Heyo [:
Love your work! I was wondering if you could write some headcanons on Professor Fig? (and maybe Miriam?)
A/N: do I have headcanons? OF COURSE I DO, LETS GO!
ELEAZAR AND MIRIAM FIG HC
Eleazar was sorted to Gryffindor, Miriam was Ravenclaw
Eleazar was a daring-do troublemaker, he'd push the limits of the rules and constantly explore beyond the bounds of Hogwarts. He was eager for adventure and full of wanderlust.
Miriam was a popular, sweet, clever girl with a sharp mind and a soft voice. She was a high academic achiever from day one and set her ambitions high into researching mysterious or forgotten forms of magic. The unknown fascinated her.
Their first real interaction was in fourth year when Eleazar was running for his life from the prefects. He rounded a corner, nearly ran into Miriam, dove behind a tapestry, and pleaded with her to not say anything.
When the prefects came around, she gestured down the hallway and they kept running. She found the whole situation amusing. Eleazar came out of his hiding spot, out of breath, and said he owed her one. She said she'd hold him to that.
Eleazar used this excuse to seek her out. Rules about interactions between boys and girls were much stricter in his time and he found the thrill of pursuing her, even in a friendly way, exciting.
Miriam found him charming, in a rapscallion sort of way. While she was more bound to the rules of the school than he was, she couldn't help find his excitement infectious.
Their first date was in their 6th year. It started with a traditional butterbeer in the three broomsticks, and ended with a sunset stroll along the edge of the forbidden forest. There was a perfect overlook of Hogwarts.
Miriam showed her own daring when she was the first to kiss him.
Eleazar was a goner from that day forward. He wanted this girl to be in his life for the rest of his days. He was head over heels in love with her.
Miriam was so happy she found someone at Hogwarts she could share passion with after graduation. She could get marriage out of the way so her family doesn't bother her over it and then she could focus on her research with the love of her life by her side.
Eleazar was tempted to elope with her, but Miriam wanted a proper ceremony.
They got married the summer after graduation. A modest wedding, with just some friends and family, but it was their perfect day.
After Hogwarts, Miriam had graduated with such high marks that she was granted funding for her research into Ancient Magic by the Department of Mysteries.
Eleazar traveled alongside her on the adventure of a lifetime. They saw the world together. Saw so many amazing places, met so many amazing people and creatures and beasts.
They mutually decided to not have children. Between their travels and research, children just weren't part of the plan.
As the years went on, Miriam's research, no matter how thorough she had been over, the decades, was starting to seem impossible to complete. She felt so close to the truth, but answers seemed just out of reach.
Eleazar's wanderlust had been satiated by the time he was in his 60s and applied to be a professor of magic theory at Hogwarts.
Miriam didn't travel far from Scotland after Eleazar got the teaching job, but she couldn't stop her search now if she wanted to.
Miriam was at Rookwood castle in the spring of 1890 where she met a goblin by the name of Lodgok. She had met many a goblin in her travels and welcomed him warmly. She even offered him tea.
Unfortunately, the next goblin she met was not as accepting of her kindness. Ranrok killed her without mercy. She didn't even have a chance to raise her wand.
The news of Miriam's death made Eleazar feel as though his soul had been torn in two. His soulmate was taken. The love of his life.
He barely had time to grieve before the headmaster sent him an owl about him having to mentor a student being admitted late to Hogwarts.
Throughout the summer as he teaches MC the basics, he puts on a polite mask while he interacts with them but cries himself to sleep every night.
He would never burden a child with his pain.
When it's discovered that MC can see and interact with traces of ancient Magic, the very magic Miriam spent her whole life pursuing, it's like he suddenly has air in his lungs again.
Over the school year, Eleazar becomes attached to MC like they were his own. He feels protective of them as the ancient magic business becomes more and more harrowing, leading to a final confrontation with Ranrok.
He sticks to MC like glue through the cavern underneath Hogwarts. He's going to get them through as much of the goblin army as he can so they can get to Ranrok. They were the only one capable of stopping such a monster.
When the cliff collapses, and they're separated for the final battle, He uses all of his strength to get back to them. He's barely alive when he sees them again, the dark magic from Ranrok swirling around MC like a storm.
He tries to keep the earth supporting Hogwarts steady as MC attempts to contain the dark magic.
"You're stronger than you know."
He doesn't know if MC even heard him over the deafening crumbling of stone and angry magic flying through the air.
When it's all over, and the magic is contained, he feels the sort of relief wash over him like he can finally rest. Looking up through the soft blue glow of the repository, he swears he sees a familiar figure just beyond, beckoning him.
"Miriam..." He feels her wand in his hands again. MC holding it to his chest.
"Miriam would have loved you, MC. The wizarding world couldn't be in more capable hands."
The light in his eyes fades. He exhales his final breath.
He embraces Miriam. Peace.
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just imagine rockstar! eddie releasing a new album, where one of the songs is called “a voice from above”. in it, he sings about a heavenly voice coming to him in the hardest, darkest hour of his life, when he was ready to give up and stopped seeing a future for himself, and calling him towards the light, coaxing the best out of him and pulling him up from the pit of despair eddie was slowly drowning in.
and it’s a rock ballad, so it differs quite a bit from cc’s usual style, is more “palatable” to the general public with it’s slower tempo, gentler melody and hauntingly beautiful vocals, with addition of a choir in the climax. and because of that, christians start claiming it (basically what happened with “take me to church”), newspapers and magazines wonder at eddie munson, the man a large part of whose aesthetic was so often referred to as “satanic” by the general public, with seemingly no denial from cc, who seemingly has finally found his way to religion.
and when cc comes to their next interview, the question of whether the great non-conformist eddie munson, who on multiple occasions dragged the christian church through the mud with accusations of hypocrisy and fostering bigotry in its midst in his songs and public speeches, has finally found god, inevitably comes up. the moment cc hear it they burst out laughing. after a while, eddie finally responds.
“this song is full of religious motifs, but not nearly for the same reasons you guys seem to think it is. it’s just that the experience the song is dedicated to was the closest i think i ever came to understanding what makes people come to real, genuine faith, the one that fills you with clarity, love and acceptance for the world around you, makes you feel like a part of something so much larger and greater than a mortal human being can possibly comprehend or reach on their own. that experience being the voice of the man that i came to love reaching me while i was in coma and reminding me of all the reasons life was worth fighting for, and then keeping inspiring me to be the best version of myself throughout my whole life.
and that, folks, is how being incredibly gay can save your life! i also don’t mind christians blasting “a voice from above” on their little church parties: my husband, after all, is definitely an angel on earth and absolutely deserves to be worshipped. but don’t you worry, i’m handling that pretty well on my own” and he winks at the camera.
and that’s how the world finds out that eddie munson is married.
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