Past "Of The Month" Winners

[Ariella Blackburn]

2018

January

• Character - Jaimie Wilcox
• Relationship - Freddy Hjort and Jaimie Wilcox
• Quote - "First question: Whose baby was that? Second question: Why did you have it? Third question: Why were you drinking with someone else's baby? You didn't steal it did you?" - Ariella Blackburn
• Thread - The Beating of My Broken Heart

February

• Quote - "Since you're now engaged to Phoenyx, I am more than convinced that you're able to hold a sincere conversation with another human being." - Ivayne Blackwood

March

• Character - Sydney McAlarney

April

• Character - Matthew Cooper
• Relationship - Eoin Brady,Troy Erikson, and Andrew Stark

2017

January

• Character - Phoenyx Raven

• Relationship - Anais Beaumont and Nolan Cavanaugh

• Quote - "I know I'm not exactly the kind of person you probably want to introduce to your parents, I don't have a ring, I'm not down on my knee, but to be fair the ground is really wet with snow and I don't want to freeze, and I'm the person that's always making jokes and making fun of things, but I'm serious." - Nolan Cavanaugh

• Thread - What It Takes To Calm A Troubled Mind

February

• Character - Draeden Blackwood

• Relationship - Silvia Turati and Riccardo De Luca

• Quote - "And if the man called Heidi Werewolf one more time, she swore she'd start calling him Asshole van Ghuele" - Allegra Thornton
  
  "'Serenity is pregnant with your baby. She knows it. You know it.' He gestured to the door. 'I'm pretty sure the whole bar out there knows it.'" - Draeden Blackwood

• Thread - In The Middle of a Memory

March

• Character - Sarah Taylor

• Relationship - Louie Longbottom and Serenity Blake

• Quote - "The sound of a crack got Ari's attention and she turned around. Damn it people stop punching each other!" - Ariella Blaise

• Thread - What's Love Got To Do With It?

April

• Character - Heidi Palomo

• Relationship - Silvia Turati and Riccardo De Luca

• Quote - "Don't you need a certificate? Or proof that I know how to hold a baby without dropping it?" Phoenyx Raven
  
  "You underestimate my level of stupidity!" - Lewis Longbottom

• Thread - No One Dates Like Calvin

May

• Character - Alexis Firewind

• Relationship - Dustin Hietz and Aislinn Noble

• Quote - Halloryn pantomimed an explosion with her hands, though it kind of looked like jazz hands. - Halloryn St. Thomas

• Thread - Phenomenal Cosmic Powers! Itty Bitty Living Space

July

• Character - Jaimie Wilcox

• Relationship - Hadley St.Thomas and Halloryn St.Thomas

• Quote - The year pretty much went off without a hitch. Other than the attack that killed a bunch of people, the riots, the other attacks, and the general mistrust from a bunch of wizards with scared muggles running around. Other than all that, the year went great. - Dustin Hietz

August

• Character - Aurora Reid

• Relationship - Bryce McAlarney and Pru Young

• Thread - The Serpent's Crown
  
  I Can Barely Stand to Do This

• Quote - "He smiled through gritted teeth when he saw that she, as well as almost everyone else there, wasn't actually happy to be here." - Bryce A. McAlarney
  
  "Sure she was digging a hole for herself and could probably wind up dead in the next couple of hours, but it was so worth it, and she was doing it so wonderfully." - Rayne Waller

October

• Character - Bud Upton
  Skyler Deadman

• Relationship - George Young and Aurora Reid

• Thread - Movie Mayhem
  
  You Don't Have to Go Home But You Can't Stay Here

November

• Character - Troy Erikson

• Relationship - Aislinn Noble and Kieran McKowan

• Thread - Taking a Plunge

• Quote - "The girl he was contemplating marrying with her face locked to the guy who was his best friend. No wonder Kieran didn't want him and Aislinn dating." - Dustin Hietz

December

• Character - Charlotte Larsen

• Relationship - Joesoph Tidwell and Julia Hopkins

• Thread - Face to Face

• Quote - "Ever had a girl not want to date you so much, she literally detached her head from her body to get away from you?" - Joesoph Tidwell

2016

December

• Characters - Joesoph Tidwell, Freddy Hjort

• Relationship - Ophelia Queen and Finley McArthur

• Quote - Imagine being made fun of by the Hufflepuffs! It was unbearable to even think about. - Matthew Cooper

• Thread - Defenseless vs Desperate: The one where a student hexes a professor?

2013

January

• Character - Freddy Hjort

• Relationship - Darius Orphe and Audra Starr

• Quote - "Telling them how much fun I had making them would be out of the question?" - Drew Thornton

• Thread - I Do, I Must - starring Anastasie Beaumont and her new husband Julien Travert, and all their pureblooded guests, and the Ravenclaw Quidditch Team

February

• Character - Nolan Cavanaugh

• Relationship - Bryce McAlarney and Pru Young

• Quote - "'Sides, you know your heart races every time you see me anyway," he casually threw his arm over her shoulders in jest. "I was just helping to jump start it so you didn't have to feel nervous when it started pitter-pattering when you laid eyes on me." - Nolan Cavanugh

• Thread - Attention Hog - Anais and Nolan are reuniting in Diagon Alley

March

• Character - Pru Young

• Relationship - Quinten Blackburn and Valerie Huslander

• Quote - "I thought I was being mauled by a cat,” he said still glaring. “I wish I was now.” -Terrance Adams

• Thread - Cold Hearts and Warm Breaths is yet another thread between the lovely non-couple Slytherins Darius Orphe and Audra Starr.

April

• Character - Drew Thornton

• Relationship - Beatrice Eldritch and Rian Ryland

• Quote - "Drew still wasn't quite sure how he felt about the whole thing, but there wasn't much he really could say other than it was kind of strange for him seeing his baby cousin all grown up and (possibly) dating a kid who was related (sort of) to her." - Drew Thornton

• Thread - Celebration Time

June

• Character - Darcy Young

• Relationship - Freddy Hjort and Silvia Turati

• Quote - "Completely ignoring? COMPLETELY IGNORING? Oh, this kid was in for a world of hurt. Too bad the days of turning the students into ferrets had long passed."- Allegra Thornton

• Thread - Ravenclaw vs Slytherin Quidditch Game

September

• Character - Indra Sen Felco

• Relationship - Lily and Dylan Marshal

• Quote - "'You. You are shorter than me...That is fantastic. You stay that way.'"- Audra Starr speaking to Silvia Turati

• Thread - High Tide

2012

January

• Character - Ivayne Blackwood

• Relationship - Freddy Hjort and Sarah Taylor

February

• Characters - Quinten Blackburn and Freddy Hjort

• Relationship - Finley McArthur and Pru Young

• Quotes - "So Pru was in an empty corridor playing football and not the lousy American kind either." Pru Young explaining what she was doing.
  
  "I rather be playing basketball and randomly singing in a school, while coincidentally everyone is dancing like they are choreographic." Jecht Howard -1 writing to his friend Freddy in explanation of what he'd rather be doing that homeschooling.

• Threads - Staying Out of Trouble - A pair of twelve year old's, Drew and Tristan, run around Diagon Alley, dreaming of the freedoms they will have when older.
  
  Feels Like the End - Brenton was prepared to take a huge step in his life with Justine, when his boss, Sawyer, stepped in. Now the two are trying to pack up what remains in his apartment before he moves with her, but things explode when she won't drop something that's bothering him.

March

• Character - Jecht Howard

• Relationship - Freddy Hjort and Dylan Marshal

• Quote - "'Howard, keep it up and you'll never get the brown off your nose,'" he teased his best mate. "'Oh, and I got you your coffee, Mr. Potter...'" - Drew Thornton telling his best mate to lay off sucking up, and turning around to do the same himself.

• Thread - Everything - A third year and his favorite Professor have a meeting to discuss their lives, and despite recent events, their conversations stray into the normals of nature we all want to know.

April

• Character - Madeline Longbottom

• Relationship - Aedon Thomas and Ethan Jordan

• Quote - "Are you signing up for that Wizardry Scouts bullspit? My old man and the Snake King's squeeze is heading it" - Jecht Howard

• Thread - time's a wasting

May

• Character - Tristan Howard

• Relationship - Maddy Longbottom and Jeremy Taylor

• Quote - Long story but how about we both put some clothing on before I explain it to you. ~What Jaimie should have said to Jeremy Taylor.

• Thread - In A Whole New World, Brenton Douglas returns home to his girlfriend, Justine Vance, only to find her in tears. His first thoughts of why she's crying are hilariously way off base, but when he learns the truth, no one feels like joking.

June

• Character - Bryce McAlarney

• Relationship - Ivy Blackwood and Matt Cooper

• Quote - "We're not characters in some strange fantasy world role-playing game" -Bryce McAlarney

• Threads - In Little Ms. Sunshine, one of the sunniest girls from Hogwarts meets a boy who will also soon be attending the same school. What could these two possibly stir up?
  
  Working:7 to 3, 3 to 11, 11 to 7 shows us what really happens in the Ministry Auror Offices... makes you want to sign up right away, doesn't it?

July

• Character - Ivy Blackwood

• Relationship - Silvia Turati, Prudence Young, and Adelina Hampton

• Quote - "Professor, I'd really like to wear the ones you gave us, but I'm afraid none of them really go with my outfit." -Sarah Taylor

• Threads - Birthday Bash -Bryce McAlarney and Ariella Blaise are holding a Birthday Bash in their own honor. Everyone is invited to help them celebrate, and so far things are off to a bang...
  
  Is This is the End, Auror Tristan Howard battles with Professor Glenn Howard, his uncle. While in the engaging battle, we come to terms with the fact that Tristan has been battling demons for far too long, and no one can win...

August

• Character - Ceira Bringingham

• Relationship - Serenity Blake and Gabriel Greene

• Thread - Hunt the Houses (Gotta Catch Them All)

September

• Character - Jaimie Stark

• Relationship - Jeremy Taylor and Justine Vance

• Quote - "You know Hannah will kill you if she ever finds out you keep hitting on her customers..."- Maddy Longbottom talking to her brother.

• Thread - Chattering Teeth

October

• Character - Rayne Waller

• Relationship - Serenity Blake and Lewis Longbottom

• Quote - Don't say another word. You are not allowed to be in love with me Ivy. No way."- Finley McArthur

• Thread - Problem

December

• Character - Darius Orphe

• Relationship - Jecht Howard and Sable Mortlake, Drew and Felicity Thornton

• Quote - "I could try to look it up, but I already know Google doesn't do magic."- Jeremy Taylor

• Thread - Good Help Is Hard To Find

2011

February

• Character - Maddy Longbottom

• Relationship - Jeremy Taylor and Isabella Huntington

• Quote - "There's no way I'd be caught in a closet with Jeremy" -Justine Vance

• Thread - Hearts All Aflutter

March

• Character - Pru Young

• Relationship - Finley McArthur and Maddy Longbottom

• Quote - ...'and in my fair defense Pru bit me once.' from which he may have contracted rabies, but he probably shouldn't add that part."-Finley McArthur

• Thread - No Turning Back Now

October

• Character - Jack Cannon

• Relationship - Isabella Huntington and Jeremy Taylor

• Quote - "I don't know, I've kind of gotten partial to Baby Girl. We'd call her BG for short, of course. Then again, if we can change it, I am so calling her Quaffle. I mean, how cool will that be? Quaffle Thornton. Oh yeah." - Drew Thornton making his wife panic about the name of their newborn daughter.

• Thread - Let the Rain Fall- Jeremy Taylor and Isabella Huntington

November

• Character - Jaimie Stark

• Relationship - Allegra Thornton and Benjamin Yaxley

• Quote - "I think I'm in love," -Brian McKenna

• Thread - What Are You Laughin' At? - The Head Boy and Head Girl (Ethan Jordan and Aedon Thomas, respectively) are having the time of their lives. While Peeves retaliated against the Hufflepuff female, Ethan strolls in on the scene and the two have a huge paintplayground.

December

• Character - Layla Jiminez

• Relationship - The Rat Pack (Bryce McAlarney, Jecht Howard, Freddy Hjort, and Matthew Cooper)

• Quote - "Oh, Benny-boo, we're going to be sooooooo happy together!" she gushed. - Allegra Thornton commenting on her impromptu engagement to Benjamin Yaxley

• Thread - Letters for the Rat Pack - Jecht Howard, having not been allowed to return to Hogwarts for his Third Year decides to write his buddies, find out how they're doing. See how Matthew Cooper, Freddy Hjort, and Bryce McAlarney react...

2010

June

• Character - Bryce McAlarney

• Thread - Is That a Monster? - Jecht Howard and Bryce McAlarney

July

• Character - Jeremy Taylor

• Thread - The Planting of Evidence- Drew Thornton; Logan Savage; Rhys Kensington

September

• Character - Aedon Thomas, Rhys Kensington

• Thread - Lunch Time Visitor - Lily Viteri (Marshal) & Drew Thornton