darth_stitch | Five Things That Have Driven Me Completely Bonkers Today: (Reply)

1. Enahma's My Man Friday. Yes, one of my guilty pleasures are the ridiculously cheesy Snape n' Harry are forced/accidentally married/bonded fics. Good for a laugh if you're reading them on ff.net, OOCness, bad grammar and all. But a punch to the gut when it's done decently. And this IS one of the better-written fics of that sort. It's not perfect. But it's haunting. And for some strange reason, this story has taken up residence in my brain.

I can only explain that it "feels" like one of them old Judith McNaught novels I used to read in high school. I loved most of her stuff, except for Whitney My Love which I wanted to throw into the Pasig River. And as bonkers as her usual plots were, I just couldn't put 'em down. This story affected me the same way, but more and better. And Enahma's Snape and Harry behaved in a somewhat more believable manner to me, in the way they eventually developed their relationship. None of that WHAMMO! They're in love! B.S. And while there's a "sort-of" non-con in there, which normally squicks the hell out of me, it was handled far better than stupid Whitney My Love.

2. This entry from Severus Snape, as portrayed by

snapetoy in

restituere. Oh, the UST! Oh, the Snarry goodness! *chortles* Go, go, and go - and help us set the poor sods up!

3.

cauldron_brew or Severus Snape as portrayed by

hp_femme is now on the loose in LJ land!! Watch him exchange snark for snark with the Ladies of His Harem - a.k.a.

la_sonnambula,

chaos_rose and

sharp_tongue

4-5. Fan Art by

brevisse. Two of 'em, so that makes five.

Check out the first one right HERE. And I just realized - this is Snapercup! Oh, my Snape in "As You Wish" doesn't go around in drag. But ever since

ygrane coined that name, I wanted to see the image that went with it. I don't know how Brevisse did it, but this is my Snapercup Muse. And now I'm inspired. *squees*

Be WARNED! DO NOT, I REPEAT, NOT DRINK ANYTHING IF YOU'RE GOING TO VIEW THIS PIC. Really. Spare your monitors and keyboards. Put the coffee down. Then look.

God, I love this day.