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Description SQUEE!!! I lurve Snape so much. I try and try to draw him canon...ic... ally?, and he STILL comes out SO CUTE! Must be the eyes. I reckon they must be his best facial feature. Hey, Jo, can I have him when you're done with him? I'll treat him really well and keep him nice ... er... grumpy and IC, I promise!

ANYWAYS. Yes. The drawing I've been working on when I should be working on other drawings. Ha!
Severus: "Just passable. You know, you've made my nose too big again, but I'll let it slide. This time."
Me: "YAY!"
Severus: "Now there's this other thing I want you to draw..."
Me: *annoyed* "I have OTHER things to draw besides you, you know."
S: *smirks* "Oh? Such as?"
M: "Like... arts I owe and arts I'm getting PAID for? When was the last time you paid me? And I don't necessarily mean money. Even a compliment..."
S: *cold gaze* "Pity. Well, I was going to let you draw my worst memory, since your work hadn't been quite so horrible as usual, but as you're not interested..." *walking away*
M: "Er... wait! Severus, can I do the layout for that? I'll get to it later, I swear!"
S: *sneers* "No, I don't think so. You're obviously far too busy to waste your precious time on the likes of me, so I'll just leave you to it. I suppose you could use the practice after all." *exits*
M: *cries*

Did I not TELL you he had taken up residence in my brain? What a complete git. But I LOVE HIM ANYWAY! That's probably the only reason he hangs around...

OOH! Props to Bill Watterson, creator of Calvin and Hobbes, who I love, and of the Chocolate Frosted Sugar Bombs cereal that I ripped off because it sounded totally like something Dumbles would eat.

And props to , whose colours I sorta gave to the Hobbes-oid tiger, for being awesome enough to be one of the two people who started me off drawing HP fanarts in the first place.


Anyways. The drabble for the picture follows!!!! may not be as good as my last one. I don't know...


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(Takes place on the first day of school that Severus ever taught... so he's about 20 years old)

Severus nervously swooped into the Great Hall, walking very quickly, and took his place at the table with the other teachers. The only place available now was right beside the Headmaster himself, who was prodding a couple of white objects in his morning drink. Much as he'd hated being late this morning, he honestly was not accustomed to getting up so early in the morning ... especially after a Meeting night. He shoved the memory of the night aside and tried to calm the storm raging in his mind, as Dumbledore had been trying to show him, but it was futile - not because he'd taken part in the torture of a Muggle family, but rather...

Put shortly, he was not looking forward to his first class. Even though he now had the authority to take points from them - something he'd never been able to do when at school such a short time ago - the seventh years would have heard about The Incident, if not seen it personally. Severus looked over the crowd of excited young wizards and witches, and the very thought of facing so many people who had personally witnessed the greatest humiliations of his life made him feel sick. He wished he could just crawl into the dungeons and stay there for a few years. Dumbledore had been mad to actually hire him, but he could ill afford to spurn the man's protection now, especially since it had been the Dark Lord's idea for him to apply for the DADA position anyway.

His life depended upon this. He would have to do what was necessary, however unpleasant, because now that he knew too much, survival was everything.

Severus pulled a corked phial from his sleeve, one of his favourite potions for calming and focusing his mind, mixed with a little bit of euphoric. It went nicely in coffee, and he pulled the cup closer.

He jerked and nearly dropped the phial at the sound of a soft voice to his left.

"I do hope you're not planning to make a habit of taking that. It is not wise to become overly dependent upon potions for one's well-being, even when the potion maker is so skilful as you are."

"No, Headmaster," he said softly, avoiding his gaze. "It's just for today."

Dumbledore said nothing. The Dark Lord would have Crucio'ed him on the spot, but then, the Dark Lord also would not have cared what sort of potions he might be taking.

"I remember my first day teaching," the headmaster said quietly. "It is understandable that you're nervous. You may not have been one of Slughorn's favourites, but I know that you're very bright. You'll do well."

He said nothing, only fidgeting with the cork.

"You really should eat something, Severus."

"I'm not hungry, thank you, sir," he said flatly, flinching inwardly once more, but again, Dumbledore did nothing.

Severus scowled, lost in thought for a few moments, his long slender fingers still fidgeting with the cork, wondering how best to approach his class.

“Are you certain you don’t want anything?” asked the Headmaster. When Severus turned to look at him, he could not help but stare in amazement.

Kids cereal. The illustrious Headmaster of Hogwarts, Albus P.W.B. Dumbledore, well over 130 years of age, has kids cereal for breakfast. Muggle kids cereal, no less, and of a type that Severus would never have been allowed to even think of eating when he was of a proper age to eat it.

“You may have as much as you like,” said the headmaster with a slight grin. “I got the decoder ring this morning.”

Having put his very life in the hands of this man, Severus could not bring himself to make any kind of response. He silently poured himself a double dose of the potion in his coffee and took a very, very long drink of it.
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Comments: 204

brewing-trouble In reply to ??? [2007-08-08 18:27:07 +0000 UTC]


thanks for fav'ing.

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jazmynmoon In reply to brewing-trouble [2007-08-08 18:51:26 +0000 UTC]

you welcome^^--^^ your signature is creepy

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little-immorality [2007-08-07 06:00:08 +0000 UTC]

...this makes me happy hahahaha

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brewing-trouble In reply to little-immorality [2007-08-07 16:02:26 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! And thanks for fav'ing.

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Storyweaver1 [2007-07-25 03:20:00 +0000 UTC]

Dumbledore looks awesome. Like a mischiefious glint in his eyes, love it! Love the concept too. It is all to easy to picture Dumbledore eating kiddy ceral, and digging for the decoder ring XD

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brewing-trouble In reply to Storyweaver1 [2007-08-07 17:52:02 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! And thanks for fav'ing.

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ChewiNoodlz [2007-07-24 23:32:19 +0000 UTC]

she would give him to u but hes dead

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brewing-trouble In reply to ChewiNoodlz [2007-08-07 17:54:34 +0000 UTC]

yeah, I know. It makes me sad.

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littlemissartemis [2007-07-15 10:46:06 +0000 UTC]

Chocolate Frosted Sugar Bombs? My favourite! I love the faces on their coffee mugs! But I beg to differ on the best facial feature. I'd say it's his nose. I like thin long noses on guys. I'm totally in love with Crispin Glover's nose.

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brewing-trouble In reply to littlemissartemis [2007-08-07 18:11:21 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

Eh, I didn't say big noses were bad.

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alissa26 [2007-07-02 15:41:46 +0000 UTC]

*teehee* Poor Severus, and lucky us for getting to see this. I love that you chose to write about (and draw) his first day of teaching.

Of course the execution just makes the idea that much better. If someone were to tell me that JKR had written this on a whim, just to pass time, I would have believed them. You have that quirky humorous element of the books down perfectly.

And the drawing, well, everyone has sung its praises quite thoroughly (and with good reason) so I'll just say that I love what you've done with the coffee. Namely, Dumbledore looks like he takes his with cream, sugar, and marshmallows and Snape's is just black. Perhaps the magical coffee cups change depending upon what's put in the coffee...

Anyway, wonderful job, and I think I might have to start watching you!

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brewing-trouble In reply to alissa26 [2007-08-07 17:48:51 +0000 UTC]

Wow... very in-depth comment. I love British style humour.

Dumbledore's morning drink is meant to be hot chocolate, though, but the cups are meant to suit the typical morning mood of whoever's drink it is.

Thanks! And thanks for fav'ing and watching.

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TaNebetThu [2007-05-03 08:09:32 +0000 UTC]

So cute! (And it is rather scary to say that about Snape...)

I think he would rather have a bowl of frog spawn for breakfast than those "chocolate frosted sugar bombs"...

Dumbledore's sweet, too! I love his eyes

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brewing-trouble In reply to TaNebetThu [2007-08-07 18:29:30 +0000 UTC]

Thanks muchly!

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escaflowne006 [2007-04-21 09:12:35 +0000 UTC]

Awesome I love their expressions

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brewing-trouble In reply to escaflowne006 [2007-08-07 19:23:53 +0000 UTC]

Thank you. And thanks for the fav!

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AnnStrud [2007-04-09 13:29:57 +0000 UTC]

I agree... we can try and try to draw Snape canon, he IS tooooo cute!!!

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brewing-trouble In reply to AnnStrud [2007-08-07 19:24:38 +0000 UTC]

Thanks, and thanks for faving!

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Veronika-Art [2007-04-05 15:18:51 +0000 UTC]

Fun and brilliant!

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brewing-trouble In reply to Veronika-Art [2007-04-07 23:09:24 +0000 UTC]


thanks for ing

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PipinsAncestor [2007-03-24 12:32:57 +0000 UTC]

*falls off chair laughing*

I LOVE Dumbles!! Haha, I so pictured him eating frosties or something in the morning and playing with the small plastic toys!! X]

Haha, woop for the Hobbes-esque tiger on the front of the cereal package too!!

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brewing-trouble In reply to PipinsAncestor [2007-03-31 01:20:15 +0000 UTC]

hehehe it sort of fits, doesn't it?

Thank you.

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IllusionOfLunatics [2007-01-31 09:58:14 +0000 UTC]

Ho,ho, well drawn. Like the smilely and the not so smilely faces.

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brewing-trouble In reply to IllusionOfLunatics [2007-04-03 12:26:44 +0000 UTC]

lol thanks muchly

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Dagould1984 [2006-12-12 21:22:15 +0000 UTC]

Excellent scene. I wish they actually made Chocolate Frosted Sugar Bombs...closest thing now is Coco Puffs.

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brewing-trouble In reply to Dagould1984 [2007-04-03 12:47:23 +0000 UTC]

yeah... that would be awesome, wouldn't it? I sort of miss cocoa puffs, I haven't seen them here in Australia. Of course, that could also be because I don't eat breakfast anymore...

LOL thanks!

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SuseDolAmroth [2006-11-20 09:07:33 +0000 UTC]

It's all about the details, I love the cups...

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brewing-trouble In reply to SuseDolAmroth [2007-04-03 12:44:42 +0000 UTC]

Thank you.

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Limlight [2006-10-20 16:07:05 +0000 UTC]

Awww, he is cute. I want to give him a hug!

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brewing-trouble In reply to Limlight [2006-11-07 10:27:34 +0000 UTC]

hehe thanks!

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FallenAurora [2006-10-16 23:13:52 +0000 UTC]

Dumbledore would totally eat that and love the prize to bits. Very cute!! Severus's expression is classic!

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brewing-trouble In reply to FallenAurora [2006-11-07 10:26:35 +0000 UTC]

LOL thanks!

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SoniCalvin [2006-10-07 22:53:16 +0000 UTC]

HAH! Brilliant! *faved*

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brewing-trouble In reply to SoniCalvin [2006-10-11 10:04:30 +0000 UTC]

thanks!

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shadowquill [2006-09-15 22:40:50 +0000 UTC]

Hahahahahaha! Favorite! Definetly!

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brewing-trouble In reply to shadowquill [2006-10-11 10:04:06 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

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Voldekimi [2006-08-09 23:36:11 +0000 UTC]

I love calvin and hobes and I LOVE harry potter.. you have got the best of BOTH worlds here!! Keep up the GREAT WORK!!!

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brewing-trouble In reply to Voldekimi [2006-10-11 10:03:44 +0000 UTC]

thank you! Heh, I've been enough of a C&H fan in my life to get them tattooed on my left ankle. Don't have a Dark Mark anywhere yet, though.

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Voldekimi In reply to brewing-trouble [2006-10-11 13:31:45 +0000 UTC]

soon enough.. ahah

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SeveruSeprentine [2006-07-19 00:48:31 +0000 UTC]

Vair Vair nice. I shall be faving and stalking you now. check my stuff. He's a bit OOC, but I had to do that for the story to work. I still loves him. BTW, he lives in my head too.

Severus: *looks away, pretending he has no idea WHO THE HELL I am...*

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brewing-trouble In reply to SeveruSeprentine [2006-10-11 10:02:53 +0000 UTC]

lol thanks.

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redKakumei [2006-06-30 13:15:39 +0000 UTC]

... xDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD Too funny for me... xDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD DDD!!!

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brewing-trouble In reply to redKakumei [2006-10-11 10:01:19 +0000 UTC]

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mischaleigh [2006-06-23 20:32:56 +0000 UTC]

Ahh, that is so awesome. I really like it, especially the little faces on the mugs.

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brewing-trouble In reply to mischaleigh [2006-06-24 15:32:24 +0000 UTC]

thanks! Yeah, those little mood mug guys seem to be pretty popular!

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memyselfandAyame [2006-06-23 03:42:04 +0000 UTC]

ahh, the fic, the fic! the ideal situation for his first day teaching. I love it!

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brewing-trouble In reply to memyselfandAyame [2006-06-24 15:31:42 +0000 UTC]

thank you!

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memyselfandAyame In reply to brewing-trouble [2006-06-25 05:27:46 +0000 UTC]

you're welcome!@^_^

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brewing-trouble In reply to memyselfandAyame [2006-06-25 11:12:11 +0000 UTC]

btw thanks for fav'ing.

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memyselfandAyame In reply to brewing-trouble [2006-06-27 20:34:48 +0000 UTC]

you're very welcome!! ^^

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