spidermoth (spidermoth) wrote in lupin_snape, @ 2009-08-18 21:53:00 |
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Snupin rec event, August 19th
(Posting note... I'm having my house painted tomorrow on my scheduled posting day and have to take down my computer, so I'm posting tonight--a few hours early. :D )
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Oh, it's been so good to read all the wonderful recs so far. Some are old favorites, and some are new (*squee*), but all are delicious. My turn now to share the pleasure by rec'ing the Snape/Lupin fics of dingochow, an under-appreciated author, imo, who deserves lots more attention. :D I hope you'll check her out.
The first is a sizzling one-shot AU where Severus is a manga illustrator poised to begin a new story, and decides to re-visit a werewolf character he created (and fantasized about, *mrrrow*) during his student days. The Secret Sketchbooks of Hebi no Komori is clever, imaginative, IC, and hot! -- nudging up against bestiality without falling into squick, and doing the naughty to your libido. ;P Go check it out for the novelty at the very least, but I think you'll end up loving Dingochow's deft hand and brilliant imagination by the end. (...and her ability to melt your underpants! lol!)
The second, 'Hemlock', or the Beast Within, is a wonderful AU where Lupin, in order to be kept safe from reprisal and revenge after killing Bellatrix LeStrange and destroying the Black library, is magic'd off to muggle America where he translates foreign books into English and edits gay erotica while his magic re-vitalizes. Enter well-meaning Gryffindors, Snape in animagus form, and quirky and suspiciously familiar OC's, and the stage is set for a clever read. Again, Dingochow's inventiveness and consummate ability to make the zaniest of premises work, makes this one of my oft read favorites.
The final fic, The Third Attempt, is a Sherlock Holmesian mystery the equal to any by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle ;-) for inventiveness, plot, and suspense. Then add humor. Plus... we get magic! The characters are all very well wrought--perfectly IC, the mystery is meaty and fun, and the dialog is crackin'! Here's the list of warnings by the author, which gives you the best idea of the story's tenor...
Warning: wildly AU, Werewolf cliches abound, Mystery cliches abound. A certain villain goes way over the top. Snape insists on swanning about wearing a green cravat and being the narrator. Mad!Harry (off camera). Also, a threesome.
Hee! How can you resist???
So that's Dingochow. Now for a bonus...
Here's an art rec which fits in so well with the Sherlock fic that it could have been made for it. tbranch's "Snape, Lupin as Order Spies" has a wonderfully campy tension, and exemplifies Tbranch's inimitable style to perfection. I just want to hug these two as they throw on the stealth. God, it makes me smile!
so, I hope you'll give these works a try, and let the author and artist know what you think.
...and if you want to drop me a line as well, I certainly won't mind! :D