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The latest episode of The FanFic Maverick podcast is out! The show is available through the link above and also on Apple Podcast, Google Podcast, Spotify, and iHeartRadio.
ChaosBlue and guest co-host Danpuff sit down together for an informal chat about controversial ships and tropes from various popular fandoms in this judgment-free revelry on all things taboo.
Thanks for co-hosting today, @danpuff-ao3!
“What have you done this time, Mr. Snape? This is the third time I’m escorting you to the hospital wing this week!”
Because I watched Léon: The Professional but also because of @liladiurne ‘s big brain
Ahhhh I'm about to scream I love this sooooooooo much!!!!! It's so beautiful!!! The expressions, the water droplets on the skin, even Harry's angry little thought in the corner!! Thank you for sharing!! 😭❤
Made some fanart of one of my fav scenes from Take This Longing by @inarticulateimbecile on AO3!! I just loved it too much so I had to do it, specially with Tom's brain rebooting from too much Harry on top kek
Snarry Recs: Creature Feature
It's spooky season!! Time to put on your costume, surround yourself with sugar, listen to "Monster Mash", and read some fun Creature Fics in the light of your Jack-o-Lantern!
...actually I can't listen to music and read at the same time. I'd totally wanna jam out to "Monster Mash." But if you want some fun Snarry stories to read while you work on your sugar high, here are a few for you to check out!
Je m'abandonne
by asecretchord. Rated E. 22k. Veela!Snape. Humor. Mating. Public sex. Student/teacher.
Snape is a wild Veela whose mate has finally come of age, and nothing will stop him from claiming what's his. Not even if that mate happens to be a bewildered Boy-Who-Lived-Again.
Nightbreak
by crystalusagi. Rated E. 4k. Vampire!Harry. Open-ending.
In an Auror raid before Christmas Harry is captured by vampires and turned. Snape tries to cure him.
You Were Myth-Taken
by Hokee. Rated T. 23k. Vampires. Humor & puns.
When vampire attacks hit Hogsmeade, Severus Snape is the prime suspect. With Harry and Albus not taking these accusations seriously and the students threatening to expose him at every turn, this term was going to be just fangtastic.
Unexpected Effects
by made.of.bees. Rated M. 160k. Were-basilisk!Harry. Partners to lovers. Potions master Harry. Drama & adventure.
Two years after being impaled by the Basilisk in the Chamber of Secrets, Harry starts noticing some...odd changes. During eighth year he can no longer pretend, and has to deal with what he's become. In order to do that, he has to get help from someone less-than-ideal. Over the years, Harry and Snape's relationship grows; now with an alternative Snarry ending.
Dragon's Grace
by MagicaDraconia16. Rated M. 22k. Dragoonal. Mating. Crack. No underage. Time jump.
Unbeknownst to everyone, the Dragon Pox vaccine does more than just vaccinate against Dragon Pox. The Potters are in the middle of little Harry’s vaccinations when they must go into hiding. Fast forward to the first Task in the Triwizard Tournament, and the dragon Harry faces calls to a part of him that’s not quite as gone as it should be.
Siren
by @necromanticnoir. Rated E. 6k. Siren!Harry. PWP. Hot as all heck.
Severus Snape was not one for ‘dating’. It fell to him, then, to capture himself a Mate.
Instinctive
by neymovirne. Rated E. 10k. Veela!Harry. Fluff & humor. Courtship. Bob the Cactus. (Don't ask, just read.)
Harry can’t hold his tongue from blurting stupid things, learns something new about himself, and gets a cantankerous companion; not necessarily in that order.
Blood Donor
by Predatrix. Rated E. 15k. Vampire!Snape. Student/teacher. Suicidal ideation.
Prompt: Severus Snape is a vampire. And he wants to suck Harry.
Incubus
by sunshine. Rated E. 163k. Incubus!Harry. Master/slave. Kink. Drama.
Harry Potter comes into his creature inheritance on his sixteenth birthday. He is an Incubus, and is driven to seek out a mate that his subconscious is able to trust. That person is Severus Snape, who takes advantage of the availability of an Incubus -- an inherently submissive creature who will obey his every whim. Together, they find that they're actually well suited to one another, and develop a meaningful relationship.
The Wicked Fairy and His Sweet Prince
by TessaVance. Rated E. 8k. Fairy!Snape. Mpreg. Porn with Plot. AU.
Prince Harry tells Potion Master Severus that he is worried the courtiers will take advantage of his virginity, and does he know of anything that could help?
Severus, well Severus knows quiet a few things that could help now that you mention it.
“But being is making: not only large things, a family, a book, a business: but the shape we give this afternoon, a conversation between two friends, a meal.”
— Frank Bidart, from “Advice to the Players”, Star Dust
“But longing is momentum in disguise: It’s active, not passive; touched with the creative, the tender, and the divine. We long for something, or someone. We reach for it, move toward it. The word longing derives from the Old English langian, meaning ‘to grow long,’ and the German langen—to reach, to extend. The word yearning is linguistically associated with hunger and thirst, but also desire. In Hebrew, it comes from the same root as the word for passion. The place you suffer, in other words, is the same place you care profoundly—care enough to act.”
— Susan Cain, from Bittersweet: How Sorrow and Longing Make Us Whole (Crown, 2022)
Jan Švankmajer
Professor Snape always told himself he'd never be one of the foolish, shallow dunderheads more concerned with their looks than their brains. He'd come to terms with his less-than-alluring appearance, neglected teeth included, early on in life, and decided to focus on what really mattered - knowledge.
But even if he liked to think himself above vanity-induced low self-esteem… he still dreaded the yearly Picture Day.
Username playlist game
Thanks for tagging me @danpuff-ao3 💖
This was like, super difficult and my username has WAY too many letters. 😭 But here it is—certified to either blow your mind or make you wince and say: "that's what they listen to?"
And anyone else who wants to play, consider yourself tagged by me!! :)
“You read something which you thought only happened to you, and you discover that it happened 100 years ago to Dostoyevsky. This is a very great liberation for the suffering, struggling person, who always thinks that he is alone. This is why art is important. Art would not be important if life were not important, and life is important.”
— James Baldwin, Conversations with James Baldwin
Random Fandom Recs
There is so much dang talent in this fandom, truly!! And so many creations I love so much and want other people to enjoy with me, but individual recs for all of them would take way more time than I reasonably have! So for now....here are a list of cool fandom things you should definitely check out!
5 Fics
The hand that beckons
@bluesundaycake. Lily Luna/Narcissa. Rated T. 1k.
Seductive setting, charming characters, mythical and magical and just plain beautiful!
A young woman with hair like burning coals enters into gardens guarded by fire.
Or, in which Lily Luna Potter is offered a feast and pomegranate seeds from one Narcissa Malfoy.
A Careful Approach
@digthewriter. Draco/Sirius. Rated E. 700 words.
Hot hot hot! Daddy kink Drarius brings me much joy. More, please!
Draco has wanted this for a while but never had he dared to ask. Until tonight.
white as death, fresh as snow
@lqtraintracks. Pansy/Narcissa. Rated M. 200 words.
Short, intriguing, lovely.
Narcissa visits her husband's grave on Samhain... with her new lover.
it's an inevitable
@swoontodeath. Harry/Snape. Rated E. 800 words.
A most special birthday gift to me from the ever sweet swoons! Voyeurism, student/teacher Snarry?? What more could a gal want??
Severus Snape can be patient. He's spent six years watching and waiting, after all.
Where Thestrals Fly
@writcraft. Harry/Snape. Rated T. 2k words.
Darkness & death, light & life...AO3 keeps telling me I've already left kudos here, which, rude. But I love the thestrals and the ritual of it and, of course, my BOYS!
Every Beltane, Severus and Harry undertake the ritual of moving Thestrals between the Bel fires. As they grow closer the light in their future steadily overpowers the darkness of their past.
4 Art
Untitled Snarry Art
@inarticulateimbecile. Harry/Snape.
Their work has so much character! And I especially love their Snape, with his harsh but captivating features! This piece especially does it for me, with the way Harry holds Severus close, and the way Severus touches and admires Harry's face...so much tenderness and passion here!
Untitled Snucissa Art
@luendland. Lucius/Snape/Narcissa.
Lu's art always just does things to me. Every line she draws captures so much feeling and I wish I knew how she did it!! And while I'm always partial to their Snarry work, this Snuciussa piece gave me all sorts of feelings!! The Malfoys are so pretty and hungry here, and Severus is on the menu!
Snape Tattoo Art
@mrviran. Snape.
So much dark, delicious art from Viran, and I always feel so dang inspired by their work!! Vivid and dark and evocative all at once! It was hard to choose, but I narrowed it down to this piece with Severus' Dark Mark + flower additions. I just have so much love for Severus and I have such feelings about him moving forward and growing and something about incorporating a new tattoo onto the Dark Mark evokes this sense of both acceptance of his past, and the independence he has to move on with his life.
Practice Makes Perfect
@sugareey-makes-stuff. Ginny/Cho. NSFW art.
God, I would recognize Krissy's art anywhere and I love it!! I was actually going to go grab her Pansmione art, but I noticed this one that I'd not seen before and WOW! I love the darkness for the passion and intimacy it speaks to. And the yoga here!! Two athletic ladies having a fine time, nothing to see here! Super spicy! Makes me need much more Ginny/Cho in my life!
3 Poems
rhyme, kissed
@imanakletos. Ginny/Luna. Rated G. 200 words.
Love Ginny's growth as a poet, and how clear her adoration for Luna is!
Free verses run rampant like wildflowers in your hair.
(OR: Ginny tries to write a poem)
An ode to Severus Snape
@bluesundaycake. Harry/Snape. Rated T. 100 words.
Who doesn't love some Snape love, especially from Harry's perspective? 'Exacting and eternal', indeed!
Harry is a masochist and it's definitely part of why he loves Severus so much.
Lovers' Flight
Anonymous. Harry/Snape. Rated T. 200 words.
Part of the Kill Your Darlings fest. So haunting and beautiful. Based on Goethe's poem "Der Erlkönig."
When Goethe meets Snarry
2 Recs
(Am I reccing rec lists? Yes. You can never have too much to read, after all.)
21 HP Slash Recs for 21 Years (2001-2021)
@consistentsquash
My advice would be to check out this list, read everything on it, then go follow Squash and check out her other recs. Sooo many cool lists with MANY excellent recs, but this is the list that brought me to Squash so it is the most special! Lotsa goodies on this one!
any draco/ron recs?
@sitp-recs
Another reccer to follow and read anything she tells you to!! Such a great joy to see all of Liv's recs, aaaand since I really love Draco/Ron I had to link you this one! (Though, seriously, read through these then go follow Liv for more!!)
1 podcast
Ep. 25 interview with perverse_idyll
@fanficmaverickpodcast @perverse-idyll. Harry/Snape. 2 hours, 33 minutes.
I've had the great pleasure of speaking with ChaosBlue and perverse_idyll both and they are both such stellar people I HAD to come rec you the thing that has them both in it!! They've been in fandom for a while. They have a lot to say. A lot of great things to say! All about fandom, writing, and one of my favorite fanfics! 10/10, can't recommend enough. I've listened to this episode quite a few times and it's definitely my favorite from The Fanfic Maverick!
ChaosBlue is such a PROFESSIONAL with hosting this pod so if you like this episode, please check out the rest! Super prepared, super sweet and patient and understanding, and such an outstanding human, I gotta say!
Reminder that treating real people badly is WORSE than people reading bad stuff happening to fictional people.
— a fragment of a letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
[text ID: Many people would undoubtedly consider it foolish and superstitious to go on believing in a change for the better. It is sometimes so bitterly cold in the winter that one says, `The cold is too awful for me to care whether summer is coming or not; the harm outdoes the good.' But with or without our approval, the severe weather does come to an end eventually and one fine morning the wind changes and there is the thaw. When I compare the state of the weather to our state of mind and our circumstances, subject to change and fluctuation like the weather, then I still have some hope that things may get better.]