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catelyngrant:

1. They’re both hatstalls. For Kara, it’s a tossup between Hufflepuff and Gryffindor; for Cat, Gryffindor and Slytherin. In the end, neither of them wind up in Gryffindor, and they thrive in their respective Houses. Cat in particular is very deliberate about wanting to challenge the assumptions people make about Slytherins.

2. Cat is a pureblood, with ancestry stretching back to the Founders. Before the war broke out in earnest, her mother wasn’t opposed to the ideas Voldemort was perpetuating; once his methods became clearer, though, she balked. She loathes that Cat is such a supporter of Muggle and Muggleborn rights.

Kara is also a pureblood, but when her parents were killed fighting for the Order during the Second War, she moved in with the Danvers family. Eliza is a halfblood, and Jeremiah a Muggle. She knows Alex a little from school, but as a first year Hufflepuff and second year Slytherin, they haven’t really spent time together. They don’t really start to bond until the first summer they spend together outside of school.

3. After school, Cat works for the Daily Prophet and quickly rises in the ranks. She resigns in protest when Fudge begins to use it as propaganda. During the Second War she uses her resources both as a journalist and as a well-connected pureblood to pass information to the Order, and she works with The Quibbler, Potterwatch, and other underground organizations to keep the public informed. After the war, she sets out to start her own media company, utilizing Muggle methods like television and the internet to modernize the wizarding media and make it more accessible and accountable. She works closely with the Ministry and particularly Hermione Granger to pass laws protecting the freedom of the press.

4. Kara begins working at CatCo Wizarding Media a couple of years after graduating from Hogwarts. She’s fascinated by the Muggle world and initially works as a research intern studying Muggle media platforms and how to integrate them into the magical world, but she makes her way up to Cat’s assistant after a few years and eventually becomes a reporter with a focus on social issues.

5. Kara is particularly gifted with Charms, Astronomy, and Magical Creatures; she’s a good Defense Against the Dark Arts student but doesn’t like it as much. Cat excels at Transfiguration and Potions, and later in life, she also campaigns for more traditional forms of education such as literature/writing, math, and world history (not just History of Magic) to be incorporated into the Hogwarts curriculum.

Kara is also a talented Quidditch player – she was Seeker at school, which led to some interesting matches against Slytherin, where Alex was Beater. As an adult she doesn’t play as much but they’ll scrimmage now and then and get super competitive. It stresses Cat out – she hates heights – but every now and then Kara is able to convince her to get on the broom with her and take her flying.

(Send me an AU and I’ll give you headcanons!)

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