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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...

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, 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 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 fanlay and NWS Snupin Pull it Tight by acatnamedeaster.

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

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.

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.

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 less_for_you, the Lily Evans/Severus Snape anonymous exchange)
Author: 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. :)

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 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 hp_summersmut , my gift from tripperfunster 

Title: Snape's Inner Monologue
Artist: 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.

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: sarka (written for jamiebluesq)
Rating: NC-17
Pairing: Percy/Snape, mention of Percy/Marcus Flint and Ron/Hermione
Word Count: 8,346 words

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?

By now you all hopefully know The Masque. I can't sing their praises loudly and often enough. They are the wonderful people who gave us our forum on the severusbigbang where many of the participants chat, find help, and have a good time.

And now, The Masque is having an extraordinary contest:

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The Masque has something exquisite and unique and, well, quite awesome to offer its members this month. We have an autographed copy of an anthology of scary stories, featuring our own friend, member, and published author, April Grey. April is a long time author of Harry Potter fanfic.


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Now, here’s the easy part, all you have to do is upload your photos, drawings, stories, poems, recipes in any and all parts of the site, including The Masque, The WIKtT Archives and associated galleries. New chapters to existing stories, new stories and added chapters, a new poem and a drawing, everything and anything counts. You absolutely can’t beat that. Now there is one catch. All work has to be uploaded BY Midnight on All Hallows’ Eve- so that’s 11:59 p.m. Pacific Time so there’s no confusion.


Story validation will be turned on for the duration of this contest for counting purposes only; all works will be validated as soon as the counts are made (this means that your story will not show up until an admin lets it through). Counts/validation will be done several times per day at the discretion of the admins. Several of the newly uploaded stories will be Featured.


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I always found April Grey's fanfic to be among the best. This is a great contest, and what better way to say thank you to The Masque forum team than to go there, upload art and fic, and have a chance to win a great book? Hurry!

It's Friday and I'm still busy reading all the fanfic I've seen recced, so I'll just pimp my own stuff today...not that I've done all that much that is published yet (still working on my longer fanfics and an essay for the October Challenge).

Anyway *toss* http://sailorlum.livejournal.com/tag/snape

There's some icons, a fan art, and a drabble (Snape gen).

It's Friday here in Oz, and I've found a wonderful artist who does the best Snape I have ever seen! Check out this pic, and also some of the others on her site, they're well worth the look!

http://hvostoroga.deviantart.com/art/Severus-Snape-vs-fandom-102287536

I'd love to hear what y'all think!
Alison

The October challenge was suggested by <lj user="00sevvie">:

<i>One of the things that gets repeatedly connected to Severus is the notion of bravery, and how courageous he is. So perhaps it might be interesting to take a look at the flip side of that, fear - explore what Severus might be afraid of, or how he would react to fear, etc.</i>

Therefore we have:

The October Challenge

Severus and his fears.

After it's first successful year as a yahoo group, severus_sighs  has come to IJ and Dreamwidth, and launched with a fountain of beautiful drabbles on the theme of Anniversary.

Dedicated to our favorite Potions Master, tending toward slashy, and populated by clever, articulate witches from all 4 houses, the banter on yahoo is good fun, and the writing is passionate and worthy of a Half Blood Prince.

Go have a read!

Still way behind in my reading (and much else) so I have only a few recs today. A snarry, a snupin and I swear I'll get it together again. Hopefully.
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I'm mainly a slash fan, and of Snupin in particular, so contemplating the topic of Snape and His Women is something new for me, but it was interesting looking at Snape from a different point of view...
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It really ought to have hit me sooner, in light of a certain fairy tale by one Hans Christian Andersen (at least, things ought to have ended up as they do in the fable...JKR did a number on the poor fellow). So, quiz time. I'll give you a hint: it's a bird (he does have a rather impressive beak, one must admit). :)

What bird...

... is often a symbol of love or fidelity because of its long-lasting monogamous relationships (should one die, the other will usually live out the remainder of its life alone) [need I say more? this is canon-Sev we are talking about]
...is revered in Hinduism and compared to saintly persons whose chief characteristic is to be in the world without getting attached to it, just as a ___'s feather does not get wet although it is in water [he doesn't seem particularly...attached to much, does he?]
...has a name derived from the same root as the Latin 'sonus' (sound) [that famous voice]
...is known for its coloration and sometimes "aggressive behaviour towards students" (there are five of these birds at the University of York)

Click for a photo of Sev transformed.

That's right! It's 'Rush' week in Slytherin House and we're looking for new Housemates to join with us and bring Slytherin to it's rightful place of glory as the winning House in the O.W.L. House Cup challenge.

Haven't heard of the O.W.L. House Cup? Well, you can find the official rules HERE, but as we know that Slytherins aren't much for worrying about "rules", here's the basic jist:

The Onilne Wizarding Library Harry Potter fanfiction archive is running this shindig, and all four Houses are competing for the prize (and gloating rights) of winning the House Cup. Authors and readers sign up, choose (Slytherin House) your House, and then start earning points (for Slytherin) by posting your fics, reviewing, or reccing what you read on O.W.L.

Slytherin House is doin' it up in our Common Room (Sorry, only Housemates have full access. Try breaking our wards and you'll end up with a right nasty hex!). We are plotting, planning, and strategizing. We have challenges, chats, icons, banners.... It's all happening in Slytherin!!

You'll even get robes to display your (SLYTHERIN!!!) House pride on your LJ!

Well... what are you still doing here? Go Sign Up!!

If you're not a member of the O.W.L. archive, you'll need to sign up there first. You can do that HERE.

Come on, fellow Slytherins! We certainly don't want to see those Ravenclaws or the gloating Gryffindors taking what is rightfully ours! Support your House today!!

And don't forget to stop by the Common Room and introduce yourself once you're settled in. See you then. *waves*

GO SLYTHERIN!!

If you have questions, don't be shy to ask.

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In all the house-cup rush, let's not forget that there are other archives, open for regular business. For SSHG (and other Snape-related fic) I can heartily recommend The WIKtT Archives on The Masque
The Masque is a very welcoming place, and if you are a participant of the Severus Big Bang, you know how welcoming they are. They provided a space for us on their forum and were always helpful.
Go and pay them a visit.

I haven't kept up with the snarry_games this week - I've done nothing this week. *sigh* However, here a few recs I gathered last weekend.
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