snarrymod (snarrymod) wrote in snarry_games, @ 2007-03-04 01:42:00 |
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Original poster: snarrymod
Your Name: Amy, swtalmnd
Your Team: Postwar
1. What made you decide to join the 2007 Snarry Games?
You invited me? I watched the 2006 Winter Games and played in the Summer Art Games, and that was great fun, so I really wanted to participate this time around, too.
2. Which Harry Potter character is your favourite to write? To read? (any POV)
I really don't have favourites, which is going to make the rest of this interview really boring, heh. I love a lot of the characters for different reasons -- Snape's sarcasm and complexity; Harry because, well, he's Harry; Neville for his sweet shyness and underlying steel; Percy because he's such a misunderstood geek who is trying so hard to figure out what's Right and just keeps stumbling left of center; Draco because he's like Percy reversed, sticking to his family's teachings despite what authority figures tell him, and yet they're both wrong; Sirius because he's got this weird combination of tragic emo and playful puppy. And for other reasons, as well, and other characters -- there's so many fascinating characters in the books that I hate to stick to just one (or two, as it were).
3. What brought Snarry to your attention? Was it a specific event/fic/picture?
I had a few friends that were into it, so finally I caved and asked to be pimped into it, so someone sent me a list of maybe a dozen recs. dementordelta's fics were on there, and rushlight75's, my_tara_tory and a few others. There's nothing like snake-assisted wanking to sell me on a pairing, let me tell you! That whole experience really opened me up to other pairings (I was pretty stuck in H/D at the time, lo these many years ago), which obviously has now made me the antithesis of an OTPer -- if it's slash about characters I like, I'm generally all for it.
4. What is your stance on "Quidditch-toned thighs"?
Spreads like silk.
5. Your own fanfiction (any fandom, any pairing): What do you think is your most
underappreciated work? What do you think is your best work? Would you link them here for us?
I'm going to cheat here, due to the aforementioned non-favourites thing, and just list a few fics of mine that I really love.
In "fandoms not HP" I think my yuletide NYR story A Private Solicitation gets no love at all, but that's probably because there's only about 3 people out there who want to read Chaucer/Black Prince Edward slash from A Knight's Tale.
In HP, for pairings-which-are-not-Snarry I have a Neville-slash novella that actually has gotten a fair amount of love already, but I'm going to list anyway. It's Flora and Fauna, and I suggest not scrolling up for the headers since that takes away from the pairing mystery a little.
For pure Snarry that has all the elements I like crammed into one little PWP, Keep in the Sunlight, is a short piece about fighting, making up, and somnophilia.
The other Snarry I have that, apparently, a lot of people missed when originally I posted it is Inappropriate, which is set during the infamous detentions in HBP (and, yes, has underage Harry). It offers up an alternate explanation for Snape's unreasoning, constant irritation with Harry, plus, sex.
6. In your opinion, will Severus Snape turn out to be 'Dumbledore's Man' in Book 7, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows?
In a non-slashy way, yeah. *g*
7. What do you think of podcasting, the newest fad in fandom? Would you like to hear one of your own stories, or one of your favourites voiced via .mp3?
I gave it a try on one of my (few) gen stories, but haven't had the time to even make sure that's clean enough to post, let alone try some of my slash. I vastly prefer to read fic myself, but I know people enjoy hearing it.
8. What pairing have you never written that you would love to try one day? (Any fandom)
I need to write more fic with Percy in it -- other than drabbles, I've never done Percy/Snape, which I think could be really fascinating.
9. What's your favourite kink to read?
Again, we're getting back to favourites... I suppose teacher/student chan is a kink, and I do love that, plus slave fic or rentboy fic, which are both guilty pleasures of mine. The Snarry fic trope that usually makes a story for me is the Misunderstanding, wherein Snape and Harry want each other but are being kept apart due to some misunderstanding, usually each thinking the other doesn't want them. Cliche, but there you are.
10. How do you feel about participating in this year's Snarry Games?
Excited! Team Postwar is totally gonna kick ass in that way where I think it'll be close but of course we'll win.
Thank you, swtalmnd!
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