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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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ships_harry
2008-05-16 09:23 pm UTC (link)

Complete love :).

Somewhere near the beginning, the likely ending was readily apparent. However, the route you took to get to it was anything but :). Fantastic story - loved it.

Snape's relationship with Lily jr was completely wonderful - actually, with all the kids, and even the non-relationship that skirted around James jr was appealing in a way. I found what you did with Draco incredibly satisfying, with Snape as a mentor helping develop him into someone quite human.

I'm an absolute sucker for the stories that span decades and pile on the pain in the middle. Harry, avoiding Snape for the first few years of Harry's marriage to Ginny. Snape, almost entirely avoiding Harry for decades, all that loneliness and difficulty for both of them.

I'll admit a personal mild, er, something - not dislike, nothing so strong, maybe just that it strikes me as a little unlikely? - for the approach that has so many of the central male characters in a verse fancying the lads. Snape, Harry, Draco, Albus jr, Teddy Lupin, Sirius and Remus... Still, the last two are practically canon, and with wee Al and Teddy one could easily argue genetics, and you'd pretty clearly established Draco as shagging anything that moved. Heh. That was immense fun, actually. I think it wasn't so jarring in this story because the discussion of sexuality was so central to the primary relationship, so there's sense in focusing on secondary relationships that are same-sex and related in some way.

Hah, I think I just talked myself out of having a problem with it in regard to this story :D.

Anyway. This was gorgeous, a bit epic (in a good way!) and I loved the slow and obstacle-filled development of the romantic side of the relationship.

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pir8fancier
2008-05-17 08:34 pm UTC (link)

I thought about making this gen, and I easily could have. Except that my heart ached for Snape being physically marooned in that portrait for so long. I mean, never touching another human being for fifty years. I couldn't do that to him. So, sure we have more gay men in this story than you can shake a stick at. But you know, it's not about teh gay love, it's about love to me, so their genders aren't the driving force. Although the bit about Sirius and Remus I would have left, because what ELSE would have propelled Sirius to do such a vicious thing. I really wish she had answered that, because by leaving it hanging, it calls into question Sirius' character in such a fundemental way. I mean, if he was capable of attempted murder, then he's an unworthy object of Harry's affection, which calls into question all sorts of issues. So, for me, I had to create some sort of really horrific event that would place Sirius under Snape's thumb. Being outed in a boarding school would qualify.

Yes, a legitimate criticism of this story is its meandering pace. But I wanted to give the reader a sense of the passage of time. Of course, I also didn't want to LOSE the reader, it was a fine line to walk. To create the sense of time slow moving forward, events taking place over a continuum, Snape being virutally incarcerated in this portrait, helpless to stop everyone aging around him, and yet he doesn't age. Glad to hear it worked! Thanks for the lovely comments!

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gabe_speaks
2008-05-23 02:36 pm UTC (link)

So, sure we have more gay men in this story than you can shake a stick at.

~feh~

it's a boarding school.

of course the homo quotient is gonna be sky-high!

;-)

I hate Snarry. I've always hated Snarry.

I love your Snarry. I will always love your Snarry.

I told you before, this was the hardest story ever to edit, simply because I loved it so much... it made me feel a great many thing... but i'm glad i had the honor to look over the fic for you. not that i needed it, but it reminded me what an awesome writer you are, able to do with character, wit, and pacing what others only dream about doing.

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	pir8fancier 2008-05-26 03:08 am UTC (link)
	Am looking over edits now. Do you think we could be twins separated at birth? Do have one issue, but will send email privately when I've had to chance to think it through. (Reply to this) (Parent)

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