Podcast of HP fanfic

[Carol]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "Zara" <zgirnius at ...> wrote:
>
> zgirnius:
> I write some Harry Potter fanfiction, and was recently thrilled to 
> learn that my story "Return to Hogwarts" was selected to be read on 
> FictionAlley's podcast, "Spellcast Readings". The story is about Snape 
> on his first morning at Hogwarts as Headmaster.
> 
> I'm too thrilled not to tell anyone who will listen, haha. A link for 
> anyone interested...
> 
> http://cdn.libsyn.com/spellcast/SCR202.mp3
>
Carol responds:

Great fanfic, Zara, and congratulations. (I seldom read, much less
listen to fanfic, but since it was by you and about Snape, how could I
resist?) Not quite the way I envisioned his first day, but we all have
our own reading of Snape, whom I consider to be JKR's greatest
creation. For one thing, I think he would have kept the gates locked,
ostensibly to keep the students inside, just as he blocked all the
secret passages, presumably with the same rationale, both real and
ostensible. I liked the contrast between his assumed persona and his
real self, though the reader made him seem harsh rather than suave, as
I imagine him to be in his handling of McGonagall amd other staff
members. (I predict that, in the next decade or so, more serious
literary criticism will focus on him than on any other single
character, with the possible temporary exception of
post-revelation!DD, but, of course, I could be wrong, and the focus
may be on Harry, who is, after all, the protagonist of the series.
<winks at a certain offlist correspondent>)

BTW, I loved (for a different reason) the introducer's (is that the
right term?) "the reason for this is because of the fact that"(!)
Could we have a little teeny bit more additional extra added
redundancy, please? His English teachers must have had nightmares from
his papers. One new grey hair per redundancy. . . . No!!!!

Carol, wondering why the reader of your story gave Filch a Cockney accent