Minerva McTabby ([info]mctabby) wrote,
@ 2009-06-26 23:14:00
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Current mood:back and rhyming
Entry tags:my rhymes

the Snape we love is unredeemed [verse, gen, G]
the Snape we love is unredeemed
with ugly nose and greasy hair
with bitter eyes and viper tongue
the boy in old grey underwear

his real Patronus is a bat
his Potions skill is much esteemed
he never spares the Potter brat
the Snape we love is unredeemed

he'd never leave a Snape-shaped hole
he'd sneer at any marriage law
he took the Mark for Voldemort
he split his soul for Dumbledore

the Snape we love is unredeemed
there's more to him than Lily's loss
he doesn't think they sort too soon
he really couldn't give a toss

forever more than what he seemed
forever doomed, yet made of win
the Snape we love is unredeemed
the quintessential Slytherin

[with apologies to the boys i mean are not refined by e.e. cummings]


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[info]rane_ab
2009-06-26 10:22 pm UTC (link)
OMG, that is brilliant. Both in spirit and form. Yes.

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[info]mctabby
2009-06-26 10:48 pm UTC (link)
*bows* Thank you for the kind words! :) *waves a Snape*

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[info]florence_craye
2009-06-26 10:30 pm UTC (link)
Ohhhh yes so true

can I get a squee in the house?

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[info]mctabby
2009-06-26 10:49 pm UTC (link)
Thanks for reading and squeeing! :D

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[info]noeon
2009-06-26 10:48 pm UTC (link)
This is just fantastic. You master the meter and mettle of your character. I love love love this. So fluid, so sly. YES! I can only shout an emphatic YES to this.

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[info]mctabby
2009-06-26 10:54 pm UTC (link)
Hee! Thank you so much! I was indeed going for the YES. :D

("fluid" and "sly" are very Slythy compliments, how sweet of you!)

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(no subject) - [info]noeon, 2009-06-26 11:04 pm UTC

[info]resonant8
2009-06-26 10:50 pm UTC (link)
I'm kind of in love with you. Just so you know.

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[info]mctabby
2009-06-26 11:04 pm UTC (link)
Honored by the Sister Suffragette icon! Thank you! :) *waves*

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[info]mybrokenlocket
2009-06-26 10:56 pm UTC (link)
This is brilliant! I sent the link to a friend, one who has enthusiasm for both Snape and e.e. cummings.

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[info]mctabby
2009-06-26 11:06 pm UTC (link)
Thanks so much! and I hope your friend enjoys it too. :)

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[info]shiv5468
2009-06-26 10:58 pm UTC (link)
he doesn't think they sort too soon
he really couldn't give a toss

Bloody amen!

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[info]mctabby
2009-06-26 11:09 pm UTC (link)
Yes, that Gryffindor line... *cough* *eyeroll* Alas, earwax.

Thanks for reading! :D

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[info]cheyinka
2009-06-26 11:29 pm UTC (link)
Hee! I liked this. :D

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[info]mctabby
2009-06-26 11:41 pm UTC (link)
Thank you! :) *waves*

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[info]annabtg
2009-06-26 11:33 pm UTC (link)
Very well done!

And WORD TO THAT.

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[info]mctabby
2009-06-26 11:44 pm UTC (link)
Thanks for reading! WORD to your WORD! :D

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[info]ziasudra_fic
2009-06-26 11:38 pm UTC (link)
I do love my unredeemed Snape *g*

This is brilliant! I'm sure even unredeemed!Snape would give you a "grudging" applause for this (while secretly loving it).

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[info]mctabby
2009-06-26 11:47 pm UTC (link)
Glad you enjoyed it! He'd probably hex me for presumption, but I could deal.

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(no subject) - [info]tekalynn, 2009-06-27 10:09 pm UTC

[info]aegflota
2009-06-26 11:58 pm UTC (link)
forever doomed, yet made of win

This is also made of win, my dear [info]mctabby!

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[info]mctabby
2009-06-27 12:20 am UTC (link)
*purrs* Thank you kindly, Dear Reader. :)

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[info]iibnf
2009-06-27 12:09 am UTC (link)
Applause.

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[info]mctabby
2009-06-27 12:21 am UTC (link)
*curtseys* Thank you! :)

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[info]sinick
2009-06-27 12:09 am UTC (link)
Absolutely amazing. It's always a pleasure to read a poet who gives a damn about rhyme and metre, and the character observations are utterly spot on.

*applauds wildly* Brava!

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[info]mctabby
2009-06-27 12:23 am UTC (link)
Hey, it's no fun without metre. I give whole heaps of damns!

So glad you enjoyed this. Thank you. :)

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[info]bethbethbeth
2009-06-27 12:13 am UTC (link)
I really like cummings, but I LOVE this poem.

(would it be weird to admit it almost made me cry?)

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[info]mctabby
2009-06-27 12:31 am UTC (link)
Would it be weird of me to lick your comment? That's how much I appreciate it. :D

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[info]helzebel
2009-06-27 12:17 am UTC (link)
YES.

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[info]mctabby
2009-06-27 12:32 am UTC (link)
Hee! Thank you. :)

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[info]subcon_ruler
2009-06-27 12:41 am UTC (link)
I love E.E. Cummings. And anything that looks even remotely like the way he writes. XD

I thought this was a villanelle at first, and now I want to write a Snape villanelle and read it in an old-school Dylan Thomas style voice. XD

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[info]mctabby
2009-06-27 01:11 am UTC (link)
Thanks for reading! And yay for the very idea of a Snape villanelle. :)

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(no subject) - [info]aegflota, 2009-06-27 08:53 am UTC

[info]kennahijja
2009-06-27 01:08 am UTC (link)
Oh, YES! So true, so brilliant - Snape as he should be, greasy bat, not misty doe :). And whoa, you really win at meter on top of winning at character!

And I love e.e. cummings, but that one I've never seen - thanks!

Again, it's *so* good to have you back! QED'd!

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[info]mctabby
2009-06-27 01:32 am UTC (link)
*hugs* Let's just call it the greasy bat poem. Thanks so much, Hijja! As ever, your reviews make me roll over and purr. :D

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[info]ch_ar_me
2009-06-27 01:22 am UTC (link)
heeeee this is so much love :D

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[info]mctabby
2009-06-27 01:32 am UTC (link)
So glad you enjoyed it. Thank you! :)

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[info]rose_gialle
2009-06-27 01:48 am UTC (link)
*purrs in pleasure* I have missed you.

Bravo!

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[info]mctabby
2009-06-27 10:21 am UTC (link)
Ahh, it's good to be HP-rhyming again! :D Thank you! *hearts*

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[info]somniesperus
2009-06-27 02:19 am UTC (link)
*applause and bravos*

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[info]mctabby
2009-06-27 10:22 am UTC (link)
*bows* Thank you, kind lurker! :) *waves*

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[info]ap_aelfwine
2009-06-27 03:37 am UTC (link)
Very nice!

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[info]mctabby
2009-06-27 10:23 am UTC (link)
Glad you enjoyed! :D

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[info]rikibeth
2009-06-27 04:22 am UTC (link)
That is MADE OF AWESOME. Brava!

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[info]mctabby
2009-06-27 10:24 am UTC (link)
Thanks for reading and capslocking! (And mmm, Snape/Rosier.)

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[info]tekalynn
2009-06-27 04:29 am UTC (link)
HELL YEAH!

Thank you.

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[info]mctabby
2009-06-27 10:26 am UTC (link)
*hearts the HELL YEAH!* Thanks for reading this Snape-verse! :)

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[info]iulia_linnea
2009-06-27 04:35 am UTC (link)
Oh, excellent! *loves*

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[info]mctabby
2009-06-27 10:30 am UTC (link)
Thank you! :) *waves*

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[info]berseker
2009-06-27 05:08 am UTC (link)
there's more to him than Lily's loss
he doesn't think they sort too soon
he really couldn't give a toss


YES. I love you so much for this, it´s BRILLIANT!

*favs*

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[info]mctabby
2009-06-27 10:38 am UTC (link)
I'm so glad to hear you enjoyed this. Thanks for reading! :)

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[info]kribu
2009-06-27 08:27 am UTC (link)
Ohh, excellent! And so very true!

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[info]mctabby
2009-06-27 10:42 am UTC (link)
*waves cheerily* Thanks! Glad you liked it! :D

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