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(I can't read that fest name now without thinking of Mad Lord Snapcase from Discworld... anyway)

Nineteen by [livejournal.com profile] sigune in [livejournal.com profile] snapecase
Fandom: Harry Potter
Characters: Severus
Rating: PG

Author's notes: UniPin extra fine brush pen, Cotman and Winsor&Newton watercolours on Arches Hot-Pressed paper (13x18 cm). I used a reference photo of a skinny guy, because that was really quite useful XD - I usually make own my reference, but let's face it, I'm neither skinny nor a guy.
Author's warnings: (none)

My comment: "Whoa, now there's a concept! punk!Snape ftw."
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Familia Gratam by [archiveofourown.org profile] nemhaine42
Fandom: Harry Potter
Pairing/Characters: Severus, Lily, Lucius/Narcissa, Sorting Hat
Rating: General Audiences
Words: 4394

Author's summary: Little firstie Severus' introduction to Slytherin house.
Additional tags: Marauders Era, Pre-Canon, Hogwarts Express, Young Severus Snape, Efforts were made to be as canon compliant as possible, but where there is room for interpretation great artistic liberties were taken

Quote:
Narcissa, flipping her lovely long hair over her shoulder, looked pointedly at Severus and said, “ I f you do go to Slytherin, you’ll undoubtedly be in with two of my cousins: Evan’s alright, but Sirius is a complete rotter.”
Severus had a sinking feeling that Sirius was the other boy in that first compartment, the one who’d lamented his ‘entire family was in Slytherin.’ He dearly hoped the boy got what he wanted and was sorted elsewhere, because nothing sounded worse than sharing a room with him for seven solid years. “Yeah, pretty sure we’ve had a run-in with him already.”
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A set of birthdays-through-the-years illustrated fics:

Seven, Thirteen, Twenty-Two, Thirty-Eight, and Fifty by [livejournal.com profile] grooot and [livejournal.com profile] 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 [livejournal.com profile] 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 [livejournal.com profile] 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."

fic recs

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.

Fic rec

Apr. 13th, 2018 11:44 am
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To Sever Always (To Heal Wounds) by [archiveofourown.org profile] Lunarlooroo
Fandom: Harry Potter
Pairing/Characters: Severus Snape
Rating: Teen
Words: 982

Author's summary: A study of Severus Snape's two greatest spells.
Author's notes: Snape Appreciation Month 2018 by @snapeloveposts on tumblr. Week 2: Snape’s spellwork or Snape’s potions
Author's warnings: Descriptions of self-harm
Additional tags: Angst, Spell Creation

Quote:
‘FOR ENEMIES,’ he writes with a flourish in his textbook, glaring daggers at the so-called Marauders across the room. He imagines flinging the curse at Black the next time the mutt tries to corner him after lessons. The pained screams and begging would be music to his ears.
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The Half-Blood Apprentice by [archiveofourown.org profile] pixileanin
Fandom: Harry Potter
Pairing/Characters: Severus, OCs
Rating: Teen
Words: 3143

Author's summary: If Severus successfully completed his apprenticeship, he'd get the opportunity to earn a title for himself. A Master.
Additional tags: Potions, Apprenticeship, Jealousy, young adult, After Hogwarts

Quote:
He might be pitted against rich-boy extraordinaire with all the latest potions equipment, an elite family bloodline, and a nose longer than Severus’ own to look down at everyone less fortunate than himself, but that didn’t mean this bloke knew anything about potions.

fic recs

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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Grip by [archiveofourown.org profile] humanveil
Fandom: Harry Potter
Pairing/Characters: Severus/Regulus
Rating: Explicit
Words: 1350

Author's summary: It only takes the touch of a hand.
Author's notes: Written for the 2017 Wishlists Event at Rare Pair Shorts on LJ, for the prompt combination Regulus/Severus, hand/finger kink.
Author's warnings: underage

My comment: I apparently liked this fic enough that I read it, commented, forgot that I had, found it again when the author posted some other fic and I went looking through their works, and commented again with basically the exact same comment: "Mmm, good imagery in this."

Quote:
Deft fingers, flipping through pages. Long digits splayed out across the back of a book. A nail, clipped short, scratching over the jut of a wrist bone. Absentminded.
Beautiful.
Regulus is done for.

fic rec

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.

fic recs

Jun. 8th, 2017 12:17 pm
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Let's Go Round Again by [archiveofourown.org profile] Jaxon ([tumblr.com profile] deathdaydungron)
Fandom: Harry Potter
Pairing/Characters: Severus, Lily (some Severus/Lily), Tobias & Eileen Snape, brief appearance by Ron Weasley
Rating: General
Words: 4242

Author's summary/notes: Severus died at the jaws of Nagini in May 1998, but instead of taking a well earned rest in the afterlife, he finds himself back in Cokeworth...in December 1975. This is tagged as Snily, because it touches on their relationship (and well, you'll see) - but be warned that the prompt explicitly asked for them not to get together... Received a Tumblr prompt asking: Can you please write something where Snape goes back in time after dying, but decides to not pursue Lily (because she deserves better or realizing that he needs to let go of her if he wants to move on)?
Author's warnings: none

My comment: Would be a bit spoilery. Just know that it's got a sort of Groundhog Day or Peggy Sue Got Married setup.

Quote:
“No, Lil-” He placed his hand over one of hers. “I’m sorry. It’s just… Lucius isn’t who I thought he was.”
“You mean he’s not a rich, smug, Muggle hating Death Eater?”
“I’ve been an idiot,” Severus said, twisting his left ear, looking ashamed. “He is a rich, smug, Muggle hating Death Eater. And I don’t want to be that.” He looked up. “Well, I wouldn’t mind being rich…”


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Putting this second one behind a cut because it has spoilers for Broadchurch season 3, which hasn't aired in the US yet (begins June 28).

Read more... )

fic rec

May. 10th, 2017 07:36 pm
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(Hmmm. It occurs to me that now I've become somewhat multifannish, I should probably add a line for Fandom: to my rec template.)

Regulus' Worst Memory by [archiveofourown.org profile] jaxon
Fandom: Harry Potter
Pairing/Characters: Regulus, Severus, Avery, Mulciber, Evan
Rating: Teen
Words: 1611

Author's summary: On the evening of Snape's Worst Memory, Regulus Black is left to pick up the pieces. Tumblr prompt: Could you fic the evening of Snape's Worst Memory?
Author's warnings: implied/referenced self-harm

My comment: "Pretty powerful stuff!"

Quote:
He swallowed bitterly, sick that this had become his problem and the others had washed their hands of the situation. It was his own fault for being one of the only Slytherins – one of the only students full stop – to really engage with Snape. He wouldn’t have ordinarily given him the time of day, greasy halfblood that he was – but Snape fitted beautifully into the rules that moulded Regulus’ life: Everything that Sirius did, Regulus didn’t. Everything Sirius didn’t, Regulus did.
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[tumblr.com profile] deathdaydungeon has been backing up their mostly gen Snape fic to AO3 lately, under the name [archiveofourown.org profile] jaxon. I recommend a look-see at least for basically all their stuff, but here are some highlights. Read more... )
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Awesome gen Severus art yesterday on [livejournal.com profile] snapecase over on LJ - How Can I Help You, Minerva?

And I've been meaning to rec this fic from a few weeks ago in Snapecase:

A Whiff of Cordite
Pairing/Characters: Snape family
Rating: PG-13
Words: 4131

Author's summary: A child never understands the entire story. Sometimes, neither does the man.
Author's warnings: Adult language, mild violence, implied domestic violence.

My comment: "Wow, amazing start to finish. I love all the Northern flavor. "

Quote:
"Oi, take a look at those jazzy keks…!" the ringleader mocked from atop a battered bicycle, his minions chuckling along with atavistic glee.

The typical Mancunian retort fell off his tongue before he could supress it. "Get off and milk it, ya pikey bastard." A quick flick of his fingers sent a mild hex spinning towards a low hanging gutter, the movement disguised as a two-fingered salute. With a dull crack the rusting metal broke free, liberally dousing the lads with filthy water.
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Hey errybody, check out this cute frickin' adorable (depending on your taste, I suppose) art of young Severus with a cauldron by [livejournal.com profile] akatnamedeaster.

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