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November 20th, 2009

Self-Pimp: A Part of Me (Professor!Snape/Student!Snape, NC-17)

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Title:A Part of Me
Author: PhantomTF
Pairing/Characters: Professor!Snape/Student!Snape
Rating: Chapters range from G to NC-17.
Category: Angst
Word Count: 70,200, or 153 pages in Microsoft Word
Warnings: character death, brief torture, dark themes, sex between two men who are essentially the same person, teacher/student relationship
Disclaimer: The boys are not mine, only this crazy tale is
Summary: A Potions accident splits Snape into two people - a dour professor and an angsty rebellious teen. Both must now coexist at Hogwarts and in a time of war.
Author's note: I’m certain some variation of this concept has been done before, but hopefully at least the story itself will be original enough to please.

This story is AU, replacing the events in Half-Blood Prince and Deathly Hallows. I will make reference to items, events and concepts that came up in Half-Blood Prince and Deathly Hallows – they will be altered to fit into this new storyline, but there are still possible spoilers.

Although the majority of this story is PG-13 at best, there are definitely some NC-17 scenes as well.

“Snape” is usually used to refer to Professor Snape, and “Severus” is usually used to refer to student Snape.

For anyone who is squicked by a sexual relationship between the two Snapes, I will be posting an expurgated version on Fanfiction.net at some point.

Chapters can be accessed through my LJ account, or at http://phantomtf.livejournal.com if that link does not work.

Feedback is always wanted!

Friday rec: Snonks!

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Took a break from fic writing today, to try out some different shipping options for Severus (just for the heck of it). My fevered brain happened upon the idea of Snape/Tonks, thought it would be amusing, and went in search of fic. Found some and some art too...they amused me greatly (I LOL'd at the fic - go read it, it's funny), so...I share. :)

Title: Whine
Characters: Snape/Tonks
Author: kerrymdb
Prompt: wine
Rating: T
Genre: humour
Word Count: 1,800 words
Summary: Being stuck in a dark wine cellar with a beautiful witch is most men's dream. But Severus Snape is certainly not most men…
Author’s Notes: Set during Order of the Phoenix. This was written for [info]colourful_bat's Winter Solstice Challenge.

Link to teh fic: http://kerrymdb.livejournal.com/306454.html#cutid1


Here's some art (it's really cute, and there's some Snupin in there too): http://xterm.livejournal.com/118721.html#cutid1

Enjoy fellow Snapers, and if anyone has any favorite Snonks recs, please do lay them on me. ;)

November 13th, 2009

Fiction rec

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I recently emailed Bloodcult of Freud to ask if there was any chance of “Seven Preposterous Things” being finished. The author pled real life and other writing, but also said, “The dwindling feedback was a factor in the stalling of the story.” You have to join Digital Quill to leave a review (which wasn’t always the case--as I pointed out to BcoF a possible reason for dwindling). However, you can, as I belatedly realized, email BcoF directly with feedback. It’s a marvelous AU (from the end of HBP)—featuring Severus/Hermione and Draco/Millicent. Great characterizations (Millie is the best, but they’re all good), wonderful dialogue, an interesting and different Pureblood culture, a plot that twists from hysterically funny to tragic to sexy unexpectedly… really you want to read it. And having started it, you will, really truly, need to see it carried to completion. So go read it, and then let Bloodcult know you’re not content to be abandoned. BCoF’s own warnings on the story were:
Dark Comedy and Angst. Graphic Sex, Character Death, Pimples, Gore and Unflattering Characterizations.
Not a one of which were inaccurate. So now go read. Or reread. Bloodcult of Freud, Seven Preposterous Things
http://www.digital-quill.org/viewstory.php?sid=754

This actor could be YoungAdult Sev?

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I was watching a programme on television tonight (Misommer Murders) and was struck by the young actor playing the local poor-but-honest farm boy about to marry the squire's daughter. I took down his name as the credits rolled, it was Mel Raido, who I'd never heard of before. He's an English actor who has been in a few films in the past few years.

Have a look at this piccy and tell me if this is, or is not, young Severus Snape? Perhaps just after leaving Hogwarts. Or is he too pretty? Anyway, he's my Friday rec, LOL!

http://cache4.asset-cache.net/xc/84411188.jpg?v=1&c=IWSAsset&k=2&d=17A4AD9FDB9CF19346E4C5E9CA07326129FE0D26A3E303DAB01E70F2B3269972

Alison

November 8th, 2009

Severus and the Dark Arts

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This was too long as a reply, so I thought I'd post it as a mini-essay:Read more... )

Love Thine Enemy Part IV

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Part IV )

Love Thine Enemy Part III

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Part III )

Love Thine Enemy Part II

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Part II )

Love Thine Enemy: Severus' Request, Part I

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Not a response to the challenge, eh, but this jsut wanted to be written.

There is an argument that is often made by Snape detractors stating that Severus is selfish and morally degraded because he only asked for Lily's life, and not those of James and Harry as well. I was going to post a short comment regarding this argument in a discussion on terri_testing's LJ, but it turned into something a bit...longer. 7500 words longer, to be exact. I'll have to post it in parts. Usual apologies for insane length and all.


November 7th, 2009

The November Challenge

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was suggested by [info]territesting

Severus and the Dark Arts!

Was he fascinated by the Dark Arts? Did he love them, as Harry suspected? Was he seduced by them?

Or did he fear them? Was that why he became such an outstanding DADA teacher? Was he driven to defend himself because he was almost killed by a Dark Creature, Remus Lupin in his werewolf form?

Was he so good at DADA because he loved or feared the Dark Arts? Or did he have to be interested to endear himself to his Dark Lord?

Where did he learn about them? Did he read about them in his mother's books? Did she teach him? Or did he learn them in Slytherin?

Snape's career choices sans Voldemort

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I've been wondering lately what Snape would have done with his life had he not come under the influence of Voldemort. I doubt he'd have gone into teaching at all. But it occurred to me that we really are not shown such a lot of choice of career in the wizarding world, and this is probably because of the fact that Harry is concentrating on other more pressing matters during his years at Hogwarts. But the Ministry seems to be the big employer, with a few other bits and pieces such as dress shops (Madame Malkin's), inn-keepers (Tom and Rosmerta), Borgin and Burkes, Ollivanders, etc. None of which I can really see Snape working in (although there's a few Snapefen I imagine who wouldn't mind him measuring us up for a new dress at Madame Malkin's LOL!)

I'd love to know of other options the members here might come up with for a satisfying career for Severus. I've written one fic "Back to Basics" where he abandons the wizarding world and lives out his life amongst the Muggles, running a string of naturopathy shops. Of course he'd be successful since his potions would work!

But that then gave rise to another question: would magic potions work on Muggles? We see Mr Weasely in hospital not responding at all well to stitches after Nagini attacked him, so I wondered if the same held true for Muggles' response to potions.

I look forward to the birth of plot bunnies!

Alison

October 31st, 2009

Snape and His Fears

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I didn't have time this month to do a full essay, but here are a few thoughts about Snape and his fears...

October 30th, 2009

Friday Recs

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Haven't done recs for a while so this time I thought I'd do something a little different. I want to rec two comms.

The first, [info]severus_sighs is all Snape, all the time. They are currently posting how each of the authors sees their Snape. It's really marvelous to see so many different versions of the character we all love.

The second is [info]daily_deviant. Here is the character tag for Severus.

In the last few months there have been several pieces of gorgeous art-I am particularly enamoured of NWS Snarry Writhe by [info]fanlay and NWS Snupin Pull it Tight by [info]acatnamedeaster.

Also found, a myriad of delicious fic pairings-[info]r_grayjoy's Snupin Everything He Has to Give, [info]purplefluffycat's Severus/Albus//Severus/Albus/Minerva Dinner and a Show, and [info]snegurochka_lee's marvelous Snack Kinky, With a Bit of Discipline.

October 28th, 2009

A Reminder: Contest at The Masque ends soon.

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The Masque, our helpful friends, are having a contest going on, I've posted about that already. That contest ends on Halloween! Hurry if you didn't upload chapters and art there yet and want to participate.

You'll find all the details here.



October 23rd, 2009

A couple of recs, SSHG

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A Beach in Ireland by Bambu. Post war. On her birthday Hermione runs across someone she hasn't seen in a long time. NC-17. I like how relaxed Severus is, how Hermione can view canon events more critically. And a Wizarding World in which Arthur and Lucius are collaborating towards a shared goal is a better place.

Guard... Check... Mate by Bambu. Canon compliant until the end of OOTP, non-compliant with HBP or DH. Starts a few days before the end of Hermione's seventh year, but takes place mostly after leaving Hogwarts. Dumbledore attempts to sacrifice both Hermione and Severus for the greater good, but they find out. Warnings for torture. Rating R.

This was the first serious Evil!Dumbledore story I read. I found it before DH and couldn't believe Dumbledore would be *that* thoughtless towards his soldiers. Now I know Bambu had him just right. And extra points for having the characters read Machiavelli's 'The Prince' in a fic written before HBP came out.

Break out the smelling salts for this Severus/Lily rec! ;)

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So, I took a break from writing fic and the Oct. essay, to read some fic, and stumbled upon this:

Title: Lilies Are Red, Roses Are Blue (on [info]less_for_you, the Lily Evans/Severus Snape anonymous exchange)
Author: [info]elethian
Rating: NC-17
Words: ~5,500
Warnings: Sexual activity between teenagers (who are of age in their jurisdiction); gratuitous ignoring of canon; fluff; extreme sappiness; Severus being too pretty; no nutritional value.
Summary: Best friends? Maybe so, but clearly there have been some other thoughts occurring on both sides as well.

Must. Rec. Fic. I think this might be my favorite NC-17 Snily so far. I'm a sucker for smutty fluff. :)

REPOST: miscellaneous snapely reccs - fixed links!

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here's an assortment including plenty of self-pimping:

Snarry Games art "How I Made It" post where in I demo the baroque oil painting technique. WS art, 'warning' for bare chested Sev

Snarry Games reccs for those who DON'T ship Severus and Harry. Lots of wonderful gen and mentor work this year!

drabbles from the [info]slashretreat_dc  on the theme of "Old Fangirl's Retirement Home" that is run by Remus & Severus here:
(by the way, if you might like to join us next year, join the comm. it is no longer invitation only. and, we do tend to be Snape-centric!)

6th year Severus & Minerva art (NWS) drawn for hp_beholder this year. For a little change, Severus ought to be the innocent, perhaps learning the sensuous arts from an older professor.

"Spare the Rod" (NWS) Snape/Harry art from [info]hp_summersmut , my gift from [info]tripperfunster 

it's friday, right? I Can do this?

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Title: Snape's Inner Monologue
Artist: [info]littleblackbow
Medium: Mixed
Rating: PG
Warnings: Canon? Is that a warning?
Artist Notes: I'm trying something new... bear with me, please?

Fake cut to journal.

October 9th, 2009

Snape/Percy rec

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I know it's shocking, but I'm reccing something other than a Snupin for a change! ;-) A friend steered me towards this fic, an older one written for the 1996 Percy Ficathon:

Title: The librarian of Strahov (on the author's journal; the story can also be found here on the Percy Ficathon LJ)
Author: [info]sarka (written for jamiebluesq)
Rating: NC-17
Pairing: Percy/Snape, mention of Percy/Marcus Flint and Ron/Hermione
Word Count: 8,346 words

Rather late Friday recs

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I no longer remember who pointed me towards the following fic. It's entirely possible someone rec'd it here. If so, apologies to that original poster and consider this a second endorsement for this fic:

The Birthday Present by excessivelyperky
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2470334/1/The_Birthday_Present
VERY long gen fic, Snape-centric and Slytherin POV of events post-OotP, and completely disregards HBP and DH. I spent 2 1/2 weeks on this fic so be prepared to give up your social life for the duration! Very compelling story with just a hint of future SSHG if you really pay attention.

I'm primarily a Snape/Granger fan, a pairing which is rarely represented in Friday recs. I've never seen discouragement for SSHG recs here, but please correct me if I'm wrong. Here are some of my favorites from last winter's SSHG Gift Exchange:

The Life Unlived by sshg316
http://community.livejournal.com/sshg_exchange/153466.html
Hermione experiences visions of a different life. Includes a very different backstory for Severus.

Harbinger by bambu345
http://community.livejournal.com/sshg_exchange/145045.html
Mysterious happenings at Hogwarts. Harry and Hermione, now aurors, must investigate. A very unique Snape Lives premise.

The Marriage Benefit (or) How Granger And Snape Buggered The Ministry, The Board Of Governors, Minerva And The Entire Hogwarts Staff Whilst Finding True Love by miamadwyn
http://community.livejournal.com/sshg_exchange/148098.html
A new teacher's salary compensation causes Severus and Hermione to join forces.

Note: For some reason the links didn't work, so I've added the urls for each fic. What's up IJ?
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