I am so going to get avialle for this! Also, those of you who feel tagged? You're tagged.

A) People who have been tagged must write their answers on their blogs & replace any question that they dislike with a new question formulated by themselves. --I hate all questions. Does that mean I don't have to do the meme?

B) Tag 8 people to do this quiz & those who are tagged cannot refuse. These people must state who they were tagged by & cannot tag the person whom they were tagged by. Continue this game by sending it to other people. --See above.

( 20 Questions Meme )

theentwife sort of made me do this... and as it is, it seems I am going to end up writing Fenrir/Draco dark romance. Er- *shifty eyes*

livelongnmarry. New offer. Fanfic 5-10K. Any slash pairing (with a few exceptions) - even Snarry. Interested in pushing my limits? Go here and bid!

I have an offer for a novel length fic up as well - with more limited possibilities for wild pairings, though. It's here.

NOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!111!!Rasguhdammit"#%¤%#¤##!!!

I just bunnied myself with next year's LMoM. I was just thinking I was so happy not to have any more ideas for that evil month when a particularly mean were-bunny jumped in and began humping my leg. I don't want to! Werewolves! Fenrir! Pack! bestiality hawt sex! Snow Palace!David! Slave!Snape. Maybe I can just write it and not be in the competition. We'll see.

*cries and throttles bunnies to stop them from breeding - or breathing*

[/useless info]

*goes back to write ch2 of The Accounts of a Former Death Eater Whore*

No backbone: Caving in... again. I now accept bids for a Harry Potter novel as well @ livelongnmarry.

Impressed: Order 2 books from Japan the 26th. Get them the morning of the 30th, no mean taxes or other additional toll expenses added.

Not Impressed: Order 2 books from Amazon UK on the 3rd June, finally, on the 24th receive an email they don't have the book.

Guess I'll be doing some business over at Amazon.jp in the future.

Meme - tagged by the mean and evil blpaintchart (who's also not able to count to seven): Choose seven things from your interests list and explain why you like them...

Avoiding Alan Rickman: Get that man out of my HP, thnxbai! No matter if it's art or pics from the film. I love Alan Rickman, but not as he as appear as an overweight, twenty years too old Snape parody. Gods, he makes Snape a turn-off. Man has gorgeous legs, though. In any other setting, I'd drool over him... but not as Snape.

Misanthropy: I hate the world and I am pleased to tell it so on a daily basis - including 99,9% of its inhabitants. Life in general has given me no reason to trust or like people. It happens occasionally that I cave in, though. I usually regret it later. [/Snapishness]

Medieval weaponry: Began when I was four and fell in lurve with a medieval wooden carving of St George and the Dragon. Since then, I've learned to master lance, various swords, mazes, daggers and combat horses (of course). I suck at archery, though, but I am bloody good at beheading foot soldiers in the shape of white cabbage on sticks. I've done a lot of shows and have actually earned money doing something I think is extremely fun.

Steam punk: I just like the genre. But literary and design-wise. Why must everything be so... plastic-y?

Winter Cicada and Haru wo Daiteita <-- that's two interests, but still... Oh, don't get me started... Haru wo, or Harudaki, is a manga in which two (hugely gorgeous) former AV actors pursue careers as "serious" actors. "Winter Cicada" is a historical film they both get main roles in. The brilliance in this is that Winter Cicada sort of works as a meta story inside Harudaki. Winter Cicada is even made as an movie-length anime, which gives the whole thing an even more real feeling. I love Harudaki because it is just about the only manga that has ever caught my attention. Bloody good artist, Youka Nitta is.

ETA, just because Chart demanded it: Steam punk is Jules Verne, League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. Sherlock and Watson. Victorian. Making new things fit as if they were made in that period.

Mills: Textile mills, and the conditions for workers in said mills. The way Modernism sort of was fertilised by the working class and some of the events just around the century. William Carlos Williams was a Modernist writer and poet who wrote a famous piece of Modernist "faction" when he went to Paterson to support and describe the spinners' fight for better working conditions there during a strike. Basically, there's a reason I wrote Mills of Manchester and loved every moment of it. Wrote a lengthy exam thingy for uni about it too, and it is what I am going to write about - mills and Manchester - later on.

Help me out here, lovely f-list! I need to find some Snupin fics, and I thought the easiest way was to make you do the job for me. Now the reason I ask is to make it more... random what I get than if I run over to MoonShadow and pick them out myself.

What I need is fics from three groups and in various lengths from the following groups:

- Pre HBP Old Skool Snupin: 2x >20,000, 3x>5,000, 3x>1,000, 2xpwp
- Pre-DH (and after HBP): 5x >20,000, 5x>5,000, 5x>1,000, 5xpwp
- Post DH: 5x >20,000, 5x>5,000, 5x>1,000, 5xpwp

If you have written Snupin that fit with this, could you link me - just link + group + length - and I'll be eternally grateful, you don't have to bother writing resumes or make the links nice. I am going to read them anyway. Do link to other writers' fics too, if they fit this.

What I need as well, are a few "established" Snupin writers and artists - authors/artists who mainly write/draw Snupin and has done so before DH. If you have time to answer a few research-and-Snupin-writing-related questions, please comment or mail snapelike @ gmail.com.

*caves in and offers fic*

livelongnmarry

Not of interest to the HP part of my flist. I might put a HP fic up for auction, though.

Title: Full Moon, February
Pairing: Severus/Remus
Rating: PG-13?
Word count: 750
Notes: Character study/scene
Summary: Severus is not fond of werewolves - but still he goes outside to watch Remus on a full moon's night.

( Full Moon, February )

Title: LMoM Part II: The Accounts of a Former Death Eater Whore 1/20
Characters: Remus Lupin/Severus Snape, Oliver/Rabastan Lestrange, Neville Longbottom, Rodolphus Lestrange
Rating: NC-17 all over
Word count, this chapter: 2,500
Warnings: AU - the Death Eaters won...
Notes: Dedicated to my friend red_day_dawning, with much love. Beta by the lovely and snarky blpaintchart. This fic can be read independently of LMoM I. LMoM Part I (105,000 words, unchaptered) can be found here, or chaptered here.
Summary: Severus Snape returns to a post-war wizarding world without the Dark Lord. No matter the Dark Lord died, his followers still won the battle and the power to rule. In this new world, former Order members are forced to get by as best they can - those who haven't escaped - even if the occupation is not to their liking. Some have even become quite successful and sought after - like the infamous Remus Lupin. No matter the current political climate, love between two such different wizards as a Death Eater spy and a werewolf whore is still possible. By Severus' help finally free of the Ministry's slavery, Remus Lupin is going to start a new life. But the wizarding world is changing, the Death Eaters' rule is becoming less strict. New Reforms are issued, and the first to go through this new redemption process is Rodolphus Lestrange. By the Minister's orders Severus and Remus, together with Rabastan, Rodolphus, Oliver and, surprisingly, Neville Longbottom, are sent on a quest for a hidden treasure; a quest that takes them half way around the world.

( LMoM part II: The Accounts of a Former Death Eater Whore 1/20 )

Title: Kimono III: Indigo - Blues for a Forgotten Yukata
Pairing: Miyasaka (OFC implied)
Rating: PG
Word count: 300
Notes: A small series of character studies inspired by kimono. Prompt for this one: indigo-dyed yukata. A yukata is a casual kimono.
Summary: Miyasaka reflects on his wrongdoings for a moment.

( Kimono III: Indigo - Blues for a Forgotten Yukata )

Title: Kimono II: Ode to a Black Haori
Fandom: Haru wo Daite Ita
Pairing: Iwaki/Katou
Word count: 400
Notes: A small series of character studies inspired by kimono. Prompt for this one: Haori, mid 1970s - lining/painting, detail. A haori is a shorter jacket to wear over kimono to protect them.
Summary: Iwaki-san is dressing for a formal occasion.

( Kimono II: Ode to a Black Haori )

Title: Walk Through Darkness
Author: snapelike
Warnings: Character death (yup, those canon ones), mpreg
Rating: PG-13
Prompt: The middle of a war is a terrible place to be a knocked-up spy with an estranged lover, so how does (Severus or Remus) deal with the situation, and can there ever be reconciliation? Does the war destroy too much for either of them to see a future?
Word count: 1,150
Notes: Dark romance. You will not end up scarred for life by reading.
Summary: One night of anger and fury leaves Severus with child. Love and need has nothing to do with it - or?

( Walk Through Darkness )

Fandom: Haru wo Daite Ita
Pairing: Yukihito/Nagisa
Warnings: Cross dressing, mentioned D/s
Word count: 200
Notes: A part of a small series of character studies. Prompts inspired by antique kimonos, for some odd reason: Purple Irotomesode Circa 1900. Those of you who know Harudaki, please, concrit! *dips toes into the scary waters of new, shiny fandom*

( Kimono I )

Inspired by a conversation with the lovely Chart, I decided I wanted to know. So here's a poll. Also, does your Snape or Lupin change if you pair one of them up with another character?
If you have lovely icons to show your preferred Snupiny pair, give 'em here!

( On to Snupin Poll )

Title: Minotauros
Rating: R for violence
Pairing: Rabastan Lestrange/Gregory Goyle
Word Count: 7,500
Warnings: Violence, torture, rape (not between pairing). Dark romance.
Author's Notes: Thanks to my lovely beta, red_day_dawning.
Summary: Being sentenced to life in Azkaban should be punishment enough for almost any crime. But as it is, prison power games make sure any sentence is topped with a little extra that makes things even more unbearable. There is only one way to get though: fight and win, or lose and despair. Azkaban is not for the weak, Gregory Goyle already knows that when he finds Rabastan Lestrange abused and violated by his fellow prisoners.


( Minotauros )

As you might have noticed, I've returned from the dead for a brief time. I had a plotbunny so persistent I had to write the story. It is a left over plot from last year's Lusty Month of May that has grown to be rather large. So... yes, I'm back to do LMoM over at pervy_werewolf, and here's a link to the first eight chapters of Snupin-y plot with pr0n - a story in which Lucius is Minister for Magic, Severus is in Bulgaria and Lupin is... well... a whore.

The Diary of a Death Eater Whore, ch 1-8 (dark romance)

Title: Dragon Heartstring, Werewolf Tooth
Characters: Severus Snape/Remus Lupin, brief Severus Snape/Charlie Weasley
Rating: NC-17
Word Count: 5,800
Warnings: Disability, slight H/C
Author's Note: Beta by imma. From a prompt suggested by red_day_dawning: After Voldemort's defeat, Lupin visits Charlie at the dragon-sanctuary, only to find a familiar Potions Master, who had been thought dead, working there. Snape has been greatly changed/damaged/disabled by Nagini's venom.
Summary: On a mission to Romania, Remus Lupin finds a man he believed to be dead. The unexpected meeting leads to more, but is there a future for a werewolf and a paralysed Potions master?

( Dragon Heartstring, Werewolf Tooth )

Title: The Fall and Rise of the House of Malfoy
Rating: Mild R
Pairing: Lucius/Narcissa
Word Count: 4,250
Warnings: None
Authors notes: Thanks to betas red_day_dawning and imma. Written for leni_jess.
Summary: When the world comes to an end and friend is no longer friend, the Malfoys know how to ride out the storm: loyalty only to themselves.

( The Fall and Rise of the House of Malfoy )

Title: Educating Draco
Characters: Snape/Draco
Rating: NC-17. I am going to hell for this.
Warnings: Chan (13-15), D/s, incest implied.
Word count: 2,000
Prompt: for 24insanehours and the_con_cept's "The younger partner shouldn't know ANYTHING like that, but the older partner discovers his young lover is not as innocent as he likes to pretend."
Summary: Snape is teaching Draco more than Hogwarts requires, but Draco has been doing his homework.

( Educating Draco )

Title: The Early Bird
Characters: Remus/Neville
Rating: NC-17
Warnings: Chan. Neville's third year at Hogwarts.
Word count: 1,500
Notes: For emiime and the 24insanehours challenge.
Summary: Neville is up early. He really wanted a few more hours in bed. He gets them, just not in the way he counted on.

( The Early Bird )

Title: Ficlet: Snape of the High Seas
Rating: PG
Warnings: Crack
Summary: Neville led Remus up the stairs. He opened the locked door, pushing the still-manacled Remus outside. The wind blew strongly and the scent of salt water and sea-weed was overwhelming...

( Snape of the High Seas )

The Last Goodbye

Dawn rises blood-red, shredding the night's heavy cloak.

Searching for hours, his hope is seeping away;
little drops of painful time fall and disappear in the absence.

He calls out; his need answered by silent emptiness of faraway echoes.

In an abandoned house he finds him: a broken doll, cast away; the toy of a petulant child.
A life lost, a love dead. Blood-red loss.

A hand wanders over the cold skin he once offered his burning kisses.

He cannot form words for this, their last goodbye.
Sorrow is wordless; pain is forever.

His tears are bitter rain on barren land.

Hah, no wonder I loved my wizard_love gift so much! Reveals are up, and it turned out to be one of my favourite authors, the lovely and talented odogoddess, who wrote A Toxic & Tender Time for me; an absolutely perfect Snape/Minerva with a side order of Viktor/Millicent. If you haven't yet read it, I recommend you do; it is marvellously written.

Thanks to ragdoll and katesque for making wizard_love, I think this is one of the fests that really needs to be here, since het gets (at times) little attention in my (slashy) corner of fandom. (Also, they manage to put up with my grumpiness, and that is important too.)

I wrote a nice little Lucius/Narcissa - The Fall and Rise of the House of Malfoy for leni_jess, if you're interested.

I've been mean to mnemosyne_1 and must therefore post this:

Everyone has things they blog about. Everyone has things they don't blog about. Challenge me out of my comfort zone by telling me something I don't blog about, but you'd like to hear about, and I'll write a post about it. Ask for anything: latest movie watched, last book read, political leanings, thoughts on yaoi, favorite type of underwear, graphic techniques, etc. Repost in your own journal so that we can all learn more about each other.

A few recs:

A Toxic and Tender Time - by Anonymous.
This is probably one of the best het fics I have read in a long time. Minerva/Severus, and *squees* even more rare: Viktor/Millicent. The author takes us through two parallel story-lines, giving us a very competent Minerva, a Severus who's finally done doing what he needed to do, all wrapped around DH canon in a very clever way. Good characterisation, language and a great back-story for Minerva. Angsty romance between equal partners... do read it, even if you usually don't read het. This is the good stuff! Damned brilliant female characters!
Summary: "I don't want to have to make it an order, Agent Grey."
She stared up at him, stricken. He gave her a thin smile in exchange.
"Unspeakables never retire, Minerva. You know it, as well as I do."

What Heaven We're In - by schemingreader.
Lovely Snupin. Sparse language, good plot, damned hot smexx. Wonderful dialogue. Cross dressing Snape... what more do you want?
Summary: Remus Lupin survived the war and is living in Key West, where he decides to indulge in his passion for drag queens. Guess who is a drag queen?

Raising Snakes (or The Joys and Woes of Having Too Much of a Good Thing) - by kabal42.
Oh noes! Harry/Draco, Harry/Draco/Pansy. I was sort of giggling all the way through the story. Being a D/ myself I really, really felt poor Harry's woes here, with two unruly subs and a need for coffee. Go read this: it is well written, funny, and by someone who really knows what he's talking about. Brilliant BDSM!
Summary: Harry is doing Ginny a favour. Then Pansy and Draco try to do one for each other, making Harry wish he'd never agreed to the first favour. Until something changes his mind.