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snarrymod (snarrymod) wrote in snarry_games,
@ 2009-08-04 20:42:00

Entry tags:

fic, snitch

Team Snitch Entry (FIC): "Sex, Lies, and Audiobooks" by RaeWhit
Title: Sex, Lies, and Audiobooks
Author: RaeWhit joanwilder
Team: Snitch!
Genre(s): Alive and Kicking (EWE)
Prompt(s): Secrets and Lies, Coming Home
Rating/Warnings/Kinks: NC-17; Highlight if you wish to know: * *mild bondage, whipping, There is a 213 word scene in this 48,000 word story that describes a non-Snarry aborted one-off. As it has offended someone, I'm adding this warning.**
Word Count: 48,000+
Author Notes/Disclaimers/Betas A/N: The village of Lochdubh and its inhabitants in this story are the property of BBC Scotland (from the series Hamish Macbeth). All things Harry Potter belong to J.K. Rowling et al.
The snarry_games have the best Mods in fandom—they've worked so hard for years to give all of us such a supportive environment in which to play—thank you! Also, my heartfelt appreciation to jadzialove for the excellent beta reading, to whitecotton for help with Scottish-izing my Scottish, and to sestra_prior for her assistance with British questions. Team Snitch, thanks for your input, your team spirit, and your love of Snarry. It's been a privilege and honor to cavort with you all and wield my big stick. Lastly, I'd be remiss if I didn't express my appreciation to Rudyard Kipling for his masterpiece, Captains Courageous.

Summary: Belonging and deserving, needing and wanting—desires of the human heart that Severus and Harry must face when they're forced to the little village of Lochdubh to settle a very late codicil of Albus Dumbledore's will.

"Sex, Lies, and Audiobooks"

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joanwilder
2009-10-24 07:32 am UTC (link)

What a lovely review! Thank you so much for being so specific about what you enjoyed. Although I try to be plotty sometimes, for me, writing Snarry is almost always a major dive into characterization. Giving them a past, a present and a future, a different way each time, is the challenge for me.

I did want to weave Severus' recording into the major theme of the story, that of having an epiphany and deciding which way one's life should turn. And I'm not sure most readers 'got' it, but you did--the fact that Severus had quite a few blind spots himself, when it came to his and Harry's relationship.

You're not the first reader to voice that they weren't too sure they wanted Julian in on Harry and Severus' new life. But I hold to the premise that any well-adjusted couple needs friends and family for two reasons: first, so they can keep their senses of self, and secondly, so they have the opportunity to experience each other through the eyes of others. Otherwise, I think the relationship can become too myopic.

It's always fun for me to find new and different occupations for these two. When I thought of the audiobooks, I almost peed my pants--it was so perfect, and Harry working with his hands, well, it seemed like something he'd enjoy, given his antipathy in general for the wizarding world at that time. Having Julian share that skill only seemed right.

I'm so glad you enjoyed it so much; I liked the new genres in these Games too, but most of the time I stick with what feels natural for me, and this was it. :)

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elvirablue
2009-10-25 11:01 pm UTC (link)

Oh, I agree about the importance of friends and family; I only meant I didn’t want Julian to show up so early, before they (and I) had a chance to enjoy the morning after. Sorry for not being clear. I can’t speak for anybody else, but sometimes there’s so little Snarry in the Snarry that when I read something with lots of Snarry, I get greedy and want even more. Don’t know how else to explain myself. :)

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	joanwilder 2009-10-25 11:57 pm UTC (link)
	I know exactly what you mean. And I've written stories like that, where the larger part of the story is them getting together, only to have a short bit of what you call Snarry near the end. That's one of the reasons I enjoy writing established relationship stories recently. All Snarry. (Reply to this) (Parent)

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