Paradoxical

Avoiding Masks and Contagious Laughs

n.н'ѕ pov

July 28th, 2012 9:14 I stalked you.

You were to constantly be at our sides for the rest of the tour. Filming footage of us, taking photos, all for the movie. It was expected, of course. You had a movie to make, and it did happen to be about us.

I had no clue as to why I seemed so thrilled by the thought that you'd be with us for such a long period of time. Maybe it was your mysteriously charming aura that had the curious cat inside of me roaring to life? The boys were just as electric as I was, curious about you.

At the consultation, you seemed to know a fair amount about us, spewing random facts that you'd like to incorporate or highlight in the film. Yet, we hadn't known a single thing about you. Besides your name, age, and initials of course...

So the night that I first met you, the boys and I locked ourselves in a hotel room and educated ourselves on you using the ever so helpful Wikipedia.

PERSEPHONE (REN) PHOENIX

AGE/BIRTHDAY: DECEMBER 11th 1995 16 YEARS OLD

BIO: Born in Shelter Cove, California, Percy was given up for adoption mere hours after her mother had given birth. Percy grew up in Ms. Lacey's Orphanage For Young Girls and has had several foster parents. Percy has often openly told interviewers of her troubling childhood, stating that she hated being fostered for such a short amount of time.

At the age of fourteen, Percy was adopted by Adam Mcgenivere, a well established director in Los Angeles. Around this time she was introduced to filming and directing. Adam would take Percy to his film sets to show her around, attempting bond with her. Percy often expresses gratitude towards her adoptive fathers attempts at bonding. She credits him for her successful career at such a youthful age.

CAREER: Percy first began to take interest in film when her adoptive father had taken her and her adoptive mother on a trip around the world to film his short story. She was fascinated by the grandeur of filmmaking and directing. She, with the help of Adam's funding, planned out and filmed her very first independent short story and entered it into a Hollywood film festival. Amazed by the work she produced at such a young age, directors, screen players, and actors alike took immediate interest in her work. Though many critics accuse her of leeching off Adam's work. She has been recruited to co-direct several big screen films and small production films throughout the years. He co- directors praise Percy for her work, claiming she is indeed a mastermind and prodigy. She is currently directing One Direction's new film, her first movie where she will be directing alone.

My eyes scanned the articles, absorbing as many facts as I could. It was that night that I understood why you were so serious at our consultation. This was your FIRST movie. And without a doubt, your stakes were high.

We stayed up all night, the boys and I, huddled around a laptop watching all your interviews, searching for all your blog posts, we even caught snippets of the movies you had worked on.

You were the unexpected we had not expected.

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July 29th, 2012 We started.

The next morning, we were exhausted, but thoroughly educated on your life, in an odd 21st century sort of way. We were knee deep in our Take Me Home tour, with only half enough footage for the film. We had established a deadline, one you knew all too well.

When I arrived at the concerts venue, we were shocked to see you awaiting out arrival with an army of a film crew behind you. Your hair was up in an intricate braid, your eyes rimmed with thick glasses, and you donned nothing impressive; jeans, a band hoodie, and Converse sneakers. But you looked ready to take on the world just as much a punctual business lady would on a Monday morning. And that's what had me going about you.