Happy birthday this 12th May to ...

[snorkackcatcher]

esmeria!

While I'm here, a few odds and ends ... I should mention the latest Niffle of Rat by Vindictus Viridian (a Marauder prank tale with Peter as the prankster). I see no-one has guessed which fic I did for springtime_gen. And I so would have liked to refer this poster to Bound for Detention. :)

Lyrics: The last one was Leonard Cohen's Tower of Song from 1988, one of his many fine songs, as gilpin25, a_t_rain, and finmagik all recognised.

Another oldie I just happen to like (from someone I discovered today was apparently George Harrison's best man when he got hitched the second time. Well, I never):

Dad's gone down the dogtrack, Mother's playin' bingo
Grandad's swearin' at the telly, tryin' to make the thing go
No one seems to notice me, isn't it a sin ... (1960s)

Comments

[gloryforever.livejournal.com]

Aah, I'm all for oldies. This one is, I think, "What a crazy world we're living in"

[lazy-neutrino.livejournal.com]

That's what I thought.

And snorkackcatcher, I'm still working through the fics trying to guess. May I ask if you used a beta?

No one has guessed mine either. You're one of the two people who might know, actually (apart from the mods) depending on whether or not you're set up to receive comment notifications.

[snorkackcatcher]

I do get comment notifications, I'm afraid, so I won't 'guess' as it would be cheating! I wouldn't have guessed it was you though, as they aren't your usual characters. :) (A couple of people have guessed you for other fics, I see.)

I did use a beta, but obviously it wasn't possible to name names (I'll have to ask the mods to include the name afterwards).

[lazy-neutrino.livejournal.com]

I was happily replying to comments and then noticed I'd forgotten to click the Anon button! I figured you'd work out what had happened, so I didn't bother mailing you.

I must say, I was dead chuffed to be suggested for Fra Pandolf's Hands. That's a terrific fic. There's a lot of excellent stuff there this year. I've made half a dozen guesses so far, but won't be surprised if I'm wrong. Half of my guesses must be wrong, since I keep putting the same limited number of people down for more than one story and I don't think they were pinch hitters. Ah, well.

Mods will include beta names for the great reveal if you drop them an email, btw.

[snorkackcatcher]

I must say, I was dead chuffed to be suggested for Fra Pandolf's Hands. That's a terrific fic.

It is, isn't it? I'd have put it on the Niffle-candidate list if I hadn't already Niffled two Dean-as-artist fics. :)

[snorkackcatcher]

Yep! (I'm amazed that you'd have heard of it, actually, I thought it was too British to be familiar elsewhere! :D)

[gloryforever.livejournal.com]

Never underestimate the power of P2P =P

[sowritesauds.livejournal.com]

Oh, I really enjoy Vindictus Viridian's writing! The Snape and Marauder-era fics are so well-written. Thanks for reccing that one, I haven't read an Viridian in quite a while!

[snorkackcatcher]

I only actually knew them as a MNFF mod ... I just happened to spot that one (while replying to a review, I think).