Nope. Colin's uncle in the musical is named Neville, and angsts in a way which is oh so very pretty. He's sort of the villain of the piece, taking up part of the dramatic role usually given to Medlock.
Seeing as I haven't read most of the Harry Potter books, what I know about Neville Longbottom I've gotten solely from PS/SS, the movies, and fandom, so while I like him well enough (although possibly not in the "wanting to write him" way) and wish him the best, I certainly couldn't write him. Not to mention that Mary is something like 80 years older than him, and while my initial idea was admittedly cross-gen that takes it a little too far, so there'd have to be time travel involved, and yeah.
I don't remember that character at all from the book, but Mary/Colin's guardian (whose name I also don't remember) might work, too. (Sorry, I can't do .wma since I don't have WMP on this computer, but thanks for the link anyway.)
Neville's gran in the HP books is called Augusta. (And I'm comfortable with time-travel, especially in crossovers.)
I don't remember that character at all from the book
My point exactly about bookverse!Dr. Craven being forgettable, nyet?
Mary/Colin's guardian (whose name I also don't remember) might work, too
Yeah, Archibald/Mary would have a lot of the same dynamics, but is I think a little squickier because a) Archibald is more sympathetic, so I find him perving on Mary a lot more disturbing, and b) the incest vibes are even stronger with Archie, as he's Mary's uncle (her mother's brother-in-law in the musical and film, her father's brother-in-law in the book) and not just her uncle's brother (her mother's/father's sister's husband's brother).
Of course, neither of those would necessary be a bad thing if a fic writer chose to take it that way, although I do think it'd be a littler harder to keep Archie/Mary in character.
And I'm comfortable with time-travel, especially in crossovers
I like my crossovers to be as seamless as possible, but time-travel is of course canon in Harry Potter. Still the more it takes to set up the crossover, the more it has to "earn" it for me, and I don't think the thrill of seeing Mary and Neville together all by itself would be enough of a payoff for me to counterbalance the time travel. So it would depend on what the author did with it. I know plenty of writers on my flist who could do amazing things with the pairing and more than earn the time travel.
You are, of course, totally welcome to write Neville Longbottom/Mary Lennox. Or Archibald Craven/Mary Lennox, for that matter.
If I write anything at all (And you're supposed to persuade me against) I am going to write musicalverse Neville Craven/Mary Lennox.
P.S. Neville/Mary is sort of how I imagine Snape/Hermione must be, only with Snape being Hermione's uncle's brother and her doctor instead of her teacher. The adversarial relationship is much the same.
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Date: 2006-07-27 02:36 am (UTC)I thought you meant Neville from Harry Potter (which I still maintain is an excellent idea).
Never mind.
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Date: 2006-07-27 10:22 am (UTC)Neville angsting
Seeing as I haven't read most of the Harry Potter books, what I know about Neville Longbottom I've gotten solely from PS/SS, the movies, and fandom, so while I like him well enough (although possibly not in the "wanting to write him" way) and wish him the best, I certainly couldn't write him. Not to mention that Mary is something like 80 years older than him, and while my initial idea was admittedly cross-gen that takes it a little too far, so there'd have to be time travel involved, and yeah.
Do we know what Neville's grandmother's name is?
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Date: 2006-07-27 03:18 pm (UTC)Neville's gran in the HP books is called Augusta. (And I'm comfortable with time-travel, especially in crossovers.)
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Date: 2006-07-27 03:18 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-07-27 08:27 pm (UTC)My point exactly about bookverse!Dr. Craven being forgettable, nyet?
Mary/Colin's guardian (whose name I also don't remember) might work, too
Yeah, Archibald/Mary would have a lot of the same dynamics, but is I think a little squickier because a) Archibald is more sympathetic, so I find him perving on Mary a lot more disturbing, and b) the incest vibes are even stronger with Archie, as he's Mary's uncle (her mother's brother-in-law in the musical and film, her father's brother-in-law in the book) and not just her uncle's brother (her mother's/father's sister's husband's brother).
Of course, neither of those would necessary be a bad thing if a fic writer chose to take it that way, although I do think it'd be a littler harder to keep Archie/Mary in character.
And I'm comfortable with time-travel, especially in crossovers
I like my crossovers to be as seamless as possible, but time-travel is of course canon in Harry Potter. Still the more it takes to set up the crossover, the more it has to "earn" it for me, and I don't think the thrill of seeing Mary and Neville together all by itself would be enough of a payoff for me to counterbalance the time travel. So it would depend on what the author did with it. I know plenty of writers on my flist who could do amazing things with the pairing and more than earn the time travel.
You are, of course, totally welcome to write Neville Longbottom/Mary Lennox. Or Archibald Craven/Mary Lennox, for that matter.
If I write anything at all (And you're supposed to persuade me against) I am going to write musicalverse Neville Craven/Mary Lennox.
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Date: 2006-07-27 10:41 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-07-27 03:19 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-07-27 08:14 pm (UTC)2. Remember I actually don't have any idea what canon!Hermione and canon!Snape are actually, y'know, like.