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greenerteacups · 11 months ago

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what do you think is the most underrated moment in lionheart?

I deeply and gratefully appreciate how people react to chapters/plot beats of all sorts, so I don't have any moments that I think of as "underrated" per se.

That being said. In Book 3, Draco has a quip to Ron that goes: "where did you find this Methuselah of rats?" and I don't think there's anyone alive who finds that as funny as I do. I can sincerely make myself laugh out loud just by thinking about that line. It's still my favorite joke in the fic.

#in the end. writing comedy is just finding the line that appeals to your deeply personal esoteric sense of humor #if you can make yourself laugh then you're doing alright #writing comedy in long form prose is kinda tough because even though people will give you feedback like “good jokes! keep it up!”#(<3 <3 <3)#it's not always clear what jokes they think are landing #and especially when it's the throwaway stuff that isn't a focal point of the scene #eg the blink and you miss it stuff #i've gotta be like. welp. this makes me laugh so it's going in!!#which is the authorial prerogative at its finest.

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