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spfestmod (spfestmod) wrote in snape_potter,
@ 2011-10-20 12:59:00

Entry tags:

cliche fest, fic, rating: nc-17

Cliche Fest: FIC: A Grim Old Cat
Title: A Grim Old Cat
Author: oliversnape
Other pairings/threesome: Canon Ron/Hermione
Rating: NC-17
Word count: 14,256
Content/Warning(s): (highlight for spoilers) *AR, minor character deaths mentioned in passing.*
Cliché: (highlight for spoilers) *Cat!Snape, Grimmauld Place after war, Back to work at Hogwarts, Virgin!Harry, Ministry bureaucratic idiocy.*
Summary: In which Harry finds comfort in his own routines, solitude, Grimmauld Place, and normality in the sound of incoming trains. He ought to have known a cat would subtly change things to suit its own machinations.
A/N: Thank you to my beta pygmypuffofdoom, any other mistakes are mine.

(A Grim Old Cat)

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countesszero
2011-10-22 05:34 pm UTC (link)

This made me cry. I have such a childish weakness for cat!Snape that it's really embarrassing. And Harry and his losses and the way he dealt with them broke my heart. From the moment on you chose to write the cat as a Russian Blue (and I always was fond of blue cats and their temperament) and not as a say, black cat, I knew you would handle the whole cliche brilliantly! Pay hommage to it, gently make fun, play with it in a creative way, but never merely repeat it.

Also, your Snape was perfect to me. How I loved the moment when he tells Harry that he is causing the fog. He is the only one who can reach Harry, the only one who understands Harry's pain.

(And also, I loved the sex! It was different and lovely and tender and yet incredibly hot!)

Great work! Thank you for this! :)

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	oliversnape 2011-11-10 12:59 am UTC (link)
	Aww, I'm sorry to make you cry! Wasn't quite what I intended; the story seems to be sadder than I realised. The cat was modeled after my own, who is not a Russian Blue, but still a little devil sometimes. I thought it would be perfect for Snape, as he's not only black. He's got different colours and layers to him. Thank you for the compliment! (Reply to this) (Parent)

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