Gracias!

Merci beaucoup!

Me too, but Snapey gave me a look that said I should butt out, or else.

There should be a Quidditch team - Flying Monkeys of Oz. Actually, I would like a pair of Portkey slippers!

I figured that Harry, Ginny, Neville, etc. would never tell their kids about their own war exploits, but Snapey is fair game. Snape is like Santa Claus – he only comes by once a year, so you better behave when he shows up 'cos he can read your mind. Now that would scare kids into eating their vegetables!

Your dad sounds like Snapey!  just to hear us groan. Heh-heh!

No Disney-fied tales on your childhood bookshelf!   Snapey is aware of Diamonds and Toads, but he is not fond of tales with snakes.  He would be very unhappy to have someone in his Potions class who drops diamonds, flowers, toads, or especially snakes from their mouth and into their cauldron. Well, actually, he could live with the diamonds and pearls...Thank you for commenting! Snapey says, "Eat your vegetables and then brush your teeth."

Definitely, she traded up from Won-Won.  And you're right, flying monkeys are much more advanced magic than those flying canaries she used to cast. Yay for flying minions!

Snape wants you to know that if she'd had a Slytherin to advise her, Elphaba would never have been forced to leave Oz. And he would only change fairy tale endings to be more.... realistic. And with less singing and dancing.

Snape does eat his vegetables: chips, with a little malt and vinegar.

Thank you!  No, no diabetic coma here.

I'm sorry, I was writing this in between longer writing projects.  One day, maaaaaaaaybe, there could be a longer tale, in which... hmm.... Elphaba is a half-blood, as is Snapey, so.... hmmm....

I was scared by the witch's feet, shriveling up under the house. Brrrr!Scarecrow tells the Tin Man and the Lion what the monkeys did to him, taking bits of him and tossing them all over: he was de-strawed. (get it? destroyed?)Cowardly Lion: "I'm just a dandy-lion."Yup, great lines!

I was scared by the witch's feet, shriveling up under the house. Brrrr!Scarecrow tells the Tin Man and the Lion what the monkeys did to him, taking bits of him and tossing them all over: he was de-strawed. (get it? destroyed?)Cowardly Lion: "I'm just a dandy-lion."Yup, great lines!

I think Severus would have spent lots of time reading as a small child, until he got a wand and started learning about magic. No Disney swill for him!I envision a scene just after he accepted Dumbledore's offer to become a Hogwarts teacher. FInally, he has a few moments to read, and he finds his old copy of the first Oz book. He reads it... Glinda tells Dorothy that she always had the power to go home, she never needed the great Wizard of Oz. Snape weeps, realizing he should have known all along that he didn't need Voldemort. He had his own magical power all along, and Voldemort - like the Wizard of Oz - was really an imposter. Thank you for the review!

I get more of a “Great and Powerful Oz” vibe from Dumbledore than from Voldemort, but I think that’s from the later books, where Oscar Diggs a kindly-but-useless father figure.

I think Severus would have spent lots of time reading as a small child, until he got a wand and started learning about magic. No Disney swill for him!I envision a scene just after he accepted Dumbledore's offer to become a Hogwarts teacher. FInally, he has a few moments to read, and he finds his old copy of the first Oz book. He reads it... Glinda tells Dorothy that she always had the power to go home, she never needed the great Wizard of Oz. Snape weeps, realizing he should have known all along that he didn't need Voldemort. He had his own magical power all along, and Voldemort - like the Wizard of Oz - was really an imposter. Thank you for the review!

I get more of a “Great and Powerful Oz” vibe from Dumbledore than from Voldemort, but I think that’s from the later books, where Oscar Diggs a kindly-but-useless father figure.