we all do what we can / so we can do just one more thing

[pauraque_bk]

So now I've gone on a weird underappreciated pairing kick. Not that this is uncharacteristic of me... I never end up writing mainstream pairings -- just ask these guys.

I also have a habit of illustrating my WIPs and then not finishing the stories. Although, in this case, that might not be such a bad thing...





Hm... who's that Snape's with? I wonder if anyone can guess. I'll give you a hint: It ain't Remus.

Comments

[pauraque]

Nah, I'm too much of a canon whore for that. However, now that I've got the books in front of me, I think I can manage it -- Filch *implies* that he's carried out these various punishments in the past, but I can't find anywhere he actually *states* he's done it. Hm.

[dancing-moon.livejournal.com]

Just dropping by and wanting to encourage your fic (Snape/Filch? Sounds interesting!)
Since Filch is a squib, it could be that he never went to school - definitely not a magical one - but was taken on as an apprentice to the previous caretaker at, perhaps, 11 ^_^ So you could make him only a few years older than Snape and still have him around before Dumbledore was made Headmaster (doesn't Remus say something that he didn't count on Hogwarts, and then AD took over and he got his change? or is this fanfic?)

[pauraque]

doesn't Remus say something that he didn't count on Hogwarts, and then AD took over and he got his change?

Yes, this is correct. He says, "It seemed impossible that I would be able to come to Hogwarts. [...] But then Dumbledore became Headmaster, and he was sympathetic." [PoA 258 UK paperback]

The idea that Filch was apprenticed to the previous caretaker (whose name was Ogg, if I recall correctly), is what I'm probably going to go with, yeah. Thanks for the encouragement. :)