Snapedom

You may see it drawn HERE.

Severus was the big hit of the Magic Convention Cruise!
All the magicians were amazed and impressed with his levitation trick!

Watch it being drawn HERE!

I'm having computer problems with the heat, but Severus was counting on me to give him a proper holiday! How could I let him down? I'm giving him my holiday.

Dear Sylvanawood (hugs and lots of chocolate frogs!) has graciously agreed to have Snapedom affiliate with our new asylum here on IJ, Dark Prince Rising (aka darkprincesnape ).

The other day janus  and I were discussing how hard it can be to find good fic and art in which Severus is a Voldemort loyalist, or otherwise taking a look specifically at his darker side. According to canon he was, after all, a loyal DE for at least a little while. So we started kicking around ideas for a "support group" for those who are at all interested in this aspect of our dear Potions Master - whether just occasionally liking to read a Dark!Snape fic or deeply interested in a less Light-oriented take on Severus' character, or even wondering if and how Severus can be considered a Dark wizard. From that Dark Prince Rising was born.

We welcome all your thoughts, meta, rants, jokes, and fic, art and meta recs to do with Dark!Severus. One of the ideas behind the comm is, after all, to gather this work together into one easy-to-find place. Like Snapedom, we plan on hosting occasional art and meta challenges, except oriented towards the comm's theme of Dark!Severus. We also accept direct posting of your own Dark!Sev-related fic and art (see the Prince's Laws for posting guidelines), and plan on hosting fic challenges in addition to art and meta ones (share your ideas!). And you can post recs anytime.

Everyone is welcome there who is at all interested in exploring this aspect of Severus, reading AU's in which he's still Voldie's or even becomes the next Dark Lord himself, and/or in exploring Severus as a specifically Dark wizard (however you define Dark magic!) We intend to work in friendly partnership with Snapedom, rather than in competition - janus and I will still be around Snapedom (as it is indeed lovely here with all of you), and at DPR we will be focusing on a much narrower take on Severus than the general-interest approach taken here. Think of us as another tag on the Snapedom list, if you like, right next to the Severus and Voldemort Challenge; "Severus and the Dark Side." Please, drop by anytime and leave your Mark! And many thanks again to Sylvanawood - we'll get affiliate banners up asap.

Cheers! and Hi from your friendly mods at Dark Prince Rising,
00sevvie and janus

Come to the Dark Side...we have Chocolate Frogs!

And Happy Fourth of July to the Americans!

You may watch it being drawn HERE!

Werewolves. I believe that Severus' antipathy to werewolves was due to something he believed to be Remus’ betrayal. Remus had never tormented him. That would have meant a great deal Severus, as a lonely teenager. There are two times we read about Severus following someone and spying on them for his own ends. One is Lily, in the playground, (which naturally implies more such incidents.) The other is his spying on the Marauders.

The books speak of him hiding in the bushes, watching Lily with hunger. He was not a predator, but despite everything, despite planning and cunning, he was something much more innocent. He wanted a friend.

I believe it was in the same spirit that he watched the marauders. It is true, he was amongst a gang of Slytherins, who nearly all turned out to be Death-Eaters, but they were Slytherin. They were the powerful rich old families, pure-blood, wanting for nothing. The demands put on the neglected boy we see on the train must have been enormous, and they would have had to be hidden, must be demonstrated immediately even as they were developing.

How lonely he must have been, would have been, even had Sirius, James and probably others, not tormented him while their followers jeered.

He would have noticed Remus with them, shabby and poor as himself, another boy who would have been an outcast. He would have seen the apology in Remus' eyes, the awkwardness, the inability to prevent his friends, the disinclination to participate. Intrigued, he would have watched, noticed the illnesses, the absences, perhaps scratches and minor wounds. In his mind he would have conjured sympathy in Remus - not pity, but possibility of understanding, fellow-feeling, even... even friendship.
( cut for 728 words )

There are many Severus'. And each Severus has his own canon. In that of my Severus, I have made certain choices. It is certainly due to the influence of my friend's story that I have taken these positions. Since it was written the Snape-shaped hole appeared. This delighted me.

Voldemort is the only other person in the books who is mentioned as flying, and when they learn of it everyone is amazed. He is in the habit of arbitrarily punishing and rewarding. Snape had killed Dumbledore, the only person who Voldemort feared. In my world, it is not only Headmastership of Hogwarts he is granted, and a seat at the Dark Lord's right hand, but the gift of flight.

It has been argued, when I mentioned this in the Voldemort writing, that the Dark Lord was not inclined to give or to share knowledge or skills. I think, however that he was capricious, and it pleased him to act with benevolence as well as cruelty. 'A Merciful Lord,' he said, and perhaps he wanted to prove himself a generous one also. He would want to bear positive attributes, to show himself that he was a wise and good leader of men. If he had been a hard and vicious man always, I do not think he would have gained power and followers from the high old families.

It is true, he punished his followers, either with immediate Crucio, as with Thorfinn, or with long-term elaborate harm such as turning Draco into a murderer in vengeance against Lucius. Nevertheless, I believe that the service Severus rendered him, of that he believed Severus rendered him, was significant enough to warrant significant reward.

In my canon, Severus is aware of what price he paid for his gift. He knows it is blood money or meant to be blood money. On the one hand, when he flies he thinks of Dumbledore, of killing him. On the other hand, flight is wonderful, and the physical feeling is free, the control and solitude - all are at once triumphant and peaceful even in the midst of war. It is a beautiful miracle. It is another tool in an array of personal tactics. It allows him to... escape, to literally rise above. Wonder and horror.

( cut for length and more prosaic details )

words: 1019
warnings: none

As it is Fic Rec Friday, I want to mention the first Severus story I read, the first Harry Potter fanfic story I read. It sold me completely. I had previously been skeptical. I eagerly bought the first book when it came out. British Boarding school stories meet Charlie an the Chocolate Factory! Who could resist? I was working in a bookshop at the time. We had meetings on the weekends, pouring over catalogues. I grew rapidly tired of Harry. Book one was fabulous, but definitely a children's book. Book two was a little much of the same. I didn't get so far as Book 3. Alas, for I did not meet Remus and Sirius. Nor Severus, beyond a grumpy professor.

So I carried on, oh years! The movies came out, books 4, 5, 6. I went with my young niece and found I was annoyed with the quidditch, kids kicking my seat and chattering throughout.

I learned my dear friend had loved Severus. "Good Christ," I said, "What? What? Harry bloody Potter?"

So she showed me her long-ago story. And I was sold. I loved him too, despite myself (and look at me now.) The story is old. It takes place at Snape Manor. But. It is all about Severus and Flight.

Season of Healing

I apologise to her, and to everyone. Obviously I had no idea what I was saying.

edited

You can watch it being painted brush-by-brush HERE

Sev has used his potions to make his special polishing materials for his precious beloved wand. And there he is, cradling itin his Slytherin-decorated room. In love.

You may watch it being drawn HERE

Hiding out in the muggle school library, he noticed the book when he was very young. The Little Prince He was immediately attracted...

Belated. I sincerely apologise.

You can view it as it was drawn HERE!

Though this was my first idea when the topic was announced, there was the similar theme from alisonven and I put off doing it. Eventually I decided to draw it anyway. If you think it appropriate to eliminate it from the contest, that is fine and I will certainly understand. It's just based on a couple of my Sev stories and my love of my ipod. My Sev is not enamoured by muggle things.

In response to 00sevvie's response to my Severus and Voldemort post.
00sevvie is a brilliant name, by the way. I am all admiration.

I hope I've answered some of your questions. Again - its really too long for comments. And again, I ramble on and on and on... I love to talk about Snape.

( cut for 2500 words of rambles )
He is the perfect adjutant - capable, with nothing to lose and nothing to gain. To want - anything - is to be cheated, to lose. From Voldemort's point of view, love can turn to hate, belief can turn to a feeling of betrayal. Severus is useful. Usefulness does not fail. Usefulness is what he gains from Dumbledore, why he serves him as well, and there are the years of use teaching and perhaps spying on his young charges during the time in which Voldemort was vanquished. Usefulness is what he gains from Voldemort. That is why he is valued by Voldemort, because it is pure and it is hunger, even terror that he will fall into nothingness.

What joy, you ask? Memory. And the things he always loved. Spells, potions, Slytherin House, learning, understanding from wizards. The hope for a fleeting, momentary look or hand of approval, praise, trust. A striving for redemption through service, penance through work.

There was something that amazed everyone, a skill unprecedented that caused even Voldemort's enemies to exclaim in admiration. He was a brilliant wizard - the most advanced in decades. He really had power, and advanced magic. He had won awards at school, feared none but Dumbledore. His accomplishments were extraordinary. None of these elicits comment from his enemies, save one. Voldemort could fly.

There is no mention of anyone else flying unaided in the books. This was something remarkable, something he must have developed on his own. He was not a generous man; not one to instruct, to teach, to give; not one to take on protégés, to mentor or aid his followers or recruits. There is no mention of phalanxes of Deatheaters pursuing anyone freely through the air. Yet Voldemort taught Snape to fly.
( Cut for 900 words of wild justification of my own position, writing Snape and Voldemort )
But that did not happen. Voldemort took Snape under his almost literal wings, branded his arm, taught him, used him, valued him. Snape was, in my world, Voldemort's man as surely as he was Dumbledore's. Janus, I named him - the embodiment of contradictions, he who held good and evil, light and darkness, past and future, all simultaneously within himself. With sincerity.

Creampuffs!

Nums! Severus has a secret! And they were expecting him!
Watch it being drawn HERE!

I have thought about Snape's hair. It is greasy. It is black. It is shoulder-length. Snape is not handsome and he 'has better things to worry about than whether his hair has bounce.' (the_iscariot - though I may not have remembered the wording perfectly.)

Here is the continuation of my musings abut Severus' hair.
489 words.

EDIT: Sorry for the initial double post. I deleted the duplicate entry. I also edited to include the link rather than the text and tidied it.

Severus keeps his observations of the obvious strictly to himself, as usual.
You can watch the painting brush by brush HERE!

As it is Friday, I am going to, er, mention my fiction. My writing has been private, so far, in that it is in an obscure journal with two friends. If it is inappropriate to post this, please remove it. The writing is my gradual building of a consistent life for my Severus, with what rhyme and reason I can concoct.

I wrote a story today!
How Severus Got His Wand
The title says it all. Sev at 11, 12, 13. Gen. A simple tale. 3088 words.

Here are the other stories:
1 A Bithday Gift
Well, I have already posted it here.
2Azkaban Blanket
Severus visits Rabastan in Azkaban (say those three words ten times quickly. X^I) and brings him a blanket. Gen, pretty much. 2223 words.
3Faces not Masks
Why Janus? Is this a story? Not really. It is more of a vignette. Gen if it is a story? 552 words.
4Temptation
Severus talking to himself. I considered putting him in a prompt com for a second. Gen. Again a vignette. 667 words.
5Fetish
Severus likes the cold. A little explicit nudity, but gen nonetheless. 646 words.
6Respect
A pair of matching little vignettes - his father and the Dark Lord. Gen. Some violence. 614 words.
7Black and White
Punk rock Severus at 16. A little story with no basis except in my Sev's world. Gen. Violence. 2987 words.
8A Present - Severus at 14
A gift from his father. An anomaly. Another little story with no canon basis, but neither of these are impossible... Gen. 1160 words.

You can watch the paining, brush by brush HERE!

Severus is in a playful mood at midnight in a snowstorm. He is icing the Gryffindor Quidditch path.

Characters: Severus
Rating: G
Warnings: None
Summary: Severus receives an owl bearing a small present on his sixteenth birthday - a future.
Word count: 618
Author Notes: A short piece for his birthday.
story!

This is from my friend, who is anomalywaiting on LJ. She RPs with me as Rabstan. I am posting for her as she has no IJ.

Title: TWINS



You can watch the art HERE!