How you found the community: I was assigned to play Snape in an RPG - something I never imagined would happen to me as I disdained all the HP adults on principle - and I went researching at the Snape FQF. After sampling several pairings for Snape, I found that not only did his pairing with Lupin make the most sense, but those stories also set off a spark in me that has only grown over the years into a roaring fire. There was a point in 2003 when I felt I had read every Snupin online, large or small, dark or light, except for a few I was holding back for rainy days.
Why you ship Snape/Lupin: My reasons really haven't changed since I first came onboard. I link a fic titled Broken by sams_cafe (Copperbadge), and the last lines say it all for me:
"They didn't fit the world. Their pieces had gone missing between marks and scars and little bits of soul torn out over the years, but two jagged fragments could look alike if you held them up in the right light, and even if they didn't fit the world, they fit each other.
Only the two of them matched."
Oh yeah, that's the stuff.
Most memorable fic you've read in the last month: AND ART The Corridor Ambush by the TAGAY Doujinshi circle.
I don't think people really understand how special it is to have a Doujinshi circle that works with the pairing AND is willing to post their work, in English, for all of us to see for free. Go check it out and leave them some feedback, please! Maybe they'll come back with more. ~_^
Link us to your first post or reply on Lupin_Snape: My First Public Drabble. Oy! I've been around a lot longer than I thought. I'd been lurking almost from the group's inception, and felt I should contribute if I wanted more Snupin, so I did. And made darling Kel come along for the ride. Heh.