Oh, this is fabulous. There needs to be more Erised-fic -- I've always thought the Mirror was one of JKR's more fascinating inventions -- and Phineas the jaded academic is absolutely delicious, especially when you see his human side break through. I particularly like this bit:
Phineas, for a moment, saw Hogwarts transformed into a place of higher learning to rival Wittenberg, and himself at the head of a body of adult scholars, while his eldest son, forsaking his disdain for the academic, presided over the school. “Shut it up” he said wearily, and Phillip did so.
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Date: 2007-02-13 08:04 pm (UTC)Phineas, for a moment, saw Hogwarts transformed into a place of higher learning to rival Wittenberg, and himself at the head of a body of adult scholars, while his eldest son, forsaking his disdain for the academic, presided over the school. “Shut it up” he said wearily, and Phillip did so.