History FanFic / AlittleLightReading

--> '''Vernon (Book:''' ''I'm not having one in the house, Petunia! Didn't we swear when we took him in we'd stamp out that dangerous nonsense?''

-->Vernon (Book):"I'm not having one in the house, Petunia! Didn't we swear when we took him in we'd stamp out that dangerous nonsense?"
-->Snape: "Stamp it out? STAMP IT OUT? So help me, Dursley, if I find one mark on that boy that was put there by a hand larger than your son's..."

-->Harry: "...or whichever slimy Slytherin snake told you I did something."

-->Snape (about Harry): It was as if he'd been hit with some sort of counter to the Felix Felicis at birth.

-->Snape: "No, whale-spawn, your father's not gone mad, he's simply an imbecile."

-->He'd felt that way many times as a youth, when Lily would take him by the hand and pull him into her house for a meal or kind words. Basic human compassion made no sense to someone made to feel guilty for their own birth. And somehow, he'd missed that same shadow in Harry.

-->"Nervous. Incompetent. Useless. Highly suspect in his qualifications... Quirrell is many things, Potter, and none of them good. You'd do well to stay far away from him." Snape was more convinced than ever that he needed make sure the two were never alone together, and that Quirrell didn't have any more easy access to Harry until he'd sorted exactly who and what the man was about.

A Little Light Reading

This fanfic contains examples of:

* TheyJustDontGetIt: Dumbledore to a degree.

* [IllKillYou I'll Kill You]: Referred to. If Petunia had been present, Snape would have killed her.

* IllKillYou: Referred to. If Petunia had been present, Snape would have killed her.

* FromNobodyToNightmare: Quirrell.

* NotSoHarmlessVillain/FromNobodyToNightmare: Snape knows that there’s something up with Quirrell. He’s just not sure what. Either way, he sees Quirrell as potentially one of these.

* {{NotSoHarmlessVillain}}/{{FromNobodyToNightmare}}: Snape knows that there’s something up with Quirrell. He’s just not sure what. Either way, he sees Quirrell as potentially one of these.

--> Harry: "...or whichever slimy Slytherin snake told you I did something."

* BeneathTheMask: The story goes into quite a bit as to what Snape is like under his “Greasy Bastard” behaviour.
* BornUnlucky: Snape apparently sees Harry as this.
-->Snape (about Harry): It was as if he'd been hit with some sort of counter to the Felix Felicis at birth.

* {{I'llKillYou}}: Referred to. If Petunia had been present, Snape would have killed her.

* I'llKillYou: Referred to. If Petunia had been present, Snape would have killed her.

* IllKillYou: Referred to. If Petunia had been present, Snape would have killed her.

* TheyJustDontGetIt: Dumbledore to a degree.

* {{NotSoHarmless}}/{{FromNobodyToNightmare}}: Snape knows that there’s something up with Quirrell. He’s just not sure what. Either way, he sees Quirrell as potentially one of these.

Note: dullastacks now seems to have withdrawn from fanfiction, but the story, chapters 1-22, can be found [[http://onj1.andrelouis.com/hp/dullastacks/A%20Little%20Light%20Reading.txt here]].

Note: dullastacks now seems to have withdrawn from fanfiction, but the story, chapters 1-22, Can be found [[http://onj1.andrelouis.com/hp/dullastacks/A%20Little%20Light%20Reading.txt here]].

Can be found [[http://onj1.andrelouis.com/hp/dullastacks/A%20Little%20Light%20Reading.txt here]].

* NotSoHarmless/FromNobodyToNightmare: Snape knows that there’s something up with Quirrell. He’s just not sure what. Either way, he sees Quirrell as potentially one of these.

* Not So Different: Snape starts to see Harry as this.

* Not So Harmless/From Nobody To Nightmare: Snape knows that there’s something up with Quirrell. He’s just not sure what. Either way, he sees Quirrell as potentially one of these.

* Beneath The Mask: The story goes into quite a bit as to what Snape is like under his “Greasy Bastard” behaviour.
* Born Unlucky: Snape apparently sees Harry as this.

* I'llKillYou: Referred to. If Petunia had been present, Snape would have killed her.

Not So Harmless/From Nobody To Nightmare: Snape knows that there’s something up with Quirrell. He’s just not sure what. Either way, he sees Quirrell as potentially one of these.

TearsOfRemorse: Snape, while reading the first chapter:

TheyJustDon’tGetIt: Dumbledore to a degree.

Vernon (Book):"I'm not having one in the house, Petunia! Didn't we swear when we took him in we'd stamp out that dangerous nonsense?"
Snape: "Stamp it out? STAMP IT OUT? So help me, Dursley, if I find one mark on that boy that was put there by a hand larger than your son's..."

Snape: "No, whale-spawn, your father's not gone mad, he's simply an imbecile."

Snape (about Harry): It was as if he'd been hit with some sort of counter to the Felix Felicis at birth.

He'd felt that way many times as a youth, when Lily would take him by the hand and pull him into her house for a meal or kind words. Basic human compassion made no sense to someone made to feel guilty for their own birth. And somehow, he'd missed that same shadow in Harry.

"Nervous. Incompetent. Useless. Highly suspect in his qualifications... Quirrell is many things, Potter, and none of them good. You'd do well to stay far away from him." Snape was more convinced than ever that he needed make sure the two were never alone together, and that Quirrell didn't have any more easy access to Harry until he'd sorted exactly who and what the man was about.

Tears Of Remorse: Snape, while reading the first chapter:

They Just Don’t Get It: Dumbledore to a degree.

Can be found http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6417704/1/A_Little_Light_Reading.

Abusive Father: The are references to this regards to Snape and his Father. Snape finds that Vernon was emotionally/mentally abusive to Harry and is not happy. Even less so when he finds implications of physically abuse.

Dark And Troubled Past: Snape and Harry. Implied to be Neville too.
Deadpan Snarker: Snape while reading. Quite frequently.

(Later)
"I take it back, whale-spawn, your father has gone mad. He's rowing out to sea in the middle of a storm."
Beneath The Mask: The story goes into quite a bit as to what Snape is like under his “Greasy Bastard” behaviour.

Born Unlucky: Snape apparently sees Harry as this.

I'll kill you: Referred to. If Petunia had been present, Snape would have killed her.
It was a good thing he'd made up his mind to finish that book, and an even better one that Muggle homes weren't on the Floo network and that he couldn't simply Apparate from inside the school. At that moment, he very much wanted to kill Petunia Dursley.

Jerk With A Heart Of Gold: He went out of his way in the middle of the night to have Pomfrey check Harry for abuse and stayed with him while he was asleep.

Like Father Like Son: Snape initially believed Harry to be this.

Not So Different: Snape starts to see Harry as this.