I think I rather fell into Snarry. Around the time OotP came out I discovered how much Harry Potter stuff there was online and went about exploring. At the time my favorite character was Sirius – what can I say, I was young and naïve. I remember the first HP site I was addicted to was called Marauding Mayhem…it was a cute site with some art, a section where you could ask the Marauders questions…from there I discovered there was a thing called fan fiction. I started with the pretty generic stuff, probably some Harry/Hermione, perhaps Hermione/Snape if I was feeling adventurous. I remember starting to read Pawn to Queen (almost positive that was the title), and while I wasn’t crazy about the story, it opened my eyes to more mature fiction. I can’t remember the title of my first Snarry, but I know it was a WiP and it involved some Snupin moments as well. As I recall, it started off appearing to be Snupin but the author was very insistent that it was actually a Snarry. The only scene I seem to remember is Snape saving Harry from a dementor and asking Harry if he was going to just let the thing kiss him…and for some reason I’m thinking of a spider? Haha I don’t know. But I remember thinking “I love Lupin! I want Remus and Harry to be together!” But I was SO intrigued by the idea of Snape and Harry together. It was just impossible resist, and I found myself sucked in.
From there, I believe I discovered Dusk to Dawn. Minx’s Lost Feeling was the first long Snarry I read. I remember being heartbroken when she announced she was retiring from Snarry, and she said there were so many other great writers, and I didn’t quite believe her. I remember being scared to start the Tea Series (which still wasn’t finished at the time) just because of the sheer length and I was nervous to get SO involved. But…it was a lost cause. After that came the CW-Verse, and then my obsessive personality compelled me to read pretty much every Snarry I could get my hands on.
Then, for maybe a year and a half, I got caught up with school and general life craziness and I cut myself off. For a while Snarry was just a nostalgic thing of the past, and I honestly didn’t really think of it that much. Then, out of the blue, I had the urge to re-read Tira Nog’s Nocturne…so I did. And then I couldn’t stop reading. I worked my way through the Snarry Reader, then Walking the Plank…like I said, totally obsessive personality. I’m currently re-reading Civil War and am excited for the Tea Series next. It’s a wonder I manage to get anything else done. But it’s pretty amazing…I thought I was done, and those boys just pulled me right back in again as though I had never left. Never a dull moment with Snarry.
Wow, this was about five times longer than I thought it would be. Sorry, I tend to ramble with love…