Comments | evadne_noel: Fanfiction: Once Upon a Freakin' Time

evadne_noel

Fanfiction: Once Upon a Freakin' Time

Feb 11, 2006 21:08

This should be eerily familiar to anyone in college or who has been to college.

Severus Snape Really Is Evil

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voldemort, ouaft, snape, lucius

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black_el_kitty February 11 2006, 18:17:24 UTC

xD Snape has a great plan. It'll work perfectly! Now all he needs is a secret penname - who would buy a book written by the guy that killed Dumbledore?!

...Well, Death Eaters aside, that is.

evadne_noel February 11 2006, 18:41:39 UTC

If he runs the class, everyone will HAVE to buy the book. Because it's on the booklist. And he needs all the self-aggrandizement he can get.

roguebelle February 11 2006, 18:46:05 UTC

Now, see, what would make him truly evil would be to put out a new edition of his book every year, with just enough updates and changes that his students would not benefit by buying used textbooks at cheaper prices, but would in fact be totally screwed if they didn't pay for the new, more expensive edition.

*is not bitter about textbook costs; no, not at all*

evadne_noel February 11 2006, 18:56:18 UTC

...you don't think that's exactly what he intends to do?

roguebelle February 11 2006, 18:58:55 UTC

*snickers* I can see him requiring students to buy, like, the latest four editions, and then test them on the minute differences between each.

evadne_noel February 11 2006, 19:58:36 UTC

Which makes him creepily like Gilderoy Lockhart.

the_suit_case February 11 2006, 19:02:36 UTC

I always love "Once Upon A Freakin' Time"

I bet a lot of editors have this same exact idea.

evadne_noel February 11 2006, 19:59:33 UTC

Thanks! Editors probably do this all the time. I might think less of them if they didn't.

classictrilogy February 11 2006, 19:08:25 UTC

It's not just college kids with that. I'm a highschool freshman and I can see the humour in the evils of book-buying. xD

Speaking of which, you'd think they'd all be a little old for college. That's what makes it all the more funny, though.

evadne_noel February 11 2006, 20:01:04 UTC

I suppose the inherent evil in making students buy books to line your pockets is rather clear.

Hmm? I'm not sure what you mean? Who's too old for college?

classictrilogy February 11 2006, 20:15:55 UTC

Lucius, Snape, and Voldemort. I mean they are in their 30's/40's/60's, respectively.

evadne_noel February 11 2006, 20:17:02 UTC

Oh, I didn't mean to imply they were in college. Snape is the college professor who makes his students buy his textbook, not one of the students.

dreamstrifer February 11 2006, 19:12:33 UTC

See, this is why I'm super lucky my college MAKES us RENT the books.

Meaning we HAVE to return them or we pay a crap load.

Other than that, my college is evil. Like the professors that make us buy the books (grrr).

evadne_noel February 11 2006, 20:02:11 UTC

You rent them? I'm very jealous. I bought tons of books (stupid English major) and could only return them for a pittance.

Not to detract from the evilness of your college, of course. I recognize that.

dreamstrifer February 11 2006, 20:27:38 UTC

Heh. My college is very evil. It's stated in the handbook that teachers aren't allowed to swear excessively, and they wouldn't do anything about the professor who used the "f-word" in almost every sentence, practically.

Oh, and apparently, in this handbook... "theft is a crime." gee, SIUE, I DIDN'T know that.

evadne_noel February 11 2006, 20:30:17 UTC

One of my professors once brought in a poem about masturbation to the class (it was a Research Methods class, and not related in the least). The poem had been published in the MENSA magazine.

And the professor wrote it.

OH GOD MY EYES!

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