Date: 2009-12-10 00:08 Subject: Fests Security: Public Mots clés art rec, art recs, fic rec, fic recs

Tis the fest season, and I've been reading all of snapelyholidays (which is also the only fest I wrote for this year), and most of snarry_holidays (one of my favorite Snarry fests), and picking up others here and there.

My gift was posted this past week--a bonus of fic and art.

Title: A Holiday With Old Friends
Artist/Author: IT'S A MYSTERY!
Pairing: Snape/Lupin
There are no warnings to speak of, and you can read the summary in the header.

I really did ask for Snape/Lupin. One of the things I love about this fest is that Snape's always there, and that's the most important thing. It's interesting to read him in pairings I wouldn't usually tackle, and like the snarry_games, I'm finding the exposure to new things a pleasurable one. The ficlet before this art sets the stage. It's Christmas, and Snape can't bear to stay in Spinner's End, so he's alone in another place. Lupin seeks him out, and they have a history, it's clear. But what's so poignant is how shut in and brittle Snape is, while Lupin is almost pitifully in character here. He knows what would be the right thing to do, but it's others who make his choices for him. The art that accompanies the ficlet complements it so well. A great hooked nose, a glimpse of intimacy, then finally a pathetic cameo of what Snape would never show anyone. So far as fest gifts go, I'm thrilled with this one! For reals!

There's one fic I want to rec from snarry_holidays. Mostly because it's one that's stayed in my head; I even dreamed about it.

Title: In the Beginning
Author: HAAAA
Pairing: Snarry
Rating: PG-15
Warnings: See the header, nothing noteworthy.
Summary: Harry finds Snape de-aged after the war.

Ever see the movie 'Memento'? God, I hated that movie, mostly because the folding back in time, moving in reverse chronological order confused me. Time travel and deaging fics do that to me a bit, but this story (a deaged Snape) challenged me, but I kept my head on straight. The author does this clever thing with her story segments, terming them as the 'possible' beginning. Moving backwards in time for a while, you see how they started out, but then the present, starting with Snape's death, turns up a BIG surprise, and then the agonizing search for an answer, a way to re-educate, find something that was, but now appears lost. Hmmm, I just reread what I wrote, and I'm not sure I'm doing the fic justice. There's beautiful writing, raw honest and awkward emotion, and at the end, I scrolled right to the top and put it in my memories.

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Date: 2009-09-22 20:49 Subject: ART REC: Writhe by fanlay Security: Public Mots clés art rec

Title: Writhe
Artist: fanlay
Pairing: Snape/Harry
Rating: NC-17, erotic asphyxiation (breathplay prompt}


Pay attention to the rating in my header before you click. This artist knows her way around the human anatomy, and this is one of my favorite kinks.

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Date: 2009-08-05 16:32 Subject: ART REC from Snarry Games (and my fic is up!) Security: Public Mots clés art rec, my snarrys, snarry games 2009

Title: Undeserving
Artist: froggie
Team: Snitch
Genre(s): Genderbender/Crossdressing
Prompt(s): Tongue-Tied, Skin Deep
Rating/Warnings/Kinks: PG-15/NWS. Crossdressing and implied caning/spanking.

This piece of art has one of the best, ugly Snape's I've ever seen, caught in a moment of casual tenderness. It features a crossdressing Harry and a scenario and title that makes you wonder, who the 'undeserving' of the two might be. Beautiful coloring and incredible detail.


This is my own fic, so this really isn't a rec, but I'd be pleased if you read it. :)

Title: Sex, Lies, and Audiobooks
Author: RaeWhit aka joanwilder
Team: Snitch!
Genre(s): Alive and Kicking (EWE)
Prompt(s): Secrets and Lies, Coming Home
Rating/Warnings/Kinks: NC-17
Summary: Belonging and deserving, needing and wanting—desires of the human heart that Severus and Harry must face when they're forced to the little village of Lochdubh to settle a very late codicil of Albus Dumbledore's will.

This is a post-war story, ten years after the war. Snape and Harry have a 'history', but at this point in time, Snape is engaged in recording audiobooks, and Harry's personal life leaves a lot to be desired. Both of them are wary when they're pushed together again due to a codicil in Albus' will. Along the way, they find that both of them have needs and wants that are very similar. This is not a crossover fic, although I do use the locale and a character from a BBC television series.

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