Marauding Philosophy!

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MARAUDING PHILOSOPHY!

A lot of thought was put into the concept of posting up a site philosophy. It began with a conversation between myself (the site creator), a staff member, and a site member. The discussion was about how members should feel at home here. Marauding Mysteries is a home for everyone. This is the point we'd like to put across to anyone thinking of joining or just browsing for fun.

Some administrators look at a site and claim that it belongs to them. It's their site and they made it. At Marauding Mysteries however, it's everyone's site. This site doesn't belong to me, the creator. It doesn't belong to my fellow administrators who keep everything running. It doesn't belong to my moderators who update applications and keep members from spamming everywhere. It doesn't even just belong to the members who keep activity boosted and plots rolling. Marauding Mysteries belongs to everyone combined. It's home to all of those people, but not just those people singularly.

Marauding Mysteries is not just home to people who want to play Hogwarts students or professors. It is home to the house wife who merely keeps her home clean and watches over her family. It's home to the busy, hard-working Wizarding father who lives to manage his job at the Ministry of Magic. It's home to the striving St. Mungo's healers who save lives every day as it passes. It's home to the ghosts of Hogwarts and every other haunted building around. It's home to the muggle families who are oblivious to the magic surrounding them. It's home to the nine-year-old witch who's dying to go to school a year or two early, but knows she can't. It's home to the house elves who work in the kitchens, the centaurs who read the stars in the forest, and the goblins slaving away in the vaults of Gringott's. Marauding Mysteries isn't just for me, it's not just for you, it's for everyone.

Even guests share in the wonders or our site. This place is not made up of only the magic that comes with the brilliant imaginations of our passersby, but also of the magic that comes with community. This is your new family, your new friends. Embrace it and feel at home because that's all Marauding Mysteries really is, a home for everyone.