Minerva McTabby ([info]mctabby) wrote,
@ 2004-04-17 00:01:00
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Drabble for the kitty?
Welcome to the Cat's Birthday HP Drabblethon!
Celebrating the fifth birthday of my beautiful black cat, Bestia. Dedicated to the entertainment of all who care to participate.

Think of a topic for somebody else to write a drabble about. Add your topic to this poll. Wait until tomorrow to find out which topic you've been assigned in exchange. Yes, you might get anything, from H/G fluff to Hagrid/Buckbeak. Be brave; think of this as a chance to discover your inner Gryffindor.

We're doing this on British time. Hogwarts time. [What time is it over there now?] This poll is being posted as midnight strikes at Hogwarts on April 17, and will remain open for 24 hours.

Bestia the Sorting Cat will consider all the topics, shed on them, and make her decision.

As midnight strikes at Hogwarts on April 18, I'll post the list of who's writing which topic. You'll then have 24 hours to produce your 100-word drabble.

Any topics still unwritten as midnight strikes at Hogwarts on April 19 will be reposted as an open challenge, available to anyone who cares to try. (Since some people around here are truly incorrigible drabblers, I think it's safe to predict that every topic, even the oddest, will get written eventually.)

ETA 24 hours later: This poll is now closed. The list of who's writing which topic is posted here.

Poll #280053 Cat's Birthday HP Drabblethon: collecting topics
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 126

Provide a topic for somebody else to drabble on: this can be a character, a pairing, a theme, a kink, a keyword, a quote, whatever. Anything goes, but it must be HP; no crossovers. Field length: 100 characters.


ETA: If you make a mistake, or reconsider, you can edit your answer by going to the Fill out Poll page and re-submitting - if you're logged in properly, and LJ is cooperating.

Icon: "McTabby the Great Tartan Kitty, having caught the infamous vibrating ball" is the work of [info]jereeza - see a larger version of the pic here.



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[info]angie_v12
2004-04-17 02:56 pm UTC (link)
Tobermory. Somebody so needs to do a Tobermory!McGonagall fic. Er, no drabble suggestion intended ...

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[info]tinderblast
2004-04-17 10:34 pm UTC (link)
Brilliant! That's right! And I love the idea of a Tovermory crossover - how funny would that be, a Crookshanks/Minerva/Tobermory love triangle?

-brodie

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[info]angie_v12
2004-04-21 03:12 am UTC (link)
You know, with his attitude, Tobermory would be the perfect cat for Snape:

'You bought that monster?' said McGonagall, her mouth hanging open.

'He's brilliant, isn't he?' said Snape, glowing. 'Poor Tobermory, that witch said he'd been in there for ages: no one wanted him.'

'I wonder why,' said Dumbledore drily, as they set off towards the Leaky Cauldron.

And speaking of Saki, "Sredni Vashtar" has the makings of an excellent Riddlefic:

'Very few people know that before he went to the orphanage, Tom Riddle lived for several years with his mother's cousin, Eugenia Umbridge ...'

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excellent!
[info]tinderblast
2004-04-21 05:02 am UTC (link)
*eyes go all huge and shiny like bad anime*

Oh please - will you extend these? I'll offer up nutmeg for three days running if you do ...

I've friended you in the hope of seeing these snippets of brilliance showing up in an official fic that I could read and re-read. No matter - I'm still going to rec these little snippets ;-)

-brodie



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Re: excellent!
[info]angie_v12
2004-04-23 08:43 pm UTC (link)

Well, it's not exactly what you asked for, but I've written a Tobermory fic, for certain values of the word write ("obvious and disgusting bit of plagiarism" ... "open and revolting act of literary theft"). You're a bad influence, [info]tinderblast.

Pottermory

starring

Bellatrix Lestrange as Lady Blemley

Severus Snape as Clovis Sangrail

Lord Voldemort as Cornelius Appin

and

Minerva McGonagall as Tobermory

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the pleasure of being a bad influence
[info]tinderblast
2004-04-23 10:33 pm UTC (link)
*gasps with joy*

Oh, you didn't!

*rushes off to enjoy*

*pops back in to bleat 'Thank you!' before racing off*

-brodie

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