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snarrymod (snarrymod) wrote in snarry_games,
@ 2008-05-20 19:12:00

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TEAM PHOENIX ENTRY: Perverse Idyll "When the Rose and the Fire Are One"
Title: When the Rose and the Fire Are One
Author: perverse_idyll
Team: Phoenix!
Genre(s): Alternate Universe *Hover/Click for Games Definition of Alternate Universe*
Prompt(s): Flesh Memory, Spilling Fire
Rating/Warnings/Kinks: *(HBP but not DH-compliant) Violence, rough sex, character death (not Snape or Harry)*
Word Count: 81,000+
Summary: Harry's haunted by guilt. Snape's warded by roses. Each must free the other in order to free himself.
A/N: First, thank you to the mods for creating the Games in the first place and for having the patience of saints. leela_cat did a phenomenal job with this in a ridiculously short time. Whatever coherence the fic has is due to her heroic efforts and hand-holding. Also thanks to Team Phoenix for putting up with my fumbling captaincy and for helping to make this an enjoyable ride. Lastly, many thanks to my beloved rinsbane for talking me through to the images I needed. I wish this were a better first offering, my dear.

*With gratitude to leela_cat and apologies to T. S. Eliot.

"When the Rose and the Fire Are One by Perverse Idyll"

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(Anonymous)
2008-05-23 01:34 pm UTC (link)

Thank you for the interesting insights. To the point of Snape not being a very trusting person (I forgot to address some thoughts on their relationship in my first at least equally rambly post): through (nearly) the whole fic I wondered about one aspect not being discussed, and that is that at no point Harry and Severus were close to being equals in their relationship (the "stronger" position alternating depending on which aspect one looks at). I would have thought that Snape has a very hard time being so thoroughly at Harry's mercy and that that would result in a screaming row when Harry started his "I love you"s. But then I realized that it somehow felt right. This comes back to the tight point of view you use. Snape has nothing to gain by broadcasting his feelings on the matter to Harry. It is one aspect that shows how far they really are from a healthy relationship. And this brings me to a facet of the ending I liked (after grousing so much in the previous post): that Snape leaves the possibility of a shared future open. For me that was a poignant moment, because I think that Snape realizes all those issues of equality far better than Harry. He must be aware of how complex his view of Harry is, that he is not simply a person but also a project, a bad reminder, an ex-student, someone who holds power over him, an ideal and so on. Throw this together with all the issue Snape carries in himself and a content relationship seems impossible. But perhaps Snape allows himself at last (at least in this one moment of parting) to dream of possibilities.

Again: it was a pleasure reading your story.
Best wishes,
Heike

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