Severus had the impression that Horatio was accustomed to dealing tactfully with the unhinged.
I can't imagine where he could have obtained such experience!
He decided that he didn’t mind being dealt with tactfully, at least not for the moment.
I find this strangely touching.
And I love your whole plot and series, and I look forward to the wreaking upon Romeo and Juliet.
I still am particularly fond of the moment where Severus considers Voldemort's opinion of court wizards and compares him to Hamlet. It occurs to me that in the wildly unlikely event that Voldemort ever made some attempt to reclaim Severus, Hamlet would defend him in the face of all attempts to accuse, charm (note lowercase), or threaten -- of course he couldn't do much about being enspelled, but on the other hand, Ophelia might have gotten hold of a wand by that point -- and anyway since I can't imagine how Voldemort would get there, it's really more about the sentiment backed up by effort than anything else.
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Date: 2011-02-19 06:33 am (UTC)I can't imagine where he could have obtained such experience!
He decided that he didn’t mind being dealt with tactfully, at least not for the moment.
I find this strangely touching.
And I love your whole plot and series, and I look forward to the wreaking upon Romeo and Juliet.
I still am particularly fond of the moment where Severus considers Voldemort's opinion of court wizards and compares him to Hamlet. It occurs to me that in the wildly unlikely event that Voldemort ever made some attempt to reclaim Severus, Hamlet would defend him in the face of all attempts to accuse, charm (note lowercase), or threaten -- of course he couldn't do much about being enspelled, but on the other hand, Ophelia might have gotten hold of a wand by that point -- and anyway since I can't imagine how Voldemort would get there, it's really more about the sentiment backed up by effort than anything else.