Ficlet: What's in a Name?
Title: What's in a Name?
Summary: Salazar considers the proposed name of the new school.
Characters/Pairings: Salazar Slytherin, Godric Gryffindor, Helga Hufflepuff, Rowena Ravenclaw
Genre: humor, general
Rating/Warnings: G
Medium: Ficlet
Word Count: 194
Can the Order post to Tumblr?: Sure
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Salazar looked at the other three. "Hogwarts. You want to call our fledgling school...Hogwarts."
Helga's smile was brilliant. "Yes. A play on hogwort. Very useful plant for getting things moving."
Salazar turned to Godric. "I'm sure you think this is amusing."
"I do." Godric was grinning like a fiend. "Especially once Hel told me exactly what the plant's used for. Useful stuff, that croton oil."
Salazar closed his eyes for a moment, and then turned pleadingly to Rowena. "Ro, surely you don't think this is a good idea. Who would trust their children to an institution whose name inspires images of hogs, unpleasant skin growths, and -- should the listener happen to be versed in herbology -- laxatives?"
Wry amusement twinkled back at Salazar. "Think of the strategic value, Sal. Who would bother with a place like that casually? Only those we inform about its true nature. And," she added meaningfully, "the poor children we rescue. Believe me, those children won't care in the slightest. They'll simply be grateful it exists."
Salazar looked back at her, considering. "Point taken." He smiled slowly in his lop-sided way. "Alright. Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry it is."
Ravenclaw
6 pts
Summary: Salazar considers the proposed name of the new school.
Characters/Pairings: Salazar Slytherin, Godric Gryffindor, Helga Hufflepuff, Rowena Ravenclaw
Genre: humor, general
Rating/Warnings: G
Medium: Ficlet
Word Count: 194
Can the Order post to Tumblr?: Sure
If yes, your Tumblr username: N/A
Salazar looked at the other three. "Hogwarts. You want to call our fledgling school...Hogwarts."
Helga's smile was brilliant. "Yes. A play on hogwort. Very useful plant for getting things moving."
Salazar turned to Godric. "I'm sure you think this is amusing."
"I do." Godric was grinning like a fiend. "Especially once Hel told me exactly what the plant's used for. Useful stuff, that croton oil."
Salazar closed his eyes for a moment, and then turned pleadingly to Rowena. "Ro, surely you don't think this is a good idea. Who would trust their children to an institution whose name inspires images of hogs, unpleasant skin growths, and -- should the listener happen to be versed in herbology -- laxatives?"
Wry amusement twinkled back at Salazar. "Think of the strategic value, Sal. Who would bother with a place like that casually? Only those we inform about its true nature. And," she added meaningfully, "the poor children we rescue. Believe me, those children won't care in the slightest. They'll simply be grateful it exists."
Salazar looked back at her, considering. "Point taken." He smiled slowly in his lop-sided way. "Alright. Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry it is."
Ravenclaw
6 pts