Mmm. Wife soup. I must've done good.

Wash ,'War Stories'


Fan Fiction II: Great story! Where's the sequel?

This thread is for fanfic recs, links, and discussion, but not for actual posting of fanfic.


Barb - Jan 03, 2009 5:08:42 am PST #5607 of 10436
“Not dead yet!”

Snucius sounds like it involves the Snuffleuphagus.

Oh dear... the mental images are not pretty. Not pretty at all.


Vonnie K - Jan 03, 2009 8:29:57 am PST #5608 of 10436
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.

Hahahaha. I think I might have to give up the Holy War against Portmanteaux, because there are just so many times you could bash your head against a brick wall before getting brain-damaged.

I've read my share of Snape/Hermione but have never come across that particular atrocity. They're usually abbreviated with SS/HG. I guess it could have been worse. Uhm, Snaper? Or Grape. Oh, dear.


Barb - Jan 03, 2009 8:31:46 am PST #5609 of 10436
“Not dead yet!”

Could've been Apemione.


Fay - Jan 03, 2009 6:49:12 pm PST #5610 of 10436
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.

My impression was that in HP they tended to disdain portmanteaux in favour of cutesy nicknames - HMS Pumpkin Pie for Harry/Hermione, for example. Which I confess I found equally infuriating.


Laga - Jan 05, 2009 10:01:57 am PST #5611 of 10436
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.

HMS Pumpkin Pie for Harry/Hermione

what does that mean?


Fay - Jan 05, 2009 1:23:14 pm PST #5612 of 10436
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.

Maybe I made up the HMS bit? Not sure. But evidently I expressed myself badly. What I mean is, they do not say 'Harry/Hermione', or indeed 'Harmione' or 'Herry', but rather they refer to the pairing as 'Pumpkin Pie'.

(There are others who refer to it as Harmony, though, apparently. Which makes a bit more sense.)

eta

Nope, evidently I didn't make up the HMS bit.

Other HP 'ship names include Orange Crush to refer to Harry/Ginny, Leather and Libraries to refer to Draco/Hermione and various other random phrases.


erikaj - Jan 05, 2009 1:27:26 pm PST #5613 of 10436
Always Anti-fascist!

I think HMS might be right, cause it's a 'ship, get it? Yuk, yuk.


Fay - Jan 05, 2009 1:31:09 pm PST #5614 of 10436
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.

Oh, no, I understood the oh-so-amusing jest - I just wasn't sure whether it was something I'd just made up. Particularly since Pumpkin Pie is such a very unBritish foodstuff, and is generally regarded with incredulity bordering on horror by Brits who haven't actually tasted it - so I'd pretty much assumed it was made up by American fanbrats. Who wouldn't neccesarily go with HMS.

...but, no, apparently I didn't make it up. I'm still boggling over some of the other mad-as-fuck names that a quick Google has led me to. They include Guns and Handcuffs, Wotcher Wolvie and The Government Stole My Toad.

...there is, I grant, a certain charm to this. It's less inelegant than portmanteax. (Other than Clex. And Kock. I have high hopes that the Star Trek movie is going to bring 'Kock' or at least 'Spork' into actual usage.)

eta link.


Hil R. - Jan 05, 2009 1:50:26 pm PST #5615 of 10436
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

The one portmanteaux name that I like is Foreteen, for Foreman/Thirteen on House.

(edited, because I can't remember what the current-season policy is in here.)


Dana - Jan 05, 2009 1:53:25 pm PST #5616 of 10436
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

I can't help but approve of the portmanteau for Pepper Potts and Tony Stark, which is Pepperony.