Name: Beth H. (bethbethbeth) E-mail: bethbethbeth [at] gmail [dot] com Age statement: Let's put it this way...I have vague memories of President Kennedy. Have you participated in Snarry Holidays before? No. Sixty other exchanges, but not this one. If so, who was your recipient? n/a
For the gift that you will receive Slash, pre-slash or gen: Any, but if you're willing to write any of the three, I'd prefer slash this time around. Genres, kinks, requests: Angst or humor or hurt/comfort or non-fluffy romance - it's all fine with me. I'm not a fan of unrelieved darkness, however. I like canon characterization, aged-up Harry, Ugly!Snape. The epilogue is fine to keep in there, but I like happy or hopeful endings generally, so keep that in mind. Choose any of the following - in any combination - and I'll be happy: semi-public sex, first times, AU, inebriation (drugs or alcohol), masturbation, characters showing their age (greying hair, pot belly, etc.), bottom!Snape (including topping-from-the-bottom), DH - including the epilogue - taken into account somehow, awkwardness (sexual or even conversational), voyeurism, kissing, licking, hugging (Snape being hugged in particular), massages, anal sex, crack!fic, disheveled clothing/hair, banter, plot, domesticity, desperate sex, orgasm delay/denial, frotting, hurt/comfort, oral sex, teasing (especially subtle teasing in public), insecurity. Squicks, dislikes, cautions: Rape, non-con (dub-con's okay, though), usual non-sexual bodily fluids, excessive schmoop, incest, Harry being nasty to Hermione or Ron, Snape being nasty to Minerva or Hagrid, Harry and Snape calling each other 'whore' or 'slut,' hardcore BDSM, cross-dressing, character death (unless they're canonically dead, in which case...that death shouldn't signal the end of the relationship *g*), cliched dialogue (e.g., no use of phrases like "greasy git") Optional Prompt/s (up to three): (a) Something h/c maybe - I actually like that a lot - but if there's suffering on the horizon (spell damage, potions addiction, etc.), I'd prefer it be Snape suffering and Harry doing the comforting. (b) Or a story that explores the world between the living and dead in some way (c) Or possibly...a time travel story, in which Snape (at the age he was at the point of the Nagini encounter) somehow ends up 19 or so years in the future, i.e., the day after the epilogue. Maximum rating: Any (from G to NC-17). Sex at any rating is fine, but not necessary to include in the story you write. Other info:
For the gift that you will give Slash, pre-slash, or gen: Any Strengths: Plot (serious or crack!fic), believable dialogue, elements of humor. Squicks: No to the usual non-sexual bodily fluids. I'd prefer not to write Harry younger than 17. No death, no rape (especially between Harry and Snape). No overly schmoopy characterizations (no cutesy pet names, unless they're used by Harry to torture Snape *g*) Maximum rating:NC-17, but I'm not interested in writing a PWP / a story that is about sex. Sex as an organic part of the story is fine, though. I like writing Snape with a slightly vulnerable core emotionally speaking, but with a sharp defensive edge.