I have already covered all the cases where the use of comma in English differs from that in Portuguese. Well, there are some cases where everything is different, like the way you English speakers write dates. It's so different that there's no way to compare or mix up.

Because we're approaching the holidays, I'm going to discontinue the posts on punctuation until next year, when I plan to discuss semicolons, dashes, ellipses, and so on.

Thanks for all your comments! I've been learning a lot. I wish I could have concentrated the discussion in one journal, instead of splitting it among four journals, but alas, it's hard to please everyone. (Some people don't like being redirected to other journals.)

[ETA: No, I'm not leaving! I'm just discontinuing this specific thread for now.]

Perspective: busy Pointers: punctuation, writing

Title: Detention
Author: Naughty is as Naughty Does.
Giftee: anya_elizabeth
Word Count: 2,954
Rating: NC-17
Pairing: Severus/Harry
Warnings: *Some rather rough snogging and sexing, explicit sexual themes. AU only in the fact that Snape’s alive and still teaching at Hogwarts for Harry’s “8th year”. The trio all go back to get their N.E.W.T.s, but JKR only stated the opposite in interviews, so I don’t know if that counts towards the AU or official canon, depending on your perception of canon.*
Disclaimer: All Harry Potter characters herein are the property of J.K. Rowling and Bloomsbury/Scholastic. No copyright infringement is intended.
Summary: Harry knows he doesn’t have to be at Hogwarts. He knows he doesn’t have to go to lessons, and especially detentions. Severus knows this, too. But when Severus orders, Harry comes, and it doesn’t take long for both to figure out why.
Author's Notes: I’m sorry I couldn’t make it completely canon-compliant, but you said you were ok with an AU and I thought I’d write an “8th year” fic. I couldn’t give you a positive ending otherwise, and I wasn’t completely comfortable writing Snape/Harry in Harry’s sixth year or younger due to his age for some reason. I really hope you enjoy this anyway, dear reader! : ) I had a lot of fun writing it! ♥

( Detention )

Pointers: fic, genre: porn/pwp, rated: nc-17, round: 2009

Title: Leading the Dance
Author: alisanne
Pairing: Severus Snape/Harry Potter
Rating: R
Challenge: Written for snape100's prompt #312: ...and dance
Word Count: 100 x 2
Warnings: Boy smexing.
Beta: sevfan
Disclaimer: The characters contained herein are not mine. No money is being made from this fiction, which is presented for entertainment purposes only.

Leading the Dance

Perspective: working Pointers: alisanne, drabble, rating: r

One Shots:
alisanne: Of Oranges and Stockings - Harry/Draco, G
ravenna_c_tan: Snowflake Fic #3: True or False Question - Harry/Draco, NC17
countesszero: Harry, Actually - Severus/Harry, NC17
ravenna_c_tan: Hind Sight - Snape/Harry, NC17
lemondropseven: Angel of Death - Snape, PG13
Anon in snapelyholidays: Misery Loves Company - Snape/Lupin,R
sassy_cissa: Catching Up - Harry/Draco, PG
Anon in snarry_holidays: Playing With Fire - Snape/Harry, NC17
Anon in lupin_snape: Love Thy Enemy - Lupin/Snape, NC17
Anon in daily_deviant: veiled Science - Sirius/Teddy/Victoire , NC17
Anon in lupin_snape: The Howling Moon - Snape/Lupin, NC/17
alisanne: Just Punishment - Snape/Harry, NC17
Anon in snapelyholidays: Out of this World - Snape/Hermione, NC17
Anon in lupin_snape: Made Wolves and Englishmen - Snape/Lupin, NC17
Anon in snarry_holidays: Trigonometry of Souls - Snape/Harry, NC17
Anon in daily_deviant: Patience is a Virtue - Harry/Teddy, NC17

Drabbles:
snaesgirl_62: jule Ball - Sinistra, PG
mailroomy: morris-dancing werewolves - Snape, PG-13, 100x4
lilyseyes: Nighttime Angels - Harry, PG
fancypantsdylan: Making Merry - Harry/Snape, PG13, 100x2
lilyseyes: The Christmas Party - Harry, PG, 100x3 (b)
ellid: Since There's No Place To Go, I - Lupin, Snape,
alisanne: Humbug - Snape/Lupin, PG
alisanne: Celebration - Harry Potter/Draco Malfoy, Ron Weasley, PG
dgpolo: New Year Dreams Come True - Harry/Draco, G
enchanted_jae: Christmas at the Office 6 - Draco, Harry, PG13
snapesgirl_62: Forever Your - Sinistra, G
lilyseyes: Miserable - Harry,G
lilyseyes: Yule Tales - Harry, R
ellid: Since There's No Place To Go, II - Snape,Lupin,
alisanne: Worth His While - Harry/Ron, R
celandineb: Acceptance - Ron, G
hpfangirl71: Keeping Warm - harry/Draco, NC17
alisanne: Leading the Dance - Snape/Harry, R

Art:
Anon in snarry_holidays: Baby's First Christmas - Snape/Harry, G
Anon indaily_deviant: Who's on First? - Harry/percy, NC17
Anon in snarry_holidays: A Sleigh Ride Together - Snape/Harry, NC17
Anon in daily_deviant: Let Your Hair Down, Miss Kitty - Bill/Minerva, R

Community News:
snarry_holidays: Weekly Wrap-Up: Week Two - for snarry_holidays
harry100: Prompt 62 - new prompt
draco100: Prompt 71 & Wrap-up post

Newsletters:
dailysnitch: New Issue - Sunday, 13th December 2009
snapenews: New Issue - issue 802
longbottom_wkly: New Issue
snapenews: New issue - issue 803

If you have any links or tips for us, please let us know. Email us at potterprophet.ij@gmail.com.

Title: Edible Tattoos
Pairing: Kirk/McCoy
Rating: NC17
Warnings: none
Word Count: ~2150
Summary: Jim has a plan, involving edible Christmassy tattoos.
A/N: Written for Space Wrapped, a Kirk/McCoy Christmas countdown comm. So, I've been awake a lot lately (no, I mean a LOT) and am all screwed up for time. I had one fic I started for this, and then I realized it was getting all involved and there was no way it was getting done today, so I though, okay, but I can always do porn, short and sweet, right? And then the porn developed other traits, like possibly oversugary sweetness.

Pointers: star trek: kirk/mccoy

For the second day of Christmas, I wanted to give props to eeyore9990. For starters, Eey just plain makes fandom fun. She recs, she writes (well, I might add), she betas, she cheerleads, she stands up for people who can't stand up for themselves. She is one of my favorite people in fandom. Plus, she's funny as heck and tells the best anecdotes. She's also super open-minded and always there for me when I need to try a new kink but sort of need someone to hold my hand, and her ability to brainstorm is second to none. Seriously, I have a fest fic coming up and it would have been just a regular old smutty fic, but Eey helped me come up with an ending that had me roaring with laughter! I'm so happy to know Eeyore9990.



And in other news, once again, ZICAM ROCKS! I feel 85% better than I did this morning. Not perfect, but dude, I even started a drabble for alisanne. Hopefully other drabbles will follow. I love being productive!

Title: Trigonometry of Souls
Author: I simply do not know.
Giftee: maraudersaffair
Word Count: +18K
Rating: NC-17
Pairing: Harry/Severus, Harry/Ginny (mentioned, non-graphic)
Warnings: None that I’m aware of
Disclaimer: All Harry Potter characters herein are the property of J.K. Rowling and Bloomsbury/Scholastic. No copyright infringement is intended.
Summary: One should always pay attention to semantics.
Author's Notes: Wow! I’ve finished it! With all the RL things that happened between September and now, I’m REALLY surprised I did it. I’d like to thank our lovely Mods and my betas, bewarethesmirk and carpet_diemon, for working with me. I know I’m not easy to deal with. Also, any mistakes and occasional awkward wording you might find in the story are the result of my stubbornness and inability to accept good advice. I hope you’ll enjoy the story. And Smutty Christmas to everyone.

(Trigonometry of Souls)

Pointers: fic, genre: drama/angst, genre: romance, rated: nc-17, round: 2009

I don't normally post pithy statements, I leave that to von_krag, but I came across this on my employer's intranet today and rather liked it, "If we are ever to have a butterfly, we must first care for a few caterpillars."

This entry was originally posted at http://lexin.dreamwidth.org/19075.html. You can comment here or there, it's up to you.

Pointers: quote

Here's the reply I received from LJ:

Thank you for taking the time to contact us with your concerns. We understand that gender is not binary, and intend to respect that understanding for our users.

At this time, the code you reference is not live on the site, and will not become so in the future. We know that you, and many other users, have serious concerns about any requirement to specify gender, so we'd like to take a moment to explain events and our position further.

The intention of this code was to change the sign-up process to include a field for the selection of gender; that the code would completely disable the "Unspecified" option at the same time was deemed unacceptable. While the code in question had gone to our beta (testing) server, it had not gone to our production server, and will not do so due to this problem. Furthermore, we'd like to clarify that code posted to the changelog community is not always final, as such code must then go through the beta testing process and can often be changed before actual implementation.

Additionally, some erroneous information has been spread regarding the potential public display of the gender field. We would like to clarify that gender is not currently publicly displayed on the profile, nor anywhere else on the site, and there are no plans to change this behavior.

Regards,
LiveJournal Community Care Team

Perspective: okay Pointers: lj problems, lj purge

Argh. LJ's changelog reveals that LJ is planning to make gender a mandatory field at account creation and remove the Unspecified option for the gender field. You can read more about the subject here. As I deeply dislike this plan, I changed my gender option to Unspecified here and left a polite comment here expressing my displeasure.

Perspective: annoyed Pointers: lj problems, lj purge

Thank you to all our participants. I have already read some fic and admired art that have been submitted. We have sexy Snarry to ring in 2010!


If you have not turned in your snape_potter Daft Day snarry_swap creation, you are now officially late.

If you have yet to contact me, I need to hear from you within 24 hours or I will give your prompt to a punch hitter. Your giftee deserves a great Snarry creation so I need to get those prompts to pinch hitters as soon as possible. I'm not averse to granting extensions but I can't do that if you don't contact me.



I'm very excited for the gifts that the new year will bring.

Happy Holidays and have a Blessed Yule!

Perspective: giddy Pointers: mod post

(and hoping she doesn't notice the plagiarism) (am kidding. Beth, I am plagiarizing you. Sry.)

No, I'm just a little too sleepystupid to be more coherent on my own, and she says all the things I mean to, so.

Anyway.

Take a look at this charming news from synecdochic about LJ's decision to make Gender a mandatory field and only allow the options 'Male' or 'Female.'

Even if I didn't have friends who identify as transgender or genderqueer, I'd still be disgusted by LJ's shortsighted and, quite frankly, hateful decision, because...what will our next mandatory binary choice be? “Black or White?” “Christian or Atheist?” How many ways can you imagine you being written out of the equation?

Read the relevant linked posts, consider changing your gender listing to unspecified' while you still can (if you haven't already done it), and consider – one more time – whether it might not be smarter to leave LJ once and for all.


---

Part not from Beth: so, in following links, it seems pretty clear the intent is probably targeting for ads, which, yeah, hi, I don't actually want pop-ups and flash ads in the first place? but oh my GOD do I ever not want ads that guess what I will like based upon my biological gender, because, and I swear this is not a slam against those of you who are fond of cosmetics and shoes, but I am not one of you, and I already tolerate 837456826345 pages of less-intrusive nonblinky ads for these and similar in magazines more aimed toward women. Not that I want to see more ads for trucks, either, but I'm more likely to buy a truck than a truckload of shoes. Anyway. This shit is not binary, sorry, and I know there is a whole industry of people who try to take demographics and break them down this way and I know that by and large, they see trends and averages and it works well enough for them, but it doesn't work well enough for me, and I can't imagine I'm so very unusual that my frequent irritation at assumptions made along these lines is totally off the end of the curve.

---

EDIT: There are now addenda to the original post in which the US GM asserts this was all a test thing and they really had no such intent. I think that's ass-covering, but as long as the outcome is Not Do That, okay. *Waits for next time they do a code push*

I originally posted this at http://florahart.dreamwidth.org/1013562.html, and you are welcome to comment there. OpenID and/or anon comments are allowed.

I've just made the following as a post in my LJ:
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LiveJournal is removing the Unspecified option for the gender field. That's right: you get to be male or female. Period. That's it.

Details here: http://synecdochic.dreamwidth.org/366609.html

This journal has been, in my user profile, "Unspecified" gender for a long time, because gender is not binary. If/when I am unable to decline to state my gender, or if/when I am forced to declare my gender along a binary division, here on LJ, I will be deleting this journal.

I have Dreamwidth invite codes for anyone who wants them, just provide me with the email address you want the code sent to. There is also http://dw-codesharing.dreamwidth.org/ as well, which does not require you to provide your email address to anyone.
---

Dreamwidth, I adore you. <3

ETA: And now I've added the following to my LJ post:
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ETA: The code has now been rolled back and will not be pushed with the next codepush.

After seeing some of the reaction to this entire situation from my LJ friendslist, however, I will be deleting this journal later today. elkes_obsession is already gone. I had been committed to trying to do everything I could to keep unbroken links, to retain memories categories, to not delete entries, even though so many things about LJ's ownership bother me. I'd tried to retain the human connections across the multiple sites. But apparently plenty of the folks I've felt I was making the effort for are sick and tired of this sort of thing. I'm getting a 'don't let the door hit your ass on the way out' vibe, and damn, that HURTS. And so now I'm just DONE.
---

So.

elkes_obsession is gone, as it was a navigational tool to organize my views into various LJ communities, and I'd left it up in case others were getting benefit from it.

And elke_tanzer. Created on 2002-04-13 12:36:18 (#527447), watching 515 friends, communities, and feeds. 19,435 comments received, 19,512 comments posted, 2,880 Journal Entries, 204 Tags, 16,918 Memories.

Done.

This entry was originally posted at http://elke-tanzer.dreamwidth.org/1020320.html. Please comment there using OpenID.

Perspective: first infuriated, later hurt Pointers: fannish diaspora, gender issues, lj can eat my shorts

Take a look at this charming news from synecdochic about LJ's decision to make Gender a mandatory field and only allow the options 'Male' or 'Female.'

Even if I didn't have friends who identify as transgender or genderqueer, I'd still be disgusted by LJ's shortsighted and, quite frankly, hateful decision, because...what will our next mandatory binary choice be? “Black or White?” “Christian or Atheist?” How many ways can you imagine you being written out of the equation?

Read the relevant linked posts, consider changing your gender listing to unspecified' while you still can (if you haven't already done it), and consider – one more time – whether it might not be smarter to leave LJ once and for all.

This entry was originally posted at http://bethbethbeth.dreamwidth.org/520163.html. | read comments at Dreamwidth. | How to use OpenID

Title: Just Punishment
Author: alisanne
Rating: NC-17
Pairing: Severus Snape/Harry Potter
Summary:
Word Count: 820
Genre: Erotica
Warnings: Snarry smexing.
A/N: Written for adventdrabbles prompt #14: Naughty or Nice. This is part 14 in my Sexy Kinks for Sexy Wizards series, the previous parts being: Sexy Kinks for Sexy Wizards Day 1 - Candles, Sexy Kinks for Sexy Wizards Day 2 - Plum Pudding, Inexplicably Bound, A Snog and a Cuddle, Tinsel Talk, Hot Buttered Harry, Stockings Stuffed With Care, Finding the Perfect Tree, Why Santa's Jolly, Important Research, A Hint of Ginger, On a Wing and a Prayer and Caretaker.
Beta: sevfan
Disclaimer: The characters contained herein are not mine. No money is being made from this fiction, which is presented for entertainment purposes only.

Just Punishment

Perspective: hopeful Pointers: alisanne, ficlet, rating: nc-17

Title: A Sleigh Ride Together
Artist: Godric Gryffindor?
Giftee: crimson_vipera
Media: Pencil and PS
Rating: NC-17/NWS
Pairing: Severus Snape/Harry Potter
Warnings: *Bottom-from-the-top, leaking cock*
Disclaimer: All Harry Potter characters herein are the property of J.K. Rowling and Bloomsbury/Scholastic. No copyright infringement is intended.
Summary: Just hear those sleigh bells jingle-ing, ring ting tingling too, oh yes it's lovely weather for a sleigh ride together with you!
Author's Notes: Many thanks to our lovely mods for all their diligent efforts to create a splendid celebration of Snarry for the holiday season. Crimson_vipera, I considered all of your prompts, but the bottom-from-the-top obviously won. Thank you for the marvelous inspiration!

Pointers: art, genre: pwp/porn, rated: nc-17, rated: nws, round: 2009

I've decided that for the next few weeks, I'm going to do appreciation posts. It's sort of like a twelve days of why fandom rocks so hard.

So! First up--accioslash. For starters, her holiday card made me squawk with laughter, then immediately become envious I hadn't thought of it first. accioslash's writing and drawing is usually like that. I have a tremendous admiration for her work, but at the same time I never fail to go, "Damn! Why wasn't I clever enough to have come up with that! Not fair!" A big part of that is because Accio has that fabulous sense of humor I admire so much; sly and twinkly with just enough of the ribald to be truly, truly awesome. She manages to be enormously entertaining no matter what the subject. Moreover, I had the wonderful experience of hanging with her in person at Terminus, and it was a highly entertaining visit. Her humor and talent add so much to our fandom!

sinick, devious RPG-dwelling creature that she is, has introduced me to my current addiction: the RPG called Breaking Point, which has a few interesting twists.

• It's 2024 in Harry Potter world.
• Suddenly, wizards from the past are popping up all over the place as if they'd Apparated through time instead of space
• Resurrected wizards include Tom Riddle, Death Eaters, and Grindelwald. Chaos, and mayhem ensues. Everyone panics¹.

My previous experience with role-playing games included tossing dice and crunching numbers for stats in table tops, beating Sephiroth, leveling up a horde of Oblivion characters, and avoiding chat transcripts of the 'I put on my wand and my wizard hat' kind.

Now, I play Albus Severus Potter.

I am not the first player to take him on, and he's had some interesting biography facts handed down:

• He's a Ravenclaw reporter-wannabe.
• It was the book canon's fault that he is a thoughtful, quiet second son that is close to his Dad and looks just like him
• It was my fault alone when in the process of tweaking his bio, I made Al into a list-loving dork, an equal proportion mix of Sherlock Holmes, Sheldon Cooper, and pre-Pon Farr Spocklet.

Imagine, if you will, a short Clark Kent, sans the Superman suit³ underneath. Without the slightest possibility of there ever being a Superman suit. What is there instead is curiosity and logic.

This RPG is fun!

Everything went rather well for Al in his neat information bubble reinforced with books and newspapers, until his brother was cursed and Al witnessed (and helped) Snape save him. After some careful analysis of the situation, he concluded that Snape was a logical and rational creature worthy of interest and interaction.

Pointers: rpg

My Monday is quickly turning to night and that means there are only a few scant hours left to turn in your snarry_swap creations.

I do want to hear from you, even if you are going to drop out. I especially need to hear from you if you are wishing to request an extension.

smutswap @ gmail . com

Thank you to those of you who have already been in contact. I'm looking forward to hearing from the rest of you. :-)

I love the smell of brand new Snarry!

Perspective: excited Pointers: mod post

I have just two - count em, TWO - more batches of caramel corn and DOBBY IS FREE!!!!!! True, nothing is baked for my own family but I never want to see another cookie again. So it's all good. ;D The marathon cookie baking is used as client gifts and the list grows each year. If anyone other than Al volunteered me for so much non-Snarry related work, I would have poisoned their tea by this point. I should have had everything out by the 6th, but instead it all has to be out by tomorrow. There's too much to do otherwise and I have been baking/icing/dipping 16 hours a day for the past eight days. I'm goofing off resting now and will finish up tonight. Then I can start buying gifts. *sigh*

And speaking of gifts - OMG, so much pretty art has come my way in the past week. There is seekrit art for the Snarry-a-Thon banner which I'm dying to show everyone now *swoons* as well as a few more Snarry pieces that should be appearing by their various creators soon. Until then, perselus drew me another Merlin piece that I can share now. It is mild, but still NWS. If you like it - and how could you not? - and you want something of your own, perselus is currently taking commissions for both original and fan art.

( NWS Merlin art under the cut... )

ETA: Oh, and last_raindrop your card and prezzie just arrived! So adorable! **hugs**

Pointers: art_for_me, merlin

*looks around* *dumps fic and runs off*

Title: Danger: Explosive!
Author: CiraArana
Prompt: #41 – Detention after potions, with Snape
Pairing: Albus Severus Potter/Severus Snape
Rating: NC17
Word count: 10,254
Warnings: chan (12), teacher/student with D/s undertones, frottage, spanking, dirty talk, and exploding cauldrons.
Disclaimer: All Harry Potter characters herein are the property of J.K. Rowling and Bloomsbury/Scholastic. I make no money with this story.
Summary: Giving a new twist to an old classic. Or: Harry engages Snape to teach Al how to stop exploding cauldrons.
Author’s Note: Probably the p0rniest thing I've ever written. And yes. Muse has a new OTPP = One True Porn Pairing. ;)


( Danger: Explosive! )

Thank you to wolfshark, ingridmatthews, glimmergirl and a wee quiet anonymouse for the snowflake cookies on my old LJ profile! And thank you to gblvr for the ridiculously-adorable holiday octopus-Cthuluclaus there as well!

This entry was originally posted at http://elke-tanzer.dreamwidth.org/1020136.html. Please comment there using OpenID.

Perspective: touched Pointers: holiday - yule

Heh, yesterday, in a locked post (locked because it was mostly about other kinds of content), I said something to the effect that we were now in the annual period of impatience, in which we wait for fic both by and for self to post at various fests.

This morning, fic for me is up at both Happy Trekmas [here] and Smutty Claus [here is the fic; the Smutty_Claus post at LJ is here].

Either I have a superpower (in which case, I probably should use it more directly for good rather than for making the world eject fic for me), or I am the beneficiary of entertaining serendipity.

:D

I originally posted this at http://florahart.dreamwidth.org/1013199.html, and you are welcome to comment there. OpenID and/or anon comments are allowed.

Title: Playing With Fire
Author: Peter Pettigrew, methinks.
Giftee: snarrylover
Word Count: 7,464
Rating: NC-17
Warnings: *Chan/underage (Harry is 16), student/teacher, dub-con, inexperienced!Harry, sex toy*
Pairing: Snape/Harry
Disclaimer: All Harry Potter characters herein are the property of J.K. Rowling and Bloomsbury/Scholastic. No copyright infringement is intended.
Summary: Now in sixth year, dating Ginny, Harry tries something new with disastrous results. Luckily, Snape is there to offer assistance.
Author’s Note: For snarrylover with deep affection. Hope you like it, chica, and, better yet, hope you enjoy it. Much love and kisses to my temporarily anonymous betas. I heart you.

( Playing With Fire )

Pointers: fic, genre: kink, genre: pwp/porn, rated: nc-17, round: 2009

3. Use a comma when two independent clauses are joined by a coordinating conjunction: for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so.

• She says she loves him, yet she continues to treat him like crap.

So far, it’s just like in Portuguese.

You can omit the comma if the clauses are both short.

• He smokes and she drinks.

I’m not sure, but I don’t think this would be correct in Portuguese. When we have two different subjects, the comma is always necessary. However, what the English Grammar rule says is that you can omit the comma. It’s optional.

However, there is another exception:
If the subject does not appear in front of the second verb, do not use a comma.

• She used to study in Boston but now lives in São Paulo.

Well, this is impossible in Portuguese. And although I desperately feel the need for a comma before “but”, I’d respect this English Grammar rule, if I hadn’t found another rule that said:

Use commas to set off phrases that express contrast:

• The puppies were cute, but very messy.
• They agreed to release one hostage, but not the other.

I found these examples on the internet. The rule is not very clear to me, because “but” (and "yet") typically introduces phrases that express contrast. So... when is it okay to omit the comma?

And then I found dozens of examples of good authors, both American and British, who use a comma before a coordinating conjunction even when the subject does not appear in front of the second verb. I’m going to post just a few examples.

( cut for length )

What’s happening here? Am I missing something? Are they using commas to indicate a significant pause (or a contrast?) even when the more specific rule says not to use it? Am I allowed to do the same thing? I hope so.

Perspective: curious Pointers: punctuation, writing

Title: Making Merry
Author: fancypantsdylan (on LJ as rage_jt)
Pairing: Harry/Severus
Word Count: 2 x 100 (not including song)
Rating: PG-13
Beta: none, all mistakes are mine
Disclaimer: All characters owned by JK Rowling, I just play with them. No profit made on use of characters.
Challenge: snarry100 challenge 192 – Jingle Bells




( Making Merry )

Position: Work Perspective: indescribable Pointers: drabble, rating: pg-13

Today's Bridge2Sickbay prompts were all images. I did some other drabbles and stuff, but here, you get one with babies, and one with ow.

Title: Child Development
Prompt: Spock, Uhura: a picture of two babies in a spilled-over box of packing peanuts
Words: 350, sappy.

( Child Development )

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Title: Still Standing
Prompt: Author's choice (Kirk, McCoy): a picture of six blue and red darts that have all missed a yellow balloon.
Words: 400, ouchy.

( Still Standing )

I originally posted this at http://florahart.dreamwidth.org/1012755.html, and you are welcome to comment there. OpenID and/or anon comments are allowed.

Pointers: star trek: kirk/mccoy, star trek: not kirk/mccoy

Thank you everyone who has been leaving comments! ♥ Also, thanks for anyone who has been making recs or leaving them. If you see or make any, please remember to leave them at our recs post.

If anyone has any questions or comments, please send them to snarryholiday [at] gmail [dot] com.

If you see any wrong links or mistakes, flog me let me know. ;-)
- bewarethesmirk

Weekly Wrap-Up: Week Two

( Art )

( Fic )

If you missed last week's weekly wrap-up, the Week One round-up is here.

Pointers: mod post, modpost, round: 2009, wrap-up, wrap-up: week two

How can the weekend basically be over already?

Between yesterday with Karita and today with Mom, my house is almost ready for the family Christmas dinner next Saturday. All that's left is the bathroom. Yay! Well, not yay for the bathroom, but... you know.

My camera's battery crapped out this morning, so I can't share the newest socklets. I've managed to lose the camera's charging cable again, so I ordered a funky penguin-shaped battery charger. Hopefully that won't be so easily lost.

Scarves have been bundled up and are ready for the post office tomorrow.

My driveway's almost all melted now. Had temps in the low 40s today. Lots of snow melting, which means tons of mud and less effort to get up the driveway. :)

The new jeans I bought online on Black Friday arrived last week. I took a chance and ordered a pair in size 16. Today they passed the dryer test. YAY. Of course, this means that the pairs I bought in size 18 have to go back. I think I'm okay with that. ;)

Bought the food for the family Christmas dinner. Did that with mom. Was kinda fun grocery shopping with mom.

I've been on-call today. Thankfully haven't had to go in. At this point, there's just one checkpoint left open. When that sucker closes, the phone gets turned off and I go the heck to bed.

Thanks to everyone who responded to my last few posts. You are all so fabulous and I'm unbelievably fortunate to have you.

I had a very productive weekend, despite a small crimp in my plans last night. I got the entire house cleaned, some laundry done, the Christmas tree and decorations up, and ten dozen Pfeffernusse made. Also, a pot of 7 bean soup for lunches next week. Josh went over to a friend's to spend the night, and I was going to get some porn written, but just as I got back from dropping him off and opening a bottle of champagne, I got a call: Josh was barfing his guts out, poor boo. So I put the champagne back in the fridge, went and picked him up, then downloaded Merlin and watched it, instead.

I am really smitten with Merlin. I've been watching and reading, and I may just have to write in this fandom. Maybe. We'll see. I haven't got any ideas, yet, but I feel like the possibility is there, at least. Yay, Merlin!

I did get a little bit of something written this afternoon, though; it's a story I've been working on forever, just a little bit at a time, for a lovely someone on my flist. Here is an excerpt: it's a Prince of Tennis fic, D1, tentatively titled "Key Money".

( Practice usually takes it out of him but today's takes the cake )

I never watch TV, but we watched our tapes of Charlie Brown Christmas and Rudolph, and when they went off, Extreme Makeover was starting. I left the TV on, and have been crying on and off the whole time it's been on. Wow.

Perspective: happy

Title: Baby's First Christmas
Artist: Lily Evans could have been a Prophetess?
Giftee: morganlefay1958
Media/Medium: Pencils, a bit of Photoshop
Rating: G
Pairing: Snarry
Warnings: No. Only that I should draw my Harry with his face buried into his pillow...
Disclaimer: All Harry Potter characters herein are the property of J.K. Rowling and Bloomsbury/Scholastic. No copyright infringement is intended.
Summary: They finally have the family they always dreamed about.
Artist's Notes: Dear morganlefay1958, your request was very inspiring: I picked out their first Yule with their baby. Alas, it didn't go well with BDSM so the result sadly lacks any smut. I hope you won't mind. Too much. Happy Holidays!

Pointers: art, genre: fluff, rated: g, rated: sfw, round: 2009

I'm not the most knowledgeable person around, about a bunch of stuff, yeah. And I try not to talk about stuff I don't know about... if I haven't earned the right to talk I try to Just Shut Up. I'm privileged in some ways and not so privileged in other ways. I sometimes say stupid shit without realizing it's stupid shit and then I try to learn and apologize and never make the same mistake twice. And a lot of the time, for me, it's easier for me to see how something is stupid hurtful shit when it comes out of someone else's mouth or keyboard, because when it comes out of my mouth or my keyboard it didn't immediately sound stupid or hurtful to me.

Stuff I have learned lately (not just from the latest shitstorm going on, but lately in general)...

1. When someone says they prefer a specific gendered or nongendered pronoun, I JUST DO IT. I just need to respect that preference.

1.a. If I screw that up once for someone? Please, anyone, give me a gentle reminder. If I screw that up twice for someone? Please, anyone, KICK ME.

1.b. This is not just related to whether or not I respect the person being referred to, but is also related to whether or not I respect everyone's right to have a personal pronoun preference.

2. If I don't have a clue whether someone prefers a specific gendered or nongendered pronoun, chances are that using 'they' as a singular, or zie and zir, will not piss them off or hurt them.

2.a. (I'm not sure about this, but so far it's holding true...) If I use they, or zie and zir, in reference to someone, and they distinctly do not prefer that, they can easily correct me without too much trauma or drama for either one of us.

2.b. There are folks who prefer they over zie and zir (or sie and hir), and folks who prefer zie and zir (or sie and hir) over they.

2.c. There are folks who do not self-identify as trans* who prefer non-gendered pronouns. There are folks who do not self-identify as cis* who prefer non-gendered pronouns.

3. It is awkward as hell for me to ask if a friend or acquaintance prefers any specific pronoun. That doesn't mean I should ever assume that they prefer she or he or zie. I should NOT ASSUME, even if I know them offline, even if I would probably tend to assume one pronoun is more likely than another based on my own personal history and the name they've chosen to use in any given setting, or any physical characteristic they've presented to me or kept private from me, or any attitude they've said or typed about any topic under the sun.

3.a. Awkward is not necessarily the same as hurtful. And if I can get myself through an awkward situation to prevent myself from hurting someone? If I realize the awkward situation is an option, I'm darned well choosing that rather than knowingly hurting someone.

3.b. It's really easy to be hurtful unintentionally if I don't know what I'm talking about.

So.

All I can do right now? Is offer virtual chocolates, and try not to mess this post up, because I just can't be silent right now. I'm sorry that people suck, and I'm sorry that folks I care about are being hurt, and I'm sorry that I've been unintentionally hurtful in the past.

And I desperately hope that I'm not being unintentionally hurtful now, especially given the current state of the latest shitstorm (which I am trying to avoid, actually).

ETA: And yes, this post is from a me-centric place, because when I tried writing it any other perspective, I came across even to my own eyes as megapreachy and talking about things I haven't earned the right to and ICK ICK ICK. I feel mostly-OK about talking about myself here, so yeah, I did. I wish I could do better, but I feel like this is better than silence, because I can't be silent when something is Not OK By Me.)

This entry was originally posted at http://elke-tanzer.dreamwidth.org/1019761.html. Please comment there using OpenID.

Perspective: uncomfortable Pointers: gender issues

Opening Move, by Ravenna C Tan #
Ogata/Touya, NC-17, under 1000 words. Summary: Touya receives an unexpected lesson from his senpai.

Ravenna wrote this ficlet for me and it's designed to hit all my HikaGo rare pairing kinks :) Paraphrasing my comment to the author, awwwwww! It's Ogata/Touya! It's so lovely! And it's for meeee! I do wonder how Ravenna manages to combine detached with hot and make lovely things without shmoop.

If you like Ogata, go try it!

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Last night I picked up pasta for dinner from the cafe around the corner, and instead of working on our finals, J and I watched 5 episodes of White Collar.

In our defense, we were both too exhausted from work to do anything productive.

Also in our defense, we are addicted.

We will be saving the last ep for /after/ finals. I... I'm probably going to need icons. :x

Perspective: busy Pointers: fandom:white collar, squee:tv

One Shots:
bertas: Harassment - (Severus / Harry, R)
alisanne: On a Wing and a Prayer - (Severus/Harry, NC-17) *warnings*
alisanne: A Home for the Holidays - (Harry/Draco, G)
alisanne: Caretaker - (Severus/Harry, R)
enchanted_jae: It's Not Christmas Without Tinsel and Mistletoe - (Harry/Draco, PG-13)
ravenna_c_tan: Snowflake Ficlet #1 - (Severus/Draco, NC-17)
Anonymous in lupin_snape: A Cup of Kindness Yet - (Severus/Remus, NC-17) *warnings*
Anonymous in daily_deviant: Pinstripe Pet - (Percy/Rufus, NC-17)
Anonymous in daily_deviant: On Merlin's Balls - (Severus/Lucius, R) *warnings*
Anonymous in daily_deviant: The Lover - (Neville/Luna, NC-17) *warnings*
Anonymous in daily_deviant: Two Can Keep A Secret - (Severus/Gilderoy, NC-17) *warnings*
Anonymous in snapelyholidays: Of Rhinos and Men - (Snape/Moody, NC-17))
Anonymous in snarry_holidays: Speak Low If You Speak of Love - (Harry/Severus, NC-17) *warnings*
Anonymous in snarry_holidays: A Common Strength - (Severus/Harry, R)
Anonymous in snarry_holidays: For Want of a Headmaster - (Severus/Harry, NC-17)


Drabbles:
lilyseyes: Magical Gingerbread - (Harry, R) *warnings*
snapesgirl_62: A Matter of Faith - (OC, G)
enchanted_jae: Gingerbred - (Harry/Draco, PG)
enchanted_jae: Holiday Magic - (Harry/Draco, PG)
alisanne: His Own Song - (Severus/Harry, PG)
dgpolo: Things For You and For Me - (Harry/Draco, G)
celandineb: Connection - (Harry/Severus, G)
alisanne: Suitable Positions - (Severus/Harry/Draco, R)
alisanne: The Reward System - (Harry/Draco, PG)

Art:
Anonymous in snapelyholidays: Bound To Please - (Severus/Harry, R) *warnings*
Anonymous in daily_deviant: Break - (Hermione/Ron/Harry, NC-17)
Anonymous in lupin_snape: All Day, Every Day, For the Rest of Our Lives - (Severus/Remus, NC-17)

Community News:
lupin100: Posted Prompt #273
slythindor100: Posted a Mod message
snape100: Posted Challenge #312: "...and Dance"
snarry_swap: Posted a Mod message
daily_deviant: Posted Kinky Kristmas Roundup the First

Newsletters:
snapenews: Posted Issue #801: Thursday/Friday
dailysnitch: Posted a Special Edition: Alice Longbottom
dailysnitch: Posted its Saturday, December 12 issue

If you have any links or tips for us, please let us know. Email us at potterprophet.ij@gmail.com.

Perspective: calm Percieve: "The Holly and the Ivy" Pointers: 2009-12

Title: Caretaker
Author: alisanne
Rating: R
Pairing: Severus Snape/Harry Potter
Summary: Hermione's nervous and Harry reminisces.
Word Count: 1500
Genre: Romance, erotica
Warnings: None that I am aware of.
A/N: Written for adventdrabbles prompt #13: Christmas Party/Ball. This is part 13 in my Sexy Kinks for Sexy Wizards series, the previous parts being: Sexy Kinks for Sexy Wizards Day 1 - Candles, Sexy Kinks for Sexy Wizards Day 2 - Plum Pudding, Inexplicably Bound, A Snog and a Cuddle, Tinsel Talk, Hot Buttered Harry, Stockings Stuffed With Care, Finding the Perfect Tree, Why Santa's Jolly, Important Research, A Hint of Ginger and On a Wing and a Prayer.
Beta: sevfan
Disclaimer: The characters contained herein are not mine. No money is being made from this fiction, which is presented for entertainment purposes only.

Caretaker

Perspective: hopeful Pointers: alisanne, fic, rating: r

The plot thickens... This post may be polemical.

I told you I was going to comment on a few differences between the English and the Portuguese punctuation rules, but the following rule is the same for both languages:

2. Use commas after introductory clauses, phrases, or words that come before the main clause.

( cut for length )

Now, this is all and well. As I said, it works the same way in Portuguese. But!

Traditionally, formal written English requires writers to use a comma after introductory elements, that is, after clauses or phrases that are at the beginning of a sentence. However, the trend among contemporary writers — even well-educated, professional writers — is to punctuate more lightly, using fewer marks of punctuation. Readers too seem to prefer this contemporary style, feeling that the traditional punctuation practices create text that looks over-punctuated and "heavy."

It’s not that I didn’t notice the trend. I did. But this trend goes against my “instict” as a writer. We don't have a similar trend in Brazil. If the phrase has fewer than three words, I'm okay with omitting the comma. But with a longer phrase? It’s too... violent for me. You may think I’m exaggerating, but your native language is a part of you. Some authors whose first language is not English but who write in English decide to keep their "foreign accent", and some of them are successful.

Besides, I don’t write only for English speaking readers. I know that I have readers whose first language is Dutch, French, German, Italian, Spanish, and who knows which other languages!

There is more than one question involved here:

1) The contemporary writers are not following this specific Grammar rule. Is that a correct assumption? If it’s a correct assumption, is it a good or a bad thing? Some people may like it, other people may not.

2) An author whose first language is not English but who writes in English cannot become a native writer of English. Should s/he even try?

There is no simple, unique answer to these questions. For me, it’s a difficult decision. For now, I’m following the English Grammar rules, and not the contemporary trend. But this may change in the future.

Perspective: contemplative Pointers: punctuation, writing

Title: Suitable Positions
Author: alisanne
Character(s): Severus Snape/Harry Potter/Draco Malfoy
Pairing(s): Severus Snape/Harry Potter/Draco Malfoy
Rating: R
Warning(s): Threesome
Challenge(s): Written for slytherins100's prompt #99: Bendy
Word count: 100
Author's notes: Drapery, yay!
Beta: sevfan
Disclaimer: The characters contained herein are not mine. No money is being made from this fiction, which is presented for entertainment purposes only.

Suitable Positions

Perspective: rushed Pointers: alisanne, drabble, rating: r

Title: For Want of a Headmaster
Author: James Potter was a sick man.
Giftee: midnight_birth
Word Count: ~6,600
Rating: NC-17
Pairing: Severus/Harry
Warnings: * Minor character death before the story begins *
Disclaimer: All Harry Potter characters herein are the property of J.K. Rowling and Bloomsbury/Scholastic. No copyright infringement is intended.
Summary: When Hogwarts refuses to accept another headmaster or headmistress, the Board of Governors threatens to exorcise the school and install Lucius Malfoy as headmaster. The solution is to send Harry Potter in search of Hogwarts's missing headmaster.
Author's Notes: My thanks to my wonderful betas: E, M, and F. Any errors they didn't catch, or that I added after they read the story, are all mine.

( For Want of a Headmaster )

Pointers: fic, genre: drama/angst, genre: romance, rated: nc-17, round: 2009

House: I've just watched the 6.08 ep, "Ignorance is Bliss". Loved it! Chase has become a younger version of House!

Merlin: I haven't watched the latest ep yet. The previous one, 2.11 (The Witch's Quickening), was a bit dark. It was to be expected. But I'm curious as to how the season will end.

Perspective: pleased Pointers: house, merlin

Your snape_potter Daft Day snarry_swap creations are due TOMORROW, MONDAY, DECEMBER 14.

If it's already Monday for you then, by all means, turn your creation in. However, I will not count anything late until Monday is over for me on the west coast of the United States, PST.

Send your completed fic and/or art to smutswap @ gmail . com

Please use the following header when you submit.
<b>Recipient:</b> <b>Title:</b> <b>Author/Artist:</b> <b>Rating:</b> <b>Word Count:</b> <b>Warning(s):</b> <b>Prompt/Summary:</b> <b>A/N:</b>

People have arleady been turning in delicious art and wonderful fic.
I'm looking forward to celebrating an exciting New Year of Snarry!

Perspective: bouncy Pointers: mod announcement, mod post, reminder

I'm looking for a beta to go over my WTP Warning Ficlets (WriSoMiFu) I'd like to post them to Walking the Plank, but I would like someone to give them a once over before I send them in.

I would usually ask my standard beta, but they are at the moment one of the few active submission mod at WTP. So they wouldn't be able to approve my work if they were the beta.

Anyone interested? Must be comfortable with all the kinks (or most of them at least)



Oh and a side note, Walking the Plank is looking for volunteers. If you would be interested in becoming a submission moderator please sign up on our forum

Also Walking the Plank is having a fund raising drive to help cover costs for the website and domain Any money graciously donated will be used to help pay for web hosting and domain registration for the site. The balance will be kept on the paypal account and any remaining amount will be carried over to help pay for the next year of the site.

~Shadowess

Perspective: cheerful Pointers: beta

*is pleased* So after a bout of bad luck, things are finally starting to sort themselves out.
( Good News )

Perspective: ecstatic Pointers: cards, real life

One Shots
[x] Anonymous: A Common Strength [R]
[x] Anonymous: A Holiday Tradition [R]
[x] Anonymous: A Sense of Adventure [NC-17]
[x] Anonymous: Folie à Deux [NC-17]
[x] Anonymous: In the Beginning [PG-15] Chan
[x] Anonymous: It's Harry, Remember [PG]
[x] Anonymous: Speak Low if You Speak of Love [NC-17]
[x] Anonymous: Terms of This Conflict [R]
[x] Anonymous: The Dreams We Forget (Are Those We Most Regret) [NC-17] Snape/Harry, background Harry/Ginny, mentions of Hermione/Ron. Also contains two pieces of art (NWS)
[x] Anonymous: The Gift That Keeps On Giving [NC-17] Harry/Draco, Harry/Snape/Draco
[x] Anonymous: Unexpected Gifts [NC-17]
[x] Pdantzler2: The House Which Time Forgot, Wanting Him Back (PG)
[x] aceia: Protecting Harry [PG]
[x] alisanne: A Hint of Ginger [NC-17]
[x] alisanne: Hot Buttered Harry [NC-17]
[x] alisanne: On a Wing and a Prayer [NC-17]
[x] alisanne: Stockings Stuffed With Care [NC-17]
[x] archionblu: One Last Try [G]
[x] hkpadfoot: To Say It Means Goodbye [G]
[x] kibatsu: Naughty Bunny [NC-17]

Works In Progress
[x] SHaria: Eclipse of the Soul has been updated with Chapter 20 [M]

Drabbles And Ficlets
[x] Anonymous: How to Surprise a Master Snoop [PG]
[x] alisanne: Finding the Perfect Tree [R]
[x] alisanne: Fun Fight [PG] Neville/Remus. Snape/Harry
[x] alisanne: His Own Song [PG]
[x] alisanne: Important Research [PG-13]
[x] alisanne: Insistent [R]
[x] alisanne: Natural Selection [PG]
[x] alisanne: Tinsel Talk [R]
[x] alisanne: Why Santa's Jolly [NC-17]
[x] bertas: Happy B-Day to Me [R]
[x] bertas: Harassment [R]
[x] calanor: Icy Hearts, Part 5 [R]
[x] calanor: Icy Hearts, Part 6 [R]
[x] calanor: Icy Hearts, Part 7 [R]
[x] centaury_squill: Christmas Tree [G]
[x] coeur_de_ma_vie: Lost Languages [R]
[x] fancypantsdylan: Birth and Death [PG-13]
[x] hkpadfoot : Rain [G]
[x] hkpadfoot: Dust [G]
[x] hkpadfoot: Feet [PG]
[x] joanwilder: Saying It Without Flowers [PG]
[x] lemondropseven: Betrayal [G]
[x] lemondropseven: Two [R]
[x] littleblackbow: Pretending They Don't Know - Part II [G]
[x] magialuna: Revising Memory Charms [G]
[x] necromanticnoir: I Can Hear the Bells [NC-17]
[x] rage_jt: Favourite Thing [NC-17]
[x] rage_jt: The Other Lover [R] Harry/Draco, background Harry/Severus
[x] shadowess: Posted 44 Ficlets based on the Warnings listed at Walking the Plank [G - NC-17]
[x] shoeboxes4all: Harry's Birthday Surprise [PG]
[x] sweetmelodykiss: Belated [PG] Past Severus/Albus, Present Severus/Harry
[x] thejunkfolder: Severus's Favorite Instrument [NC-17]
[x] torina_archelda: Fairy Lights and Tinsel [G]
[x] torina_archelda: Happy Christmas, Harry Potter! [G]
[x] torina_archelda: Gifts [PG]
[x] torino10154: Baby Steps [PG]
[x] torino10154: It Takes Allsorts [PG-13]
[x] torino10154: O Christmas Tree [PG]
[x] torino10154: Tea and Sympathy [PG-13]
[x] torino10154: There once was a man . . . [PG-13] Snape/Harry, George/Angelina/Lee
[x] unbroken_halo: I'll Have a Blue Christmas [PG] Scroll down
[x] undrscoredom2nd: Clean Your Ears [PG]
[x] whitecotton: Stick Figures [R]

Art And Icons
[x] Anonymous: Animagery 101 {R/NWS]
[x] Anonymous: Beware the Power of Mistletoe [PG-13]
[x] Anonymous: Drinking Party [PG-13]
[x] Anonymous: Negotiation [R]
[x] Anonymous: Snape's Apprentice [G]
[x] Anonymous: Snowed In [G]
[x] Anonymous: A Handful of Snow [G]
[x] chiakidark: Santa's Little Helpers Banner Art [PG] Snape/Harry/Draco
[x] littleblackbow: Art for her series of Advent Drabbles [G]

Miscellaneous
[x] hds_beltane: Sign-ups are open
[x] mysticnights32: Created a New Snarry Recs List for Bottom!Snape Fics
[x] snarry_holidays: Week One Wrap-up

This Newsletter
[x] Send your Snape/Harry news to sshp.prophet@gmail.com!

Title: Snowed In
Artist: Draco Malfoy is jealous.
Giftee: venturous
Media/Medium: Watercolor and P'shop
Rating: G
Pairing: HP/SS
Warnings: *Old people*
Disclaimer: All Harry Potter characters herein are the property of J.K. Rowling and Bloomsbury/Scholastic. No copyright infringement is intended.
Summary: Just a sweet moment, because it's the little sweet moments that count.
Artist's Notes: My computer died and my scanner won't work with my new one, so I had to get creative. I did what I could.

Pointers: art, genre: fluff, rated: g, round: 2009

Title: On a Wing and a Prayer
Author: alisanne
Rating: NC-17
Pairings: Severus Snape/Harry Potter, Lucius Malfoy/Hermione Granger, others implied.
Summary: Even at a party, Severus and Harry manage to indulge themselves.
Word Count: 1025
Genre: Erotica
Warnings: Semi-public sex
A/N: Written for adventdrabbles's prompt #12: (Sexy) Angel. This is part 12 in my Sexy Kinks for Sexy Wizards series, the previous parts being: Sexy Kinks for Sexy Wizards Day 1 - Candles, Sexy Kinks for Sexy Wizards Day 2 - Plum Pudding, Inexplicably Bound, A Snog and a Cuddle, Tinsel Talk, Hot Buttered Harry, Stockings Stuffed With Care, Finding the Perfect Tree, Why Santa's Jolly, Important Research and A Hint of Ginger
Beta: sevfan
Disclaimer: The characters contained herein are not mine. No money is being made from this fiction, which is presented for entertainment purposes only.

On a Wing and a Prayer

Perspective: thoughtful Pointers: alisanne, fic, rating: nc-17

I meant to post this during Thanksgiving weekend, but as usual this year, I'm behind. on. everything.

( Guidelines behind a cut, because you've probably seen them lots of times already... )

( Elke's Holiday Wishlist 2009 )

Hey, also, if you've posted your wishlist, can you please link me to it? Thanks!

This entry was originally posted at http://elke-tanzer.dreamwidth.org/1019139.html. Please comment there using OpenID.

Perspective: calm Pointers: holiday - yule, wishlist

Title: His Own Song
Author: alisanne
Pairing: Severus Snape/Harry Potter
Rating: PG
Challenge: Written for snape100's prompt #311: Song
Word Count: 100
Warnings: None that I am aware of.
Beta: sevfan
Disclaimer: The characters contained herein are not mine. No money is being made from this fiction, which is presented for entertainment purposes only.

His Own Song

Perspective: hopeful Pointers: alisanne, drabble, rating: pg

Title: Speak Low if You Speak of Love
Author: Can owls write? Hedwig always seemed rather shifty.
Giftee: thesewarmstars
Word Count: ~21,500
Rating: NC-17
Pairing: Harry/Severus
Warnings: *Not-Epilogue compliant, Alive!Severus, Top/Bottom!Snape, Virgin!Snape, Experienced!Harry, Top/Bottom!Harry, very minor blood-play*
Disclaimer: The world of HP and its characters belongs to Rowling. The author of this fic has borrowed them for the purposes of storytelling. No profit was or will be made.
Summary: When a secret is revealed during casual conversation, Harry sees Severus in a brand new light. Will he be able to convince Severus to take their friendship to a whole new level?
Author's Notes: Thanks to the brilliant whitecotton for all her spectacular beta work and Brit-picking. I seriously would not have finished this if not for her. Also, I would like to say thanks to atypicalsnowman for making certain I understood exactly what was desired in a fic. Last but not least, thanks to R, B and D for allowing me to pick their brains as I ironed out the plot. The title is a line from William Shakespeare’s ‘Much Ado About Nothing.’

Speak Low If You Speak of Love

Pointers: fic, genre: drama/angst, genre: romance, rated: nc-17, round: 2009