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Mmm, a cool phone sounds so nice! Ah well. For me, some day... probably right after I get a TV.
Snarry-a-Thon, yes, some cool stuff I think! I'm trying to read/view and comment on all, though I must admit dark-fic is not my cup of tea. However, it lets me practice *very* short comments. :D
Recs so far... Hm, for the fics my top pick so far is unquestionably An Awkward Customer, the kind of light romance that to me, epitomizes Snarry. This means a lovely light-hearted plot, deftly written, with rich dialogue, amusing side characters, details sufficient to keep it somewhere in distant sight of canon, and a generous assortment of unforgettable scenes and lines. Like a good figure skating long routine, it dazzles with sparkling leaps of humor, eloquent twirls of phrase, smoothly strung along sweeping clear lines of plot.
There's one slightly awkward turn with a Weasley scene, several OCs so vivid their scenes are as good as entire stories, and an abundance of lines of the kind I most love: breathtakingly taut, yet bulging with meaning. Like this:
Potter smiled.
"And it had the benefit of educating me," he said. "Thanks."
"An unfortunate side effect," said Snape, but he couldn't bring himself to mean it.
Structurally this paralleled a line I equally adore from a favorite older fic: </i> Gryffindors always wanted to top, [Snape] thought, but not with any true objection.</i>
~~|O|~~
A close second so far: The Plant. This is shorter, but nearly as deftly written, with a classic clueless!Harry confiding his divorce stories and Snape!love to a curiously defensive potted plant. The main part of the story is told through dialogue and Harry-to-plant monologue, paced so well and written so amusingly, it never lags. Pepping up the many short scenes are a pregnant Hermione, a darling next-gen Lily, a forgetful long-distance plot!driver Neville, and an endearingly cute plot!relief owl.
The highlight of this story for me is the Snape-Harry reunion. Snape is utterly, adorably complex, crusty and befuddled by turns. His dialogue and gestures are written as beautifully as ever I've seen. Harry's a perfect foil with a mix of generosity and sparkling desire. This gives the story what a wine conoisseur would unhesitatingly call a "great, long finish" - full of love, warm comforts and laughter.
~~|O|~~
A stand-out for its creativity is Papa Mia, a long (nearly 16,000 words), high-spirited spoof of Mamma Mia. It works in a cute Snape daughter, pervy!ghost!Albus, Lucius, Lupin, Shacklebolt, and more side characters than anyone knows what to do with. Snape's daughter Eileen nearly steals the show, but the real star throughout is all the ABBA lyrics the worked in, including two songs that she filked with deliciously Snape-centric, singable new lyrics.
I took the time to open a youtube of each song as I identified it (there is no playlist, alas) for a musical accompaniment. What a romp! The climactic scene features a priestess trying to carry out a marriage over all the characters' confusion. In an opera this would be an octet, competing with a trio, while fending off a full chorus plus sundry special effects. The tartly efficient priestess could have been McGonagall, trying to get the Marauders and Snape to behave. And she succeeds!
There's never been enough Snarry filk, and this fic provides two that are so deliciously singable - especially when they go with ABBA songs. I'm hoping we might remember to test them out at Azkatraz!
~~|O|~~
Finally, I smiled all through Felinated, another light-hearted Snape!shifting romance; this time he's a cat, exercising his claws on Harry back in Hogwarts years. There's a small but creative plot, and a sustained genial treatment of many familiar characters that for me is one of the main treats of HP fic.
Art-wise? You want art recs? It is this: ALL GOOD!
Snarry-a-Thon, yes, some cool stuff I think! I'm trying to read/view and comment on all, though I must admit dark-fic is not my cup of tea. However, it lets me practice *very* short comments. :D
Recs so far... Hm, for the fics my top pick so far is unquestionably An Awkward Customer, the kind of light romance that to me, epitomizes Snarry. This means a lovely light-hearted plot, deftly written, with rich dialogue, amusing side characters, details sufficient to keep it somewhere in distant sight of canon, and a generous assortment of unforgettable scenes and lines. Like a good figure skating long routine, it dazzles with sparkling leaps of humor, eloquent twirls of phrase, smoothly strung along sweeping clear lines of plot.
There's one slightly awkward turn with a Weasley scene, several OCs so vivid their scenes are as good as entire stories, and an abundance of lines of the kind I most love: breathtakingly taut, yet bulging with meaning. Like this:
Potter smiled.
"And it had the benefit of educating me," he said. "Thanks."
"An unfortunate side effect," said Snape, but he couldn't bring himself to mean it.
Structurally this paralleled a line I equally adore from a favorite older fic: </i> Gryffindors always wanted to top, [Snape] thought, but not with any true objection.</i>
~~|O|~~
A close second so far: The Plant. This is shorter, but nearly as deftly written, with a classic clueless!Harry confiding his divorce stories and Snape!love to a curiously defensive potted plant. The main part of the story is told through dialogue and Harry-to-plant monologue, paced so well and written so amusingly, it never lags. Pepping up the many short scenes are a pregnant Hermione, a darling next-gen Lily, a forgetful long-distance plot!driver Neville, and an endearingly cute plot!relief owl.
The highlight of this story for me is the Snape-Harry reunion. Snape is utterly, adorably complex, crusty and befuddled by turns. His dialogue and gestures are written as beautifully as ever I've seen. Harry's a perfect foil with a mix of generosity and sparkling desire. This gives the story what a wine conoisseur would unhesitatingly call a "great, long finish" - full of love, warm comforts and laughter.
~~|O|~~
A stand-out for its creativity is Papa Mia, a long (nearly 16,000 words), high-spirited spoof of Mamma Mia. It works in a cute Snape daughter, pervy!ghost!Albus, Lucius, Lupin, Shacklebolt, and more side characters than anyone knows what to do with. Snape's daughter Eileen nearly steals the show, but the real star throughout is all the ABBA lyrics the worked in, including two songs that she filked with deliciously Snape-centric, singable new lyrics.
I took the time to open a youtube of each song as I identified it (there is no playlist, alas) for a musical accompaniment. What a romp! The climactic scene features a priestess trying to carry out a marriage over all the characters' confusion. In an opera this would be an octet, competing with a trio, while fending off a full chorus plus sundry special effects. The tartly efficient priestess could have been McGonagall, trying to get the Marauders and Snape to behave. And she succeeds!
There's never been enough Snarry filk, and this fic provides two that are so deliciously singable - especially when they go with ABBA songs. I'm hoping we might remember to test them out at Azkatraz!
~~|O|~~
Finally, I smiled all through Felinated, another light-hearted Snape!shifting romance; this time he's a cat, exercising his claws on Harry back in Hogwarts years. There's a small but creative plot, and a sustained genial treatment of many familiar characters that for me is one of the main treats of HP fic.
Art-wise? You want art recs? It is this: ALL GOOD!