Sophie and Shaz’s Brief Romance

The Portable Door

This thread follows Sophie’s attraction to Shaz, the ideals she attaches to him, and the revelation that their apparent relationship was manipulated.

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An Earlier Breakup An Earlier Breakup from "The Portable Door". An Earlier Breakup Leaving the Performance Sophie Pettingell leaves a performance and tells her boyfriend that their relationship has stopped being honest or…

An Earlier Breakup from "The Portable Door". An Earlier Breakup Leaving the Performance Sophie Pettingell leaves a performance and tells her boyfriend that their relationship has stopped being honest or…

An Earlier Breakup Leaving the Performance Sophie Pettingell leaves a performance and tells her boyfriend that their relationship has stopped being honest or meaningful. A Chance Conversation Paul Carpenter meets her afterward, and Sophie explains why she had tried to become the person her boyfriend expected.

Shaz’s Alternative Life Shaz’s Alternative Life from "The Portable Door". Shaz’s Alternative Life An Artistic Persona Sophie meets Shaz, an anarcho-socialist ceramic artist living outside convention.

Shaz’s Alternative Life from "The Portable Door". Shaz’s Alternative Life An Artistic Persona Sophie meets Shaz, an anarcho-socialist ceramic artist living outside convention.

Shaz’s Alternative Life An Artistic Persona Sophie meets Shaz, an anarcho-socialist ceramic artist living outside convention. His life seems to embody the freedom Sophie has not found for herself. An Uncertain Attachment Their attraction develops through conversation, but Sophie has little evidence about their compatibility. She responds partly to what Shaz represents.

Growing Doubts Growing Doubts from "The Portable Door". Growing Doubts Tension over Work Sophie Pettingell says Shaz is increasingly focused on gigs, money, and making his artistic career succeed.

Growing Doubts from "The Portable Door". Growing Doubts Tension over Work Sophie Pettingell says Shaz is increasingly focused on gigs, money, and making his artistic career succeed.

Growing Doubts Tension over Work Sophie Pettingell says Shaz is increasingly focused on gigs, money, and making his artistic career succeed. A Question of Values Paul Carpenter suggests that Shaz’s commitment may be part of what Sophie admired. The possibility makes her reconsider whether she expects him to change.

A Poorly Understood Bond A Poorly Understood Bond from "The Portable Door". A Poorly Understood Bond An Open Admission Sophie says she does not truly like Shaz’s manner, though she respects his creativity and unconventional life.

A Poorly Understood Bond from "The Portable Door". A Poorly Understood Bond An Open Admission Sophie says she does not truly like Shaz’s manner, though she respects his creativity and unconventional life.

A Poorly Understood Bond An Open Admission Sophie says she does not truly like Shaz’s manner, though she respects his creativity and unconventional life. An Unresolved Comparison She continues to measure herself against the ideal he seems to embody. Her relationship is uncertain even before its supernatural manipulation is exposed.

A Goblin in the Bus A Goblin in the Bus from "The Portable Door". A Goblin in the Bus True Form Exposed Sophie discovers reflective foil in Shaz’s bus and learns that the person she knew was a goblin relative of Dennis…

A Goblin in the Bus from "The Portable Door". A Goblin in the Bus True Form Exposed Sophie discovers reflective foil in Shaz’s bus and learns that the person she knew was a goblin relative of Dennis…

A Goblin in the Bus True Form Exposed Sophie discovers reflective foil in Shaz’s bus and learns that the person she knew was a goblin relative of Dennis Tanner. A Manufactured Romance The impersonator admits that Rosie arranged the deception to separate Sophie and Paul. Sophie’s attraction was entangled with deliberate manipulation.

The evening Paul encounters Sophie in Highgate

After Sophie attends Lucy’s gathering

During the journey to the country assignment

After Paul and Sophie complete the philtre assignment

Several days after the assignment