If Miles were at Hogwarts... well, the war would be a good deal shorter,
for starters. But he'd be like this. Devious midget. Love the back-story,
especially Cordelia the New Age Californian.
This is awesome! Jeez, Miles being at Hogwarts would have just about
doubled the average IQ of the population of that castle. And Cordelia the
New Age California witch! I love it!
Poor, poor Draco! He's way over his head. But then - it's his
fault, right? You'd think that after some years as Miles' housemate he'd
be smater to the consequences of trying to best Miles... Great ficlet!
Hee! Just awesome. Of course, now I really want to see Miles clashing
with Snape for dominance. He's always had those issues with chain of
command, you know.
That was great! Really made me smile, and the thought of Miles at
Hogwarts is a fairly terrifying concept. I'm not entirely convinced he
would be in Slytherin, as I think he has as much, if not more, of a
'saving people thing' than Harry, but I can see how you got him there.
The only suggestion I would make would be to remove the last scene
altogether - the one with just Miles and Ivan. I thought you'd written it
clearly enough without the exposition. Maybe just a line in the whispered
conversation between Miles and Draco in the second to last scene. But it
would be even better if you could come up with a suitably Milesian favour
to put Draco through.
Titles? I think 'Testing' works quite well, but if you really want to
change it how about "The Magician's Apprentice" or "Coming up short"?
I hadn't thought about it before, but of course Miles would be sorted
into Slytherin. :) And he would totally be matching wits with Draco
Malfoy, until and unless he managed to charm Draco too and bring him into
his Milesian schemes.
Now that was interesting. I'm impressed you managed to put them in that
setting so plausibly! .... Jeez, just imagining Miles as a wizard makes
my mind freeze in horror.
This was fun. I don't think I would ever have seen Miles in Slytherin,
for me his sense of honor would have automatically put him in Gryffindor.
But you make it plausible. And very scary it is to contemplate, too!
By the time he'd left school, Snape would have made that nice Mr. Ogden
(of firewhiskey fame) a lot richer. And his hair would probably be as
white as Dumbledore's beard.
I can just imagine the parent-teacher conferences...after his first
meeting with Cordelia, Snape says: "No need to open the door, Countess,
I'll just slide out under it!"
Oh my... Miles would be a Slytherin, wouldn't he? Or at least a
Ravenclaw, which as far as I can tell is almost the same only not quite
so ruthless, maybe? This is perfect. And it would have been a whole lot
more entertaining than Potter.
1 - You win extra bonus points for it being a Transfiguration class.
According to word of God, skill with Transfiguration reflects the
capacity for needed personal change.
2 - Those cultural equivalents are made of win. Being from Cali meself,
though, I suggest that you specify San Francisco or Berkeley. Lodi, Napa
and most of the rest of Nor-Cal are archconservative.
3 - Miles is such a Slytherin. At least, Miles is such a Slytherin
according to the original definition of the term. (Shakes fist at JKR for
everything after book 5)
4 - That ending is perfect. Perfect Miles, and perfect High Fantasy -
style "Evil cannot fathom good, and this is why they fail."
5 - I want to see more of wizard!Vorkosiverse (sic).
Very entertaining, even though I haven't read any Vorkosiverse. Nice to
see Malfoy getting undone in that particular manner. I don't suppose
there's any chance of a sequel in which Miles collects what he's owed?
Oh. My. God. This is so fricking hilarious! I have to admit, I bridled a bit
at first, thinking that Miles oughtn't to have been sorted into Slytherin (he
IS the kid who insisted on playing the loyal retainer to the child-emperor and
would move several worlds one teaspoon at a time to avoid the Imperium, after
all), but looking back at our favorite sneaky dwarf... totally appropriate.
And his little trick is COMPLETELY in character for him! smirk Miles, you
crafty little hunchback...
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*snort* Miles would so totally be in Slytherin!
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If Miles were at Hogwarts... well, the war would be a good deal shorter, for starters. But he'd be like this. Devious midget. Love the back-story, especially Cordelia the New Age Californian.
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gah -- can you imagine Cordelia and McGonagall teaming up?
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This is awesome! Jeez, Miles being at Hogwarts would have just about doubled the average IQ of the population of that castle. And Cordelia the New Age California witch! I love it!
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I think you broke my brain! In a good way.
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Poor, poor Draco! He's way over his head. But then - it's his fault, right? You'd think that after some years as Miles' housemate he'd be smater to the consequences of trying to best Miles... Great ficlet!
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Hee! Just awesome. Of course, now I really want to see Miles clashing with Snape for dominance. He's always had those issues with chain of command, you know.
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That was great! Really made me smile, and the thought of Miles at Hogwarts is a fairly terrifying concept. I'm not entirely convinced he would be in Slytherin, as I think he has as much, if not more, of a 'saving people thing' than Harry, but I can see how you got him there.
The only suggestion I would make would be to remove the last scene altogether - the one with just Miles and Ivan. I thought you'd written it clearly enough without the exposition. Maybe just a line in the whispered conversation between Miles and Draco in the second to last scene. But it would be even better if you could come up with a suitably Milesian favour to put Draco through.
Titles? I think 'Testing' works quite well, but if you really want to change it how about "The Magician's Apprentice" or "Coming up short"?
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That's wonderful! And of course Miles and Ivan would be in those houses. I like the bit about the wild beasts too.
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I hadn't thought about it before, but of course Miles would be sorted into Slytherin. :) And he would totally be matching wits with Draco Malfoy, until and unless he managed to charm Draco too and bring him into his Milesian schemes.
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bookmarks
... This could be the makings of a really interesting AU. =3D)
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Now that was interesting. I'm impressed you managed to put them in that setting so plausibly! .... Jeez, just imagining Miles as a wizard makes my mind freeze in horror.
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This? Is amazing. Beyond amazing.
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This was fun. I don't think I would ever have seen Miles in Slytherin, for me his sense of honor would have automatically put him in Gryffindor. But you make it plausible. And very scary it is to contemplate, too!
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Oh. My. Ghods.
Miles Vorkosigan at Hogwarts? And in Slytherin?
By the time he'd left school, Snape would have made that nice Mr. Ogden (of firewhiskey fame) a lot richer. And his hair would probably be as white as Dumbledore's beard.
I can just imagine the parent-teacher conferences...after his first meeting with Cordelia, Snape says: "No need to open the door, Countess, I'll just slide out under it!"
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Oh, well done! Brilliantly fused. I'd love to see more - particularly of Gregor, of course!
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Oh my... Miles would be a Slytherin, wouldn't he? Or at least a Ravenclaw, which as far as I can tell is almost the same only not quite so ruthless, maybe? This is perfect. And it would have been a whole lot more entertaining than Potter.
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Oh my goodness, how brilliant this is! Because of course Miles is a Slytherin, and of course he could trick Draco like that. Miles, I love you.
And Kat, you win at life for this. huggles fic
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Love it! My thoughts in particular...
1 - You win extra bonus points for it being a Transfiguration class. According to word of God, skill with Transfiguration reflects the capacity for needed personal change.
2 - Those cultural equivalents are made of win. Being from Cali meself, though, I suggest that you specify San Francisco or Berkeley. Lodi, Napa and most of the rest of Nor-Cal are archconservative.
3 - Miles is such a Slytherin. At least, Miles is such a Slytherin according to the original definition of the term. (Shakes fist at JKR for everything after book 5)
4 - That ending is perfect. Perfect Miles, and perfect High Fantasy - style "Evil cannot fathom good, and this is why they fail."
5 - I want to see more of wizard!Vorkosiverse (sic).
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That was fun! And very Miles.
Of course, we want another story to say what the favour turned out to be...
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Very entertaining, even though I haven't read any Vorkosiverse. Nice to see Malfoy getting undone in that particular manner. I don't suppose there's any chance of a sequel in which Miles collects what he's owed?
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You write Miles so well, he would fit right in to Slytherin.
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Great story and I read it again even though I beta-read it. :-)
And I obviously failed to pick up the apostrophe that shouldn't be in this, sorry. Would Malfoy take the bait?"
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Brilliant! Did you write any more stories in this crossover universe? I'm wondering what the favour that Draco now owes Miles is...
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Miles is truly the ultimate slytherin.
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LMAO Miles in Slytherin is a SCARY thought!
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This is Sick and Wrong, and I adore it immensely. (swoons)
It's just pretty.
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Sneeeaky! Excessivelyperky recommended this to me; I think I'd seen it before, but I don't know if it was here.
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I love this story. The Vorkosigans et al in the wizading world. You haven't considered expanding the universe.
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Oh. My. God. This is so fricking hilarious! I have to admit, I bridled a bit at first, thinking that Miles oughtn't to have been sorted into Slytherin (he IS the kid who insisted on playing the loyal retainer to the child-emperor and would move several worlds one teaspoon at a time to avoid the Imperium, after all), but looking back at our favorite sneaky dwarf... totally appropriate. And his little trick is COMPLETELY in character for him! smirk Miles, you crafty little hunchback...
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Yes Miles as a TRUE Slytherin! And yes if he were in the HP universe that is where he would be, with true ambition and cunning.
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A Slytherin that would have Salazar himself nervous. Great fun, that deserves to be developed.
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