Snape Manor

[icarus]

Well, now that many of you have read OotP, I'm going to post vague references to it in my LJ. Any specifics will still go under cut tags.

I expected 'Primer to the Dark Arts' to be hit out of the ballpark into AU territory. That situation is better than I expected, although the main issue is the characterisation of Harry is definitely based on GoF (though it takes off in its own direction).

I didn't expect JKR to write many of my ideas for 'Snape Manor'. My jaw dropped as I read them. The general idea was in OotP, even some specifics were very similar. I can't tell you what that's like, to find your ideas in print before you've written them, to know now that you're going to come off as a rip-off when the intent was to write something fairly original. Sigh. Well, it's fanfiction anyway. I wish I hadn't waited to post.

My first reaction was 'I'm not going to write Snape Manor now. It's already been done.' Now that I've calmed down, I think that the focus of 'Snape Manor' is simply going to change. Thank you to those of you who have urged me not to drop 'Snape Manor', your comments were a ray of light in a bleak moment.

Comments

[laurelwood.livejournal.com]

It's a shame that happened. It must have felt awfully disconcerting.

My favorite feature of your writing has always been the way you describe magical surroundings and innovations. It's too bad that you have to shift the focus, but since you're a highly competent storyteller on all fronts, I'm betting it still ends up being a great story.

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

since you're a highly competent storyteller on all fronts

Wow. Thank you so much. That really means a lot to me. We'll see what happens with the Manor. I have three chapters already partially written from before.

~Icarus