miavi, un: s.

[slithering]

Portraits don't quite do people justice, no matter how lifelike they become through magic. But they are fascinating to study, nonetheless.

[ He is 100% sure that he will not grow up a balding old man with long white beard, and he will die on that damn hill. ]

An inquiry for those who use this form of communication: how many of you studied in Hogwarts? I would enjoy reading your experiences, should you wish to share them.

[ but really — tell him everything. ]

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[slithering]

We all become outliers at one point in our lives.

I would like to know your experiences in your school, of course. Durmstrang is not a name known to me, but it pleases me that more establishments have been created to promote a safe learning environment for young individuals.

[roblet]

I do not mind it so much. I have often been, it does not bother me.

It is a school in the North; our subjects are as wide-spread as Hogwarts' are. Our castle is grand and quiet - we only light fires for purposes of magic but the school is kept warm through other methods. It was... I have few words to describe it. It was the first place that I felt as though I belonged somewhere.

I had not realized it was a problem until I was there.

[slithering]

There is a marked difference between being made to feel as though you do not belong anywhere, and knowing that you are far from mundane because of your gifts. It is a problem that our community could all work together to minimize or eliminate altogether. An arduous but worthy task, to those that would willingly work for it.

It does beg the question of how vastly different this world has truly become, beyond that of what I remember of my own.

[roblet]

My parents did as best they could, but I have never been like other witches or wizards. Different.

[ psychopathic. ]

Durmstrang nurtured my personal interests. It was a good fit.

I suppose that depends on the state of the time you left, Herr...?

[slithering]

The state of the time I came from is best left as 'unpleasant'. [ a time when trials and public persecutions and witch hunts are at large — slytherin is not so keen on talking or even writing about it, lest he becomes too distraught and emotional over a network post. there's a time and place for such emotional outbursts. ] I'm sure countless of history books can recount the stories better than I.

PRIVATE.
Tell me, what knowledge do you have regarding the founders of Hogwarts?

[roblet]

Allow me to put it this way: things are better than they were but in my time (eighty years past, now) we are still hidden away like rats in burrowed tunnels to keep ourselves separate from Muggles when if we were to not shackle ourselves, they could do little to us at all.

It is a mess, in my opinion. We deserve so much better.

privated.

Enough to know that your views fit most neatly with my own, Herr Slytherin.

[ yes, that tiny push was all it took for him to know his sneaking suspicion was correct. ]

[slithering]

[ Somehow, Slytherin is not surprised at the state of the world. Back then, hiding was more than necessary, but it should not still be so. The foundation of the school meant a safe haven for learning, but beyond it — not on survival, but the rise of the magical community should have been priority above all. ]

It seems that though some things changes, others remain the same.

PRIVATED.
I'm pleased to hear that there are still those who remain true to a worthy cause.

Though others might say that my views are... ancient. I am a dead man, to most of these people. [ Prominent, of course, but so very dead. ]

ad infinitum.

[roblet]

Too true, unfortunately.

Just because something comes from old ideas does not mean that it loses credibility. There are still many that hold to your same cause.

I may not be quite dead yet to these people but I found myself quite the cause for alarm when I arrived - apparently, I was imprisoned.

Now I am a mere child they cannot bring themselves to lock away for acts I have not committed. I am simply going to use this time to learn from mistakes I have not made yet.

[slithering]

I, too, have read about my history.

[ he'd mostly focused on anything hogwarts-related, but there's a surprising amount of literature regarding his relationship with godric. what they know and what he knows differ in the minuscule details, but the main picture remains similar. his beliefs set him aside from peers, and he becomes the traitor, the one deemed wrong. ]

You are correct in saying that I have made a strong impression to those that felt as strongly as I did, but I had hoped to create a must more lasting impact in our community. These people face the same dilemma now as I did in my time, when they hope I had when I aided in the creation of the school was for the future generations to learn and improve on our past failures.

Perhaps that can be addressed once more now that I am here. I certainly would like to see how Hogwarts is faring now.