The SS/HP Prophet

Original poster: atrata

Hello, and welcome to the sshp_prophet! I'll be posting a few times a week with information relevant to the Snape/Harry ship. Right now I'm thinking MWF, but that may change depending on activity and availability. I'd like to say up front that I am going to be as inclusive and comprehensive as I possibly can, but I'm bound to miss stuff (particularly if it's not happening on LJ, or if it's RPG-related). If you happen to see something I've missed, please point it out to me! I'd rather get three e-mails about some new story than miss it entirely. I'm reachable practically 24/7 at atrata[at]gmail.com.

I plan to post the first issue tomorrow, covering weekend activity, but first! I have some comments, and then hopefully you will have comments.

One, this isn't a recs list. I feel the need to say that again.

Two, I won't linked to locked posts in individual journals, but I WILL link to stories in locked comms, such as hpchan. I'll mark those stories as locked, but it didn't strike me as fair to leave out the Snape/Harry that gets posted there when so many of us are members and it's pretty easy to join. I hope that seems reasonable to everyone.

ETA: I'm now having second thoughts about this. I mean, people post in locked comms for mostly legal reasons, yeah? They don't want the wider world to know they write chan? I write chan, and don't much care who knows, so I'm kind of at a loss about this one. Thoughts? Is there some vaguely anonymous way to do it? Like, I could just say a story's been updated and link, but not list the author? Or is that unfair to the author?

And three, I'll link to gen and pre-slash as long as the focus is on Snape and Harry. Those stories will be so marked. Same goes for Severitus fics.

I've put up a tentative list of what I'll include in the userinfo, but I'll reproduce it here.

• Fic: Both one-shots and WsIP will be accepted. If it's the latter, we'll announce new chapters.
  
• Art: Natural and digital media, photo manipulations, 3D renders. Icons, banners and wallpapers. Doujinshi and comics. Vids.
  
• Essays: Formal and informal essays about Snape and Harry. Discussions, questions and theories.
  
• Recs: LJ posts with at least five Snape/Harry recs. Updates of recs lists or websites. New recs lists or websites that rec lots of Snape/Harry.
  
• Searches: We won't link to very general searches ("I'm looking for Snarry fics"), but we will link to narrow ones ("I'm looking for BDSM fics with sub!Snape"). Please note that you must have your search posted somewhere, i.e., we won't post it for you. We just link.
  
• Archives: Snape/Harry-centric archive news and updates.
  
• RPGs: We'll link to new RPGs that will have a Snape/Harry focus. Additionally, if a current RPG develops some Snape/Harry slash, we'll link to that.
  
• Anything else: If it's Snape/Harry-related, we want to know about it.

Sound good? I'd love to hear comments and suggestions if you've got them.