Martha Twiggs

Martha Twiggs
Gender: Female
Height: Average

Blood status: Pureblood
Raised in: Wizarding
Home: Ottery St Catchpole -- The Burrow

Boggart: ?

Patronus: Unknown
At first glance, Martha can seem more quiet or observant than her sister, that she doesn’t seem like the kind of person who’d join in with loud conservations or laughter but you’d be surprised. Behind her quiet demeanour is a sassy and sarcastic girl just waiting for the right moment to speak up.

This can mean Martha is often overlooked or underestimated by others but she doesn’t mind - she knows how to use this to her advantage. She’s the loudest around her family as they can encourage her to be more outgoing and they help her to forget any anxieties she has.

Martha can also seem very responsible for her age in some respects - she focuses on her schoolwork, tries to keep herself and her siblings out of trouble (but she’s willing to find loopholes or bend the rules to help her siblings out, just don’t tell mum and dad).

She likes to think she’s the voice of reason between herself and Amelia but really she’s just looking at the bigger picture. What are the consequences of their actions and what is the most desirable outcome?

And sometimes someone just had to be a voice of reason (or attempt to).

Anxiety is something Martha knows well, even if she tries to mask it behind a sarcastic comment or by studying. Whether it's about her performance at school, how her siblings are behaving or… Her lack of wealth. She tries to ignore those feelings but when she is around other students who clearly have more wealth, Martha overthinks.

She worries they laugh behind her back or look down on her and, while she knows her clothes don’t look dirty or shabby (her mother would never allow for that), they’re clearly more worn or sometimes too short and this can make her feel worried about how other people perceive her.

Martha does her best to make friends with others, even if she’s more introverted around new people at first. She’s always seen helping others out if she can, willing to share class notes or even help a friend with studying. Martha doesn’t miss a class if she can help it and she’s thinking seriously about her future too.

She wants to graduate Hogwarts with a solid career path in mind, something that would make her parents proud. Sometimes this can result in Martha pushing herself too hard or putting others before herself, but she has expectations for herself - and goals she wants to achieve.

She’s the kind of person to try a myriad of hobbies to see what she likes best. Swimming is one of her favourite things to do as well as journaling, to keep her thoughts in order (and to make sure she’s on track when it comes to school).

Martha is quite good with her hands as well, often willing to mend or make things for her siblings. Her favourite hobby is sewing but she is quite good at knitting and crocheting too. If you’re a friend of Martha’s, expect a hand-made gift.
Born the second eldest to the Twiggs family, Martha has always been happy to let Amelia take the lead. Even as young children, she was happy to follow her sister around and keep her out of mischief. Her parents always joked how mature she was for her age, saying she was smart beyond her years - until she slipped up and was caught red-handed like her siblings.

She’s not blind to her family’s situation either. She knows she doesn’t have as much as other people when it comes to material possessions and Martha is self-conscious that her clothing or other possessions aren’t as nice as others.

But this makes her feel conflicted too as she loves handmade gifts and she was raised in a big, loving family. Even if she is only one of two girls, her mother never felt pressured to stay in the kitchen, do ‘girl’ chores or tidy the house over anything else she prefers to do.

Her chore of choice is definitely taking care of the chickens and she has names for them all. Plus, it was an escape for when the family got too rowdy or loud, or when she simply wanted time alone.

Martha doesn’t mind their trips to the Quidditch World Cup even if she has no interest in playing the sport herself, it’s fine to watch. She mostly loves camping and spending time with her family, even if their seats are never the best.

However, some of the flying makes her cover her eyes, unable to watch. Martha finds it puzzling how anyone would enjoy flying through the air at break-neck speeds and knowing her siblings love to play Quidditch…

Well, it makes her weak at the knees but she’s determined to support every match they’re involved with. Even if most of the time she’s peeking through her fingers and jiggling her leg with worry.

Getting her letter to Hogwarts, while expected, was a big deal for Martha. A tiny part of her always worried her sister would get to go without her even though she had shown signs of magic herself (the most recent was making the bath overflow with soap bubbles) so getting the letter has been one of her happiest memories.

Their journey to Diagon Alley to get second hand supplies for Martha and Amelia is something she’d never forget and not for good reason. She longed to go into the nice shops with the nice things but knew it would hurt her parents feelings to even suggest something like that.

She made do with what they were able to afford and things that her parents had passed down to them too.

Even so, she wasn’t going to let anything mar her excitement about finally going to school and learning magic. She couldn’t wait to be a proper witch!