HP: Drabble, Snape's breath, and hair removal

[prillalar]

Drabble for the snape100 colour challenge: PMS 358. Snape, Hermione, potions.

And again with the questions. I'm hoping the drabble will mitigate things somewhat. *g*

1. Is there a cliché taste or aroma of Snape's breath that I should avoid writing about? I put something down and then wondered if I was going where everyone had gone before.

2. What do you think about wizard hair removal? Do you think they shave in the usual way? Use spells to shave daily? Use long-term depilatory spells? I would go for the latter, but then I worry that people reading my fic would wonder why nobody ever got stubble burn from making out.

I suppose I could put some sort of disclaimer on my stories:

All Hal's characters use Devereaux's Dependable Depilatory. "Once a year, and you're in the clear!" As endorsed by Gilderoy Lockhart.

But sometimes you want the stubble burn, because it's manly. And sometimes you don't, because, ouch. What do you do? Uh, in your fic, that is.

Comments

[jain]

I'm not sure about long-term depilatory spells. It seems as though there'd be too much room for error; you'd have to be extremely careful to spell away the beard and mustache hairs, but not the sideburns, eyebrows, eyelashes, etc. Not to mention the potential to spell away the hair follicles entirely. Or maybe I'm just overthinking this. But, still, I think there's either a long-term depilatory potion--as you cited in your example--or they shave in the ordinary fashion, only with straight razors.

In any case, I doubt that readers are going to be thrown out of the story on account of a lack of stubble. The vast majority (myself most definitely among them) wouldn't even notice its absence.

[prillalar]

Well, when I say "spell" I include potions and magic items in that. Maybe you could have a sort of mould you put on your face and it takes off the hair in specific places. :)

In any case, I doubt that readers are going to be thrown out of the story on account of a lack of stubble.

Maybe I over analyse these things. *g* I can't say I really notice it in other people's fic either. I just obsess over the details in mine.