The Lamentable Comedy of Severus, Half-Blood Prince of Denmark

Right, so I finally have a little writing time, so I thought I'd post the first installment of an extremely silly HP / Renaissance drama crossover crackfic. This was inspired by a dream I had a few years ago, in which I found the original manuscripts of a bunch of Shakespeare's tragedies, and Severus Snape was a character in all of them. He had to be edited out because he kept saving the day, whether with his encyclopedic knowledge of potions or his penchant for giving snarky-but-accurate advice, and preventing the tragic conclusion.

Thanks to lareinenoire for allowing me to borrow the idea of Dumbledore sending young!Snape abroad to study with Dr. Faustus, which she originated in the fabulous Be All My Secrets Remembered. My own earlier take on Faustus' relationship to the wizarding world can be found here.

Naturally, this is about as AU as it gets.

( The Lamentable Comedy of Severus, Half-Blood Prince of Denmark. Very Tragical Mirth )