A New Friend
kittylefish10 Reviews | 5.0/10 (10 Ratings, 0 Likes, 0 Favorites )
An old friend and a new one brighten a lonely boy's world.
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my catalyst into the world of hp fanfic was the ignominious death of severus snape by snakebite in dh. grrrrr. he deserved better, and i set off on a mission to find it! i appreciate and admire the vast and limitless creativity of all of the wonderful writers on this site and in this fandom.
accordingly, for me it's mostly about snape: ss/le, ss/hg, ss/rl are my favorite ships. i especially like happy endings for those who did not get them at the hands of jkr.
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Aw, I think those extra 68 words were rather nice, myself! Shame about the pesky word count.
Response from kittylefish (Author of A New Friend)
thank you! i missed those words when i had to cut them - fortunately i could post the original here so they were not lost. usually, i just cut and don't keep the original - so silly - but this time i had a little more sense.
Response from kittylefish (Author of A New Friend)
thank you! i missed those words when i had to cut them - fortunately i could post the original here so they were not lost. usually, i just cut and don't keep the original - so silly - but this time i had a little more sense.
Can you imagine how differently things might have been had this been his introduction to Hogwarts? Reading on...
Response from kittylefish (Author of A New Friend)
i know it's not canon, but i like to imagine this might have actually happened - i could totally see lily introducing them.
Response from kittylefish (Author of A New Friend)
i know it's not canon, but i like to imagine this might have actually happened - i could totally see lily introducing them.
I know how hard it is to hit 100 words and that sacrifices must be made. Thank you for sharing the original version. Those words added some lovely little nuances.
Response from kittylefish (Author of A New Friend)
i did miss some of the little nuances i had to cut out, though i was mostly happy with the short version. there was one thing that i couldn't really get satisfactory in the shorter version, but probably nobody but me minds it, lol.
Response from kittylefish (Author of A New Friend)
i did miss some of the little nuances i had to cut out, though i was mostly happy with the short version. there was one thing that i couldn't really get satisfactory in the shorter version, but probably nobody but me minds it, lol.
That's a very wonderful little piece and could open the door to something much longer, but still feels fulfilling.
Response from kittylefish (Author of A New Friend)
thanks. i like to think they might have had some friendly times together before everything fell apart. :)
Response from kittylefish (Author of A New Friend)
thanks. i like to think they might have had some friendly times together before everything fell apart. :)
Even better in the longer version. Thank you.
Response from kittylefish (Author of A New Friend)
thank you! i appreciate your reading and reviewing both versions. i liked the longer one better, too - curse those word limits! :D
Response from kittylefish (Author of A New Friend)
thank you! i appreciate your reading and reviewing both versions. i liked the longer one better, too - curse those word limits! :D
I wish it had happend like that. Lovely thank you.
Response from kittylefish (Author of A New Friend)
who knows, it might have. one of the reasons it's fun to play around with these characters at this age is there's so much we don't know. i like to think that something like this might have happened. i've also written a few snape/lily things that i like to imagine happened, to give him a few pleasant memories ... thanks for the pretty flower! :D
Response from kittylefish (Author of A New Friend)
who knows, it might have. one of the reasons it's fun to play around with these characters at this age is there's so much we don't know. i like to think that something like this might have happened. i've also written a few snape/lily things that i like to imagine happened, to give him a few pleasant memories ... thanks for the pretty flower! :D
Lovely first meeting!
Response from kittylefish (Author of A New Friend)
thank you - i thought so! thanks for reading and reviewing, hon.
Response from kittylefish (Author of A New Friend)
thank you - i thought so! thanks for reading and reviewing, hon.
That's a good idea, posting the full version as well. :)
Response from kittylefish (Author of A New Friend)
thanks. i think i managed to keep everything that was really essential, but i did think it might be interesting to some people out there to see how the editing went. :D*hugs*
Response from kittylefish (Author of A New Friend)
thanks. i think i managed to keep everything that was really essential, but i did think it might be interesting to some people out there to see how the editing went. :D*hugs*
Fascinating to see the difference between the original and your shorter version. Personally I prefer the shorter one, but that's not to say your original wasn't just as good - only that you can say much more between the lines, and I think you achieved that beautifully because it's clear you put in a lot of time making every word count (for the word count :-) ).I know how Snape must have felt - the end made my heart go "twang" too.
Response from kittylefish (Author of A New Friend)
thank you so much for your kind words! i do think the spareness of the final version has a certain appeal. really, so many of those words weren't strictly speaking necessary. there was only one thing that bothered me at the time with the tight word count, and reading it now, it didn't bother me nearly as much, so it can't have been that bad.and snupin always makes my heart go 'twang,' lol. :D
Aww ... A nice glimpse into things before they became complicated.
Response from kittylefish (Author of A New Friend)
i like to imagine there might have been something like this before it all became what we saw in the books. thanks for stopping by. :)
Response from kittylefish (Author of A New Friend)
i like to imagine there might have been something like this before it all became what we saw in the books. thanks for stopping by. :)