[Solved] Canon Characters In A Character History

Would I be allowed to mention non-played canon characters / dead characters from the book in my characters history? Say I wanted my character to be friends with Cedric Diggory, for example (okay, that's not an example, it's why I'm asking XD) Would I be allowed to say that?

And what about Dumbledore? Would I be allowed to mention conversations between Dumbledore and my character? I know Dumbledore is the MH main account so...

Also, would I be allowed to mention how my character heard about people and had opinions on them. He was awed by the trio, for instance. Would I need drivers permission from Harry, Ron and Hermione's drivers as they're all played characters on the board?

This isn't related to canon characters, but would I be allowed to mention houses as a general? Say, I mentioned that the whole of Hufflepuff house for on well with my character. Would this be approved? Or would it be god-modding, or character control, or whatever it's called XD.

This is kind of to do with canon characters, but also paintings. Would I be able to say that my character had conversations with certain portraits an for on well with a few of them? The same goes with non-played ghosts: I know that I'd have to contact the driver with played ghosts.

Thanks!

It's fine to mention canon characters, and to include your character's opinions on them, but actually being friends with them is a bit of a grey area. Having them *know* a canon char is fine; to use your example, Ethel Shufflebottom could have worn a "Support Cedric" badge and wished him luck while they were working on an essay in the library that they'd both been set, but having her actually date him probably wouldn't be approved. Same sort of thing goes for Dumbledore - with the added caveat that your character would have to have a good reason to converse with Dumbledore - think how little personal attention he paid to Ron and Hermione in the books, for example. Usually students would talk with their head of house if they needed support or an adult to talk to.

Mentioning how your character felt about others is fine, so long as it makes sense. So I could say that Pixie thinks Tori is a fun person, but not that she really admires her talent for upside-down origami whilst flying on a dragon (though lets be honest, Pixie would find that completely awesome xD). TBH I'd probably let the trio's drivers know that I was planning to mention them in a sheet even if there's no actual interaction, because lets face it, we all like to see anything our chars are mentioned in!

Assuming the character is an adult and has left school, saying he generally got on well with Hufflepuffs is fine. Just avoid saying "he got on with everyone in ** house", for example, because that would be touching on godmoding (and also might restrict things in the future, say if someone created a Hufflepuff who he wouldn't get on with and you wanted a plot where they'd always been enemies or something!)

Portraits...none of them are played, so I think it'd be fine to have your char talk with them. Especially if you invent portraits or paintings that aren't actually in the books. Ghosts it's the same as canons - so long as any of their interactions are IC (Fat Friar friendly, Grey lady aloof and distant etc) it should work.

I think I covered everything?

Carys x

Ooh yes Carys thanks! That makes a lot of sense! Thanks again!