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Snerk. Not my usual type of thing, but how could I resist a story that cites both Blackadder and Douglas Adams? I couldn’t. This is a short humor fic, very well written, and so far from canon you’ll need to pull out the binoculars to spot it. Of course, I doubt the author is unaware of this, and in fact, there’s a distinct whiff of ‘meta’ about this fic that I quite enjoyed. The story has Remus Lupin working at Hogwarts. However, he also has a sideline- as a romance writer! The titles of the books sincerely cracked me up, as did Remus’ lack of insight when it comes to their inspiration. Of course, my favorite thing in the story was Snape. This is simply a lovely, sarcastic version of the git. Take this little exchange, which occurs when Snape discovers two of his students pouring over one of the romance novels in class:
Snape allowed himself a small sneer – a warm-up sneer, a sneer that was flexing its muscles and sipping a sports drink and preparing to grow into a larger, more strenuous sneer altogether – before turning the book over to examine it.
“ “Passion in the Potions Laboratory”,” he read slowly. “How very appropriate. Let’s see what the synopsis says: “When ethereal blonde Selenity Firestarr comes to work as assistant to the brilliant and brooding potions’ developer Strictus Snipe, the sparks fly! But will these two volatile ingredients provoke an explosion of passion or potion? A passionate tale of love against the odds!” ” He paused briefly, as if too overcome to speak immediately. “Well.”
This time the entire class flinched in sympathy. The two culprits looked as if contemplating immediate suicide.
“This is most interesting, isn’t it?” Snape said.
Hermione Granger raised a hand.
“That was a rhetorical question,” Snape snapped without looking at her. “Ten points from Gryffindor for being excessively literal!”
It just gets better when Snape discovers the true author of the stories! Overall, just a massively fun read penned with a very sure hand. The story also has a very sweet heart, and for once I even loved the sappy bits at the end. Too cute and too fun.
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