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sabrinanymph recently asked in the comments to this post:...what's this about a Snapelets fic? How did I miss this, is there anything available currently?
Which made me realize that I've never really posted a coherent message about this particular WiP, I've just gone on merrily assuming people knew about it. But unless you've been following my blog as well as my LJ for quite some time, you probably don't. So, here's the scoop.
Calling this story "the Snapelets fic" is heavily tongue-in-cheek: it makes it sound like a fluffy little piece where Snape and Maud look benignly at their precocious but adorable kids, and make clucking noises over all the naughty but clever things those children have been up to lately. Fortunately for those of my readers not equipped with strong stomachs, or otherwise inclined to seek out fics drenched in syrup, I'm not writing anything of the sort. In fact, it's going to be fairly grim in parts, as those of you who have read Cry might have begun to suspect.
The structure of this story is going to be a bit different from anything else I've written so far: what I'm doing is writing up scenes in pretty much random order, as they occur to me, and then I'm going to piece them together and add connective tissue as necessary. The story covers a significant period of time -- about fifteen years, possibly more -- so I'm just dipping into the Snape family history here and there where it relates to the main plot. That plot being, as it happens, Margot Snape's development from a shrewd and observant young woman into a calculating, iron-willed Evil Overlady who makes Voldemort look, well, about as stupid as he actually was. :)
Anyway, so far I've written four scenes that are publicly available, though a couple of them (especially the first) are noticeably incomplete, and all are sure to be revised when I've got more of the story written. But you can get an idea of what I'm doing by looking at these:
Current scenes in progress include a Snape family dinner party (which I am indebted to
lizbee for suggesting), and a scene very close to the end of the fic in which Geoff's idea of Something Wonderful turns out to be a bad, bad thing for all concerned. There's also a peripherally connected story called "Golden Boy" which I wrote for lizbee's birthday, since she's a Mad Albion Fangirl. If you've read the other available scenes and decide you'd like to see that one, I'll send the link on request...
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Date: 2003-10-13 01:54 pm (UTC);-)
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Date: 2003-10-13 02:01 pm (UTC)Sorry, this is probably my "wrong-side of 40" age speaking, but I find it increasingly hard to empathize with women who have a great love of the week (and I've never really liked it in men either).
Liz E.
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Date: 2003-10-13 07:22 pm (UTC)I'm confused. Who's falling in love with Sydney, or vice versa, who wasn't already smitten with her as of last season? I agree she's got a daunting number of would-be suitors in the queue, but then, she always did. If anything, the number of WBS's has gone down this season, now that Vaughn's married and Marshall's involved with Carrie...
Anyway, other than that very stupid one-shot in the first season with her old boyfriend who turned out to be a contract killer, I can't think of anybody besides Vaughn that Sydney's actually had a romance with. So the "great love of the week" thing is confusing me.
Not that I'm a big Syd Defender or anything. Jack/Irina is still my true OTP -- even I have to admit that Syd/Weiss is a long shot.
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Date: 2003-10-13 02:29 pm (UTC)(Given a choice, I think I'd be a mad Malcolm fangirl. I mean, how can you not love a guy with what's clearly inherited talent for being Indiana Jones plus magic and minus the clingy babe of the week?)
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Date: 2003-10-13 07:28 pm (UTC)As for Malcolm, I agree -- he's the gem of the bunch. I really need to finish this dinner party scene, which will hopefully give him a chance to come more to the forefront for a change.
Sending you the URL for the Albion fic now...
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Date: 2003-10-13 03:49 pm (UTC)(Now that I sound like a kiss-up, do you mind if I friend you?) ;)
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Date: 2003-10-13 07:24 pm (UTC)Oh, a snapelets bit I haven't seen....
Date: 2003-10-13 04:09 pm (UTC)Sarah Perkins
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Date: 2003-10-14 05:47 pm (UTC)I like the description of Margot as an "Evil Overlady" which, even as it makes me smile, gives me a distinct chill. That girl scares me already with what little I've seen of her. And I can't help wondering how Snape is going to react to his daughter going "dark" after all he and Maud have been through . . . oh, dear, this is going to be a bumpy read! *fastening seat belt*
Mary Anne
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Date: 2003-10-16 09:38 am (UTC)Um, how about "not well"? :)
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Date: 2003-10-14 06:37 pm (UTC)What can I say? I'm easily pleased.
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Date: 2003-10-14 09:43 pm (UTC)Since Albion and Malcolm have already been snapped up by the squeeing masses and Margot has other plans, can I have Geoff?
*slings him over shoulder and carts him away, whistling*
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Date: 2003-10-16 09:46 am (UTC)Oh, I do like that. Makes me very pleased to hear it. Thank you!
Since Albion and Malcolm have already been snapped up by the squeeing masses and Margot has other plans, can I have Geoff?
LOL. Well, he did grow up rather nicely... the trick is that you'd have to pry his cold dead hands off of Margot. Like George said to Maud in PR, Weasleys aren't very good about accepting defeat. :)