boromir-queries-sean asked: Final papers are busy killing me right now and I am all of the anxiety, so please talk to me about what a Leverage Hogwarts AU would be like.
OH MAN OKAY.
So I know we all have thoughts and feelings and whatnot about the characters as they appear in the show, but lets focus on their 11 year old versions because I think they’d be slightly different.
THE CREW:
Parker is a half-blood orphan, and a Slytherin through and through. Her ambition is to be the greatest curse breaker to ever walk the earth. Why would she steal from Muggles when magic is such a great challenge? She’ll learn bravery and loyalty and a love of learning and knowledge for its own sake later on down the line. Right now though it flat out doesn’t occur to her to be afraid, she’s never had people of her very own so loyalty is a nebulous concept, and learning is awesome when it gets her where she wants to go. The hat barely touches Parker’s head before barking out her House. McGonagall, who spent three weeks trying to track the young scamp down in order to deliver her letter, breathes a sigh of relief and shoots Snape a look of sheer gloating triumph.
Eliot is a pureblood, and a Gryffindor, but that tends to surprise the people who get to know him well as an adult. He values bravery and the defense of the innocent and his head is full of stories of heroes and valor and he has so much faith. He is bright the way that the young idealists always are before the world gets its grubby paws on them. The shiny wears off in Auror training, when he gets to see how the wizarding world really works. After that, bravery doesn’t hold the same value for him anymore, and nor do ideals. He makes his world a little smaller, a little easier, and focuses on people instead. Once he finds them, he makes himself both sword and shield. Gryffindor is the house of his youth, but Hufflepuff is his “final form” so to speak.
Hardison is a Muggle-born who spends the intervening weeks between getting his books and getting on that dang train absolutely devouring every word. He wants to know it all, he wants to see everything, he is absolutely enamored with his new world from the word ‘go.’ It’s absolutely no surprise to him when the hat pronounces him a RAVENCLAW! “Age of the geek, baby,” he says to himself as he struts to his seat at his new table.
Nathan is an absolute hatstall as an 11 year old, a halfblood who never thought he’d get to go to Hogwarts - never dared to dream he’d follow in his witch mother’s footsteps. He’s brave, inquisitive, hard-working, and he’s not entirely sure what he wants to do but he’s going to be the very best. He discusses his options with the hat for several minutes (who better to learn about the houses from than a hat that sat on all the Founders’ heads?), alternating between advocating for a house he might fit in and playing devil’s advocate to the hats suggestions. Eventually, amused when it realizes what the child is playing at, the hat settles on Ravenclaw: a solid foundation of knowledge will be necessary for Nathan on his path, whatever he decides it will be.
Sophie has many names and many faces. She leaves behind the girl she was and guards that information more dearly than her own life. On any given day, she might say she was a student at Beauxbaton, Durmstrang, Salem, Hogwarts, or any of the hundreds of magical institutions that dot the planet. Her favorite color is yellow, and that might be indicative, or it might not. The truth is a matter of perspective.
Recurring Characters:
Tara Cole - Hufflepuff
Maggie Collins - Ravenclaw
Archie Leach - Gryffindor
James Sterling - Slytherin
Colin “Chaos” Mason - Ravenclaw
The setting:
Former Unspeakable Nate Ford and his band of cohorts act as modern-day Robin Hoods, pulling elaborate scams targeted against the greedy and the corrupt of magical society. Nate was inspired to begin his con business when the Ministry refused to allow research into the magic that could have saved his son’s life.
Hitter - Eliot Spencer was an elite Hit Wizard until a mission went seriously wrong, now he’s a wand for hire with a reputation for getting the job done by any means necessary.
Hacker - There’s not a language Hardison doesn’t speak, a runic script he can’t decipher. He combines his expertise with wards, rituals, arithmancy, and Muggle tech to break the systems in ways nobody sees coming.
Thief - there’s not a curse Parker can’t break, no system she can’t slip through. By hook, crook, or transfiguration, she’ll get in and out with the goods.
Grifter - Sophie can become anyone she needs to be, and that’s before she taps into her metamorphmagus abilities.
Mastermind - Nate knows how to bring them all together. The consummate jack of all trades, and a master of knowing exactly how to put the right people in the right position to get the job done.
