#snapecase

[consistentsquash]

I need to make a real Snapecase rec post. But. Today's fic is insane.

[perverse-idyll]

I’m reminded by the fact I forgot to post about my latest chapter that Snapecase has been running for weeks now and I need to promote that, too! I’m participating in this round, along with a lovely group of writers and at least one artist. I’ve read most of the fics and commented on about half (I’m perpetually behind, this should not be news to anybody), and there are many fascinating, sometimes sad, sometimes perceptive and funny stories this year. The majority of the entries make for quick reading, and I never cease to marvel at new takes and new angles on each decade of Severus’s life. He is, shall we say, the gift that keeps on giving. The fest has at least a week of posting left, I believe. I highly recommend it, and not just because I signed up for it!

[titconao3]

Fandom: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Characters: Severus Snape, Tobias Snape, Eileen Prince Additional Tags: Community: snapecase, Child Severus Snape, Poverty, not very happy Words: 2280 Summary: Eileen and Tobias Snape take their six-year-old son Severus to a fair in Cokeworth.

One of my two fics for Snapecase 2023!

[goddess47]

Happy Birthday, Severus Snape!

As part of the celebration of Severus' birthday, SnapeCase (on Live Journal) has started posting fic.

There will be a fic a day until the mod runs out of works, but it usually runs 5-6 weeks.

Check it out here: https://snapecase.livejournal.com

[bulbasaurlife]

My entry for Snapecase 2023. Actually the original entry turned out way too green, something I didn’t realize until I saw it on my phone. Usually when mistakes happen I like to pretend they were on purpose, but I ended up going back and degreenifying him a bit. Not too much though, I do like my Snape to look a little green around the edges.

[houseofsnarry]

The Snape Showcase is back, baby! Click the link for all the details and rules and how you can participate. It's a fest hosted by iulia_linnea over on LiveJournal.

Also, wondering about the previous fests? Here are the links to the previous years' masterlists:  2011, 2012, 2013, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023.

The fest is in celebration of Severus Snape throughout his ages from birth to....well. We like to pretend around here he reached his golden years. Shhhh. That snake bite did nothing but leave a little scar and he's happily somewhere away from the adoring public (us), brewing his potions, and sending scathing letters to the editors.

"Gen, het, and slash fan works of any kind and of any rating are welcome."

We can't wait to see what our amazing community bring to the fest!

[snarrybang]

Want to have fun creating something Severus Snape-related to celebrate his birthday?

Head over to the Snape Showcase; pick an age-range, and have fun!

Gen, het, slash welcome! Fic & art welcome! Solo works or collabs welcome!

The Snape Showcase has been running for years; you too can be part of the adventure :D

[danpuff-ao3]

titC (here as @titconao3) is such a sweet human! She cares so much about this community and fandom, and it's such a blessing to have such passionate and kindhearted individuals around. She's also taken up the task of starting Snarry Bang (@snarrybang) this year, which I am super stoked about! We sure needed another Snarry fest around, and she had the dedication and verve to make it happen!

Not only all of this, but she's an excellent creator in her own right. Here are a few of my faves to get you started! Be sure to give her a follow and show her some love!

The Box

Petunia POV. Harry/Severus. Rated: T. Words: 6,274. Snarry Adopt-a-Prompt 2022.

Truly incredible and one of my favorite works of AAP this year! The work at humanizing Petunia, and making her actions not forgivable, but understandable, is everything I have needed from her. She is a human lady who loves and cares and who has screwed up big time. But you can really feel for Petunia, I think, and it's such a beautiful thing to see. Bonus points for having Snarry, too!

Years after she last saw Harry, Petunia and Vernon move back North. During the move, Petunia finds a mysterious box that she's all but forgotten... it stirs too many memories and emotions back to life.

The Fair

The Snapes. Rated: G. Words: 2,280. Poverty. Child Severus. Snapecase 2023.

This one broke my heart. It's not a happy story, but there are glimpses of joy in it. Glimpses of love and light in such a dark, rough life. titC has such a good grasp of human behavior and she does these characters such justice. If The Box showed us Petunia's human side, The Fair showed us Tobias'. He might not be a great man, but he's human all the same. A husband and father who does his best and who screws up royally all the same.

Eileen and Tobias Snape take their six-year-old son Severus to a fair in Cokeworth.

Lethe

Harry/Severus. Rated: T. Words: 18,572. Memory loss. Animagus. Secret Snarry Swap 2022.

Headmistress McGonagall sends her Groundskeeper, Harry Potter, to investigate a lone thestral in Brittany... Ancient magic, recurring dreams, old enemies, betrayals, family, love... ensue!

for an explanation about Mutuals March, or to figure out why i wrote you a thing, please check out this post.

[bulbasaurlife]

This is like the competent version of what I was trying to do for snapecase.

@snapeloveposts Snape Lives AU Week.

We all know our boy enjoying his beach life in Jamaica.

[milotzi]

Here's a mixed medium artwork I did as a present to the community for the reveal of the 2021 Snapecase over at LJ, which included lots of fantastic Snape fictions and art. It's called Dedushka Snape, as it was inspired by the Russian babushka dolls:

[consistentsquash]

HP Fic Recs! Snapecase Sunday!

Check out Snapecase! The fest is still going on. Lots of Snape centric fics/art! I didn't get the time to read everything but I got some recs from my reading. Definitely check out the fest for yourself.

5 fav fics with 5 different vibes.

Candles Lit Against the Dark

Pairing - McGonagall/Grubbly Plank.

Length - 11000 words

Vibe - Feel good with a happy ending. BANTER!!!!

Author's summary - It's been a few months since Minerva's retirement, and she'd promised Wil a dinner out. Before she knows it, friends start turning up on her doorstep and then at the pub, not least among them a certain spy who came in from the cold.

Rec - READ THIS! The longest fic of the fest iirc. But also the best! My favorite fic of 2023 so far!! Don't miss this fic! I love literally everything about it. The prose, the really sharp banter, the characterizations, the dynamics of their relationships. A lot of times we get to see the postwar setting when stuff is really raw or when they sort of got over it. This fic has a really low stakes premise of a retirement party but the undercurrents of their history/war is super present. The writing has this really precise balance where it feels light but it is at the same time dealing with tons and tons of complicated PTSD and messy baggage. ALSO SNARRY! Technically background Snarry but not really. It's right in your face. McGonagall's face I mean! :D :D ALSO THE BANTER! Sorry but not sorry! This is an ALL CAPS SCREAMING fic. Some real Seinfeld moments with the sharp banter.

Vibe quote

Wil wasn't a smirker, but it was a near thing. "Not that our dear old Skunk isn't capable of riding a bucking broom into the nearest cloud all on his own, but I did put the wind up his bristles. The therapeutic effects of working with the herd get raised now and then when we're out on the hillside and Severus is in a receptive mood. Harry being one of our lad's personal Boggarts – not that that's ever been a secret – I thought it worth mentioning his recent distress. Divorce and all. Gave my opinion that somebody ought to nudge the lad into beneficial activity."

Rec note - the fic that made me late for work. No regrets.

Womb

Pairing - gen, Phineas POV

Length - 2900 words.

Vibe - Angst with a happy ending. GENDER!!!

Author's Summary - Phineas revisits the question of legacy.

Rec - a solid premise of Found Family with a twist like A Christmas Carol. Phineas thinks his legacy is over because Sirius is dead. But he starts to accept legacy isn't about blood and "adopts" Snape. I mean. Sort of. Technically he saves Snape. I mean. It's complicated! Read it read it read it!!!! OMG!!!! It's a beautiful and eerie fic with lots of unforgivable magic which you forgive anyway because the motive is love. Also lots of gender. Definitely be careful with this fic if you have some gender dysphoria. It has a lot of detach/remove and some really clever techniques to kind of abstract the harder stuff so it doesn't feel dysphoric but these things can be YMMV. Phineas POV! He is super hard to sympathize with because he's pretty much into the purity thing. But you can definitely see where he is coming from and why/how he changes. ALSO SNARRY PRESLASH??

Rec note - So this fic has some serious Giger vibes. Giger designed the chestburster Alien in the Alien franchise. A strange combo of gender imagery.

Vibe Quote

And out came bursting a stick-shaped, sour-shaped man, bawling as only a newborn could, naked as something sprung from the mother, with pigment smearing him in afterbirth.

Some Semblance of Family

Pairing - gen, Eileen POV

Length - 2200 words.

Vibe - Angst with Glass Onion vibes!

Author's Summary - Eileen returns to Prince House on familial business.

Rec - Hardcore Snape fam angst. Really brilliant/sharp Eileen characterization. Love the character study. Also really loved the world building in the fic! Shortfic but does a lot with the word count! It's going to break your heart.

Vibe quote

Eileen realised that her great uncle was right, that she was wrong, that she had allowed hope, as usual, to poison her, and with a bitter, eldritch shriek, she began unburdening herself of her own searing disappointment.

The Watched Pot

Genfic with Snape POV.

Length - 2100 words.

Vibe - Angst!

Author's Summary -In the aftermath, Severus has no plan other than a potion.

Rec - I don't want to spoil the fic because the suspense is a big part of this fic. It's a brilliant Snape POV fic with super sharp characterization of Eileen and her relationship with her son. Heartbreaking. But ofc it's Snape. That's his thing!

Vibe Quote

"It's an old wives' tale, you know," Eileen says. "What is?" "That a watched pot never boils. Eventually, with enough time and heat, everything boils."

It was Magic

Pairing - Tobias/Eileen

Length - 1100 words

Vibe - SCHEMING!

Author's Summary -Tobias and Eileen's wedding day is the result of a magical connection.

Rec - OMG! This fic! Tobias and Eileen are big little liars!! Lots of intrigue/mystery/complicated motives. But you also feel for them and also feel really scared for their future/Snape's future. Super sharp writing which keeps you guessing nonstop!

Vibe quote

It's a small wedding because neither Tobias nor Eileen have any family, at least, that's what they've told each other.

[titconao3]

Fandom: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Characters: Severus Snape, Minerva McGonagall, Harry Potter, Ron Weasley Additional Tags: Community: snapecase, bit of angst, Bit of humour Words: 7567 Summary: Years after the war, a hand shoots out of the dirt. It turns out Severus Snape lives, after all. Sort of.

One of my two fics for Snapecase 2023!

[consistentsquash]

OOH! I actually know some of these fics! Really love MM's determination + follow through in Truths Found in the Art of Change. This is so OOTP and DH McGonagall.

Even if it's eleven years too late, Harry Potter will at last wake up knowing that she has a proper home, and Minerva wouldn't have it any other way.

Iirc I read Phoenix, Disinclined on Snapecase. Love how sensitive the writing is about the topics.

Adding the others to my TBR.

HP Rec Fest - Day 21

Prompt: A thought-provoking fic @hprecfest

Truths Found in the Art of Change

Characters: Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, Minerva McGonagall, Poppy Pomfrey

Pairing: Minerva McGonagall/Poppy Pomfrey

Creator: TransRights (Duskglass)

Rating: K/G

Warning: misgendering, mentions of dysphoria

Word Count: 3,009

Summary: it begins, time and again, with a girl and a book.

Why You Should Check It Out:

From the HP Trans Fest 2021, this is a gorgeous story of acceptance and love that includes one of my favorite tropes: Minerva as mentor. This time, however, her mentorship goes beyond the academic into areas of gender identity. The scene with BAMF!Minerva talking to Petunia made my little heart sing.

A Bit of Earth Beneath the Feet

Characters: Minerva McGonagall, Remus Lupin

Creator: lash_larue

Rating: T/PG-13

Word Count: 8,400

Summary: Sometimes a woman does what she feels is right, and neither asks permission nor looks back.

Why You Should Check It Out:

A marvellous portrait of friendship and of a wonderful teacher who leads a perceptive student to important decisions and realizations, and a tribute to real-life caring teachers.

Endings and Beginnings

Characters: Augusta Longbottom, Dobby, Hermione Granger, Irma Pince, Original Character, Severus Snape

Creator: delphipsmith

Rating: K/G

Word Count: 9,000

Summary: An ancient mystery and a modern one: do they hold one another's answers?

Why You Should Check It Out:

I do love fics that probe wizarding lore, and this one takes a deep and nuanced look at house-elf history and how things came to be as they were.

It's full of wonderful details and exquisitely drawn characters, and the gentle humor clothes some trenchant obeservations of wizarding society that ring true in today's real world.

The Phoenix, Disinclined

Character: Severus Snape

Creator: prolurk

Rating: K+/PG

**Warning: attempted suicide

Word Count:** 9,965

Summary: Severus Snape survived Nagini's attack. And he's not happy about it.

Why You Should Check It Out:

A difficult—and essential—story about a difficult subject. This is all about trauma and survivor's guilt, featuring a Severus who is not at all happy at having survived.

The author builds their tale carefully and respectfully, and perfectly captures Severus's progress from terror and bewilderment, through malaise, and then to (grudging) acceptance. The details of the therapy he undergoes to get there are perfectly drawn.

[goddess47]

"Oh, Sev," Eileen said. She wavered between being proud and sad for her boy.

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This was for Category One for Snapecase 2023 - Severus ages 0 - 10 that was originally posted on Live Journal.

[bulbasaurlife]

My submission for Snapecase 2021. I lost the original file for this too, so here's the compressed version.

[gawaincomic]

I don’t do Valentines, but here is a gloating Snape for your delectation :).

Third Snapecase entry - yes, this was a busy fest for me.