No one's ever understood me like you, Tom

[pegkerr]

Was watching the second disk to the DVD Chamber of Secrets yesterday, and saw the interview with J. K. Rowling for the first time. Was very struck by her discussion about Tom Riddle's diary, and how when she wrote it it seemed very dangerous to her. Only afterwards did she realize how much it's like an Internet chat room.

Or LiveJournal, isn't it? As she puts it, "You put words down, and words magically appear in response. And it drives you to put down more and more of yourself--but you don't really know who is out there responding to you."

Hmm. I have been pretty open about my life in this LiveJournal. Yes, I do put down more and more about it. I look at my User Profile page, and damn, a lot of people have linked to me.

Er, there aren't there any Tom Marvolo Riddles out there, responding to me, are there?

Hmm. *Shivers a little and goes off to ponder this*

Peg

Comments

[dormouse-in-tea.livejournal.com]

Do not think am T.M.Riddle, as have no followers, cannot talk to snakes, have so far completely failed to convince anyone to get a tattoo, and do not, in fact, wish ultimate power.

I do not know how familiar you are with roleplaying or online chat/gaming environments, but a friend of mine has been hankering to build a MUSH full of cuddly wickeness, based on cute-creepy stuff like Tim Burton, Edward Gorey, Abarat, etc. Her first thought was to locate it in Crystal Palace from the Diamond Jubilee, which took itself Elsewhere rather than be dismantled. Based on what she's saying she wants from the atmosphere, however, I'm thinking there might be more potential in the Ice Palaces.

In all the sources you've found, what do you most recommend for being highly visual, and the most useful from an architecture standpoint, in terms of seeing how they were constructed and what they looked like inside?

[pegkerr.livejournal.com]

Probably Ice Palaces by Fred Anderes and Ann Agranoff. ISBN # 0-98659-391-6