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A century or something ago I posted this meme in which people could ask me to blog about something I don't usually blog about.

Now, as my new job has disastrous consequences on my leisure time and I don't get round to checking my private e-mail anymore, my journaling activities are at an all time low. But that doesn't mean I don't try to keep in the loop, and I do attempt to do something with all those hours I spend on the train. As I have no means to be on the Net while on the move, the best thing I can think of is to draw. The circumstances are not ideal, but I do manage more or less. In any case: the next entry in the meme blogging series is a picture, drawn on the train.

ellecain asked, "What d'you think would happen if Oscar Wilde and Severus Snape met accidentally on the street?"


Well... Actually I would have a hard time thinking of two men who are more unlike. Wilde was by all accounts a charming (if pretentious) man, a very talkative man also, who liked to laugh out loud at his own jokes. He loved life, he loved art; he was whimsical, promiscuous and absolutely artistic. Of course he could be deeply serious also, and he had great learning.
Now, Snape... Frankly, I have never bought any of those stories in which Snape is cultivated or artistic, much less both. In fact I am inclined to believe that Snape would despise most of the things Wilde stood for. Oh, and I do think it likely he's homophobic, despite all the slashing that goes on in fandom. So here is what I make of that chance encounter:





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Comments

[mary-j-59.livejournal.com]

I agree with everyone else - brilliant! I will add that I can't believe you did that on a moving train! You should see my handwriting in such circumstances. )

[sigune.livejournal.com]

Well, my pseudo-Wilde handwriting would have looked a lot less shaky if the train had collaborated a little better... But on the whole it worked pretty well. I took advantage of the stops (five!) to correct the important lines :-). The train does force me to draw in a way unusual to me, though - with lots of sketchy lines that I do in very light pencils, then to cover the right ones with darker pencil. I'm glad that at least I can draw during the commute, because I rarely have time at another moment except the weekend, and I just can't go that long without drawing!