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

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TEAM DRAGON ENTRY: Gingertart "Getting Familiar"
Title: Getting Familiar.
Author: Gingertart (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. chiralove encouraged the muse and arm-wrestled the reluctant plot-bunnies, then stepping in at the last minute, joanwilder and 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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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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gingertart50
2008-05-03 09:16 am UTC (link)

Thank you for your lovely comments!

As soon as I found Pandinus imperator I knew that I'd got Snape's animagus form, and as soon as I started writing from his POV, he just took over and wrote it himself.

After standing up to Voldemort, I'm sure Harry would be able to handle the female Weasleys. Especially if he had a scorpion perched on his shoulder.

I'm so glad that you liked him, and that you enjoyed the fic.

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