Characters / Harry Potter and No One In Particular

Since Harry Potter and No One in Particular has a fairly extensive cast, and they are sometimes so different from they were back in the old days, this may be a good idea. Listed in approximate order of appearance.

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Harry Potter

The former "boy-who-lived" who works at a boring job in the Ministry, abuses "special potions" and muses about his Glory Days.

• Abusive Parents: He psychologically abuses his son James, condescendingly calling him Devil Bags, swearing at him, mocking him, refusing to be seen in public with him, not speaking to him for months on end, telling people he's an "evil outsider" and telling James he's one of the most wicked people in the world, giving him half a bottle of wine and a basket of knives for his birthday, threatening to have Ron beat him up...the list goes on. At one point he took James to an office Christmas party and forgot him there until January.
• Adaptational Jerkass: He's become much more jaded and cynical over the years. He happily gets into a fight with his former friend Ron, affects an annoying attitude of superiority and entitlement, wallows in self-pity, insults his work colleagues, and even abuses his children because he resents them for being happier than him. He does eventually try to stop being like this, and it turns out that when he defeated Voldemort, a soul transfer took from Harry and gave Voldemort several of his positive traits.
• The Alcoholic: At a pub, Harry mocks Mavis for ordering a single gin and tonic and orders himself a pint of Jack Daniel's.

• Establishing Character Moment: Harry's first seen creeping into the neighbour's garden, where he lies on the grass and cries all night for no reason that he can put his finger on.
• Mood-Swinger: Harry occasionally becomes very angry, or bursts into tears, with apparently very little provocation.
• Screw the Rules, I'm Famous!: He uses his fame as "the Boy Who Lived" to get drunk at work and be openly rude to his boss. In the final chapter, Mavis lampshades this, saying that Mr. Painspiel can't fire Harry because of his status.
• The Slacker: Harry's boss asks him to do some paperwork.
  Boss: Take care of this, would you, Harry?
  Harry: Not a chance! [waves his wand, causing the papers to fly around the room] Now go to hell, please. I'm done. Thank you for your interest! [walks out of the room and doesn't return all day.]

"Soma Yukihira" aka No One In Particular

Ron's lover who goes by a variety of masculine names.

• Dead All Along: It turns out that Mitsuko Burselfly was possessed by Morgan le Fay, and died when she attempted to kill Hermione. Her amulet filled with blood and polyjuice potion had a curse that upon death would switch the outward appearence and clothing of the parties involved, making Hermione the new Mitsuko- problem was, Hermione's allergy to magic left her in a permanent state of dissociation with reality, turning her into 'No One in Particular'.
• Distinguishing Mark: Has a crescent moon shaped scar on her cheek, which bleeds during chapter 2.
• I Have Many Names: All of which are references to various forms of media. Her actual real name is Mitsuko Burselfly.
• Love Interest: To Ron... kind of.
• Naked First Impression: Showed up to Jules like this.
• Really Gets Around: Let's say, she doesn't limit herself to just Ron.
• Ms. Fanservice: The fic goes to great length to describe her astounding beauty.
• Shout-Out: Soma Yukihira is the main character from Food Wars!. Ron is even called out for not getting the reference.
  • Eventually, Soma confesses that her "real name" is Soma Cruz... which is the name of a Castlevania character. Ron is, once again, ridiculed for missing out on this reference as well.

Ron Weasley

Another Hogwards retiree, a successful musician who runs him own music studio.

• The Alcoholic: Admits to being one in Chapter 2.
• Call-Back: In chapter 5, he wears "the usual shirt", presumably Ron's Ron Shirt.
• Feeling Their Age: When Ron gets into a fight with Neville, the narration remarks that they're both large, muscular men, but Ron's years of heavy drinking have dulled his edge.
• Parental Neglect: His teenage daughter Rose calls him out for being more interested in "getting shitfaced with the Manchild Who Lived" than spending time making memories with her.

Hermione Granger

Apparently died in the Great Offscreen War... or did she?

Ginny Weasley

Harry's ex-wife who betrayed him to the Death Eaters some time ago. Not really a Death Eater, her party at a tabletop role-playing game actually summoned a cursed peregrine falcon that possessed them and turned them into the Peregrine Death Eaters. Ginny, however, was the only one in the group who escaped unaffected- but that doesn't stop everyone else from thinking she's one now.

Mavis Dixon Fitzroy

Harry Potter's secretary and assistant.

• Cluster F-Bomb: In an argument with Malfoy, has a meltdown, complaining at length about how she's "in the shit", her life is "shitty" and she's "fucking fucked".
• Hair-Trigger Temper: It doesn't take much to piss her off.
• Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Despite her mannerisms, her genuinely cares about Harry and his friends.
• Just Friends: She rebuffs Harry's advances in this fashion.
• Lady Swearsalot: She's definitely the most potty-mouthed of the cast. She swears 3 times in a row in her opening scene.
• Kick The Son Of A Bitch: When Malfoy insults her, she rips off his eyes and nose and turns the rest of his face into a gory mess. Then she blackmails him into allowing him to allowing Ron and co. to party in his mansion.
• Sexy Secretary: Her attractiveness is noticed by more than several fellas in the fic.
• Statuesque Stunner: She's very thin and tall, even taller than Harry. He even compares her to a "big, long, sexy spider".

Mr. Painspiel

Harry's hardworking boss at the Ministry of Magic.

• Meaningful Name: He likes to break into diatribes, or to put it another way, spiels.

Yvette Malfoy

Neville Longbottom

Another Ministry worker, who moonlights as an evil wizard and a head of the Death Eater-esque gang.

• Adaptational Jerkass: Oh yes! He's bad enough to make Harry look like a refined gentleman.
• The Brute: The powerfully built Neville is able to shove Jules aside "like a rocking horse".
• Delighting in Riddles: Bullies Jules with impossible tasks, such as asking him for a report on "things done by people on dates".
• Domestic Abuse: His wife, Hannah Abbott, is apparently having a bad time with him, and she tries to flirt with Jules because of that. Neville calls her "Handlebars", tries to pimp her out, brags to her about sleeping with other women, and threatens to kill people if she doesn't watch the film Frozen with him.
• Jerkass: Is an absolute asshole to everyone he sees.
  Neville [seeing Harry at a Hallowe'en party, not having spoken to him before in the story]: It's Harry Potter! Look, everyone, it's Harry Potter! He's not a ghost, but it looks like he's a bit of a wanker!
• Nonchalant Dodge: Casually dodges punches thrown at him by both Jules and Ron, seeming to find the attacks more amusing than seriously threatening.

Jules Merrybrew

Dementor-turned-human who works for Neville.

• The Dog Bites Back: Attempted. He tries to get back at Neville for bullying him, exclaiming "I've had just about enough, you old bitch!" before trying to punch him. It fails.
• The Faceless: He always wears a wooden mask to protect him from patronus charms. During the costume party, his costume is just taking it off, but everyone is obsessed with finding out who he dressed as- and even who he is.
• Just Friends: He rejects Hannah's advances in favor of this.
• Squishy Wizard: He's noted as not being very strong physically, but quite talented at magic.

Rose Weasley

Ron's teen daughter, who's pissed at her dad for neglecting her.

• Closet Geek: Is popular, attractive and sociable, but loves video games and seems to have an encyclopedic knowledge of anime.
• Fiery Redhead: Spouts vitriol at her dad for ignoring her.
• Gamer Chick: Obsessed with the latest expansions of Turbine Simulator.

Dr. Draco Malfoy

Harry's overweight former rival, a professor at the Institute of Haplotype Science.

• Adaptational Nice Guy: Downplayed. He's still very much hostile to Harry and those who hang out with him, but with others he's more relatively benign.
• Big, Stupid Doodoo-Head: Calls Mavis a "fubsy-wubsy".
• Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Some of his snobbiness is still there, but he's a lot less malicious than he used to be, and, unlike Harry, he genuinely loves his son.
• Retired Monster: Despite everything, he's still largely unrepentant for of his bullying.
• Tomato in the Mirror

Hildana Slayne

The director of the Institute of Haplotype Science and struggling wife of Yvette.

Mitsuko Burselfly Painting

A wizard painting of Mitsuko Burselfly made before her curse and death. She's much different to the Mitsuko we see, with dark brown eyes and no red scar, and a cheery, caring personality. Since being painted she lacked the ability to move because of an immobilizing spell cast on the subject. However, the artist in question is unidentified because the name on her canvas was scraped off, leaving her a painting by a forgotten man.

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