Title: Far Beyond a Promise Kept
Author: oliversnape
Fandom: Harry Potter
Characters: Snape, Harry, Dumbledore
Warning: PG, mention of child abuse, Horcrux, character death (Harry)
Length: Novel
Status: Completed
Snape never wanted anyone to know of his promise to Dumbledore, but has realised that he can protect Potter much better by taking a less passive role in the boy's training. Actually liking Harry Potter has never been part of his plan.
At AO3
(Also on ff.net)
Well, I love oliversnape. Great author, great stories. Very forthcoming, too. I've had personal contact with oliversnape and it was rather inspiring. This novel-length story is very detailed and shows some typical signs of his craft: Snape meddling with "modern muggle devices", playing nintendo, etc. In a way, this seems OoC, but to me, this gives it a realistic vibe. This is not OoC, this is just oliversnape's Snape. And that's fine.
Besides, nobody else would get me to read a story in which Harry is renamed into "John". This spins from year 3 to the end of year 4.
Same Author as:
The Pumkin Scone Conspiracy
The Definition of Home (With Sequels: The Definition of Family; The Photo Album)
Coiners
Monday, August 12, 2013
Saturday, August 10, 2013
The Professor
Title: The Professor
Author: Datura_Snape
Fandom: Harry Potter
Characters: Snape, Dumbledore, McGonagall
Warning: PG-13, suicidal, mention of het, character death (Tobias, Eileen, Rosier), Post-war
Length: Novel
Status: Ongoing
Snape's daily struggle with his life after Voldemort's fall. Back at Hogwarts, he is caught up between the students' dissatisfaction, Dumbledore's demands, lawsuits, grief and responsibility.
At AO3
This actually is part of a series, though I only am interested in "The Professor", not in the prequel. Snape's struggle after the war is often let out of fanfictions as Rowling revealed essential details quite late and even then it's up to a lot of speculation. This author managed to make his suffering quite real. While it sometimes seems like he's drowning in the issues around him, the writer succeeds to get him further. He changes, gets back to the surface. Step by step, Snape's turning into whom we know: canon!Snape. The development is very interesting to observe.
Author: Datura_Snape
Fandom: Harry Potter
Characters: Snape, Dumbledore, McGonagall
Warning: PG-13, suicidal, mention of het, character death (Tobias, Eileen, Rosier), Post-war
Length: Novel
Status: Ongoing
Snape's daily struggle with his life after Voldemort's fall. Back at Hogwarts, he is caught up between the students' dissatisfaction, Dumbledore's demands, lawsuits, grief and responsibility.
At AO3
This actually is part of a series, though I only am interested in "The Professor", not in the prequel. Snape's struggle after the war is often let out of fanfictions as Rowling revealed essential details quite late and even then it's up to a lot of speculation. This author managed to make his suffering quite real. While it sometimes seems like he's drowning in the issues around him, the writer succeeds to get him further. He changes, gets back to the surface. Step by step, Snape's turning into whom we know: canon!Snape. The development is very interesting to observe.
Monday, August 5, 2013
Friends and Wine
Title: Friends and Wine
Author: Delphi
Fandom: Harry Potter
Characters: Slughorn/Snape
Warning: NC-17, slash
Length: Short
Status: Completed
Professors Snape and Slughorn reacquaint themselves over the course of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.
At AO3
I think an unusual pairing reveals an author's talent the most; I am not that much of a Slughorn fan. Snape, yes, Slughorn, no. But this Snape in there is very interesting, he got a fascinating voice.
Author: Delphi
Fandom: Harry Potter
Characters: Slughorn/Snape
Warning: NC-17, slash
Length: Short
Status: Completed
Professors Snape and Slughorn reacquaint themselves over the course of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.
At AO3
I think an unusual pairing reveals an author's talent the most; I am not that much of a Slughorn fan. Snape, yes, Slughorn, no. But this Snape in there is very interesting, he got a fascinating voice.
First Meeting
Title: First Meeting
Author: Iolre
Fandom: Sherlock
Characters: John/Sherlock, Mycroft
Warning: PG-13, drug abuse
Length: Short
Status: Completed
John is nearing the end of his 12-hour shift in the local ER when an overdose comes in. Little does he know that saving this patient will change the course of the rest of his life.
At AO3
Doctor!John is always delicious, paired with drug!Sherlock - definitely a must-read.
Same author as:
In Between
Author: Iolre
Fandom: Sherlock
Characters: John/Sherlock, Mycroft
Warning: PG-13, drug abuse
Length: Short
Status: Completed
John is nearing the end of his 12-hour shift in the local ER when an overdose comes in. Little does he know that saving this patient will change the course of the rest of his life.
At AO3
Doctor!John is always delicious, paired with drug!Sherlock - definitely a must-read.
Same author as:
In Between
Pet
Title: Pet
Author: Cluegirl
Fandom: Harry Potter
Characters: Lucius/Snape, Lucius/Narcissa
Warning: NC-17, slash, het, non-con, chan
Length: Medium
Status: Completed
Lucius goes to great lengths to keep his young lover from the Dark Lord's notice.
At AO3
Lucius in love with Snape - is there anything more paradox and beautiful a topic? I love it. It always ensures for a painful, bittersweet story full of conflicts.
Same Author as:
Everybody's Fool
Can't Take the Sky
Author: Cluegirl
Fandom: Harry Potter
Characters: Lucius/Snape, Lucius/Narcissa
Warning: NC-17, slash, het, non-con, chan
Length: Medium
Status: Completed
Lucius goes to great lengths to keep his young lover from the Dark Lord's notice.
At AO3
Lucius in love with Snape - is there anything more paradox and beautiful a topic? I love it. It always ensures for a painful, bittersweet story full of conflicts.
Same Author as:
Everybody's Fool
Can't Take the Sky
Living Through the End
Title: Living Through the End
Author: ObsidianButterfly
Fandom: Sherlock
Characters: Mycroft/John, Sherlock
Warning: R, slash, character death (Mycroft), illness (Sherlock)
Length: Medium
Status: Ongoing
At AO3
Vampires... god, yes. I know... I should be ashamed of myself. Another vampire story so shortly after the last one. Well, to my defense: this is really good. I was a bit reluctant to post it, so I kept it for myself the last few weeks and awaited the updates. The story itself has developed into one of my favorite ongoing ones. So no need to keep it to myself any longer.
Author: ObsidianButterfly
Fandom: Sherlock
Characters: Mycroft/John, Sherlock
Warning: R, slash, character death (Mycroft), illness (Sherlock)
Length: Medium
Status: Ongoing
Mycroft Holmes is more than a highly brilliant, super-intelligent Government agent; he also holds a secret privy only to his brother Sherlock and a select few. He is not entirely normal, he is not entirely human, and he is not entirely alive.
Unfortunately John Watson is about to become involved in Holmes family secrets and dysfunctionality much more than he would have liked
At AO3
Vampires... god, yes. I know... I should be ashamed of myself. Another vampire story so shortly after the last one. Well, to my defense: this is really good. I was a bit reluctant to post it, so I kept it for myself the last few weeks and awaited the updates. The story itself has developed into one of my favorite ongoing ones. So no need to keep it to myself any longer.
Saturday, August 3, 2013
Forbidden Thoughts
Title: Forbidden Thoughs
Author: Juxian
Fandom: Sherlock
Characters: Lupin/Snape, Sirius(/Snape), James(/Snape)
Warning: NC-17, slash, non-con
Length: Short
Status: Completed
Lupin accuses Snape of holding a grudge for a "silly schoolboy prank" once too often. Snape decides to show Lupin just how awful the Marauders really were
AO3
Very sad fanfiction. Snape's thought processes are very angsty and real. The end is a bit Stockholm Syndrom-ish but I suppose the only way when one wants to end it on a good note.
Same author as:
Lukewarm
Howdy
Author: Juxian
Fandom: Sherlock
Characters: Lupin/Snape, Sirius(/Snape), James(/Snape)
Warning: NC-17, slash, non-con
Length: Short
Status: Completed
Lupin accuses Snape of holding a grudge for a "silly schoolboy prank" once too often. Snape decides to show Lupin just how awful the Marauders really were
AO3
Very sad fanfiction. Snape's thought processes are very angsty and real. The end is a bit Stockholm Syndrom-ish but I suppose the only way when one wants to end it on a good note.
Same author as:
Lukewarm
Howdy
Life, the Afterlife, and Whatever's in Between
Title: Life, the Afterlife, and Whatever's in Between
Author: TardisInWonderland
Fandom: Sherlock
Characters: Sherlock/Irene, Mycroft, Molly
Warning: R, het, violence
Length: Novella
Status: Ongoing
What happened during the three years Sherlock disappeared from Baker Street? A month by month of count of those years, including mysteries, family histories, some running, and one of the few other technically dead people living in the world: Irene Adler.
At AO3
Another Sherlock/Irene Story from me. Their interactions are very delicate in the majority of the story. It takes them a long time to find some common ground to work with. Irene is depicted in a different light than most shed on her. Usually, people do not bother with her past. Here, it's her past that haunts them and makes it possible for Sherlock to get through to her.
Author: TardisInWonderland
Fandom: Sherlock
Characters: Sherlock/Irene, Mycroft, Molly
Warning: R, het, violence
Length: Novella
Status: Ongoing
What happened during the three years Sherlock disappeared from Baker Street? A month by month of count of those years, including mysteries, family histories, some running, and one of the few other technically dead people living in the world: Irene Adler.
At AO3
Another Sherlock/Irene Story from me. Their interactions are very delicate in the majority of the story. It takes them a long time to find some common ground to work with. Irene is depicted in a different light than most shed on her. Usually, people do not bother with her past. Here, it's her past that haunts them and makes it possible for Sherlock to get through to her.
All We Ought To Ask
Title: All We Ought To Ask
Author: achray
Fandom: Sherlock
Characters: John/Sherlock, Hudson, Mary(/John), Mycroft
Warning: R, slash, illness (Sherlock)
Length: Novella
Status: Completed
1860. Change is in the air. John is a clergyman and former army chaplain, attempting to settle down in a country parish and lead a quiet life. But with Sherlock Holmes, reputed to be England's most dangerous religious controversialist, as the local aristocrat, what are his prospects of success?
At AO3
This leaves me kind of unsure of what to write.
I like the idea, I love the characters, I adore the Johnlock interactions.
Yet I do not approve of the way religious topics are dealt with. To me, a book is not supposed to judge - only characters may judge. To me, the author's influence is way too big, and the writer's kind of judgemental and doesn't leave enough room for doubt. A book may never attack a person's own beliefs. It should enrich the audience and show new ways of thinking but never close existing pathways. That's the problem I see here.
But don't get me wrong; this does not mean I didn't enjoy it. The writing's very good - I just fear that some people might be offended by the depiction of religion in here.
Same Author as:
Impossible Loyalities
Author: achray
Fandom: Sherlock
Characters: John/Sherlock, Hudson, Mary(/John), Mycroft
Warning: R, slash, illness (Sherlock)
Length: Novella
Status: Completed
1860. Change is in the air. John is a clergyman and former army chaplain, attempting to settle down in a country parish and lead a quiet life. But with Sherlock Holmes, reputed to be England's most dangerous religious controversialist, as the local aristocrat, what are his prospects of success?
At AO3
This leaves me kind of unsure of what to write.
I like the idea, I love the characters, I adore the Johnlock interactions.
Yet I do not approve of the way religious topics are dealt with. To me, a book is not supposed to judge - only characters may judge. To me, the author's influence is way too big, and the writer's kind of judgemental and doesn't leave enough room for doubt. A book may never attack a person's own beliefs. It should enrich the audience and show new ways of thinking but never close existing pathways. That's the problem I see here.
But don't get me wrong; this does not mean I didn't enjoy it. The writing's very good - I just fear that some people might be offended by the depiction of religion in here.
Same Author as:
Impossible Loyalities
Shadows in Scarlet
Title: Shadows in Scarlet
Author: shirleyholmes
Fandom: Sherlock
Characters: Sherlock/John, Irene, Mycroft
Warning: R, slash, mention of murder
Length: Short
Status: Ongoing
At AO3
Vampires. God. I never thought I'd read something like that. Especially not set in Victorian Era. Screams "badfic". Seriously, though, this is like nothing I expected. The characters are interesting, in their own way unique, and Sherlock is rather complex. No badass vampire, no "angel". He's a vampire version of the canon Sherlock.
Author: shirleyholmes
Fandom: Sherlock
Characters: Sherlock/John, Irene, Mycroft
Warning: R, slash, mention of murder
Length: Short
Status: Ongoing
Sherlock Holmes is Gentleman Death in silk and lace-- a cold, cynical vampire ever-desperate for something to break the tedium of eternity. He finds it in Dr. John Watson, a depressed war-hero committing slow suicide through drink and the dangers of London's gambling dens.
Their strange friendship is fraught with difficulty from the onset-- but their lives truly take a turn for the macabre when they find themselves at the center of a gruesome (and infamous) murder spree.
At AO3
Vampires. God. I never thought I'd read something like that. Especially not set in Victorian Era. Screams "badfic". Seriously, though, this is like nothing I expected. The characters are interesting, in their own way unique, and Sherlock is rather complex. No badass vampire, no "angel". He's a vampire version of the canon Sherlock.
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