an application, and get approved not only by their Head of House and the Ministry. This is prior to the destruction of all the Time Turners in OOTP so it could be done, at least in theory.

Meanwhile, students who play Quidditch are in another boat. They don't have time for that at all. (In general, Quidditch kids are also going to be much more focused on the team than on their schoolwork...see my analysis post on Quidditch culture.) So I'd say players for their House team likely just have two subjects, maybe three at the most. Non-players could also just have two, or three, and a maximum of four without Time Turner input.

Gail is the most likely to use a Time Turner but she's got better ways to spend her day. I could see her taking three subjects, though, it's only a question of which ones. I'm going to say she takes Ancient Runes, Arithmancy, and Muggle Studies. This is somewhat a process of elimination as Gail doesn't believe in Divination and she's frightened of Creatures as a general rule, but I also think she'd be the most interested in those subjects and they'd help her on her career path.

Luca probably only takes two subjects. Not sure if they would play Quidditch or not, though they could, they've got Keeper energy...but it's more that they simply are not a good student and never have been. They don't really learn well that way, and their Marks leave a lot to be desired. That said, they take Care of Magical Creatures, no question about it, and it's their favorite subject by a landslide. Apart from that...either Muggle Studies or Ancient Rules. Hard to decide which one, COMC is the only thing I'm sure of.

Fiore is definitely a Quidditch player. She just has that kind of energy, I can tell, so that already restricts her to most likely just taking two subjects. While she's a better student than Luca, she's no academic and might not even finish her Hogwarts career. I suspect she'd take Divination, as she'd (correctly) assume it to be an easy class, and then maybe she initially takes Arithmancy out of genuine interest. But after one week she begs the teachers to let her transfer to Care of Magical Creatures because Arithmancy is such a drag. (Which it probably is, because it's magical math. Goes without saying.)

Someone suggested that R was responsible for killing Rakepick’s friends and family and that’s why she kept threatening to kill MC even though R wants them to be the next leader. Plus in the latest chapter when she was close to killing them she says perhaps it’s “a little personal” so it’s a possibility. Idk why that made her work for them maybe it was out of fear that they’d kill her too or something. Idk why she never went through with it either. Although she did come pretty close in chapter 37, I mean who knows what would’ve happened if it hadn’t been for Sirius (I’m guessing that was him anyway).

Oh my dear anon, I love the way your mind works.

Y'know, it's funny, I remember when she said that, "It's nothing personal" and I just gave the screen such an exasperated look because, come on. After everything MC went through with Rakepick - the good, the bad, and the murder...this isn't personal for her? Well, I could almost believe that, actually, though she amends that statement a moment later. But honestly, her choosing to kill MC just to spite R...that idea crossed my mind as well, but it never occurred to me that this could be a double meaning behind the "a little personal" line. And it would explain why Rakepick kept claiming to want MC dead despite this going against R's expressed goals - though I think she was just lying. She still had clear opportunities to murder MC that she ignored. But for that to make sense, R would need to have done...something, to Rakepick in the first place, for this to make sense.

And I think you're absolutely right. Or, it might be more accurate to say that I want to believe it, as cruel as that sounds. I want Rakepick to have horrors in her past, some unspeakable tragedy that could explain why a few months in the Sunken Vault would turn her into...that. All I ever wanted was to understand why she chose to side with R. If they wanted her talents, if they wanted to recruit the famous Curse-Breaker who had already looked into the Vaults as a child....I get why they wanted her, but not the other way round. Rakepick being who she is, she wouldn't have been an easy sell. Her price would not be modest. So R would need to...ah, motivate her. I can just imagine her discovering the dead body of her mother, for example, and a Howler tucked into her hands. Rakepick opens the Howler, and "We'd like to formally invite you once again to join our cause, Miss Rakepick. Failure to give the right answer will result in further consequences." And every time she says no to them, they kill another person.

To bring back a theory of my own, what if the last person Rakepick had left by Year 5 was...her daughter, Fiore. (Using that name for the sake of convenience.) Whom she had hidden, and thought was safe from them. But then there was that sequence at around the midway point of Year 5 where Rakepick up and left in a very great hurry, Dumbledore style, and we never found out where she was going. She came back just in time to find MC post-memory charm after their encounter with Wormtail. I suspect this may have been the point that Rakepick agreed to join R. It may have been during this time that they found Fiore....and promptly severed the last tie that Rakepick had to another life. One would assume that after they did all of this to her, she'd want to destroy them, not join them. But hey, maybe she was always planning to stab them in the back. Or maybe they succeeded, and Fiore's death broke her.

Or maybe she's just plain old evil. But that's not nearly as fun, is it?

you’re right it is something else, it’s a ugly bitch

Rakepick meeting Fiore for the first time

That’s why I think Fiore’s really interesting as an OC. I mean all your OCs are very interesting anyway.

Anon, you are so very kind, thank you for saying so! I likewise find the concept fascinating. Because while we may all hate her, Rakepick is still an enigma to me. And while I may be in the minority on that, I also know that I am not alone. Fiore seems like the least offensive way to capitalize on that aspect of HPHM and it's lore. But regardless - she, and the collective Fawley family, would all like extend their thanks to you!

I just finished playing the new chapter and honestly I enjoyed it. I didn’t like seeing Rakepick again though even if she was suffering. And I definitely didn’t appreciate the game trying to guilt trip me into feeling bad for her. It didn’t work anyway, they have to try a lot harder than that. Like I’m definitely not sorry to see her in this state, she can bitch at MC all she wants for being handed to the authorities but she has no idea how lucky she is she didn’t get trapped in my save. It’s all her damn fault anyway, if she doesn’t want to be there then maybe she shouldn’t have committed all those crimes. I mean if she can’t even face up to her own actions then that’s her problem and it changes nothing. I’m just glad they didn’t force us into helping her escape, that would’ve been it for me if they had. I’d just have quit the game then and there ngl. No way would I ever be open to that bullshit.

Maybe I'm just completely heartless, but if the game was trying to guilt-trip me...that kind of went over my head? At least, when it comes to Azkaban Rakepick. (Vault Rakepick is another story altogether.) I definitely felt things when I saw her in that state, but I didn't feel pity for her and MC clearly didn't either. They rightfully call her out and point out the ways in which she did this to herself. Actually, you want to know what I really love? That MC more or less expresses the same sentiment as you. "She has no idea how lucky she is she didn't get trapped in my save" That right there. MC basically says as much when they tell her that they "saved her from a terrible fate." Which...okay, I might be reading too much into this, but to me, that suggests that even the MCs who have Rakepick arrested....they considered the alternative. That dialogue indicates that trapping Rakepick did cross MC's mind, even in timelines where they decided not to. Dude, that is frightening. And awesome. When that first hit me, I got chills.

And eh, as much as I would have been curious to see how the story would change if MC had helped her escape (since, if nothing else, the story always gets very interesting whenever she's onscreen, the writing has yet to take that away from her. Small mercies.) I am glad that this wasn't forced on the player because that's a decision that simply wouldn't resonate with a vast majority of the MCs (I suppose it would work for Fiore? But she's a bit of an outlier...)`Not to mention that this would not sit well with the fanbase, to put it gently. People would be justifiably outraged. I can only imagine the storms on Tumblr and Reddit. Jam City is always listening. They know how we feel. They won't write Rakepick out of the story just to appease us (since, hey, she's still a vital component) but I likewise don't see them forcing her into greater prominence than she needs to have. They're not about to give her the #PennyTreatment. They know better than that.

Do you think you’ll still develop Fiore as an OC even if it’s looking more & more likely in canon that R*kepick isn’t actually a mother after all?

Oh, I definitely could! Rakepick being a mother, and having a child...that theory, and the whole concept of Fiore were always connected, but if it had turned out to be true, then Rakepick’s child would have undoubtedly gotten a name and perhaps even been introduced, depending on if they were still alive or not. And while it’s not technically, officially debunked or anything, (Said child could still turn up later on in Year 7, after all) you’re right that it’s seeming less and less like the motherhood theory is dead. I guess Rakepick’s Patronus really was as simple as her being a Gryffindor and a ferocious predator. And it being a Lioness instead of a Lion may have just been as simple as her Patronus matching her gender. I dunno, the symbolism just made me very curious, because a mother’s love has historically been a significant motif in this universe. On the other hand, another motif is the idea that if you can love, you are redeemable. Nothing about Rakepick at present suggests that she has that capacity. And Rowan’s body is still cold, so unless the game finds a way to undo that, there’s no redemption for Rakepick anymore. 

All that said, Fiore is a clean slate and an innocent one at that. After all, blood means nothing. That is, it means something, but it doesn’t say a damn thing about who she is. And I’m excited to develop this character, the daughter of HPHM’s Benedict Arnold. Who can trace ancestry to R, who may or may not have been their captive at one point. She’s like Sirius, growing up among Dark Wizards, but even more of a cinnamon roll. She’ll be like Delphi Diggory, except I’m going to try and have her actually make sense. Much like my theory that MC’s family is in R, Fiore’s existence and her nature, her backstory...all of these are rather dependent on how the game turns out, how the story itself ends. I’ve got some fun facts about Fiore, though, so let’s get to them! 

Fiore has something called Situs Inversus. A rare congenital condition that basically means all of your internal organs are mirrored. Your heart is on the right side, etc. This is a real thing, by the way. Just extremely rare. Fiore is “right-hearted.” 

Adding onto that, I picture her having a crooked scar on her chest where an R agent tried to kill her by shooting some curse through her heart - not realizing, of course, that they’d gotten the wrong side, and this was why she survived. 

I’ve talked about this before but assuming Rowan’s brother is younger, that they are in fact Ashok Khanna, then I like to interpret the two of them becoming best friends. Because despite the awkward context, it’s not Fiore’s fault that her mother killed his sibling. 

She would very much honor the Prankster Pantheon, living up to the legacy of folks like the Marauders, like Tulip and Tonks. Given that she’d be about the right age to overlap with them, I also see her becoming good friends with the Weasley twins. 

She knows how to walk the walk, and talk the talk, so to speak, when it comes to dealing with Dark Witches and Wizards. She doesn’t have dealings with them the way that Jae does, but her mother’s connections result in several shady figures having been like aunts and uncles to her. Many of whom remain loyal throughout the years, though it’s always a nasty surprise when one of them doesn’t/ 

Basically, Fiore is fearless. I’ve considered putting her in Gryffindor, as well as Ravenclaw. I feel like she’s got the kind of “evil genius” type of behavior that would do well in Ravenclaw. Actually, yeah. Plus I could see her arguing with the knocker. If that weren’t enough, I imagine Ashok going to Ravenclaw, and she’d want to hang out with him. But being in different Houses also wouldn’t stop her. 

Nah, the more I think about it, Ravenclaw is the way to go. Because I also see her playing Quidditch, being friends with Cho Chang, and ultimately becoming a Beater. Which she can’t do if she’s in Gryffindor, those spots are filled. 

Like Fred and George, she attempts to put her name in the Goblet of Fire. She does succeed in getting past the age line and gloats about it for a whole day before waking up with gray hair. Oh how the turn tables. 

Considering that R apparently studies Wandless Magic, I wonder how Fiore might do with that. If it might be something she’d be good at. If it was, I’m going to add the drawback that she sucks at magic that actually uses wands, they always hold her back. If she does have her own wand though, I’m gonna say it has a Phoenix core. 

I picture Fiore having a side-ponytail, something she just does out of habit, oblivious to how weird it looks, or just plain not caring. 

Fiore has always wanted an Owl, more than anything. But the tragedy is that she’s actually very much allergic to them. To the point that she cannot visit the Owlery without sneezing and/or getting hives. Her friends have to take her letters for her. Eventually, I see her getting a Falcon or something cool like that. 

Fiore is a laughably bad student, especially for a Ravenclaw, but she does manage to come up with some creative new ideas. It’s more like she just doesn’t respond well to the traditional, educational environment. I picture her failing to brew the potion of the day, but instead inventing her own. One that actually might have merit if it was studied and polished up, but too bad Snape angrily vanished it and gave her a zero. 

This naturally results in her failing her O.W.L.s, much to the dismay of Ashok, but she doesn’t care. She’s a drifter anyway. After Hogwarts, I see her working for Fred and George for a while. Maybe she had a huge crush on Verity. But eventually she leaves to travel the world after the war ends. 

For my beloved Rakepick Antis.

Concept: The Circle of Khanna learns of the existence of Rakepick’s child, who, for the purposes of this post, I’ll call “Fiore.”  They decide to launch a rescue mission to recover her, both for reasons of morality, and practicality. Saving an innocent child, and flipping one of R’s deadliest agents. It would be a win-win. However, when MC breaks into R’s base of operations and locates Fiore Rakepick’s prison cell...all they find are bones. Tiny little bones, and a locket with a picture of Fiore and Patricia. 

That’s when it all falls into place. Fiore died, or was killed, some time ago. R has been lying about her continued imprisonment as insurance of Rakepick’s cooperation. MC duplicates the locket and escapes. They contact Rakepick, luring her out with a message that simply says one word, “Fiore” with a date and time on the back. A very shaken Rakepick meets up with MC, who lies to her and tells her that they rescued Fiore, producing the locket as evidence. They tell Rakepick that she’s free now, but they refuse to reunite her with Fiore until The Cabal has been stopped. Depending on dialogue choices, MC can be kind, or they can be more to-the-point. “The deal you had with R? That’s our deal now. You’re still playing this game, just for a different team.” 

Rakepick then has no choice but to become a double agent, and aid the Circle of Khanna in bringing down R, who is none the wiser to MC’s gambit. When R is defeated, Rakepick confronts MC and demands her daughter. That’s when Aurors fill the room to arrest Rakepick, as MC finally tells her the truth. MC leaves her shattered, but Merula hangs back for a while to listen to her sobs and inhuman screams of despair. 

What do you think, punishment enough? 

Poor Fiore 🥺

She’s quickly becoming my new obsession in terms of fanon. I work on her biography when I should be writing the next chapter of my Marauder fic. 😅 But I simply must show off this depiction of her that my good friend @thatoneparanormalresearcher made - 

so how old would Fiore be?

I’m thinking she would either be in Cedric and Beatrice’s year, so four years below MC, or else be in Cho Chang’s year, five years younger than MC. If we’re to believe that Rakepick was already serving the Cabal when she met Jacob, then Fiore would need to be at least a few years old. But at this point, my theory is that they got to her at some point during Rakepick and Jacob’s investigation. Probably after the incident where Rakepick saved MC and Jacob’s lives. Maybe that was when R became aware of what a problem Rakepick had become, and took Fiore as a result. Hence Rakepick beginning to fear them at around that point. It would all line up with Jacob’s notebook, and I also like the idea of Fiore becoming a junior member of the Circle of Khanna, the baby of the team, after she’s rescued. That’s a feel-good story right there.