I was reading a Harry Potter story, and it was going along just fine, but Lupin just gave Snape a kitten.
Scary as it is, I think I know what story you're reading. Well-written, but not good enough to rec. And there is that kitten.
I can see Snape with a cat. Except it has to be an ornery, black cat full of hiss and claw.
Fay, sweetheart, if you're still here, I tried to return your message but Hotmail tells me your storage limit is up.
whimper.
It's all those perishing ads they keep sending me promising to enlarge my penis.
(Considers penis mightier than the sword quippage. Thinks better of it.)
also? The Remus-giving-Snape-a-kitten thing? Oh, again, dear. But Snape-with-cat would be plausible - what
is
his familiar? Or does he not have one? But yes, it would have to be a very stroppy scratchy sleek butch bad-tempered black cat...
That was the problem. The whole story was just *this side* of plausible...but then it wasn't. And I had to read the whole thing, and shrift laughed at me.
Hagrid sounds, if anything, kind of Norse-ish. Definitely not Greek or Latin.
Hagrid sounds, if anything, kind of Norse-ish.
Definitely. I'm flashing on someone but I don't have my books with me.
Mmmmm. You know what's good? Feedback. So good.
Mmmmm. You know what's good? Feedback. So good.
Oh, yeah. What's better? Feedback from someone you specifically wondered what they thought of it...
You know what else is bad? Feedback that is badly spelled. Makes it hard to take the praise.