| Issue #805: Thursday/Friday, December 17/18, 2009 |
[Dec. 18th, 2009|09:31 pm] |
Hello, and welcome to the latest issue of ![[info]](http://www.insanejournal.com/img/community.gif) snapenews. Thank you all for your continuing support and useful links! Feel free to comment (either below or at snapenews@gmail.com) and let us know how we're doing!
CHALLENGES/CONTESTS
This week's challenge on snarry100 is Patronus.
This week's challenge on ![[info]](http://www.insanejournal.com/img/syndicated.gif) quiz_sshg is Magical Bets.
REC LISTS/ARCHIVE UPDATES
hgss_digest has been updated here.
TODAY IN ART
Threesome/Moresome/Other
Anonymous (posting in snapelyholidays drew "A Problem of Scales" (Snape/Harry/Charlie. R.)
TODAY IN FIC
Gen
![[info]](http://www.insanejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) janus wrote "Velvet" (Snape, Rabastan. G.)
Het
Anonymous (posting in smutty_claus) wrote "Perfectly Imperfect" (Snape/Hermione. NC-17)
Slash
Anonymous (posting in snapelyholidays) wrote "Through the Years" (Snape/Kingsley. R)
GRAPHICS/ICONS
swithers posted icons from Philosopher's Stone, ten of which feature Snape
DISCLAIMERS: The warnings listed here are those given by the artist/author/poet. Please pay attention to all ratings and warnings when following links.
We aim to bring you the latest Snape-centric items in the fandom but some might slip through the net! You can help to ensure this doesn't happen by sending us links via email to snapenews@gmail.com. There are submission guidelines in the snapenews user profile, but for the 'Today in' sections we just require the basic title/creator/rating/warnings/link info. |
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| I often find this blog thought-provoking... |
[Dec. 18th, 2009|04:21 pm] |
So, Shapely Prose...
I don't actually agree full-bore with everything she says all the time, because I do think there is a relationship, if not quite the one(s)* being pushed by large chunks of society, between weight/food and health, but I also think that given how prevalent those social messages are, having some voices that are a little over the top on the other side is probably all to the good.
Anyway, today she talks about the effort to have kids not leave Santa cookies because cookies are a sometimes food, and the comments, in which people write letters to Santa and tell him why he can't have cookies, may have me falling off my chair with giggle. Possibly repeatedly.
*The messages I think are bad are: 1. fat people are unethical and weak and probably pathetic; 2. fatness and weight can be measured and talked about in absolutes even in the absence of other data; 3. only thin people are pretty. The messages I wish we spent more time on are: 1. feeling well and strong are worthy goals and sometimes but not always weight management/reduction is a part of reaching them; 2. the ethics of consumption are about sustainability and sharing of resources, not about fatness; 3. beauty isn't about skirt size.
Nothing about any of that should be taken as a criticism of the efforts I am aware many people who might read this have made to change their own bodies.
I originally posted this at http://florahart.dreamwidth.org/1015256.html, and you are welcome to comment there. OpenID and/or anon comments are allowed. |
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[Dec. 18th, 2009|07:42 am] |
Title: Since There's No Place To Go, V
Challenges: dance snape100, "Oh the weather outside is frightful…." lupin100
Word Count: 100
Note: this the end of the de-aged Snape plot that began months ago. He's now an adult with most of his memories, and has reunited with Remus Lupin. They just need to find a place to be alone….
The snowfall continued as the night went on, with the Zabini tea dance the first casualty. The papers, the wireless, the telly and the computer networks - even the experimental World Wide Wizarding Web that had become Hermione Granger's pet project - would call it the Storm of the Century. The Muggles used it as more proof of climate change, while the Wizengamot passed new legislation about private weather manipulation.
The guests in the last room to be rented at the old inn did not know, and did not care. They were too busy relearning the oldest dance of all. |
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| Fic: "Conspiracy" (Kirk/McCoy, PG) |
[Dec. 17th, 2009|12:50 pm] |
Title: Conspiracy
Pairing: Kirk/McCoy
Words: 1600
Rating: PG
A/N: I know, shocking lack of porn. Sry. Established Kirk/McCoy, shortly post-XI.
( Conspiracy )
I originally posted this at http://florahart.dreamwidth.org/1014744.html, and you are welcome to comment there. OpenID and/or anon comments are allowed. |
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| Fests and Whatnot |
[Dec. 17th, 2009|09:40 am] |
What season is it? It's fic/art exchange season!
Okay, not that I've really had a chance to read much of anything yet since I'm hip deep in final exam grading (and finishing my ![[livejournal.com profile]](http://s.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif) yuletide fic, a process which is swiftly approaching the OMG BEARS! phase *g*), but I did want to draw your attention to the two other fests I'm currently participating in:
1. snapelyholidays. I haven't received my story yet, but for those of you who, like me, love Snape in all pairings, this year's assortment will make you think it's your birthday! Along with the always welcome Snape/Harry and Snape/Lupin and Snape/Hermione, we've already had Snape paired with Lily and McGonagall and Regulus and Sirius and Dumbledore and Lucius and Neville and Filch and Moody and Slughorn and Shacklebolt. Wheee!
2. And then there's Good Omens. The go_exchange is one of my "must-do" fests each year, even though I'm only on the periphery of that fandom, and one of the reasons is because of stories like the one I received this year: a long, wonderfully written, future history that's only dystopian to the extent that a canonical Apocalypse is dystopian, which...oh. Hmm. No, okay, go back to where I said "wonderfully written" and then add original and clever. "World Without End"...go read!
Oh, and just as an addendum: I will be running hp_beholder (the fic/art exchange designed to get some loving for the most unloved of HP characters) for the third time. Sign-ups will commence at the end of January/start of February (to give everybody a chance to recover from the holiday fic blitz). And just so you know, I'm giving each new participant this year a car! (*is a lying liar who lies*)
This entry was originally posted at http://bethbethbeth.dreamwidth.org/520410.html. | read  comments at Dreamwidth. | How to use OpenID |
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[Dec. 17th, 2009|07:34 am] |
Title: Since There's No Place To Go, IV
Challenges: dance snape100, "Oh the weather outside is frightful…." lupin100
Word Count: 100
Note: this the end of the de-aged Snape plot that began months ago. He's now an adult with most of his memories, and has reunited with Remus Lupin. They just need to find a place to be alone….
"Admit it." Severus raised himself on one elbow. The only light in the room was the pale, luminous gray of a fresh snowfall from the window. "You missed me."
"I did." Remus ran a hand through his lover's shining hair.
"You were jealous of poor Smithers, taking me to the dance." Severus, skin smooth and young and unscarred, leaned down for a kiss. "Don't deny it. I saw the way you looked at us."
"I felt like a monster. You were so young. I wanted to give you a chance to grow up."
Severus chuckled. "No worry on that account." |
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| Issue # 804: Tuesday/Wednesday, December 15-16, 2009 |
[Dec. 16th, 2009|09:17 pm] |
Issue # 804: Tuesday/Wednesday, December 15-16, 2009
Hello and welcome to today's issue of snapenews. Thank you all for your continuing support and useful links! Feel free to comment (either below or at snapenews@gmail.com) and let us know how we're doing!
COMMUNITIES
snapelyholidays has posted its Wrap-up of Week Two Gifts
Prompt claiming is open at hp_kinkfest
NEWSLETTER/ARCHIVE UPDATES
hgss_digest has been updated here and here
New HGSS updates on The Petulent Poetess are listed here
CHALLENGES/CONTESTS
snupin100 has posted Challenge 239: Mistletoe and Wine
TODAY IN FIC
Slash
Subtlety Personified (Snape/Slughorn; PG) by Anonymous in snapelyholidays
Snakes Entwined by Anonymous in the Romance Fest Fic on severus_lucius (Lucius/Severus; PG-13)
RECENTLY RECOMMENDED
Of Hope Restored by Anonymous in snarry_holidays (HP/SS; NC-17; Warnings: AU after OotP)
DISCLAIMERS: The warnings listed here are those given by the artist/author/poet. Please pay attention to all ratings and warnings when following links.
We aim to bring you the latest Snape-centric items in the fandom but some might slip through the net! You can help to ensure this doesn't happen by sending us links via email to snapenews@gmail.com. There are submission guidelines in the snapenews user profile, but for 'This week in' sections we just require the basic title/creator/rating/warnings/link info. |
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[Dec. 16th, 2009|07:46 am] |
Title: Since There's No Place To Go, III
Challenges: dance snape100, "Oh the weather outside is frightful…." lupin100
Word Count: 100
Note: this the end of the de-aged Snape plot that began months ago. He's now an adult with most of his memories, and has reunited with Remus Lupin. They just need to find a place to be alone….
( Read more... ) |
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| Leading the Dance |
[Dec. 15th, 2009|12:55 pm] |
Title: Leading the Dance
Author: alisanne
Pairing: Severus Snape/Harry Potter
Rating: R
Challenge: Written for snape100's prompt #312: ...and dance
Word Count: 100 x 2
Warnings: Boy smexing.
Beta: sevfan
Disclaimer: The characters contained herein are not mine. No money is being made from this fiction, which is presented for entertainment purposes only.
Leading the Dance |
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| Fic: "Edible Tattoos" (Kirk/McCoy, NC17, sappy) |
[Dec. 15th, 2009|10:28 am] |
Title: Edible Tattoos
Pairing: Kirk/McCoy
Rating: NC17
Warnings: none
Word Count: ~2150
Summary: Jim has a plan, involving edible Christmassy tattoos.
A/N: Written for Space Wrapped, a Kirk/McCoy Christmas countdown comm. So, I've been awake a lot lately (no, I mean a LOT) and am all screwed up for time. I had one fic I started for this, and then I realized it was getting all involved and there was no way it was getting done today, so I though, okay, but I can always do porn, short and sweet, right? And then the porn developed other traits, like possibly oversugary sweetness. |
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[Dec. 15th, 2009|07:32 am] |
Title: Since There's No Place To Go, II
Challenges: dance snape100, "Oh the weather outside is frightful…." lupin100
Word Count: 100
Note: this the end of the de-aged Snape plot that began months ago. He's now an adult with most of his memories, and has reunited with Remus Lupin. They just need to find a place to be alone….
The last room at the Leaky would not be ready for an hour, so they took a seat at one of the booths and watched the snow hiss down through the Floo. There were Muggle hotels, of course, and the Knight Bus, but it would not be the same.
Severus waited until they had been served to speak. "I feel sorry for Blaise. He hates the snow, and he doesn't want to marry yet."
"What about a tea dance? That sounds rather twee." Remus cautiously reached for his hand.
"Not the way Slytherins do it," said Severus. He squeezed back. |
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| I am swiping this PSA content wholesale from BethBethBeth |
[Dec. 14th, 2009|10:45 pm] |
(and hoping she doesn't notice the plagiarism) (am kidding. Beth, I am plagiarizing you. Sry.)
No, I'm just a little too sleepystupid to be more coherent on my own, and she says all the things I mean to, so.
Anyway.
Take a look at this charming news from ![[personal profile]](http://s.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png) synecdochic about LJ's decision to make Gender a mandatory field and only allow the options 'Male' or 'Female.'
Even if I didn't have friends who identify as transgender or genderqueer, I'd still be disgusted by LJ's shortsighted and, quite frankly, hateful decision, because...what will our next mandatory binary choice be? “Black or White?” “Christian or Atheist?” How many ways can you imagine you being written out of the equation?
Read the relevant linked posts, consider changing your gender listing to unspecified' while you still can (if you haven't already done it), and consider – one more time – whether it might not be smarter to leave LJ once and for all.
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Part not from Beth: so, in following links, it seems pretty clear the intent is probably targeting for ads, which, yeah, hi, I don't actually want pop-ups and flash ads in the first place? but oh my GOD do I ever not want ads that guess what I will like based upon my biological gender, because, and I swear this is not a slam against those of you who are fond of cosmetics and shoes, but I am not one of you, and I already tolerate 837456826345 pages of less-intrusive nonblinky ads for these and similar in magazines more aimed toward women. Not that I want to see more ads for trucks, either, but I'm more likely to buy a truck than a truckload of shoes. Anyway. This shit is not binary, sorry, and I know there is a whole industry of people who try to take demographics and break them down this way and I know that by and large, they see trends and averages and it works well enough for them, but it doesn't work well enough for me, and I can't imagine I'm so very unusual that my frequent irritation at assumptions made along these lines is totally off the end of the curve.
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EDIT: There are now addenda to the original post in which the US GM asserts this was all a test thing and they really had no such intent. I think that's ass-covering, but as long as the outcome is Not Do That, okay. *Waits for next time they do a code push*
I originally posted this at http://florahart.dreamwidth.org/1013562.html, and you are welcome to comment there. OpenID and/or anon comments are allowed. |
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| Because it wouldn't be theholiday season without LJ acting like asshats. |
[Dec. 14th, 2009|11:33 pm] |
Take a look at this charming news from synecdochic about LJ's decision to make Gender a mandatory field and only allow the options 'Male' or 'Female.'
Even if I didn't have friends who identify as transgender or genderqueer, I'd still be disgusted by LJ's shortsighted and, quite frankly, hateful decision, because...what will our next mandatory binary choice be? “Black or White?” “Christian or Atheist?” How many ways can you imagine you being written out of the equation?
Read the relevant linked posts, consider changing your gender listing to unspecified' while you still can (if you haven't already done it), and consider – one more time – whether it might not be smarter to leave LJ once and for all.
This entry was originally posted at http://bethbethbeth.dreamwidth.org/520163.html. | read  comments at Dreamwidth. | How to use OpenID |
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| Isssue #803: Monday, December 14, 2009 |
[Dec. 14th, 2009|10:18 pm] |
Hello and welcome to today's issue of snapenews. Thank you all for your continuing support and useful links! Feel free to comment (either below or at snapenews@gmail.com) and let us know how we're doing!
COMMUNITIES
• snarry_holidays posted the Weekly Wrap-Up for Week Two
• quiz_sshg posted the answers to its latest challenge: Death
NEWSLETTER/ARCHIVE UPDATES
• hgss_digest Monday update
• The Petulant Poetess Snape/Hermione section, Potions Under Duress, has been updated with these G – PG-13 rated fics
DISCLAIMERS
The warnings listed here are those given by the artist/author/poet. Please pay attention to all ratings and warnings when following links.
We aim to bring you the latest Snape-centric items in the fandom but some might slip through the net! You can help to ensure this doesn't happen by sending us links via e-mail to snapenews@gmail.com). There are submission guidelines in the snapenews user profile, but for the 'Today in' sections we just require the basic title/creator/rating/warnings/link info. |
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| Hmm. Amazing superpower, or beneficiary of serendipity? |
[Dec. 14th, 2009|07:17 am] |
Heh, yesterday, in a locked post (locked because it was mostly about other kinds of content), I said something to the effect that we were now in the annual period of impatience, in which we wait for fic both by and for self to post at various fests.
This morning, fic for me is up at both Happy Trekmas [here] and Smutty Claus [here is the fic; the Smutty_Claus post at LJ is here].
Either I have a superpower (in which case, I probably should use it more directly for good rather than for making the world eject fic for me), or I am the beneficiary of entertaining serendipity.
:D
I originally posted this at http://florahart.dreamwidth.org/1013199.html, and you are welcome to comment there. OpenID and/or anon comments are allowed. |
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[Dec. 14th, 2009|07:18 am] |
Title: Since There's No Place To Go, I
Challenges: dance snape100, "Oh the weather outside is frightful…." lupin100
Word Count: 100
Note: this the end of the de-aged Snape plot that began months ago. He's now an adult with most of his memories, and has reunited with Remus Lupin. They just need to find a place to be alone….
"Begging your pardon, sirs, but there's no help for it." The barmaid shook her head. "The Floo is down all over Britain, and the Minister has restricted apparation anywhere north of Wiltshire. The storm - "
"Storm?" Remus glanced toward the fireplace. Snowflakes blew down into the flames and disappeared with a swift, quiet hiss.
"Madam Zabini's winter tea dance. She's looking to marry off her son and wanted snow." The girl gestured helplessly. "The weather witch sneezed, and so - "
"So there's no place to go," Severus finished. He glanced at Remus. "Do you have any rooms left?" |
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| morris-dancing werewolves |
[Dec. 14th, 2009|09:37 am] |
Title: morris-dancing werewolves
Challenge: #312: … and Dance
Word count: 4 x 100
Rating: PG-13
Warning: sweary language
Summary: when in dread and heavy in anger, think of werewolves morris-dancing. not that it’ll help much, but why not try?
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| Issue #802: Saturday/Sunday, December 12/13, 2009 |
[Dec. 13th, 2009|08:31 pm] |
Hello and welcome to today's issue of snapenews. Thank you all for your continuing support and useful links! Feel free to comment (either below or at snapenews@gmail.com) and let us know how we're doing!
NEWS/MISCELLANEOUS
• snapenews would like to remind everyone (especially any mods) that if you see any Snape-y art and fic recs and collect three unlocked recs at IJ, LJ or DW, we’ll post it under our ‘Recently Recommend’ section. This counts for popular pairings, too! Please feel free to comment to a post or email these in to snapenews [at] gmail [dot] com.
COMMUNITIES
• rarepair_shorts has opened pinch-hitter sign-ups
• grangersnape100 is looking for new suggestions for challenges, especially erotic and fluffy ones
• hp_kinkfest prompt claiming will being Dec 15
• daily_deviant’s Kinky Kristmas has posted a Roundup for Days 1-12
NEWSLETTER/ARCHIVE UPDATES
• sshp_prophet update for Dec 5 – 12
CHALLENGES/CONTESTS
• grangersnape100’s challenge: It’s a Wonderful Life
• snape100 Challenge 312: “…And Dance
TODAY IN FIC
Het
• Ride the Drafts in Empty Bedrooms by Anonymous (in smutty_claus) (Snape/Narcissa, NC-17, warning: major (canonical) character death)
Slash
• Finding His Way Back by Anonymous (in severus_lucius) (Severus/Lucius, Lucius/Narcissa, R)
• Of Rhinos and Men by Anonymous (in snapelyholidays) (Snape/Mad-Eye Moody, NC-17)
• On Merlin’s Balls by Anonymous (in daily_deviant) (Severus/Lucius, R)
• Two Can Keep a Secret by Anonymous (in daily_deviant) (Snape/Lockhart, NC-17, see warnings)
RECENTLY RECOMMENDED
Art
• Touch Me by Anonymous (in Snupin Santa) (Snape/Lupin, Mildly NWS)
• All Day, Every Day, For the Rest of Our Lives by Anonymous (in Snupin Santa) (Snape/Lupin, NWS)
Fic
• You Only Live Twice by Anonymous (in Snupin Santa) (Snape/Lupin, PG-13)
GRAPHICS/ICONS
• wickedvisions has posted mistletoe shippy icons that include: het and slash. (And there’s femmeslash, too!)
DISCLAIMERS
The warnings listed here are those given by the artist/author/poet. Please pay attention to all ratings and warnings when following links.
We aim to bring you the latest Snape-centric items in the fandom but some might slip through the net! You can help to ensure this doesn't happen by sending us links via e-mail to snapenews@gmail.com). There are submission guidelines in the snapenews user profile, but for the 'Today in' sections we just require the basic title/creator/rating/warnings/link info. |
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| Challenge #312: "...and Dance" |
[Dec. 13th, 2009|10:09 am] |
(Remember: drabble posts now appear on livejournal and insanejournal and dreamwidth)
Challenge #312: "...and Dance" This week's challenge is the second of two that combine to be "Song and Dance" (prompted by me seeing a program about show choirs. Yes, it's true that "song and dance" doesn't immediately make one think "Snape!" (*g*) but that's why it's a challenge. This week, your 100 word drabble can be about Snape dancing (the Hustle? the Tango? Morris Dancing?), Snape watching a dance (the kind that involves the shedding of clothing?), somebody asking Snape to dance, ...really anything you want as long as your drabble features Severus Snape and Dance. |
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