PARKINSON, Isobel Marguerite

isobel marguerite parkinson

PERSONALITY

Boggart: Mimes. They fill Isobel with dread and a boggart turns into multiple mimes, surrounding her, acting as though she's in a box she can't get out of.
Mirror of Erised: Herself as a young mother, playing with Heath, something she hardly did.
Patronus: Flamingo. Having Eve, a beautiful daughter, and then Eve having Jovian, a beautiful granddaughter, her female line continuing.

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Vain has always been a word associated with Isobel. She was always looking in a mirror when she should have been doing chores, always fixing her hair when she knew she'd be stepping out into the windy weather in five minutes time. She's just always felt as though she has to look 100% perfect, even if she's not going to remain that way thirty seconds later. How one looks on the outside is an invitation as to how they wish to be treated. At least that's what Isobel believes.

Not born with a silver spoon like so many of her peers, Isobel locked her cunning eyes on a target and she set out to get him. She's enthralling and shrewd, people just love to spend time with her and she with them which is how she made a Parkinson fall in love with her.

Once she was dating the handsome Vincent Parkinson, Isobel made him the happiest - and most satisfied - man on  the planet. It wasn't long before he was begging to marry his dear Isobel leaving plenty of girls jealous in her wake. She was never one for ever lasting friendships, true loyalty did not come easily to the witch and still hasn't in her age, however she is far more relaxed in her views on purebloods vs muggleborns. Rather than actively disliking any such persons that associated willingly with muggles or muggleborns, Isobel is now unbothered by it all, taking a rather neutral stance in all that is going on. Some might consider her change in views a touch eccentric, but she doesn't give a second thought to ninnies and numpties. There will always be fighting, she has learnt. Men will have their wars, after all.

HISTORY

Mother: Nelly Slughorn - pureblood
Father: Archibald Slughorn - pureblood sacred 28
Siblings: Nevillius Slughorn - brother, pureblood, sacred 28
Anna Fenwick - sister, pureblood, sacred 28, disowned for marrying a muggleborn
Marvolo Slughorn - brother, sacred 28, pureblood
Bonnie Slughron - sister, sacred 28, pureblood
Kathryn Slughorn -sister, sacred 28, pureblood
Michael Slughorn - brother, sacred 28, pureblood
Archibald Slughorn Jr - brother, sacred 28, pureblood
Partners: Vincent Parkinson - husband, pureblood, sacred 28
Others: Heath Parkinson - son, deceased, pureblood
Rebekah Parkinson - daughter-in-law, pureblood
Eve Arwen Rowle - daughter, pureblood
Titus Kalmin Rowle - son-in-law, pureblood
Euphadora Rose Parkinson - granddaughter, pureblood
Theon Parkinson - grandson, deceased, pureblood
Jovian Isobel Corrine Rowle - granddaughter, pureblood
Apollo Rowle - grandson, pureblood
Helios Rowle - grandson, pureblood
Pansy Parkinson - great-granddaughter, pureblood (hopefully)

Noreen Slughorn - sister-in-law, Nevillius's wife, pureblood
Benjamin Fenwick Sr - brother-in-law, Anna's husband, muggleborn
Ingrid Slughorn - sister-in-law, Marvolo's wife, pureblood

Various nieces, nephews, great nieces and great nephews

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Born to a very loving - but poor - couple, Isobel always felt as though she was in the wrong family. She was well loved and she had siblings galore, but what she craved was attention for who she was. She was a brightly shining star from such a young age. She sang before she could talk and she danced before she could walk. There was always a thirst to be on the stage and she would try anything to achieve her dream. She was the third born child after a brother and a sister, but she had two more sisters and three more brothers follow her meaning she was seldom alone and always wiping up someone else's shit. It was a horrid existence in her eyes. She longed for the stage - that was her dream

When she was eleven she went off to Hogwarts. She was sorted into Slytherin and saw how different things were between her family and that of most other Slytherins. So many of them were well off to out-right dirty rich. She came to realise that it wasn't acting and singing that she had a passion for but more to be the longing of someone's attention. Someone rich. She came across a pureblood with quite a bit of money to his name - Vincent Parkinson. She flirted with other boys, allowed them to court her for a while but who wanted her more than anyone else in the world after they'd graduated? Vincent Parkinson. He showered her with gifts and affection. He stole her away from her family and made her life so much better. They had two amazing children and Isobel came to realise that when it was her own children - and not her siblings that she was caring for - that she was actually quite maternal.

Heath and Eve were the apples of her eye. She adored them both, but it was clear that she had a favourite - Eve. She always expected Heath to be strong, a proper boy and she always gave Eve everything that she wanted. It turned out that Isobel was only really maternal with her daughter, and that suited her fine. She raised Eve well and she had a powerful influence in her granddaughter Jovian's upbringing, although she did dote on her grandsons more than she ever had her own son. She only wished she'd had more of a hand in her son's daughter's up bringing - Dora - but alas Heath always alluded to having the children cared for by Rebekah's parents and so Isobel took a back seat and instead focused her efforts on Jovian.

Life was beautiful for Isobel. She hadn't spoken to most of her family for quite some time, even going so far as to outright declare that she was no longer considering Anna her sister for Anna had dared to marry a muggleborn. It was a disgrace to Isobel and she wouldn't have anything to do with her sister or that Fenwick family ever again.

Tragedy struck when Heath and Rebekah were kidnapped. Isobel had not much cared for her daughter-in-law but she was pureblooded and Heath had loved her, so Isobel tolerated her. Isobel was fed all kinds of rumours but she refused to believe of her son as anything other than angelic, although deep down inside she did perhaps wish she had played more of a role in his upbringing. Rebekah was saved but Heath was not. He was found, starved and Merlin only knew what else. Isobel refused to hear of any more details, her heart was broken beyond repair.

As if the family were not already devastated enough, news came of Theon's untimely demise. Isobel was once again heartbroken and had no idea what to do. She relied heavily on her husband to get through those dark times and she made sure to hug her grandchildren tighter every time she saw them, although Dora never came to visit and Isobel had no idea where she or her mother were living. It seemed as though she'd not played a large enough role in Pansy's life for her to want her grandmother for support and so Isobel did not reach out.

News spread fast that Dora was pregnant. At first Isobel was furious to think that her granddaughter - even one she seldom saw - had gotten married and not told either her or Vincent of the news, nor invited them! Then it turned out the situation was far more dire than Isobel had first thought. Dora was pregnant - and unwed! Had the family name - her name - not suffered enough!? And what was more, the bastard child was a girl. No heir to carry on the Parkinson name. More than ever Isobel had been glad that Vincent had kept the Parkinson family fortune, waiting to pass it on to an heir, but with none in the picture, Isobel feels they should just spend it all, indulging their grandchildren with whatever their hearts desire.

OOC

Play By: Catherine O'Hara
Your Alias: Coco!
Pronouns: Her/she Him/he etc.
Age: Shhh! Don't be rude!
Other Characters: I'm pretty sure I'm over 60 now, so there's no way I'm going to list them all. Maybe if I hit 100.
Where did you find us: At Krispy Kreme. Yuuuuuum!