And so I enter into evidence
My tarnished coat of arms
My muses, acquired like bruises
My talismans and charms
The tick,
tick,
tick,
of love bombs
My veins of pitch black ink

All's Fair in Love, Magic, and Poetry
Sincerely,
The Chairman of The Tortured Poets Department

AVAILABLE POSITIONS

• The Secretary of The Tortured Poets Department

• The Treasurer of The Tortured Poets Department

• The President of The Tortured Poets Department

• The Vice-President of the Tortured Poets Department

• The Illustrator of The Tortured Poets Department

• The Editor of The Tortured Poets Department

• The Publicist of The Tortured Poets Department

• You may come up with another position but these are must haves! <3

MEET THE CHAIRWOMAN/FOUNDER

I. Cecilia Mireille Auclaire
II. Cece
III. Female. She/Her/Hers.
IV. July 9, 1980
V. 15 years old
VI. Heterosexual
VII. Harry Potter, Draco Malfoy, or an OC
VIII. Pure Blood
IX. Gryffindor
X. Fifth Year
XI. Cecilia is five foot and rather petite. Her skin is pale but she can tan in the sun with a fair amount of sun protection. Her eyes are deep ocean blue. She has honey brown curls that goes to her upper back.
XII. The Chairwoman and Founder of The Tortured Poet's Department
XIII. [ INFJ ] Cecilia is one of the most loving and empathetic people in Hogwarts. The hat nearly put her in Hufflepuff due to it. She wears her heart on her sleeve which some perceive as a weakness. Yet, it actually makes her a wonderful writer. She's patient and kind and will stick up for those going through injustice. She can be witty as well as full of humor and reality checks. She keeps things running and when problems arise, she's usually the one to work it out. She struggles at times with boundaries for herself and overthinking. Due to her overthinking she struggles with criticism because she's already criticizing herself for it. It just adds salt to the wound in most cases. She also struggles with needing validation from others, especially her parents and close friends. She has a hard time not caring what people think of her. But she's a steady, patient rock who is ready to stand up for whomever needs it. Be ready for her write the most heart-wrenching pieces of literature to ever be read. She has true leadership qualities.
XIV. Cecilia doesn't like to complain for a second about her upbringing for it was nothing but happy in the beginning. She had two loving parents and two loving siblings. She grew up in an English countryside cottage not too far from a beach and spent many summers with her grandparents in France (where she was born). Her mother was an English witch who was an author for a popular magazine as an Interior Designer. Her father was a French wizard who immigrated to England and is now an Auror for The Ministry of Magic. They were a very well off family, so money was never a concern. She had an older brother, Grayson, and a twin brother, Leo. She was inseparable from the two of them, especially Leo. They would find sand-dollars along the coast of the ocean, play quidditch, and stay up until the early hours of the mornings talking about their dreams and aspirations. They were each other's closest friend. All was well until they were ten. Leo came down with an incurable disease. No potion, no healer, no remedy could save him. She lost him a month before their eleventh birthday. They were so close to attending Hogwarts together. It was a dark time for her but luckily writing and music became a solace. She met lifelong friends who became practically like family. A day doesn't pass where she doesn't think of Leo but luckily she was able to persevere to brighter days ahead. Her and Grayson are closer than ever. She cherishes each person in her life dearly and tried to make the most of each moment. She began The Tortured Poet's Department as a way for others to express their feelings and to let people that they're not alone.
XV. Coquette and Light Academia. She wears lots of casual dresses, skirts, cardigans, and bows.
XVI. light pink
XVII. Her favorite class is Astronomy and her least favorite class is Transfiguration (although she loves McGonnall).
XVIII. Writing, piano, guitar, baking, gardening, reading, quidditch (she's a chaser), raspberries, chocolate, butter beer, tea, the beach, summer
XIX. Mathematics, she has irrational fear of muggle cars and sea urchins, nuts, spicy foods, the cold
XX. She is friends with The Golden Trio, Weasley twins, Luna Lovegood, Lavender Brown, the Patil twins, Neville Longbottom, Blaise Zabini, and more. Her foes are Crabbe and Goyle, Draco Malfoy, and Pansy Parkinson.
XXI. The Lakes by Taylor Swift, imperfect for you by Ariana Grande, Say Yes to Heaven by Lana Del Rey, The Archer by Taylor Swift
XXII. 🕰️🤍🎀
XXIII. Bunny Rabbit or Doe
XXIV. "The nice thing about trauma is that it gives you something to write about." ,  "Umbridge is a disgrace to the color pink." ,  "If you don't give me a hug, I may have a mental breakdown." , "Writing is like breathing to me."
XXV. colieluvs -KASI0DEL liquidlyn

RULES and THINGS TO KNOW

• Please be of the utmost kindness to one another! If there is any problems with this, I will be deleting applications

• Please be diverse! By this rule, I mostly mean in personality and backstory. Let's also keep genders balanced!

• You may make up a position if you feel your character is better suited for it! The password is the author your character's writing resembles the most. Yet, I do ask that we do at least fill out the positions I have above. I'm willing to get rid of a few but not all of them.

• This will be a thirteen chapter book that I hope to finish on April 18th, aka, the eve of The Tortured Poet's Department release.

• I do accept google docs!

• please post this to your story board and be following me. These count as two of the passwords. There are three total <3

• I will try my best to update as frequently as possible but please be patient with me. I just got surgery so due to my recovery some things might take awhile. I hope to have the whole book done though by April 18 <3

APPLY TO THE DEPARTMENT

• Name
• Nickname(s)
• Gender (males are needed! <3)
• Pronouns
• Birthday
• Age (all ages and years welcome!)
• Sexuality
• Love Interest and Backup (if any, it's totally okay if your character is single! If you're making a character in first or second year, please no love interest. )
• Blood Status
• House
• Year (golden trio is in year 5 but please not only 5th years!)
• Looks (please at least include height and coloring!)
• Position and Backup position (you may create your own and I am open to a co-founder!)
• Personality (please include MBTI and be detailed)
• Backstory (please be as detailed as possible)
• Style and Aesthetic
• Favorite color
• Favorite and most disliked class
• Hobbies and Likes
• Fears and Dislikes
• Friends and Enemies
• Theme Song and mixtape (3+ songs)
• Three emoji's describing your character
• Patronus
• Quotes (3 +)
• Opinion of Cecilia
• Extra
• Passwords
• tags (3+)

APPLICATIONS HERE PLEASE <3

THE DEPARTMENT WILL BEGIN ACCEPTING NEW MEMBERS HALF WAY THROUGH THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX. WE HOPE YOU ENJOY THE STORY THUS FAR AND CONSIDER JOINING US FOR THE HALF BLOOD PRINCE