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[lapin-agile.livejournal.com]

Interesting update from Lucius!

I remain interested in whether the Order Only spell is working, and on its face, this post would seem (by its account of a Ministry crisis at dark-thirty o'clock; by Lucius' apparent outrage; by its assertion that the Protector's circle has been monitoring Sirius Black's posts, but that they've until now found them benign and judged them likely to alienate rather than draw readers) to indicate that Lucius and Voldemort are wholly unaware of Sirius' Order Only posts.

However.

Might alt_lucius not post exactly this if he and Voldemort have been reading ALL the posts all along? Obviously, Sirius expects to get some reaction: this gives him a predictable and satisfying reaction. Obviously, Voldemort and Lucius have a vested interest in bringing Sirius to ground, in bringing his threat to a quick head that will enable them to crush it once and for all: so it would do no good to tip that they are reading his secret posts, and this response robustly suggests they have not.


I'm not really suggesting that I think the Order Only spell doesn't work. I think it's most likely that it works just as billed. And I suspect that we can take Lucius at his word when he writes, "Meanwhile, this alerts the Ministry to a drawback to the journals, namely their ability to spread rumour, lie, and blatant treason if anyone is so foolish as young Black."


But.

I want to keep myself mindful that there IS another possibility. A possibility that would be fully consistent with Slytherin-style, Death Eater-ish, Dark Lordly behaviour.

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Re: Unrelated: Thoughts for the day

[black-dog.livejournal.com]

I was thinking about nraged, too -- there'd be a nostalgic appeal, and certainly no need to describe the concept! I've also told Sister Magpie and one or two other people, and we'll see if they come opver and take a look.

For posting elsewhere, it's kind of interesting to imagine how to describe the concept to an absolute newcomer. :) I once found quite a good online article about nraged, at:

http://www.gameology.org/alien_other/n_a_and_nraged

The language is maybe a bit too academic and theory-oriented for a general reader, and sometimes wanders into woolier terrain. But it really nails how the game-watcher interaction worked. I am of two minds about whether it might be effective as an introductory sort of link for people who aren't familiar with the concept.

But on nraged itself . . . I might post there myself in a day or two, if you or someone else doesn't post ahead of me. See what happens, anyway.