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A set of birthdays-through-the-years illustrated fics:

Seven, Thirteen, Twenty-Two, Thirty-Eight, and Fifty by grooot and mywitch
Or all together as Happy Birthday on AO3 (not all chapters posted yet, as of this edit)
Fandom: Harry Potter
Pairing/Characters: Severus, Tobias, Eileen, Lily, Sirius, James, Lucius, Draco, Narcissa, Dumbledore, Portrait Dumbledore, one unspecified character
Rating: Creators rated them all G, but the last one shades into PG IMO. Art is all worksafe.
Words: 1800, 2400, 1800, 1600, 1280

Author's summary: Today is Severus Snape's [X-th] birthday. Will it be a good day?

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Flight Plan by sigune
Fandom: Harry Potter
Pairing/Characters: Severus
Rating: G
Words: (Art)

Author's summary: "No spell yet devised enables wizards to fly unaided in human form" (Kennilworthy Whisp, Quidditch through the Ages).

My comment: "Ooh, this is lovely. At first I thought it was just a very nice "success!" kind of thing but I was not prepared for the impact of the second to last panel as I scrolled down!"

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By the Book by delphipsmith
Fandom: Harry Potter
Pairing/Characters: Snape, Minerva, cameos by one or two canon characters (can't tell you who or it will spoil it!), plus a few original ones
Rating: G
Words: 7824

Author's summary: Severus loses a bet, expands his horizons, and learns a thing or two.
Author's notes: Gen. This is set in the summer of 1984 or 1985. Plot-light, but I had great fun putting Sev in this particular situation and sprinkling in a few links to canon.

Quote:
"Dragons don't live in dungeons," Severus objected.

"Not Dungeons with Dragons," Vetiver corrected him patiently. "Dungeons and dragons. And all sort of other things, from what I hear."

"Hmph," Severus said, feeling rather foolish at his overreaction. "Silly sort of game, if you ask me. Exploring my dungeon would take all of six and a half minutes. And that's including the supply closet."

putting out the fire (with gasoline) by kuchikopi and tonberrys
Fandom: Harry Potter
Pairing/Characters: Sirius, Regulus, Walburga, Orion
Rating: General audiences
Words: 11819

Author's summary: The almost boring summer. Or, how Sirius ended up running away in the Renascentia-verse.
Author's notes: The title is from the David Bowie classic "Cat people."
Author's warnings: None

Quote:
“There’ve been muggle-born students at Hogwarts as long as it’s been there,” Sirius said, gamely. He knew this was a sensitive subject, but wasn’t in the mood to coddle. They’d had their chance for a quiet evening and had decided instead that this would be better. On their own heads be it. “Despite Salazar Slytherin having his head up his own arse.”

This story is a selection from the authors' renascentia series -- The Regulus Lives AU no one asked for. When we read about R.A.B., we thought the twist may be that Regulus was still alive. We've taken it back to shortly after Goblet of Fire to play with the idea and see how it impacts the storyline. -- currently up to about 135,000 words with the eponymous renascentia still a WIP at about 53,000 words. I read and would recommend them all, particularly making my own road out of gravel and some wine (and if I have to fall then, it won't be in your line) and they were kids that i once knew.

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Aiya Eärendil Elenion Ancalima by bunn
Fandom: The Silmarillion
Pairing/Characters: Maglor | Makalaurë, Elrond, Frodo, Eärendil
Rating: General audiences
Words: 5526

Author's summary: Frodo Baggins and Maglor son of Fëanor have a chance-encounter with Elrond's father Eärendil on the shores of Tol Eressëa, and take him back to meet Elrond and Bilbo.
Author's warnings: None

My comment: "I think this is the one I've liked best in the series so far (I'm going in order). There is something about the presence of the hobbits' voices that throws the Elves into relief, whereas all Elves all the time is grand an all, but can get a bit heavy (somewhat like Frodo and Bilbo's observations about the effect of "more story")."

Quote:
“I’ve heard something of them, here and there, as it happens.” Eärendil’s voice was unhurried, considering. “But I had not realised that hobbits were so small.”
“Yes, everyone comments on it here,” Frodo said. “I fear it’s something I am unable to do anything about, though by now I’m starting to wonder if wearing a very tall hat would help.”

As mentioned in the comment, this is also one story out of a long series, Return to Aman, complete at ~147,000 words: A series of stories about Elrond's return to Aman at the end of the Third Age. All these assume that Maglor son of Fëanor was one of the other unnamed Elves who accompanied Elrond, Galadriel, Gandalf, Frodo and Bilbo on the ship when they left Middle-earth. Point of view is usually either Maglor or Elrond, but occasionally someone else (Celebrian, Lalwen, Nerdanel...) The first story, And the wind as sweet as honey in the mouth, is about Maglor and Elrond meeting for the first time in the Second Age, rather than in Aman, but fits with the overall series otherwise. I'd also recommend the related Mandos series.

Azkaban by blvnk-art on DeviantArt

Snape, Sirius, and Revenge by merlosaurus

Oh hai, person I didn't know was juuust about my headcanon for Sirius. O.o ( Read more... )

The Seven Grievances of Terry Boot by slumber in hogwarts_houses
Terry/various (slash and het, but ship content isn't that heavy), PG-13, 6680 words
Author's summary: Before he got on the train his mother had pulled him into a hug and told him she knew he'd always been special, and she was sure he'd do very well in all his classes regardless of the subject, and his father laughed and wondered how many versions of Abra Cadabra Terry would have to memorise. When he wrote a few weeks later to explain there was actually a fair amount of Latin to remember, his father's reply included a hint of going on to be a doctor.

My comment: "Usually when I open a bunch of tabs off my flist, when I get to a fic over a few hundred words I read the first couple of paragraphs and then either close it or bookmark it for later. Not so this one; I stayed and read the whole thing at once. You've made Terry so very real and I loved the cameos from some bigger players like Draco and Hermione. Rah rah Ravenclaw!"

Arithmantic equations would be his new best friend, he decided. They would never abandon him for Quidditch or try to snog him, he thought to himself, pulling open the curtains around his bed with all intention of flinging himself upon it and burrowing beneath the covers with his lovely, glorious, loyal and uncomplicated equations. It would have worked, too, if Lisa weren't already there, eyes red and puffy and cheeks stained with tears.

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And now some artses:


Unmasked by =Patilda on deviantART


Sirius Black - HP card by =Patilda on deviantART


Ever Faithful by ~Senticous on deviantART


HP: Severus Snape Head by ~cogdis on deviantART