Snupin Santa recs 4/4
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salineaLast round of SnuSa fic recs :
A Haunting of Two (R)
There are things that haunt us, and then are are things that haunt.
This is a very original fic. Extremely well crafted and built. It successfully build an atmosphere of eeriness and disquiet worthy of a horror story. The depiction of Snape and Remus' relationship, with its fragility, its "unsaid" is beautiful and very interesting.
Never Mind the Buzzcocks (R)
A story in which we see the world of late 70’s Manchester, and young Severus and Remus’ adoration and emulation of the Sex Pistols. We see this world in two ways. Through Severus’ eyes in the main body of the story and the ‘crackier’ side, through Remus’ various attempts at pulp fiction writing. His work though often clichéd, crosses many genres: Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Western, Horror and Crime Noir Fiction. He hopes you will forgive him, he’s still learning y’know.
This story is genius. It's exhilarating, it's clever, it's original, it's imaginative, it's real. Snape's characterization is AWESOME (he's a genius! Everyone is wrong, he's always right!) Remus is very, very awesome too (he annoys Snape! He has blue hair! He has a van!) And there's Peter and Regulus and Tobias and Lucius and James and Lily and everything! The writing is funny and clever and right on tone! The relationship building is great and believable, the sex and UST is hot! The plot is good! The background of the period is convincing and submerging!The thematics are great! Everything is great! What are you waiting for? Go read!
Boy's True Confessions (NC-17)
(A/U) Myrtle? Went on to sing for the Magic Mambo Moaners. Tom? Not so lucky, poor lad. Charisma - yup. Power - sure. Parselmouth? Oops. It is now 1977 and a strange new world. . . where Remus Lupin and Severus Snape find themselves reluctant roommates at university.
Not only is the A/U crafted extremely clever and interesting, the setting of a Wizarding University awesomely detailed and described and very believable, but the characterization is to die for. The world is suitingly dystopian even without dear old Voldemort's war. Because this is the 70's, and it's the Wizarding World and its splendid hypocrysy, and our boys are gay. I really love the work made around the Homophobia of the time, and the magazine Boys' True Confession. All of it rings extremely true and as a result is deeply touching. And the dialogues between Remus and Severus is great, very snappish and mean and fun to read.
Dark Wizards Anonymous (NC-17)
Post-War, Severus and Remus are both leading free but unsatisfying lives. A Ministry-run counselling group for Dark Arts Addicts brings them together and gets Severus thinking that it's about time he started enjoying his retirement.
This is crack of the best kind, full of ground-rolling worthy details and hilarious lines. I can't do much more than urge you to read it quickly because telling more would be spoiling the humour of it all. But it's full of goodies, priceless secondary characters (I especially loved Arthur as moderator of the Dark Wizards Anonymous circle, Rabastan as a recovering DE, Lucius and his bouncy hair, Hermione as herself!)
Night Blind (NC-17)
Lupin has put Snape in a very awkward position. Snape returns the favour.
This is a delicious and delightful dark story. Remus prisonner to the DEs in the hands of Snape for interrogation. Snape is exquisitely ambiguous there, on the edge of a razor line, possibly somewhat insane. Definitly trying to protect Remus but not so much that he wouldn't hurt him. Or... ? The characterization are excellent, the writing top notch. If you like dub con and non con (read the warnings), you'll find this very hot, too.
And finally...
T'was the Night Before... (PG-13)
They say that dead men tell no tales. They're wrong.
My fic! *squees*
I requested a first war story, and the writer delivered beautifully. The writing is extremely lovely and fluid, the atmosphere intense and melancholic. You can feel the layers of Remus and Severus' background, the events from the war adding layers of exquisite complexity to their interaction. I also love the structure of the story, how it's told by a third person who observes them, who this person is, that's the a 1st person fic (and the writer really makes that work, which is not always easy). This is a short work, but it's got a lot of density and a wonderful bittersweet interaction between Remus and Severus.
Go, read, and leave a review!
A Haunting of Two (R)
There are things that haunt us, and then are are things that haunt.
This is a very original fic. Extremely well crafted and built. It successfully build an atmosphere of eeriness and disquiet worthy of a horror story. The depiction of Snape and Remus' relationship, with its fragility, its "unsaid" is beautiful and very interesting.
Never Mind the Buzzcocks (R)
A story in which we see the world of late 70’s Manchester, and young Severus and Remus’ adoration and emulation of the Sex Pistols. We see this world in two ways. Through Severus’ eyes in the main body of the story and the ‘crackier’ side, through Remus’ various attempts at pulp fiction writing. His work though often clichéd, crosses many genres: Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Western, Horror and Crime Noir Fiction. He hopes you will forgive him, he’s still learning y’know.
This story is genius. It's exhilarating, it's clever, it's original, it's imaginative, it's real. Snape's characterization is AWESOME (he's a genius! Everyone is wrong, he's always right!) Remus is very, very awesome too (he annoys Snape! He has blue hair! He has a van!) And there's Peter and Regulus and Tobias and Lucius and James and Lily and everything! The writing is funny and clever and right on tone! The relationship building is great and believable, the sex and UST is hot! The plot is good! The background of the period is convincing and submerging!The thematics are great! Everything is great! What are you waiting for? Go read!
Boy's True Confessions (NC-17)
(A/U) Myrtle? Went on to sing for the Magic Mambo Moaners. Tom? Not so lucky, poor lad. Charisma - yup. Power - sure. Parselmouth? Oops. It is now 1977 and a strange new world. . . where Remus Lupin and Severus Snape find themselves reluctant roommates at university.
Not only is the A/U crafted extremely clever and interesting, the setting of a Wizarding University awesomely detailed and described and very believable, but the characterization is to die for. The world is suitingly dystopian even without dear old Voldemort's war. Because this is the 70's, and it's the Wizarding World and its splendid hypocrysy, and our boys are gay. I really love the work made around the Homophobia of the time, and the magazine Boys' True Confession. All of it rings extremely true and as a result is deeply touching. And the dialogues between Remus and Severus is great, very snappish and mean and fun to read.
Dark Wizards Anonymous (NC-17)
Post-War, Severus and Remus are both leading free but unsatisfying lives. A Ministry-run counselling group for Dark Arts Addicts brings them together and gets Severus thinking that it's about time he started enjoying his retirement.
This is crack of the best kind, full of ground-rolling worthy details and hilarious lines. I can't do much more than urge you to read it quickly because telling more would be spoiling the humour of it all. But it's full of goodies, priceless secondary characters (I especially loved Arthur as moderator of the Dark Wizards Anonymous circle, Rabastan as a recovering DE, Lucius and his bouncy hair, Hermione as herself!)
Night Blind (NC-17)
Lupin has put Snape in a very awkward position. Snape returns the favour.
This is a delicious and delightful dark story. Remus prisonner to the DEs in the hands of Snape for interrogation. Snape is exquisitely ambiguous there, on the edge of a razor line, possibly somewhat insane. Definitly trying to protect Remus but not so much that he wouldn't hurt him. Or... ? The characterization are excellent, the writing top notch. If you like dub con and non con (read the warnings), you'll find this very hot, too.
And finally...
T'was the Night Before... (PG-13)
They say that dead men tell no tales. They're wrong.
My fic! *squees*
I requested a first war story, and the writer delivered beautifully. The writing is extremely lovely and fluid, the atmosphere intense and melancholic. You can feel the layers of Remus and Severus' background, the events from the war adding layers of exquisite complexity to their interaction. I also love the structure of the story, how it's told by a third person who observes them, who this person is, that's the a 1st person fic (and the writer really makes that work, which is not always easy). This is a short work, but it's got a lot of density and a wonderful bittersweet interaction between Remus and Severus.
Go, read, and leave a review!