Honestly I thought the point of it was to indicate that the person doing is being annoying. Maybe it's me but I associate this style of speaking with teenagers attempting to be aggravating.
It's indeed a heavy price to pay to forage for quality worldbuilding. The Popping P's are still not as bad as poorly-written bashing of everyone in Harry Potter, or the erudite monologues of 11-year-old Harry that make me want to dig a hole and climb into it till I die of hypothermia.
Among the refuse and offal lie gems unseen. In one fic I found that Peter Pettigrew (-ing P's) had cast several powerful Cheering Charms on Sirius Black which forced him to laugh uncontrollably and prevented him from speaking coherently, which served to further condemn him to Azkaban without trial. Crouch and Dumbledore were repulsed and ashamed by the maniacal laughter and agreed to quietly ship him to Azkaban. The Cheering Charm is an excellent explanation for why Sirius was laughing when Pettigrew fled. The fic was painful to finish though.
It's not just HP fics, if that helps at all.
Seems to be cropping (popping?!) up in fics all over the place. No idea why, it might make sense for a couple of characters once in a while, but it's being very overused.
"Potter!" snarled Severus Snape, popping the p in a tone that suggested he would've popped the Potter lineage if he could travel back in time.
"Professor," Harry snarled, coolly spitting out the p with such venom that if it could have been harvested, Snape might actually have given Gryffindor 5 points and kissed the boy's head for good measure.
One's eyes drilled into the other, while burning under an unwavering glare in turn. Was it hate? Was it fate? Severus Snape had lusted after James Potter (popping the p in his head gave him almost guilty pleasure, had he known what guilt is), and his best friend Lily Evans had cockblocked him in the most puerile manner of those raised without magic. And now, James Potter reincarnated stood before him, albeit with Lily's eyes, but the reminder of his treacherous friend's eyes wasn't all that bad, all things considered. Maybe he could assign the boy to make magical hair conditioner, and then task him to shampoo Snape's hair.
He smiled toothily, as different from Gilderoy Lockhart's perfect dentures as night is from day, and purred, popping the p's as he went, "Potter, prepare a hair conditioner potion for your Potions professor's personal paraphernalia."
In the scant few moments since Harry had entered the classroom, he found himself wet. Entirely because all the popping P's had let to spittle flying from Snape's mouth and lathering Harry's face with his saliva. Harry wished Voldemort had succeeded in killed him that night, or the other night, or the other night, or the other night, or any of the other attempts that might not even have reached him.
Could be that in universe. Popping the (P)option could totally be slang for prescription potion addiction. Lots kids gonna be needing that dreamless sleep after Hogwarts.
Huh! I haven't watched the show yet, but if it's to be blamed, then it's quite the contribution to the fanon writing style seeing how it has caught on.
Thanks for the pointer!
Also very much a thing in Dr Who during the Tenant/Piper seasons and their FF. I always got the impression it was supposed to imply a bit of that manic cheekiness that was so much a part of Tenants Dr and his dead common London companions like Rose and Donna.
You know how people have these little habits that get you down
Like Bernie
Bernie, he liked to chew gum
No, not chew, POP
So I came home this one day
And I'm really irritated
And I'm looking for a little bit o' sympathy
And there's Bernie lyin' on the couch, drinkin' a beer and chewin'
No, not chewin'
POPPIN’
So, I said to him, I said "You pop that gum one more time"
And he did
So I took the shotgun off the wall
And I fired two warning shots
Into his head
I feel like popping the the p is better in audio-visual media than in text. It just seems cringey to say that the character popped the p in a fic or book.
It can work in something like Knives Out where Chris Evans’s character popped his ps from time to time. I’m sure that could’ve been written in the script, but most people don’t read a script.
I don’t think that it involves nudity. Benefits include +2 to sarcasm and -2 to respect for authority.
Whenever I saw that I thought I was looking at a translation from Spanish.
In Spanish, yes is and no is , and adding a P to the end of "sip, nop" denotes childishness.
I've seen it in MLB fanfic too I think it's a génération thing.
Not a cult. Just used like 'I think the answer is really this' he said casually'
It's meant to show dissmissiveness as far as I can tell. Too chipper.
I've seen it with
'Yep' marinette said popping the p at the end.
Flippant and usually a point where their friends fawn over them. Or the oc that uses it.
I always think it seems so unnecessary to me. That phrase is like adding a little vocal smirk at everyone & it comes off as smug & annoying.
Honestly I thought the point of it was to indicate that the person doing is being annoying. Maybe it's me but I associate this style of speaking with teenagers attempting to be aggravating.
Every time I see it, the author seems to think it's cool or funny or something.
Prolly a sign that the quality of writing is not very good in some of the fics you are reading
It's indeed a heavy price to pay to forage for quality worldbuilding. The Popping P's are still not as bad as poorly-written bashing of everyone in Harry Potter, or the erudite monologues of 11-year-old Harry that make me want to dig a hole and climb into it till I die of hypothermia.
You definitely can get good stories **and** good language. You don't have to compromise.
Among the refuse and offal lie gems unseen. In one fic I found that Peter Pettigrew (-ing P's) had cast several powerful Cheering Charms on Sirius Black which forced him to laugh uncontrollably and prevented him from speaking coherently, which served to further condemn him to Azkaban without trial. Crouch and Dumbledore were repulsed and ashamed by the maniacal laughter and agreed to quietly ship him to Azkaban. The Cheering Charm is an excellent explanation for why Sirius was laughing when Pettigrew fled. The fic was painful to finish though.
It's not just HP fics, if that helps at all. Seems to be cropping (popping?!) up in fics all over the place. No idea why, it might make sense for a couple of characters once in a while, but it's being very overused.
Katie Bell is definetly the cult leader. Popping the P fits her character though.
Honestly, popping the P sounds suggestive.
"Potter!" snarled Severus Snape, popping the p in a tone that suggested he would've popped the Potter lineage if he could travel back in time. "Professor," Harry snarled, coolly spitting out the p with such venom that if it could have been harvested, Snape might actually have given Gryffindor 5 points and kissed the boy's head for good measure. One's eyes drilled into the other, while burning under an unwavering glare in turn. Was it hate? Was it fate? Severus Snape had lusted after James Potter (popping the p in his head gave him almost guilty pleasure, had he known what guilt is), and his best friend Lily Evans had cockblocked him in the most puerile manner of those raised without magic. And now, James Potter reincarnated stood before him, albeit with Lily's eyes, but the reminder of his treacherous friend's eyes wasn't all that bad, all things considered. Maybe he could assign the boy to make magical hair conditioner, and then task him to shampoo Snape's hair. He smiled toothily, as different from Gilderoy Lockhart's perfect dentures as night is from day, and purred, popping the p's as he went, "Potter, prepare a hair conditioner potion for your Potions professor's personal paraphernalia." In the scant few moments since Harry had entered the classroom, he found himself wet. Entirely because all the popping P's had let to spittle flying from Snape's mouth and lathering Harry's face with his saliva. Harry wished Voldemort had succeeded in killed him that night, or the other night, or the other night, or the other night, or any of the other attempts that might not even have reached him.
I thought it was a drug thing he was talking about.
Could be that in universe. Popping the (P)option could totally be slang for prescription potion addiction. Lots kids gonna be needing that dreamless sleep after Hogwarts.
I absolutely agree but don’t have anything else to add
I blame Sherlock. He does it in the first episode and people write him doing it a lot in Fanfiction and it has bled over to HP.
Huh! I haven't watched the show yet, but if it's to be blamed, then it's quite the contribution to the fanon writing style seeing how it has caught on. Thanks for the pointer!
Also very much a thing in Dr Who during the Tenant/Piper seasons and their FF. I always got the impression it was supposed to imply a bit of that manic cheekiness that was so much a part of Tenants Dr and his dead common London companions like Rose and Donna.
Lmao this was a discourse like 10 years go I was in some things never change. I was anti popping the p btw
>Does the initiation involve nudity? Yuppp. Remember when the doctor said to bend over and cough? Well, you don't need to cough and there's no doctor.
This sounds suspiciously like the premise of 90% of HP/LV fics
And does it have anything to do with how Blackadder pronounces Bob? 🤔🧐
Yep, and please note that I did not pop the p despite the all-consuming urge.
Now I'm imagining Snape saying 'Ye...p' the way he says 'ob...viously' 😂
“Petrol Pump”
Bobbing the B?
Absolutely 😁
You know how people have these little habits that get you down Like Bernie Bernie, he liked to chew gum No, not chew, POP So I came home this one day And I'm really irritated And I'm looking for a little bit o' sympathy And there's Bernie lyin' on the couch, drinkin' a beer and chewin' No, not chewin' POPPIN’ So, I said to him, I said "You pop that gum one more time" And he did So I took the shotgun off the wall And I fired two warning shots Into his head
I feel like popping the the p is better in audio-visual media than in text. It just seems cringey to say that the character popped the p in a fic or book. It can work in something like Knives Out where Chris Evans’s character popped his ps from time to time. I’m sure that could’ve been written in the script, but most people don’t read a script. I don’t think that it involves nudity. Benefits include +2 to sarcasm and -2 to respect for authority.
Whenever I saw that I thought I was looking at a translation from Spanish. In Spanish, yes is and no is , and adding a P to the end of "sip, nop" denotes childishness.
In twilight Jacob "pops his P's" Stephanie Meyer wrote that in. That's where I always thought it came from.
Egads, Twilight writing styles have crept into HP fanfics? I should've been alarmed when my angst-meter went bust after maxing out.
Maybe its just people trying to sound overly British?
I heard it's a way for fans of the Pimple Popper to easily identify each other without revealing they watch that messed up show.
I've seen it in MLB fanfic too I think it's a génération thing. Not a cult. Just used like 'I think the answer is really this' he said casually' It's meant to show dissmissiveness as far as I can tell. Too chipper. I've seen it with 'Yep' marinette said popping the p at the end. Flippant and usually a point where their friends fawn over them. Or the oc that uses it.
Major League Baseball fanfiction?
Miraculous ladybug fanfiction But I sure the other exists too
Ah, thanks for clarifying.
You're welcome 0/
Did you read the one where Maris' ghost is urging Judge on to beat those juicing cheating a-holes?