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alt_daphne) wrote2014-07-14 03:17 pm
alt_daphne) wrote2014-07-14 03:17 pm
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Hello, all.
Thank you for allowing me to join your organisation, and, in particular, thanks to those of you who so kindly assured me that I would find a place here. I hope that I will be an asset to all the goals and aspirations that this organisation stands for, but please have patience with me as I further familiarise myself with them.
For those who don't know me, my name is Daphne Greengrass. I'm seventeen years old and I live in the Belgravia neighbourhood of New London with my parents and two younger sisters (Astoria, 15, Slytherin; and Queenie, 13, Hufflepuff). My father, Philip (41, Hufflepuff) is the administrator at Fradswell Camp. My mother, Victoriana (née Montague; 39, Slytherin) works in decorative herbology (which is a fancy way of saying that she likes to arrange flowers in her spare time). My fraternal Grandmother Alexandria is a retired stage actress who lives in Brighton, where she can languish with her bohemian friends and reminiscence about the pre-Protectorate days. I myself have been training in dance (currently with Mr Gerald Krumgold) and voice (currently with Mrs Hortence Gibbons) since age four, and hope to one day be a stage actress like my grandmother before me.
I fully recognise that these are just surface details, and that you're likely more interested in the content of my character. I am positive that those aspects of myself be be revealed in time, through continued contact and correspondence. As I've looked over the "Order Only" journal entries it's clear to me that there is a close sense of camaraderie and friendship between many of you, and I certainly do anticipate being a part of that. Nonetheless, I should make it clear that I have a wide circle of friends (most of whom have backgrounds similar to my own) that I will continue to socialise with. Indeed, I believe that one of the things that I can contribute to this group is outreach to a particular class of citizens that you may have previously had limited contact with.
That's all for now, I think. Thank you again for having me!
Thank you for allowing me to join your organisation, and, in particular, thanks to those of you who so kindly assured me that I would find a place here. I hope that I will be an asset to all the goals and aspirations that this organisation stands for, but please have patience with me as I further familiarise myself with them.
For those who don't know me, my name is Daphne Greengrass. I'm seventeen years old and I live in the Belgravia neighbourhood of New London with my parents and two younger sisters (Astoria, 15, Slytherin; and Queenie, 13, Hufflepuff). My father, Philip (41, Hufflepuff) is the administrator at Fradswell Camp. My mother, Victoriana (née Montague; 39, Slytherin) works in decorative herbology (which is a fancy way of saying that she likes to arrange flowers in her spare time). My fraternal Grandmother Alexandria is a retired stage actress who lives in Brighton, where she can languish with her bohemian friends and reminiscence about the pre-Protectorate days. I myself have been training in dance (currently with Mr Gerald Krumgold) and voice (currently with Mrs Hortence Gibbons) since age four, and hope to one day be a stage actress like my grandmother before me.
I fully recognise that these are just surface details, and that you're likely more interested in the content of my character. I am positive that those aspects of myself be be revealed in time, through continued contact and correspondence. As I've looked over the "Order Only" journal entries it's clear to me that there is a close sense of camaraderie and friendship between many of you, and I certainly do anticipate being a part of that. Nonetheless, I should make it clear that I have a wide circle of friends (most of whom have backgrounds similar to my own) that I will continue to socialise with. Indeed, I believe that one of the things that I can contribute to this group is outreach to a particular class of citizens that you may have previously had limited contact with.
That's all for now, I think. Thank you again for having me!
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As you'll see from continued work with us, personal freedom is one of our central precepts. That includes the freedom to choose one's friends and associates, from any and all walks of life. I can't think of anyone here who would summarily tell you to sever all ties with your friends and acquaintances, to say nothing of the fact that it would look extremely suspicious for a social person like yourself to suddenly change her patterns.
But you're quite right: The class of citizens you mention is absolutely vital to our eventual success, so crafting messages that will speak to them and shake them out of complacency is essential. From a mercenary point of view, you can't very well help with that if you cease to associate with them!
Be warned, however, that your opinions of your current friends may change as your views evolve, depending on how they respond (or do not respond) to an expanded sense of equality. If you find yourself convinced that you absolutely should not risk speaking to one or more of them, for fear that they will brand you traitor instead of listening to your point and considering the possibility that you could have one, you may have to call upon your considerable acting skills to maintain those relationships.
Nonetheless, we are glad to have you. We can be quite a raucous group, when we get going!
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Thank you for the warning, but the views of my friends and acquaintances are well-known to me by now, and I don't foresee my opinion of them changing based on that - barring any clearly unforgivable behaviour, or course. They are people with good qualities, in addition to the bad, and I choose to believe that what's good in there can be nursed into something with more substance.
In short, people can be terribly simple to manipulate, if you just know them well enough to know what button to push.