21 August 2009 @ 07:49 am
Team Cauldron Entry (ART): "Love Rides a Red Horse", by Venturous  
Title: Love Rides a Red Horse
Artist: [info]venturous
Team: Team Cauldron, brewing Gold!
Genre(s): Literary/Historical
Prompt(s): Death Shall Have No Dominion, Wild Horses
Rating/Warnings/Kinks: PG for shirtless!Snape and bedhead!Harry
Artist's Notes/Disclaimers/Thank you: to brilliant Team Cauldron, our amazing co-Captains [info]alisanne and [info]bethbethbeth,who are made of love and generous with encouragement. To my team mates who cheered and guided me along my adventure, and to [info]carpet_diemon for a timely and winning suggestion.
Media used: oil on canvas using historical technique and pigments as described this book (spellfire added in PS)
Archiving/Usage permission, including the Tribute Video (only after the polls have closed and medals have been awarded): Yes, with proper credit given.







Love Rides a Red Horse by Venturous )
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20 August 2009 @ 07:52 am
Team Cauldron Entry (Fic): "Decoy" by Lilyseyes  
Title: Decoy
Author: [info]lilyseyes
Team: Cauldron
Genre(s): Crossdressing
Prompt(s): Man in Uniform ~ Consequences
Rating/Warnings/Kinks: NC-17 *Crossdressing, non-graphic Mpreg, semi-public!sex, wall!sex, rimming, fluff*
Word Count: +/- 10,800
Author Notes/Disclaimers/Betas: A/N: This fic wouldn't have been possible without [info]florida_minxie who helped write, beta read, hand-held, and co-conspired through it all/ JKR owns the Potterverse — I just play in it. No money is made from these amateur works/Betas: [info]rakina, [info]whitecotton and [info]sassy_cissa, Thank you so much! And thanks to [info]alisanne and [info]leela_cat for your help! *smooches*


Summary: Auror Harry Potter needs assistance from an unlikely source as he is given the assignment to be the decoy for a wizarding serial killer.

Decoy, by Lilyseyes )

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18 August 2009 @ 07:50 am
Team Cauldron Entry (FIC): "Harry Potter and His Incredible, Dumb Luck!" By Eeyore9990  
Title: Harry Potter and His Incredible, Dumb Luck!
Author: [info]eeyore9990
Team: Cauldron, whoot!
Genre(s): Alive and Kicking (EWE)
Prompt(s): Seeking Knowledge, Go West
Rating/Warnings/Kinks: NC-17; Warnings: Highlight if you wish to know: *Bottom AND Top Snape, Forced Sex (not rape), EWE*
Word Count: ~11,700
Author Notes/Disclaimers/Betas Beta'd by Team Cauldron and Nomeci. Everyone rocks so hard. This fic was inspired by some world events as well as this study. Dedicated to [info]ptyx whose birthday (several years ago) spawned my research on this bunny.


Summary: In which Harry proves himself a god… just not a sex god.


Harry Potter and His Incredible, Dumb Luck! by Eeyore9990 )


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17 August 2009 @ 08:12 am
Team Cauldron Entry (ART): "Smorgasbord" By Majmunka  
Title: Smorgasbord
Artist: [info]majmunka
Team: Team Cauldron
Genre(s): Crossdressing
Prompt(s): Play the Game, Hunger
Rating/Warnings/Kinks: NWS/Hard R; Warnings: Highlight if you wish to know: ** BDSM, bottom!Snape, crack**
Artist's Notes/Disclaimers/Thank you to Thanks to my teammates for their helpful suggestions, particularly to [info]centaury_squill, [info]twilightsorcery and [info]ariadneelda for the practical help and to the Mods for their hard work and patience.
Media used: graphite pencils, Photoshop
Archiving/Usage permission, including the Tribute Video (only after the polls have closed and medals have been awarded): yes, but let me know







Smorgasbord, by Majmunka )
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16 August 2009 @ 10:35 am
Team Cauldron Entry (FIC): "In Theory" By DementorDelta and CruiseDirector  
Title: In Theory
Authors: [info]dementordelta and [info]cruisedirector
Team: Cauldron
Genre(s): Alive and Kicking (EWE)
Prompt(s): Last Chance, Code of Honour
Rating/Warnings/Kinks: Adult; Highlight if you wish to know: *Sex, profanity, Legilimency, first time.*
Word Count: ~50,000
Beta: The wonderful [info]celandineb.
Disclaimer: All characters and U.K. settings belong to J.K. Rowling. We take no responsibility if Adelaide's Thorngrove Manor does not in fact cater to wizards.


Summary: Lucius Malfoy appears at Harry Potter's door to tell him that Severus Snape is alive...and Malfoy will tell Harry where Snape is, too, if Harry promises a favor in return.



In Theory by DementorDelta and CruiseDirector )

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14 August 2009 @ 08:44 pm
Team Cauldron Entry (FIC): "Escape from the Tentacle Monster" By Curia Regis  
Title: Escape from the Tentacle Monster
Author: [info]curia_regis (Ayla Pascal)
Team: Cauldron
Genre(s): Alive and Kicking (EWE), Crossover
Prompt(s): Death Shall Have No Dominion
Rating/Warnings/Kinks: NC-17; none
Word Count: ~7500
Author Notes/Disclaimers/Betas: This is a crossover with Doctor Who. For those of you who are unfamiliar with Doctor Who, this is the wiki article and this has several pictures of the TARDIS from both the outside and the inside control room. Thank you so much to [info]aigooism for the beta! Thank you also to my team mates for their encouragement and ideas, especially to [info]vividzephyr for the title. ♥


Summary: Harry never expected the blue box to be a spaceship. He never expected to end up on another planet. And he certainly never expected the experience to bring him closer to Snape.


Escape from the Tentacle Monster by Ayla Pascal )
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13 August 2009 @ 09:13 pm
Team Cauldron Entry (ART): "Artist and Muse" By Undun  
Title: Artist and Muse
Artist: undun ([info]undunoops)
Team: Cauldron
Genre(s): Literary/Historical
Prompt(s): Into Temptation/Hunger
Rating/Warnings/Kinks:PG-13 for nudity; none
Artist's Notes/Disclaimers/Thank you to Thanks to my wonderful team mates, go Cauldrons!
Media used: chalk pencil on black paper
Archiving/Usage permission, including the Tribute Video (only after the polls have closed and medals have been awarded): video and icons with permission first.







Artist and Muse by Undun )
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12 August 2009 @ 08:47 pm
Team Cauldron Entry (FIC): "Lust Potion Number Nine" By LesYeuxVerts  
Title: Lust Potion Number Nine
Author: [info]chiralove
Team: Cauldron
Genre: Alive and Kicking
Prompts: Love And Marriage, Play The Game
Rating/Warning/Kinks: PG13; Warnings: Highlight if you wish to know: **Het (not explicit) and non explicit/mention of non-Snarry Pairings (Harry/Ginny, Harry/Viktor, Harry/unspecified male)**
Word Count: ~14,000
A/N: Please note that this is intended to be AU with regards to the timing of the epilogue; Harry and Ginny were married immediately after the war, rather than several years later. Nothing which you recognize from the HP universe belongs to me, alas. The boys would have so much more fun with me…

Huge thanks to [info]jin_fenghuang, [info]rgrayjoy, and [info]carpet_diemon for all of the help, support, and brainstorming while I wrote; to my teammates for the support, encouragement, and concrit; to [info]psyfic, [info]jin_fenghuang, and [info]angela_snape for being the best beta-readers a girl could ask for; and to the mods, for putting on this fabulous fest and being extraordinarily patient with me. Thank you all so much!


Summary:Harry Potter was the last person Severus expected to need this particular potion, but the Ministry's Propagation and Restoration Emergency Guidelines have them both trapped in lives they don't particularly want to lead.


Lust Potion Number Nine by Lesyeuxverts )

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11 August 2009 @ 10:03 pm
Team Cauldron Entry (ART - VID): "Heroes" By Chaeche/Akemi42  
Title: Heroes
Artist: [info]chaeche (aka akemi42)
Team: Cauldron
Genre(s): Alive and Kicking (EWE)
Prompt(s): Glam Rock & To the Victor Goes the Spoils
Rating/Warnings/Kinks: G; None
Artist's Notes/Disclaimers/Thank you to The story is about how the events in Deathly Hallows affect Harry. He uses a time turner to go back in time to his fourth year at Hogwarts and warns Snape about his impending death. The two cooperate and ultimately defeat Voldemort together. They are both truly heroes.
Media used: Video (Sony Vegas 8), uses images from the HP movies, but no manipulations.
Archiving/Usage permission, including the Tribute Video (only after the polls have closed and medals have been awarded): Licensed under Creative Commons (see http://akemi42.com for details).






Heroes, by Chaeche (akemi42) )
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10 August 2009 @ 08:41 pm
Team Cauldron Entry (FIC): "Protecting, Still" By Centaury_squill  
Title: Protecting, Still
Author: [info]centaury_squill
Team: Cauldron
Genre: Alive and Kicking (EWE)
Prompts: Hunger & Into Temptation
Rating/Warning/Kinks: NC-17; None
Word Count: 14,250
A/N: Thanks to [info]greebo for the beta, to the Snarry Games Mods for running the fest and giving me the chance to play again, and to my team mates – go Team Cauldron!

Summary: Forsaking his Northern roots, Severus Snape takes a flat on the corner of Diagon Alley and Knockturn Alley, from where he obsessively stalks keeps a watchful eye on Harry Potter's budding Auror career. And just as well he does, when Harry falls foul of a hunting vampire...


Protecting, Still by Centaury_Squill )

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09 August 2009 @ 09:46 pm
Team Cauldron Entry (ART): "Into the Light" By Jin Fenghuang  
Title: Into the Light
Artist: [info]jin_fenghuang
Team: Cauldron
Genre(s): Alive and Kicking (EWE)
Prompt(s): Empty Spaces, Dream a Little Dream of Me
Rating/Warnings/Kinks: PG13; Warnings: Highlight if you wish to know: * Bittersweet. Canon compliant for Snape, could be interpreted as character death for Harry.*
Artist's Notes/Disclaimers/Thank you to A massive thank you to my team for their support and advice, especially to twilight sorcery for the help with the comic panel placements. A great thanks, also, to the mods who have made this awesome fest possible for many years in a row. GO TEAM!
Media used: Pencil and photoshop
Archiving/Usage permission, including the Tribute Video (only after the polls have closed and medals have been awarded): Sure, go ahead, but please credit and if you are archiving, please let me know where.






Into the Light by Jin Fenghuang )
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09 August 2009 @ 12:00 am
Team Cauldron Entry (FIC): "Finding Peace" By Mimiheart  
Title:Finding Peace
Author: Mimiheart
Team: Cauldron!
Genre(s): Genderbender/Crosdressing
Prompt(s):Secrets and Lies, Sanctuary
Rating/Warnings/Kinks: Rated: R; Warnings: Highlight if you wish to know: *Harry is 17 during some of this fic. Bondage, D/s, Crossdressing, a bit off offscreen other BDSM stuff, possibly Het depending on how you look at it, AU after OOTP*
Word Count: ~17,000
Author Notes/Disclaimers/Betas Thank you so much to my team. I have the best betas, Ivylady, Eeyore, and Leela Cat. And my Brit Picker, Centaury Squill. You are all amazing and this fic is so much better because of you. Any remaining errors are mine.
Disclaimer: I still don't own the boys. *sigh* I can dream, can't I?

Summary: It takes a great hero to defeat the Dark Lord. Sometimes it takes a greater one to face oneself.


Finding Peace by Mimiheart )

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07 August 2009 @ 08:17 am
Team Cauldron Entry (ART): "A Taste of Things To Come" By VividZephyr  
Title: A Taste of Things to Come
Artist: [info]vividzephyr
Team: Team Cauldron
Genre(s): Alive and Kicking (EWE)
Prompt(s): Eat cake, Man in uniform
Rating/Warnings/Kinks: Hard R/NWS for nudity
Artist's Notes/Disclaimers/Thank you to twilightsorcery for the wonderful just-in-time critique and the rest of Team Cauldron for cheering me on. You guys rock!
Media used: digital
Archiving/Usage permission, including the Tribute Video (only after the polls have closed and medals have been awarded): Yes, with proper credit given.







A Taste of Things to Come, by Vividzephyr )
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06 August 2009 @ 08:10 am
Team Cauldron Entry (FIC): "The Gates of Dark Death Stand Wide" By IvyLady  
Title: The Gates of Dark Death Stand Wide
Author: [info]ivylady
Team: Team Cauldron!
Genre(s): Literary
Prompt(s): Underworld, Last Hope
Rating/Warnings/Kinks: PG; Highlight if you wish to know: * pre-slash, character death (sort of)*
Word Count: ~10,200
Author's Notes/Disclaimers/Betas: I do not own any of the Harry Potter character. I make no money from this work of fiction.
I would like to thank [info]torino10154 for the several brainstorming sessions that lead to the development of this story. I'd also like to thank [info]curia_regis for going over my mistakes several times (it's a much better story because of you!), and [info]mimiheart for the title and quick betas. Also, thanks to [info]ladyjayvee for giving me a reader's perspective and brainstorming ideas for an ending. Much love to my teammates on Team Cauldron for all their help and encouragement. Team Cauldron: Brewing Gold!


Summary: Even in death, Severus cannot escape his vow to protect Potter. A Snarry take on the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice.


Abandon all hope, ye who enter here )
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05 August 2009 @ 08:00 am
Team Cauldron Entry (ART): "Eat" By Hibiscus  
Title: Eat
Artist: Hibiscus ([info]__hibiscus)
Team: Cauldron, yeeeaah!
Genre(s): Literary/Historical
Prompt(s): "Death Shall Have No Dominion" and "Underworld"
Rating/Warnings/Kinks: PG; None
Artist's Notes/Disclaimers/Thank you to Thank you to the Snarry Games and its wonderful mods for being so completely and consistently awesome. Long live the Snarry!
Media used: Pencil, markers and Photoshop.
Archiving/Usage permission, including the Tribute Video (only after the polls have closed and medals have been awarded): Sure!







Eat, By Hibiscus )
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04 August 2009 @ 08:00 am
Team Cauldron Entry (FIC): "Two Lords a Leaping" By Alisanne  
Title: Two Lords a Leaping
Author: [info]alisanne
Team: Go Team Cauldron!
Genre(s): Fandom Crossovers and/or Fusions and Alive and Kicking (or Snape EWE)
Prompt(s): Angels and Demons
Rating/Warnings/Kinks: PG13; Highlight if you wish to know: **Character Death-not Harry/Snape**
Word Count: 16,200
Author Notes/Disclaimers/Betas Endless thanks to my beta readers, [info]sevfan, [info]eeyore9990 and [info]leela_cat, who whipped this into shape. Kudos also to the moderators of the Snarry Games for allowing me to play again. And, as I’m sure you’re aware, nothing you recognize is mine. Certain passages contain direct quotes from the book Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.


Summary: This is the story of what happened the day a Potions master teamed up with Time Lord to stop a megalomaniac from taking over the world.


Two Lords a Leaping by Alisanne )

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03 August 2009 @ 09:21 am
Team Cauldron Entry (ART): "Vagaries of Perception" By AriadneElda  
Title: Vagaries of Perception
Artist: [info]ariadneelda
Team: Cauldron
Genre: Fusion
Prompts: All the World's a Stage, Empty Spaces
Rating/Warnings/Kinks: G/none
Artist's Notes/Disclaimers/Thank you to: A HP/Matrix fusion, with Harry as Neo and Snape as Agent Smith. I'm not sure where this idea came from. ;) I don't own the HP and Matrix universes. They belong to their respective owners. The title is a quote from the third movie (the one I like least and which I hope not to see again any time soon!) Many thanks to [info]mimine for brainstorming, [info]ishtar79 and S. as well as everyone on Team Cauldron who helped with suggestions during the various stages of drawing this. You guys rock!
Media used: Tablet and Photoshop.
Archiving/Usage permission, including the Tribute Video (only after the polls have closed and medals have been awarded): OK for the video and icons. For anything else, please ask first.







Vagaries of Perception by AriadneElda )
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02 August 2009 @ 10:22 am
Team Cauldron Entry (FIC): "Something Ever After" By AbstractConcept  
Title: Something Ever After
Author: [info]the_con_cept
Team: Cauldron
Genres: Crossdressing and Crossover/Fusion
Prompt: Some Enchanted Evening
Rating/Warnings/Kinks: R. Drag mouse over space if you wish to know: * Crossdressing, oral sex, actual sex. EWE. *
Word Count: 17,000
Betas: [info]angela_snape, with additional help from [info]unbroken_halo and [info]ivylady, and coding by the most excellent [info]littleroo27.
A/N: See how many Disney parodies you can spot! I’ll have a list up in my journal with each Disney reference I included.

Summary: Harry just wanted his happy ending. Instead, he’s stuck with a sparkly tiara and glass shoes, and the entire world seems to have gone mad.



Something Ever After by AbstractConcept )

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01 August 2009 @ 10:45 am
Team Cauldron Entry (ART): "The Boy Who Lived (to Grow Up)" By Glockgal  
Title: The Boy Who Lived (to Grow Up)
Artist: [info]glockgal
Team: Cauldron! Bubble Bubble!
Genre(s): Fusion and/or Crossover + Literary and/or Historical
Prompt(s): Some Enchanted Evening
Rating/Warnings/Kinks: none/G
Artist's Notes/Disclaimers/Thank you to I hope people will recognize my crossover fusion, hurrrr. THANKS TO THE MODS as per usual. You guys are amazing and organized and the best. And my Team! I was totally slacker-at-the-back-of-the-class this year, but I still am so proud to be on your team! Gooooooo Cauldron!
Media used: Photoshop
Archiving/Usage permission, including the Tribute Video (only after the polls have closed and medals have been awarded): Yarrrrr mateee, everything.







The Boy Who Lived (to Grow Up) by Glockgal )
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06 May 2009 @ 09:17 pm
ANNOUNCING THE 2009 SNARRY GAMES!  
ANNOUNCING THE 2009 SNARRY GAMES!! AUTHORS & ARTISTS TOGETHER FOR THE FIRST TIME!



Please watch as our past champions come back to duke it out for what may be the last time!

Posting begins AUGUST 1, 2009!

We have an AllStar reunion this year for you, with our new mixed media Games! With *all new* Genres!

Without further ado, we introduce:


Introducing : TEAM SNITCH AND TEAM CAULDRON! )





The 2009 Snarry Games!

Games Marquee 2009 Teams 2009 Games! Snarry Bold!





Support the 2009 Games! )

Support your favourite teams! )


CREDIT FOR ART/BANNERS/ICONS: Thank you to the most excellent 2009 Guest artist, [info]ponderosa121 for our Art for this round!
Thank you and credit goes to [info]swtlamnd, our queen of graphics, for the lists of love, banners and icons, and ♥ to [info]xingou, our other queen of graphics, banners, icons, and her layout-fu! You guys rock! Thank you.


We will be posting the Prompts and Genre post tomorrow night for our teams, so stay tuned to see what your favourite authors and artists will be choosing to do for their gold winning entry this year!

GENRES AND PROMPTS



Champions are to pick a total mix of three (3) of both genre(s) and prompt(s). This means they can pick either two (2) genres and one (1) prompt, OR one (1) genre and two (2) prompts.

GENRES AND PROMPTS! )



The Snarry Games Mod Squad