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Dec. 16th, 2018 11:30 pm
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Initiation by [archiveofourown.org profile] dictionarywrites
Fandom: Harry Potter
Pairing/Characters: Severus, Voldemort, Lucius
Rating: Mature
Words: 3332

Author's summary: In the summer before his final year, Severus Snape goes before the Dark Lord, and offers himself as a servant. It is everything he could have imagined.
Author's warnings: none, but see tags
Additional tags: Death Eaters, Sexual Repression, Complicated Relationships, Power Dynamics, Murder, Dark Magic, Implied/Referenced Child Abuse, Emotional Manipulation, Hogwarts Seventh Year, Marauders' Era

Quote:
True and forever purity is a myth, simply cannot be sustained in perpetuity without engendering such ugly obscenities as the likes of Bellatrix Lestrange, unhinged and violent as an inbred bitch, but the Dark Lord is an intelligent man, surely knows that. There is a wider agenda afoot, there must be, and if a few must die at Severus’ wand, if he might gain for himself some semblance of power, of influence, that which he will never achieve without the Dark Lord’s influence…

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One's Place in the World by [archiveofourown.org profile] dictionarywrites
Fandom: Harry Potter
Pairing/Characters: Severus, Albus, Poppy, Remus, brief appearances by Severus' Slytherin classmates
Rating: Mature
Words: 4203

Author's summary: Set in the aftermath of the Incident. Severus Snape recognises his place in the world.
Author's warnings: none, but see tags
Additional tags: Werewolves, Young Severus Snape, POV Severus Snape, Psychological Trauma, Fear, References to Depression, Implied/Referenced Child Abuse, Bullying, Bigotry & Prejudice, Death Eaters, Canon Compliant, Class Differences

My comment: "I quite like the way you write Severus."

Quote:
“Did you know, Headmaster, that he was a werewolf?” Severus asks, in a scant whisper, barely breathing the words. Throughout this entire explosion of Severus’ temper, Dumbledore’s expression has remained the same, unmoving, his face— How can he do that? How can he remain so controlled, show so little change in his expression, not even flinch?

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(untitled) - "And your party host, to guarantee a magical time, is Nanny Ogg." by thebyrchentwigges (this is on Pillowfort, which is currently groaning under unanticipated traffic from the Tumblr exodus, so if you get a 500 error, try again later, in the middle of the night in US time zones if you can.)
Fandom: Discworld
Pairing/Characters: Nanny Ogg
Rating: (not rated; I'd say PG/light Teen)
Words: 537

Quote:
Nanny Ogg reels up in a cabbage cart pulled by goats and greets the Birthday Victim with "Wotcher! Where's the grub!" She proceeds to look over the Birthday Victim and ask some embarrasin' personal questions.
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Alien Hands by [archiveofourown.org profile] raingirl9
Fandom: Doctor Who
Pairing/Characters: Ten/Donna
Rating: General Audiences
Words: 711

Author's summary: After a long day of adventures, Donna makes an observation. The Doctor takes it the wrong way.
Author's notes: I don’t know where the idea for this came from, but it’s basically plotless fluff that I thought might be worth sharing.
Author's warnings: None
Additional tags: Fluff, Established Relationship, Holding Hands, Slice of Life, Romance, Humor

My comment: "Awww, so sweet :)"

Quote:
She smirked at him, a gleam in her eye. “You know all those films with little green men in them? You’ve got hands like that. Martian hands.”
“I’m not-”
“I know you’re not from Mars.”
“-green.”


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Phone Tag by [archiveofourown.org profile] kesomon
Fandom: Doctor Who
Pairing/Characters: Thirteen, Graham, Ryan, Yasmin, The Castellan
Rating: General Audiences
Words: 1253

Author's summary: "Milliways Steak House and part-time mortuary, how may we serve you today?" In which the Doctor deals with an unwanted caller and the TARDIS fam learn a few things about their fun-loving alien friend.
Author's notes: Wrote this while avoiding spoilers for The Ghost Monument. Credit to my friend Viking for the use of weird introductions to unwanted phone calls. He mostly uses them against telemarketers.
Author's warnings: None
Additional tags: Humor, Phone Calls & Telephones, Pranks and Practical Jokes, Bad Puns, Trolling Authority

Quote:
The Doctor looked at him, amused, and then cocked her head like a bird who’d found something shiny. She clapped Graham on the shoulders with a grin that was aglow with delight and mischief; it was a grin Yaz was rapidly coming to learn to fear.

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Sep. 17th, 2018 06:42 pm
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The Last Snowfall by [archiveofourown.org profile] ruuger
Fandom: Discworld
Pairing/Characters: Granny Weatherwax, Death
Rating: Teen
Words: 630

Author's summary: Death and Granny have one final talk.
Author's warnings: Major character death
Additional tags: Future fix, Deathfic, Yuletide 2010, Podfic Available

My comment: "I'm not crying, I'm crying. ...Er, wait."

Quote:
"You're late."
"I WAS DELAYED. THERE WAS A SMALL PLAGUE IN EBPHEBE. YOU KNOW HOW IT IS." He gave her a knowing look. "BESIDES, ONE COULD SAY THE SAME THING ABOUT YOU."


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Good Clean Fun by (as yet anonymous)
Fandom: Doctor Who
Pairing/Characters: Tenth Doctor, Donna Noble
Rating: General
Words: 1020

Author's summary: The Doctor takes Donna to visit shapeshifters. She seizes the opportunity.
Author's notes: Inspired by AU Meme: Donna Noble by [archiveofourown.org profile] lost_spook. All of these AU snippets were fantastic. This bunny just beat his siblings to the finish line.
Author's warnings: None
Additional tags: Shapeshifting, Banter

My comment: "...Wait, what? I suppose it helps that I follow lost_spook on DW and so I'm passingly familiar with the AU/weird scenario generators they use, but still. LOL. What is this fic even? The Doctor as a caretaker is a nice touch. Shades of foreshadowing, I guess?"

Quote:
It would be unfair to say that turning Donna into a soap dispenser was his greatest regret. The Doctor had a number of regrets across his 900-plus years of life, including several planets he had failed to save. But did it rank up there? Certainly.

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Working Holiday (The Release the Kraken Remix) by (as yet anonymous)
Fandom: Discworld
Pairing/Characters: minor Lobsang Ludd/Susan Sto Helit, Death, Mustrum Ridcully, Ponder Stibbons, Rincewind
Rating: General
Words: 2026

Author's summary: Death takes a holiday. He's not the only one.
Author's notes: Inspired by Death Takes a Working Holiday by [archiveofourown.org profile] MiraMira.
Author's warnings: None
Additional tags: Remix, Vacation

Quote:
Rincewind screamed and ran away. Soon his scream was taken up by several other members of the faculty. Death couldn't frown, but he could sigh. Perhaps shuffleboard was too much to ask.

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Mar. 29th, 2018 10:05 pm
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Discwarts by [archiveofourown.org profile] emblegiraffe
Fandom: Harry Potter, Discworld
Pairing/Characters: Granny Weatherwax, Nanny Ogg, Dobby, Albus Dumbledore, Mustrum Ridcully, Minerva McGonagall, Hagrid, Trelawney, Leonard of Quirm, Vetinari, Sam Vimes, Nobby Nobbs, Gaspode, Madam Pince, Poppy Pomfrey, Severus Snape, Ponder Stibbons, The Librarian
Rating: General
Words: 15518

Author's summary: A non canon, Discworld/Harry Potter crossover

My comment: "This is pretty good! I like the narrative voice. Really reminds me of the Discworld novels."

Quote:
Elsewhere, the Archchancellor inhaled sharply. This was not a wise move, considering he was deep within a lake. The darkness around him was absolute and the silence throbbed in his ears. Mustrum Ridcully was used to odd things happening, as the head of a magical university in which promotion was achieved via “dead man’s shoes”, it was not unknown for a wizard to vanish mysteriously. However, until now, it had never been him.

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Dec. 26th, 2017 07:11 pm
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And Who But My Lady Greensleeves by [archiveofourown.org profile] Andante825
Fandom: Harry Potter
Pairing/Characters: Trevor the Toad/Dolores Umbridge (wait! stop! come back!)
Rating: General Audiences
Words: 2233

Author's summary: Trevor, a Radiant Toad, has set his sights on the most alluring creature he's ever seen: Dolores Umbridge.
Author's warnings: Crack, no bestiality.

My comment: "Aww, that was rather sweet! I like Trevor's voice."

Quote:
In other words, he was a prince among toads. Why should he not set his sights high? Why should he not court, and win, the love of a human whose countenance he found more pleasing than that of any amphibian of his acquaintance?

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Collector by [archiveofourown.org profile] jaxon
Fandom: Harry Potter
Pairing/Characters: Severus, Eileen, and Tobias Snape, Peter Pettigrew
Rating: Teen
Words: 2755

Author's summary: From OotP: [Snape's office was] lined with shelves bearing hundreds of glass jars in which floated slimy bits of animals and plants, suspended in variously coloured potions. To amass a collection that large, it seems his fascination probably started at a very young age...
Author's notes: As nearly always, from a Tumblr prompt: What sort of things did a pre Hogwarts Severus Snape do to amuse himself in Cokeworth?
Author's warnings: Dissection, animal abuse, animal death.

My comment: "Aha! I love the twist at the end- perhaps I should not call it a twist, but I honestly didn't think of it. Anyway, well done. (Although ew about the dissolving snails...)"

Quote:
The jar was only a third full, and it had taken him almost a year to collect this many. He turned it over and over in his hands, the intricate detailed spirals of the snail shells captivating him. With one last look of longing, he tightened the top and then returned the jar to its hiding place.
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Severus Snape
by Lucius007 on DeviantArt

Snape tries out a few hairstyles
by Kvasii on DeviantArt

emerging
by Kvasii on DeviantArt

Punk Snape - drawing request
by Kvasii on DeviantArt

oozing
by Kvasii on DeviantArt

Snape won't smile for his ID
by Kvasii on DeviantArt


This last one looks like a broken thumbnail, but I think it's because the deviant didn't include a separate preview image for the animated gif. It's a sort of process animation of Photoshopping a still of Alan Rickman as Severus into something more book-description-like. (Warning: fairly large, ~80 MB)


Severus Snape (Book version)
by lianit on DeviantArt

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Jul. 17th, 2017 09:50 pm
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Vox Severus by [archiveofourown.org profile] Andante825
Fandom: Harry Potter
Pairing/Characters: Severus/Lily, James, Sirius, Poppy Pomfrey, various OCs
Rating: General (this is on the light and humorous side, rather than sexytiems)
Words: 3339

Author's summary: When Severus Snape's voice changes in fourth year, everyone notices.
Author's notes: This fic, which I began a few months ago, is based on the premise that if Severus' voice is as irresistible as canon, fandom, and Alan Rickman attest, everyone would take notice when it dropped. Setting is fourth year to avoid any canon clash, but in my head-canon, this changes everything :) (just not within the scope of this short fic).

My comment: "Severus's voice being very appealing is one of my favorite tropes, so this was fun :)"

Quote:
“Have you ever listened to yourself? I’m surprised you’ve not charmed the very birds from the trees. You have a real gift, my dear, like that cousin of yours. The one on the stage,” she added, for Professor Tiel and Lily’s benefit. “You could walk out of Hogwarts and make your fortune in the Muggle world this minute.”
There was a stunned silence.
“Bollocks,” said Severus Snape.
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[tumblr.com profile] frameacloud:
poopin wizards comix
You know that thing Rowling said about the lack of toilets in early Hogwarts, and that in the old days wizards “simply relieved themselves wherever they stood, and vanished the evidence”? The more I think about it, the more it explains about Hogwarts.

Srsly. Go look. It's hilarious.
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I'm not doing those fanfic summaries posts anymore, but this one felt like it would fit right in...

(the entire summary)
i wish you hadn't

You know, I have a funny feeling I'm going to be saying the exact same thing.
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Man, I am so lazy about actually making rec posts. These have been building up for quite a while, so strap in:

Nine from [livejournal.com profile] hoggywartyxmas: Read more... )

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Two art recs from [livejournal.com profile] severus_snape fest: Read more... )

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Six from Yuletide/Yuletide Madness: Read more... )

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And lastly, two miscellaneous: Read more... )

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*pant*pant*pant*
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http://imgur.com/gallery/Bq4D6 - silly, though I have to admit I LOLed at the end. Well, I LOLed after I first said "Wait - WHAT???" and scrolled up the top to start over with my shiny new gift of context. (I don't want to say much more about it because it would kind of spoil it.)

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