Decided to go ahead and try this out, because this actually is my first non-video related post. Anyway, for the past year or so, I’ve been on this wonderful roleplaying site called Tallygarunga. It’s a role playing site that’s set in the Harry Potter universe, but instead of in England, where the series is set, it’s set in Australia, so it’s a completely different world. (Almost!)
Anyway, recently it’s come to my attention that there’s this blogger on Blogspot called “That Weird American Who’s Obsessed With Australia” has been blogging about Tally quite often, which is understandable, seeing as she’s obsessed with Australia and (to a lesser degree) Harry Potter. This corresponds well with my interests, seeing as I’ve been obsessed with Harry Potter since the fourth grade (circa 2000) and ever since I joined Tally, I’ve been fostering a growing interest in it. So anyway, she blogs every day, it seems, around 9 PM my time, and since she discovered Tallygarunga, she’s been reading one thread every day and recently she’s stumbled across one of my characters. [Which is totally awesome! (and yes, I did just reference A Very Potter Musical; it’s totally awesome!) =p]
So she’s stumbled across Camryn Adiarte, my brand-spanking-new character on Tally. Cammy’s based primarily on me, with her name borrowed from my cousin Camryn (whom you saw in my spotlight of my cousin Vanessa’s version of Baby). Her last name is Adiarte, borrowed from Patrick Adiarte, one of the “children” in Flower Drum Song, a Roger’s and Hammerstein’s film which I watched because my cousin Angel recommended, but didn’t particularly like myself. I used it because I was pretty sure he’s Filipino, and that’s always nice for me to find. But anyway, I found it rather exciting because she’s not even especially prominent on the site yet, or even very well-known, the way Stewie is. (That is, Stewie Blair, Jr, my second character on the site. The first was a man named Esras, but he’s in the repository now, so he doesn’t really count anyway.)
And now, she’s covered Camryn’s first thread, “I Thought Wands Were For Make-Believe!“, in which Cam has entered Solvarnon’s Wandcraft to purchase her wand for school, and she gets scared out of her wits by a free elf named Fendareniel. (And yes, it is a long name that’s hard to spell and hard to try and pronounce, but it’s also wicked cool.) And she’s featured it in her blog not once, not twice, but three times! o.O That’s pretty crazy! She first covered it in her June 6th post, “Pizza, Peter Combe, Animal Products, and Tamarah” (On a side note, she features Tamarah, Stewie’s older sister, in that post.)
50. Read about a new student Camryn Adiarte. She’s at the wand store to get her first wand. She didn’t know until recently that she was a witch. Will she find a wand? Will she find a friend? Will she like school? Will she adjust to the boarding school life or will she miss her mum too much?
We shall find out soon….I’m sure.
Then, she featured it again in her post, “Pain, Turtles, Slaves, and Personality Tests”, when the thread had been answered once:
21. Decided to read an update about Camryn Adiarte’s quest for a wand. She’s new to the wizarding world, and she’s new to Australia. Not so long ago, she was a Californian Muggle.
Today there’s a new post from Fendareniel, the guy who owns the wand shop.
He’s working with cherry wood. I wonder if Fendarenial’s role-player knows a lot about wood. Maybe it’s her/his thing?
Anyway, Fen comes out to greet Camryn. Then the scene ends there.
And finally, today (or probably yesterday, since this post is taking a while to write), she covered it in “Seeking Donations, Popularity, Abattoirs, and Death”, and since it’s had a few more updates from both myself and Peter, who plays Fen, she had a bit more to say this time around:
24. Went to Tallygarunga
25. Decided to return to the story of Camryn Adiarte buying a wand from Fendareniel, the free elf.
This story thread takes place in the Solvarnon Wandcraft shop which is located in the Murrigal Bushlands. According to this page, the Murrigal Bushlands lie between Tallygarunga (the school) and Narragyambie, the town.
26. Realised I’m not 100% sure where I left off last. I’m pretty sure I read at least one post from Camryn and one post from Fendareniel. So I think I’ll start with post #3.
Camryn sees Fendareniel for the first time. She’s a bit shocked and scared because she’s never seen an elf before. But she recovers quickly, and is then polite.
27. Liked that Fendareniel didn’t take offense at Camryn’s initial reaction. He’s understanding that this is the first time she’s seen an elf and it’s a bit shocking.
I think this is very different from Reade’s attitude toward the waiter at the burger restaurant. He’s much less tolerant than Fendareniel. The thing is people do not always know how to react when they encounter something they’ve never encountered before. This doesn’t mean they’re hateful or cruel. It just means they’re new to the situation, and therefore ignorant. What really matters is how the person responds once they understand the situation. If Camryn kept screaming, ran out of the store, and refused to do business with Fendareniel, then she wouldn’t be that nice of a little girl. If Reade wrote his food order on a piece of paper, showed it to the waiter, and the waiter continued to ask questions of Arti instead of Reade, then he would have been very rude. Well, the exception would be if the waiter couldn’t read. Then I’d have to be understanding of him ignoring Reade’s writing. Although if Reade could admit to being mute, it would be nice in turn if the waiter could admit to not being able to read. It would be a fair exchange of confessions.
28. Learned that Camryn’s dad likes Lord of the Ring movies.
29. Learned that before Camryn officially knew she was magic, she got angry and made her brothers hair grow longer.
On a side note, she started reviewing it on #24, which just happens to be my favorite number. ^_^
Good night, sleep tight, and see you next time.
~ Megan Nacionales
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