There's this book by Vivian Vande Velde, The Rumplestiltskin Problem. It's hilarious. I highly recommend it.
SPOILER ALERT in one version Rumplestiltskin does want to eat the baby, but there are 5 other stories where he's much nicer.

You know, you actually brought up a valid point at the beginning of this. Lots of the tension in book 7 came from hunger on account of them trying to live off the land. Why bother? You'd think they could just apparate into the outskirts of any muggle town, pass off a galleon as a pendant to get some decent pounds in their wallet, and buy food from the nearest fast food joint or greasy spoon. I doubt they'd run into any Death Eaters in a Dixy Chicken, after all.

Dying laughing.

"Poor Merope" is a rapist. Yes, she has a scummy family, and yes Tom Riddle Sr. was a shallow asshole, but shallow asshole does not equal deserves to be raped, and having a scummy family doesn't excuse rape. OF COURSE Tom Riddle left her when the love potion ran out, OF COURSE he wouldn't have any interest in his rapist's baby, especially as he wouldn't have any pregnancy hormones to sort of MAKE him love the baby.

*grins* There was also the version where he flies out the window on a stolen soup ladle.
Love the series.

Oh Ron...*shakes head* typical typical Ron!

I love how you always hint at Ron/Hermione and Harry/Ginny relationships in this!

Oh that story. In Enchanted Forest Chronicles (that treat the Fairy Tales as history), the Rumpelstiltskin wasn't REALLY after the child. He just wanted part of the gold - and it had to be done in such an odd way because one cannot spin straw into gold *for oneself* only for another, However, at some point all those children ended up with an odd little man and were schooled by him. They became the 'lost and rightful heirs' that would once save their kingdom...

Awwwww. So sweet.

Another halarious twist. I never heard the one with Rumplestiltskin ripping himself in half before though...

I think my ribs craked fom laughing soo hard. These stores are so well written and funny. PS. I never noticed the similarity between the millers daughter and Meropre but now that you point it out 0_0

I think my ribs craked fom laughing soo hard. These stores are so well written and funny. PS. I never noticed the similarity between the millers daughter and Meropre but now that you point it out 0_0

I think my ribs craked fom laughing soo hard. These stores are so well written and funny. PS. I never noticed the similarity between the millers daughter and Meropre but now that you point it out 0_0

I am so oblivious to all these HP references, untill someone like you points them out. For all the reading I do, I never see these things.

"A throw rug is not going to fix that problem."

I really enjoy the sense of humor you have about these.

Then, in the midst of that is Harry drawing the connection to Merope. You're somehow managing to have a light entertaining bit of humor of a story that never loses its attachment to the bigger (and often rather bleak) story going on around it. That's impressive.

this is downrite HILARIOUS! your a genius of comedy!

You should do a whole book with these, I bet they would sell so fast!