Fools Walk In

Blessed Solstice everyone!

Fic for: faeryqueen
Title: Romantic
Author: to be revealed


Pairing: Snape/Harry
Rating: PG-13
Warnings/Content Info: highlight between brackets if you prefer story warnings:
[EWE, AU in that Snape is alive, humour - some rather ridiculous situations Snape doesn't appreciate I stuck him into, snogging. ]
Summary: Severus Snape doesn’t have a romantic bone in his body. But for a special occasion, he somehow finds himself trying to pull off a “typically romantic” evening. It doesn’t go quite as well as expected. He is convinced it is the price of listening to Hermione Granger.
Disclaimer: Not mine. Just playing.
Word count: ~1,850


( Fic for faeryqueen )


x-posted to DreamWidth & LiveJournal

Weekly fic wrap up time!
I'm almost afraid to see the list for this week as it's sort of been one big blur. Between work and life and fests I am hopelessly behind. It's my plan to spend a few days catching up with the multitude of fest fics that people have recommended to me, as well as to try to get ahead in some fic writing. We'll see what happens. ;)
Anyway, on with the list:
( Ali's list of fics: December 14th thru December 20th )
Here's what's coming up:
( Ali’s list of WsIP )

As for fests... I am at skip=5648392 and hopelessly behind. I plan to catch up on posts at adventdrabbles, daily_deviant, snapelyholidays, snarry_holidays and harry_holidays. If there's something you think I need to see, PLEASE let me know. :)

One last post tonight. Sorry for the spammage, but I just wanted to repost the drabbles I did with celandineb when I was visiting her yesterday. The header is shamelessly stolen from Cel. ;)

Title: December 2009 Collaborative drabbles
Authors: alisanne and celandineb
Fandom: mostly HP, one ST:Reboot
Pairings: various (Severus/Harry, Charlie/Draco, Neville/Blaise, Neville/Ginny, George/Hermione, James T. Kirk/Leonard McCoy).
Rating: general (lots of innuendo)
Warnings: implied future mpreg in one, otherwise nothing but schmoop
Note: These drabbles were written to prompts from various folks on the occasion of Ali visiting Cel.

( Collaborative Drabbles )

Title: A Good Idea
Author: alisanne
Rating: PG
Pairing: Harry Potter/Draco Malfoy, Ron Weasley/Pansy Parkinson.
Summary: If Draco's happy, everyone's happy.
Word Count: 420
Genre: Humor, pre-slash
Warnings: Innuendo
A/N: Written for dracoharry100's Christmas prompt: Nuts, and for slythindor100's Advent prompt: brownie snowmen.
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.

( A Good Idea )

Title: Touching Base
Rating: PG
Word Count: ~200
Pairing: Severus/Harry, all previously mentioned pairings
Disclaimer: Not mine. They belong to JKR.
A/N: Written for adventdrabbles, Dec 20: Snowman. You can read the series here.


( Touching Base )

Title: Practice Makes Perfect
Author: alisanne
Rating: PG
Pairing: Severus Snape/Harry Potter
Summary: Severus and Harry have a serious discussion.
Word Count: 870
Genre: Romance
Warnings: Mpreg (if you squint)
A/N: Written for adventdrabbles's prompt #20: Snowman. This is part 19 in my Sexy Kinks for Sexy Wizards series, the previous parts being: Sexy Kinks for Sexy Wizards Day 1 - Candles, Sexy Kinks for Sexy Wizards Day 2 - Plum Pudding, Inexplicably Bound, A Snog and a Cuddle, Tinsel Talk, Hot Buttered Harry, Stockings Stuffed With Care, Finding the Perfect Tree, Why Santa's Jolly, Important Research, A Hint of Ginger, On a Wing and a Prayer, Caretaker, Just Punishment, True Bond, Rest and Relaxation, Sleigh Ride, In the Library and Most Precious Possession.
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.

Practice Makes Perfect

Title: Practice Makes Perfect
Author: alisanne
Rating: PG
Pairing: Severus Snape/Harry Potter
Summary: Severus and Harry have a serious discussion.
Word Count: 870
Genre: Romance
Warnings: Mpreg (if you squint)
A/N: Written for adventdrabbles's prompt #20: Snowman. This is part 19 in my Sexy Kinks for Sexy Wizards series, the previous parts being: Sexy Kinks for Sexy Wizards Day 1 - Candles, Sexy Kinks for Sexy Wizards Day 2 - Plum Pudding, Inexplicably Bound, A Snog and a Cuddle, Tinsel Talk, Hot Buttered Harry, Stockings Stuffed With Care, Finding the Perfect Tree, Why Santa's Jolly, Important Research, A Hint of Ginger, On a Wing and a Prayer, Caretaker, Just Punishment, True Bond, Rest and Relaxation, Sleigh Ride, In the Library and Most Precious Possession.
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.

( Practice Makes Perfect )

It's time to catch up on all the great cards that have come rolling in recently. I have sent out one batch of mine, and have more ready to go tomorrow. Amazingly, the USPS did deliver on Saturday in the midst of our blizzard. They must have walked, or flown by reindeer, but there were more cards in the box!.

I have cards from cruisedirector (penguins!),  carpet_deimon (original snakey art card plus a patronus gift!)  dementordelta (gorgeous snarry mistletoe card with sparkles!),  swtalmnd (great snarry watercolour!), softly_sweetly (shiny things!) the_flic (big hugs to you, dear), pumagrrl (beautiful shiny yule star)Jvalread (porcelain ornaments!!!), torina (dog by the fire! *loves*), Olimpie (skating bears!), Krishna (recipe, yum!), Tvals (father xmas with a very sexy cupid!), and BertaS (poem!). Plus, a box arrived from mypetconcubine. I am saving it for actual xmas.

Thank you to everyone who sent all this holiday cheer. I have really needed it this year, and enjoyed every single card.

I've been all caught up in the blizzard here, and I had this illusion that snow means less to do. HAH. I shoveled a ton of snow, probably literally. And I cooked up a storm, in case of power failure. I made an awesome curry, lazy style but the best yet; a pot of turkey and wild rice soup thick with corn, beans, rice and turkey. Then I had big fun making a rustic pastry from a cookbook with instructions like 'half a glass of oil' - haha. well, it came out pretty well, considering. Got the car out today, and found our private roads well plowed, but the county roads were treacherous. So, back to the ranch. I feel like the kid who loved to be sent to her room. Stuck at home? yipeee!

love to all, and to all a good night.

Title: A Friend In Need
Author: Trelawney once saw a porno like this...
Giftee: lemondropseven
Word Count: ~8,500
Rating: NC-17
Pairing: Severus/Harry
Warnings: *canon-compliant save the epilogue. UST. wet dream. wanking. kissing. more wanking. angst. a hopeful ending*
Disclaimer: All Harry Potter characters herein are the property of J.K. Rowling and Bloomsbury/Scholastic. No copyright infringement is intended.
Summary: Snape slowly wakes after Nagini's attack, glad to still be alive and at Hogwarts, with his beloved by his side. The only trouble is, his rumple-haired, green-eyed beloved appears to be a bit clueless.
Author's Notes: Your prompt lemondropseven was Severus-sent. :) Happy (Snarry) Holidays!

( A Friend In Need )

Title: Yuletide Tea
Author: Venturous
Prompt 13: beautiful holiday table setting
Pairing/characters: Remus, Severus, OCs
Rating: G
Warning: co-opting fairytales
Words: 200
A/N: A sequel to Angelic Patience

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For the last day of Hanukah, I planned to give a piece of fanfiction. I was going to put up a poll last night, but the day kinda went sideways, so here it is. Just a day late.

I'm offering to write a prequel, sequel, timestamp, or interregnum for one of my HP stories, and I'm asking you to vote on which one you'd prefer. This poll is flocked on LJ and unlocked on IJ and DW. I'll leave the poll open until Tuesday or Wedneday evening (depending on whether anyone bothers voting) and then concatenate the votes from my three journals.

If you can't get voting in the polls to work, leave a comment with the story you'd most like to see me write a bit more about.

The options are ONE of the following (as in one Snape/Harry, one Harry/Draco OR one rare pair):

Poll #4728
Open to: All, results viewable to: All

Write more about one of these Snape/Harry stories:

Write more about one of these Harry/Draco stories

Write more about one of these rare pair stories:

Title: Yuletide Tea
Author: Venturous
Prompt 13: beautiful holiday table setting
Pairing/characters: Remus, Severus, OCs
Rating: G
Warning: co-opted fairytales
Words: 200
A/N: A sequel to Angelic Patience

( Read more... )

First, this: George R.R. Martin is not your bitch (Scroll down the page to the first reader letter, and Neil's response. It's ok. I'll wait.)

Now. Let's talk about the Fandom side of Reader Entitlement.

Moreover, the first and biggest defining point of this little thing we call "Fanfiction", that thing we all put in our disclaimers, that thing that keeps our arses out of court for copyright infringement: We are not getting paid for this.

Now let's take that a step further -- that means that you, the reader, ARE NOT PAYING FOR WHAT YOU READ! You are reading stories for free, and expending nothing more than some electricity, the price of your internet connection, and the time it takes you to read it. You are getting the work, worry, and sweat of every fan writer you click on, For Free.

Take a moment to think about that.

The writer, who very likely does NOT have professional aspirations, has written a story that they wanted to write -- or perhaps for a fest, they tried to write something someone else wanted to read, -- and they have shared it with the world. Yes, you've the right to your opinions, and the right to speak your own opinions, (This is, after all, probably the reason why you made and maintain a Blog Of Your Own in the first place, after all.) You are in no way obligated to like the story that's hiding behind any given link you may see on the internet, but neither was the writer obligated to write anything for you that you'd like! If they wrote the story FOR you in the fest, then perhaps there is a shadow of obligation, but people, please -- it's still fucking FREE! It's work for no pay, it took time and attention and care to create, even if the writer's skill was not up to the task, they still bothered to try! They chose to create something instead of sitting back, consuming story after story, and whining that they don't fancy what's on offer.

I mean for Cod's sake, if we buy a book in the store and we don't like it, do we show up at the writer's signing tour or release party to jump into the autograph line and heckle him? (You know, yeah, some folks just might be that kind of spiteful. Those are the ones who make me despair of humanity, and they are sure as FUCK not invited onto the Mothership when the pre-comet-impact evacuation goes down.) No, what NORMAL PEOPLE do, is to tell folks who ask that they did not fancy it. Perhaps they make a blog post to say they did not fancy it, or if they're a professional reviewer, they might tell their readership that they did not fancy it, and why. If the book crosses a line of racism, sexism, or religious offense, then yes we can expect to see the outcry against it happen on a higher profile, and at a greater volume -- up to the assassination call on Salman Rushdie for Satanic Verses.

So what is it that makes us as readers so much more ready to be spiteful about work we DID NOT have to pay for? Other than the fact that we can, and the writer in question is unlikely to have highly paid lawyers who might give us a telling-off for acting like arseholes, I mean? Is the internet really such a contempt-breeding ground that we can't even manage basic respect for effort, and the emotional investment required to create for no pay? Is it really such a hardship to back-click when we find that we don't like what we're reading (For Free,) and just go off to another story (also For Free,) which we might like better without leaving snide public notes for the writer of the first? Is it really such a hardship to express our opinions on these gifts of fiction in our own blogs, rather than showing up at someone else's Open House to complain about the canapes being cold? Is it really so hard to imagine, before we click 'post comment', what we might feel if we were to receive such a comment on our own work under such circumstance, and to temper ourselves accordingly? Is such altruism actually anathema here in Internet-land?

Okay now; there is something to be said for con-crit, yes. There's a bloody LOT to be said for it, because yes, one much make mistakes, and get feedback on those mistakes in order to improve. But there is also a simple fact -- FACT, I say! -- that there is a time, and a place for it, and when one delivers what one intends to be constructive criticism in such a way that it's publicaly humiliating and hurtful to the recipient, then it is no longer in any way constructive! The time for constructive criticism is when it can still be applied to the story in question -- in other words, when you are the beta,-- and if one must offer it retroactively, it really is best to offer it privately to the author, by way of LJ message or e mail. There is less of the author's dignity at stake in such a private approach, and your offering the benefit of your experience is less likely to come across as you being a pedantic arsehole and showing up at a party for the express purpose of pissing in the punch. Because, let's face it, That Person -- the one who busts into a conversation to tell people they're wrong, or to correct someone's grammar, or to criticize their philosophy, -- That Person is never really welcome in that conversation, even when they're Right. And That Person is unlikely to be included in further conversations either, not because they were wrong, so much as because they were just plain Rude.

For Cod's sake, could we please put a little effort into remembering that the writer does not OWE us, the readers, anything more than A Story? And that if we get A Story, there is no contractual obligation under which it will have been written to our tastes, to our preferences, or even to our level of skill or comprehension? That we are getting something for nothing, and in no way does that make the writer Our Bitch?

Common Sense Disclaimer: Yes, this was prompted by Recent Events -- not just one event, either. If you think that I'm talking to you? You might be right, but I am not talking JUST to you, as there was not a single Recent Event that prompted this, but a rising trend thereof, which I have been noticing and finding more and more irksome in the past few months. You may certainly choose to take it personally, but kindly remember that is your choice, and it creates in me no obligation to live up to any delusions of persecution on your part. This is my blog, and as such, it is where my opinions generally do belong.

Title: Cooperation
Author: alisanne
Word Count: 100
Rating: PG
Challenge: Written for snupin100's prompt #239: Mistletoe and Wine.
Characters: Remus/Severus
Beta: sevfan
Authors Notes: Severus can be obliging when it suits him.
Disclaimer: The characters contained herein are not mine. No money is being made from this fiction, which is presented for entertainment purposes only.

( Cooperation )

Title: Angelic Patience
Author: Venturous
Prompt 12: angel man with wings
Pairing/characters: Remus, Severus.
Rating: G
Warning: none
Words: 200
A/N: A sequel to Sweet Inspiration

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Title: Just Like the First Time
Author: Professor Vector
Giftee: choosetolive
Pairing: Severus/Harry
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 3934
Warnings: *Mention of mpreg*
Summary: What happened on the way back from the infirmary?
Disclaimer: All characters owned by JK Rowling. I just play with them. No profit made on use of characters.
A/N: Written for ChooseToLive for the third round of Snarry Holidays, using prompt 2. During the dangerous birth of their third child, Severus attempts to distract and reassure Harry by sharing memories of their courtship, marriage and first two children. Doesn’t follow exactly, but I hope it comes close. Thank you to Fidelius, Kyrie_Snape, Quill Lumos and the Snarry Hols mods for all the beta help. The text which is indented and in italics is a flashback.

( Just Like the First Time )

Still have lots of snow + 1 inch overnight

Still have no power. C'mon, Progress Energy! I have baking to do!

Still in good shape. HeadBoy, bless 'im, figured out which line runs the modem, so we're online at home. We even ran the load of clothes through the washing machine that got stuck when the power went out Friday night. We were almost in line for Major Fail on that one. We'll have to go to MIL's to dry clothes. Also, Boy2 is out of underwear. Need to get on that, stat!

Snow plow made it through our neighborhood, thank god. Except now we have to dig out the entrance to our drive way.

( Photos of the pretty snow! )

Title: Truth or Dare
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: ~660
Pairing: Severus/Harry
Disclaimer: Not mine. They belong to JKR.
A/N: Written for adventdrabbles, Dec 18: Champagne and Dec 19: Winter Solstice. You can read the series here.

( Truth or Dare )

I admit I've been terrible about recs this season. Maybe after Christmas I'll try to go through and see if I can rec a few more. But in the spirit of better late than never, here's a rec from last night's post to snarry_holidays.

From Where I Am. This post-DH fic has a cleverly de-aged Snape, Harry as a great dad fresh off his divorce from Ginny, Aberforth a character I always love to see in a supporting role, and a Slytherin!Al taking after both his namesakes. If you're looking for the money shot, you won't find it here in this nearly 23K pre-slash fic. But I think Severus's relationship with Al is worth the price of admission and then some.