#baby snape my favorite snape genre

[souryam]

he has pointy ears now

[sacredsnape]

I loveddd the soft smut you wrote with Snape!! Do you think you could write something similar? Thank you so much for blessing my eyes with the previous smut 🥵

Soft smut is starting to become one of my favorite things to write, so thank you for this follow-up request! I'm glad that I blessed your eyes with the last one ;) here's the smut that anon mentioned

Genre: smut

Warnings: soft dom!Sev, sub!reader, thigh riding, very brief spanking, desk sex, finger sucking, praise kink, size kink, unprotected sex

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You watched as Severus worked at his desk in his study at home, sitting across from him in an armchair. You were trying to focus on what he was telling you, but your mind kept wandering to the events of last night when be took your virginity.

"...and there's this new botanical garden opening soon that we could check out. They'll probably have all of your favorite flowers there," Severus was saying, scribbling onto a piece of parchment as he mapped out your weekend date plans, "and there's also- Y/N, are you even listening to me?"

You tore your eyes away from his lap and nodded, your cheeks burning with embarrassment. Severus was staring directly at you, looking slightly annoyed.

"I'm listening," you lied, shifting uncomfortably in your seat as you felt yourself began to grow wet at the thought of him fucking you.

"You're not," Severus said flatly, placing his quill down on his desk. He rubbed the side of his face and sighed. "You're distracted. I've been telling you for the past five minutes about our date plans for this weekend, and you haven't been listening."

"I'm sorry," you mumbled, picking at the hem of your plaid skirt. It was a soft shade of blue, one that Severus said looked amazing against your skin. He really liked seeing you in skirts.

"It's fine, love. Is there something on your mind?" Severus asked you, sounding concerned.

You looked up at him and shook your head. "I'm fine, Sev."

Severus laughed quietly and pushed away from his desk in his chair, turning to face you. He had seen you staring at his lap and knew what you wanted.

"C'mere, baby." He patted his thigh, beckoning you forward with his finger.

You squeezed your thighs together and suppressed a whimper, slightly shaking all over as you stood up. You walked towards him and tentatively sat down on his thigh, facing him and moaning in relief.

"I think I know what's distracting you," Severus said as he ran his hands underneath your top, feeling your heated skin. You jumped and Severus snaked an arm around you, holding you in place on his thigh.

"You do?" you asked him, swallowing thickly when you felt Severus delicately unclip your bra. He slid it out from underneath your top and dropped it to the floor.

"I do," he replied simply, pushing your top up. You winced as the cool air of his study hit your erect nipples, gripping onto the back of Severus's chair.

Severus licked a circle around one of your nipples, sighing contently. You let out a quiet moan, rutting against his thigh.

"Ride my thigh, baby," he ordered you, kissing your breasts and sucking pretty marks onto them.

You failed to respond, moaning his name as he took your nipple into his mouth.

Severus delivered a light spank to your ass and you jumped in his arms again, pouting down at him. "Why'd you do that?"

"Because you didn't listen to me," Severus responded gruffly, nibbling on your neck. "I said, ride my thigh."

You nodded quickly, straddling his thigh properly. You placed your hands on his shoulders and rocked your hips, feeling too shy to look at him.

"Eyes on me, angel," Severus said then, grabbing your chin and making you look at him. "I want to see your pretty face."

"I'm too shy," you whined, trying to look away. Severus kept his grip on your chin gentle but firm, palming himself over his trousers with his free hand.

"My poor baby is shy, huh? Hm, we'll see if you're still shy when I'm fucking you on my desk," Severus murmured, pushing your skirt up. He groaned lowly when he saw that you had nothing on underneath; you had completely soaked his thigh already.

"Naughty girl." Severus pressed two fingers to your clit, rubbing painfully slow circles into the sensitive nub.

You rolled your hips desperately on his thigh, panting for breath. "I need you inside me," you whined to your boyfriend.

"Already? You've barely just started riding my thigh," Severus said, astonished. "Gosh, you're so desperate for my cock that it's cute."

"Please, I need to feel you. I don't want to wait any longer," you pouted, tugging on the collar of his shirt. You continued to grind on him, making a mess all over his thigh.

Severus's expression softened as he looked at you, finding it so endearing when you begged for him. He couldn't help but give you what you wanted; you were his good girl, after all.

"Okay, pretty girl, but next time I want you to come on my thigh, okay?" Severus informed you, tugging his hard cock out of his trousers.

You nodded quickly, pulling your top off and throwing it to the side. Severus gathered you in his arms, picking you up. He directed you towards the desk, pushing his parchment and quill out of the way before laying you down on the hard wooden surface.

Severus pulled his trousers down, the fabric pooling at his ankles. He pulled you closer by your hips and lined himself up with your entrance, rubbing the dripping head of his cock on your clit.

"Pretty pussy's all wet for me," Severus said, pushing your folds apart to observe your gaping hole. "You're all ready for me, yeah?"

"Mhm, I'm ready," you whimpered, running both hands up and down his thick shaft. You were never going to get over how pretty his cock was.

Severus leaned down to press his lips to your forehead, pushing himself forward. You let out a broken gasp as he filled you up, his cock nestling deep inside of you just like it did the first time.

Severus bunched your skirt up at your middle, holding it firmly in place. "Skirt stays on," he groaned, slowly rolling his hips into you. "I like it."

"You're so big, I love your cock," you moaned, rubbing your clit eagerly. "It fills me up so perfectly."

"Yeah? I knew that you'd be able to take my cock, sweetheart." Severus tightened his hold on your skirt, using it to support himself as he thrusted in smooth, gentle motions.

You fought to keep your eyes open despite them threatening to close. You wanted to watch Severus fuck you and take in every detail of the moment.

Severus raised a hand to brush your hair out of your face, his beautiful fingers grazing your lips. This gave him an idea and he softly commanded you, "Open up, baby."

You hesitated before opening your mouth. Severus slid two fingers past your lips and you sucked on them curiously, your eyes fixated on his face.

"That's my girl." He thrusted hard to show his appreciation and you moaned around his fingers, sucking them deeper into your mouth.

Severus grabbed the backs of your knees and held your legs up off of the desk, spreading them fully so that he could get a good view of you.

"Faster, please. I wanna cream all over you." You rocked your hips in time with his thrusts, making a big show of how needy you were.

"Lovely girl knows her manners," Severus smiled, pressing a loving kiss to your temple as he began to thrust into you at a swift pace.

"Sev, fuck! You're so-" You struggled to form a coherent sentence, clutching onto the pieces of parchment around you and accidentally ripping them. So much for Severus's detailed weekend itinerary.

Severus roughly squeezed your thighs, the pads of his fingers pressing into your skin. It stung momentarily and then it faded into pleasure, and your eyes nearly rolled into the back of your head.

He watched you attentively, so in love with the way your pussy took him so easily and how your pretty breasts bounced. If he could, he'd fuck you forever and fill you up everyday.

Severus pulled his fingers out of your mouth and used them to rub your clit, rubbing hard and fast as he continued to snap his hips into you.

"Gonna stuff you full of my cum," he whispered as he bent down to kiss your jawline. "It'll be dripping out of you. You want that, don't you, princess?"

You swore that Severus had to be in your guts. The angle he was fucking you at was incredible. "I want it so bad, please!" you cried.

The desk shook below you and you were worried that it would collapse from the force of Severus's thrusts. You held onto his free hand, squeezing it tightly as your orgasm approached.

Severus's breath was hot and heavy on your neck, his entire body flushed. He was mumbling something that you didn't quite catch until you came.

"Best fucking pussy I've ever felt," you heard him mumble as you came, creaming all over his cock.

"Sev, SEV!" you shouted, your body trembling from the force of your orgasm. Your skin was shining with sweat and you felt lightheaded, breathing shakily as Severus continued to fuck you. Your pussy felt like it was on the verge of being split open.

He slowed his thrusts, peppering kisses all over your face. He dragged out your orgasm until you came again, weeping with pleasure and holding onto him for dear life.

"Baby, I'm-" Severus was unable to finish his sentence; he came inside of you, thick ropes of hot seed filling you up and coating your insides.

You felt so loved, so cherished. Severus moaned out, "I love you" and "You're fucking perfect," and you mewled softly, his words causing your heart to swell with emotion.

He stopped thrusting once you told him that it was too much and he stayed inside of you, allowing his cock to soften against your walls.

"I love you," you murmured, your lips lingering on his face as you held him close. He was laying on top of you now, his hands absentmindedly rubbing circles into your hips.

Severus could feel his cock hardening again at your words yet he remained still, not wanting to overstimulate you.

"I love you too, darling. You did such a good job. I'm so proud of you," Severus said sweetly, pecking your lips.

His praise caused you to squeeze around him and he moaned, beginning to pull out.

"Stay inside me. It feels nice," you laughed, wrapping your arms around him.

Severus gave you a funny look but agreed, snuggling you on the desk. You could feel how wet you were, his and yours cum threatening to leak out of you and stain the fine wood of his desk.

At this point, you and Severus could care less. All you two cared about at that moment was being close with each other, even if it meant leaving his hard cock inside of you while you hugged him.

If his cock wasn't still inside of you, it would've been a wholesome, sweet hug.

For right now, though, you and Severus wanted to be anything but wholesome.

[ensnapemysenses]

The Wolf, The Bat, and The Girl

Part 2: Hogsmeade (but can be read on it's own!)

Pairing: Snupin, Severus Snape x Remus Lupin

Warnings: None

Genre: Fluff

Part 1 (Also can be read on its own)

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Word count: 1,069

A/N: This is part of a one-shot series in an AU where Severus has an eleven-year old daughter named Hazel. More details on the first part if you are interested in knowing more about this AU!

Severus was having a rough day, everything that could go wrong had indeed. First, he woke up late and had to rush to get ready, bolting down to the Slytherin dormitory to wake the remaining stragglers of Slytherin house and shoo them out for breakfast. Then, in every class, some daft dunderhead blew up at least one cauldron, one of which spilled a highly caustic liquid all over his robes resulting in him having to dispel them immediately! Thank goodness he always wears an extra set of muggle clothes under his robes just as a precaution for such an incident. 

With all of these events occurring, Severus had given more detentions just today than he had ever done before. It really was no surprise that he was on the end of his rope and about to lose every ounce of patience he had worked so hard to build up over many years. A booming knock at his classroom door snaps him out of his grumpy trance and makes him audibly groan. He’s had it with everything today and the last thing that he wants is someone trying to talk to him. 

“Come in,” he drawls, collapsing into the chair behind his desk. “Remus, what brings you here?” he asks at the sight of the tall man with graying hair that stops in front of his desk, his hands shoved deep in his pockets.

“I came to ask permission for your daughter to accompany me to Hogsmeade this afternoon. I may have let slip that I was heading there to do some shopping for some supplies and she may have overheard me. I tried telling her that first-years aren’t allowed into Hogsmede but of course, she didn’t listen. Said she’d been many times with you already, Hazel, that clever girl,” he smiles. “So what do you say, Severus? Can she come shopping with me? You can come along if you want as well. I don’t have the heart in me to tell her no, so you will have to if you say she can’t.”

Severus sighs. The last thing he wants to do right now is go out, in fact, he had plans to collapse in his chambers as soon as he retired there for the night. But something about Remus’s plea has him captivated, reminding him of the times he used to venture out with his wife and baby Hazel. He knows he can probably trust Remus with his daughter alone, but then again he still has his doubts, even more so he’s worried about what students will think if they see the three of them together. 

“Hazel has us both wrapped around her finger,” Severus chuckles. “I can’t tell her no either, it’s been so long since we’ve done anything together. I guess she can go, but I will be accompanying her.”

“As you wish, I’ll meet you both at The Three Broomsticks at six o’clock. We can grab dinner if you’d like.”

“I’m sure Hazel will enjoy that. We will see you there,” Snape concludes.

~~~

As soon as Severus told his daughter about their evening plans she squealed in excitement, tackling her dad in a huge bear hug right in the middle of the Slytherin common room. She had been worried that her father would say no but had plans to plead and beg until she broke him down anyway. She knew how to get under his skin.

“Hay! Can you release your grip on me? I can barely breathe!” Severus gasps, trying to fill his lungs with enough air to get a good breath.

“Sorry, dad!” she exclaims, letting go of her father who pulls on the neck of his robes to readjust them. “I’m just looking forward to spending time with you and professor Lupin! He’s my favorite professor and I think he’s so cool! Wait! Let me show you the book he gave me to read!” Hazel rummages around in her bag before pulling out a green leather-bound book and handing it to her father.

“ ‘Defense Against The Dark Arts: A Complete History,’ ” he mumbles, turning the book over in his hands before returning it to Hazel. “That’s one of my favorites,” he muses.

“Really? I asked him for some extra reading materials and he said this book would surely cure my curiosity being as it contains all known history of the subject,” she laughs, tucking the book back away in her bag.

“He is quite right there,” Severus agrees, surprising himself at his willingness to agree with Remus lately. “Now, go work on your homework or I’ll be going to see Remus alone.” Severus playfully wags a finger at her and Hazel sticks out her tongue at him. Both fall into a short laughing fit before Hazel waves goodbye to head to the library to work on her homework.

~~~

A few hours later Severus and Hazel enter The Three Broomsticks hand-in-hand. Hazel keeps trying to wiggle out of her father’s grasp to run over to Remus, her green eyes crinkling at the edges as a huge smile overtakes her face. Sighing Severus lets go of her hand and she takes off, running to the table in the corner under a staircase where Remus is sitting, his nose buried deep in the Daily Prophet, sipping on a glass of firewhiskey.

When Hazel reaches him, he immediately places the paper down and embraces her, pulling out the chair across from him for her to sit down. Severus greets Remus with a bow of his head, choosing to sit beside Hazel. 

“Would you like anything to drink, Severus? Perhaps a butterbeer for you, Hazel?”

Severus nods and says that he would like a firewhiskey and Hazel agrees to a butterbeer as well. Excusing himself Remus returns shortly after, drinks in hand.

“Thanks, Professor!” Hazel begins sipping on her drink happily humming to herself.

“How is it, Hazel?” Remus asks her.

“It’s great! I love butterbeer; it’s my favorite!”

“That’s nice,” Remus hums, directing his attention to Severus. “Anything you need to pick up while we are here? I had planned on swinging by Dervish and Banges.”

Severus shrugs. “I’m here to accompany Hazel.”

“Of course. I’d hate to think you were here to spend time with me,” Remus smirks.

The two men, along with Hazel, find themselves in Dervish and Banges shortly after, but soon Remus and Hazel slip away together giggling while Severus is distracted. The two quickly make their way over to Honeydukes hand-in-hand. 

“Okay, Hazel, hurry up before Severus realizes we are gone! You can grab two candies,” he says holding up two fingers. 

“Three!” Hazel insists, pushing Remus’s hand down and holding up three of her fingers in his face.

“Fine,” he groans. “But don’t tell your dad I snuck you away to buy you some treats!” 

“Don’t tell her dad what now?” a low voice inquires from behind Severus.

Remus’s eyes bulge and he slowly turns around, sweat dripping down his face at the sight of Severus behind him, his eyes narrowed and arms crossed. “Oh, um, Hazel?” Remus whips his head around to get Hazel to explain their actions to her dad but she’s nowhere to be found, already wandering around the store for her three sweet treats. “Fuck,” Remus mutters under his breath, smiling sheepishly. He attempts to back away from Severus but he grips his shirt, holding him in place.

“Language,” Severus tuts. “You thought you could slip away from me, huh?”

“I - I guess,” he stutters.

“Let this be a lesson to you, Remus. Nothing goes unnoticed by me.”

“Duly noted,” Remus responds, shaking slightly.

“Professor Lupin I picked out my sweets! I want a chocolate frog, these exploding bonbons, and a sugar quill.” Handing the treats to Remus she bats he eyes at her dad innocently. “Please, dad! Professor Lupin promised to get me some candies!”

“Fine,” he huffs. “If this idiot wants to buy you some candy that’s on him,” he mumbles, his lips turning up just a bit in the corners into a small smile. It warms his heart to see Remus caring for his daughter and treating her to something special, even if it is just a bit of candy.

[theoriginalcarnivorousmuffin]

Hi! I’m a big fan of your work!! I am looking for more but unfortunately I feel like I have read all yhe good Harry Potter docs on Ao3. Do you have any recs?

Sorry for the delay, I just know that whenever I make rec list it usually ends up taking a while.

With that, Harry Potter fics are a big genre. Just saying Harry Potter in general really isn’t that specific to me so this is across genres/character focuses/you name it.

Also, as usual, I’ve been on fanfiction longer and have amassed more favorites there. Some of these are cross posted to Ao3. Similarly, a lot are unfinished, this personally doesn’t bother me but if it bothers you take heed.

Also, you’ll see my embarrassing obsession with Tom Riddle. So, heads up for that.

Stepbrother (Tom Riddle/Hermione Granger, period piece, in which the two remind me a lot of Nabokov)

Cat Among the Pigeons (Tom Riddle/Lily Evans, Psycho-Pass Detective AU, in which I am a beta actually so my promoting this goes without saying)

Til Death Do Us Part (Tom Riddle/Harry Potter, Voldemort wins AU, which for me does very well with the concept of immortality and what exactly Tom is supposed to do after he wins)

This Tangle of Thorns (Tom Riddle/Hermione Granger, modern AH AU, a full on Nabokov inspired fic which I enjoy because Lolita)

Delusional (Tom Riddle/Harry Potter, sort of. Harry wins the war, goes crazy, checks into a mental hospital. Or he’s not crazy and Voldemort is as unkillable as Palpatine.)

Harry Potter and the Natural 20 (OC insert, D&D inspired, shameless crack. I mostly enjoy the beginning of this but it makes me laugh enough to recommend.)

A Hairy Business (AU, Harry is a deer, he is literally a deer, that’s it. It’s funny.)

Animus, Anima (Tom Riddle/Harry Potter, Harry travels back in time, gets stuck in Tom Riddle’s brain, and it turns out Harry’s responsible for every terrible thing that ever happened. This one was squicky even for me, very well done, but strap in.)

Addendum, He is Also a Liar (Tom Riddle/Hermione Granger, Tom has an inexplicable ability to travel to the future, but only to this random little girl Hermione Granger)

Framed & Fractured (Tom Riddle/Harry Potter, Harry gets stuck in an evil painting back in time. Tom is creepy as usual.)

Trying for Eden (Tom Riddle/Harry Potter, Harry travels back in time to lecture Tom into morality. It doesn’t work.)

Magical Mirrors (Luna Lovegood and Severus Snape, Luna and Snape stumble on the Mirror of Erised at the same time and strike up a conversation)

Aphelion (Hermione Granger/Loki, MCU crossover, Hermione and Loki strike up the world’s weirdest toxic friendship when Hermione’s young and attending Hogwarts, this leads terrible places as Loki slides into madness and despair)

Wandering Souls (Luna Lovegood and The Undertaker, Black Butler crossover, Luna meets and strikes up a conversation with the Undertaker)

Of Lies Most Beautiful (Tom Riddle, Hunger Games crossover, Tom wins the Hunger Games becaues that’s what he does bitch)

In Wonderland (Tom Riddle/Harry Potter, Harry ends up back in the past and decides to raise Tom Riddle. This goes so poorly that the pair almost get eaten by eldritch gods multiple times.)

Rumpelstiltskin, Guess My Name (Tom Riddle/Harry Potter, Female Harry travels back in time and offers to save Merope’s life/get her Tom Riddle Sr. the non rapey way in return for her firstborn son. Merope thought Harry was joking. She wasn’t joking. In the sequel, also linked, Harry kills Morfin.)

The Eyes (Harry Potter, AU, turns out “the power he knows not” is the power humanity knows not, Harry’s ability to see eldritch abominations and cosmic gods and thus bring them far enough into our reality that they eat everything. And I mean everything.)

Mirror Mirror (Harry Potter, MCU crossover, Harry makes a huge mistake and stops Hulk in the middle of a rampage. This gets him abducted by octopus nazis.)

I See the Moon (Harry Potter and Bruce Banner, MCU crossover, Harry got brain damage from the war and wanders around the middle of nowhere. He runs into Bruce. He’s now Bruce’s only friend.)

You Will Be the Death of Me (Harry Potter and Tom Riddle, Despicable Me inspired, through a series of convoluted events Tom as the world’s worst father figure ends up raising Harry the sad adorable orphan.)

In Death, Standby (Tom Riddle/Harry Potter (sort of, the authro claims), Tom raises Harry, the only Tom raises Harry that I’ve seen done well because Tom is the world’s worst father. Harry thinks he’s a deformed snake until the age of three.)

Little Harry’s Mirkwood Adventure (Harry Potter and Dudley Dursley, Hobbit Crossover, one of the most Tolkien style crossovers I’ve actually seen and is very good)

A (Self-Imposed) Trap for a Fool (Ginny Weasley, turns out Harry Potter never existed, as in he’s a collective hallucination made up by the entire wizarding world)

McLaggen and From McLaggen with Love (McLaggen, a detective AU then a James Bond style adventure starring McLaggen, the greatest wizard who ever wizarded)

Tom Riddle’s Diary: on keeping devils in the summer (Tom Riddle, Tom Riddle’s antichrist orphan adventures involving exorcism and burning people alive)

and the fates sing (hold on, son) (Harry Potter, MCU crossover, Harry is the son of Loki and like all children of Loki he is a wretched and cursed thing)

A Faulty Master (Harry Potter and Itachi Uchiha, Naruto crossover, Itachi after the massacre of his family has a run in with a master of death Harry, who is a creepy creepy man)

Eye of Reason (Harry Potter/Jack Frost, Rise of the Guardians crossover, due to the mythos surrounding his life Harry ceases to be a man and becomes akin to a god)

Flowers for a Ghost (Luna Lovegood and Itachi Uchiha, Naruto Crossover, Luna befriends a blind ghost)

Third Time’s the Charm (Harry Potter, MCU crossover, Bruce Banner keeps trying to kill himself and MoD Harry is there to have himself a real good day)

Blind Faith (Bellatrix LeStrange/Tom Riddle, canon compliant, an in depth look at Bellatrix from the escape of Azkaban onward)

Cocktail Time (Rita Skeeter and Gilderoy Lockhart, Rita does an expose and autobiography detailing the descent of Gilderoy Lockhart and how he became what he became)

Fantastic Elves and Where to Find Them (Harry Potter, canon divergent AU, Harry thinks he’s an elf. That’s it.)

The Twine Bracelet (Colin Creevy, a look at Colin’s death) 

Legal Alien (Harry Potter, MCU crossover, Harry visits New York and an alien invasion breaks out. Culminates with the best, dumb, joke.)

The Root of Desire (Tom Riddle/Hermione Granger, Hermione travels back in time and tries to influence Tom. All this does is inspire his sexual awakening.)

Deadheads (Harry Potter/Godric Gryffindor, a romantic comedy of a kind, culminating in the best dumbest joke)

Give and Take (Tom Riddle/Hermione Granger, Hermione tries to outwit Tom, it ends in despair)

The Road to Somewhere (Harry Potter, Spirited Away crossover, Harry as MoD is in the realm of the spirits)

Absolute (Harry Potter, Harry picks up a death note, he kills everyone)

Fortunate Son (Dudley Dursleys, years afterwards Dudley looks back and writes a memoir and expose about the abuse inflicted on his cousin)

Elective Affinities (Severus Snape/Harry Potter, Harry travels back in time to discover his parents are assholes and things are more complicated than he imagined)

Juxtaposed (Bod, Graveyard Book crossover, Bod attends Hogwarts)

The Fire Omens (Tom Riddle and a look at WWII)

Broken Toys (Tom Riddle and his useless broken toys)

The Fine Art of Poisoning (Madame Zabini)

A Marriage of Convenience (Pansy and Theo get married)

Reparabilis (Tom Riddle/Harry Potter, Tom becomes a professor, he still destroys Harry Potter)

The Unforgivable Curses (Draco Malfoy, a look at the 4th year unforgivable lecture with Moody and the Slytherins)

Ugly (Harry Potter/Draco Malfoy one sided Dudley/Harry Potter, Dudley’s fat, ugly, and creeps on his cousin)

Three Can Keep a Secret (Harry Potter, on secrets and secret keeping)

Caveat Incimici (Hermione Granger, on Hermione and her terrifying wrath)

Babylon (Harry Potter and Tom Riddle, Harry never gets rid of Tom)

Wonderful Tragic Mysterious (Luna Lovegood and Albus Dumbledore, Luna Lovegood time travels and becomes a young Albus’ neighbor)

In the Clockface, Weighted and Weary (Harry Potter/Ariana Dumbledore, Harry after DH ends up back in time in Dumbledore’s childhood and witnesses the beautiful Dumbledore family dysfunction)

Eternal Return (Harry Potter and Tom Riddle, Harry is reincarnated as Tom Riddle and as a result becomes Voldemort so that a Voldemort exists)

Like Pale Fire (Harry Potter/Godric Gryffindor, the Founders are resurrected and it turns out Harry had travelled to the past and become Salazar Slytherin, turns out the Founders were more complicated than people expected.)

12 Moves Sideways (Harry Potter and Light Yagami, Death Note crossover, Light becomes the Defense Professor, for once Harry does not figure out the mystery.)

A Very Young Girl’s Record of Her Own Impressions (Ariana Dumbledore’s diary)

Night Comes Early (Moody on war)

Little Witches (The Black family women and how it all falls apart)

Paved with Good Intentions (Petunia on finding a baby on her doorstep)

Emerald Serpent for Vanity (Draco and Nagini introspective)

Blue (Tom Riddle/Bellatrix LeStrange, Voldemort wins dystopia, Tom visits Bellatrix’s grave and is very crazy)

Eighteen (Hermione Granger, on Hermione’s betrayal of her parents)

Ouroboros (Tom Riddle/Harry Potter, on what they’ve made of each other)

Not so Different (Scout, To Kill a Mockingbird Crossover, Scout reflects on the wizarding world’s raicsm)

Traitor (Hermione Granger, Hermione is captured by the Death Eaters and commits unspeakable acts to free herself)

Smashing Mirrors (Tom Riddle, introspective)

Twelve Dark Moons (Luna Lovegood/Tom Riddle, Luna becomes a captive of the dark lord)

Full Circle (Harry Potter, Harry wins and is miserable)

The Web of a Thousand Spiders (Luna Lovegood on the diary)

The Metronome (The fall of Lucius’ entire generation)

Understand (Hermione Granger and her betrayal of her parents)

Tea with the Headmaster (Severus Snape and Albus Dumbledore, the pair have tea)

This Grief Feeling (Hermione Granger and Severus Snape after the end)

After Innocence (The trio after the end)

Of Great Turmoil and Excess Stupidity (Sesshomaru and Hagrid, Inuyasha crossover, Hagrid decides to capture a demon for class)

What’s Left of Hope (Severus Snape and Albus Dumbledore, on preserving hope)

In His Keep (Severus Snape and Luna Lovegood, Snape informs Luna her father has died)

Wednesday (Petunia Evans, introspective)

In the Presence of Angels (Moody in WWII)

What He Grows to Be (Tom Riddle/Harry Potter, Harry Potter raises Tom Riddle in the past and it goes horribly wrong)

Being Cassandra (Tom Riddle/Harry Potter, Harry Potter, Tom, and their strange AU friendship)

The Girl (Tom Riddle/Harry Potter, a fem Harry Potter keeps accidentally appearing in Tom’s childhood)

Corruption (Tom Riddle/Harry Potter, Tom wins AU and female Harry slowly becomes corrupted)

One Night Stand (Tom Riddle/Lily Evans, a wonderful look on the first war, Tom Riddle, Lily Evans, the Order of the Phoenix, and terrorism)

The Voldemort Principle (Severus Snape, turns out Snape was Voldemort the whole time and Harry is a lying liar who lies)

Harry Potter and the mountain of pure diamond (Tom Riddle/Harry Potter, Harry has become an ageless god who travels worlds and decides to raise Tom Riddle. He’s disturbed when he realizes Tom is more of a person than he is)

A Road Less Travelled By (Harry Potter/Lucius Malfoy, Harry’s a veela, just read it, it’s amazing, I know I sound crazy but it is)

Transformation (Harry Potter/Draco Malfoy, Draco gets eaten by the Forbidden Forest and then Harry gets eaten too)

Rock Bottom (Tom Riddle/Harry Potter, Tom gets trapped being defense professor and has a miserable time)

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Billboard #1s 1980

Under the cut.

KC & The Sunshine Band -- "Please Don't Go" -- January 5, 1980

Is that falsetto in the opening or merely an attempt at it? KC & The Sunshine Band trying to do a sincere, sad ballad does not work. Now I have the dance remix by KWS that was a hit in the 90s (and apparently plagiarized from a Euro-dance group) in my head.

Michael Jackson -- "Rock With You" -- January 18, 1980

I thought I had never heard this song before until I heard the chorus. Oh yeah, this one. I don't know if Michael Jackson singing a sex jam would have worked for me before, well, all the child molestation coming to light. Now it really doesn't. There's only so much "separate the art from the artist" I'm capable of, though I am in favor of it. On another note, in the video, he's wearing the sparkliest outfit I have ever seen.

The Captain & Tennille -- "Do That To Me One More Time" -- February 16, 1980

I don't want to think about The Captain doing it even once. That is the problem with this song. Other than that, I think it's a perfectly acceptable cheesy love song. Well, except for the... plastic flute? I don't know what that is, but I'm not fond of it.

On a kind of strange note, I scrolled ahead, and starting here, I recognize almost all the songs for the next couple years on this list. Maybe they were played more on the oldies stations? At clubs? Restaurants? Maybe I came to musical consciousnous at three and a half years old?

Queen -- "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" -- February 23, 1980

 This is not a top tier Queen song, but Freddie Mercury belching would be better music than anything Barry Gibb did. Not top tier, but still very fun. And it's always great hearing Freddie Mercury do whatever the hell he wants to do with his voice. Here, he has fun doing a little bit of Elvis, but not too much. It's a rockability track by Queen. So it's great.

Pink Floyd -- "Another Brick in the Wall (Part II)" -- March 22, 1980

We don't need no education. This is a song about the horrible British teachers who used withering sarcasm and cruelty against the children under their care. (Like Snape, basically.) I think it's about boarding schools, since the teachers apparently have control over whether or not the kids get pudding. British boarding schools were terrible. British boarding schools are terrible, though they seem to be trying to be better. We'll see. They have hundreds of years' practice at bricking kids' psyches up in walls, and I don't trust them to change. Um, anyway, it's a good song, but not one I'd choose to listen to separate from the entire album.

Blondie -- "Call Me" -- April 19, 1980

This song actually does start with "Color me your color, baby." Or I suppose "colour" since Blondie are Brits. But it's not like the lyrics are deep -- if you can understand "Call me," you get it. I guess it's technically a love song, but since Debbie Harry sings in such an intentionally icy manner, it's anything but passionate. It's still fun and light and musically interesting.

Lipps, Inc. -- "Funkytown" -- May 31, 1980

This song is about moving out of a town that's stifling and to a town that's right for you -- "Funkytown." It could be any big city with a music scene. It's a dance song with very few lyrics, and yet the lyrics are important. The singer has "talked about it talked about it talked about it," but is determined to finally do it. It's a good funky disco song, and a good send-off for the genre's dominance.

Paul McCartney and theWings -- "Coming Up (Live At Glasgow)" -- June 28, 1980

It sounds a little bit like McCartney trying to do Philly soul, horns included. But lighter, because Paul McCartney. I can't remember the lyrics even just after I heard them, but it's a love song. Quite boring.

Billy Joel -- "It's Still Rock and Roll to Me" -- July 19, 1980

I love a lot of Billy Joel songs. I don't really love this one. I like the sentiment -- "Oh, it doesn't matter what they say in the papers/ 'Cause it's always been the same old scene/ There's a new band in town but you can't get the sound/ From a story in a magazine/ Aimed at your average teen." He also criticizes the 80s' roaring materialism, which hadn't even hit its nadir yet. But I dunno. Maybe it's a little slow? It needs something.

Olivia Newton-John -- "Magic" -- August 2, 1980

I had never heard of the movie Xanadu until about a decade ago. It's a staple of bad movie sites. Its plot is bonkers, and some very 1980 blockhead is the male lead. The story would have made more sense and the movie been far better if Olivia Newton-John's character had gotten together with Gene Kelly, who's also in the movie, instead. Anyway, this love song is from the movie's soundtrack. It's got a little bit of that mystical vibe that Stevie Nicks did so well, and that always appeals to me. I can't pretend this is a great song, or even necessarily a good one. But it speaks to the 12-year old in me.

Christopher Cross -- "Sailing" -- August 30, 1980

This is the most Florida song ever. Because it doesn't sound like he really has a boat. "Fantasy, it gets the best of me/ When I'm sailing/ All caught up in the reverie, every word is a symphony/ Won't you believe me?" Musically, it sounds like it would go well with a sailboat. But almost none of us have sailboats. We have fantasies. It's a nice-sounding song, and if you think about it enough, it becomes more complex than it seems.

Diana Ross -- "Upside Down" -- September 6, 1980

I'm going to have to face up to the fact that I usually don't like how Diana Ross sings. She's too slick and detached for me, without lyrics that go with that. I cannot believe this woman was ever turned "upside down" by love. And of course the guy she's singing this to is cheating. But she's okay with it, because of course she is, he's just so awesome that she's singing to him "respectfully." I like this song musically, except for Diana Ross' emotionally distant singing, but I hate the lyrics, and I am extremely sick of this no-maintenance schtick.

Queen -- "Another One Bites the Dust" -- October 4, 1980

This might be the only Queen song I don't like. I'm not saying it's bad. It's probably very good. But I have heard the chorus way too much. Otoh, I've heard "We Will Rock You" even more, and I still like that. Maybe there's too much... stuff in this one? I don't know. It's definitely too repetitive. It's no "Don't Stop Me Now," that's for sure. Queen's best songs never reached #1 in the U.S., and I don't know if any came near until "Bohemian Rhapsody" hit #2 when I was in high school. But reaching the charts is a very bad sign of whether or not music is actually good.

Barbra Streisand -- "Woman in Love" -- October 25, 1980

I'm not going to go back to check, but I think Barbra Streisand has exactly the same pose and expression on the covers of all her singles. This one was written by Barry Gibb, oh joy. I wondered if this would be an additive or a multiplicative factor in how bad the song (which I had never heard) was. Something happened that I didn't expect: It made the song so boring it slips out of my head while I’m listening to it. There's the line "no truth is ever a lie." Brilliant, Barry, what a lyricist. Also, that line is not true. Barry Gibb was apparently not familiar with Othello. Anyway, since I'm just bored, I guess Streisand and Gibb together is actually better than them separately. Still bad, though.

Kenny Rogers -- "Lady" -- November 15, 1980

It's a love song in which the narrator sings that he's your knight in shining armor. That sentiment should be surrounded by more interesting music in some way. Something operatic, or mystical, or country, something. Kenny Rogers was never one of my favorites, but he's capable of something. This song is nothing. Lionel Richie wrote it, so of course.

John Lennon -- "(Just Like) Starting Over" -- December 27, 1980

This song hit #1 just after Lennon was murdered. I was 4 years old, but I actually remember when John Lennon was murdered -- I was in the car with one or more parental units (I don't remember who), and it came on the radio. I was upset. I knew Beatles music, my parents played it all the time, and I knew who John Lennon was. I'm still extremely sad about his death today. This song is about how happy he was with Yoko, all settled down and looking forward to a nice, calm, loving future together. Ugh I'm gonna cry.

BEST OF 1980 -- "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" by Queen. WORST OF 1980 -- "Please Don't Go" by KC & The Sunshine Band

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Book Review: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling

“There are some things you can't share without ending up liking each other, and knocking out a twelve-foot mountain troll is one of them.” I’ve always believed that the incomparable magic of a good book lies - not in its length or genre, not in its sustained mania or popularity - but in its ability to enchant its readers again and again (in new ways) over time. That is the reason why I continue to revisit this series, as well as this book, at various points throughout my life. For, although I see the story through a different experiential lens with every return visit, entering its world is still bewitching. It still warms me like butterbeer. Dazzles my imagination like a motorcycle that falls straight out of the sky. Fills my heart with courage and friendship. Reading it is equivalent to the feeling you get after you’ve arrived home after an extensive time away—your body buzzing, your senses tingling with comfort as much as with excitability. What else is there to say except there can be extraordinary magic in a book that is well-known? Well-loved? Well-read? Each time I crack open the soft cover and slide back into these pages of witchcraft and wizardry with The Golden Trio in toe, my mind alights anew—with awe, with wonder; with familiarity so worn and treasured, none of McGonagall’s transfiguration spells are required to conjure a smile because I’m already smiling, delighted to be back. I’m charmed to be among old friends and foes. I’m happy to straddle my Nimbus Two Thousand so I can zip off to Platform Nine And Three-Quarters, headed straight for Hogwarts to defeat Voldemort. The truth is I’m always more than elated to be trotting down moving castle stairwells again, or flying through Quidditch hoops, or sweating over potions exams, or laughing at the Weasley twin’s toilet seat antics. I love Hermione’s bushy hair. I live for her bossy, bookish ways. My heart cries as I sit, locked, with Harry, in his cupboard under the stairs. I stuff my face full of chocolate frogs with Ron on the train, raise a baby dragon in a hut with Hagrid, scowl and sneer at everyone with Snape. (Seriously, would it kill him to smile? To say a kind word?) I hunt and toil over the whereabouts of the Sorcerer’s Stone, too. Still never quite anticipating Quirrell’s stuttering two-faced duplicity coming despite all the warning signs sprinkled craftily throughout the plot, fear turning my skin cold at the precise moment he unravels his turban to reveal the evil wizard leeching off the back of his skull: He Who Must Not Be Named. *cue the villain music* Somewhere, I recognize this is only the beginning of everything - the first layer of the cake, so to speak - but it’s still one I savor. So what if the diction is more juvenile? So what if the hero’s characterization starts out a little simplistically? Who cares who the intended audience is supposed to be when the world’s so vivid and its characters are so courageous and endearing? You root for most, hope for a spark of change in some, and outright curse others. As far as I’m concerned, there’s a remarkable power in a well-read story which allows me, as a reader, to reminisce over my favorite moments, character dynamics, bits of dialogue etc. at the same time that I’m cataloguing new quirks or details that I hadn’t noticed before. Like how Quirrell’s so afraid of vampires that his entire classroom reeks of garlic. Or the way Dumbledore is evasive from the beginning. Or when Hermione throws herself into Harry’s arms, hugging him, before they part in the dungeons - he, headed forward through the black fire toward the Stone; she, headed backward through the purple fire to summon Dumbledore and save Ron - and there was energy. A vibe. ahem* I’m talking some early could-have-been romantic potential here *ahem* Twenty odd years later and Harry Potter continues to engross me in new and old ways. What’s not to love about a book that can manage that?

This one’s a five-star read for keeps.

5/5 stars

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Ask game!! 8, 9, 12, 30, 44, 45, 48, 50!

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8. Favorite trope to write: mmm I’m going to say anything angsty. Who is surprised? Mostly I really love to write something that will make people scream at me that I hurt them. I love writing about ships being separated by an angsty event and mutually believing the other is dead or one of them is dead. Also I like apocalyptic AU or post-apocalyptic AU. Mostly I like AUs. 

9. Least favorite trope to write: I struggle a lot to write fluff. If it’s pure fluff with no tension, nothing but cuddles and rainbows and stuff, I will struggle and it’s not particularly what I enjoy writing. I like writing something that is plot driven and often fluff pieces are not. 

12. How do you deal with self-doubts? I sulk and complain until someone validates me XD I want to say it’s a joke but mostly it’s true. I won’t think it’s good until someone tells me and even then I might only feel good about the piece for a couple of hours before I start thinking again that’s it bad. It’s rare I like what I write. I think the only thing I’m really proud of is Invictus and mostly it’s because of how long it was and that I manage to keep to it and finish it but the content itself I would probably find things I hate about if I did a reread. 

30. Favorite line you’ve ever written: Oh, that’s hard... I don’t know if it’s my favorite ever but I like the goodbyes in Into That Good Night. This one : “He wanted it to last forever. He wanted to live in that moment: buried in her, her tongue in his mouth, safe in her warmth.Their climax was shattering.It destroyed the illusion of peace.Eternity gone in a flash of a bliss.”

44. Best piece of feedback you’ve ever gotten: Basically any review where people say I make them feel something. Also when people tell me they were having a bad time and read my fic and that it helped them for a while. That’s really meaningful to me. most of my favorite review came from @jisoomes because she write detailed analyses of the chapter almost every time and I just love that. 

45. Worst piece of feedback you’ve ever gotten: Oh my god, two come to mind. The first one happened on my very first fanfic ever (back when I was a wee baby of 16 so like... 13 years ago) and I still remember it. It was a stargate story (because at that point OF COURSE IT WAS) and the person said I wrote Jack O’Neill like Charles Ingalls because in the end he ends up chopping wood and being happy whatever. And it was devastating at the time because it was my first fanfic and I wasn’t confident at all and the review was MEAN just to be mean. Now I mostly find it funny but still. 

And the second one: I was less of a baby writer then and I was enjoying a nice enough popularity in the HP fandom and I published a one shot that was called (once translated since I still wrote in french back then) Cold ashes. There was a line in that fic where I had Severus snape (or was it draco) say that love tasted like cold ashes. It was clearly a metaphor right? WELL that person came at me from all side saying it was disgusting and have I ever tasted ashes and it made no sense and nobody will want to read that story (because I think that was also my summary) and that I should change it. And basically that person was very patronising and telling me how to get reader when I was like... I don’t mean to brag but I had gotten out a fic named Pandore and it was EXTREMELY popular at the time. I  had really a lot of of readers from that alone, I didn’t need to go and look for them. So when I answered that (probably should have sounded less arrogant though) she went and say it was typical and etc. Basically she was the fic police and I hate that. Advices are fine and criticims are fine but it shouldn’t be phrased in a mean way. 48. Favorite genre to write in: Are Aus a genre? I like canon Aus the best. I like everything that diverges from canon because, to me, it’s the funnier things to write. You explore how it could have happened. I also love other sort of AUs though I think modern au are the most difficult to write sometimes because they have to take place in the US and I’ve never been so my knowledge comes from TV and some stuff puzzles me SO MUCH. Like the fact you can have a driver license at 16 (17?) and how highschoolers seem to be so independant and almost mini-adults... Also obviously laws and stuff are different. I do have a master degree in cinema and American civilisation but it’s different when it’s not your culture, I guess. Idk. Sometimes with modern AU that requires technical terms it’s difficult for me as a French person. 

50. Weirdest story idea you’ve ever had: from all I published? Well there are a lot I thought weird at the time and that ended up being very popular (like Fire & Ice and Into That Good Night). I don’t know. I usually don’t think stories are weird, it’s all about how you spin them and make them belieable enough. However, I do think some stories aren’t meant to be written really. I talked about it a few times but Into That Good Night was mostly what I call a “sleep story” AKA a story I imagine to get to sleep. And since I love my angst, most of them are like violent so it’s not something I write because it can easily falls into the torture p*rn pit and the very cliché love declarations and reunion afterwards. I do have a few weird stories like that running in my head XD Barely a hint of plot but a lot of pain and angst.  

Writer ask game! Ask away!

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Fan Fic Ask Meme (self ask edition)

  I saw this going around and I figured no one is going to actually respond and send me any of these asks because I have like maybe 2 followers who ever interact with me, but I felt like doing it so I’ll just ask myself all of them. :)

A: How did you come up with the title to "The Best Picture of the Human Soul”?

I wanted an artsy-intellectual title because I felt like it’s a kind of pretentious little story that takes itselt too seriously. It’s about images and soulmates, so I googled picture, soul, and quote, and that’s one of the hits that came up. So it is actually a quote by the philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein: “The human body is the best picture of the human soul.”

B: Any of your stories inspired by personal experience?

Probably all of them. But the one where I consciously put in something from a real-life experience was in “A Capacity for Love” (HP fandom fic). I don’t want to go into detail, but there are characters in the story whose experiences and actions were based on things I had knowledge of in real life.

C: What member do you identify with most?

I am guessing this means which character I identify with most, from the stories I’ve written? Hermione Granger, definitely. From the Sherlock fandom, probably Molly. But I don’t find her an interesting character to write about.

D: Is there a song or a playlist to associate with [insert fic]?

No, I am not into music in that way.

E: If you wrote a sequel to [insert fic], what would it be about?

The most obvious one of my fics to get a sequel would be “The Way to a Man’s Heart” which would naturally be about Sherlock and John’s wedding.

F: Share a snippet from one of your favorite dialogue scenes you’ve written and explain why you’re proud of it.

Nothing specifically comes to mind and I’ve written too many stories to go back through them all and find anything. I think I’m pretty good at dialogue in general and enjoy writing it more than the prose in between. When I write dialogue, I really try to hear the characters/actors saying the words, with inflection and volume changes and speech patterns all of that. I think that makes it work well and feel real, rather than just me putting my own thoughts into the characters’ mouths.

G: Do you write your story from start to finish, or do you write the scenes out of order?

Mostly from start to finish, but I usually have one or two key scenes that I may jump ahead and write because I want to capture them in the moment. But the problem is, I will always end up having to rewrite them anyway because there are details that come up as I write that I hadn’t anticipated, that will need to be worked in.

H: How would you describe your style?

I have no idea. Probably too wordy.

I: Do you have a guilty pleasure in fic (reading or writing)?

For reading, really raunchy PWP. And I suppose for writing as well. I do feel some residual puritanical guilt when I write a PWP.

J: Write or describe an alternative ending to [insert fic].

I’ve seen other authors say they don’t want to answer this because they don’t think it’s fair or something, which I don’t understand. Why not? Anyway, an alternate ending for “Revenge Averted”, which is itself an alternate ending of VizardMask’s fic “Best Served Hot”, would be that Sherlock and John come up with a plan to neutralize the threat from Mary without John having to go back to her.

K: What’s the angstiest idea you’ve ever come up with?

Sticking to the ones I’ve actually written, probably “A Capacity for Love”, which shows the aftermath of Snape raping Hermione from both of their perspectives. Usually we only see things from the victim’s perspective in those kinds of stories, but I wanted to get into Snape’s head as well. In the Sherlock fandom, I guess “More Earth Than Fire”, which deals with the death of John and Mary’s baby.

L: How many times do you usually revise your fic/chapter before posting?

It’s constant. I never just write a whole first draft, then go back and revise. I re-read and revise every single sentence constantly. Like even writing this entry, I have already gone back through all of my previous responses a couple of times, re-reading and adjusting things. I’ll write a few sentences, then re-read everything from the beginning. Then write a couple more. It makes for extremely slow progress but it’s how my brain works. I can’t leave something untended.

M: Got any premises on the back burner that you’d care to share?

I have a couple of things that I’ve started that I’ll probably never finish. The one that’s furthest along is a Sherlock/Whisky Tango Foxtrot crossover. I also have an ACD werewolf fic that I started years ago for some Halloween exchange that’s pretty far along. I have probably around 10 other stories as well, in stages from vaguely sketched out to fully outlined to having a couple of scenes written.

N: Is there a fic you wish someone else would write (or finish) for you?

All of my WIP’s! Probably especially the WTF crossover. I really want to read that one. ;)

O: How do you begin a story–with the plot, or the characters?

I mean, if it’s a fic, then the characters obviously. They are already a given. I’m going to write about Sherlock and John (or whoever my current muse pairing is). I have some original story ideas too, and there it’s the plot that comes first. I have a harder time coming up with original characters, so it’s unlikely I’ll ever write one of those stories.

P: Are you what George R. R. Martin would call an “architect” or a “gardener”? (How much do you plan in advance, versus letting the story unfold as you go?)

I like to plot out the entire story before I start writing so that I’m sure I won’t get stuck anywhere. Of course then as I write, things happen that necessitate adjustments to the outline. But yeah, mainly architect because my biggest fear when writing is getting stuck.

Q: How do you feel about collaborations?

I have seen some really brilliant products come out of collaborative writing projects, so clearly some people work really well that way. However, I don’t think I could ever be part of a collaboration, other than as a beta reader.

R: Are there any writers (fanfic or otherwise) you consider an influence?

Every time I read a text, it influences me. I don’t have anyone whose style I consciously attempt to emulate, or who I aspire to be like, though.

S: Any fandom tropes you can’t resist?

For reading? All the favs: Fake relationship, only one bed, roommates.

For writing, I have a soft spot for being in a relationship already without realizing it.

T: Any fandom tropes you can’t stand?

When I see Coffee Shop AU or Teen AU in the tags of a fic, it turns me off. Although I’ve read quite a few really good ones in those categories, so it’s not like they’re an automatic nope. Just, they make me wary.

U: Share three of your favorite fic writers and why you like them so much.

There are too many to name and I don’t want anyone to feel left out. But basically, there are certain authors who I know will always deliver top-quality writing and a highly satisfactory reading experience, regardless of subject matter, fandom, genre, or pairing.

V: If you could write the sequel (or prequel) to any fic out there not written by yourself, which would you choose?

Too hard to choose a specific one. Basically anything by any of those authors referenced in the previous question!

W: Do you like more general prompts, or more specific ones?

I have a hard time writing to prompts given by other people. So I guess I prefer general ones that I can take in my own direction rather than a tailor-made commission.

X: A character you enjoy making suffer.

Sherlock and John both do it so beautifully. :)

Y: A character you want to protect.

Children, I guess. I have a hard time seeing a child character be hurt.

Z: Major character death–do you ever write/read it? Is there a character whose death you can’t tolerate?

I am okay with it if it is a natural death, such as occurs in retirement fic. I don’t see the point of it in other situations. The whole point of reading fan fiction for me is to have a happier conclusion than in the original.

Anyone who wants to do the thing, feel free to copy and share your own answers! And of course, if anyone wants to ask me one of these about another fic than the ones I chose, please do. :)

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Tagged by: @ash-yam-stew​ 

Rules: answer the questions and then tag 20 people

name: Katy

nicknames: Nemie (I prefer my internet friends to call me this pls <3)

zodiac sign(s): Gemini

gender: female, mostly. I suppose. 

sexuality: asexual 

favorite color: blue 

time right now: just after 5pm. 

average hours of sleep: about 8 or 9. If I get less than that I get very grumpy. 

the last thing i googled: playthrough options for the Blood and Wine dlc of the Witcher 3, so that Geralt didn’t have to kill poor sweet fluffy Detlaff ;p 

number of blankets: one, but side-eyeing the extra ones rolled up next to my bed because the weather is total crap right now. 

favorite fictional character: So many. Loki, Bucky. Thorin Oakenshield. Snape, the Malfoy family. Quicksilver. Teldryn Sero, Farkas. Geralt of Rivia, Ciri, Regis. Mulan. 

what are you wearing right now: men’s PJ trousers, a Hogwarts sequin PJ top, and a Hufflepuff hoodie. 

favorite book: the Halfblood Prince. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. Eats, Shoots & Leaves. 

favorite musician/group: I like a lot of kinds of music and tend to trawl through one genre after another, rather than following individual singers or bands. But I suppose long-term faves are The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Bruce Springsteen, Queen, Metallica. 

dream job: Professional Ice Cream Taste Tester and Dog Cuddler. 

number of followers: 951, most of which I’m fairly certain are actual people. But I interact with barely a fraction, like maybe a couple dozen of them tops. 

when did you create your account: I’m not sure, some time in late 2012. 

what do you post about: my approach to curating all the different types of content on my blog is “mix them altogether in a big jug.” Marvel, Tolkien, HP, Elder Scrolls, shitposts. Very occasional Hetalia, used to like some Night Vale, recently reblogging some Witcher stuff. 

what made you get an account: I noticed a lot of the people I was following on deviantArt also had tumblrs and there seemed to be more conversation in this direction. 

when did your blog reach its peak: In terms of followers? Now. In terms of how often I post, probably two or three years ago. 

do you get asks on a daily basis: None whatsoever. I get PMs from mugsy and that’s it. 

why did you choose your url: it’s a celtic name I thought was really cool when I was 16 and have chosen it for just about every URL since. Brand recognition, baby! (Actually, there’s really only been one time someone spotted I was me on a different website). 

tagging: whoever wants to do this, can do it, and then lie and say I tagged them. 

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Tumblr Writer Q&A

Thank you for the tags @astroboots & @pagannightwitch

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1) How many complete fics/one shots do you have that you have not published (yet)? Nothing is complete yet – I post immediately.

2) How many WIPS do you have right now? Do you take writing requests or write original ideas, or both? Three? Postcards, obviously, Afternoon for Dieter Bravo and a Dark!Dave oneshot that’s bubbling away

3) Do you take writing requests or write original ideas, or both? Mmm I don’t really take requests, mostly because I’m terrible at keeping up with them,

4) If you do take requests, how many do you currently have? 0

5) How many fandoms do you write for? At the moment? Just PP Characters, but I have written a lot for another fandom + ship (and will again, I’m hopeless garbage)

6) Are there any fandoms you wrote for in the past that you no longer write for? Oh man, so when I first started writing, I wrote Snape/Hermione fanfiction. Which, I look at the fics every now and then and that fandom took a turn into Hard BDSM which I wasn’t expecting.

7) Do you write for ships, reader inserts or other? All of the above?! I only started writing reader inserts a few months ago; before that it was all ships and OCs

8) Niche fandoms/characters you write for? Aren’t they all niche? If you’re nice I’ll tell you about the tiny little ship I used to write for.  

9) Do you read fics as well as write them? I read a lot.  Like, the reason im awful at rbing fics (I’m trying to get better I swear to god!) is because I churn through them like butter.

10) What is your favorite genre to write for? I write good smut. This I know to be true.

11) What is your favorite trope (to read/write)? I love the opposite ends of the spectrum. So sweet, tooth rotting, fluff and break your heart and smash it angst.

12) What do you do to get motivated to write? I force it. Sometimes I am lucky enough for divine inspiration to hit me like a bolt of lightning, but mostly, I decide that I am writing x fic and I sit down and write it until it’s done.

13) Is there a trope/genre you like to read, but not write? I’ll read literally anything. There are some tropes I know I wouldn’t be a good fit for as a writer (eg, it’s an almost 0% chance you’ll ever see me write a fic that includes pregnancy or anything surrounding it) and some things I just haven’t found the right fic for yet.

14) Any characters/fandoms you want to write for that are never requested? Nope! Mainly because I don’t take requests, but also I’m still really baby and new here

15) How long have you been writing fanfiction? Total? Ooh, um 2/3 years? The Pedro Fandom? 5 weeks.

16) Did you read fanfiction before you started writing? Oh goodness yeah. I will say that this time around I started writing before I started reading. I didn’t know ao3 was a website that existed until I went hunting for somewhere to post it

17) Do you only post on Tumblr, or any other sites as well? I have an ao3 – it’s just deciding whether to post this content there as well (long story)

18) What do you personally consider the word counts of “Drabble”, “One shots” and “fics”?

Anything less than 1k is a drabble / headcanons in bullet form are drabbles.

One shots I usually consider to be anything that’s one chapter, so that is up to the author writing it. Usually my sweet spot for one shots is about 4k

A fic is anything with multiple parts

19) Which do you prefer to write more? HC, drabbles, oneshots/fics, multi chapter stories, other? Gosh it depends on the mood. I write all of it as much as I can, but there’s something cool about writing a multichapter, and laying groundwork that you can come back to later (*cough* go read Postcards *cough*)

20) Are there any stories you have discontinued? If so, why? Not in this fandom!

21) What is one of your main “pet-peeves” as a writer on Tumblr? Eh, I’m pretty chill. Tumblr’s beta post editor has been exceptionally buggy for me the last few weeks, and that’s been pissing me off quite a bit.

22) Do you write at a particular time of day? Im a nocturnal writer. My sweet spot is 11pm-4am.

23) Do you listen to music, ambiance/noise, etc. to write or do you need silence? NO. I need total silence and clean glasses.

24) Do you outline your fics at all before writing? Multichapters, kind of? I have an idea of where I want them to go, and a selection of scenes I know I want included, otherwise I just let em get there on their own. One shots are the wild west.

25) Do you post your writing as soon as you finish it, or do you schedule it to come out at a specific time/day? I post the minute I’ve finished editing. I’m getting better at scheduling rbs to come out for specific timezones. But I have to hit post the minute I’m done, and then I never read them again haha

[kunoichi-ume]

Tag Meme    

Tagged by proxy by @thetoxicstrawberry because I’m bored and wanted something to do.

What’s your favorite songs to sing or hum? 

Basically everything. I sing to all the songs I know, no matter the genre. I can’t carry a tune but I don’t really care. 

What’s your favorite flower/tree/plant? 

I dont know that this is their proper name but I know them as lodge pole pines. They are in the Island Park, Idaho and Yellowstone area and a lot of my childhood was spent there and just seeing them gives me a sense of peach and belonging. When the wind blows they sway easily because they are so tall and the sound of them moving is one of my favorite sounds. I had a picture but Tumblr is being dum and wont load it at all. 

Favorite colors? 

Green

What do you always doodle? 

ummm hearts and skulls I guess lol. Or names, usually of whatever ship I’m going down with at the moment. 

How do you take your coffee or tea?

Coffee: Sugar and cream. Tea: depending on the kind I stink it plain or with some honey.

Favorite candle scent?

None, I am allergic to most artificial scents so I just don’t do candles at all.  

Sunrise or sunset?

Sunset, I’ve never seen a proper sunrise because it take so long for the sun to pass over the mountains that by the time it “rises” there is no sunrise colors going on anymore. Plus here the sun sets over the lake and its beautiful. 

What perfume do you wear?

Again, super allergic so none.

What’s your go-to dance move when you’re alone?

I’m pretty random when I dance I’m not sure I have one. 

Favorite quote?

I’m sure that you will find that you will go through life making decisions not because you want to make them. Or even because you think you should make them. But because you are forced to make them

I have no idea who wrote it, but I am like 85% sure it is from a Harry Potter fic I read like 10 years ago and Snape said it, maybe? But this always really stuck with me.

Favorite self-care routines?

I’m honestly terrible about taking care of myself, especially recently, so I don’t know? 

Fuzzy socks or house slippers?

Bare feet almost always.

What color are your eyes?

Blue with random brown/gold spots.

Favorite eye color on others? 

Green eyes make me weak.

Favorite season?

Fall for sure.

Cheek, neck, or nose kisses? 

Neck, I don’t know that my nose has been kissed since I was a baby? That just seems weird.

What does your happy place look like?  

The corner of my living room where I read.

Favorite dog breed?

None, I’m not a huge dog person anyway but I don’t really care for breeds so much as personality in animals. 

Do you ever want to be married? If so, what colors would you pick for your wedding theme?

I am married. My wedding was supposed to be green, purple, orange and black back when I was getting a Halloween wedding I’d been dreaming about for years but instead I planned it tn two weeks and was married in May so my dad could be there. 

Cursive or print?

I mix the two randomly. 

Favorite weather? 70′s to low 80′s. I don’t like it being terribly hot, or cold, so a nice middle ground is my favorite.  

Tagging: @raendown @purple-possibilities

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6, 11, 29, 35

6: Book you cried the hardest reading?

I’m really not especially prone to crying, I guess? As in, it’s a very rare occurrence and I’m pretty sure that I have long term friends that have never seen me do it. By some shameful twist of nature, it’s usually only when I’m so mad that I can barely speak that I end up crying? For the most part, I cry angry, overwhelmed tears–not sad, existential ones? That being said, I remember weeping like a baby when Dumbledore died in HBP (incidentally, I was also pubescently angry that Snape killed him, so there’s always that). Otherwise, I’m not sure I can think of any books that have made me cry my own tears. 

11: What is your favorite quote from a book?

Answered right HERE, bud!

29: A book that makes you feel comforted?

Not to keep harping on about the Potter books (I swear my tastes are advanced enough to include other material as well!) but this is definitely a series that I revisit when I’m feeling sick. I had the flu a few months ago and I picked up the third book the minute I was able to sit up. That particular story arc is always comforting (or at least familiar) and most of the earlier novels are just simple enough for an adult with a fever to tackle. I also reread The Great Gatsby every summer and I’ve done Memoirs of a Geisha almost annually for a few years as well. Honestly, I think that any good book, once read, has the potential to be comforting as a reread! Re-experiencing a story is usually more satisfying for me!  

35: Send me a book recommendation?

It really all depends on what you like! I read a bit of everything, so I should hopefully be able to recommend something good! What kind of genres are you into? Any specific interests? I’ll make you a mini list! :) 

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Kiernan Shipka Casts Indelible Spell on Netflix’s Chilling Adventures of Sabrina

by Matt Fagerholm

October 22, 2018   |  

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All it takes is one great role for an actor to be rediscovered. Kiernan Shipka had already proven herself to be a formidable talent, growing up before our eyes on AMC’s “Mad Men” while displaying impressive range in a diverse array of genres—from the moody supernatural drama of Andrew Proz Palermo’s “One and Two” and the rousing adventure of Nickelodeon’s “The Legend of Korra” to the uproarious satire of her Funny or Die web series, “Child Star Psychologist.” 

Yet it was her startling dive into horror, courtesy of Osgood Perkins’ masterful 2015 debut feature, “The Blackcoat’s Daughter,” that revealed the astonishing breadth of her potential. Shipka played Kat, an alienated girl yearning to fill the void left by her absent parents. After answering the call of a horned demon that may or may not exist solely in her head, Kat undergoes a malevolent transformation that brings her a strange sense of empowerment, especially when it terrifies her peers. Aside from one climactic howl, she never raises her voice, even when hurling an expletive at a pair of bewildered caregivers. Overcome by the sudden power that has taken hold of her speech, Kat stares at her prey with fierce eyes as a tear rolls down her cheek. Later on, when she calmly raises her arms and replies, “Hail, Satan,” she appears fearsomely in control rather than out of her mind. Like Norman Bates, she’s simply focused on getting her job done, no matter how gory it may be. 

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As confirmed by Shipka in a recent BUILD interview, “The Blackcoat’s Daughter” turned out to be a crucial inspiration for Archie Comics CCO Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa when developing the small screen adaptation of his own recent comic book series, Chilling Adventures of Sabrina. Whereas “Riverdale,” Aguirre-Sacasa’s hit show on The CW Network, echoes “Twin Peaks” in its self-aware subversion of the squeaky clean adolescent archetypes once modeled after Andy Hardy, his reimagining of Sabrina’s teenage witchery pays homage to numerous genre-defining classics, lending a cinematic aura to its metaphysical mischief. Though Sabrina couldn’t be further removed from Kat in terms of her thriving social life and sunny disposition, she also lost her mother and father at a young age, and is on a journey toward finding her place in the world. Melissa Joan Hart’s sitcom incarnation of the character had no knowledge of her own capacity for witchcraft until she turned 16. The first season of Aguirre-Sacasa’s “Sabrina” series, debuting on Netflix this Friday, October 26th, opens with its titular heroine counting down the days on her calendar—in one of many shots evocative of “Blackcoat”—toward the same pivotal birthday. What makes Shipka’s Sabrina more in step with the original comic book character dating back to 1962 is the fact that she is well-aware of her magic from the get-go. This is an origin story not about discovering one’s powers but learning to own them.

Kiernan Shipka and Michelle Gomez on Netflix’s “Chilling Adventures of Sabrina.” Photo credit: Diyah Pera/Netflix.

Aguirre-Sacasa provides a stellar showcase for many of the abilities she utilized in Perkins’ film, from her lovely singing voice to the arresting strength she derives from her vulnerability. No special effects or badass one-liners are needed for Shipka to register as a towering force onscreen. She traumatized me in “The Blackcoat’s Daughter” without the use of demonic prosthetics (quickly scrapped by the director), and on “Chilling Adventures of Sabrina,” she casts her indelible spell with the layers of emotional nuance rippling across her face. Just as Kat’s world was shrouded in brown colors intended to signify the snugness of her newfound identity, the red glow of Sabrina’s wardrobe conveys a very different type of warmth. How refreshing it is to see a modern series built around a teenager whose most defining feature is an innate goodness.

Though each hour-long chapter of the show is linked by a continuous narrative, the “Adventures” in the title correctly suggests an episodic use of secondary conflicts that Sabrina must face in her everyday life. The child of a male witch and female mortal, she is dubbed a “half-breed” (or “mudblood,” as termed by J.K. Rowling), requiring her to straddle the line between the magical realm and the human one occupied by friends oblivious to her bloodline. The observation made by Aunt Hilda (a delightful Lucy Davis) that Sabrina’s father could’ve been a movie star “like Cousin Montgomery” is a sly nod to the star of Sol Saks’ beloved sitcom, “Bewitched,” about a witch-turned-housewife who refuses to suppress her otherworldly skills, much to the dismay of her mortal husband. In her stubborn battle against various forms of oppression at school, such as library censorship and hazing rituals, Shipka’s Sabrina is a kindred spirit of Elizabeth Montgomery’s Samantha. She is a terrible liar precisely because she is so sincere, yet with the aid of her witchcraft, Sabrina pulls off some satisfying pranks that earn many of the show’s biggest laughs. A priceless bit involving truth extraction reminded me of the “Bewitched” episode where Samantha’s husband, Darrin, is hexed by his mother-in-law, causing him to speak only in toddler-appropriate language at a business meeting (“I made a boo-boo,” he explains). 

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Kiernan Shipka and Ross Lynch on Netflix’s “Chilling Adventures of Sabrina.” Photo credit: Diyah Pera/Netflix.

Never verging into the family-friendly silliness of Hart’s “Sabrina, the Teenage Witch,” where the protagonist had a penchant for inadvertently turning mean girls into pineapples, “Chilling Adventures of Sabrina” still peppers its increasingly grim subject matter with richly earned bursts of euphoria, starting with Sabrina’s dance to “Be My Baby” after professing her love for mortal boyfriend Harvey Kinkle (Ross Lynch). Like Shipka, Lynch is remarkably gifted at portraying shunned youth on the cusp of destruction, as seen in Marc Meyers’ “My Friend Dahmer,” and it’s a joy to watch them both liberated by the inherent sweetness of their characters, not to mention the palpable chemistry that they share. Episode three contains a beautiful sequence of consensual intimacy triggered by Sabrina’s urgent request that Harvey check her body for a birthmark. What could’ve devolved into a squirm-inducing leering session instead becomes a touching portrait of Harvey’s sensitivity. He handles her body with the utmost respect, while insisting that he strip down as well because “fair is fair.” 

Apart from its nostalgic trappings, the appeal of “Stranger Things” lies in its endearing band of misfits that drive the story, and there’s no question they’d get along splendidly with Sabrina’s cherished companions. Instead of exchanging witty banter with her cat, Salem (whose dialogue is limited to expressive meows), she finds an even better scene partner in Ambrose (Chance Perdomo), her pansexual cousin whose exuberance masks an underlying bitterness at the curse keeping him housebound. Sabrina’s school chums, Rosalind (Jaz Sinclair) and Susie (non-binary actor Lachlan Watson) further expand the show’s fully dimensional inclusivity, while the aunts that raised her—the irreverent Hilda and uptight Zelda (Miranda Otto)—form a most amusing comic duo. 

Rather than settle on derivative formulas, the show often soars to the provocative heights of Broadway’s “Wicked” and Robert Eggers’ “The Witch,” which both illuminated the exhilarating aspects of defying gravity, breaking free of societal strictures by “living deliciously” (Sabrina notes that there are many “delicious” reasons to be a witch). Of course, devoting one’s life to the Dark Lord comes with a price, and when Sabrina questions why their unholy leader is terrified of granting women freedom and power, the response she receives is unfiltered perfection: “He’s a man, isn’t he?” 

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The show is at its best when skewering the patriarchal oppression of organized religion, an ancient scourge no less prevalent in the witch’s own belief system that hypocritically derides the “false god” of Christianity. “Why must I save myself for the Dark Lord?” Sabrina demands, “Why does he decide what I do with my body?”, to which Zelda sighs, “Should’ve been homeschooled.” The crimson hue of Sabrina’s attire is mirrored by the apple she plucks off a tree, a biblical symbol of the knowledge God had intended on keeping from Eve. Her refusal to blindly obey orders breeds a healthy level of skepticism, especially when confronted by the sort of frightening fanaticism memorably explored in the original “Carrie” and “The Blackcoat’s Daughter” (for more context, read my in-depth appreciation of Perkins’ film here—after seeing the film, of course).  

Lachlan Watson and Jaz Sinclair on Netflix’s “Chilling Adventures of Sabrina.” Photo credit: Diyah Pera/Netflix.

The coven’s High Priest, Father Blackwood (Richard Coyle), and Sabrina’s principal, Mr. Hawthorne (Bronson Pinchot), are equally loathsome examples of puritanical masculinity, yet neither are a match for the manipulative games of Mary Wardell (Michelle Gomez), a mysterious, ever-watchful teacher on par with Severus Snape. Just as Sabrina’s pals debate the symbolism in their favorite movies, particularly “Night of the Living Dead”—which is referenced at the beginning only to later become unearthed, so to speak, toward the end—the show’s thinly cloaked commentary provides viewers with plenty to chew on. An episode deftly timed for Thanksgiving is chock-full of metaphorical subtext regarding the Native American genocide, while Principal Hawthorne voices the misogyny of men complicit in sexual abuse who label the #MeToo movement a “witch hunt.” Among the many shared understandings that exist between Sabrina and Harvey, one is the plight of being torn between two worlds. In Harvey’s case, it’s the world existing inside the local mine overseen by his father (Christopher Rosamond), and the one existing outside of it, above ground. Harvey’s dad may be the show’s most monstrous character of all, embracing a tragic occurrence as an opportunity to publicly shame his son while spewing propaganda about his chosen way of life, which is as destructive to the environment as the man’s words are to his family’s mental health. As a rebuke against the tribalism keeping witches and mortals apart, the program illustrates how their worlds really aren’t all that different from one another, and how Sabrina’s unwillingness to conform flies in the face of them both. 

With season two currently in production and slated for release next year, “Chilling Adventures of Sabrina” could theoretically join with “Riverdale” in creating its own comic book-based expanded universe. Aguirre-Sacasa already has ideal subject matter for a cross-over in the form of his Afterlife with Archie series, where the red-headed hero must team up with his buddies to combat a zombie apocalypse when it reaches their hometown. Sabrina’s town of Greendale is right next door to Riverdale, a fact mentioned only once this season, and that’s probably a good thing. Having the show debut on a network separate from the one airing “Riverdale” provided enough distance for it to have a tone and charm all its own, avoiding the pitfalls of interconnected exposition that mars many a Marvel vehicle. 

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If anything, “Sabrina” has more in common with the other seasonal 10-hour epic released on Netflix this month—Mike Flanagan’s riveting limited series, “The Haunting of Hill House”—yet their most glaring similarities aren’t worth replicating. Both shows incorporate cartoonish CGI (though “Sabrina” thankfully has far more practical effects) as well as use the repetitive refrain of “I have to fix this” so often in later episodes, it seems designed for a future Netflix drinking game. Weirdly enough, the best episode in each of the shows is the fifth one—both benefit from an ingenious structure that probes deeper into the minds of its characters. The longevity of Sabrina’s adventures has yet to be determined, but with Shipka and the gang signed on for the full ride, I’d gladly follow this witch to the moon and back.

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