drinkingcocoa's gift

Apr 27, 2009 13:04


This is in response to a challenge by drinkingcocoa to write a fanfic involving Severus reflecting on Petunia and Harry's relationship.  I can't come up with a good title; anyone have any suggestions? 
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severus snape, harry potter, drinking cocoa, fan fiction, lily potter

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drinkingcocoa April 27 2009, 17:38:03 UTC
Squeee! Thank you, thank you, thank you! I laughed at Dumbledore's line about being otherwise engaged at the moment. (I saw a cartoon once where Dumbledore claimed that while hiding a Gameboy behind his back.) So Snape has a cloak, does he? Hmm....

(The LJ cut did work on my Friends page.)

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veganwrocker April 27 2009, 17:43:42 UTC
Yay! So glad you liked it.
Oh good I'm glad it worked. Don't know why it's not working on this computer.
Heehee. I can totally see him sitting up in his office playing GameBoy... heh heh heh. :-)

I sort of think he does... it also worked for my own devilish ends. :-)

Will Wednesday evening work for cookie drop-off?

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drinkingcocoa April 27 2009, 18:08:42 UTC
Maybe -- not sure yet about Wed evening.

It's interesting to think that Harry almost never thinks of Petunia as related to his mother, but Snape has an unforgettable memory of Lily looking at him with a Petunia-like expression. There's something from Snape's memories of Lily that Harry never gets to see, and probably for the better.

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veganwrocker April 27 2009, 18:20:29 UTC
I agree. Harry, of course (although I love him), is a terribly self-centered character... most teenagers (humans, really) are, I suppose. Although he is kind and everything, he rarely looks at situations from other people's perspectives. Therefore, we as readers, learning about the world through his eyes, have to do a little bit more investigating and theorizing (which is partly why I love the books so much of course ( ... )

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veganwrocker April 27 2009, 18:31:27 UTC
I agree. Harry, of course (although I love him), is a terribly self-centered character... most teenagers (humans, really) are, I suppose. Although he is kind and everything, he rarely looks at situations from other people's perspectives. Therefore, we as readers, learning about the world through his eyes, have to do a little bit more investigating and theorizing (which is partly why I love the books so much of course ( ... )

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