Dear Me
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peskipiksi
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Actor, singer, hypnotist from Cornwall, UK.
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Hm, should you ever get around, would you mind writing a sequel to this? It would be interesting to see what Severus thinks about this letter after the Mudblood incident. His older self promised him that things would get better...
Response from peskipiksi (Author of Dear Me)
I am thinking about it, I promise. Just working out how to do it without changing EVERYTHING! I don't want to go AU if I can help it. But I'm on it.
Response from morgaine_dulac (Reviewer)
Sweet. Good luck!
Response from peskipiksi (Author of Dear Me)
I am thinking about it, I promise. Just working out how to do it without changing EVERYTHING! I don't want to go AU if I can help it. But I'm on it.
Response from morgaine_dulac (Reviewer)
Sweet. Good luck!
How interesting! I've not read anything like it, and that's remarkable given how much fanfic I've read over the years. I hope when I go to your page, there's much more of your work to read. Thanks for such special creativity.
Response from peskipiksi (Author of Dear Me)
Thank you for such a lovely review. You might like 'Snape's Diary' and 'Submission Rules', which are both comic pieces.
Response from peskipiksi (Author of Dear Me)
Thank you for such a lovely review. You might like 'Snape's Diary' and 'Submission Rules', which are both comic pieces.
Awww. poor Sev.
Response from peskipiksi (Author of Dear Me)
I know :( But at least I gave him a glimmer of hope.
Response from peskipiksi (Author of Dear Me)
I know :( But at least I gave him a glimmer of hope.
Very cool. I like that it's only a few years in the future, when he's still innocent. I think you captured very well what a 13 year old would say to a 9 year old.
Response from peskipiksi (Author of Dear Me)
Thanks! I didn't want to get into changing the canon facts so had to keep it pre- "Mudblood!"
Response from peskipiksi (Author of Dear Me)
Thanks! I didn't want to get into changing the canon facts so had to keep it pre- "Mudblood!"
Oh, goodness. This is sort of sweet and sad all at once. Imagine the useful things he could tell his younger self here in the next few years. That would change everything. When it comes down to it, he probably wishes someone would have good him at age nine that there was life after Spinner's End.
Response from peskipiksi (Author of Dear Me)
Thanks. :) This was the only bit of his life I could use without changing everything. Am trying to work out how to write more, but not having much luck!
Response from peskipiksi (Author of Dear Me)
Thanks. :) This was the only bit of his life I could use without changing everything. Am trying to work out how to write more, but not having much luck!
Now his MUCH older self needs to send his 16 year old self one serious letter. Better yet, give the formula to Dumbledore to let him clue himself in about the Horcruxes (during the first war) and problem mostly solved (except the whole 'James Potter raining on my Lily parade' part. Enjoyed! Thanks!
Response from peskipiksi (Author of Dear Me)
Except that would make pretty much the whole of Harry's story null and void! Glad you enjoyed it :)
Response from Phyllidia (Reviewer)
Yeah, I know that. It would be waaaaaay AU. I could see it done in humor. Hmmmm.........jots down notes.
Response from peskipiksi (Author of Dear Me)
Am trying to work out if I can do more letters and keep it canon. Something along the lines of 'You told ne life would be perfect but I still got bullied so I won't believe anything you say.' Hmmmm.... also jots down notes ;)
Response from peskipiksi (Author of Dear Me)
Except that would make pretty much the whole of Harry's story null and void! Glad you enjoyed it :)
Response from Phyllidia (Reviewer)
Yeah, I know that. It would be waaaaaay AU. I could see it done in humor. Hmmmm.........jots down notes.
Response from peskipiksi (Author of Dear Me)
Am trying to work out if I can do more letters and keep it canon. Something along the lines of 'You told ne life would be perfect but I still got bullied so I won't believe anything you say.' Hmmmm.... also jots down notes ;)
But the Marauders were already tormenting him. How could he tell his younger self that life would be perfect? I do like the idea of more letters to his younger self. Hmm, could he leave his Potions notebook to his younger self? Thank you for writing!
Response from peskipiksi (Author of Dear Me)
Yes, I did rthink about that. I suppose I thought that on balance Lily's friendship cancels it out, or maybe it did at the moment of writring. Didn't really want him to write to a nine year old 'Btw, there's a group of little s***s who'll make you life hell.' LOL.Have just thought - the fact that his future self 'lied by ommission' might be very useful if I write any more of these - nothing he says can be trusted by his younger self. Thanks for pointing that out!
Response from peskipiksi (Author of Dear Me)
Yes, I did rthink about that. I suppose I thought that on balance Lily's friendship cancels it out, or maybe it did at the moment of writring. Didn't really want him to write to a nine year old 'Btw, there's a group of little s***s who'll make you life hell.' LOL.Have just thought - the fact that his future self 'lied by ommission' might be very useful if I write any more of these - nothing he says can be trusted by his younger self. Thanks for pointing that out!
Very interesting. And clever! I know you've written a sequel (which is how I knew to read this first), and I can't wait to see what happens.Beth
Response from peskipiksi (Author of Dear Me)
Thanks. I hope you like the sequel.
Pity he didn't tell himself not to use the word "mudblood".
Response from peskipiksi (Author of Dear Me)
Oh yes, but at 13 we have little evidence from 'The Prince's Tale' that he was in with the budding DE crowd yet. That's why I kept him young, I wanted to steer well away from any of the things he did wrong so I didn't change HP history!
Response from peskipiksi (Author of Dear Me)
Oh yes, but at 13 we have little evidence from 'The Prince's Tale' that he was in with the budding DE crowd yet. That's why I kept him young, I wanted to steer well away from any of the things he did wrong so I didn't change HP history!
Poor older Severus. He has no clue what is in store for him and Lily.
Response from peskipiksi (Author of Dear Me)
I know; poor bloke. That's why I couldn't send a letter from adult Severus - it would have changed everything. He had to still be innocent.
Response from peskipiksi (Author of Dear Me)
I know; poor bloke. That's why I couldn't send a letter from adult Severus - it would have changed everything. He had to still be innocent.
Sev's optimism is rather a blow to the gut, given what we know about Lily and his never having to cry again. Though, knowing the older Snape, he probably decided never to cry again at some point.I'd love to read a letter from a later point in time. Perhaps young Sev could send old Sev a letter? A correspondance could be interesting (and entertaining!).
Response from peskipiksi (Author of Dear Me)
Yeah, he probably decided not to cry, but didn't manage to stick to it, as we know. I've got ideas about later letters, but Ineed to think a bit more to avoid messing up fixed points in Sev's timeline. And of course, I'd have to sacrifice more owls! Thanks for reviewing :)
Response from peskipiksi (Author of Dear Me)
Yeah, he probably decided not to cry, but didn't manage to stick to it, as we know. I've got ideas about later letters, but Ineed to think a bit more to avoid messing up fixed points in Sev's timeline. And of course, I'd have to sacrifice more owls! Thanks for reviewing :)
So very poignant; 'future' Sev's optimism from the perspective of the reader who knows what is still to come makes this oh, so bittersweet.
Response from peskipiksi (Author of Dear Me)
Thanks. I did try to ramp up the sad irony wherever possible.
Response from peskipiksi (Author of Dear Me)
Thanks. I did try to ramp up the sad irony wherever possible.
I love this! The part about Lily which actually choked me up a bit (???). Brillian about the potion and the owl, too; that part at the end about burying the owl cracked me up. You really captured the voice of a younger than our usual Snape. Can he send another letter later?!?!
Response from peskipiksi (Author of Dear Me)
Thanks! I felt sorry for the poor owl, but it had to die - we couldn't have Snape inventing a Time Travel Potion! I'll have to think about another letter - I've got ideas, but it would mean another poor owl has to die ;)
Response from peskipiksi (Author of Dear Me)
Thanks! I felt sorry for the poor owl, but it had to die - we couldn't have Snape inventing a Time Travel Potion! I'll have to think about another letter - I've got ideas, but it would mean another poor owl has to die ;)