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No worries. I'll amend the sheet accordingly with regards to the flexibility and the class (just felt like it was a nice touch).
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Yeah, it's more my fault for not specifying that Muggle Studies wouldn't be around in the OOC, but no harm done.

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The trilingual bit wasn't actually a reference to the differing dialects of Muggle society and the wizarding world - although I do think it's been mentioned enough in the stories that the differences between the two are enough to be a culture shock, which is what I was actually trying to imply here. I probably should have mentioned it more clearly, but I didn't really feel it added at all to the backstory's plot. He was raised speaking Russian and French at home, learned English with his father before moving to England and achieved fluency sometime before his arrival at Hogwarts. Also, I'm aware trilingual isn't a real word, but in my mind it ought to be. It fits lol.
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The way you worded it was just confusing is all - to me, it implied that he'd learn a new language from the wizarding world, not just culture. Obviously, the cultural difference would be phenomenal. I think maybe just mention his fluent languages somewhere else in his CS, maybe the extra bit so it's not as confusing.

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I know the faceclaims are two separate people because I got them from two different searches, but I figured they looked close enough for it to be passable. They have very similar features and while the first captures exactly how I imagined him when I started working on this, the second really captures the dance aspect. Maybe we can blame it on the change of lighting? I don't know, I really thought it tied together nicely. I can't actually tell how old the two look if I'm being entirely honest. I knew it was past 14, but I hadn't figured it to be older than 16, 17 tops. Initially I was creating him as a 5th year, but when you closed off new 5th year characters I switched the age and hoped it could be passable since I've made his birthday so close to the RP start. Figured if he's very nearly 15, he's bound to look a bit older. When I see his face, sure it's angular in a lot more places than you'd expect a 14 year old's to be, but can't we just call that a trick of the light and maybe some really defined cheek bones characteristic of his French lineage? To me, from the nose up he seems to fit the bill, but it's his jawline that's problematic. If that's the case, can we just scrub that detail from his overall description?

I guess I was mostly just hoping that the appearance section might be able to hold a bit more weight than the picture itself, because I really liked the fit for him. If it's still an issue though, let me know.
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Agreed, they do look similar, but it's not the same person. It's more of a personal peeve of mine, but in my opinion, if you're going to have a picture represent a character, it needs to be consistent. If you're struggling to find a picture, you're more than welcome to just leave it out. Pictures are optional; as you said, the appearance section is far more important. For the fellows above though, they're far too old. From what sparse records on the internet can tell me, the first picture is of a 20/21 year old man, and the second picture is clearly far too developed to belong to a teenager, even if he is close to 15.