The Doorway: a panfandom game

Why are films so expensive here? I really love going to see films, especially action ones. I just saw the dinosaur movie -- Jurassic Park? -- in 3D! It felt like the dinosaurs were right there going to come out at me. It's so cool to see how Muggles figure those sorts of things out too, even if normal photographs are still unmoving. 3D movies are pretty cool.

[Filter: James Potter]

Hey, uh, happy birthday. I know I'm late but I couldn't decide if I should say it or not. Hope it was good.

It's difficult I'm seventeen years old and back home that makes me an adult. I have responsibilities and duties that people twice my age aren't very good at managing, for whatever reason. But because I'm here and seventeen it feels seems like people take my skills less seriously.

I am not a child. But because I am young and because I have no 'real' experience slaving around for someone I am not a very strong candidate for employment. I don't want to work for your company anymore than you want to hire me

It's frustrating irritating hard. I know what I'm doing, but convincing others to think the same is proving more difficult. I know mind magic, I can make you believe me but I'm trying to do the right I'll have to attempt other means to convince prospective employers what I might do for them.

It's taxing.

I'd certainly rather deal with the heads of other families than continuing toiling around for nothing. I'm glad to have gotten my apparation license before being brought here; if I had to take muggle transportation around the city I might throw myself off the build would be annoyed.

Green beer, strobe lights and Bono have very little to do with Ireland. Yes, even Bono and yes you can all tell him I said that.


Waking up on a beach being feasted upon by sea birds and attempting to sleep beneath a fallen flag might be, perhaps, the closest to home I ever hope to be again. I lost my way and found myself identidem -- à plusieurs reprises -- in the echoing chambers of my dried up skull.. It's the 20th of March and the decorations are coming down, I think I've showered off all the green and the glitter and the Guinness. Perhaps now the world can go back to ignoring the Irish, they're much better at it than they are at pretending they are us.

Perhaps now I can go on pretending to care about the rest of the world. Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious.

Is anyone else making a bracket for March Madness? I don't know much about the sport, but I'm feeling lucky.

FILTERED TO THE FRIENDS AND FAMILY OF JAMES POTTER AND LILY EVANS

Evans and I have moved up to unit 2406 in case you're looking for us. As for Harry [...] I can't find him.

For all its changed from the New York City I grew up in there's a lot that's remarkably the same: Still a lot of wealthy folk and a lot of poor folk just trying to scrape by. I think it might be possible the wealthier are a lot wealthier. But can't be sure if the poorer are actually poorer or if it just looks like they are in comparison.

I haven't gotten used to living this far out from nature either. I don't suppose there's anywhere nearby one could go to see actual ground?

[ooc; let's all play pretend! use your ~imaginations~ to pretend that the video is actually maria and not the very talented dini kimmel]

Welp. Here goes nothing. It took me a little while to get everything put together put here's the Maria DeLuca rendition of Here With Me.

Yes, I covered my own show's theme song. I regret nothing.

Open Mic Night at the PTYC is NEXT THURSDAY. But if you just can't wait (or want to go out and have some fun) I'm heading out to Lucky Jack's tonight at 7.

[Filtered; private]
I've budgeted myself sufficiently.

Even with buying clothing here. $18 a day for two more weeks until the last stipend comes in I need to check if it hasn't come in with the new month. They might do things differently. Then I'll have to find another means of earning money. Good god. Don't complain. Don't complain; father wouldn't complain. He'd just do it. Whatever needs to be done.

I can do this, it's only for a short time. I can do this. Even if I want to go home every day of my life.
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The differences between worlds are really, really odd. In the sense that if I had chosen to I could have entered the Ministry once I finished at Hogwarts. I have sufficient marks not to mention our connections but Blacks don't work for anyone but here I'm without a record of any sort besides a few lines in a book. I don't exist.

I don't even have a proper form of identification since they can't test my wand. And in that way I suppose I have the same status as foreigners and that's annoying and about as many rights, probably. Now I understand in some small way what that's like. No that's not true I'm still part of the high soc

I feel sorry for
I'll be sure to donate to more charities when I get home

FILTERED TO HP VERSE

Who is all here from our home? Don't worry, Albus, this isn't a convoluted plan to get you to socialize. I'm genuinely curious.

Who: Peter Pettigrew & Sirius Black
When: BACKDATED to Feb. 21, afternoon
Where: Elevators of Potts Tower
What: A tense encounter
Rating: High for threats and violence and hate.

( He scurried in along the wall, waiting behind a potted plant until an elevator door in the lobby opened, and then he made a run for it. )

There was much ado in South Dublin's Clondalkin.

Apparently a stomach and entrails were discovered in a bin and everyone had their shit in a knot (ha) over whether or not the remains were human -- it turns out they weren't, they belonged to a dearly-departed sheep, but given the Republic's devotion to the glorious Kathleen Ni Houlihan and the Catholic church, its no wonder they've lost the ability to tell the difference between citizens and sheep.

This would have never happened in Scotland, wasting sheep innards like that.


[[OOC: Stephen is referring to This Article]

I got a job! And it's not a desk job like I had back at the Ministry either which means I'm not bored every day at all. In fact, I like it a lot when I'm not dropping dishes or anything like that and the people have all been really nice. No one recognizes me as Peter Pettigrew so that helps. I didn't think it would be this quick for me but it's good so far.

Filter to Luke Castellan

Can I volunteer at the Youth Center? Is there anything you need help with?

A few holo movies, episodes or books will never give you the full story on the people inside them. They will only give you a brief window with which to view them, and to use that in a derogatory manner is not only hurtful, but closed minded. Perhaps Master Yoda's immortal words that you must unlearn what you have learned may be applicable here. I believe everyone deserves a chance to show who they really are beyond a simple window.

It's strange to think that my one person's decision, made in haste could cost countless innocent lives.

And there is nothing to be done about it.

FILTERED TO PETER PETTIGREW:

You don't know me and I don't know you, but I did see that you had a rather intense "welcome" to the network and I thought I'd make myself nosy and just see if you were doing okay. I had some similar reactions when I showed, though not quite to the extent of yours, but I understand a bit.

My name is Raven Darkholme, by the way.

FILTER

What is it about Sundays that leaves me wanting to stay in my pajamas and camped out on the couch with bad television? I'm so good about getting dressed and attempting to be productive every other day, even without a job, but Sundays are a lost cause.

At the suggestion of Ms. Granger, I spent most of yesterday and today perusing the books that highlight a portion of my life as to become more familiar with current critical opinion of who I was.

While enlightening, the books themselves are dreadful as a source of information. Dry, important facts are hidden from the reader for the sheer purpose of entertainment, to sensationalise. They are vexingly biased, crudely composed and insensitive.

I won't be reading those again.

[Filtered to Peter Pettigrew]
Hey dude - welcome to New York 2013.

I wanted to let you know that the Potts Tower Youth Center is open to everyone in the 21-and-under set, and that we're a pretty friendly, non-judgmental group of people. Some of us are like you - people who don't really have many friends from our home world because we're considered bad guys there.

Basically, I wanted you to know that this world is a really good opportunity for a fresh start, and for doing something better with your life than how it turns out in your home world. If you want that, come hang out downstairs. We can help you get started on building a life that doesn't suck here.

- Luke
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Audiobooks are my new favorite thing. Finally, I can learn stuff without the dyslexia leaving me with a blinding headache if I try to read too long. And I can listen to them while I do other stuff, so I don't get distracted halfway through the fourth page and wander off.

And Temeraire, thanks for the suggestion of The Art of War. It's hard to wrap my head around sometimes, but it's really interesting. And when I have those moments when I really get it, it blows my mind in a completely awesome way.

FILTERED: PETER PETTIGREW

You caused quite a stir. I can't say I read it all, but I know how a friend of mine shed some basic light on the situation. I'll be frank in saying I hate traitors, but at the same time, I know what it feels like for this place to hold your future over your head as if you've already committed your future crimes. That must have been a horrible welcoming. Being pulled here is shock enough.

This network is supposed to be for social interaction which I don't understand, of course but it appears it is more destructive than anything. What is worse? Avoiding social contact or surviving detrimental contact?

People sure get their panties in a twist over a little murder here.

Seriously though, I googled him. His body count is like barely double digits. That's like complete wuss numbers compared to a majority of Potts Towers residents. Probably racked a higher count on my first day on Pandora.

Is it because he's not like hot or something?