#snapey art

[madamestephanie]

If Snape was using Occlumency to shield his mind from Voldemort, why didn’t Voldemort become suspicious that Snape was hiding something since he couldn’t penetrate his mind with Legilimency?

It’s because Snape did something far cleverer than merely “shielding his mind” from Lord Voldemort.

As one can make out from their interactions, Snape seemed to be the only Death Eater whom Voldemort ever had any modicum of respect for. You don’t merit Lord Voldemort’s esteem by being incompetent or stupid. Snape clearly earned his spot as Voldemort’s most revered servant by proving himself and being the asset that he was.

See, Snape never lied to Voldemort. Snape knew that Voldemort’s skill in Legillemency would immediately alert him to duplicity, so instead, Snape only told Voldemort the truth.

When Voldemort first returned, Snape justified his initial absconding from the Death Eaters by saying that he thought Voldemort had been vanquished in Godric’s Hollow. In The Prince’s Tale, we learn that this is actually true. Snape thought Voldemort had gone, and it was only Dumbledore who insisted that he would one day return. Later, he told Bellatrix that Voldemort forgave him for impeding him in his plot to purloin the Philosopher’s Stone because he did not know Voldemort was the mastermind behind the enterprise, and only thought that “unworthy” Professor Quirrell (whom Snape hated for getting the Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher position) was trying to take the Stone for himself. Again, this turns out to be completely true.

Snape then spent 2 years “spying” on Dumbledore, and relayed what little he knew of the Headmaster’s activities to Voldemort. Dumbledore chose to keep Snape in the dark on most of his plots, which was actually (justifiably I might add) a source of great frustration for Snape. Then he killed Dumbledore just as Voldemort wanted.

Before the Battle of the Seven Potters, Snape gave Voldemort the correct date of Harry’s departure from Little Whinging. He correctly pointed out that Yaxley had been given a false trail, and truthfully divulged that the Order of the Phoenix distrusted the Ministry and the Auror office and wanted nothing to do with the institution. Re-read the scene from The Dark Lord Ascending in the books and pay close attention to the description of Voldemort’s body language. He hangs on to every word Snape says with great interest, and invites Snape to sit by his side. Meanwhile he ignores and then silences Yaxley (whom he shunts beside Dolohov), and expresses contempt for the Malfoys and Bellatrix by humiliating them. But Snape he holds in far higher regard, arguably valuing him more than anyone save for his beloved Nagini.

Voldemort was quite correct in recognizing Snape as an impressively talented and exceptionally intelligent wizard. He just never calculated that Snape’s cunning could be used against him. Even if Voldemort had decided to raid Snape’s mind, he would’ve found little of interest. Snape’s love for Lily Potter was already known to Voldemort (and he foolishly underestimated it, just as he did with Lily’s love for Harry), and the fact that he spent a great deal of time scheming with Dumbledore would not have perturbed Voldemort, but would’ve pleased him. That was literally the job that Snape was given; to earn Dumbledore’s trust and spy on him, and then relay his plans to Voldemort.

Snape’s deception of Voldemort is honestly one of the most underrated feats in the entire series, not necessarily because it was magically impressive (although it was), but because it was carried out so cleverly. As was made clear by his potion riddle all the way back in Philosopher’s Stone, Snape’s greatest talent was his cleverness, which so many wizards seem to lack. Hermione was quite right in recognizing Snape’s genius.

Snape fooled Voldemort with the truth, not with lies. That’s how he got away with it for so long.

Our Snapey has the brightest mind in the entire series, period. 🖤

[hbprophetie]

I'm selling little Snape goods with my art to support my daily life!✨

My fellow Snape fans! Long time no see, I hope you've been doing alright. I'm back once more, after what might be my longer absence on here so far.

I owe you an apologize, and even if I won't develop very deep on my personal situation, I wanted to give you some kind of explanations. I've been leaving far from home in Japan for more than 2 years now; last year, I started to work as a 2D animator for the anime industry in Tokyo, and got through a very difficult experience. Working culture in Japan is far from the one why might have in Europe or in the rest of the world, and the anime industry makes no exception; insane working schedules, very bad working conditions, no consideration of personal life and low salary are basically considered as the norm here. Sometimes I was shamed for only working +50 weekly hours and not commiting to work for free on weekends.

As I couldn't stand the toxic environement anymore, I finally moved to the Japanese countryside where I managed to find a little animation studio that works on my favorite series of all times: Pokémon. My collegues now are all very nice peoples, I feel accepted and respected despite the very rought working conditions; But above alI can now realise my dream and work and be implied on my childhood favorite anime.

However, I get close to no money from my long 6 working days week. I hardly pay the rent, and I rely on my savings for paying bills and food. I'm happy and I'm not in immediate danger: I have been saving money in preparation for this kind of cases for years before moving to Japan; However, I want to continue to pursue my dream and know that in the long run, I cannot afford to leave a life that doesn't allow me to move more freely and meet my family even if it's only one time in two years.

That's why I'm now trying and hope to develop a little side hustle to help cover the daily life expenses while developing my skills for creation and illustration. I have little to no visibility on social medias and it's difficult, but I want to trust time and would be extremely grateful in even a few of you could consider checking my work if interested. Of course I don't exclusively draw Snape, but I'm putting all of my heart in my recent illustrations including Pokémon fanart, food illustrations and sketches on the daily life in Japan. My main tumblr is https://lucie-foselle.tumblr.com/ , I also have a IG page called "tenma_draws_pokemon".

However, I have a little treat for you Snape fans: I recently come up with the idea of making postcard and stickers with some of my Snape fanarts. I'm pretty happy with the result and would like to propose you to get them if you want to either get a little Snapey decoration, want to share your love to another Snape fan, or support me and my work!

Everything is printed, signed and stamped on demand! Note that the colors and result might therefore look slightly different than the pictures. My stamp will also appear in the 2 darker background cards, as featured in the visuals bellow.

Everything is made by me, I print in a small local shop and look for the best quality as possible for the illustrations! I can ship worldwide from Japan, and it would be made with love, care and an immense gratitude.

✨ Poscards (4 patterns available now, can be seen on this Tumblr) ✨

Price: 3$/3€/3£ /pc, worldwide shipping included! ✨ I can make little discount if several items are bought.

Size: 10x14.7 (~3.9x5.7 inches)

The little pumpkin is part of a collection I have on my main illustration Tumblr, you can check at https://lucie-foselle.tumblr.com/)

✨ Stickers (Snape crest pattern) ✨

Price: 3$/3€/3£ /pc, worlwide shipping included! ✨

Size: ~5x6cm (~2.5 inches), might add holographic effect. ✨

You can contact me via DM here or on my IG, and payement is made via Paypal. I plan to launch my kofi page soon and might consider selling other goods and take commisions in the future if I feel like it could interest some of you! 💚 I can either draw and animate, still have to sort it all for 2025! 🤗

Note that I would do my best but I'm just starting to print and ship my art, there might be a little delay in the shipment and the goods might take up to 3 weaks to reach you. Plenty of non Snape pattern are also available so if you are interested do not hesitate to check or ask, my DM are open! 🤗

Even a little like, comment or share gives a lot of support. 💚 A huge thank you to all of you who would have read until now, and would show a little bit of support! ✨ Have a good rest of your week-end, fellow Snapers. 🐍

[hdowlpost]

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and the Owls:

[st-severus]

Severus Snape as Hamlet (??) Midjourney AI art

[banana-ge-ge]

Have a Snapey Christmas🎄✨

This was from the Snalendar last year! I guess I can post my full artwork now?

[ottogatto]

Oh. Ohh...

The first picture... I like the cream colors and the shadings, really soft and “consistent”. The pages of the closed books and the leather texture of the black book fascinate me somehow, and especially the light/shade on Snape’s left fingers (dunno why I love those details). Such warm colors for Snape, even the black is warm. It’s shiny but soft. I wonder if he’s in a private part of the library?

I think you drew him slumped on his desk while writing because that’s how he’d write when he was at his OWLs at 15? Poor Snape, that’s not good for his back and he’s gonna spill ink — plus he writes on books and sheets of paper already, he must be passionate about what he’s writing!

(Wait wat I hadn’t read the teens part, of course he’s the teen Severus with his nose on the paper here!)

For the second picture, my, I love the big, strong, black handles and because they’re tern, they don’t seem cold. Same thing for the stones, which are really polished and good-looking. I like the “crack in the wall” you made for his storeroom. The blue vial makes me think of an orange flower liquid we put in cakes X) For dungeons they don’t seem so cold and dark, it’s just mysterious and reeks of chemistry. I love the fumes too, the shade of greens (emerauld, turquoise and minty) completed by a touch of pink/purple ass well as the elegant, curling vapor that on metal, wood and stones. There’s white light coming on the stones behind , that goes well with the shadows of the room, so it’s still somehow connected to the “exterior”, it’s not a hole in the earth... don’t know how to explain xc

Here again, this looks like the pose of an official drawing of Snape over his desk in an illustrated HP book I think. Although Snape doesn’t look ugly (sorry) or menacing, here he just seems like a serious professor. I like the curl on his 4th finger on his left hand (listen I dont know why I like such details but I do—)

Tada. Had this on my mind to tell, your work is sooo good. Artists get faster and all, but it still had to take forever to draw this. Congrats!

(And they’re old drawings?! You must have got so good at painting o.o)

The Unseen

The Potion Master 

Rereading my favorite HP books.  Felt like sharing my old Snape’s artworks-  in his teens and manhood  💚

[sakuraganesan]

Collaboration with @duplicitywrites​​ and @minryll​​ for @waitingondaisies​ ​ 

Check out the fic here! 

I had fun drawing and colouring this 

[snapeislife]

Based on the excellent tags from this post by @sanentvr.

[the-witches-son]

no one can be elegant all of the time

[priorireverte]

Congratulations Snapey!

Your application for Severus Snape has been accepted. I really love how much depth and thought you put in to how his history and life shaped him in to the man he was when he died. I am so excited to see how he’ll be shaped by his untimely un-demise. If he ever gets past the initial panic and doomandgloom.

Please look to the checklist for the next steps and reach out if you have any questions!

OUT OF CHARACTER:

NAME & PRONOUNS: Snapey, He/Him

TIMEZONE:GMT

ACTIVITY LEVEL: Probably 2 paras a week with occassional explosions of activity flooding the dash

ANYTHING ELSE: Got a looooot of experience. Lots. Also my Snape is both a bad person and a good person because I read the books. I don’t know if this is the place for it, but Severus, being a product of the 1970s has a lot of internalised homophobia, and while, I, Snapey, like to think I’m pretty up to date on prejudice and privilege, this grumpy old turd isn’t. If I post something that’s ruining your ability to enjoy the RP even if it isn’t in the triggers list, or you’re not in the thread, let me know. I never want fun to become work.

CHARACTER DETAILS:

NAME: Severus Snape

BIRTHDATE: January 9, 1960

DEATHDATE: May 2, 1998

GENDER, PRONOUNS, and SEXUALITY: Male, he/him, probably heteroromantic, definitely bisexual but low self image, so get past that, suitors. He is comfortably male despite his more feminine aspects.

BLOOD STATUS: Half-blood

HOUSE ALUMNI: Slytherin

OCCUPATION: Returned

FACECLAIM: Adrien Brody/ Louis Garrel, either works, got plenty of age appropriate gifs. Got more sneers for LG tho :D

CHARACTER BACKGROUND:

POSTBELLUM:

At first Severus thought that what he was experiencing was the effects of a brain starved of blood and oxygen, combined with hypovolemic shock. Nothing made sense, but that was all well and good when he thought the world around him was a delusion. His behaviour at first was unusual, almost excitable. Every night he went to sleep, sure that this would be the time he never awoke and finally his consciousness would fade into the ether. Morning always came. And oddly, his dying neurons never provided an image of either of the two wizards he had served for more than half his life….nor did they show him the boy he’d made it his life’s work to protect in anything but scraps of conversation and images on newspapers. All in all the delusion was a strange one but it had to be false…didn’t it?

It started to become clear to him that this was not the case, and he was neither awaiting trial for his crimes nor being nursed back to health- the wound that should have been on his neck was not even visible, though sometimes he was sure he almost felt the sharp stab of Nagini’s fangs into his throat. Finally, he realised his position, and the old guarded Severus returned.

PERSONALITY: 

Severus’s personality appears to many to be a mystery. Equal parts anger and sadness, all held tight behind a number of walls. Deeply traumatised by the events of his childhood and youth, Severus hides a great deal, afraid to show too much of any emotion, lest it be considered weakness. The only emotion he allows himself to experience around others is anger, since his upbringing has told him it is the only feeling a man is allowed to have. Rage makes him feel for a moment to be powerful.

Severus is quintessentially Slytherin, despite what the late Albus Dumbledore may have implied with his heinous ‘sort too soon’ comment. Resourceful, practical, and driven, Severus has the makings of a great wizard. If only he had got his name into the history books for something else.

His strengths lie in logic, creativity, and problem solving, but he takes them too far at times, seeking to analyse and overanalyse every action. Looking too deeply for too long.

Severus, despite his former jobs as Head of Slytherin, and later, Headmaster, is not a leader. He has never been such, and never will be. He is solitary partially through choice, as he feels it more comfortable than to have to watch his words and wait for whatever fresh hell will be foist upon him.

His interaction with other living things has always been a weakness, be it plants, creatures magical and mundane, or other humans. He does not trust them and they often do not trust him. And considering all that he is….can you blame them?

BRIEF OVERVIEW OF FAMILY: 

Severus’ family comes in three parts.

His home, a muggle father tossed about on the sea of Thatcherism in the industrial north and a pureblood witch for a mother who had greater concerns than the welfare of her son. It was not a happy home, even though it had moments of brightness.

Lily Evans, his best friend during childhood and a lamplight in the dark of the almost slums of Cokeworth. Her effects on his character and personhood were immeasurable.

Lastly, the Death Eaters, and specifically those he was at school with. As a boy with nowhere to belong, caught between the bright academia of Hogwarts and the dingy grime of Cokeworth summers, the Death Eaters offered him something he had long craved. A disenfranchised, talented youth, he lapped up their promises and made one of the defining choices, and mistakes of his life.

HISTORY

Poor, working-class, neglected, too smart for his own good. Severus had the deck stacked against him at an early age. Despite that, or perhaps because of it, as the cliche goes, Severus succeeded monumentally in the Wixen world. A star Potioneer, an expert in the Dark Arts, an occumplished Occlumens. But those would be victories hard won, working twice as hard as his housemates, for scant praise.

While his childhood was grim, there was some hope, borne by Lily Evans. The girl was bright and vibrant and importantly, a witch. Severus did not know tthe manner of her importance on his future only that he was sure she would be a part of it.

The first stumbling block to their friendship was their Sorting, but even that did not yet spell doom. They still spent plenty of time together, exploring spellcraft and potions, though Severus’ interest was always very practical and with a Darker bent to it. Their housemates however, had different opinions. While Lucius Malfoy’s favour protected him for his first two years from much of the open Blood purity rhetoric by which point he had proved his worth to his housemates, it was always there in the periphery, and the poison dripped slowly into his ear, along with the promises of power and whispers of a world where he never had to deal with muggles like Petunia and his father.

Come his fifth year, in the dead of winter, his distrust for authority, bolstered by the lack of interference from his teachers into the campaign of bullying he had endured, hit a new peak. Not only had his terrorisers attempted to kill him (Severus surprisingly believed better of Sirius Black than to use an ignorant friend as a murder weapon- and worse of James Potter, sure that the other boy had only come along because of the consequences it would have on Remus Lupin’s continued freedom), but there was to be no speaking of the incident and certainly no real material punishment. Add in the stress of standardised testing and the pressure to prove himself every bit the wizard his mother’s blood made him, and once summer rolled around and the sun and blood was high, he lashed out at his stalwart friend, ending a seven year friendship in an instant.

He tried to make amends at first, but pushed away, sought some small comfort in the bosom of brotherhood. And soon enough he was standing shoulder to shoulder with them in a war. As time passed and he began to realise that the aims of this organisation, and more importantly, the methods, were not only distasteful but in direct opposition to those morals he still held, his loyalty began to waver. And once again, a push in the form of an overheard prophecy and Severus found himself knelt at Albus Dumbledore’s feet on a windy November night begging for mercy. For himself, but more importantly for his old friend, no faith in the man who had been his master.

And so began the cat and mouse game, where Severus was always the mouse, tossed between two cats, two masters. Adding to the stress of being a teacher barely older than his oldest students was the constant threat, the fear of discovery, and of the sword hanging above the Potter’s heads.

When news of the Halloween attack on Godric’s Hollow reached him, the bottom fell out of his stomach. He felt -and not for the first time- that perhaps his death at Remus Lupin’s hands in the Shrieking Shack at 15 had been fated, and it was this divertion from the tapestry woven for him that had lead to so much anguish. Certainly he felt like a dead man walking then. And all the worse for knowing that the real target of the attack had survived. It was in an attempt to make amends that he put his life into Dumbledore’s hands. He clung to the last shred of Lily inside himself and out.

Harry Potter- the boy who would occupy many of his waking moments. Even before the boy came to Hogwarts, before seeing the cocky, miniature James Potter sitting in his class, glaring at him with Lily’s eyes, Severus lay awake many nights wondering how the boy would turn out. He hoped, of course, for more of Lily. More of that bright, almost holy, goodness. Time and distance had toyed with his memories somewhat, so when he recalled Lily, he no longer thought of the arguments, or the paranoid way he had viewed her friends, or even his anger at her. A resigned grief and loss was what he felt. But Severus had never had the easy way of things, so when fateful 1991 rolled around, while he knew he was in for seven long years, he could never have predicted how long and how hard they would be.

Firstly, the boy had neither of his parent’s genius. He was lazy with his work and only too eager to play silly quidditch games, putting himself at risk and Severus into mild heart palpitations. Not only did he have to continue to worry about the safety record of his potions class, but watch an ever worsening parade of Defence against the Dark Arts teachers, and a worrying resurgence of the old ways in the Slytherin common room. He tried his best to be the teacher he had never had, but in loco parentis meant something different from his perspective, and he was a stern taskmaster. His colleagues, those he should have been able to bond with at least a little were all older than him, and somehow less mature. They were frivolous in many ways he could not afford to be, they seemed to have no idea of the depths to which mankind could sink, and they doted on Potter.

Three years and multiple apoplectic rages later, terror re-entered Severus’ life. A growing itch on his arm, a darkening Mark until at last, the thing Dumbledore had somehow known would come, came. The Dark Lord returned. And so did Severus. Now he was older, and less susceptible to the Dark Lord’s flattery and promises, but the knife’s edge he walked grew ever sharper the more he ingratiated himself into the Dark Lord’s graces, no longer part of what had once been akin to a family.

And so the Order was resurrected, but he didn’t belong there either, and no-one let him forget it. Nevermind that he was now not only supposed to teach the boy Potions-which he had no skill in- but also Occlumency -which he was even worse at. As the year grew darker, with an ever more invasive ministry presence, and an ever more combative pupil, he found himself removing more and more memories, reliving them each time he returned them to the cramped tense space in his mind. He could feel all he had worked so hard for crumbling beneath him; he was losing his Slytherins to a side he dare not tell them the cruel truth of, the boy he had promised to protect was increasingly reckless, and under it all, like a viper hiding in the long grass, was the very real threat of the rising Dark Lord.

When at long last, the Headmaster aquiesced to what had now become his yearly routine of applying for the Dark Arts post, he knew that a monumental shift in the balance was coming. And he was not wrong. Not only was he to protect Potter, but Draco Malfoy. He was now a trusted lieutenant of the Dark Lord, and almost sole confidant to Headmaster Dumbledore. Severus retreated further into himself, socially and mentally. He knew he did not know all that either wizard had planned, but he knew enough. He knew that he had been used even worse than he had thought. There was no protecting Potter for the memory of those lost, or the hope of those yet living, there was just …maintaining him. Until the time was right. Until the finl chess move, trading one piece for the black King. It ate away at him. Every time he saw Lily’s eyes in that hated face, and knew that the boy must die, had always had to die. And then clever Draco, letting Death Eaters into the school. And first he had to stun Flitwick, in the midst of a growing companionship, if not quite friendship, and then….on the tower…

It probably came as no surprise to his supposed allies that he had betrayed them. And though he now had as sure a position among the Death Eaters as any wixen, was now truly embraced by them. It felt dirty. He felt dirty. Every spell he cast, no matter which side it was for, no matter to what end. It was as if the smog of Cokeworth, kept at bay for so long had finally spread throughout his veins, curled around his nerves, even around his magic.

The office, gifted to him by men he held nothing but disiluusioned distaste for felt colder and lonelier than his self-imposed isolation in the Dungeons had. He had long felt alone, but never had he been so truly alone as when he sat, surrounded by long dead wixen who had held the post before him, in a school that had been more pain than home. But he endured. He had sworn to. It was perhaps the only thing he had left to cling to. And so he did what he could, to lessen the suffering of others, to save them where he could. And the whole year, he knew that should he choose, he could fall back in with the old crowd, could abandon the plans a portrait whispered to him. Could deserve the hate in every glance from old colleagues, every whisper from the students. Could be the traitor they all thought him.

Only stolen glances at a scrap of paper never meant for him and a torn photograph kept him alive those dark days. It was almost a blessing to be ousted from the castle. Almost. The boy was alive, though Severus knew it couldn’t last, mustn’t be allowed to last.

And then came the battle. The grass he had picnicked on torn up and the dirt churned into mud. The loft battlements brought down to rubble. And he couldn’t find Potter to tell him, if he even would have listened. Lucius gave him a summons from the Dark Lord, and unwilling to break cover when there was still a chance to find the boy, he answered it. Back in that dirty old Shack, back where he should have died at 15. And this time, 23 long, hard-fought years later, he did.

And in those final moments, blood and memories pouring from him, all that he was, muggle blood flooding out along with the wixen, left him, but at least, at that last moment, he saw her eyes again, and there was no hate to be found. A small comfort, but a comfort nonetheless. He hoped he had done enough.

OOC EXPLORATION:

WHAT ARE YOU MOST LOOKING FORWARD TO? Getting to flex my RP muscles in a seriously challenging environment, exploring a post-war Severus who isn’t free, who isn’t happy, and who has to once more adapt and survive.

ANYTHING ELSE?

The cot creaked as he sat up. Another day in this fresh hell. Only it couldn’t really be hell, because there were others here who didn’t deserve it. He closed his eyes briefly, but only briefly, because while there were safe people here, there were also very unsafe ones. 

His hypervigilance, forged as a child, sharpened during his school years and honed to a razor’s edge by his years of spying and supervising children around cauldrons served him well as he made his way towards the canteens, watching as another no-longer dead wixen was dropped off. The Unspeakables still hadn’t let on their plans or what they knew of these Returned. 

He waited patiently for some space, knowing he would feel safer with a cup of coffee in his hand, and less irritable to boot. As he poured his cup he turned suddenly, the hairs on the back of his neck standing up. He was being watched. He didn’t know if it was by friend or foe, not that he had many of the former. Severus almost hoped it was the latter. He had too often caught glances thrown his way that held an uncomfortable level of respect. 

Of course he wanted that, had always strived to be respected….but this was…not right. He drew his issued robes tighter about himself. The mug felt warm in his hand, and he slowly raised it and took a sip, peering from behind the greasy fringe at his fellow inmates, daring them to meet his gaze.

Show yourself…

[hdowlpost]

Masterlist of the 2023 @hdowlpost Winter Gift Exchange - Part One -

Here they are – all 132 owl gifts delivered by Snapey, Hedwig, Errol and Romwo to you – our wonderful @hdowlpost giftmakers, pinchhitters, owl helpers, readers and commenters.

Podfics @lumosatnight read [podfic] Better Late Than Never (PG | podfic | 3 minutes) for @wilfriede0815

@smirkingcat read [podfic cover] Besotted (G | podfic | 8.16 minutes) for @DrWhoIsGinnyHolmes @smirkingcat read [podfic] I Thought You'd Never Ask (PG | podfic | 16:20 minutes) for @DrWhoIsGinnyHolmes @smirkingcat read [podfic] A Gothic Christmas Patented Daydream Charm (NC-17 | podfic | 17:21 minutes ) for @vaysh @smirkingcat read [podfic] Ganz die Alten (PG | podfic | 13:50 minutes) for @vaysh

@wilfriede0815 read [podfic] Imagining Us (G | podfic | 46:48 minutes) for @hdowlpost community @wilfriede0815 read [podfic] the frenemies' guide to beekeeping (R | podfic, 30 minutes) for @porcelainheart @wilfriede0815 read [podfic] Lovesick (PG | podfic | 51:56 minutes) for @smirkingharlequin @wilfriede0815 read [podfic] Stubborn as a Cursed Vault (R | podfic, 8 minutes) for @stargazing-enby @wilfriede0815 read [podfic] Lost in Translation (PG | podfic | 11.08 minutes) for @hey-flynn

Memefics

@stargazing_enby creared Fic Moodboards and Meme Fic Recs (G | 2 moodboard and meme fic recs) for @flightinflame @stargazing_enby created Yours.: A Meme Fic Rec (G | meme) for @themightyflynn

Translations

@vaysh created [German translation] Wen die Schlange beschwört (PG | 1100 ) for @lumosatnight

Comment Reviews

@apricity wrote a Review for: A Deal Made To Be Broken (G | looong comment) for @inspired-being

@retiredunicorn wrote a Comment Review for "Curfew" (G | comment) for @porcelainheart

@retiredunicorn wrote a Comment Review of "Numb Little Bug" (G | comment) for @jadewritergirl

Beta Reading

@DrWhoIsGinnyHolmes beta'ed Everything in Its Place (G | 7608 words) for @flightinflame

Owl Package

@uncanny_cerulean packaged an Owl Package (G | tea and recipes) for @c-art

Fanbindings

@anaxandria-writes created [fanbinding] White, the colour of flowers (not rated | craft, fanbinding) for @lumosatnight @anaxandria-writes crafted [fanbinding] Eye of the Storm (G, fic not rated | fanbinding) for @stargazing_enby @anaxandria-writes created [fanbinding] Who? Who? It's Vaysh (not rated | craft, fanbinding) for @vaysh

Podfic Covers

@lumosatnight created [podfic cover] Better Late Than Never (G | podfic cover ) for @wilfriede0815

@priestlyvance created [podfic cover] Lovesick (G | podfic cover) for @smirkingharlequin @priestlyvance created [podfic cover] Lost in Translation (G | podfic cover) for @themightyflynn

@queeniejinny created [podfic cover] the frenemies' guide to beekeeping (G | podfic cover) for @porcelainheart @queeniejinny created [podfic cover] Stubborn as a Cursed Vault (G | podfic cover) for @stargazing_enby

@smirkingharlequin read [podfic cover] Besotted (G | podfic cover) for @DrWhoIsGinnyHolmes @smirkingharlequin created [podfic cover] I Thought You'd Never Ask (G | podfic cover) for @DrWhoIsGinnyHolmes @smirkingharlequin created [podfic cover] A Gothic Christmas Patented Daydream Charm (NC-17 | podfic cover) for @vaysh @smirkingharlequin created [podfic cover] Ganz die Alten (PG | podfic cover) for @vaysh

@wilfriede0815 created [podfic cover] Imagining Us (G | podfic cover) for @hdowlpost community

Moodboards & Playlists

@bererjs created A Wonderful Suprise (G | moodboard) for @queenie-jinny

DrWhoIsGinnyHolmes created Drarry Comfort Playlist (PG | playlist) for @drarrymyheart

@kitty_fix created [moodboard] You're all I can think about... (G | moodboard) for @moonpeachh

@lumosatnight created [Moodboard for] Are we falling like snow on the beach (G | moodboard) for @legendrarry

@moonpeachh created [moodboard & playlist] Mine (R | moodboard | playlist) for @DrWhoIsGinnyHolmes

Craft

@c_art created https://archiveofourown.org/works/50546650 (G | craft) for @inspired-being

@DrWhoIsGinnyHolmes created Crafts on the Go (G | craft) for @anaxandria-writes

@DrWhoIsGinnyHolmes wrote Crafts on the Go (G | cushy laptop/book sleeve) for @anaxandria-writes

@DrWhoIsGinnyHolmes created Soft Scarf (G | craft) for @drarrymyheart

@meowfoy created Drarry in Love (G | pop vinyl craft) for @ItsPhantasmagoria

@queennie-jinny created [Owlbox] 12 days of Drarry mini-advent calendar (G | craft, fannish knitting) for @ladderofyears

@themightyflynn created An Almost Kiss (G | craft) for @apricitydays-lazynights

@themightyflynn created Hogwarts: A History (G | craft, sketchbook) for @c-art

@themightyflyy wrote Harry Potter Bookmarks (not rated | craft) for @inheartofwinter

Art and Comics

@apricity created Banish the Cold (G | art, linocut) for @digtheshipper

@c-art created Coffee and kisses (G | art and craft) for @jadewritergirl

@c-art created Snowed In (G | art and craft) for @KatIsSleeping

@digtheshipper created A Festive Journey from Friends to Lovers (G | festive art) for @dodgerkedavra

@digtheshipper created Best Friends Dating (G | art) for @flightinflame

@digtheshipper created (Almost Time For) The First Christmas at the Burrow (G | art) for @KatIsSleeping

@digtheshipper created Package Delivery (G | art) for @pheaphilus

@inheartofwinter created Movie Night at the Malfoy-Potter House (G | art) for @meowfoy

@ItsPhantasmagoria created [Owl Banner] Best Holiday Family Photo Ever (G | banner art) for @hdowlpost community

@ItsPhantasmagoria created Warm Me Up (G | art) for @kitty_fic

@ItsPhantasmagoria created Claiming (NC-17 | art) for @queenie-jinny

@ladderofyears created Breakfast in Bed (G | art) for @apricitydays-lazynights

@ladderofyears created Baking Together (G | art) for @peachydreamxx

@legendrarry created Ho-Ho-Harry! (G | fancomic) for @starquestingfordrarry

@legendrarry created Dining with the Devil - The Daily Prophet. (not rated | poster, art) for @uncanny_cerulean

@littewinnow created A Parliament of Owls (G | art) for @kitty_fic

@littlewinnow created Mistletoe Kisses (NC-17 | art) for @maraudersaffair

@peachydreamxx created Conflict Resolution (R | art) for @pheaphilus

@peachydreamxx created The Purrfect Boyfriend (G | cat comic) for @sitaz

@peachydreamxx created The First Morning (PG | art) for @threading_fate

@porcelainheart3 created Promises, Promises (G | fancomic) for @c-art

@porcelainheart3 created I was told there would be fondue (G | art) for @digtheshipper

@porcelainheart3 created Codswallop (G | art) for @sitaz

@retiredunicorn created No Coat (G | art) for @bererjs

@threading_fate created Intimacy with Your (R | art) for @maraudersaffair

@starquestingfordrarry created Phallus impudicus (NC-17 | art) for @dodgerkedavra

@starquestingfordrarry created Muggle Studies, Lesson 1: Recreation (G | art) for @inheartofwinter

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[palatefor-strangeremedies]

Name ten favourite characters from ten different things (books, tv, film, etc.), then tag ten people!

tagged by: @bunny-bopper @madfantasy

I gonna spam showcase my other art cause y’all rarely see me draw anything other than Snapey boy 😂 

1. Severus Snape (Harry Potter) 

2. Shay Cormac & Haytham Kenway (Assassin’s Creed) I can’t choose

3. Jinguji Jakurai (Hypnosis Microphone)

4. Niles (The Nanny)

5. Evil Reptilian | Luchino (Identity V)

6. Maxwell | William Carter (Don’t Starve)

7. Sportacus & Robbie Rotten (Lazy Town)

8. Xibalba (The Book of Life) 

I don’t have art for these two but

9. Loki Laufeyson (MCU)

10. Sergei Dragunov (Tekken) 

Yes, I have a type. No, don’t call me out on it.

I tag @allthepandasintheworld @snapologist @thegreatsnapescape @drawing-cookie @vivalarev @the-witches-son @mstumbllreyes @sneezy-s  @aceceptional and whoever wants to do it! Say I tagged you!

[banana-ge-ge]

Merry Christmas! 🎄✨

This is a sneakpeak of my art for 2019 Snalendar by @snalendar-snofficial ! We're doing this for childhelp charity, you can donate to get this calendar in digital copy.

Click here for more information!

[mimminalu-blog]

I think, if we want to look for Snapes in art, we better look for renaissance paintings - lots of lovely noses and strict buttoned up robes... well, third and last ones are not black-haired but i find them soooo snapey... 

[snapeislife]

Been wanting to draw him in a turtleneck since I wore a black one on Monday.

[the-witches-son]

Severus in a snuggly blanket bc he deserves it?

the history books forgot about us, and the bible didn’t mention usnot even once