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In response to the overwhelming support for this scene on the poll I ran a couple of weeks ago, it's...

The Birthday Party
In which Malcolm's coming of age goes pear-shaped in several different ways, thanks to the involvement of Albion, Margot, Geoff Weasley, and a girl named Susannah.

If Margot were annoyed, she gave no sign of it. "You'll have to excuse my brother," she said. "Dropping broad hints that I'm a Dark sorceress with ambitions of world domination is one of his few amusements these days."

ETA: Please note that this is not a complete story in itself, but rather a scene from a much longer WiP, and goes along with the four earlier scenes from the same WiP that I've posted in the past.

Date: 2004-01-29 07:59 pm (UTC)
ext_2858: Meilin from Cardcaptor Sakura (Default)
From: [identity profile] meril.livejournal.com
This is a cute one. Unfortunately, am tired, no more comments, except that I'm very glad your Snape family is not the Perfect Happy Family. :)

Date: 2004-01-29 08:13 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] wahlee-98.livejournal.com
Whoo hoo! I love Malcom. Susannah is adorable as well. And Imogen! Whoot!

I want the WHOLE STORY!!! *whines*

Yes, I'm a demanding fangirl. So sue me.

Date: 2004-01-29 08:40 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] cesario.livejournal.com
This was very cool. Your Snapelets are fun kids. :-)

Date: 2004-01-29 09:09 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] necessaryspace.livejournal.com
Wow. That family can be stifling. They all have such ... presence. Great job in showing that; it sucks us right in and makes us weep when we reach the end, realizing there's no more (unless you have a huge writing frenzy hidden somewhere). I pity the person who walks into the room where the Snape family is -- especially if that person doesn't have a strong sense of self. Maud's very soothing, though. She helps create a nice balance in that whirlwind.


And Margot's intriguing. What exactly are her plans? Should I know them? If not, can I? =)

Date: 2004-01-29 09:17 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dragonpaws.livejournal.com
I enjoyed, but I thought I should make a comment- in Australia, "I'm stuffed" is a very crude way of saying you've just had sex. (my mom found this out the hard way, when I was much younger. *grin* It's been a family story ever since) I don't know if Geoff would know or if it would matter, but just in case, thought I'd mention...

Date: 2004-01-29 10:45 pm (UTC)
kerravonsen: Methos: "Scholar, Friend, Warrior, Death, Enigma, Methos" (Methos)
From: [personal profile] kerravonsen
in Australia, "I'm stuffed" is a very crude way of saying you've just had sex.

It is? That's news to me, and I'm an Aussie. Are you confusing it with "get stuffed", which is about the equivalent of the English "bugger off". Or maybe the etymology has the same root, but I've never heard of the "I'm stuffed" version. Maybe I don't hang around with crude enough people.

Date: 2004-01-30 07:36 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dragonpaws.livejournal.com
*grins* All I know is it's between my mom and a very shocked taxi driver. I'll have to ask her.

Re:

Date: 2004-01-30 06:35 pm (UTC)
ext_6531: (Jeremy is so lickable!)
From: [identity profile] lizbee.livejournal.com
I've never heard it used that way. All I know is "I'm stuffed" meaning "I'm exhausted" or "get stuffed" as a politer version of "get f***ed". Whereabouts in Australia are you?

Re:

Date: 2004-01-30 09:06 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dragonpaws.livejournal.com
Actually, I'm not... I admit this bit of apocrypha comes from a story my mom tells from visiting Australia in the late eighties. *grin* I may have taken for fact what is only faintly remembered.

Date: 2004-01-30 04:34 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] hedda62.livejournal.com
Oh, wonderful! *hugs Malcolm*

Date: 2004-01-30 06:10 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] serenasnape.livejournal.com
They're all wonderful, as are you!

*hugs everybody*
*recieves a glare from Snape snr.*

Date: 2004-01-30 06:29 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] bookaholicgirl.livejournal.com
Have I mentioned how much I enjoy this story? Well, if not, I enjoy it. Immensely. I love how clearly I can see each of your characters, and I'm just itching to find out more about all of them.

*gives Malcolm a birthday hug*

Date: 2004-01-30 08:02 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sannalim.livejournal.com
**applauding**

Fantastic as usual.

Date: 2004-01-30 06:36 pm (UTC)
ext_6531: (GML - apprentice)
From: [identity profile] lizbee.livejournal.com
*sidles up and fangirls Rebecca*

Soon?

Date: 2004-01-30 08:35 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kizmet-42.livejournal.com
(looking over your shoulder at the keyboard)

please, Miss, may I have some more?

Date: 2004-01-31 01:11 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] triestine.livejournal.com
Agh, I hate WIPs because I have to wait and hop and skip while I'm waiting for the rest --- but I'm going to read these when I come home. I love what you did with that drawing I posted to [livejournal.com profile] snapesupport - it looks better now! *hug*

Thanks,
Jez

Date: 2004-01-31 12:47 pm (UTC)
From: (Anonymous)
'full of character'--that certainly describes it. I was a little nervous to read these snippets. So often 'next generation' fics (as I call them) are horribly cliched. But I should've known you wouldn't fall into that trap. The characters are so rich, and I love picking out the little traits the children have inherited from Maud and Severs--and the traits they've developed on their own. Please write more of this--I'm practically salivating!

Rebecca (a dedicated lurker)

Date: 2004-02-01 05:48 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] angie-v12.livejournal.com
Albion seemed more Percy-ish than ever in this story (whatever happened to Percy in the D&L universe, anyway?) and Margot vs Geoff was reminiscent of Ron vs Hermione, but with some real viciousness to it. Not to mention Margot vs Albion ...

I was a little surprised at Margot having always been supportive of Malcolm. He came across as being somewhat intimidated and beaten down by her in the "characters answer questions from readers" meme you did. I'd wondered if the reason he was with Margot in Albion's birthday fic was because Snape made her swear to look after him, and hence "bring Malcolm to a place of safety before everything hits the fan" was Step #1 in her Dark Plan.

Margot's reaction when Albion and Susannah get together should be amusing. I can see her tearing into Albion for stealing his brother's girlfriend, with Malcolm trying, not very forcefully, to explain that he and Susannah were really just friends (I say not very forcefully, because supportive or not, he still appears quite wary of crossing Margot).

It will also be interesting to see how you develop the whole Malcolm looking like Harry Potter thing. It's due to the fact that all purebloods are related, no doubt, but have you worked out exactly how Maud and Snape fit into James' family tree? How did Snape react when the resemblance first became noticeable? Is Harry aware of it? Is Rita Skeeter? I could see her doing a "Harry's Bastard Love Child" story, to pay Snape back for using irony on her. What would really be funny is if it happened when Margot was old enough to take exception, and revenge ...

Date: 2004-02-01 06:23 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] rj-anderson.livejournal.com
I was a little surprised at Margot having always been supportive of Malcolm. He came across as being somewhat intimidated and beaten down by her in the "characters answer questions from readers" meme you did.

Oh, gosh, no. He just has more sense than to get involved in the ongoing war between her and Albion -- like many youngest children he's the diplomat, peacemaker, gets-along-with-everybody type. He's not afraid of Margot, not for his own sake anyway, though he's justifiably afraid of what she may do to herself and other people.

I'd wondered if the reason he was with Margot in Albion's birthday fic was because Snape made her swear to look after him, and hence "bring Malcolm to a place of safety before everything hits the fan" was Step #1 in her Dark Plan.

No, not at all. Malcolm may be more reserved than his siblings, and less inclined to seek the spotlight, but he makes his own decisions.

As for Albion and Susannah, even if Margot found out, she wouldn't care, except perhaps to have a brief, contemptuous laugh at Albion's weakness. It won't even hurt Malcolm that much -- it's water under the bridge by then.

As for the resemblance between Malcolm and Harry, I haven't really thought that through much yet. It's more that with Snape's black hair and Maud's green eyes, I could see the potential for a Harry-like offspring, and it was just too perfect a piece of karmic justice for me to resist. :)

I did, however, learn today that Harry in the D&Lverse has a beard. I was quite surprised by that, but upon reflection it makes sense: he is, after all, practically a hermit...

woooo

Date: 2004-02-04 06:01 pm (UTC)
From: (Anonymous)
You so rock.

And as if further Snapeletness was not a mighty gift, you throw in more Weaslyness too. No one in the multiverse writes more weasleyly Weasleys than you do. Weally. I mean really.

Marcy
><>

Re: woooo

Date: 2004-02-04 07:25 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] rj-anderson.livejournal.com
LOL! Thanks, Marcy!

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