Artist or a Writer: Writer only (...and stick figures)
For the Gift I Want to Receive:
1. Three to Five Preferred Slash Pairings: First pick would be Snape/Somebody Uncommon (Firenze, Flitwick, Krum, Filch, Slughorn, Aberforth), especially if the pairing is taken seriously. Snape/Harry always welcome. Maybe Harry/Draco post-epilogue? Or threesomes, like maybe ... Snape/Harry/Draco?
2. Kinks I'd Like to See: (any of the following would be great) Topping-from-the-Bottom!Snape (although not required), first-time sex, awkward sex, banter, angst, humor, happy or hopeful ending, masturbation, voyeurism, orgasm denial, plot, canon compliance, somnophilia, imperfect bodies, rimming, frottage, oral or anal, hurt/comfort.
3. Squicks I Don't Want to See: Necrophilia, Scat, Roman Showers, incest, hardcore bdsm, Cross-dressing (except in an ironic way), and especially people referring to each other either with cutesy nicknames ("sweetie pie" and "sugar plum" and "love bunny") or words like "slut" and "whore" and "bitch," particularly as part of sex play.
Possible Scenarios: Maybe something where addiction - alcohol, drugs, sex, dark magic - features, particularly in a Snape-centric story. The more desperate the need, the better. Or something involving some kind of psychosexual hang-up? Or...hell, even funny-and-not-at-all-angsty is fine. Seriously, anything you (author/artist) want to focus on is fine with me. Some kind of plot would be great in fiction (or interestingly detailed background with art), but beyond that, feel free to play as you wish.
For the Gift-fic I'm Going To Write:
1. Characters or Pairings I refuse to write: Bellatrix, Pettigrew, Grawp, House elves, Any characters (Death Eaters, Students, Ministry Workers, et al) who get less than a page or two of total book time. My preference is for writing the adult characters or crossgen, but if it's post-war/post-epilogue, "kid characters" are fine.
(Any combo - including threesomes - of the following to write would be more than welcome: Severus Snape, Harry Potter, Draco Malfoy, Lucius Malfoy, Argus Filch, Horace Slughorn, Kingsley Shacklebolt, Remus Lupin, Albus Dumbledore, Aberforth Dumbledore, Lord Voldemort, Neville Longbottom, Firenze, Filius Flitwick, Rubeus Hagrid, Gilderoy Lockhart, Viktor Krum)
2. Kinks I refuse to write: Scat, Roman Showers, hardcore bdsm.
Fic or Art: Either is fine, but if it's art, it would be excellent if the artist would sneak onto my website and illustrate a scene from one of my stories.
Have I Been In The Fest Before? Why yes, I have! I wrote for kaiz in 2005 and josanpq in 2006.
The Ubiquitous Age Statement: I am over 18. I am well over 18.