Cold Beboots was cold
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bebootsThe final evening at Christmas Reflections at Fort Edmonton! It ended up being like -27C in the river valley... The poor draft horses had frost all over their coats, and were brought into the stables (switched out for tractors AKA "mechanical horses" ;) ) halfway through the evening. I took a shower right before I left for work, and I put my hair in braids while wet. So after I lit the bonfires, and I realized about an hour into my shift that my braids had frozen. SOLID. Like, icicle cores. D:
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And for comparison purposes, here is what it looks like defrosted. SO FLOPPY
Here is a shot of the glorious bonfire I made yesterday, to warm you up wherever you are. :)
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PIPI LONGSTOCKING COSPLAYS = NOW RIDICULOUSLY EASY.
And for comparison purposes, here is what it looks like defrosted. SO FLOPPY
Here is a shot of the glorious bonfire I made yesterday, to warm you up wherever you are. :)
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Date: 2011-01-22 09:13 pm (UTC)Ooh... desecrating library books as a cry for help? I LIKE IT. And then she could be both indignant and kind of sad that nobody realized that she totally wouldn't ever do something like that under normal circumstances, EVAR, so why didn't you guys figure it out? Maybe Snape and Draco investigate the book together; perhaps they'll piece together the whole story in one of their talks right before shit goes down? (Comparing notes with each other on these things = SUCH A USEFUL WAY TO GET THE PLOT GOING)
Perhaps Snape leaves to go retrieve Dumbledore, and Draco's like "f- this, I know what I'm doing, I'll go rescue her instead of waiting". With rooster in hand, of course. ;) Oh wait... will Lucius be involved this time around in trying to get Dumbledore removed from his post? Hmm... maybe the petrified students are just an excuse: he's really angry about Dumbledore preventing him from speaking with his son?
"Yeah. Better to lash out and not think about it in company." Exactly. :3 I really should send you a second copy of what I have written since I sent you that earlier version of the document...
Yeah, and it's not like the Death Eaters have to have a LOGICAL philosophy... ;)
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Date: 2011-01-22 11:32 pm (UTC)"Maybe Snape and Draco investigate the book together; perhaps they'll piece together the whole story in one of their talks right before shit goes down? (Comparing notes with each other on these things = SUCH A USEFUL WAY TO GET THE PLOT GOING)" Comparing notes is an AWESOME plot strategy. They're talking, of course this isn't a ginormous block of exposition so I can catch you up with the main plot, guys. (Plus, if Snape and Draco are together and there's writing on the wall... Snape vs. Tom Riddle Jr. would be kind of epic. I do think Snape would have the presence of mind to conjure a chicken and somehow coerce it into crowing, and then it's goodbye basilisk. Plus, if you wanted Fawkes... Snape is Dumbledore's man. It does make much more sense for Snape to get Dumbles, if Dumbledore is allowed to stay in the school. That was the problem in second year, he got kicked out.)
"Perhaps Snape leaves to go retrieve Dumbledore, and Draco's like "f- this, I know what I'm doing, I'll go rescue her instead of waiting". With rooster in hand, of course. ;) Oh wait... will Lucius be involved this time around in trying to get Dumbledore removed from his post? Hmm... maybe the petrified students are just an excuse: he's really angry about Dumbledore preventing him from speaking with his son?" Pretty much. Dumbledore is being a meddling old fool, so Lucius can remove him (and make sure the diary can go to full effect). Draco has his rooster, so he'll be set, and he just might need Potter. If Potter and Weasley are there and somehow had the dim idea to bring Lockhart along, Draco might just deal with Lockhart. "Expelliarmus" and "stupefy" would be enough, especially followed with "obliviate," and I think Draco can manage all of those very handily. He might need to bring Potter along for the Parseltongue, and then Weasley won't leave Potter alone with the Slytherin?
"Exactly. :3 I really should send you a second copy of what I have written since I sent you that earlier version of the document..." I'm still writing comments occasionally, but mostly I'm looking from physiology notes to faster things like messages/comments.
"Yeah, and it's not like the Death Eaters have to have a LOGICAL philosophy... ;)" Much to some Death Eaters' surprise, I'd think. "Wait. This actually is kind of batshit insane."
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Date: 2011-01-22 11:53 pm (UTC)"Pretty much. Dumbledore is being a meddling old fool, so Lucius can remove him (and make sure the diary can go to full effect)." Yep. So Lucius will still be a dick, just for slightly different reasons. ;)
"He might need to bring Potter along for the Parseltongue, and then Weasley won't leave Potter alone with the Slytherin?" Precisely! Oh man, it only just occurred to me that I'm going to have to write about Lockhart... I figure that Draco has no patience for him this time around and mostly just tries to stay quiet in those classes and ignore the man. I figure that Lockhart was publicly discredited after his accident the first time around, so Draco knows he's a big fat liar, and even though he tells Dumbledore and Snape this (only increasing Snape's lack of respect for the man), they can't do anything because it's a magical employment contract, or something? ;) I dunno. Or it's difficult to prove.
"Much to some Death Eaters' surprise, I'd think. "Wait. This actually is kind of batshit insane."" Oh, like most wizarding philosophies aren't. ;)
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Date: 2011-01-23 12:24 am (UTC)"Yep. So Lucius will still be a dick, just for slightly different reasons. ;)" Draco can bitch about it with Snape, too, because Snape actually realizes that Draco is older than twelve (and might just start grading Draco's work appropriately).
"Precisely! Oh man, it only just occurred to me that I'm going to have to write about Lockhart... I figure that Draco has no patience for him this time around and mostly just tries to stay quiet in those classes and ignore the man. I figure that Lockhart was publicly discredited after his accident the first time around, so Draco knows he's a big fat liar, and even though he tells Dumbledore and Snape this (only increasing Snape's lack of respect for the man), they can't do anything because it's a magical employment contract, or something? ;) I dunno. Or it's difficult to prove." It's also deucedly hard to fill that position at all, since people think it's cursed and past history tends to support that position. Draco might have some influence on third year, too. There was something about Snape telling everybody about Lupin (oops, won't look too good here), but Draco might just have heard that Lupin resigned before the entire school knew what he was.
Draco would be able to remember that Weird Shit was happening. Something about the damn hippogriff escaping and Sirius Black escaping and Lupin being a werewolf and Snape being right pissed, and Weasley had a broken limb of some kind? And loads of dementors.
" Oh, like most wizarding philosophies aren't. ;)" Most philosophies are. I have a LOT of fun with people that hold with Kant.
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Date: 2011-01-23 12:56 am (UTC)"Draco can bitch about it with Snape, too, because Snape actually realizes that Draco is older than twelve (and might just start grading Draco's work appropriately)." Lol so Draco get separate essay topics, perhaps. ;) No more slacking off in Potions class, at least... ;)
"It's also deucedly hard to fill that position at all, since people think it's cursed and past history tends to support that position." Yeah. Maybe Dumbledore is of the mind that at least they'll learn SOMETHING in Lockhart's class, even if it's not the actual curriculum... As for Lupin... Hmm... Draco still probably has that anti-werewolf prejudice, but even he can probably acknowledge that they actually learned something in DADA that year, so if he accidentally lets that slip then Dumbledore will hire him anyway, despite werewolf concerns? ;)
"Draco would be able to remember that Weird Shit was happening. Something about the damn hippogriff escaping and Sirius Black escaping and Lupin being a werewolf and Snape being right pissed, and Weasley had a broken limb of some kind? And loads of dementors." "Yeah, all of that stuff happened so quickly towards the end, professors! And nobody. Told. Us. Anything. Least of all the headmaster." :\
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Date: 2011-01-23 01:20 am (UTC)But they have Snape. "Cease this ridiculous darting about or I will Petrify you both, blind you, and leave you in the corridor." He might be able to keep the Gryffindor tendencies of select members of the rescuing party to a minimum. He's probably in a high temper if one of his students is in danger of... whatever else there is besides a basilisk. Bet that Snape can recognize Riddle right off, even if sixteen-year-old Voldie has no idea who Snape is (besides actually good at Occlumency). (Snape protected the Trio in the third book. He stands between them and a werewolf. He will save a Gryffindor from Slytherin's Chamber of Secrets.)
"Lol so Draco get separate essay topics, perhaps. ;) No more slacking off in Potions class, at least... ;)" He might prefer a class that's actually challenging. As long as it's one he's actually very good with.
"Yeah. Maybe Dumbledore is of the mind that at least they'll learn SOMETHING in Lockhart's class, even if it's not the actual curriculum..." Acting skills? He does make them act out his books.
"As for Lupin... Hmm... Draco still probably has that anti-werewolf prejudice, but even he can probably acknowledge that they actually learned something in DADA that year, so if he accidentally lets that slip then Dumbledore will hire him anyway, despite werewolf concerns? ;)" He can say that Lupin was the best DADA prof they had until Snape got the job. The Carrows rather sucked, I imagine that still happened in Draco's universe. Not that it says much about Lupin, mind, since Dumbledore hired some insane escapee-from-Azkaban (no, not Black, the other one) hiding in Alastor Moody's body and then a Ministry toady. And the other comparisons are a fraud and Quirrelmort. But Lupin was still a good teacher, long as he's on his potion. (Also, Lupin ran off before the potion came. Snape grabbed the MAP but didn't bring the potion with him, so... not blaming Snape, precisely, but he forgot just as quickly.)
"Yeah, all of that stuff happened so quickly towards the end, professors! And nobody. Told. Us. Anything. Least of all the headmaster." :\ Serves you right, Albus! You kept all your secrets so close that YOU can't get to them.
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Date: 2011-01-23 04:55 am (UTC)"He might prefer a class that's actually challenging. As long as it's one he's actually very good with." Good point. He'll sulk for a bit and complain a lot (he wouldn't be Malfoy, otherwise) but then get over it.
"Acting skills? He does make them act out his books." Lol true. I forgot about that! ;)
"He can say that Lupin was the best DADA prof they had until Snape got the job. The Carrows rather sucked, I imagine that still happened in Draco's universe." Good point about Lupin. I don't think that Draco would have completed his seventh year, though. Even if Voldemort is in charge of the ministry I'm pretty sure even Draco couldn't get away with knocking off the Headmaster and coming back to school the next year. Tongues would still wag. I'm not sure that Draco would even WANT to come back to Hogwarts after that. I'm sure that he would have heard horror stories from his acquaintances that were still in Slytherin, though. ;)
"Dumbledore hired some insane escapee-from-Azkaban (no, not Black, the other one) hiding in Alastor Moody's body" He could even phrase it like that too, and it could take him a minute to figure out "Barty Crouch."
Oh, and Umbridge... well, I won't write until fifth year, but I could perhaps include her somehow... Ministry inspections courtesy of Malfoy Sr.? Because everyone loves to hate Umbridge. It could be a new experience for Draco, because he's so used to being on her good side... and now that he's on the receiving end of her bullshit...
"Serves you right, Albus! You kept all your secrets so close that YOU can't get to them." XD Snape needs to have an "I told you so" moment. ;)
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Date: 2011-01-23 06:21 am (UTC)OMG SO MUCH YES. Harry is there to translate, and Weasley is there to be obnoxious deadweight that every group seems to require, but Draco and Snape are there to Rescue With Style. Somebody probably ends up on carry-Hermione detail. They have Featherlight Charms, so Draco can reasonably pick her up.
"Good point. He'll sulk for a bit and complain a lot (he wouldn't be Malfoy, otherwise) but then get over it." Snape might feel a bit relieved that Draco can fit in with his age group, and outwardly he can chide Draco for the classic Malfoy response.
"Good point about Lupin. I don't think that Draco would have completed his seventh year, though. Even if Voldemort is in charge of the ministry I'm pretty sure even Draco couldn't get away with knocking off the Headmaster and coming back to school the next year. Tongues would still wag. I'm not sure that Draco would even WANT to come back to Hogwarts after that. I'm sure that he would have heard horror stories from his acquaintances that were still in Slytherin, though. ;)"
Probably, and "Unforgivables in class, practicing on each other"... not cool. Lupin taught them shit and did it well.
"He could even phrase it like that too, and it could take him a minute to figure out "Barty Crouch."" Then Snape and Dumbledore can be WTF he's out of Azkaban?!?!?
"Oh, and Umbridge... well, I won't write until fifth year, but I could perhaps include her somehow... Ministry inspections courtesy of Malfoy Sr.? Because everyone loves to hate Umbridge. It could be a new experience for Draco, because he's so used to being on her good side... and now that he's on the receiving end of her bullshit..." Oooooh, that would fit. Draco's more likely to stand up for his friends (he might just have remembered something about Potter and a Blood Quill), and Umbridge... yeah. Snape might have mentioned once that Umbridge was two seconds before using a Crucio on Harry? I think Snape interrupted her in the books.
"XD Snape needs to have an "I told you so" moment. ;)" Snape doesn't even need to say anything. (pointed look at Albus, one eyebrow raised)
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Date: 2011-01-23 04:29 pm (UTC)"Then Snape and Dumbledore can be WTF he's out of Azkaban?!?!?" "Oh yeah, maybe he's not out yet. Y'know, Crouch was hiding his son for years, so it could be whenever. Wait, has either his wife or son died yet? I think they did a switch or something. In any case, after that year the Ministry stepped up its enforcement of Polyjuice Potion as a restricted substance."
"Draco's more likely to stand up for his friends (he might just have remembered something about Potter and a Blood Quill), and Umbridge... yeah. Snape might have mentioned once that Umbridge was two seconds before using a Crucio on Harry? I think Snape interrupted her in the books." Yes, definitely! And it would add more of a villain in either the second or third year... probably third year so there's more stuff going on. It'd be an excellent surprise for the readers! UNEXPECTED UMBRIDGE IS UNEXPECTED. (Or, alternatively:) NOBODY EXPECTS THE UMBRIDGE INQUISITION.
"Snape doesn't even need to say anything. (pointed look at Albus, one eyebrow raised)" OMG YES implications. <3
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Date: 2011-01-23 04:59 pm (UTC)"Oh yeah, maybe he's not out yet. Y'know, Crouch was hiding his son for years, so it could be whenever. Wait, has either his wife or son died yet? I think they did a switch or something. In any case, after that year the Ministry stepped up its enforcement of Polyjuice Potion as a restricted substance."" Snape and Dumbledore: o.O.
"Yes, definitely! And it would add more of a villain in either the second or third year... probably third year so there's more stuff going on. It'd be an excellent surprise for the readers! UNEXPECTED UMBRIDGE IS UNEXPECTED. (Or, alternatively:) NOBODY EXPECTS THE UMBRIDGE INQUISITION." OMG YES! BOTH. AT THE SAME TIME. Plus, if she's there and they reluctantly hire. Lupin (because he actually didn't let Black in, Draco knows Snape would have told the world if that was the case), then there are even more secrets. Snape might be half-tempted to 'accidentally' let Umbridge find out about Lupin, but she's too much of a dolt about her non-chosen topics to make any subtlety worth it.
(And even Lupin might not deserve Umbridge. Sirius Black, yes. Potter, definitely. Lupin-the-spineless will probably torture himself well enough. (Snape's characterization, and I'd expect that Black and Potter could twist Lupin into going along with a lot-- they're both immensely charismatic and he doesn't want to lose his friends.)
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Date: 2011-01-23 05:29 pm (UTC)"Snape and Dumbledore: o.O." Yep. Draco really does enjoy the shocked looks on their faces at times. It doesn't happen often (or didn't, before they learned about him), and he relishes the experience.
"Snape might be half-tempted to 'accidentally' let Umbridge find out about Lupin, but she's too much of a dolt about her non-chosen topics to make any subtlety worth it." Yeah: the question now becomes which person he hates more. On a personal level, probably Lupin, but at least Lupin isn't about to get him any more and can be placated with a potion once a month. Umbridge just DOESN'T STOP BEING ANNOYING AND CREEPY. Also, Snape hates pink.
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Date: 2011-01-23 06:19 pm (UTC)"Unofficial!Slytherin!Hermione? Interesting! (The first muggleborn to achieve this lofty position? ;) ) I do like the idea of Hermione learning some useful things to combat Voldemort... maybe hints of horcrux?" I was thinking hints of horcrux or half-blooded-ness. Horcrux, she might notice just which stories he has open if he showed her the orphanage to win sympathy. Koschei, a couple other stories about immortality...
"Yep. Draco really does enjoy the shocked looks on their faces at times. It doesn't happen often (or didn't, before they learned about him), and he relishes the experience."
"Before they learned about Draco" was such a peaceful time. Draco will repay Snape at least by being totally shocked about true allegiances. "But... what? You were all set up to kill Dumbledore if I hadn't done it!!!" "Albus's design, no doubt. No Slytherin would ever be so melodramatic."
"Yeah: the question now becomes which person he hates more. On a personal level, probably Lupin, but at least Lupin isn't about to get him any more and can be placated with a potion once a month. Umbridge just DOESN'T STOP BEING ANNOYING AND CREEPY. Also, Snape hates pink." Plus, farming out revenge is low-class, and he can come up with something suitable for Lupin. (Or Snape can stay a few seconds longer to be sure that potion is ingested, and may or may not disguise the obvious distrust with questions about problem Slytherin students that tend to need extra attention. Maybe that comes in time)
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Date: 2011-01-23 06:48 pm (UTC)Hermione is observant. She'll figure something out. ;) ...Especially when she's truly brought into Draco's confidence.
"Draco will repay Snape at least by being totally shocked about true allegiances." Also, he would be completely hurt by these realizations, too. :( HE THOUGHT SNAPE WAS ON HIS SIDE.
Slowly Lupin will become more tolerable to Snape. Slowly but surely. Anything is better than Umbridge, anyway.
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Date: 2011-01-23 07:47 pm (UTC)"Hermione is observant. She'll figure something out. ;) ...Especially when she's truly brought into Draco's confidence." Oh yes. Just wait, Draco, there are VERY awesome benefits to befriending brainy Gryffindors. Ravenclaws are too analytical, Gryffs will figure it out and then DO something about it.
"Also, he would be completely hurt by these realizations, too. :( HE THOUGHT SNAPE WAS ON HIS SIDE." Snape: (unimpressed) Didn't Draco go back in time because he didn't like what happened? Snape changed sides /well/ because he didn't like what was going to happen (because he totes had a soft spot for Lily. Just saying)
"Slowly Lupin will become more tolerable to Snape. Slowly but surely. Anything is better than Umbridge, anyway." OMG what if Lupin pranks her? Lupin has seen a little bit too much against Harry, perhaps, and if he has two seconds to spare a thought for what James would have done... Lupin is mild and innocent and has absolutely no idea how every last bit of pink that Dolores touches turns to various shades of puce, chartreuse, and variegated crimson. (It wouldn't get far at all against Harry, either. Just one comment that hurts Harry's feelings and Lupin is Perturbed.)
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Date: 2011-01-23 08:02 pm (UTC)"Oh yes. Just wait, Draco, there are VERY awesome benefits to befriending brainy Gryffindors. Ravenclaws are too analytical, Gryffs will figure it out and then DO something about it." Oh yeah, Gryffindors aren't afraid to get their hands dirty, especially if they're passionate about what they're doing.
"Snape: (unimpressed) Didn't Draco go back in time because he didn't like what happened? Snape changed sides /well/ because he didn't like what was going to happen (because he totes had a soft spot for Lily. Just saying)" Yeah, Draco's not being LOGICAL about all of this. His gut instinct is still to react in a "BUT YOU BETRAYED ME AND PLAYED ME FOR A FOOL" way, even though he's now on the same side as Snape. Draco still has to take a little while to stop instinctively thinking of Dumbledore as the enemy... and to actually trust the headmaster. (Remember, if he starts actually thinking of the Headmaster as being a good guy... Draco has to come to terms with the fact that he killed him, before. MOAR TRAUMA.)
"OMG what if Lupin pranks her? Lupin has seen a little bit too much against Harry, perhaps, and if he has two seconds to spare a thought for what James would have done... Lupin is mild and innocent and has absolutely no idea how every last bit of pink that Dolores touches turns to various shades of puce, chartreuse, and variegated crimson." OMG YES. And nobody can pin ANYTHING on Lupin... just like in school. "I had nothing to do with my friends' actions! You wouldn't have made me prefect if I wasn't so trustworthy!"
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Date: 2011-01-23 09:48 pm (UTC)"Oh yeah, Gryffindors aren't afraid to get their hands dirty, especially if they're passionate about what they're doing." My mind went in the gutter, I'm done now. Gryffindor + Slytherin (with the Ravenclaw bookishness for research) is an awesome teamup.
"Yeah, Draco's not being LOGICAL about all of this. His gut instinct is still to react in a "BUT YOU BETRAYED ME AND PLAYED ME FOR A FOOL" way, even though he's now on the same side as Snape. Draco still has to take a little while to stop instinctively thinking of Dumbledore as the enemy... and to actually trust the headmaster. (Remember, if he starts actually thinking of the Headmaster as being a good guy... Draco has to come to terms with the fact that he killed him, before. MOAR TRAUMA.)" Yeah, Draco's not going to have an easy transition, but he might be one of the very rare people to earn Snape's respect. (Also, Draco, NEVER say mudblood around Snape. He doesn't do that word.)
"OMG YES. And nobody can pin ANYTHING on Lupin... just like in school. "I had nothing to do with my friends' actions! You wouldn't have made me prefect if I wasn't so trustworthy!""
So Snape might feel like he should be angry, because it's the Marauders all over again, but Lupin didn't touch anybody else and hasn't bragged at all, and Umbridge keeps desperately trying to turn her things pink (probably to hilarious effect).
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Date: 2011-01-23 10:42 pm (UTC)"My mind went in the gutter, I'm done now." To be honest, when I wrote the line, mine did too. Then I shrugged and posted it anyway. >;)
"Gryffindor + Slytherin (with the Ravenclaw bookishness for research) is an awesome teamup." WHERE DOES HUFFELPUFF FIT IT DOES NO ONE LOVE THEM??
"Yeah, Draco's not going to have an easy transition, but he might be one of the very rare people to earn Snape's respect. (Also, Draco, NEVER say mudblood around Snape. He doesn't do that word.)" Oh, good point! Not even for show. LILYYYYYY... ;_;
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Date: 2011-01-24 01:59 am (UTC)"Oh, good point! Not even for show. LILYYYYYY... ;_;" I think it was in the books somewhere. Snape didn't openly disapprove, maybe, but when somebody said "mudblood" he made them stop ranting and go back to work.
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Date: 2011-01-24 02:34 am (UTC)