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snarrymod ([info]snarrymod) wrote in [info]snarry_games,
@ 2008-05-01 19:37:00

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Entry tags:entry, gingertart50, team dragon

TEAM DRAGON ENTRY: Gingertart "Getting Familiar"
Title: Getting Familiar.
Author: Gingertart ([info]gingertart50)
Team: Dragon
Genre(s): Humour/Crack & Romance
Prompt(s): Tabloid Headlines
Rating/Warnings/Kinks: NC-17 * Underage (Harry is 17), EWE / voyeurism.*
Word Count: approx 15,000
Summary: Snape has watched over Potter for so long that nothing from poisonous snakes and assassins to amorous doppelgangers can stop him. Eventually he's going to figure out why.
A/N: My betas are worthy of much praise, adoration, thanks and smooches. [info]lesyeuxverts encouraged the muse and arm-wrestled the reluctant plot-bunnies, then stepping in at the last minute, [info]joanwilder and [info]klynie1 rounded up and corralled the punctuation, disentangled the grammar and generally were all-round jolly good sorts. Last but not least, thank you Team Dragon for all your encouragement. ROARRR! For information about Pandinus imperator, go here.
Disclaimer: The Harry Potter world and characters are the sole property of J.K. Rowling, Scholastic, Bloomsbury, and Raincoast Books, and Warner Bros., Inc. I make no money from writing fanfiction.







"Getting Familiar by Gingertart"


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[info]wichie
2008-05-02 03:31 am UTC (link)
Ha, I love this look at Aftermath; just where are you going and what do you seek? I think that sums up the motivation nicely, and you did very well to bring it out in your characters, especially Severus. Although he has eight limbs and no vocal chords for most of the story, his inner thoughts are very ... illuminating, while its nice to see that your Harry doesn't bumble about in the dark, and remembers he's a wizard with a good 'lumos'. The detail was quite nice, especial for sub characters like the Weasleys; the dialog between Arthur and Molly made me laugh, and Ginny was just the right bit of 16-year-old-fan-girl, a little too focused on 'me' in most of her speech to make her a viable choice for Harry, perfect tone.

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(no subject) - [info]gingertart50, 2008-05-02 09:43 pm UTC

[info]zephyr_macabee
2008-05-02 03:36 am UTC (link)
"I've got to find him! Hermione, where should I start?"

Turn your head a little to the left?

"He might not want to see you, mate," Weasley said warily. "He hates us."

Only moderately.

This little bit of dialogue is so grand.

You chose an excellent animagus form for Severus, all prickly and venomous and then you gave the scorpion such a snarky internal voice. I could not wait to see what he was going to say.
All your characters voices were quite fitting. You caught my view of Molly very well, the interfering mother trying to run her children's lives for them (all very lovingly of course).

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(no subject) - [info]gingertart50, 2008-05-02 09:47 pm UTC

[info]keyairreem
2008-05-02 03:47 am UTC (link)
Now that was fun! Sev is soooooooo a scorpion! Good job!

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(no subject) - [info]gingertart50, 2008-05-02 09:48 pm UTC

[info]oni_butterfly
2008-05-02 04:01 am UTC (link)
I wonder what Hagrid would make of you? Soup?

God just thinking about that makes me laugh even more. An amazing story, full of laughs, giggles, and chuckles. Scorpion!Severus was perfect, his little comments were too funny for words. Infatuated!Harry was delectably adorable. Wonderful story. Thank you so much for writing!

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(no subject) - [info]gingertart50, 2008-05-02 09:50 pm UTC

[info]the_con_cept
2008-05-02 04:24 am UTC (link)
The Dark Lord had been predictably ungrateful… And it only got BETTER! OMG, the details, woman! It’s freakin’ CLEVER as well as sassy and fun! I WISH I’D WRITTEN THIS, DAMMIT! The best animagus fic I’ve ever read, I swear! Thank you so much. You took a ruined day and ended it on a wonderful note! I’m so glad you’re on my team! *runs off to rec*

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(no subject) - [info]gingertart50, 2008-05-02 09:53 pm UTC

[info]lilyseyes
2008-05-02 04:34 am UTC (link)
THIS is absolutely brilliant! I loved it even more the second read through! And you were worried?

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(no subject) - [info]gingertart50, 2008-05-02 09:55 pm UTC

[info]themadscriptor
2008-05-02 04:41 am UTC (link)
This was ridiculously fun and had me chuckling and grinning like mad. Ah, trying to pick a favourite line, but there are too many! :) Fantastic job.

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(no subject) - [info]gingertart50, 2008-05-02 09:56 pm UTC

(Anonymous)
2008-05-02 04:45 am UTC (link)
Incredibly wonderful. :> Scorpion!Snape making snarky comments about everything, protecting Harry, dropping his grasshopper in the kippers...he really stole the show. But I loved your mature Harry too (and, okay, every minor character down to Crookshanks). They were all just right. --Skylerbird (who still doesn't have an IJ account)

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(no subject) - [info]gingertart50, 2008-05-02 09:58 pm UTC

[info]alisanne
2008-05-02 04:49 am UTC (link)
*happy sigh*
Oh how I have been looking forward to this! *glee*
I LOVED it! (As if there was any doubt I would)
First, Snape's inner voice was SPOT ON. You really nailed him here.
And the Animagus form you chose was also perfect.
The way you had Snape slowly come to respect Harry/Ron/Hermione, hie snarky comments and observations about everything, and the way he went about his discoveries worked brilliantly.
Great fic, hon (not that I expected any less from you).
And this bit?

"I'll take all eight inches of you, Professor. Claws and sting and all."

Snape could hardly wait.

Was the best and prolly the only way to end it. You really rock! Even if you are on that other team. :P

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(no subject) - [info]gingertart50, 2008-05-02 10:06 pm UTC

[info]lalaith_niniel
2008-05-02 05:03 am UTC (link)
Wow, that was one hell of a presumptuous Ginny. Good thing Snape was around to help protect Harry, even if it was from himself! I adore scorpion!Snape and his thoughts to himself.

The discussion between Snape and Draco was priceless, especially Draco's description of the Weasley women and Snape's concern over who Draco's slept with.

The best line, however, was Harry's last. It was priceless.

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(no subject) - [info]gingertart50, 2008-05-02 10:10 pm UTC

[info]laeticiav
2008-05-02 05:20 am UTC (link)
Arachnid!Snape is awesome. And now we know who Draco names his son after. This was one of my favorite Snarry sentences ever:"Snape was a very pensive arachnid indeed for the rest of the evening; not that anyone noticed." At least it was until I got to the second last sentence. mwahahaha. And Harry calling him an insect on purpose all along. Excellent interspecies snark.

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(no subject) - [info]gingertart50, 2008-05-02 10:12 pm UTC

[info]ariss_tenoh
2008-05-02 05:25 am UTC (link)
Brilliant fic! I loved how you made Snape remain himslf though he couldn't voice a word^_^

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(no subject) - [info]gingertart50, 2008-05-02 10:14 pm UTC

[info]spiritwhite
2008-05-02 05:26 am UTC (link)
Oh. My. God.

This is brilliant! The dialogue, and Severus's internal voice, and the last two lines... Guh! *iz ded*

I think this is probably one of my two-or-three favorites thus far in the Snarry Games. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WRITING IT! *tackles*

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(no subject) - [info]gingertart50, 2008-05-02 10:16 pm UTC

[info]unbroken_halo
2008-05-02 05:42 am UTC (link)
LOL! That was great! So many wonderful snark-filled lines.

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(no subject) - [info]gingertart50, 2008-05-02 10:17 pm UTC

[info]joanwilder
2008-05-02 06:32 am UTC (link)
This is in my favorite fics folder, and the victory of such a great story is all the sweeter since I know how you agonized over the original bunny(ies). The Animagus form (sleek and black and prickly) of a scorpion was perfect, and being able to hear Snape's inner voice is what made this fic come alive.

"I've got to find him! Hermione, where should I start?"
Turn your head a little to the left.

That's just one little bit that I'll always remember. The Malfoy sub-plot was well-chosen, and my heart went pitter-patter when Snape once again put himself in harm's way for Harry.

The last scene, where Harry becomes the predator, was a thing of beauty--Scorpion King Meets His Match in Hogwarts Infirmary--Prepares to Receive Spectacular Head--screamed the headlines!!

Well done, my Dragon--what a trophy for the team! ROAR!!

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(no subject) - [info]gingertart50, 2008-05-02 10:21 pm UTC

[info]aliciajd
2008-05-02 07:26 am UTC (link)
The most perfect Snape animagus form yet! Very funny!

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(no subject) - [info]gingertart50, 2008-05-02 10:22 pm UTC

[info]centaury_squill
2008-05-02 09:17 am UTC (link)
Loved Snape in his animagus form (trust him to have a sting in the tail), the Daily Prophet quotes and the closing scene. Eight inches, LOL. Lovely fic.

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(no subject) - [info]gingertart50, 2008-05-02 10:24 pm UTC

[info]suze_y
2008-05-02 11:14 am UTC (link)
This is wonderful -- so many great lines and such a perfect, classic snarky Snape. I like Harry in this, too -- and how Snape is forced to recognize the more admirable attributes/intelligence of all three members of the Trio. And who knew that a scorpion could be so ... emotive? Snape prodded the air with a claw, but no one identified the gesture for what it was. That image got me giggling into my morning coffee. Thanks for this very happy start to my day :-)

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(no subject) - [info]gingertart50, 2008-05-03 08:37 am UTC

[info]thana
2008-05-02 11:26 am UTC (link)
That has been one of the most beautiful stories of the Games till now for me! I've read it 3 times and I bet I will read it again and again. It's copy/pasted into my most liked Folder on my harddrive ^^

I was especially fascinated with the point of view and how, in the end, we get told that Harry at least hadn't been as clueless about the nature of his new familiar as Snape would have liked to believe. Insect-Arachnid!- indeed. I would like to have the story with Harry's POV, but there are so many clues that I don't need it to be spelled out, it is enough fun to imagine.

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(no subject) - [info]gingertart50, 2008-05-03 08:53 am UTC

[info]svartalfur
2008-05-02 11:28 am UTC (link)
A very enjoyable read! Snape's Animagus form is just perfect - to the sting!

ROOOAAAAARRRRRRR

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(no subject) - [info]gingertart50, 2008-05-03 08:54 am UTC

[info]klynie1
2008-05-02 11:43 am UTC (link)
You already know that I love this story to death. Excellent work! In fact, I've been thinking in terms of familiar-meta/Snarry Games-meta ever since I read it.

It strikes me yet again that you've created Snape as the perfect familiar for Harry. He's just so cool and black and prickly - in fact, funnily, the perfect Dragon, now I come to think of it.

Hmmm.

That led to thoughts about Hedwig. Poor little bird. She was nearly as temperamental as Snape. And she got killed in a way that was nearly as stupid as the way JKR killed Snape. But for all that she's the one more closely related to a phoenix, do you see resurrected!Hedwig fic? Nope. It's JKR's Dragons that keep getting brought back to life.

Makes you think, yeah? Go Dragons! ROOOAAAAAR!

Of course, that led to traitorous thoughts like 'I want resurrected!Hedwig fic...'

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(no subject) - [info]gingertart50, 2008-05-03 09:08 am UTC

[info]hogwartshoney
2008-05-02 12:38 pm UTC (link)
COMPLETELY enjoyed this! Severus as a scorpion is THE WIN, I tell you - what a perfect Animagus form ;o) I loved his inner monologue and often I'd forget that he's an insect (Arachnid, damn you!) until he tried to smile with his mouthparts or something like that. There's so much to comment on and so many lines to love, so I'll just smile and applaud!

Really well done.

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(no subject) - [info]gingertart50, 2008-05-03 09:10 am UTC

[info]miriravan
2008-05-02 01:19 pm UTC (link)
Oh, yes! You had me chuckling by the end of the first paragraph with: "His cephalothorax hurt and he felt dizzy with a combination of shock, venom, blood-loss and indignation," and laughing out loud by the time I got to, "Oh shit he said, or at least made an irate clicking noise with his mouthparts," because after all, doesn't Snape spend most of his life making irate noises with his mouthparts? :)

I love the way being Harry's 'familiar' gives Snape a chance to get another perspective on who Harry is, and a scorpion is a *great* animagus form for Snape! Up until I now I was convinced that hedgehog was it, but you definitely sold me on scorpion. Lots of armor, well-weaponed at both ends, sleek, black, and sneaky . . .

And his internal mono/dialogue was hilarious. Lines that especially made me crack up included:
"I would prefer to live in ignorance of the complex sexual politics of Gryffindor House, thank you all the same. Can you please talk about the Malfoys?"

"Well thank Merlin for that! Accepted into high society at last. Hoo-bloody-rah,"

and the whole 'exchange' where Harry's telling scorpion-Snape how much the two them have in common, particularly "You try controlling your hair when you're working over cauldrons all day. Come to think of it, you could try controlling your hair full stop." The best part, of course, is that it's all so funny because it's so *true*, however much Snape may make fun, and there's an edge of sadness under the humor throughout, for all the pain they've both suffered and all the loss they've both endured. To keep that edge, and still be so laugh-out-loud funny takes real talent.

Oh! And yay for the Dragon-Phoenix lovechild story! And for Draco helping Harry save Snape. And Harry standing up to Ginny *and* Molly. And Harry compared to a Phoenix in a story by a Dragon. *And* the ending, which is sweet and hot and funny and perfect.

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(no subject) - [info]gingertart50, 2008-05-03 09:16 am UTC

[info]majmunka
2008-05-02 01:25 pm UTC (link)
Is it too early to decide on a favourite? I love the IC-ness, love Snape's animagus form but I love best scorpion's thinking :D Perfect.

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(no subject) - [info]gingertart50, 2008-05-03 09:20 am UTC
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[info]fbowden
2008-05-02 01:42 pm UTC (link)
"I've got to find him! Hermione, where should I start?"

Turn your head a little to the left?

Bahaha!! This was fantastic! You couldn't have thought up a better animagus form for Snape, he is such a bloody Scorpion. Wonderful work xxx

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(no subject) - [info]gingertart50, 2008-05-03 09:21 am UTC

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