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snarrymod (snarrymod) wrote in snarry_games,
@ 2008-05-03 11:04:00

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TEAM PHOENIX ENTRY: Pir8fancier "Stilllife"
Title: Stilllife
Author: pir8fancier
Team: Phoenix
Genre: Post-war
Prompt: Miles to go before I sleep, Infidelity
Word Count: 37,155
Ratings/Warnings/Kinks: R
Summary: Snape is killed by Voldemort. But not really.
Author's Note: My usual stunning beta, regan_v did the honors; my love for Snape is second to none. Except her. I heart her very, very much. This turned from a simple concept into a monster, so all errors, etc., are mine.

"Stilllife by Pir8fancier"

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japonicastar
2008-05-03 11:39 pm UTC (link)

I agree with the others above, this is heartbreaking in it's own way, ever so much until the end where they find each other finally.

You put how I feel about Ginny into words that I completely agree with and wanted to say but didn't know how to do so. The line about her growing up in a household full of love made her expect it, and it just broke me in a way I can't describe. It's perfect.

I do hope that you'll continue writing in this fandom, not only because you write so beautifully, but that it wouldn't be the same without you.

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pir8fancier
2008-05-05 11:54 am UTC (link)

Thank you. I didn't mean to demonize Ginny per se, but I certainly think that JKR wrote her in such a way (especially in book 6) that was less than flattering, so I consider "Snape's" view of her to be pretty canon.

I cannot write anything else about these two. Honestly. It's done. I was scrambling to find something to write even as I accepted writing for the games, and then I realized that I needed to write my own Epilogue. I could have easily made this gen and I did toy with that idea. But no matter. What needed to happen, IMO, in the last book was Snape's friendship with Lily exposed in such a way that it demanded Harry's forgiveness, a resolution to the whole Marauders feeding Snape to Remus, which is what, I think, absolutely has to be predicated by Snape defecting to Voldemort's camp, and Snape's final confrontation with Albus. THESE are the issues that should have been dealt with in the last book. Instead we got another very convoluted plot sequence. To be fair, JKR is a plot-driven writer and these are character-based arcs, but we needed to see these scenes. And we didn't. Um, so I wrote them. Thanks for the very, very kind words. I had an uber shitty week last week and could use the cyber praise.

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