Re: Professor Grunge, indeed :-)
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The overtones of "Mr. Holland's Opus"
Heh. "Good-bye, Mr. Chips" was the first thing that sprang to mind when I saw what direction this thing was going to take, but "Mr. Holland's Opus" is pretty much a modern version of the same thing. Can you tell I had fun writing this?
But then, Severus has a "Missy," OMG.
Generic nickname for a little girl, but her actual name probably is Melissa, which I think Severus would like well enough. He'd never name an owl "Puffkins," though, even if he still used owls. ;-)
Love the connections you draw between bullying and misuse of the Dark Arts! And between magical healing and music.
THANK YOU. That was the serious point in an otherwise silly story, and I am so glad you made a point of letting me know you appreciated it.
Although I must admit, grunge always struck me as being less like healing than the Dark Arts... possibly even an Unforgivable.
Awwww... I never was into grunge, myself, but I'm not gonna go that far. ;-) Anyway, I'm not saying Severus was literally teaching the grunge style in his music classes (for magic or otherwise), just that he inspired the look that the original youthful creators of grunge adopted. I figure he drew on a more classical tradition, and possibly old folk-music traditions, in teaching students to craft magical melodies.
But a Severus who can imagine lolling about the campus lawn smoking dope and Transfiguring my textbooks into bongs has definitely got the Seattle spirit!
Hee hee. I've only been in Seattle once, and not as a college student, but I can assure you that my first exposure to the existence of bongs was on a college campus. The real question is: was Severus able to Transfigure bongs into textbooks? "Shit. Forgot my 20th-century Music History text. Borrow your bong?"
Heh. "Good-bye, Mr. Chips" was the first thing that sprang to mind when I saw what direction this thing was going to take, but "Mr. Holland's Opus" is pretty much a modern version of the same thing. Can you tell I had fun writing this?
But then, Severus has a "Missy," OMG.
Generic nickname for a little girl, but her actual name probably is Melissa, which I think Severus would like well enough. He'd never name an owl "Puffkins," though, even if he still used owls. ;-)
Love the connections you draw between bullying and misuse of the Dark Arts! And between magical healing and music.
THANK YOU. That was the serious point in an otherwise silly story, and I am so glad you made a point of letting me know you appreciated it.
Although I must admit, grunge always struck me as being less like healing than the Dark Arts... possibly even an Unforgivable.
Awwww... I never was into grunge, myself, but I'm not gonna go that far. ;-) Anyway, I'm not saying Severus was literally teaching the grunge style in his music classes (for magic or otherwise), just that he inspired the look that the original youthful creators of grunge adopted. I figure he drew on a more classical tradition, and possibly old folk-music traditions, in teaching students to craft magical melodies.
But a Severus who can imagine lolling about the campus lawn smoking dope and Transfiguring my textbooks into bongs has definitely got the Seattle spirit!
Hee hee. I've only been in Seattle once, and not as a college student, but I can assure you that my first exposure to the existence of bongs was on a college campus. The real question is: was Severus able to Transfigure bongs into textbooks? "Shit. Forgot my 20th-century Music History text. Borrow your bong?"