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October 26, 2026 · 00:05

An idea for someone else

That happens, I am a true believer of IP and its real owner. There is no leeching involved. I am hereby going the idea to JK Rowling, ho could optionally hand it to Avalanche software, the makers of Hogwarts Legacy and the sequel.

I was watching some YouTube with fanfares and it suddenly appeared to me that we know very little About the original founders. We like to believe that Gryffindor is good and Slytherin is evil, but that would be too bleak a setting, its like saying all bad people are truly evil. Ghengis Kahn, Benito Mussolini, Donald Trump. The setting seen now is not the setting as it was a thousand years ago. And as this is all Wizarding world this becomes the ownership of JK Rowling.

Anyone who knows me knows that I like RPG and that I really like replayability. In this the origin of the houses one to mind. You get to go to the places where Helga Hufflepuff, Godric Gryffindor, Rowena Ravenclaw and Salazar Slytherin originated. You get to see all four lands and do missions in them but only the house student gets to do that one mission where you could own and restore the houses, with an optional secret passage from Hogwarts to your place (and it gives the room of requirements a moments rest). So any house can do missions there (optionally within these four towns) and learn spells and make friend, but only the hour student can embark on the one mission that will grant them the original house of a founder and they all require reparo (and perhaps a few new spells) to get the place in a spit spot place (Mary Poppins made me say that). There is also the settings that these places have mixed muggle and wizarding people The idea that there is a lot more to offensive spells and therefor other spells need to be created. Like an are disillusion spell, that gives a ‘nasty’ dislike to the place as muggles. And there is a drive (in me) to let these houses look a little like the houses at Hogwarts, so Hufflepuff will be a burrow, Ravenclaw will be a tower and Slytherin will be an underground house (optionally by a lake) and Goodrich place will be in Godric Hollow, optionally Harry’s place of birth with a few extra basements. Because I do not know how far HL2 is, I can’t write missions on them and only on the parts I wrote here. But there is a setting where we could see the interaction with muggles and that could confuse a few things. So I am a little in the air on that. But the wizarding people will come with missions, lost items optional overrunning spiders and a fair bit of Inferni. There is the chance of Trolls and perhaps a new kind of troll depending on where you are. There is a side where we could save as many Centaurs as we can and destroy the ash winders. But there is also a time limit, so that you have to rush to save the Centaurs and the more you safe, the greater your fame becomes. There is also the setting that not all trolls are bad and that frost trolls and frost giants might be worthy of saving (but that is merely a first thought), so as each land has its own dealings, these are dealings that you take back to school, optionally in your sixth or seventh year (not sure where HL2 is) it makes things less complex by adding Hogwarts and the surrounding areas, and this offers the makers to propagate the save game they had in the first HL, making this a continuation and optionally a reason to play HL again.

There might a reason for Avalanche to launch both games together on the Switch 2, but that is up to them. What does matter is that I gave form to these ideas (optionally being completely rejected by JK Rowling) but that is her right, it is her IP. I am merely spitting a few ideas and hopefully they land in willing ears and optionally not fits what Avalanche Software had in mind.

So have a great day all and soon I have to start Hogwarts Legacy for the fourth house (Gryffindor) as I saw that place in the 8 movies, as such I wanted to see the other places first.

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October 16, 2026 · 21:05

The preamble to psychosis

There has been a way of thinking induced. It started when I was focusing on two scripts. It wasn’t that I ‘needed’ to write both, more that the setting of a stage was required. This happens. I let my mind wander and waver until something clicks. Then at some point I was considering the reasons for psychosis. I am (apparently) unaware of its settings. Then my mind started to play with combinations psycho sociopath versus a sociopathic psycho. And I went from there. But then an idea came to me. Not for the two scrips, but it might be an idea for one of them, an episode out of these thoughts. Still, the ideas came calling.

In this idea the character was moving and the first thing he encounters is that his computer is stolen, but he sees the thief and from there he goes on a killing spree. His killing game show so to speak. So he goes on a murder bender, killing the thief in a rage and removing the evidence, although the rage seemed real, it was his way to show the world that he was out of control, but it only seemed that way. His methods are too calculating and too precise, which is why the police isn’t focussing on him. Then he sees what was connected and he goes deeper and deeper into that maze. And whilst we see that ‘maze’ we see the elements of jealousy and envy so whilst he is confronted with the want of something that belongs to him and their fear of losing something that already was the main character. In this he continues his killing spree, a spree that frightens the people behind the thief, their envy becomes apparent but their fear is checked by their greed and that drives the point along. And in my mind, the idea is that their fear of death will push them to betray the people that least deserved to be betrayed and that might give a link to (I won’t call them) organized crime (unless they wield a PDA or a Filofax) but this setting is one that drives several options to the surface and hills, I like where this is heading, it is merely one episode in that tale and in the other setting I am not of a clear mind, but the other one needs to go in a different direction, because the ‘American’ way of ‘adjusting’ the same idea in several paths is not the real deal of any storyteller. Perhaps those with the mere focus of making money, but that is where the ‘Hollywood’ strain comes in.

As there are other options Canada, Saudi Arabia, UAE (both Dubai and Abu Dhabi) are the settings for the next generation of storytellers and as storyteller we have to look where the markets are. And even if I struck out with my first script (me looking somewhat sad), I still have arrows in the quiver, or is that a script in my quill? Although my quill has a keyboard and a screen I can till call it whatever I like, it is mine to name it.

But as we name our tools, we tend to limit its potential. Don’t ask me why, it merely is that way. So from parchment with quill we went to ballpoint and paper then a typewriter and paper and from there we went to computers, laptops, tablets and so on, but at every step we lost something along the way as writing went faster, we forced our brains to go faster and I don’t think it always held up to what the writer wanted it to be. As we gained time to ‘write’ faster, we lost time to think and that is where it all happens in these gray cells, that is where our stories started, not on paper or on screen, in our minds. And whilst we consider what we gain in speed, we lost creativity against time and that is the conundrum and even I see this, no matter how fast the idea evolve in my brain. I realise that the time gained is lost into a second or even a third thinking over the idea I had.

And there we see the preamble, an introduction of events that comes before the formally formed writing or even the written action to explain its purpose and optional background. The is the setting and I let set this to a more direct setting. The Iliad is an ancient Greek epic poem containing 15,693 lines divided into 24 books. But how long did it take to write it? I cannot find anything stating that, merely that it was written around 762 BC. The is as good as it gets and compare this to the 28 verified deals across the year (with some industry tallies tracking roughly 19 to 23 core summer/seasonal milestones), but how many scripts were offered? Some say 20000-25000, I honestly have no idea. But in this stage where we see so many scripts making the rounds. How many are honestly originals? I can’t tell if mine is original. I personally think so, but the idea that someone had a similar idea is not out of the realm of possibilities. As such I put parts of my scripts online, it gives a timeline of originality (or so I believe it does). And as I am contemplating more settings (which beats the stories on politics of today) and in some aspects the warmongering I have, because that at least comes with the grounds of originality. And we all admire originality in ourselves and in others. It is the beginning of innovation. And whilst we see the need for innovation, some are merely in it for the money (those numbers with a preceding $) and whilst we can accept that, I have a lessened need for that, this is why I gave the ideas I had on dealing with Iran to both Saudi Arabia and the UAE, they can see if it works for them and as such I will have done my duty as a person.

Perhaps I will gain some out of it, but it is not my goal (still it is nice to get some) and whilst it is not the main setting, the idea is to make it part of my story is still an added part of it. Why matters is that more people are looking into their options to stop players like Iran in ways I never considered. I optionally took out the railway systems, the harbours and a few other settings (like refineries). They are merely optional settings but someone else who could have had chemical degrees (My chemistry knowledge is massively below par) could have found a way to poison the oil. My limited setting is merely set to add yellowcake (no idea how to put my hands on that, or if it would even work) to the oil, irradiating it all and making that mix useless for generations (as well as spending billions in separating the two). There are likely a lot more options (I reckon the members of the Pentagon never earned their stripes), and that is merely a thought coming to mind and optionally the start of another setting for an episode. And I do like to surprise my self, just this day I surprised myself wth a slice of Tiramisu, best surprise ever (they ran out of Black Forest cake).

So time to think of a few other settings and hopefully Final Draft works out their copy/paste problem, so I can set at least a few more options to ‘actual script’ Have a great day.

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October 10, 2026 · 22:30

Changes

I see the world of changes going towards me and I am fine with it. Some are distinctly different, some seem mundane and similar. There is no real way to see what is what and the setting of what matters is not that important. I learned early in live that the sum of it all matters and how you impact it, it’s like standing on the axial of the seesaw. Impacting how you distribute the weight to make the seesaw going one way or the other. It makes you a game decider, a tactician. 

But before you think that I am so ‘important’ (I really am not) but there is a side that ‘haunts’ me. I am no politician, even if tactical people need to have a political frame of mind it is not the same. People like me are able the see the lie (perhaps ‘intentional miscommunication’ is a better term) and when we see ‘Steve Moore: US economy is blowing away other nations despite inflation’ we see the lie. When we are given “Unleash Prosperity co-founder Steve Moore joins ‘Mornings with FOX Business’ to discuss the state of the US economy, highlights strong investment numbers and argues that the US is economically outperforming other nations. Analyzing the U.S. economy’s strength, Unleash Prosperity co-founder Steve Moore joins ‘Mornings with FOX Business’ to discuss resilience against inflation. Moore argues the United States is outperforming other nations and notes that international investors are betting on America, dismissing pessimistic narratives.” (Source: Fox Business) In what universe is the US in a state of strength? President Trump keeps on missing the goals, making threats and bully his way through this world. At present US tourism is over 5% down, the US economy is based on a set of 6-8 players handing money to each other calling it economy. Tens of thousands lost their jobs in this economy and whilst we are told “The U.S. economy added 29,000 jobs in September 2026, falling short of the expected 90,000”, others like Indeed give the world “Now Hiring: 247000 USA Jobs”, they did this is 2013 as well, offering hundreds of ‘jobs’ in places that needed them, scouring the world for data. And now you see that this ‘resilience against inflation’ is so clueless when the US Tourism is losing to Europe, Asia and the Gulf states. Then we see ‘The U.S. Economy Just Delivered Bad News. History Says It Could Be Good News for the S&P 500.’ A two tailed story where we see “High interest rates have become one of the market’s biggest boogeymen. While the short-term impact can be minimal, over time they can increase borrowing costs, slow economic growth, and become a drag on corporate earnings. But those things occurring while economic growth is still healthy and earnings growth is strong might not be the worst thing in the world. In the current situation, slower job growth could lead to lower rates, but at the same time, potentially not slow the economy enough that a recession becomes a risk. If the economy can strike an equilibrium where inflation and interest rates fall but GDP growth and earnings growth remain positive, it can produce the ideal environment for stock prices to keep pushing higher.” The story sounds and feels true, but now we get to see the two-sided side. As I see the the US economy supports the people, and bad news here is not good news for them. It optionally is reasonable news for the members of the S&P500 and the additional “Long-term investors should probably just stay the course. The market has been talking about AI slowdowns and corrections for most of 2026. Yet the S&P 500 is up 14% year to date and the Nasdaq-100 is up 24%. There’s no sense in trying to predict these things and changing your portfolio because of it.” But the setting is close to changing, the setting of AI is fake (if you read my blogs you know the reason) the people are getting aware and we see: “Class actions have become a recognised enterprise risk, shaped by cyber incidents, regulatory scrutiny, shareholder expectations, ESG obligations and emerging technologies. Organisations can’t afford to view them as isolated legal events.

Our survey of senior legal, governance and risk professionals across corporate Australia reveals a clear shift: class action risk is increasingly viewed as a Board-level issue requiring stronger governance, oversight and organisational readiness.” The Law firms are aware. Herbert Smith Freeholds Kramer for one. So as the world of AI (Super Intelligence for Americans) is getting swamped with class actions (I need to take part in one as they are stealing my stories, which they call ‘training data’ we see a different story. The different story is that those in deep, too deep, implies that they need the train to continue so that they can cash in on their losses and make them other peoples losses. To see a ‘class action risk’ simpler as a ‘Board-level issue’ implies that they need to law to change, the law no longer suits their purpose. I reckon that first IP laws will undergo ‘changes’ so that the (as they say it) ‘the good of commerce can continue’ then they go into patent law so that these Predicted Analytics systems could score the roads and claim the IP of others and as such these 8 players get to claim the next generation of inventions, because those who create the items the next generation needs, these settings that will get them the  economy, the vaults and wealth of itemized goods. So, in one stroke, they get the wealth of the planet and they will all claim it was theirs all along. But the ideas that I (and thousands of others created) what happened to them? Should I just hide and keep it a secret? That is what they want. I fought it to make some of it public domain, they can’t get it in this way and there is more, whatever IP I create are some in some way expected steps of what was to come became public domain. I might lose the revenue of what I would have never gotten in the first place, I can rely on ‘the law’ to do me a thankless solid and get me the revenue for. My stories and as there are plenty of logs showing that a ‘few’ nameless people taken several times the stories I wrote (over 7000 times) and even if the settlement is merely $10K per story, I will be set for life and not just me, thousands of people will get to claim that setting and it is why the legal setting (according to them) needs to change. First they sack tens of thousands of people, trying to ‘pay’ for their upsell of revenue of these ‘fake AI’ systems and now they are losing so much more to all these class actions. Our benefit? Most lawyers are greed driven (they call it ‘billable hours’) and if they make enough hours, I (and many others) get paid. It is one way to balance the seesaw and shift that balance in favour of us, the victims of theft. 

But the setting goes deeper than that. You see, these ‘delusional’ settings of the economy will hit the American people. At present we are given “Share of Alleged Losses: AI filings represented roughly 13% of core securities filings, but accounted for 73% of all alleged investor losses measured in the period”, “Disclosure Dollar Loss (DDL) Index: AI filings accounted for $385 billion of the DDL Index (73% of the total” as well as “Maximum Dollar Loss (MDL) Index: AI filings accounted for $1.3 trillion of the MDL Index (73% of the total), with technology sector filings reaching $1,445 billion in MDL overall.” And as these are the views that are not just bad for Americans? They are disastrous. Because as I said, “(as they say it) ‘the good of commerce can continue’” but it is set to them (singular) not the people, not the nations. For them and them alone, it is “board room thinking” and it requires changes for that to start, continue and settled and all that is happening right now, but it can only continue if they have these co called independent consultants to give us a ‘braided’ story that steers clear of what people need to know to decide.

But in the end, we get to decide and see where we want to go. But in the end, we should choose and I chose this setting. What others choose is their business. Ron Herbert (Dune) once said, “He who destroys a thing, controls a thing” I really like this. As such I made most of my ideas ‘public domain’ including the military IP for Saudi Arabia and the UAE. No reason to get contracts out, they can just act on them, a simple solution. 

So whilst you might think my ‘ramblings’ sounds useless, but the path we are given is not that clear. And we are getting overloaded by ‘so called’ data and that is where the predicted analytics is being used. To confuse us, not to inform us, other systems do that and these fake AI systems can figure out based on the data it is given. So whilst plenty of people will tell me I am as ‘daft as a doornail’, others will call me crazy as a cabbage. But I feel that I am on the right track even if I cannot perceive the whole stage yet, and that is perhaps because others have turned out the light, so that we merely see the headlines. But there is more, a lot more and I am not seeing it all (I’ll freely admit to that) 

Have a great day today.

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September 28, 2026 · 19:21

Relief to see

That was my initial take on the message by TTG Asia and its ‘Harry Potter-themed lands coming to Warner Bros World Abu Dhabi’, is wasn’t anything new, but the Iranian BS of praising ‘Iran Praises Turkey’s Push for Regional Peace, Security’ and “Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi assured Saudi Arabia of Tehran’s commitment to strengthening trust and promoting regional security through cooperation among the countries of the region.” And I detest it as they are the main cause of the issues hitting Saudi Safety. If they were actually invested in this, they would sell out (or sell short) the Houthi Terrorists by denying them weapons, drones and other intelligence. As such I needed a change of scenery as I saw nothing but trouble coming from Iran. As such the TTG Asia article felt like a breath of fresh air at present. You see, there are several sources to consider, but TTG Asia gives a really nice shine to the article with “Warner Bros World Abu Dhabi will add three Harry Potter-themed lands as part of an expansion that will increase the indoor theme park’s overall size by more than 50 per cent.” Any theme park that already is seen as the greatest show on earth is likely to attract an additional hordes of people. And when we get to places like Arabian Business giving us ‘Abu Dhabi unveils new visitor experience guidelines for tourism sector’ and whilst we turn back to “Miral and Warner Bros Discovery Global Experiences are developing Diagon Alley, Hogwarts and the Forbidden Forest, which will cover about 63,000m², with construction targeted for completion in 2029.” We see that for the foreseeable future Abu Dhabi and its Warner Brothers theme park will be the place to be seen before 2029, add to that the almost perfect rated WaterWorld and SeaWorld and people are looking at a gemstone of tourist perfection for the foreseeable future. So, here I am doubting my own words by repeating ‘foreseeable’, but that is what Miral and the UAE strived for and it seems to be paying of. My prediction that tourism in the United States will become the “a measurable decrease in visitor numbers, length of stays, or total tourism-related revenue compared to a previous period or baseline expectation” and they did this to themselves. And whilst the ‘sources’ are giving us where places like Epic Universe got things wrong (there is just no pleasing some people) the setting we see it that they are massively outclassed and outgunned in several ways. But the setting that we do see is that there is a massive upside to visiting Abu Dhabi at some point in 2027, because there is no way that your senses will be satisfied waiting until 2029, not with all the entertainment there is out there now and the setting of Harry Potter will be out there from coming December onwards. I reckon (I saw hints) that this will be drenched in the setting of the new HBO series of Harry Potter and that seems to fit, it would end up being the setting for the next generation of Wizarding World fans. I was the previous group, just like the Original Star Trek group and there is no resentment, the only question mark I am raising is that there is a larger group that requires the Blue-Ray or 4K versions of this setting and there is some worry because Disney is hiding these series away from people. Try getting the Infinity war and Endgame on 4K in Australia. Shops will not have them and neither do they have the Mandalorian onboard these formats. It is shielded away for Disney subscribers. Now, I get that there would be a ‘time’ exclusion, this makes sense, but the Mandalorian was 2019 (through 2021) and I am ‘rejecting’ the movie because of that. So there is a setting where the UAE could become the place where you catch up on these series and personally I would feel offense if HBO would go the same way with Harry Potter and don’t come to me with they would never do that. Because Yanks (people from the United States) are all about setting their premise from the start and this is one sage where this could be pursued. And now you are wondering why I made the detour. You see, the UAE will become the place for Harry Potter merchandise and they could get the inside track on the Digital formats as well (as optionally opening a WB shop in the Yas Mall) consider that HP has millions of fans and by the time that Hogwarts Abu Dhabi opens they will have hit season 4. Now consider that these fans could get the series and optionally put themselves on the list for all following seasons and this implies an optional 7 seasons (times x million fans) and when these numbers hit, people will go the extra mile to sign up for whatever they are given at the park, optionally with additional parts (like a hologram steel cover)  when the merchandise is good, people will bend over backwards paying this and with theses numbers, you can offer the limited never in shops to be seen, because the United States and their greed driven settings opened up the market for that and now these people could be invested in their series. This was one of the side tracks I saw when I published a story on Star Trek (somewhere in 2025) but the premise goes on a lot further than that and traction is given to the people who do the work, not those who proclaim it is coming and I reckon that Miral would guard its database of all kinds of fane running into the millions to consider what is coming their way and as the series will go on until 2033/2034, that becomes a behemoth of people all vested into their Harry Potter settings and they will get what they desire (for a price) and now we see that Miral gets the inside track on what is seen as estimates place casual fans in the hundreds of millions and dedicated ‘Potterheads’ in the tens of millions worldwide. Now take that number and consider 7 seasons of that new HBO series, whilst also supporting the fans of the old series (in 4K), optionally selling the 8 empty movie boxes as a set as well, which might be desired by all who love Harry Potter. As for myself, I love the 4K version I have now, but I will jump at the option to get these 8 metallic hologram boxes to upgrade the discs I have and that is a market that no one would considering touching, until you realise that this sets up your coffers with millions of sold boxes at whatever the price was and there are reasons to believe that people might upgrade their collection (I did in early 2026) and the idea of upgrading the box? A simple run for the cash register. Now these settings are at the station of Miral and that is what we call free revenue. Revenue that is gotten whilst no serious investment in advertisement was required. On that station, consider that there is a hiatus in Abu Dhabi at present. We get the odd duck who is into the depth of things, but I noticed a lag of videos by what should be cherished in all things. The width of Abu Dhabi is not showing up in YouTube and I wonder why not. Now, I am all for people having a great time (it is a requirement of fun) but the people giving us their views on all places Abu Dhabi seems to be reclining and I wonder why. Because as I see it, this is the first stop in gaining traction with a global population and there still is time and now is the time to start setting up shop for creating traction and polarize desire. This is a dangerous statement, because not all polarization if positive. Yet when if comes to fan settings a lot remains positive, but where are the fans? Where are the wannabe influencers of the Wizarding Worlds? The park is still plenty of time away, but there seems to be less and less materials making the YouTube channels on Sea World, Water World, Ferrari World and the Yas Mall. I’ll admits that Google needs to upgrade its PS5 YouTube App (like filtering for newly created stuff) but beyond that, there is a lack of new materials showing. I don’t think that Aldar Properties PJSC might be happy about that. We were given that 2025 gave the Yas Mall 44 million visitors, as such I would have expected a lot more videos. And that traction will be needed to keep interest growing for 2029 and as such a large WB shop in Yas Mall might be a requirement (as well as stalls in the WB hotel and a few other places) They have an excellent Merch shop in the hotel, but where are the digital items? Movies, TV Shows and several other sides. This is merely my limited version of what could be, but consider that Awareness leads directly into acceptance, understanding, and intentional action. The idea of this could lead into new frontier of merchandising and as I see it, there is not enough preparation towards any of this. Take the one example I set, the old HP movies. To see how this fares, they could have added these metal boxes of the 8 movies and see where it headed. There is also the option of having these 8 movies in WB Yas mall, but that might be restricted by licensing. So whilst I was watching a Yas Mall video, I also saw that the premise of AR (Augmented Reality) displays in Yas Mall are optionally missing. I reckon that Miral (or Aldar Properties PJSC) should be overlooking this, because apart from the futuristic vibe, it is free awareness and almost free advertisement and as given this creates acceptance, understanding and when you have invested a billion into WB World and you are adding up to a billion dollars into this, you could used all the acceptance that the world would fork out.

So as TTG Asia ends the article with ““Introducing three new Harry Potter–themed lands allows us to deepen the connection between our iconic franchises and the guests who cherish them,” added Simon Robinson, president global experiences & studio operations, Warner Bros Discovery.” I wonder how ready WBD actually is, because these steps should have been completed yeas ago and the Warner Bros. World Abu Dhabi was opened in July 2018. As such they had 8 years to create plenty of acceptance and understanding. 

Well, that is it for now (Grok will probably accuse me of ranting) but that is the choice of an older generation and it still leads to acceptance and understanding. So you all have a great day.

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September 14, 2026 · 20:58

It’s new Jim

That is the setting giving a little homage to Dr. Leonard McCoy (DeForest Kelley) and he rightfully deserves it. Don’t get me wrong, Karl Urban did a fine job, but I grew up watching the Original cast on TV and lets be clear, Karl was amazing as the little winged Cupid and he was the best judge we have seen in cinema. He looked really like the comic books, but it is not about either characters. There is however some light connection and this story I hand to Avalanche Software. You see, I got to thinking early this morning and I reckoned that backstories make for decent games and whilst we consider series like CSI (which is awesome) the idea of an Auror taking care of business was not greatly shown in Hogwarts Legacy and as such that role needed an update for the second game. But what is a story/vocation when you aren’t vested in the idea? So that’s when I came up with the trials of an Auror. You see, we can all look towards the stages of magic as there is greatness and greatness, but working with limitations is what truly could make a game great. As such we needed to see a magic class that has little magic, not a squib, but perhaps an alchemist derivative, so not magic press, but magically inclined and with additional skills. And as such the Auror Alchemist came to mind. Not a squib, but limited magic with skills. So even as some (namely one) that had the Philosophers stone, but alchemists has a long lineage of magic creatures and this one was driven into a police force as a forensic specialist and as such he was ‘summoned’ to work in Irondale. So this is where the setting starts.

Consider the CSI games and they were fun, but it is settled around statical settings. So what happens when the game is drenched in Hogwarts Legacy (to give it a name) and you need to look at the settings of crimes with a magical aspect and often it needs to be surrounded by muggle settings. As such it becomes a two tiered game. Consider like the crime scenes in Arkham Knight, but not that high tech, the setting however could be used and it needs to be set in both ‘muggle’ and magic challenges, because the evidence needs to ‘satisfy’ common folk (as in non-magical hardworking people) and that is the challenge for Avalanche. I consider the feeling I had with the scene of Potter/Dumbledore finding Slughorn in Budleigh Babberton (yes, I know, it is not a real town). But that setting inspired the idea and it needs to be a serious piece of entertainment. As such the groundwork needs to be done and all kinds of Lore would need to get created and perhaps this would be up to team Avalanche/Rowling. I have no idea how that setting is or works. But I am merely trying to dot the “iiiiii’s” So when the mechanics are given the proper considerations (I used the Batman as a setting, which might work) but there is no high tech, there is a ‘predator’ setting of the room with scents, different looks and a splatter view of substances you see and so on. Like a magical renaissance view of Batman crossed with what a snake might see (they have infrared vision) and link that with a cat and you get a whole new world. Optional these views are evolution views that the Auror could grow/embed. 

And there needs to be decent cases, which is up to Avalanche software to figure out. Can’t expect me to do it all. But I believe that the Wizarding world fans are numerous, so numerous that they will grow that side into a talking about this setting and this optional game (optionally rejected by Avalanche software) to consider. And as this is a Wizarding world setting is is (as I personally see it) the idea is now also co-owned by JK Rowling. 

So, consider the implications of it all, the idea of getting a magic/muggle stage and how to combine that? I think that Arkham Knight had the right setting (and amazing job by Rocksteady Studios) and we cannot tweak it, but we can set this stage in a similar fashion, more renaissance, less high tech and there are also red herrings (not the fish), because when can we see a muggle stage? It might be a more advanced case later in the game. 

As such I feel I have spend my day creatively and it beats looking at the lies from politicians in a stage we massively don’t care about. Personally I think that this could be its own game (or at least should be) whilst parts of this could be transferred (more transformed) into Hogwarts Legacy 2 (if this fits whatever story line Avalanche is considering.

As they say another day, another dollar (in my case, my issues should then be solved by February 10,415 (almost 2 centuries after Paul Atreides is born).  You all have a good one today. My Monday is nearly over and I see now on YouTube that the TIFF is running (Toronto International Film Festival), and rumor has it that Sebastian Stan will be seen there with both arms intact (can someone confirm this please?)

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September 7, 2026 · 10:16

A literary question

That is what I saw this morning. Ekathimirini (at https://www.ekathimerini.com/culture/1314309/how-do-you-teach-the-odyssey-to-a-12-year-old/) gave us an interesting question. ‘How do you teach ‘The Odyssey’ to a 12-year-old?’and I have an optionally better one. Where is the literature for the young? I am not talking about children’s books, but the need to keep the young at the edge of their seats and knowledge has been largely abandoned. I actually touched on the subject 1-2 years ago when I wrote my first film script, it was called ‘How to assassinate a politician’ and I considered down the track that it was too long and gave it the alternative title ‘Essay’ I offered it to the Dubai Media Corporation who was not interested (fair enough). The story is set in the Netherlands and Saudi Arabia (Dammam) and I touched on the setting of children’s literature, although I wasn’t doing it aware or intentional. The setting was a film script and that was what is was. It was my first film script. There is plenty of literature for the young. The two most famous writers are JRR Tolkien (the Hobbit) and JK Rowling about a boy with his scar (aka Harry Potter) and now a new generation will get that influx of near perfection in the upcoming HBO TV series. There are others, the Netherlands has Anne de Vries ‘Journey through the night’ and Jan Terlouw with Oorlogswinter (Winter in Wartime), but there are the ‘classics’ from Hector Malot who wrote Nobody’s Boy in 1878. There is a gap and it needs to be filled fast. There are new writers and Rowling might be the most famous one, but she is not alone, still the harvest on literature for the young is meek, very meek. So, as I saw the article, I kinda rejoiced, because that might be the start of a new generation of literature for the young. 

As we see “When, in 2018, BBC Culture asked 108 writers, academics, critics, journalists and translators from 35 countries to choose the stories that shaped the world, Homer’s Odyssey came in first place. Among the reasons cited by participants were the power of a story full of gods and monsters, its influence on the narratives that followed, but also the questions the work still raises about heroism, war and homecoming. Almost three millennia after it was written, The Odyssey continues to be read, adapted and giving birth to new narratives.” And the larger issue is shown with ““When the Odyssey is taught in the classroom, it often loses its narrative momentum. It is broken up into small fragments, interrupted by constant questions and loaded with terms, figures of speech and ‘correct’ interpretations,” says Dr Christos Tsagalis, professor of Ancient Greek Literature at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, who has been studying Homeric poetry for years. “Thus, the child stops wondering what will happen next and starts wondering what he needs to memorize.”” And the next issue pops up with ‘Did they watch the movie, or actually read the story? Pops up in me. As for Harry Potter, I might be one of the few people who saw the movie before reading the book. I was attending a showing of Sleepy Hollow in Stockholm when I was given a teaser. I heard the words “There is no such thing as magic!” and the entire audience went insane. That was my introduction to Harry Potter and after seeing the movie I read the first novel. Thinking  “Kids read this?” I had heard of Harry Potter, I have friends and they have kids. So the name was familiar, but nothing more than that. So as we now see ““I would put the narrative at the center, not the quiz tests,” answers Tsagalis. “The students would first learn the entire course of the journey through a short, well-crafted narrative map and then delve into selected episodes. I would combine reading aloud, dramatization, journey mapping, creative writing and discussion about hospitality, loss, the desire to return and the responsibility of one’s choices.” By the end of the school year, “every child should have read the prologue, basic parts of Telemachy, Calypso and Nausicaa, the Cyclops, Circe, Nekyia, the Sirens, Penelope’s recognition of Odysseus, the slaying of the suitors, and the final reconciliation,” he continues. More than memorizing individual episodes, it is more important to have the overall picture. “Most importantly, being able to understand the coherence of the story and being able to narrate how suffering transforms people.”” I am willing to go with Rowling and Tolkien as storytellers. There is even the idea of other writers having a firm grasp of these settings, but Homer was largely meant to be orated in the Theater of Epidaurus (or something likewise) and the world moved on (not in a good way), don’t get me wrong, the world needs its share of mindless drones and they can get their jollies filled with writings from ChatGPT. But if we are to protect the next generations of leaders and insightful people, we will need to create literature for you young and someone needs to take over from JK Rowling. And If you want to stay in the greek phase, we have Rick Riordan and the Burton fans could look towards Ransom Riggs who wrote an entire chain of books starting with Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children. But the settings of Hector Malot and likeminded people is seemingly lost and that could be resolved by todays writers. Creativity is key in all this (which is why ChatGPT will never be a solution) and it was never my cup of tea, I have my own style, but what style appeases the youthful reader? 

It is a question that is meant to be resolved by actually smart people (which leaves me out of that equation). I believe that writing or narrating Homer for the Young is a path that is worthy of exploiting for some, but so are the writings of Aurelius and Virgil if we want to steer clear of Greek writings. There are plenty of writings to be found all over Europe and that is also the curse. You see, Hollywood changed the bulk of those seeking funding and there is no criticism here from me, those were the times that brought the books to the audience. But the original works suffered through them and they need to be rediscovered and as I see it, the path of literature for the young might be a worthy new path to take to reintroduce these original writings. But what is the best path? I am not the one to tell anyone what the best path is, there is no best path, I think there is only a most complete path the align to. Because writings and opinions are two of the most versatile settings anyone will ever seen. And I think that Clint Eastwood had that one right (or his scriptwriter) “Opinions are like arseholes, everyone has one” but we can agree that there is a more or mostly complete path to introducing literature to the young and that could also be done through new and original IP (taking ChatGPT out of that equation). 

The best path out there and someone will find it or write about it. I don’t feel that I am wise enough to be the one to do that. But the question remains and it is a good one “How do you teach ‘The Odyssey’ to a 12-year-old?”, I merely appreciate ‘How to create literature for the young’ a little more, Homer was yesterday (actually it was 1,032,196 yesterdays ago), we can and should keep these works in the highest regard, but we also need todays literature to appease the young and that takes creativity and a writer that is a little more today, unlike Homer, Aurelius, and a few others. So the question that Ekathimirini voices is pretty true, but there is more and that needs to be addressed too, preferably before most of our youth has become too stupid to care. 

It is merely a question to voice, but that is how I see it. Have a great day.

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September 6, 2026 · 16:35

Mirror, mirror

So, here I was thinking of a few historically documented events (they are called movies now), so in  1937 a man named Walt gave us the recollections of a girl who used to live with several  individuals, namely Warwick David, Peter Dinklage, Kenny Baker, Mike Edmonds, Malcolm Dixon, George Claydon and David Rappaport. They all worked in the mining industry. But then I saw this so called ‘evil person’ with a magic mirror and then I saw it, that bitch was a Technomage. She was using a magic mirror (aka raspberry pie fitted two way mirror) to set the stage. What an evil wench. Well, two can play that game and as the idea took hold of me, I starting to consider.

So what if a new place like Warner Brothers Abu Dhabi had this gimmick, a mirror that is also a communicator. It links to your mobile and allows two way communication with whomever you are talking to. The idea is to apply a filter (through the app) that gives it that magical shine. And taking the elements of Hogwarts, there are 4 options. Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, Slytherin and Gryffindor, the all have the same filters except two, these are house driven. A smoky filter (Yellow, Blue, Green and Red) and now, as we are now 89 years later, we have basically mastered miniaturization and we can make it a lot smaller. I would argue that each house has two options, the mirror you can set on your desk and a smaller one that you can fit in a bag, and when you answer the call, the mobile sends it to the mirror. I would argue that you could have 4 buttons on the mirror so you can call your 4 best friends, optionally these buttons are on the frame, so that the buttons can be a little bigger and the 5th on the mirror initializes the call. Wouldn’t that gimmick (original ‘creator’ the evil bitch from Walt’s company) fit nicely in the arsenal of merchandise that could be created and there are a few months before the new TV series start and I reckoned that the Abu Dhabi park opens up either in that same time, but the article tells us that this part of WB will open I 2029, as such Miral (the operator in Abu Dhabi) has time to look at the the options to create this merchandise for real and create alternatives. Or, at least investigate whether this idea could be made real. And from there they could offer it to the Wizarding World for real. A small idea to hand to Miral is that the United States is almost out of cash, so handing them credit might not be the best idea. 

Well that is it for me and this idea came out of the yellow (I’m a Hufflepuffer). In other news Blooloop confirmed two days ago “Warner Bros. has confirmed that the Harry Potter area in its Abu Dhabi theme park will be the only one in the world to feature recreations of the iconic Hogwarts Castle and Diagon Alley locations, as well as a Forbidden Forest.

We got last week (1st September) when Warner Bros. released a teaser video for the expansion at its annual ‘Back to Hogwarts’ event.” The video can be seen (at https://blooloop.com/news/harry-potter-abu-dhabi-lands) so at present you know as much as I do, apart from the innovative ideas that are forming in my mind to upgrade the mirror setting. Oh, as we are also given (by Blooloop)“Currently, the only theme park home to a recreation of Diagon Alley is Universal Studios Florida. A scale model of Hogwarts is found in the neighbouring Islands of Adventure, and although it is connected to Universal Studios Florida by a replica of the Hogwarts Express train, it is a completely separate park.”

So that’s it for today and I need to think of another filter to make the mirror ‘more’ magical and why stop at 2? The idea to insert the house crest in your communication is also an idea and there is more. The idea to link the apps that you have to the mirror when you are not communicating, as such whatever app is on your mobile (like accio dobby) or whatever the app world has to offer now, just thinking out of the box.

Have a great day today.

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September 3, 2026 · 14:38

Where gods are left for dead

Yes, story time. This came to mind after I saw the movie conclave, which was a lot more worth its time when you think back on the movie than whilst you see it. The setting of cardinals (not the football players) is a lot more worthy then you think it is (If you never saw the movie) and you don’t need to be a religious fanatic to appreciate the movie. And after seeing the movie (I also checked if it was actually fixed in the Vatican, which it was not) the setting was pretty overwhelming. I also saw some 4K touristy movies on the walkthrough on the sisteen chapel (with roof view) and these sights gave me the setting of what comes. You should never waste the imagination of grey cells. Ask Ryan Gosling, he went to the Tau Ceti system after all (a massively good movie) so there is plenty of immersion and excitement to go around. I wanted to bitchslap Sundar Pichai at first through a public service announcement, but at present my new Google Pixel 11, decided to behave. As such I don’t have the screenshot to make Sundar shiver with fear. But that will come, don’t you worry.

So story time. Lets get cozy.

It was a warm day and I was looking over a silo that was kind next to the Via dei Servi where the Leonardo Interactive Museum was. And it was not that what had me bothered. You see, the attic had a smaller attic the held a map that I wanted very badly. As I saw it, it was a forgotten gem of Italian maps, a foundational map that was somehow forgotten in all the chaos of yesterday and it had some of the most ghastly of settings. So as I walked on the roof of a building, there was nothing to be heard and it needed to remain silent, because the smallest noise and too many people would start to look and that would never went my way. There were too many sides that could spot me. So as I went from roof to roof, I was now only one roof away from the Leonardo Interactive Museum. I studied the roof and aw that one place that was off. it was not driven into smoothness. That must have been the place. I studied the roof pats and there it was, I compared it to the movie I had made from the inside and the windows showed exactly where it was, there was a small additional space and the terracotta pans looked older there. So o got to that point and slowly started to move the pans, first I nailed a hemp sheet with wax layer to part of the roof, then I removed the wax cover, so that I could place the tiles and they wouldn’t accidentally slip and fall. The wax was a simple bee wax, there was no way it could be traced. Then I drilled a small hole in the roof and let a small wire down. I looked, it was black as night, the infrared option showed me some kind of dusty room completely dark. The sight was energizing, because this means that the story was seemingly true. I saw a few benches and they looked wooden. I looked at the roof again and measured the 4 by 5 pans I had to move and I started. I moved the rest of the 20 tiles onto the hero sheet and it took me the better part of 5 minutes to do this, I tested the hemp sheet and it all looked sturdy. I then got a small portable gypsum saw and I worked the first thin wooden beam. That went smoothly, these wooden beams were dry as fuck, the gypsum saw made short work of it and when the lower side was done the first beam was done, 10 more minutes and the other 5 bemas were cut I folded the wax sheet over the pans and placed the beams on that. It all looked unmovable, I then placed a small net over it all and fastened it to the roof, just in case a wind should blow. I then lowered my backpack and slingback to a wire fastened to the roof and in I went. 

The room was pitch dark, which might have explained why no one thought of looking there. My daylight goggles showed nothing out of place, merely centuries of dust and there was plenty to be had. I got a canister of air from the backpack and cleaned the wooden bench. It looked immensely old. It should fetch a decent euro if it was ever actioned. I moved to the side to see and old map archive and opened it. It had loads of maps and I liked through them. Then I saw the maps I needed and I took images of them all before moving them. There was no such thing a bad luck and I carefully folded them all in a roll and placed them in my pvc canister and they fitted well, I had taken a canister two inches bigger then I needed and I rolled the entire collection up. The other drawers were mostly empty with nothing much in the way of art. Then the lower drawer had even more maps and even a parchment or two. I had not counted on that, but I had brought more canisters and they weight next to nothing and now it turned out that they were a godsend (an applicable label for this) and as I completed the setting I went back outside. Whilst first applying thick double sided take to the open hole so it could carry the weight of the ceiling beams. I might have used to much of that, but better be safe than sorry. Then I placed the thin beams back to their original place I then applied thick wack over the beams and especially the places where they were cut so that water wouldn’t find entrance there, I then placed a plastic sheet over that and applied more wax. Then I place back the pans and the roof looked almost what it looked like and I vacated the area, putting the hemp and net in a plastic bag. Leaving nothing behind and whilst I retraced my original steps I took extra tie to see if my location was not observed. 25 minutes later I was back where I started and it was only a block way from a block from a large garbage bin and dropped the waste. I felt good whilst I walked back to the car and drove back to Rome where the jackpot was, It was a mere 274km and almost 3 hours drive, but I was energized with the findings I photographed. In the end it took me 215 minutes to get back to my garage and whilst I looked like a slightly mature art student, I walked back to my apartment, where a table and a well deserved espresso machine would make me my cappuccino.

As I looked at the art and maps I was taken aback, the art was old, really old and whilst some might take it at face value, I recognised the work of the artist, but not the drawings. The autograph told me these drawings were from Andrea del Verrocchio. This is quite the find and I carefully stored them. 5 drawings with charcoal would easily be worth over a million euro’s each. That was a decent price for a week of sneaking. But it was not the price, so as I had away the goods I returned to the table. These maps had to be identified and the drawings were immensely old early 14th century and several had a coat of arms, which I didn’t recognise.

As I understood it, there were rooms far below the sisteen chapel and there was no way in or out, not anymore, but there was one option, it was an old sewer system, it only grazed that location and grazing was enough for me. I understood the assignment and it would be one hell of a trip, I set out to get the equipment I needed, first there was a gfasprrof suit, because these sewers were loaded with germs of all kinds gong pac to plague ridden Italy, then there was the rat repellent, these buggers bit into anything, then the hardware for drilling and cutting and there was a good chance that one trip was not enough, but it hd to be done in one go, because something like this will alert every institution in the world and I could not leave traces, not anything. So first a scouting party to where the entrance lies. The I thought of another option and I looked at the map again. This might be possible, but scouting was essential and for that I needed to visit a hobby shop. A drone ship was required, a remade version of the LCVP (aka Higgins boat) with a small addendum, adding snow tracks below the boat would let it move where there was no liquid and as he worked out the dynamics of it all the design formed in his brain. He got his 10 inch boat and added the tracks, he then added 4 power banks which would let it go a much longer way and he attacked a encrypted camera and added the observational settings in his little van. There were even provisions to let it submerge completely in case there were sunk settings of the sewer. Two days later he had the contraption he needed and as he studied the map, he realised that in every nation governments were seemingly lazy and an opening might be found in the Viale Vaticano. So he looked into an old CCTV setting, because these old systems were designed to detect faults, He needed none of the, merely to see it intersecting was possible and whilst he could not go there, his mini Higgins could see where he could enter. So whilst he parked his van on the Viale Vaticano, he had adjusted the van to drop stilts behind every wheel to support this van on the ground because a moving and shaking van would still attract all the wrong attention. As such he get into first gear and launched the Higgins through an open grate and close it immediately after that and as he did this at 03:00, he remained unseen.

End of part one

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August 28, 2026 · 17:26

A badger by another name

This is the setting and I just dreamt it up. Whether it was because I recently rewatched the 3 fantastic beasts movies (which I think it was) or as I had played Hogwarts Legacy, anyones guess is good enough. So as these elements united in my brain, it went to create a 4th Fantastic beasts movie. As such the title is Tea Bee Dee (To be determined) and no matter what or who gets involved, this IP is now property of JK Rowling. She made up the Wizarding World, she decides what happens. I cannot control what my brain conceives, but I can make sure that the people behind this become owner of this IP. That is just how I roll and I created enough unique IP to do this. 

Central Park
Jacob Kowalski was walking with his wife Queenie on the arm, it was a summer afternoon and they were enjoying the warm weather and the soft smell of grass in New York. Over the years his bakery had done well and even as his students are now in charge of the bakery, he could never resist taking charge and making all the fine trimming a little bit more awesome. The students (all three of them)( had come to expect and respect this. It was a good job and he was a good boss. His wife didn’t interfere and when she came down with a new strudel, it was to be expected that noses would soften at the delightful smell of the pastries she made. So as they were walking as close as they could, summer seemed the very delightful thing they could wish for. In the back there were children laughing over ice cream and there was a small kart handing out ice creams. “You want some darling?” Jacob invited and queenie smiled. She loved vanilla ice cream. They walked over to the vendor and Jacob bought one vanilla for Queenie and a strawberry for himself. He paid and they walked on enjoying ice cream. As they walked on the sky grew darker, queenie became a little rigid, she threw her eyes left and right. Jacob knew that this meant things were about to get serious. He looked at her and she looked around. He pointed at the edge of central park but the shook her head. There were too many people there. Jacob did not know what to do and Queenie took his hand and they ran towards the lake. Suddenly it was there a creature part Tiger, part elephant the tall seems to be of an ox [I later looked this up, it is a Baku].

Queenie used her wand to deflect the creature and whilst she did this, she also looked worried about what would happen next, because this creature was immensely strong. She put the wand towards her head and spoke a word. Jacob couldn’t hear what she said. He merely heard the words “I love you husband” and suddenly a jolt went into Queenie as she went rigid and the world turned dark. 

Magical Congress of the United States of America
Jacob Kowalski was still groggy when he looked at his surroundings. He recognised the place, but he had not been here for a long long time. He looked around and a lady in an elegant dress approached her. Mr Kowalski, My name is Beatrice Bishop, I am the President of the Magical Congress of the United States of America. We called for your sister in law, Iter Praesidentiale Hogsmeade Britanniae Goldstein, we are trying to reach her, but we are currently not aware where she is. Let me be the first to offer my condolences on the loss of your wife a sad setting. Do you know what happened? Jacob gave a rundown what happened and explained that he was not aware. He was confused and a intense sadness overcame him. The loss of Queenie was more than he had ever conceived and it was killing him. 

A man came over to Beatrice and whispered something in her ear. She nodded and excused herself from Jacob for a moment. Sh walked away and the man offered a paper, she liked at it and talked for a minute. She then nodded again and she handed the letter back to the man. She walked back to Jacob. Mr. Kowalski, a friend of yours, two friends have offered their condolences and asked you to come visit them in a place called Hogsmeade. Professor Dumbledore and a band named Newt Scamander. Are you willing to visit them now? Jacob felt a light brush of positivity when he said yes. But Queenie, what about her? Beatrice Bishop stated that nothing will happen until her sister is found and in the meantime he might be better away from it all. She beckoned Jacob to follow him. A man approached them and she waived him away. “This I do myself” she stated and the man stepped back. She took Jacob by the arm and pointed to a large empty fireplace. This is what we call a floo spot. I am not certain if you know it, but we will go to Hogsmeade together. She merely grabbed a handful of sand from a little cauldron attached to the beam of the fireplace and stated clearly “Iter Praesidentiale Hogsmeade Britanniae” and suddenly they were doused in green flames and a second later they arrived at the southern edge of Hogsmeade. She let go of Jacob and walked towards the square. She saw professor Dumbledore and Newt Scamander. She bowed to them both and handed them Jacob. “He doesn’t remember, but I reckon you can deal with that. We are trying to find her sister Porpentina at present. I will let you know when that happens and invite you both as well. Newt and Albus nodded in agreement, she bowed to both man, then turned to Jacob, deeply bowed to him and stated “I regret your loss in this matter, you have my condolences” she turned around and walked back to the floo spot, she grabbed some floo powder she spoke something clearly and vanished. 

Hogsmeade
Newt embraced Jacob. I am so sorry to hear this. Lets get you inside, we are just around the corner of the Hog’s Head Inn. They walked to the Hog’s Head Inn and entered. Aberforth was already waiting and bowed to Jacob. Mr. Kowalski, nice to see you again. I prepared a bed for you upstairs and I am preparing some food. He gave him a glass of giggle water. You’re preferred poison If I remember correctly. Jacob nodded. “Hey don’t forget the beef, it has been on the fire a little too long” Newt and Albus looked at Jacob. Jacob wondered how he knew that. Newt looked at Dumbledore with a puzzled look and them thought as loud as he could. Jacob looked at him and stated I has strawberry ice cream and Queenie had vanilla ice cream. What? What is going on with me?

The Dumbledores and Newt exchanged looks. Aberforth stated, I am empty for now, but he needs special care soon. They agreed. Newt stated to Jacob. It is only for a night, but tomorrow we are taking you to Hogwarts. We need to set a few things in motion first. Jacob nodded and as Albus Dumbledore and Newt left the Hog’s Head Inn, Jacob solemnly tended to the stew handed to him, it came with decent bread with garlic. The sadness radiated from his face.

The end of part one

As my mind can set these situations in seconds I had a lot more, but my arm is tired now. In the next setting they learn that Jacob has received the abilities of Queenie and he seemingly is part man part wizard. They will grant him access to Hogwarts and he is put in Hufflepuff house. It has a separate part that only the head of Hufflepuff and the heady of Hufflepuff have access to. There are barrels inside house Hufflepuff and one of them has a frog chiseled on it, it can only be used in combination with shackles and only the heady and the head of Hufflepuff can access it, no one knows of it. The day after they learn the extent of what queenie did, but not why or what. They learn that after the first part. There is also the setting of a new part of Hufflepuff. It is below house Hufflepuff and has ways directly to the infirmary and the kitchens. That part has its own house elf. It is not a prison, there are no real views, but the room is large and comfortable and the snacks will allow travel to the infirmary and the headmaster room. The shackle is a portly of sorts, with limited abilities and it is put in place magically above the elbow. 

For the most I merely got part done (In a day, so that’s not bad) and we learn that no-one can find Tina and Newt learns that the creature was a Japanese Baku, but these are rare even in Asia, they have no idea how one got to be in New York. As such there is need for Net to go to New York (with Jacob) and whilst job gets more skilled in basic magic, he is adjusting like a fish in water. They go to Olivanders to get a wand and there they learn that he is drawn to Hinoki made wands. Olivander only has two of those and advices that he might be better off with a wand from Mahoutokoro he would have Cherry wood wands but for now the Hindi will have to do. And we learn that Tina was looking into a Japanese thief who stole abilities of wizards and witches though the Baku. As far as It goes, this is as far as I got, perhaps JK Rowling can make more of this. This is her IP now. 

Have a great day all. This was an unexpected travel into my mind, but all travel is cool. So whether she wants to pursue this, use this for Hogwarts Legacy 2 or simply reject this is up to her.

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August 27, 2026 · 04:25

Intertwinning reminiscence

That happens and for kms it was a blend of a few things as I was watching the fantastic beasts movies in 4k. First of, I came up with the idea for actual giggle waters years ago. I saw it in the first FB movie and I was wondering how to do that (I have no degree in molecular biology) and according to my brain, I solved the solution (to put a pun forward) and I wrote about it in my blog around the time the movie was out. Then I came up with the notion of a printable display and it was regardless of dimensions. From there we went on, but I was unsettling to say the least. I was in some IT University, in one building the shape of a cube had at least 7 floors, but the top 5 floors were the issue, they were all used by PHD students, they all had their own mainframe and there were 4 mainframes in every floor, I reckon that several teams per mainframe (it only makes sense) but the floors were the conundrum, I drew the floor below.

I reckon there was some artistic reason for that, optionally it was to make sure that every floor had decent air-conditioning, but the setting was the space, these were roughly 7 by 7 meter floors the floors had open spaces in the floor and there were two winding staircases per floor, they went all the way to the ground floor, I reckon that every floor has a door getting to elevators, but I do not recall them, it is the only reason these triangles in the corner make sense, but there were no railing and no visible bridges to the triangle parts. I have no idea, but there was one server that had a large decal of the crest of Hufflepuff on its side. I reckon that this was intentional. I remember looking for something on that server, but it was vague and I cannot recall what I saw. The shape of the room is all I can recall, So I am trying to get back to the reminiscence part of the story. There was the giggle water and the printable display. There was something else, It was a third thing I came up with and it was not linked to the Harry Potter movies, it was linked to the books. You see, several years ago, I came up with an advertising idea for places like Monaco, a setting you can watch through glasses and mobiles, but the idea was done through QCodes. The idea was to have a QCode in a jewelry shop and the mobile would show you that ring or bracelet and when you put your hand under the lens, the phone would combine the two and voila, there was an image of that ring on your hand. As I saw it, it had great appeal to the tourists and as there was no interactions with the actual ring (or bracelet) there was no need for actual security on alert and when this is done once a month (or week) the push for advertising goes away as there will be scores of influencers doing the advertising for you, so if there are 200 million content creators and 68% is female (I think we can go to a naughty 69%) this gives the world 138 million advertisers and when in Monaco, everyone becomes an advertiser. As such I saw the setting that we could either pay for advertising or let the influencers do it for us and that is why I came up with the idea. Actually the origin of that idea came to me for public interest advertisement settings. When I thought about the malls (I used the Eaton centre as an example) the idea could be stretched to a newer level and I came up with some additional materials, but now we get back to the concept. What if the QCode gives us a flippable image of 3-5 pages of a book? And the publisher has that in control, they decide what pages are used and the people who scan that code suddenly have direct access to those 3-5 pages and if it is stored in a central server, the codes will only unlock that book and these pages for a certain amount of time, decided by the publisher. I know it is not fool proof, but it is merely 3-5 pages and when did you last see meaningful advertising in (or around) a bookstore? That was the idea that was bugging me, the idea is sound and it has a few connecting ideas next to all this, because the stage was created (during Covid) that the malls are empty and even now, malls do not have the pressing population it used to have, as such the need for stronger interaction remains and only engagement will push people back into malls. And yes, there might be plenty of wannabe influencers there too, but does it hurt to hand them the goods to make something of themselves? Let the people do the walking for you and as that drives down the cost of advertising there is a larger need. So whilst I gave the world a solution based in Monaco, the idea would be easily transferable to Los Angeles, New York or London as such I felt that my idea had real potential and for some reason it came back to me and ‘haunted’ me in my sleep. I am merely puzzled with the building I saw, it actually ‘haunted’ me and I have no idea why. So whilst my mind set a larger stage around it, I merely wonder why I had those thoughts. 

Well, that’s it for me for now, Ill be back in around 15-20 hours for more. Have a great day

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