Let me tell you a story about how two complete strangers found each other and formed one of the greatest friendships that Narnia has ever know. There was this girl from Australia, let’s call her eleanor, she was a Ravenclaw and she had a blog on an enchanted website called tumblr. Eleanor decided that she would like to add more fellow Ravenclaws to her blog list, so she went onto a blog owned by a lovely girl called Sally because Sally had sorted some of her followers into their Hogwarts House Quidditch teams. Eleanor decided to follow everybody who was on the Ravenclaw team and thought nothing more of it, some of them followed her back, and some didn’t. Then several days later, eleanor got a message from one of the Ravenclaws she’d added who lived in America. It said, “I’m glad you started following me, I’ve reviewed your stuff and I like what I see! I think you may be my Australian twin.” This message made eleanor very happy and she responded to the girl saying so. Several weeks passed and eleanor and the girl continued to communicate via messaging, until one day eleanor realised that she didn’t actually know the girl’s name yet! Eleanor sent her a message saying so and discovered the girl’s name, let’s call her Brittany.
Eleanor and Brittany continued to communicate via tumblr, usually referring to the other as their twin. It turns out that eleanor and Brittany had so much more in common than they originally thought, it was like they were somehow connected or the same person. One day eleanor suggested that they add each other on facebook. They did this and soon added each other as the other’s sister. Eleanor and Brittany continued to get to know each other before eleanor had the brilliant idea that they should become pen pals and send each other letters and packages. Eleanor followed this up by sending Brittany a package of Australian memorabilia to make her feel like her Aussie half. The girls soon started to video call each other on skype, getting to know each other a lot better, becoming familiar with the time zone differences, and meeting the other’s family and friends. The girls found it frustrating that they had to wait until they had computer access to contact each other, so eleanor suggested that they exchange mobile numbers so that they could text message. After some research into country codes and the like, the girls successfully began a friendship that wasn’t restricted by internet connections or location. The girl’s friendship grew and they began talking on skype weekly, created inside jokes, talked about David Thewlis’ penis, and shared things with each other that they’d never shared before. They spoke about the other in day to day conversation, started to plan a holiday together and celebrated each other’s birthday, including buying the other presents. Eleanor and Brittany had well and truly become a real part of each other’s life.
I tell you this because in case it isn’t obvious, eleanor is me, and Brittany is my twin, my pen pal, my other half and one of my best friends. People often criticise and belittle relationships formed over the internet, but my friendship with Brittany has become one of the deepest and most rewarding that I’ve ever had. I can talk to her about anything and I know without a doubt in my mind that she won’t judge me. I can come to her for comfort when I’m sad or just need to vent. Our friendship isn’t superficial or circumstantial, I love her so much. Brittany is one of my best friends, and she always will be. They say that you can’t choose your family, but we chose each other, but I think it’s more than that. I think we were meant to find each other, some things are meant to be.
Until next time fellow humans....
