For Shadowycat from Horace
Mar. 11th, 2018 02:22 pmDear Shadowycat,
My warmest congratulations on this, your birthday! May the new year be filled with laughter and sunshine.
And perhaps this little gift of mine will be a first step towards laughter, or at least a wry chuckle ...
It's not much of a story. It all started back in September, when TRS approached me, all starry-eyed enthusiasm, with a request to use my correspondance in a story for you.
Of course I acquiesced. I like that little Christmas do of hers, and one always tries to contribute. And I also thought it would not be a bad thing if you were to think of me a bit more - Minerva and Severus may be famous war heroes, but there are more stories to tell, and, perhaps, pictures to show.
You'll forgive an old man his vanity, I'm sure.
But alas, the story was beyond TRS's meagre talents, and she, too, ended up scribbling about what we oldsters begin to call The Golden Duo.
For your birthday, I've selected some of those letters I gave TRS. Together, they offer a little vignette - it really isn't much more than that, but one hopes to please, regardless - of a small yet not quite insignificant thread in the grand tapestry of Hogywarts' History.
Enjoy, my dear Shadowycat, have a wonderful birthday and a wonderful year! TRS joins me in the congratulations, of course.
Yours most fondly,
Horace Slughorn
Title: How Gilderoy Got Hired
Summary: assorted correspondance of Horace Slughorn, edited by TRS and properly edited by
kellychambliss, who did a brilliant job. All remaining flaws are TRS's. What can one say? The poor thing really tried.
Below the cut you'll also find the wonderful illustration
shadowycat did for this story.
( How Gilderoy Got Hired )
My warmest congratulations on this, your birthday! May the new year be filled with laughter and sunshine.
And perhaps this little gift of mine will be a first step towards laughter, or at least a wry chuckle ...
It's not much of a story. It all started back in September, when TRS approached me, all starry-eyed enthusiasm, with a request to use my correspondance in a story for you.
Of course I acquiesced. I like that little Christmas do of hers, and one always tries to contribute. And I also thought it would not be a bad thing if you were to think of me a bit more - Minerva and Severus may be famous war heroes, but there are more stories to tell, and, perhaps, pictures to show.
You'll forgive an old man his vanity, I'm sure.
But alas, the story was beyond TRS's meagre talents, and she, too, ended up scribbling about what we oldsters begin to call The Golden Duo.
For your birthday, I've selected some of those letters I gave TRS. Together, they offer a little vignette - it really isn't much more than that, but one hopes to please, regardless - of a small yet not quite insignificant thread in the grand tapestry of Hogywarts' History.
Enjoy, my dear Shadowycat, have a wonderful birthday and a wonderful year! TRS joins me in the congratulations, of course.
Yours most fondly,
Horace Slughorn
Title: How Gilderoy Got Hired
Summary: assorted correspondance of Horace Slughorn, edited by TRS and properly edited by
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Below the cut you'll also find the wonderful illustration
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( How Gilderoy Got Hired )