Showing posts with label snarry. Show all posts
Showing posts with label snarry. Show all posts

Monday, October 20, 2014

Not Quite the Shilling

Title: Not Quite the Shilling
Author: Annie D
Fandom: Harry Potter
Characters: Snape/Harry, Dumbledore
Warning: NC-17, slash, potion, post-war
Length: Medium
Status: Completed



Harry's back to teach at Hogwarts. It's mostly boring, but he likes it that way. Snape likes it that way, too.


AO3


Young(er) Snape and Harry. Not quite in character, but nonetheless a very enjoyable reading experience.

Sunday, May 18, 2014

Coiners

Title: Coiners
Author: oliversnape
Fandom: Harry Potter
Characters: Snape/Harry, Teddy
Warning: R, slash, asexual Harry, post-hogwarts
Length: Novella
Status: Completed



The Ministry needs to approve Severus Snape's application for him to start his life again after the war. Harry Potter has set himself up with a non-dangerous specialist muggle career. Neither have been particularly good at avoiding trouble for long.




AO3


oliversnape. Says everything. I quite liked the combination of asexuality, homosexuality, and family. It mixed well, and it was a calm conoction. No explosion. Just introspection.



Same Author as:
The Pumkin Scone Conspiracy
The Definition of Home (With Sequels: The Definition of Family; The Photo Album)
Far Beyond a Promise Kept

Friday, April 18, 2014

Her Eyes

Title: Her Eyes
Author: drachenmina
Fandom: Harry Potter
Characters: Snape/Harry
Warning: R, slash, disability (Harry - blind)
Length: Medium
Status: Completed


 Severus Snape is the only one who can heal the injuries inflicted on Harry by a vengeful Bellatrix Lestrange.


AO3

The dialogue is especially well-done. The writing isn't dense but everything happens within a month. So in a way, it is a rather tight story. There are almost only scenes, not much flashbacks/descriptions/... .
I like drachenmina's works.

Saturday, March 1, 2014

Mirror Magic

Title: Mirror Magic
Author: goseaward
Fandom: Harry Potter
Characters: Snape/Harry, Snape/Lupin
Warning: R, slash
Length: Medium
Status: Completed



Or, to put it another way, Snape has a stalker and a fiftieth birthday.


AO3

Not much to add. The writing's rather good, and I like both pairings, so it worked for me.

Sunday, December 29, 2013

Courtship Rituals

Title: Courtship Rituals
Author: meri
Fandom: Harry Potter
Characters: Snape/Harry (switch), Ron, Dumbledore, Hermione
Warning: NC-17, slash, injury (Snape)
Length: Novella
Status: Completed


Snape is ordered to court Harry Potter.


AO3

Classic, and meri once again. Most of her longer works are part of the Snarry canon.
I like the approach in Courtship Rituals, even if I still think it somewhat chan. This is more about the beautiful details of the magical engagement than the actual marriage. I like meri's fresh and creative approaches to the magical world.

Same author as:
The Same Coin

Thursday, December 26, 2013

The Same Coin

Title: The Same Coin
Author: Meri
Fandom: Harry Potter
Characters: Snape/Harry, McGonagall
Warning: R, slash, injury(Harry), post-war
Length: Novella
Status: Completed


After being injured as an Auror, Harry Potter returns to Hogwarts to teach Defense Against The Dark Arts.


LJ also

Definitely one of the classics. And definitely one of the classic writers.
The story features two of my favorites; post-war and Snarry. A winner in its own rights. The way their relationship progresses from despise to amiable friendship, then tentative love is believable and told in strong words.

Same Author as:
Courtship Rituals

Saturday, December 14, 2013

Elective Affinities

Title: Elective Affinities
Author: Caecelia
Fandom: Harry Potter
Characters: Snape/Harry, Lily
Warning: PG-13
Length: Novella
Status: Ongonig



It's 1976, and a strange new transfer student is about to turn Severus Snape's life on its head . . .


AO3

I looked at different sites and this is more than likely incomplete. I like it anyway, so here it goes.
Usually, I don't like it when people travel back in time, change their name completely and don't resemble their prior selfs a bit. Caecelia made it possible for me to imagine just this. The focus is quite a lot on Severus Snape. It's a small meta on his younger self.

Wednesday, September 25, 2013

Echoes

Title: Echoes
Author: gingertart50
Fandom: Harry Potter
Characters: Snape/Harry, Hermione
Warning: PG-13, slash, post-hogwarts
Length: Medium
Status: Completed


Everyone has been given perfume for Christmas, odd things happen as a result and Harry finds himself juggling match-making children, senile household appliances and two very fraught relationships.


At LJ
Pt II (In Case It Goes Missing)


I love this one - it's just... funny, and clever, and like the parfumes, it triggers memories. You get this soft, warm glowy feeling in your chest, that tells you "yeah, it's good".

Thursday, August 29, 2013

Occam's Razor

Title: Occam's Razor
Author: RaeWhit
Fandom: Harry Potter
Characters: Snape/Harry, Draco/Harry
Warning: NC-17, slash, BDSM, post-war, horcrux
Length: Novella
Status: Completed


Two years after the end of the war, only desperation could make Harry seek out the help of a one-time enemy.


At AO3

Finally. This is the story which introduced me to RaeWhit almost two years ago. Since then, I've been in love with it. RaeWhit here shows again how to introduce subtle hints - the actual turnabout is a surprise, even if you already had some inklings. I was sure that Snape somehow survived but like Harry, I was deceived and believed it was Bat. Drarry and Snarry in one, so basically two for one. Go for it. In my opinion, RaeWhit's best story.

Same Author as:

Sex, Lies, and Audiobooks
Throwaways
Second Best
Starry Night
The Sensible Garden
Unnatural Selection
Filtered Past Boredom

Wednesday, August 28, 2013

Filtered Past Boredom

Title: Filtered Past Boredom
Author: RaeWhit

Fandom: Harry Potter
Characters: Snape/Harry, Dumbledore
Warning: NC-17, slash, post-war, magic
Length: Medium
Status: Completed


Returning to Hogwarts to teach, Harry brings with him the disappointment of a life gone wrong and the expectation of a year filled with boredom. So he sets for himself a game of distraction: the seduction of Severus Snape.


At AO3


God, anything left to say? Besides: RaeWhit?
I love post-war, and this just is a down-right favorite of mine. Both, Snape and Harry, are depicted a bit darkish, with a manipulative streak. And most enjoyable, it's Dumbledore who beats them at their own game. RaeWhit explores their dark sides in this, after putting them as equals by making Harry a professor, too. While the actual story is not that outstanding, there's the usual subtlety RaeWhit's reknown for.

Same Author as:
Sex, Lies, and Audiobooks
Throwaways
Second Best
Starry Night
The Sensible Garden
Unnatural Selection
Occam's Razor

Tuesday, August 27, 2013

Unnatural Selection

Title: Unnatural Selection
Author: RaeWhit
Fandom: Harry Potter
Characters: Snape/Harry, Harry/Neville, Lucius
Warning: NC-17, slash, non-con, war, post-hogwarts, marriage, mpreg
Length: Novella
Status: Completed


After the war, it's Harry's own choices that place him in unimaginable circumstances.


At AO3


One of my favorite dark stories set after the actual war against Voldemort. It is rather realistic in some ways, in others a sound alternative but not really likely. This story is almost like a meta fic - it picks up several dark fic elements but doesn't revolve around them, it merely hints at them, such as Stockholm Syndrome. I recognize several psychological complexities in there, and unlike other authors, RaeWhit doesn't force it on you. They are there for the audience to see and think about, but do not become some sort of psychological thesis. This closely reminds me of Chrysalis. While Chrysalis lacks the dark mood, it also deals with several psychological aspects which are explored in a subtle manner.

Same Author as:
Sex, Lies, and Audiobooks
Throwaways
Second Best
Starry Night
The Sensible Garden
Filtered Past Boredom
Occam's Razor

Starry Night

Title: Starry Night
Author: RaeWhit
Fandom: Harry Potter
Characters: Snape/Harry, Draco/OMC, briefly Draco/Harry
Warning: PG-13, character death (Narcissa), post-war
Length: Medium
Status: Completed



It's been over four years since the end of the war, and Harry honestly doesn't know what he wants. Fortunately, someone else does.


At AO3

A bit of a borderliner. The story is not that unique but the structure is solid, the main idea, too. I can't find faults with the story but I felt it was a bit too easy to read for one of RaeWhit's works. Usually, there's a lot of subtlety inbetween the lines. This story lacked in that particular department but alas, it just didn't feel like one of RaeWhit's, this doesn't make it a bad fiction or lacking in comparison to other works.

Same Author as:
Throwaways
Sex, Lies, and Audiobooks
The Sensible Garden
Second Best
Unnatural Selection
Filtered Past Boredom
Occam's Razor

Monday, August 26, 2013

Second Best

Title: Second Best
Author: RaeWhit
Fandom: Harry Potter
Characters: Snape/Harry, OFC
Warning: R, slash, post-hogwarts
Length: Medium
Status: Completed




You know, I had seriously problems placing this story. Best comedy-romance in HP? Or longest courtship? AU, in a way? Best of RaeWhit's stories?
Well, there's one sure thing, though. This story was a surprise. While I consider myself an Occam's Razor fan, I no longer can say that it is without doubt her best story. This one connects multiple "ideas" and a more modern approach (chatting, computer, phone) than her other works - yet the literary side did not suffer, there are plenty references. It's RaeWhit through and through, but a more playful one.

Same Author as:
Throwaways
Sex, Lies, and Audiobooks
The Sensible Garden
Starry Night
Unnatural Selection
Filtered Past Boredom
Occam's Razor

Sunday, August 25, 2013

Throwaways

Title: Throwaways
Author: RaeWhit
Fandom: Harry Potter
Characters: Snape/Harry
Warning: NC-17, slash, post-hogwarts, illness (Snape), Christmas, marriage
Length: Short
Status: Completed


Disposable and dispensable…one a villain, one a hero. Severus and Harry share more than they ever would've imagined.


At AO3



Well, the story is well-written but nothing special. I just felt like rec'ing because of the nicely interwoven literature. While it's not RaeWhit's magnum opus, it complements her other works nicely.

Same Author as:
Sex, Lies, and Audiobooks
The Sensible Garden
Second Best
Starry Night
Unnatural Selection
Filtered Past Boredom
Occam's Razor

Thursday, August 15, 2013

Sex, Lies, and Audiobooks

Title: Sex, Lies, and Audiobooks
Author: RaeWhit
Fandom: Harry Potter
Characters: Snape/Harry, OMC (Julian - Roger)
Warning: NC-17, slash, post-hogwarts
Length: Novel
Status: Completed


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.



At AO3

This is a monster. And fit for a Snarry fanfiction. Many believe that in order to tell a proper Snarry Story, you need to write a novel at least. While I do enjoy short fiction, I completely agree with this notion. To get them "right" and deep enough to show their prospering relationship, you need time and space.
I am not a particular fan of "oh no, Harry has got family" besides the occasional Severitus story - but I didn't mind because here it isn't important. The author doesn't push the revelation to the front. This story isn't about Harry and Julian. It's about Snape and Harry, coping with the past, finding new prospects in their lives.

Same Author as:
The Sensible Garden
Throwaways
Second Best
Starry Night
Unnatural Selection
Filtered Past Boredom
Occam's Razor

The Sensible Garden

Title: The Sensible Garden
Author: RaeWhit
Fandom: Harry Potter

Characters: Snape/Harry, OFC (Winifred), OMC (Graham)
Warning: NC-17, slash, character death (OC), post-hogwarts, illness (OC)
Length: Novel
Status: Completed



What if Harry had not been given the entire prophecy by Albus Dumbledore? Years later, forever changed by that second part of the prophecy, Severus and Harry are pulled together again, this time by a common love of flowers and gardens.


At AO3

This easily belongs to the most memorable fanfictions I stumbled across. Well, can you stumble across RaeWhit? I dunno. I mean, they are one of the most rec'ed in the entire fandom. This story focuses on loss, grieving, aging and being an adult, as well as the issue of responsibility. While I love Snarry, this also hits just the topics I can see this pairing to be about. RaeWhit hit two favorite's of mine, especially with a hint of PTSD in there. The OC's were realistically depicted, something not many FF authors manage to do. I seriously felt with them when Winifred died.

Same Author as:
Sex, Lies, and Audiobooks
Throwaways
Second Best
Starry Night
Unnatural Selection
Filtered Past Boredom
Occam's Razor

Thursday, July 4, 2013

Snape: The Home Fries Nazi

Title: Snape: The Home Fries Nazi
Author: pir8fancier
Fandom: Harry Potter
Characters: Snape/Harry
Warning: NC-17, slash, violence, suicidal (Harry), post-hogwarts, vacation
Length: Medium
Status: Completed



When Harry defeats Voldemort, the Death Eaters lose their magic. Snape decamps to the United States, where he becomes a fry cook in a diner. Seven years after Voldemort's defeat, Harry comes to him for advice.


At SH



I didn't read this, actually I made a wide detour whenever crossing its path. Title just... isn't my cup of tea. Nothing you make fun about. Yet I just had too much time and after getting in touch with pir8fancier's other works, I thought I'd at least give it a chance.
And here you go, a rec. Good, solid work. Nice introperspective (Harry's POV).

Tuesday, June 11, 2013

The Snidget

Title: The Snidget
Author: Acid, Sinick
Fandom: Harry Potter
Characters: Snape/Harry, Voldemort
Warning: R, mention of slash, animal, war, school
Length: Medium
Status: Completed


After the Dark Lord's victory, Headmaster Snape is living under a sword's edge, when hope flies in past his shields.



At AO3


Belongs to the classics, definitely.
This story features a good Snape POV. It's not that much of a Snarry, more of a war-time fic with focus on Snape. And that's what I like it for.


Same Authors as:
The Price of Magic and its sequel: We've Got a Thing On
Commonplace Magic

Monday, June 10, 2013

Commonplace Magic

Title: Commonplace Magic
Author: Acid, Sinick
Fandom: Harry Potter
Characters: Snape/Harry
Warning: R, slash, AU
Length: Short
Status: Completed


No doom of the wizarding world hanging in the balance, no tragic premature death. Just Harry getting inside a solitary man's defences, by not really trying.

At AO3


Illustrated beautifully and while I don't see it in any real relation to The Price of Magic, I like it just the same as the authors' other work. Commonplace Magic is no classic work, though it serves me well as a Harry Potter AU. There aren't many, and most aren't well-written. This one is, and I totally see Snape as a chemistry teacher. Anti-social, snarky, witty.


Same Authors as:

The Price of Magic and its sequel: We've Got a Thing Going On
The Snidget



Sunday, June 9, 2013

The Price of Magic

Title: The Price of Magic
Author: Acid, Sinick
Fandom: Harry Potter
Characters: Snape/Harry
Warning: R, slash, character death (Harry, Snape), post-war, school
Length: Novel
Status: Completed


Haunted by the ghost of a former student, an ex-wizard struggles to preserve magical knowledge for future generations.
When Harry Potter died, twin wands' explosion wiped Europe clean of magic. Enchantment-free, Gringotts crumbled into a mass grave for goblin bodies. Pixie corpses covered the meadows. Romanians buried their last dragon.
Wizards remained. Thousands flooded Muggle streets with useless chanting, unable to return home through non-existent wards.
They had nothing except pride. Remember that when watching a middle-aged, redheaded waitress and her daughter taunted by children for their strange way of talking, passing the sallow-faced, somber neighbour who prefers candles to electricity, finding a sky-blue twinkle under matted hair of a homeless man.
Pride was the reason they survived.


At AO3

A beautiful, mysterious and sophisticated post-war story. There's a lot going on "beneath the surface", paired with the dream world, a touch magic realism in there.
Nonetheless, one of the classics out there which are must-reads.

Sequel:
We've Got a Thing Going On


Same Author as:
Commonplace Magic
The Snidget