fic: Severus Snape and the Grudging Fact-Check (Severus, humour, G)

Title: Severus Snape and the Grudging Fact-Check; or, The Adventures of Eurus Ainsworth, Magical Maintenance
Challenge: #198 The First Paragraph
Rating: G
Characters: Severus Snape
Words: 200
A/N: I wanted to use the ending line, which is what came into my head first, but had to set the scene for that; the first 100 words is what actually complies with the prompt, but the punchline is in the second 100. Why Snape is writing humorous young-adult fiction with nods to the exploits of a certain pair of Weasleys, I have no idea (maybe he needs a hobby to take his mind off all that spying business); amusing as it is, it seems rather OOC, so I expect he is doing it under a pen name. And yes, I am poking a little fun at nitpicky fans like myself. ;)


( It had been promising to be a routine day... )

p.s. On the names of the characters Snape is writing: I rather like the name "Eurus Ainsworth". I usually have trouble coming up with good Wizarding names, but I think I hit a sweet spot with that one. (Eurus is the East Wind in Greek myth, if you don't know.) "Simon" merely happens to be one of my favourite masculine names (for no reason I am aware of).

fic: Severus Snape and the Grudging Fact-Check (Severus, humour, G)

Title: Severus Snape and the Grudging Fact-Check; or, The Adventures of Eurus Ainsworth, Magical Maintenance
Challenge: #198 The First Paragraph
Rating: G
Characters: Severus Snape
Words: 200
A/N: I wanted to use the ending line, which is what came into my head first, but had to set the scene for that; the first 100 words is what actually complies with the prompt, but the punchline is in the second 100. Why Snape is writing humorous young-adult fiction with nods to the exploits of a certain pair of Weasleys, I have no idea (maybe he needs a hobby to take his mind off all that spying business); amusing as it is, it seems rather OOC, so I expect he is doing it under a pen name. And yes, I am poking a little fun at nitpicky fans like myself. ;)


( It had been promising to be a routine day... )

p.s. On the names of the characters Snape is writing: I rather like the name "Eurus Ainsworth". I usually have trouble coming up with good Wizarding names, but I think I hit a sweet spot with that one. (Eurus is the East Wind in Greek myth, if you don't know.) "Simon" merely happens to be one of my favourite masculine names (for no reason I am aware of).

(no subject)

My mother has watched The Last Samurai twice in two days. I've walked in on it in the same spot both times (like the way that whenever you catch by chance an episode of a TV show you never watch, it is always the same one). I can't describe where in the movie it is because I've never actually watched it, but --

The dude walking next to Tom Cruise is Peter Pettigrew. (Ya rly; I checked.)

The point is that amazing "WHAT" moment I had when I recognized the eyes and facial structure.

...

Once ingested, Harry Potter is a poison that spreads into every vein.

(no subject)

My mother has watched The Last Samurai twice in two days. I've walked in on it in the same spot both times (like the way that whenever you catch by chance an episode of a TV show you never watch, it is always the same one). I can't describe where in the movie it is because I've never actually watched it, but --

The dude walking next to Tom Cruise is Peter Pettigrew. (Ya rly; I checked.)

The point is that amazing "WHAT" moment I had when I recognized the eyes and facial structure.

...

Once ingested, Harry Potter is a poison that spreads into every vein.

(no subject)

"to those whos standards are way higher tough crap live with it! or dont bother reading it!"

Well, screw you. I actually had some concrit, part of which was a polite suggestion that it needs more editing. Very polite, in fact; the rest of the text is approximately as the example from the A/N above, so I think "I think it needs more polishing" is an excruciatingly tactful way to phrase "Have you ever passed an English class in your life? And, if so, how would you suggest I go about punishing your teachers for giving you passing marks?"

The idea had good humorous potential (Snape/Harry bodyswap due to a Potions accident). You'd even succeeded in describing a couple witty images that reminded me of the "Seven Potters" scene in DH (e.g.: Snape finding it odd to smack "himself" in the face to stop Harry shouting; Harry thinking a sneer actually looked rather cool on his own face), which I mentioned in the review I was constructing. Although I was bothered by one highly OOC moment (Snape has no frame of reference for thinking anything is "like the twilight zone", sorry; I might believe this of Harry because of all the television Dudley watches, but definitely not Snape), and slightly annoyed by the awkward (as opposed to clever or still-seems-somehow-apropos) way in which Snape was a little OOC in general, overall it could have shaped up into something decent.

But since there weren't any negative reviews when I looked at them, this comment gives me the notion that you have deleted them. If you are just experimenting and/or are nervous that it is not good enough and would like to hear only encouragement, why not just say so, rather than get annoyed after the fact?

So fuck that, then.