Black and Blue

I posted this meme the other day, in which I invited people to name a character from an array of fandoms (Harry Potter, Pet Shop of Horrors, House, Jeeves & Wooster or any of the Star Treks except for Enterprise), and in return, I would supply some backstory or a take on how I see/interpret the character. I posted it as a bit of fun, but it's actually proved to be a very good writing exercise for me, so I thought I'd gather the responses here (cleaned up a little) for those who haven't seen them.

( Three Facts about Minerva McGonagall )


( Five Things That Never Happened to Ronald Weasley )


( Three Facts about Rowena Ravenclaw )


( Five Things That Never Happened to Lisa Cuddy )


( Three Facts about Elim Garak )


( Why Data is Awesomecakes )


( Three Facts about Jean-Luc Picard )


( Three Facts about Luna Lovegood )


( Why Q-Chan is Awesomecakes )


( Three Facts about Madeline Bassett )


( Why Gul Dukat is Both Awesomecakes and Awful )


( Three Facts about Severus Snape )


( Three Facts about Julian Bashir )


( Three Facts about Bertie Wooster )


( Three Facts about Reginald Jeeves )


If you'd still like to play along with the game, just drop a comment asking for a character from one of the fandoms listed and suggesting which letter you'd prefer!

Myspace Happy Birthday Comments & Graphics

Happy Birthday, my dear! Thank you so much for all the lovely things you do for fandom, not least being the mastermind behind the_new_library and tnl_awards. In honor of the occasion, I've written you a drabble a series. A very, very smutty drabble series. Actually, it has no plot whatsoever.

Where else but on the internet can you essentially say, "Happy Birthday! I made you some porn"? :D It's humorous porn though, or at least I hope it is.

Anyway, it's basically the 'missing' lemon that comes between my previous drabble series, Backwards and in High Heels and What to Expect When Your Husband's Expecting—in other words, now you get to find out just how Severus got himself in that situation. Obligatory warning for gender bending here!

Er... I hope you enjoy it. If you hate it, I'll write something else for you! I hope your day has been as fabulous you deserve.

You know, I really can't believe I was worried that this week was going to be dead. I've been blown away by the response we've had on portus_envy, and for those of you flisters who are coming back home now, I do urge you to check out the comm when you return. There's been an explosion of creativity, and I'm so proud of the way people have stretched their boundaries, formed new connections and generated a tidal wave of good work. It's a great thing to watch.

It's times like this when I really, really love fandom. ~hugs Portus Enviers~

Of course, I'm also dead tired. This mod stuff is hard work! I solemnly vow to never take the awesomeness of mods for granted ever again.

I don't think it would be very seemly of me, as a mod, to pluck out stuff for recs; it's all fantastic, and I urge you to read/enjoy it all. However, I'll take some time to point out those fabulous pieces that have been written for my prompts, and the pieces that I've managed to post so far.

Written for me or my prompts:

*juniperus wrote a beautiful, moving Severus/Minerva piece, When You Care Enough to Send the Very Best (SS/MM), based on my prompt of "an apology."
*machshefa (who is amazing in so many ways) wrote a delicious drabble for my prompt of "SS/HG, playing hard to get"in her drabble series, Transported (SS/HG).
*ferporcel wrote the enchanting Nymph (SS/LL) for me, based on my request for Snuna, and the prompt "blowing bubbles."
*On Insane Journal, angela_snape wrote a grin-inducing drabble for my prompt of "Snarry and a road trip": A Muggle Holiday.

I wrote:

*Strange Alchemy (SS/LM, Mature), for mundungus42, who requested sexy, languid Severus/Lucius.
*The Lady in Red, or: How Severus Snape Finally Got Lucky (SS/HG, PG-13), for dreamy_dragon73, who asked for SS/HG involving a slinky red dress.
*Détente (Severus/Harry, PG-13), for angela_snape, who asked for Snarry, chocolate and suggestiveness, and got something that has Severus, Harry and chocolate, but somehow wound up being more gen/pre-slash after it got all tangled up in Severus and his unresolved issues.

Whether you've partied at Portus or portus_envy, I hope you've all had a brilliant weekend to remember. portus_envy won't be going away, even after Portus is finished, because so many people are still writing to prompts and having fun.

...besides, Terminus is coming up, and not everybody can go to that, either. *g*

It's been months since I last posted a drabble collection, and I've got... oh, a fair few old drabbles saved up. So here's a post putting them all together in one place. As always, they're a mixed bag of pairings, ratings and sources--some are from snape100, others from various Last Word Challenges--but the common thread is Snape, Snape, Snape. Ratings range from G to PG-13, while pairings include SS/HG, Snarry, Snape/Luna and, in a first for me, Snape/Molly. There are also a few drabble duos and trios in this set. The drabbles themselves are labeled as to more specific content.

Enjoy!

( Drabbles behind the cut )

Seriously, I'm sorry for the spamming. Last post, I promise!

Title: Wholly to Be a Fool
Author: bluestocking79
Rating: PG-13
Pairings: Eileen Prince Snape/Tobias Snape, whisper of Severus Snape/Draco Malfoy
Word Count: 9700
Disclaimer: These characters aren’t mine; they’re the property of J.K. Rowling. "since feeling is first" is by e.e. cummings and is also not my property.
Summary: At the age of 65, Eileen Prince Snape is as surprised as anyone to find that she’s finally developed an interest in being anybody’s wife or mother.
Author’s Notes: Written for femmequixotic for the inaugural round of the HP Beholder Fest. The story does require a slightly different reading than the usual for the Snape family backstory, but one that I think can be largely supported by canon. I especially owe thanks to my betas, Drachenmina and Duniazade, for being speedy, insightful, supportive and willing to call me out on my stupidity when I needed it. This wouldn't be half the story it is without them.


( Wholly to Be a Fool )

Reluctantly, I had to set aside one of my Trading Places stories, because it's still clogged up in a frustrating way and I think the story and I need to take a break from one another. It was preventing me from working on my other things on a deadline, so even though I feel horribly guilty about it, it had to be done. I will get back to it; I just want to finish it well.

In any case, it seems to have worked, because I've been writing tons over the weekend and into this week. This is good news for my Snarry Games and hp_beholder stories, and my PSoH story for the Ides of March is nearly finished, too. Isn't it amazing how one troublesome story can sap all your creative energy? All that guilt and frustration was like a millstone around my neck. Now that I've given myself permission to step back, I feel rejuvenated creatively.

This creativity has also expressed itself in the form of a little drabble series that I wrote for grangersnape100. I originally imagined one or two drabbles, but it ran away with me and before I knew it, it was a story. I must warn for gender-bending and mpreg, but honestly, it's not as bizarre as it sounds. Really. You can read it here, if you haven't already seen it: Backwards and in High Heels. A sequel might be up by tomorrow; it's already partially written.

So, this is what I have been doing, aside from cursing about a) snow and b) having to be back in class and at work. Hopefully, I'll have something more interesting to post later this week. In the meantime, have a meme from mundungus42:

Please post a comment with an entirely fictional and made-up memory of you and me. It can be anything you want - good or bad - as long as it is fake. When you're finished, post this little paragraph on your blog and be surprised about what people don't actually remember about you.

( The French Connection, Part II )

Title: The French Connection, Part 1
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: ~11,000
Summary: Hermione and Severus have each come to Paris in search of themselves. They find each other instead.
Disclaimer: Severus Snape and Hermione Granger do not belong to me. Neither does the city of Paris. I wish they did, but in the meantime, I’m just having some fun and mean no harm.
Notes: Written for the Winter Round of the SS/HG Exchange. Set post-DH but EWE, so that our hero and heroine can be together and free of Weasleys. Many of the places described in this story are very real, but certain details have been changed. Unfortunately, Carte Blanche exists only in the imagination of a few select people.
Acknowledgments: A thousand thanks to melusin_79, who Brit-picked, beta-read and kept me from making some embarrassing mistakes. duniazade and textualsphinx also deserve my gratitude for their inspiration, their brainstorming, their expertise and their encouragement. Any mistakes belong to me; anything you like is a result of their hard work.

( The French Connection, Part I )

I have shocked myself by writing my very first PWP. Not only is it my first, it's sort of a threesome. I guess I don't do anything halfway, do I? *g* I wasn't certain that I had it in me, but it was actually sort of fun to write something so different.

I wrote it for Lupin_Snape's "Trading Places" fest, and the story was written to accompany osmalic's very hot art, Only Walls (NWS, Snupin + Lily). The fic itself is NC-17 (perhaps obviously), and features both Snupin and Snape/Lupin/Lily.

Obviously it won't be everybody's cup of tea, but if you are interested and not allergic to slash, it's up right here: Come Undone.


Also, I haven't been around all that much these last few days because I've been busy with school-related reading. Also, the writing bug had bitten in a good way, and I'm busy working on covering all my commitments, fest and otherwise. At the rate I'm going, I just might catch up with all my work after all!

( Chapter 3, in which D gives fashion tips, Leon gives sound advice and Snape gives lousy customer service. )

( Chapter 2, in which Jill feels sympathy, Minerva feels guilty and Snape feels sorry for himself )

A few months ago, lithiumdelusion posted a wonderful little crossover ficlet for me called "Let Them Eat Cake", which featured D, Leon, and most especially Jill and Severus Snape. There aren't many crossovers between HP and PSoH, and I thought it just begged for a sequel. She asked if I wanted to collaborate on one. Sure enough, I did, the project was titled Wanderlust, and we recently posted the third chapter of it on LJ. In so doing, it occurred to me that I'd never got around to posting it here on IJ. I'm rectifying that now.

You need not be familiar with PSoH to read this; hopefully, that's explained well enough to be understandable to non-PSoH fans.

Enjoy!


Title: Wanderlust
Authors: lithiumdelusion and bluestocking79
Rating: PG-13, so far.
Characters/Pairings: Leon/D, Jill, Snape, McGonagall
Summary: Leon's finally found what he was looking for, but a chance encounter with a mysterious stranger has Jill starting on a quest of her own.
Disclaimer: Not ours. We just wish they were.
Notes: A collaborative sequel to "Let Them Eat Cake," by lithiumdelusion (now reproduced here as the prologue). Also, set post-DH (for HP) and post-Volume 10 (for PSoH).


( The beginning, in which Jill has an unhappy birthday, Snape has an encounter with an unwelcome memory and Count D has an unexpected visitor for tea )

This is your actual birthday, isn't it? :D

In honour of this solemn occasion, I am using proper British spelling and offer you a glittery cake.


Glitter Graphics - GlitterLive.com

Also, for those of you who like a good mpreg story every now and then and have wondered exactly what a pregnant Snape would look like... well, wonder no more: ( Frock coats aren't as concealing as one might wish... )

First of all, a little squee for the New York Giants. I hoped they'd pull through, and they didn't disappoint! I was also squeeing about the fact that Plaxico Burress was the one who caught the fateful touchdown, because I have to cheer for my fellow Spartans and Plaxico was at Michigan State at the same time that I was. I once shared an elevator with him (I lived in the dorm filled with scholarship football players). He's a very, very big man. Very big. Anyway, hooray for the Giants!

It's also time for another grab-bag of drabbles, written for various sources and prompts. This particular batch is mostly Snape-centric, although Regulus makes a cameo appearance, as do Portrait!Dumbledore, Hermione and Remus. There's one Snupin and also one SS/HG, but everything else is more or less gen, with nothing over a PG-13 rating. (I must have saved up all my dirtiness for the drabble I wrote about Severus introducing Hermione to his pet rooster.)

Enjoy!

( Here be Drabbles )

It's been a sort of stressful last few days, for reasons that I'll talk about soon, I promise. Stressful in the best of all possible ways, I hasten to add; nothing bad has happened. I'm just emotionally stunted and utterly inequipped to deal with it when good stuff happens, that's all. *g*

Anyway, Shiv hosted the Final Word Drabble Challenge today, providing me with the perfect opportunity to have fun and blow off some steam. Her chosen word was cock (~sniggers~), and I was inspired to challenge myself to write something that's not really as filthy as it sounds. ( See for yourself--Snermione behind the cut )


See, that wasn't really naughty, was it? Shame on you for thinking otherwise; what dirty minds you must have.

Happy Birthday to sylvanawood!


Happy Birthday Glitter Graphics

I have a drabble for you, too! Everybody else is free to enjoy as well, obviously. *g*

Title: Brewed to Perfection
Rating: G
Word Count: 101 (Not a perfect drabble. So sue me!)
Notes: For sylvanawood: a talented author, a wonderful mod and a great person to know. For her birthday, I present one of the truest OTPs ever written. When you read it, you’ll see what I mean. ;-)

( Brewed to Perfection )

( A toast to my favorite unsung hero, super spy, Headmaster of Hogwarts and all-around surly bastard. )

I will post again later with pictures of the winning birthday cake, as well as (hopefully) fic. One of sydpad's comments has inspired me, so let's see what I can do with it!

If you want to tell me what sort of cake to bake for Severus' birthday, check out this poll on my LJ and let know! Severus shares a birthday with my mother, so I have a perfect excuse to bake him a cake. She doesn't mind sharing the day with the Potions Master. :D

Apologies for not posting the poll here, but I don't have the ability to post polls here! You can leave any suggestions in the comments here, though. There will be pic spam of the winning cake later this week.

Happy belated Birthday, sander123! I know I'm a few hours late, but I hope you'll still enjoy your present. Per your request, I bring you a ficlet of Snuna, in an academic setting. Hope this hits the spot, and that your birthday went well.


( The Element of Surprise )

Another collection of drabbles today, a number of them winter or Christmas-themed. I think there are more obscure ones in this batch than usual, so even if you watch snape100, there's a good chance that some of these are new to you. Some of them were written as part of the Final Word Challenge and others were written as Christmas presents for certain people, tucked in with the Christmas cards. (If you're one of them and object to having your drabble posted, please let me know and I'll tuck it away! If you want to just enjoy it for yourself, that's totally cool.)

This batch also includes the widest range of characters I've ever done. Everything is Snape-centric, but Neville, Minerva, Hermione, Luna, Harry, Remus and even little Teddy make appearances here, so there should be something for everybody. Ratings from G to PG-13, with individual labels for more specific content. Ships include Snuna, Snupin, Snarry, SS/HG and Snape/Sinistra.

Enjoy!

( Click here for drabbles )