Workshop: Human Family

1) Were you raised by both of your parents? If yes, who were you closest to and why? How did you interact with each? If no, who raised you and how has this affected who you are today?
Yes and no really. I was raised by my parents for the first part of my life, then raised by the pack. ActuallyI dont remember much about my life with my original family, at least not the parts concerning them directly. Iguess I was closest to my mom, but Im not exactly sure; its not like that part of my life matters anyway. What I do remember was how many times I riled them up. Oh the times I had. There are more pranks to be pulled and adventures to be had out there than any child can even imagine and, if I do say so myself, I was pretty damn good at finding them. I swear they must have been close to putting a leash on me.

2) What do your parents do for a living? Do they expect you to follow the same path? Is this what you want to do? What would you rather do? Do they support your choices?
My parents were photographers; nature photographers actually. They dragged me and my brother all over the freakin planet, not that Im complaining or anything; it was pretty damn cool. I bet they probably figured either Cy or I would follow in their footsteps, but obviously I sure as hell didnt. I doubt I even wanted to back then. Like the pack is always telling me, I can barely sit still for one second, much less long enough to take a perfect picture. Im glad my life turned out the way it did. Being a werewolf free to live however I please is way better than living a life controlled by a stupid job. I highly doubt they would be pleased if they knew what happened to me.

3) Parental support and approval is an important key to self-esteem, or lack thereof. How much support and approval do you receive? It is of a good nature (ie - supporting you to make the right choices even if it's not popular) or of a dodgy nature (ie - encouraging you to do what must be done to keep yourself on top)? How has this affected you?
I guess I received enough support. They of course werent glowing with pride whenever I got into trouble, but I dont remember them ever being overly cross with me or anything. For the most part, they encouraged me to be myself, which is probably why Im as open as I am today. I mean come on, when you let a kid do what they want a lot, you should of course expect said kid to test limits, what kind of person wouldnt?

4) No matter how wonderful ones parents are, teenagers and parents fight. Even adult children fight with their folks. What sort of things do you and your parents fight about all the time? Do you fight often, or rarely?
We didnt fight often per say, but I definitely remember many fights, mainly when I got into trouble for doing something. They didnt seem to like that I pulled my twin into all my messes either, though I cant imagine why. Cy needed to get out more, its not my fault everything we did wasnt boring and completely following the rules. The lectures could take a while, but over all they didnt punish me too badly, which, of course, was why I kept pushing the rules. Can you blame a guy though? The only other person to hang out with was Cy and we had to entertain ourselves somehow.

5) Grandparents can often be an important factor in a life. Are your grandparents still alive? How much of an influence do they exert on your life? On your parents' life?
Im not sure if my grandparents are still alive or not, hell Im not even sure if my parents are; I havent seen any of them since I was eight. It doesnt really matter. My grandparents were never a part of my life since we traveled so much. I think I maybe saw them once every few years or so when my parents were able to take a bit of time off from their photography.

6) How many siblings do you have? Older? Younger? How do you get along with each? Is there any significant rivalry with any of them? Do your parents favor (or appear to favor) one over the other? How do the dynamics of your siblings affect you?
I do have a sibling, though Cyrus is more than just my sibling. He and I are twins anddamnit he still means the world to me, as freakin corny as that sounds. Besides our parents, we were all each other had when we were growing up. We did everything together, pretty much literally, and there really wasnt tension between us. Any that popped up disappeared rather quickly. I bet we were closer than any other twins in the world and I swear we must have had some psychic link or something because we almost always knew what the other was thinking. II really miss him a lot. Im definitely not going to tell my pack that of course, they would never understand and would most likely get angry if they knew I missed a human, but I really do. They dont know that Ive been watching for him whenever we pass close enough to Hogwarts for me to go check up on him. God, it hurts to watch him, like a part of me is sitting there just beyond my reach. Damnit, who asks these stupid questions anyway!