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snarryhols (snarryhols) wrote in snarry_holidays,
@ 2007-12-16 17:52:00

Entry tags:

fic, post-dh: epilogue compliant, rated: nc-17

No Place at All, for snakeling
Title: No Place at All
Author: ac1d6urn and sinick
Giftee: snakeling
Word Count: 28500
Rating: NC-17
Pairing: Severus/Harry, Harry/Ginny (past)
Warnings: DH spoilers
Disclaimer: JKR owns. No copyright infringement is intended, no money is being made.
Notes: Thank you for the terrific prompt, Snakeling! As you can see, your bunny bit hard.
Summary: “No matter where you go, there you are.” – Buckaroo Banzai

( No Place at All )

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aliciamasters
2008-01-01 03:07 am UTC (link)

I know I'm late coming to this, but I had to say that this is brilliant work. I thought the Parseltongue would be a bind between them, but you took the hard road, and for everything you gave Snape, you took it away from Harry, and vice versa. I loved the atmosphere, and the individual personalities of the snakes. I thank you for a great indoctrination into the fest reads... I can't wait to catch up!

The image of the open road, with the ability to stretch left or right, has fascinated me since reading Robert Frost. You made me feel like running away with the circus!

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sinick
2008-01-02 03:27 am UTC (link)

Thank you very much! (As it happened, JKR took the Parseltongue away from Harry: I saw in one of her post-DH interviews that Harry had his understanding of Parseltongue because of the bit of Voldemort in him, so when he lost that, he lost the Parseltongue as well.) We rather liked the idea of turning the standard structure of Parseltongue-fic on its head.

I'm so glad you liked the snakes: we both wanted to make them distinct characters.

And you're right, the wandering theme was strongly attractive to both of us as well. (Couldn't resist quoting Robert Frost when I saw Acid's lovely forest artwork a while back, so there's another part of your comment that's got me grinning!)

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sinick, 2008-01-02 04:30 am UTC

syrosis
2008-01-02 03:14 am UTC (link)

Wow, wow, wow, WOW! I am seriously in love with this story right now. Not to mention that the kind of music I am listening to right now fits perfectly with this story. But that's another subject right there. Lol! You two always write such magical stories, I am in awe. Severus in a circus actually fits! I loved that premise! And Harry with those lovely braided locks fits too! And both of them in a circus is wonderful. Severus as a parseltongue = thumbs up! This is a wonderful fic! Thank you so much for writing it! I am off to rec this! :D

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	ac1d6urn 2008-01-02 03:18 am UTC (link)
	Oooh, what was your music selection? :) curious I'm so glad to hear that you liked the fic and that the storyline fit the characters. Thank you for telling us! :) It's always a gamble with the original premise like this. I really appreciate the rec as well. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

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syrosis, 2008-01-06 04:24 am UTC

	sinick 2008-01-02 03:33 am UTC (link)
	I'm so glad we managed to make the idea of Snape joining the circus work for you. If anyone was going to pick up Parseltongue from Nagini's bite, figures it'd be Snape. And hey, dreads are just one more way for Harry's hair to be Unruly! #;) Thank you very much for letting us know what you thought! (Reply to this) (Parent)

odogoddess
2008-01-03 07:53 am UTC (link)

Finally had a chance to read this - amazing. I love the idea of Snape working as a snake charmer at the circus, and of Harry no longer understanding Parseltongue and the way they wind up communicating. The visuals are splendid (Shirtless Snape? Oiled up? Sell me a ticket!) ;) I noted that another story on one of the other exchanges seems to have also written a circus-theme (don't ask, my mind is like a sieve right now thanks to this bloody chest cold & my meds), so you might have started a new fic tradition! :) The snakes were adorable, and so was Harry. The smut, was, of course, *superb*. Great job!

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sinick
2008-01-27 06:09 pm UTC (link)

Thank you so much! It's a thrill to know that we've managed to please an author of your calibre.

Re Shirtless-Oiled-Snape, heh, we thought it was high time the fandom was reminded that there's at least one way in which Greasy is Good ;^>

I'm curious: now that (I hope!) your cold has abated, do you have an inkling which story you saw that also had a circus theme? Because I've been keeping an eye out, and haven't seen another circus story so far...

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odogoddess, 2008-01-27 11:59 pm UTC

	facecat 2008-01-03 07:36 pm UTC (link)
	This was/is amazing. I echo all the previous sentiments expressed. I had actually wondered if canon Harry would still be able to speak Parseltongue after the events of DH. The only problem I had was w/myself looking into the links of what Snape had on his shelves. ugh. lol. Truly a wonderful fic. (Reply to this) (Thread)

sinick
2008-01-27 06:12 pm UTC (link)

Heh! I hope the customcreaturetaxidermy links weren't too much of a squick for you!

As I think I mentioned elsewhere, we didn't come up with the idea for Harry losing the ability to speak Parseltongue; it came from one of JKR's slew of post-DH interviews. (Mind you, we're both happy to pick the bits we like from said interviews and ignore the rest as Not Really Canon. ;)

Thank you very much for commenting!

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	snarry_reader 2008-01-03 08:12 pm UTC (link)
	Just a quick comment to let you know that we've added this story to the snarry_reader on our Master List here, and under Sinick's name here. If you'd like us to make any changes to the link, etc. please let us know. Thanks, Gaycrow, on behalf of the Reader. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	sinick 2008-01-27 06:13 pm UTC (link)
	Thanks a lot, Gaycrow! As always, you and the Reader do sterling work! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	darkrhiannon 2008-01-04 04:09 am UTC (link)
	This is just breathtaking in its complexity. Beautifully crafted in every way, it explores aspects of Harry and Snape that blossom under the authors' expert hands. Truly marvelous and utterly captivating! (Reply to this) (Thread)

	sinick 2008-01-27 06:14 pm UTC (link)
	Thank you very much! I'm so glad to hear you enjoyed the story! (Reply to this) (Parent)

loupgarou1750
2008-01-05 01:06 am UTC (link)

I read this oh, a couple of weeks ago, started on a long, rambling orgy of love for you guys (yes, I knew who'd written it, immediately. No one else has your chops!) and then my computer ate the comment. I'm just now getting around to redoing them.

This is one of those fics that scratched an itch I didn't know I had. I love your capacity for world-building, your skill with magical details. I cannot tell you how much I love that Snape is a parslemouth. That just makes so much sense that I sort of think all post DH fics where Snape is alive, should portray him that way. Just amazing. Really, the two of you should rule the world.

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	sinick 2008-01-27 06:17 pm UTC (link)
	Awwww! Isn't it a bugger when computers munch what you've just written! I've had comments eaten more than once (one of the reasons I prefer Firefox to IE is that Firefox's Back button seems to cache LJ comments where as IE's Back button loses them.) But I digress. You always give wonderful feedback: it's such a shot in the arm! Thank you so much! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	verdenia 2008-01-12 01:34 am UTC (link)
	Brilliant story! I love the open road, the circus atmosphere [including how foreboding it was in the dark, and merely garish in the light], all the OCs - Lydia the puppet master, and the sexy animagi - Snape's family of snakes; his collection of oddities and posters, and, of course--crop circles! The smut and all the visualizations were fantastic, too! Great job! (Reply to this) (Thread)

	sinick 2008-01-27 06:21 pm UTC (link)
	Thank you very much! It's great to hear that you liked the OCs: it seems a bit of a gamble to introduce OCs, and it's a relief to hear that the gamble worked for you! Couldn't resist throwing in the little side nods to RL 'mysteries' like crop circles. Thanks again for commenting! (Reply to this) (Parent)

winoniel
2008-01-16 04:44 am UTC (link)

This is marvelous. I really enjoyed the imagery of Harry on the open road, coming to grips with the confines and limits of the wizarding world.

I adore the fact that so many writers dwell on Snape's voice, but you take it into a totally different realm.

The openness of both of the men after the hard lives they'd lived, their sheer ability to survive, and then their growing skill at actually LIVING with rich appreciation for life was painted masterfully, with evocative and intense strokes.

What is so delightful is that the circus is so outside the normal realms of the wizarding or muggle worlds, that you have created an alternate reality for them, free of the demands, pains, restrictions and prejudices of their previous existence. It is bizarre, thought-provoking, dangerous, and mesmerizing, all at the same time.

Wonderful, brilliant piece!

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sinick
2008-01-27 07:34 pm UTC (link)

so many writers dwell on Snape's voice, but you take it into a totally different realm.

Thank you! That was a real motivation for us, approaching the idea of Snape's sexy voice from a different angle: making the sexy angle Parseltongue.

It's great to hear you liked the circus setting: we both wanted to try something different, and it's a relief that it worked for you!

Thank you very much for letting us know how you felt!

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	(Anonymous) 2008-01-28 01:11 pm UTC (link)
	this was lovely - thank you for sharing it with the rest of us :) I got very confused by your listing the Author as no one... I'm so glad I came here to give some feedback otherwise I'd never have found the actual authors :) cheers Lea (Reply to this) (Thread)

	sinick 2008-02-10 05:52 am UTC (link)
	Heh, the anonymous listing was because this story was written for the Snarry Holidays fest, which is an anonymous fest. We couldn't let anyone know we were the authors until after the reveal was posted on this comm! Thank you very much, Lea! I'm glad you liked our story! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	ensnarryed 2008-02-07 12:04 pm UTC (link)
	I recced this to PSA. (linked THIS post, btw). Tell me if that's alright. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	sinick 2008-02-10 05:52 am UTC (link)
	A rec's always welcome! Thank you very much for doing us that favour! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	hogwartshoney 2008-04-11 05:45 pm UTC (link)
	boggle This story is at least 20 types of awesome! I mean, I am utterly in awe of the plotline and the intricacies of it all. Wish I was coherent, because this story really deserves a long and intelligently-worded comment, but I'm still going "Woah!" (Reply to this) (Thread)

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sinick, 2008-04-23 11:29 pm UTC

Sibilance
(Anonymous)
2008-07-22 11:45 pm UTC (link)

That was the most creative spin on "Long-term affects from Nagini" imaginable.

For an astonished minute I was afraid Snape was going to be an Inferus, and all I could think was, "Well, they *did* pull off a ghost-fic. This really shouldn't surprise me. Still... how can even *they* make *that* work??" But you didn't go that direction. *twitters*

I loved so much about this. The way you described the "freaks", casually, through Harry's bewildered eyes: as though they were simple, quirky acts of wizardry... so delightful. Especially in the case of the Tiger/Lion people being half-transformed animagi. Simply /inspired/.

Also, the idea of Harry in dread-braids was definitely intriguing.

Snape's inability to speak English was a fic-twist I've never seen explored in Snarry before. What plot potential! But it did make me wonder: if Severus could speak Parseltongue, why couldn't he whisper to Harry? Perhaps something in Nagini made it difficult to speak any non-snake language in general? Either way, you've simply shown that if Snape wants to be heard, he *will* be. Endlessly fascinating, the lot of it.

Also, snake-throne? Completely awesome. The Flying? Double-completely awesome. I was almost disappointed that you two didn't show Harry learning how to fly, but you didn't need to, in the end. This fic is just so complete all on its own.

Snakeling is unquestionably lucky.

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