"Changes " - my McTabby Drabble - 12" Extended Remix

[dolorous_ett]

I did finish  my Peeves-Riddle-Anagrams drabble - with many thanks for the kind help of my more anagram-literate friends.

And then I thought I'd post it here, tidied up a bit... It's now 750 words long, and considerably darker in tone (this always happens when I'm trying to be funny. The same thing's happening to my Hagrid-fic, the first 2 pages of

Comments

[snorkackcatcher]

Hmm, that's actually quite an effective use of the parameters and an amusing ending -- although yeah, it is a bit serious. :)

[dolorous_ett]

Glad you liked - it lacks the snappiness of the original, but I wanted to try and make it a bit more sinister...

The serious thing always happens when I'm trying to be funny - and when I'm trying to be serious it always ends up very tongue-in-cheek... I suppose I could try to second-guess myself, but then I usually end up having to go for a little lie down in a darkened room...

[themolesmother]

This was both funny and disturbing.

I wouldn't give much for Peeves' chances if Voldemort came out on top.

And Abraxas Malfoy - hmmm, interesting.

MM

[dolorous_ett]

Thank you - I'm glad it was still funny, in spite of all...

And as for Peeves, I agree. Just by being in Hogwarts under Dumbledore, he's probably already a target...

[dolorous_ett]

I'm glad you liked it - lacks the punchiness of the original, but I suppose I had a bit more space to play with the personalities.

I was going to do a very evil hachet job on Lucius and make him the Riddle-era equivalent of first-year Colin Creevey... so perhaps it's just as well...

And I can't emphasise this enough - without your prompt I'd never have written this story - so it's all your fault really!