A foreword before I put this idea down:
If I could write the ideas that flow through my brain in any legible fashion, I... probably wouldn't for the sake of anyone who has eyes
. That being said, I have some ideas. Ideas hopefully not completely done to the point where a story commits sucide when it realizes that its author put one of those horribly overused ideas in it.
Like I said, I either cannot or will not make a story out of these ideas, so consider them fair play to use. You don't even have to cite me. (It'd be nice tho. )
Insert it into your story, or make a new one out of it.
Idea Summary
Severus Snape is a wanted criminal in the "Muggle" world, thanks to what he had done before, during, and/or after being in Voldemort's Fan Club (AKA the Death Eaters)
Synopsis
The Death Eaters, and other Pureblood Supremacist groups, have always targeted those who could not resist them. Most of the time, this means that their random attacks almost always occur in "Muggle" areas. Their more coordinated attacks would, obviously, target their enemies they actually considered a threat: The "Mudbloods", "Half-Bloods", and "Blood Traitors".
Except the "Muggles" aren't as primitive or uncapable as they were a century or two ago.
Advances in forensics and detective work have helped the "Muggles" solve previously unsolvable crimes. Among these, fingerprinting, DNA, and medical sciences are most prevalent. However, what would autopsies of the magical murders show? "Scared to death"? Tortured to death w/o a single scratch except the rape? How would forensic scientists take a body that seems blown in twain with no evidence of accelerants or explosives? What about those suspects who have never been in the police systems? Fingerprinting and DNA would be useless. Most of the Death Eaters, having only really been in the Muggle world to rape, pillage, and murder, have this benefit. Almost all of them really. Except one or two. You guessed it; Severus Snape, and his good buddy, Tom Riddle.
Details
Now, some of you are probably crying foul about this idea right now. "The obliviators or unspeakables would have taken care of this!" Some perhaps. Maybe even most, depending on how competent you decide to depict them. What about on those days where entire villages were wiped off the map? Where multiple homes would have been attacked at the same time? Or even, where the DEs were "off the clock", so to speak. What about physical evidence? Would the obliviators even know to wipe it "all" away?
Enter a police detective, <Insert Name Here>. Raised in the same town as the Snapes, he had known Severus from school, mostly by reputation (or not). Being in a era where police rely more and more on forensics to get the job done, his school opted to allow the police to gather fingerprints and/or DNA for various purposes. Snape? Meet the System. System, Snape. System, you'll be having alot of requests for Snape's file in the time to come.
Fast forward 20-30 years. <Insert Name Here> is now a detective in Londons police force. His most hated set of cold cases? They're all marked with "Suspect: Severus Snape". His wife and childs case is in there. Normally, he'd be told to stay away from those cases due to his rather personal involvment, but Snapes a slippery bastard. He's been wanted for too long, and nothing anyone tries to flush him out works. (Dumbledore anyone?)
Now heres where things can really diverge. <Insert Name Here> hears the word Snape in passing, and is on it like a... competent cop on a clue. But where does he hear it? In passing, from a Muggleborn student?(Hermione is the only one that really fits here, if only from lack of knowledge on other students) Is he somehow related to a Hogwarts student and learns of it this way? (Hermione, again... I just like her tis all. Ron,"Accountant? Try Police Detective." Harry? "Harry my boy, about your aunt being your only family? I lied. My bad." Luna? "Don't get too close to those Snapeitpuses. They can assplode your head." "Don't you mean explode?" "I meant what I said. Unless something caused me not to. I wonder?" Other? "I know your my close cousin or uncle or niece or whatever, but whats your name and did you just say Snape?"
Everything else after this point is pretty much up to the writer. Except a few points.
A) Snape gets whats coming to him. Either a trial and execution, or a bullet to the brain "resisting arrest". If good old Dumbledore tries, and i do mean tries, to protect him after the evidence is presented to him? He gets whats coming to him too.
B ) Romantic pairs(or moresomes) must be well thought out. No slamming together characters in the first chapter unless they are already together in canon... and even then there should be an in depth analysis (not necessarily in the story) on what they would do and if they would stay together. (Always did think that Ginny popped up out of nowhere, and Hermione suddenly lost 100 IQ points when it came to logic and understanding.)
C) What happened to Tom Riddle in this story? Is he on the Police's radar? Up to you, but hes more from a period where that physical evidence wouldn't have been precollected, so...
Well, I guess if A and B are actually taken into consideration, then this will actually be a challenge rather than a idea, but whatever. If you like it or not, let me know, so I can know whether or not to keep my brain shut on the other better than the other ideas in my head. Also? Links to the stories would be appreciated. Now, Go go go!
Jay Thorn
Edited 2 Minutes after first post.
Reason: Random Emoticons attacking the post
If I could write the ideas that flow through my brain in any legible fashion, I... probably wouldn't for the sake of anyone who has eyes
. That being said, I have some ideas. Ideas hopefully not completely done to the point where a story commits sucide when it realizes that its author put one of those horribly overused ideas in it.Like I said, I either cannot or will not make a story out of these ideas, so consider them fair play to use. You don't even have to cite me. (It'd be nice tho.
)Insert it into your story, or make a new one out of it.
Idea Summary
Severus Snape is a wanted criminal in the "Muggle" world, thanks to what he had done before, during, and/or after being in Voldemort's Fan Club (AKA the Death Eaters)
Synopsis
The Death Eaters, and other Pureblood Supremacist groups, have always targeted those who could not resist them. Most of the time, this means that their random attacks almost always occur in "Muggle" areas. Their more coordinated attacks would, obviously, target their enemies they actually considered a threat: The "Mudbloods", "Half-Bloods", and "Blood Traitors".
Except the "Muggles" aren't as primitive or uncapable as they were a century or two ago.
Advances in forensics and detective work have helped the "Muggles" solve previously unsolvable crimes. Among these, fingerprinting, DNA, and medical sciences are most prevalent. However, what would autopsies of the magical murders show? "Scared to death"? Tortured to death w/o a single scratch except the rape? How would forensic scientists take a body that seems blown in twain with no evidence of accelerants or explosives? What about those suspects who have never been in the police systems? Fingerprinting and DNA would be useless. Most of the Death Eaters, having only really been in the Muggle world to rape, pillage, and murder, have this benefit. Almost all of them really. Except one or two. You guessed it; Severus Snape, and his good buddy, Tom Riddle.
Details
Now, some of you are probably crying foul about this idea right now. "The obliviators or unspeakables would have taken care of this!" Some perhaps. Maybe even most, depending on how competent you decide to depict them. What about on those days where entire villages were wiped off the map? Where multiple homes would have been attacked at the same time? Or even, where the DEs were "off the clock", so to speak. What about physical evidence? Would the obliviators even know to wipe it "all" away?
Enter a police detective, <Insert Name Here>. Raised in the same town as the Snapes, he had known Severus from school, mostly by reputation (or not). Being in a era where police rely more and more on forensics to get the job done, his school opted to allow the police to gather fingerprints and/or DNA for various purposes. Snape? Meet the System. System, Snape. System, you'll be having alot of requests for Snape's file in the time to come.
Fast forward 20-30 years. <Insert Name Here> is now a detective in Londons police force. His most hated set of cold cases? They're all marked with "Suspect: Severus Snape". His wife and childs case is in there. Normally, he'd be told to stay away from those cases due to his rather personal involvment, but Snapes a slippery bastard. He's been wanted for too long, and nothing anyone tries to flush him out works. (Dumbledore anyone?)
Now heres where things can really diverge. <Insert Name Here> hears the word Snape in passing, and is on it like a... competent cop on a clue. But where does he hear it? In passing, from a Muggleborn student?(Hermione is the only one that really fits here, if only from lack of knowledge on other students) Is he somehow related to a Hogwarts student and learns of it this way? (Hermione, again... I just like her tis all. Ron,"Accountant? Try Police Detective." Harry? "Harry my boy, about your aunt being your only family? I lied. My bad." Luna? "Don't get too close to those Snapeitpuses. They can assplode your head." "Don't you mean explode?" "I meant what I said. Unless something caused me not to. I wonder?
" Other? "I know your my close cousin or uncle or niece or whatever, but whats your name and did you just say Snape?"Everything else after this point is pretty much up to the writer. Except a few points.
A) Snape gets whats coming to him. Either a trial and execution, or a bullet to the brain "resisting arrest". If good old Dumbledore tries, and i do mean tries, to protect him after the evidence is presented to him? He gets whats coming to him too.
B ) Romantic pairs(or moresomes) must be well thought out. No slamming together characters in the first chapter unless they are already together in canon... and even then there should be an in depth analysis (not necessarily in the story) on what they would do and if they would stay together. (Always did think that Ginny popped up out of nowhere, and Hermione suddenly lost 100 IQ points when it came to logic and understanding.)
C) What happened to Tom Riddle in this story? Is he on the Police's radar? Up to you, but hes more from a period where that physical evidence wouldn't have been precollected, so...
Well, I guess if A and B are actually taken into consideration, then this will actually be a challenge rather than a idea, but whatever. If you like it or not, let me know, so I can know whether or not to keep my brain shut on the other better than the other ideas in my head. Also? Links to the stories would be appreciated. Now, Go go go!
Jay Thorn
Edited 2 Minutes after first post.
Reason: Random Emoticons attacking the post
