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(abandon fic! abandon fic!)

Title: (none — for Last Kiss)
Characters: Severus/Lily
Rating: PG
Words: 140
Warnings: None

Why I give up: The first stanza was inspired. The rest are just imitations. Trying to carry on poetry like this very rapidly starts sounding very forced. I would never have got this up to 1000 words (the fest minimum).

( Now kiss me again... )

Title: (none - for Severus helps Draco brew Elixir of Euphoria)
Characters: Severus, Lucius
Rating: G
Words: 79
Warnings: None

Why I give up: I think it's pretty obvious. This is just going nowhere fast.

( I'm going to have to teach this brat... )

Title: It's In the Script (for Beltane Rite NC-17, NWS)
Characters: Severus mostly; Severus/Harry implied; various combinations of Severus/Harry/Draco also kinda implied
Rating: strong PG-13 or soft R
Words: ~840
Summary: The course of true dreaming ne'er did run smooth.
Warnings: None

Why I give up: Normally I have no problem with crack, but this is stupid crack, with a gimmick that only leads to exasperated head-shaking. Totally fails to deliver on smut; I just can't write Severus/Harry, I guess.

( It's In the Script )

(abandon fic! abandon fic!)

Title: Undressed Books
Characters: Severus/Lily
Rating: very light PG
Words: 370
Warnings: None

Why I give up: I couldn't figure out how to get them into this situation and didn't even have any clear idea of whether this was meant to be AU. Also, it's just dull and seems to stop dead without being able to go on anywhere.

( Undressed Books )

drachenmina: I think I've figured out what is giving me such grief with yours, so I'm going to pull back, refocus and hopefully be able to write something else (and shorter!).

Hem, hem! That said:

Happy birthday, fbowden!

I figured I couldn't go wrong with a bit of Snarry for you, but this isn't an area I've ventured into very much (the extent of my experience to this point is... uh... the 61 words in this post), so this ficlet is still very much in the kiddie pool. Still, I hope it entertains!

Title: Bottled
Characters: Harry/Severus
Rating: PG
Words: ~300
Summary: Ask a silly question, get a silly answer, Harry.
Warnings: Unbetaed.
A/N: Inspired by a gibberish line in this post from the_bitter_word: "How to bottle foolish wand-waving the delicate power of potion-making."

( Bottled )

drachenmina, I don't know if maybe you figured this out, but the recalcitrant Snack fic I was referring to in this post was supposed to be yours for your birthday. There's just no way it's going to be done in time. I've only been managing about half as fast as I would have needed to do, and to top it off I lost a chunk of time to a fire alarm incident at work tonight. Here's a sampler, though, as a kind of apology: ( Read more... )

Look, everyone! I'm being extremely silly again!

(Inspired by this post from lampblack.)


So you want to understand your Snapefan?

We commend you on your decision to support and encourage the Snapefan in your family. This can be a difficult time; sometimes it may seem that she or he is speaking a different language. As the first step to good relations is good communication, we hope this brief glossary and usage guide will aid you on the way to mutual understanding. ( Read more... )

Happy birthday, pennswoods!

You suggested Luna, Neville, Trevor, and/or Snape, with snark on top. I only have any clue how to do one out of those four, so I can only cross my fingers and hope this scores low on the suckitude scale. This is one of those 3:30-AM-god-I-should-be-sleeping ideas, but of course that's typically when Severus whispers his choicest nasty words in my ear and I have to write them down lest I forget. Hope you enjoy!

Title: The Longbottom Blues
Summary: It's tough helping Neville cope with some things.
Rating: G
Word count: 227
A/N: Not betaed.

( Some days it was a little frustrating being Neville Longbottom's friend. )