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Date Posted: Wed, Apr 14 2004, 14:02:25
Author: MST Meg
Subject: Re: Perhaps she meant "he who washes *not*"?
In reply to: Evil Ilse 's message, "Re: Perhaps she meant "he who washes *not*"?" on Wed, Apr 14 2004, 4:31:49

>>Yes, that must be it! It goes with the rest of the
>>fanfic, this girl loves (very contrived)
>>namecalling/nicknames. She calls him "sir poops a lot"
>>or something, and he keeps on calling her a "know it
>>all".
>
>Maybe she thought 'none' meant the same as 'nothing'.

Actually, many hours after having posted this topic, my evil associate comes online and when I tell her about our research on this particular line, she comes out with "oh yeah, I'd understood what the author meant" (ie: "he who washes not"). Which is why it's good to be a team to MST. ;)

>I have to admit, I kind of like the archaic
>namecalling. It sounds intelligent and snarky, without
>being too insulting.The grammar mistake diminishes the
>value though. It's no fun if the insultee doesn't get
>the insult ;)

Well, I feel that it's really got to be done right to sound good. For example, to me, "get out of my way, you git" sounds much better than "get out of my way, he who washes not". However, it fits perfectly in a rant, and can be much more fun than simple insults ("I was trying to do my homework when he who washes not came to stick his abnormally large nose where it didn't belong"). It really depends on the context and on how clever the author is at inserting the insults at the right moment - and creativity plays a part in it, too ("Know-It-All" wasn't even that funny in PoA, so making Snape repeat it all the time doesn't make him look very clever).

>-- just a side thought: can't you use the confusion
>over this line in your MST? The fact that no one
>understands it is probably he funniest thing about it
>:)

Obviously, we will, especially as I got confused and she didn't! That provides ideal interaction for MSTing. ;)

Meg

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