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Self Publisher You scored 43 Creativity, 50 Clarity, 60 Motivation, and 30 Disciplin!

You have something to say, but you aren't sure what it is or how to say it. You'll get published, even if you have to start your own publishing company to do so. If you manage to do well then a large publishing house might 'discover.' you someday. Try to read more and see if that helps.

My test tracked 4 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender: You scored higher than 40% on Creativity You scored higher than 51% on Clarity You scored higher than 91% on Motivation You scored higher than 0% on Discipline

Link: The Writer's Test written by jallen42 on OkCupid Free Online Dating, home of the 32-Type Dating Test

They want me to read more than I do ? Are those people for real ? If I didn't read so much I might actually get some writing done ! Urgh.

Anyway, if anybody wondered where I disapeared, but connection wasn't working for the last two days. I have a gazillion fics to catch back on. *hops off*

Snupin Prophet recs 2/2

Hello again. Here are my second string of SnapexLupin fics recommendations.

Imperfect by anneline
One of the thing I love about this story is that it takes place in a very unpopular timeframe for this pairing : during the first war (the only other fic I know that uses that is Spy by snegorucha_lee... ).
The other thing I love about this fic is the whole ambiance : the uncertainty, the awkwardness. It captures the ambiguities of that era perfectly. It's the beginning of fall 1981 and Lupin and Snape meet at random, then sex happens.
It's not a very romantic story. There's awkward conversations and sex. There's a lot of humour and delightful characterization. It's got a faint trace of hope, all the more heartbreaking given the context of the time frame. Both Remus and Severus feel incredibly real as characters.

"It had been stupid to follow Snape that day and stupider to return. But Lupin had this- this something he wanted; it burned and pounded in his throat. Besides these days Lupin was convinced it was easier to trust an enemy than a stranger, that's how turned around everything was. And he could never think of Severus as dangerous, just the creepy boy who followed him everywhere at school. Snape, rumoured to know more curses than Grindelwald - harmless. Stupid of me, thought Lupin, or arrogant more like."

Living Legend by ebonlock is one of the very few Maraudeur era Snupin fic I can believe in. It's a rather wicked little story, sexy and clever and fun.
The story ? "Snape decides he needs some "hands-on" experience and chooses Remus as his very special study partner. But there's more to these extracurricular activities than meets the eye."
I love how this fic captures the spirit of the Slytherin house. I love how Severus and Remus relate differently to their sexuality. And I guess it just pleases my strange sense of humour.


Even the Moon and its prequel Nothing by busaikko
I have the highest respect for busaikko's fic in general. This one I adore especially because it turns around one of the fanon trope for this pairing. In this story, it's Remus who is the reserved and private one who doesn't welcome romantic involvement. And Severus who is the one who knows his feelings and pursues Remus. And it's perfectly in character.
The style is gorgeous, lyrical, witty, and heartbreaking. The relationship between them is drawn beautifully, realistic, somewhat bitter, but not without hope.

"It has always been unspoken between us that our relationship is a day-by-day affair of convenience. During the war that was sensible. Now I sometimes find myself, when out shopping, half-unconsciously looking for the perfect gift, something with the presence and weight to hold him down, to keep him here. With me. Yes, I do know how pathetic that sounds, and I restrain myself admirably. The amusement in his eyes when I have given him things in the past was painful enough. Sometimes I think I should never have given him my heart. I know, that like all my other gifts, he will leave it when he goes."

Snupin Prophet Recs 1/2

Hello, I'll be your reccer for the month of June. I hope you'll enjoy my choices (and that you'll find gems you hadn't read before).

Prisoner by crise_cardiac is a pretty recent story that might have been relatively overshadowed by the fact it was posted in the middle of the month of December. For shame at it is an dazzlingly beautiful dark story with brilliant characterizations.
Post HBP, Remus is captured by Fenrir, but Severus claims him as reward. The confrontation that follows is nasty, violent, intense and hot. This is a Remus with a backbone and a good dose of anger for Snape. Snape himself is deliciously dark, ugly and haunted. The end result is hatesex, ambiguous con and a writing wonderfully chiselled.
Excerpt :

Severus, though. Severus is foul and rotten and everything in between. He could gouge those dead eyes out, kiss the sightless sockets like a doting mother, and still be immaculate compared to the monster crouched between his legs with swollen lips and saliva still connecting them. Sparring back and forth has always been his life with Severus. Now there is no reason to hold back. The Death Eater wants a game? Remus can play, too. He just has to figure out the damn objective.

Number Theory by lydialovestruck is a classic example of the best pervy_werewolf's Lust Month of May can give us (if you were yearning for even more after this year's excellent porny epics ;)

In 31 chapters, full of smut and kink, the writer explores a-chronologically Remus' sexuality from youngest accidents to finding eventually love, while going through some rather wild experiments. The characterizations, as well as the rather unique mode of narration are very interesting. When I first read it felt to me to be very sexually adventurous (though by now it might fade compared to the daily porny-goodness of the HP fandom) but in a way that was often deep and shed very interesting lights on the characters, relationships and sex. This is a story with several OCs which work very well. Another of its virtue is that it tells us about Remus' life in the obscure yeas between Voldemort's first war and PoA.
Though the story features several RemusxOthers and SeverusxOthers pairings, it's definitely a SeverusxRemus story all around and builds their relationship in a very believable and touching way.


For something a bit lighter :
Shopping List, Reading List, To-Do List by musigneus is a very funny and delightful sequence of short fics featuring one of slightly more obscure cliché of the pairing : Severus asking for a rather... personal input from Remus to use as potion ingredient. That fic is witty and plays out wonderfully with the best kind of banter Remus and Severus lend themselves to. The sex is also extremely hot and teasing. And of course, as always with musigneus the characterization is spotless.