Title: Aftermaths, Part 7
Rating: NC-17 overall, but most chapters are closer to PG-13
Pairing: Snape/Lupin
Word count: ~8,040
Warning: AU; written pre-HBP
Author's notes: {} Indicates character's unspoken thoughts
Disclaimer: No money is being made off this story; consider it a little wish fulfillment on my part.
Sequel to: Always, Summer Vacation, For Old Time's Sake, Three's a Crowd, Return of the Raven, Phoenix Reborn, Phoenix Rising
Summary: Blaise's sister tests Snape's patience, and Lupin, Snape, and the boys get a chance to visit Professor Blackmore's ancestral home.

Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6

Title: Aftermaths, Part 6
Rating: NC-17 overall, but most chapters are closer to PG-13
Pairing: Snape/Lupin
Word count: ~9,920
Warning: AU; written pre-HBP
Author's notes: {} Indicates character's unspoken thoughts
Disclaimer: No money is being made off this story; consider it a little wish fulfillment on my part.
Sequel to: Always, Summer Vacation, For Old Time's Sake, Three's a Crowd, Return of the Raven, Phoenix Reborn, Phoenix Rising
Summary: Snape, Lupin, and the boys visit the Zabinis' shop in Diagon Alley.

Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5

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osmalic asked how I celebrate Halloween.

As a kid, I generally looked forward to trick-or-treating. I did that through age 14, and then I was officially too old for it. If only I'd have known then that most people ignore the age limit!

As an adult, I've tended to hold my own birthday/Halloween party. This is the first year we've had to cancel because of illness. Sometimes, when my birthday falls in the middle of the week, a party isn't as feasible. If the weather is good, we like to set up the candy in the front yard and make the kids walk through the leaves we refuse to rake. On occasion, we've also blared scary music.

I'm not really a great decorator or costumer. I kind of enjoy clever, low-labor costumes, but I had so many "that's lame" reactions that I stopped even doing those. In my house, it's pretty much Halloween year-round in terms of decoration, and my aunt always gives me something neat that's Halloween-themed, so while I have a huge pile of Halloween stuff in basement, I hardly ever get it all out. But I could deck this place out like the Adams Family mansion if I wanted to. *grin*

I love haunted houses, although I don't get out to them every year, but they're always on my mind each year. And I celebrate Friday the 13ths as kind of adjunct holidays to Halloween. When I'm particularly vexed, I take a hex for myself on Halloween.

Probably my best birthday was last year, turning over a decade and having all my friends and family around. It was a nice night and most of my friends got good and silly in front of a fire, which was different for us, but verrrrry entertaining. Worst that I care to document was definitely this year. ~_^

love, lore

I think I saw the first Kizuna OVA before I read any yaoi manga, so that was probably my introduction into yaoi. However, the first manga titles that I bought were Only the Ring Finger Knows and Golden Cain.

Title: Aftermaths, Part 5
Rating: NC-17 overall, but most chapters are closer to PG-13
Pairing: Snape/Lupin
Word count: ~8,330
Warning: AU; written pre-HBP
Author's notes: {} Indicates character's unspoken thoughts
Disclaimer: No money is being made off this story; consider it a little wish fulfillment on my part.
Sequel to: Always, Summer Vacation, For Old Time's Sake, Three's a Crowd, Return of the Raven, Phoenix Reborn, Phoenix Rising
Summary: Draco and Narcissa have dinner at Grimmauld Place; Draco and Damien pay a visit to the Lupin-Snape household.

Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4

Title: Aftermaths, Part 4
Rating: NC-17 overall, but most chapters are closer to PG-13
Pairing: Snape/Lupin
Word count: ~9,920
Warning: AU; written pre-HBP
Author's notes: {} Indicates character's unspoken thoughts
Disclaimer: No money is being made off this story; consider it a little wish fulfillment on my part.
Sequel to: Always, Summer Vacation, For Old Time's Sake, Three's a Crowd, Return of the Raven, Phoenix Reborn, Phoenix Rising
Summary: Theodore and Dylan spend their first full moon with Lupin; Draco reluctantly adjusts to his new status in life.

Part 1, Part 2, Part 3

Title: Aftermaths, Part 3
Rating: NC-17 overall, but most chapters are closer to PG-13
Pairing: Snape/Lupin
Word count: ~9,650
Warning: AU; written pre-HBP
Author's notes: {} Indicates character's unspoken thoughts
Disclaimer: No money is being made off this story; consider it a little wish fulfillment on my part.
Sequel to: Always, Summer Vacation, For Old Time's Sake, Three's a Crowd, Return of the Raven, Phoenix Reborn, Phoenix Rising
Summary: Lupin and Snape's new family seems to be getting along well until Theodore receives a letter from Blaise...

Part 1, Part 2

Here are a few thoughts about Project Runway tonight:

Whoever made up Heidi in that pink must be shot. Also, she looked like she had eye work done. But I hope not.

The wrong person won.

There was a costume-heavy line. Rosy was right when she said in chat that the hats made the models look like penises.

Tim Gunn spazzing out was adorable.

I wasn't so pissed off that I won't tune in come January, but it's a close thing.

*****
Good friend had a birthday today. We managed a small gift and short visit, and I'm glad because this friend isn't celebrated enough.

That's all I have for now. Maybe I better keep this up in December, just to get to all the topics I'm not hitting on yet.

love, lore

P.S. See the Bones icon? It needs help, but I'm not sure what....

... or so the song goes. Actually, the difficulty is that life careens on no matter whether I'm paying attention or not, which means I'm nowhere near unpacked, I'll be sightsinging 11 pieces at tonight's rehearsal (and learning one by ear; the remaining two I've sung before), and I'm daunted at the necessity of getting my house company-ready by Monday.

Also, I ache all over, and I'm not sure if it's residual jetlag, residual-falling-off-a-horse-in-Jordan (I did get back on, go me), climate shock (I wore a bikini top in Tel Aviv last Saturday; today, I'm swaddled in my fleece robe and flannel nightgown, and I'm still cold), resuming my acquaintance with Tennessee Valley allergens, or if I'm succumbing to one of the many colds lurking around me (the BYM has been complaining of a scratchy throat). I better not be - I have high notes to hit! - but I've had to defer catching up with people, just in case, and that's a bummer.

Mopiness and munched-up-by-obligations-ness aside, HI! (For those of you just tuning in, I was in Israel for a month - primarily to attend a friend's wedding in Tel Aviv, but also to indulge my wanderlust while I have the legs and flextime to give it rein. There are more details and photos at my general journal.) I couldn't help but think of y'all while I was over there - there was a sushi restaurant in Jerusalem with a manga-styled girl in its ads; cartoon crustaceans on subway walls; shiny, shiny beach structures and a gorgeous library at the Israel Supreme Court, both of which made me miss marginaliana like you wouldn't believe (and so did seeing the Sesame Street stream of Google-logos (November 4-10) every time I hopped onto google.co.il to figure out buses, trains, and other logistics); and a Woodpigeon cover of "Lay All Your Love Down on Me" that had me remembering geoviki's lists.

(I have been unnaturally obsessed with that song for the past nine days - the Information Society version happened to be playing while I was at the Japonika in Haifa, and somehow rooted itself into my system before I was done with my coffee, and the plane home had the ABBA original in its database, so I ended up playing it over and over from Turkey to Quebec in tandem with dance mixes of "All Out of Love" and "Don't Leave Me This Way." It was weirdly soothing to doze to, although the teenage girl in the seat next to me probably thinks I'm a sad, sad freak. I'll just have to riff on it for My Poem Rocks or some other venue - something in my psyche wants its turn on the dancefloor...)

Um, so, yeah, lots going on, and lots more to say, but I've definitely exceeded my babble quota for the day. Plus, lunch to make and cards to send and files to edit and submissions to assemble. Speaking of the last, there are now poems scheduled to appear at Strange Horizons and Dead Mule in the near-ish future, and just a couple hours, qarrtsiluni went live with both the text and audio versions of I am waiting for the right instant to say your name. (For what it's worth, I feel this is my best reading to date of anything I've written, so I'm extra-pleased about that.)

*hugs you all, bounds off to terrorize the mailman* *eg*

It's the RETURN OF THE TO DO LIST!!!

1. Laundry

2. Shopping
- cherry pie filling
- bath scrunchy
- underroos
- turtlenecks (?)
- Christmas CD
- Kitty Litter

3. TV Setup

Oh yeah... it's a long list today XD I'm heading out to the Mall, stopping at WalMart and PetCo before heading to the Christian Bookstore. I'm singing in church in a few weeks, so I need a new holiday song, and Mom wants the three of us to sing for Christmas... which means finding a new song in an SSA arrangement. Joy.

And then... I'm being a slug. :P

Title: Aftermaths, Part 2
Rating: NC-17 overall, but most chapters are closer to PG-13
Pairing: Snape/Lupin
Word count: ~9,430
Warning: AU; written pre-HBP
Author's notes: {} Indicates character's unspoken thoughts
Disclaimer: No money is being made off this story; consider it a little wish fulfillment on my part.
Sequel to: Always, Summer Vacation, For Old Time's Sake, Three's a Crowd, Return of the Raven, Phoenix Reborn, Phoenix Rising
Summary: The trip to the Nott mansion brings back bad memories for Theodore.

Part 1

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Continuing with the reposting of my old Snupin fics. As with Phoenix Rising, I'm not sure exactly how many chapters this will run as I'm still dividing the story up into LJ-sized posts, but the story is complete, and I'll correct the headers when I'm done.

Title: Aftermaths, Part 1
Rating: NC-17 overall, but most chapters are closer to PG-13
Pairing: Snape/Lupin
Word count: ~8,750
Warning: AU; written pre-HBP
Author's notes: {} Indicates character's unspoken thoughts
Disclaimer: No money is being made off this story; consider it a little wish fulfillment on my part.
Sequel to: Always, Summer Vacation, For Old Time's Sake, Three's a Crowd, Return of the Raven, Phoenix Reborn, Phoenix Rising
Summary: The various characters deal with the aftermath of the war; Snape, Lupin, Dylan, and Theodore adjust to being a family.

Anyone who knows me at all knows that I love a good, long fanfic (with lots of smex, but that's another post...). The holiday exchange season is creeping up on us, as it is the time of year when people start to evaluate their lives and think that it would be a good idea to pull all their fanfic off the internet (it's not!!).

If you are like me, and you want ALL the fan fic, saving stories off the internet to your hard drive is essential to your sanity.

I ran into a poster on LJ who didn't realise that if you save simple text files of journal and some web pages, you will get a text format that includes characters to show italics and bold (usually slashes: /italicized or bold text here/), essentially giving you the story in a format that can be easily transferred to most reading devices without losing the author's intended passages of emphasis. If you didn't know you could do this either, read on!

lore's nerdy file-saving tips
In your web browser, make the following choices:

File > Save Page As > Save As File Type

Choose .txt and then give the file a name. Hit Save.

If the person has NOT used Smart Quotes, you should get a story in all its texty glory, slashes for italics and all. Most saved journal pages are messy, with lots of gunk at the top and bottom in code, including comments. I used to clean up the files as I saved, and I recently stopped doing that. When I open the file again for reading, I'll clean it up then. Also, if I'm looking for sequels or more from the writer, there's plenty of hidden clues in the gunk at the top or bottom if I need it.

When I put a file on my Sony reader, I clean up the gunk. The lines break unevenly toward the end of paragraphs on the reader screen, but I don't find that the quirk makes the file unreadable. Also, I've never fiddled with a text file to try and fix that problem because it doesn't bother me, but you might be able to fix it. Maybe saving the text file with line wrap off? I'll have to try that sometime.

On Efiction web archives, you know there's a little printer icon at the top of the Table of Contents (also on the first chapter), and if you click it in the TOC, you get the entire story on one page, which you can then save as a text file. Again, no smart quotes means you'll get the /--/ for italics. Efiction is a VERY kind way to archive because people can choose to read by chapter or as a big chunk, and saving a multi-chaptered fic is one click of the printer icon (hint to those thinking of putting up their archive of their work!).

I'm sure other archive programs have functions like this, but not most of the online self-archives like FFN, Skyehawk, etc. Maddening. I've been known to scour the net for an hour hoping to find a fic in one file somewhere, rather than go through the hassle of putting together a 30-chapter, multi-part epic. On the wise advice of a friend, I've recently just started saving the chapters individually into a folder, but when you get past 10 chapters in a fic, even saving by chapter gets tedious.

I'm a fan of looooong fics, so I've obsessed about this quite a bit. And I like saving things off to my hard drive when I think the fic is special, because we never know when something or someone is going to up and disappear from the internet. Lately, I've been saving almost defensively, as the HP fandom winds down and drifts away. Archives and saving fics in a readable format are more important to me than ever.

Finally, there are some ways to possibly get around smartquotes, but I've only ever done it through experimentation, with no real consistency. You know you have a file with smartquotes, btw, when the quote marks and apostrophes all turn into question marks. Bleh!

love, lore

I only recently read Love Control by Ai Hasukawa, but it's quickly become one of my all-time favorite yaoi manga titles! The premise is that interior designer Yamashiro is annoyed that his client Okumura is always flirting with him. He thinks that Okumura is merely toying with him, and as revenge, he decides to make Okumura fall in love with him for real, to reverse their positions so that he'll be in the one in control, playing with Okumura's feelings. But as one might expect, the hunter becomes the hunted, and Yamashiro finds himself falling for Okumura in earnest.

I fail to understand why Star Trek is not in this house yet. Mrrrrrr.

Bad news x 1.5 tonight. Will there be 1.5 more, or did the .5 mess the 3 Superstition up?

I have botched painting my nails so badly tonight that I fear going to bed for the smudging. The darn nail lengthener better work!! I tried using glitter this time to hide the flaws the lengthener creates (lotsa bubbles) and omggggg. Glitter splosion. And who wants glitter all over the covers and sheets? *stays up*

Holes are annoying.

Still feeling kinda gloaty about the Colts over the Patriots. Muah!

Need to look up the lyrics to Meet Me on the Equinox, evaluate for Snupin potential.

Watched Dr Who. Love the actress who played the captain; her face flashed right out of Mansfield Park at me. Good episode. Running is always goofy fun on Who. Ending a downer (in my opinion only), as usual. Expecting worst in December, that way, if I like it a little, bonus! Tennant cuuuuute. Is he growing more hair?

DeviantArt is insane if it thinks I am paying $15 on sale for cards from them. Also, just once, I wish an artist would make Scorpio pretty.

I made and even uploaded Bones icons, but I'm not quite pleased with them yet. Must fiddle some more.

Ironically, most days, I have even better random thoughts, but of course today I'm all blank. Need to answer comments. I've also stashed a few long comments from replies at other journals...might write them up. Questions have not been forgotten, but omg, I need to start earlier in the day.

Huh, that was a bit complain-y. I better lighten up! *smushes flist*

love, lore

Title: Phoenix Rising, Part 37 of 37
Rating: PG-13
Pairing: Snape/Lupin
Word count: ~6,350
Warning: AU; my own version of Year 6 (was written pre-HBP).
Author's notes: {} Indicates character's unspoken thought
Disclaimer: No money is being made off this story; consider it a little wish fulfillment on my part.Sequel to: Always (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6), Summer Vacation (Part 1, Part 2), For Old Time's Sake (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5), Three's a Crowd (or, Summer Vacation II) (Part 1, Part 2), Return of the Raven (Part 1, Part 2), Phoenix Reborn (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 8)
Summary: Snape and Lupin take a hand in determining the fate of the orphaned Slytherins.

Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9, Part 10, Part 11, Part 12, Part 13, Part 14, Part 15, Part 16, Part 17, Part 18, Part 19, Part 20, Part 21, Part 22, Part 23, Part 24, Part 25, Part 26, Part 27, Part 28, Part 29, Part 30, Part 31, Part 32, Part 33, Part 34, Part 35, Part 36

Title: Phoenix Rising, Part 36 of 37
Rating: PG-13
Pairing: Snape/Lupin
Word count: ~7,670
Warning: AU; my own version of Year 6 (was written pre-HBP).
Author's notes: {} Indicates character's unspoken thought
Disclaimer: No money is being made off this story; consider it a little wish fulfillment on my part.
Sequel to: Always (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6), Summer Vacation (Part 1, Part 2), For Old Time's Sake (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5), Three's a Crowd (or, Summer Vacation II) (Part 1, Part 2), Return of the Raven (Part 1, Part 2), Phoenix Reborn (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 8)
Summary: Lupin, Snape, and Branwen try to help their students cope with troubled emotions following the final battle.

Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9, Part 10, Part 11, Part 12, Part 13, Part 14, Part 15, Part 16, Part 17, Part 18, Part 19, Part 20, Part 21, Part 22, Part 23, Part 24, Part 25, Part 26, Part 27, Part 28, Part 29, Part 30, Part 31, Part 32, Part 33, Part 34, Part 35

A while back, Deb Aoki at About.com asked her Twitter friends what their must-read BL mangas were. She compiled their suggestions into a list. I didn't agree with many of the choices, so I replied with my own list, which I'm reproducing here as a rec list.

( BL recs )

I only suggested books that are in print, or recently were, or are easily obtainable used through Amazon or Ebay. I also noticed that I tended to favour adults over school aged boys, and that almost all of the books would be considered to have men who act like men (as opposed to the many BL books out there where one of the pair is feminized). After I post, I might go back and put in Amazon links.

It's not a comprehensive list of my faves by any means, as some of my must-reads were already listed, and I focused on series or books with one plot (as opposed to anthology books). But, if you have an interest in BL and were wondering where to start, my recs are solid reads that should be easy to find.

love, lore

Title: Phoenix Rising, Part 35 of 37
Rating: PG-13
Pairing: Snape/Lupin
Word count: ~9,045
Warning: AU; my own version of Year 6 (was written pre-HBP).
Author's notes: {} Indicates character's unspoken thought
Disclaimer: No money is being made off this story; consider it a little wish fulfillment on my part.
Sequel to: Always (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6), Summer Vacation (Part 1, Part 2), For Old Time's Sake (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5), Three's a Crowd (or, Summer Vacation II) (Part 1, Part 2), Return of the Raven (Part 1, Part 2), Phoenix Reborn (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 8)
Summary: The final battle between Harry and Voldemort takes place.

Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9, Part 10, Part 11, Part 12, Part 13, Part 14, Part 15, Part 16, Part 17, Part 18, Part 19, Part 20, Part 21, Part 22, Part 23, Part 24, Part 25, Part 26, Part 27, Part 28, Part 29, Part 30, Part 31, Part 32, Part 33, Part 34

Title: Phoenix Rising, Part 34 of 37
Rating: PG-13
Pairing: Snape/Lupin
Word count: ~8,630
Warning: AU; my own version of Year 6 (was written pre-HBP).
Author's notes: {} Indicates character's unspoken thought
Disclaimer: No money is being made off this story; consider it a little wish fulfillment on my part.
Sequel to: Always (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6), Summer Vacation (Part 1, Part 2), For Old Time's Sake (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5), Three's a Crowd (or, Summer Vacation II) (Part 1, Part 2), Return of the Raven (Part 1, Part 2), Phoenix Reborn (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 8)
Summary: Alliances shift as a heated battle ensues on the Hogwarts grounds between the Death Eaters and the Order.

Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9, Part 10, Part 11, Part 12, Part 13, Part 14, Part 15, Part 16, Part 17, Part 18, Part 19, Part 20, Part 21, Part 22, Part 23, Part 24, Part 25, Part 26, Part 27, Part 28, Part 29, Part 30, Part 31, Part 32, Part 33

I pretty much spent all day getting the second volume of the Snupin zine, Chocolate & Asphodel out.

( Some personal thoughts on it: )

love, lore

I used to be a huge figure skating fan, but my interest has slowly been waning ever since the 6.0 judging system was replaced by the more complicated and confusing system where points are allocated to each element a skater performs, which was instituted to combat corrupt judging following the 2002 Olympic Winter Games figure skating scandal. I'm not entirely convinced that the new system really eliminates bad judging, and it might have been better to try and reform the old system, which was much more popular with the fans, since it was easier to for them to follow what was going on and think, "Well, I would have given that skater a 5.9 instead of a 5.7." And of course there was the excitement of seeing a skater earn the coveted perfect 6.0 with a stellar performance--somehow, seeing a skater earn, say, 212.38 points just doesn't generate the same level of excitement. This probably had a factor in the huge ratings decline of figure skating from its heyday, along with disillusionment about the judging system, and the retirement from competition by the more popular stars like Michelle Kwan.

Title: Phoenix Rising, Part 33 of 37
Rating: PG-13
Pairing: Snape/Lupin
Word count: ~8,440
Warning: AU; my own version of Year 6 (was written pre-HBP).
Author's notes: {} Indicates character's unspoken thought
Disclaimer: No money is being made off this story; consider it a little wish fulfillment on my part.
Sequel to: Always (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6), Summer Vacation (Part 1, Part 2), For Old Time's Sake (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5), Three's a Crowd (or, Summer Vacation II) (Part 1, Part 2), Return of the Raven (Part 1, Part 2), Phoenix Reborn (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 8)
Summary: Both sides prepare for war, and some will be redeemed, while others will be damned by their actions.

Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9, Part 10, Part 11, Part 12, Part 13, Part 14, Part 15, Part 16, Part 17, Part 18, Part 19, Part 20, Part 21, Part 22, Part 23, Part 24, Part 25, Part 26, Part 27, Part 28, Part 29, Part 30, Part 31, Part 32

Title: Phoenix Rising, Part 32 of 37
Rating: PG-13
Pairing: Snape/Lupin
Word count: ~9,260
Warning: AU; my own version of Year 6 (was written pre-HBP).
Author's notes: {} Indicates character's unspoken thought
Disclaimer: No money is being made off this story; consider it a little wish fulfillment on my part.
Sequel to: Always (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6), Summer Vacation (Part 1, Part 2), For Old Time's Sake (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5), Three's a Crowd (or, Summer Vacation II) (Part 1, Part 2), Return of the Raven (Part 1, Part 2), Phoenix Reborn (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 8)
Summary: Gwydion finally shows his true colors when Voldemort orders him to kidnap Goewin.

Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9, Part 10, Part 11, Part 12, Part 13, Part 14, Part 15, Part 16, Part 17, Part 18, Part 19, Part 20, Part 21, Part 22, Part 23, Part 24, Part 25, Part 26, Part 27, Part 28, Part 29, Part 30, Part 31

Have spent the day cleaning and working on fandom activities. Poor lupin_snape, it's going to be spammed in the wee hours, when no one reads. Booo!

WENT OUT on Friday the 13th, huzzah! Ate fancy meal with SO and went to see Pirate Radio. As usual, it was nice to see an adult indie film after a summer of WHAM!POW!. It was funny and interesting in an alternately loud and quiet way. Go see!

SO gave me the new Tori and Sting holiday CDs. YAY PRESENTS (and the SO seeing my blatant demanding post before he left work)!

Am in chat this evening with the lovely people of Snupin. They are dolls (both Ken and Barbie) and I am going back to them now!

*HUGS ALL*

love, lore

Title: Phoenix Rising, Part 31 of 37
Rating: PG-13
Pairing: Snape/Lupin
Word count: ~8,940
Warning: AU; my own version of Year 6 (was written pre-HBP).
Author's notes: {} Indicates character's unspoken thought
Disclaimer: No money is being made off this story; consider it a little wish fulfillment on my part.
Sequel to: Always (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6), Summer Vacation (Part 1, Part 2), For Old Time's Sake (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5), Three's a Crowd (or, Summer Vacation II) (Part 1, Part 2), Return of the Raven (Part 1, Part 2), Phoenix Reborn (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 8)
Summary: Snape works to win Serafina's trust, and Lupin tries to persuade a pack of werewolves to ally with the Order.

Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9, Part 10, Part 11, Part 12, Part 13, Part 14, Part 15, Part 16, Part 17, Part 18, Part 19, Part 20, Part 21, Part 22, Part 23, Part 24, Part 25, Part 26, Part 27, Part 28, Part 29, Part 30

Title: Phoenix Rising, Part 30 of 37
Rating: PG-13
Pairing: Snape/Lupin
Word count: ~9,500
Warning: AU; my own version of Year 6 (was written pre-HBP).
Author's notes: {} Indicates character's unspoken thought
Disclaimer: No money is being made off this story; consider it a little wish fulfillment on my part.
Sequel to: Always (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6), Summer Vacation (Part 1, Part 2), For Old Time's Sake (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5), Three's a Crowd (or, Summer Vacation II) (Part 1, Part 2), Return of the Raven (Part 1, Part 2), Phoenix Reborn (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 8)
Summary: The new teachers' classes prove to be a little unorthodox, to say that least; Ron and Hermione quarrel over Dylan.

Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9, Part 10, Part 11, Part 12, Part 13, Part 14, Part 15, Part 16, Part 17, Part 18, Part 19, Part 20, Part 21, Part 22, Part 23, Part 24, Part 25, Part 26, Part 27, Part 28, Part 29

Prior to this summer, I'd seen a few posts on Metafandom about the tv show Merlin, and it sounded mildly interesting but it wasn't something I was dying to seek out. Plus, I live in the US, and it's a British show. However, NBC aired the first season this summer, so I decided to check it out and was quickly hooked.

Title: His Father’s Keeper
Author: elfflame
Prompt: #3 (inspired by: The King Who Wished to Marry His Daughter and Catskin).
Pairing(s): Harry/Draco, Lucius/Draco
Summary: When the Malfoys withdraw from society after the war, Harry wants to find out why.
Rating: PG13 for implications
Disclaimer: This story not intended to infringe, no money is being made. The characters and places do not belong to me. I’m just borrowing them for a bit.
Warning(s): Implication of murder and incest
Word Count: 11,538
Author's Notes: Notes in part 1


( The gods visit the sins of the fathers upon the children. - Euripides )

Title: His Father’s Keeper
Author: elfflame
Prompt: #3 (inspired by: The King Who Wished to Marry His Daughter and Catskin).
Pairing(s): Harry/Draco, Lucius/Draco
Summary: When the Malfoys withdraw from society after the war, Harry wants to find out why.
Rating: PG13 for implications
Disclaimer: This story not intended to infringe, no money is being made. The characters and places do not belong to me. I’m just borrowing them for a bit.
Warning(s): Implication of murder and incest
Word Count: 11,538
Author's Notes: Apparently I am incapable of small stories right now. Thank you to Ceria and K for all their help in hand-holding and Betaing. I hope everyone will enjoy!  My contribution to the Bottom!Draco Fairy Tale fest, now that the reveals have been posted.


( The gods visit the sins of the fathers upon the children. - Euripides )