Rickmaniac on the loose

OMG! Even if you don't ship Harry/Draco, run over to hd_inspired on LJ and look at this amazing piece of art! It's the staff Strip Poker night at Hogwarts - so even if the boys don't do it for you, don't miss McGonagall in her underwear!



Truly awesome, even if it is only PG13!

Life is waaaay too unfair. I clicked through more than 200 FMA DJ at Aarinfantasy forums, everything from M through Y. Not a single one Scar/anybody! Waah! Sooo unfair :((

( Eight DJ today: Roy/Ed, Roy/Hughes, Ed/Al (and vice versa). Liked one )

OK, last spam of the day if I can help it.

harry100 is live! The first prompt is hero.

Join the comm and the fun-all pairings and genres are welcome so long as Harry's the main attraction.

Title: Sexual Healing
Author: randomlysane
Pairing: Snape/Harry, Harry/OCs implied
Rating: NC17
Word Count: 8,380
Beta: I asked and no one offered. But don't worry, it should be error-free.
Summary: Harry Potter, hero of the Wizarding World, doesn't like sex. As a New Year's Resolution, he decides to see a sex therapist. He is paired with Dr. Snape, who helps him work through his aversion.
A/N: AU, in the fact that Harry and Snape have never met.
Warnings: AU, graphic sex, rimming, child abuse mentioned (OC), alternating POV, attempted rape implied, simple Snape.
Disclaimer: The boys belong to JKR. I'm just playing with them. No money involved.

( Sexual Healing )

Title: Show But Don't Tell
Author: redcandle17
Pairing: Pansy/Walden
Rating: NC-17
Words: ~1,300
Summary: Pansy's summer vacation takes a naughty turn thanks to Macnair.

Another Pansy/Walden goodness for me in Fall Fandom Free-For-All thanks to redcandle17! Pansy is delicious here. She knows she shouldn't, she isn't sure if she wants to, but she's oh-so-curious. Unlike Macnair, who knows exactly what he wants *snerk*. For Pansy, his unabashed manners are quite exotic and exciting. Besides, her mother didn't say 'no' ;)

Thank you, redcandle!

Five best in my opinion, at least. I love long fics, to an extent where I rarely read anything shorter than 40K. No, I do, just not that often. So here are the five fics I return to because they feel good, they are a lovely read, and with good plot/characterisation/luuurve and happy end. I actually couldn't decide which of my two favourite long fics were my actual favourite, so they have to share the first place. However, I doubt very much that it comes as a surprise who the authors are.

1. Compulsion by arionrhod (Remus/Severus)
Author's Summary: Two champions; one disgraced by scandal, the other hiding a secret. Two very different men, who share a single goal - to become the greatest figure skater in the world. Can they also accept that they share a common passion. each other?
Why you should use time to look at it: (I'm lazy, I simply quote from my comment to Arion ;0)
I was caught up totally in this story, I forgot that I had other things to do, I forgot lunch, and I was 1.5 hour late for an appointment... Arion brings our heroes out as real persons, supported largely by very good and almost epic characterisation. The paragraph where Arion first describes Snape skating - "Snape was passion, all fiery aggression and suppressed fury bundled into one and then poised on nine inches of knife-sharp steel..." - is so poetic, precise and vivid that I had to go back several times to read it over. I think it might be the most wonderful line about Snape I've ever read, and that in an AU. Impressive.
Also Arion manages to hold the reader's attention through a long story where the end is almost certain, without dragging it into cliché - or rather by using the romance clichées in a very clever way that ends the story in nicely and well wrapped up way. I think this is one of the best fics I have ever read, and it definitely is above any other Snupin fic, in a class of its own.

1. The Way of the World by scribbulus_ink (Remus/Severus)
Author's Summary: After the war, Remus tells the wizarding world to sod off and goes to live as a Muggle, and three years later, Severus comes looking for him, wanting to know how to do the same thing.
Why you should use time to look at it: I love this fic. It is like chicken soup, long summer Sundays, like cuddly kittens and warm puppies. Comfort, ladies and gentlemen - although there isn't any H/C in it. Spot on characterisation, classic Snupin conflict, brilliant, fluent writing, and lurrrrve. It is so damned good. The supporting characters feel real, the locations are described so it feels like one would recognise the place if one accidentally found it. Many published writers should eat their hearts out and spice it with envy for not having written as well as scribbulus_ink/McKay does here.

3. Finding Love by SilentAuror (Snape/Harry, Harry/Draco, Severus/Lucius)
Author's Summary: A story about several men searching for something and what it means to find it.
Why you should use time to look at it: I'm okayish with Harry/Draco, especially Silent Aurors version. Despite the fact I dislike Potter intensely, SA's Potter is actually tolerable. The story has a good flow, good, rather canon Lucius. One of the very rare long Snucius-fics where Lucius isn't treated as a cardboard psycho. Actually, it is just rare to find long Severus/Lucius at all. God, this pairing is so under-appreciated!!! Oh, and this fic has actual magic in it. Funny how rarely that happen in this fandom. More love to it for that.

4. The Adventures of Remus J. Lupin, Aspiring Sex God by snegurochka_lee (Remus/Severus)
Author's Summary: Remus has been told he's boring in bed. He sets out on a mission to spice things up.
Why you should use time to look at it: Oh damn, how I waited impatiently every day for Lee to post another chapter of lovely, hot, intense LMoM Snupin. And OMG! Charlie. Steaming hot dominant Snape... *fans* If there ever was PWP with plot and hotness, this is the one. *melts* Also, the BDSM in the fic works very, very well.
Anyway: Angst, romance, hot sex - and a bit of tongue in cheek. And other places. This fic has it all. Now you go read it. Maybe put a towel on your chair first... ;0)

5. Seventh Year by nishizono (Severus/Lucius)
Author's Summary: Forced into hiding after the war, Severus finds himself at Hogwarts, disguised as a seventeen year old student and about to relive the nightmare of his seventh year: Seven long days, seven unexpected allies, seven well-kept secrets, seven burning questions, seven black buttons, and three little words.
Why you should use time to look at it: Brilliant plot, good writing, young Severus/Lucius. Snappy Snape, quite over-confident canon!Lucius. And did I mention the really, really good writing? Even if Marauders and Lucius are not your cuppa, read it for the good story-telling.

Also, a spanking to kabal42 for taking down his lovely Draco/Hermione BDSM fic, Muggle Studies. It should have had a place on this list. A grave mistake that the fic is no longer on the web if you ask me.

If you go read, please leave a comment for the author. Old fics need love too!

Okay...Leila is going to do untold acts of insanity between Today and Sunday!

Projects:

1. Seeekrit!

2. Seeeeekrit!

3. Subrosa

4. Category of Happiness! GO!

5. Executive Committee side story!

6. Scanning for Sonya


Status of Projects:

1. In Levelling

2. In Scanning

3. In progress

4. Completely cleaned/levelled, in typesetting

5. In Levelling

6. Chapter one, done.

Title: Crack the Whip
Word Count: 100
Rating: R
Pairings: Draco/Scorpius, implied past Draco/Lucius
Warnings: Whipping, not graphic non-con, chan, and incest
draco100 Prompt 8: Leather
A/N: Terrible pun, but Draco is totally my whipping boy. Whenever I want to write something nasty, he seems to be in the thick of it. Someday I'll reward him for all the trouble I've put him through. But not anytime soon. *eg*


( Crack the Whip )

I feel a spammy day coming on . . . (must be because I should be cleaning).

I really want to customize my journal so it has the tags on the side ('cause otherwise, why bother?) but I really like having a picture up top. But then, I'm looking at everyone else's journals (hi all! *waves*) and it made me wonder why some people customize it down to the color scheme and others just go with the prepackaged format, straight out of the box as it were.

So how important is the look of your journal? Is the ease of use important to you? To tag or not to tag, that is another question. Does it bother you when someone else's is similar to yours? Oh, and how about how often do you change it?

ETA: I'll probably be playing with my journal today. So if it looks funny, you'll know why.

Title: Mr Weasley, I presume
Author: Leela (leela_cat)
Pairing: Lucius/Charlie
Rating/Warnings/Kinks: NC-17, PWP
Word Count: ~1,400
Summary: Raising money for the dragon preserves is all well and good, but... Lucius is bored, Charlie is suffocating, and they both need.
A/N: I've abused Lucius unmercifully in almost every story where he's appeared. Yesterday, he decided that he was going to take me up on my promise to one day let him have fun.
This one's for Minxie who encouraged me when I was ready to let this one go and agreed to beta.




Totally the first time I've read Lucius/Charlie. Won't be the last, even if I have to write it myself. Srsly.

-♥-

( Mostly for the views )

Title: Executive Committee Volume 1, Chapter 6
Mangaka: Minekura Kazuya
Pages: 31
Rating: PG
Summary: Before there was Wild Adapter, there was Executive Committee. Kubota and Tokito in high school.
Warning (series): AU? Sort of. Hints of Shounen-ai, okama, and oodles of crazy gay boys (not exaggerating).
Notes: Oh, Tokito...and now he gets a rival...
Scanlator: Emerald Eyes
For previous posts, click on "executive committee" tag.


( When you speak of the World's Idol, it's me, Tokito-sama! )

Joined the Forum and learned I hate message boards. I've learned more from ya'll than I did those people. So I am asking ya'll about again *snuggles all knowing f-list* Do some hatchlings mature faster than others? Do the different types of dragons need more views, clicks, etc than others? It seems my second batch of eggs aren't hatching as fast as the first ones did. I can't find this information in the FAQs on the Forum.

( My Brood )

The lovely and talented drachenmina wrote me a lovely little AU Snarry Harvest Gifts because I begged asked her. Upon reflection, I'm rather embarrassed that I did. But the world has been blessed with another delightful Snarry so the ends justify the means. ;)

And I purchased pytx's lovely book Clippings.

( A few spoilers )

She's selling the book as book a paperback (printed on demand) and an e-book. Her post here for more details. The book itself is lovely-gorgeous art and a slick black cover.

For some reason, 36 isn't as daunting as 35 was.

So excited/nervous for this afternoon! With luck I will have pictures to post tonight.

Title: Harvest Gifts
Author: drachenmina
Word Count: 1,400
Rating: G
Characters: Severus Snape/Harry Potter
Summary: Non-magic AU. House-sitting for his mother, Severus is disturbed by a young man bearing gifts.
Disclaimer: This story is based on characters and situations created and owned by JK Rowling, various publishers including but not limited to Bloomsbury Books, Scholastic Books and Raincoat Books, and Warner Bros., Inc. No money is being made and no copyright or trademark infringement is intended
Huge thanks for the beta-read are due to my darling gin_tonic
AN: For the wonderful torino10154. As I mentioned to you last week, my Snarry muse has been in a frankly bizarre mood of late, but I flatter myself that on the third attempt I’ve managed to produce something neither unduly depressing nor macabre…
Hope you enjoy! *hugs*


( Harvest Gifts )

Do you know how long it's been since I had a Peanut Butter and Jelly sandwich? Me either! Probably at some point during college, which ended in 2002.

Yesterday I found out about a peanut butter spread that has 85% less fat than regular peanut butter. It's sold at Trader Joe's, which is next door to the grocery store I use. While I was out today, ready to spend my $40, I went and bought it. It's called "Better n' Peanut Butter" and is nearly as good as peanut butter, lol. It smells like peanuts that have been roasted just a touch longer than they should have been, and tastes like peanut butter, but with a bit more roasted flavor, which really makes sense, since more roasting would remove more fat. It's very easy to spread and incredibly smooth. For less than $4.00 for the jar, it was a great buy, as now I have something to make a tasty PB&J that won't set off my IBS or make me gain weight, but will last a long time and make many sandwiches. For 2 tablespoons, there are 2 grams of fat and 100 calories. As rich as the flavor is, 2 Tbs is plenty to make a super tasty sandwich, though I just used one slice of bread.

It also comes in chocolate, but Trader Joe's didn't have it in stock *sad*

Today's random chatting and/or links to new fic/art posted recently. :-D

• 08:10 I have no energy for housework today. Been reading Burning Life Reports. Jealous. heh. Ah well. Off to find the bottom of my closet. #
• 21:29 @TwidderD Snusa is short for Snupin Santa, the Lupin/Snape Community's holiday fic/art exchange on InsaneJournal. #

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COMMUNITIES

• hp_yule_balls is calling for betas and pinch-hitters

CHALLENGES/CONTESTS

• colourful_bat is requesting anyone who wrote fics for the Fabric of Time challenge to post them

• grangersnape100’s Challenge 39: Masquerade Challenge

• snape100 Challenge 250: Books (Non-Fiction)

SEARCHES

• wallyflower is looking for a certain SS/HG story

NEWSLETTERS/ARCHIVE UPDATES

• hgss_digest updated with Saturday and Sunday editions

• Walking the Plank, the Snape/Harry archive, has updates from the last two weeks

• sshp_prophet updated with an October 1-4

TODAY IN ART

Threesome/Moresome/Other

• cardigrl (in snapeartcontest) created a new entry for Snape October Memes

TODAY IN FIC

Het

• firefly124 posted Chapter 22 of To Know Who I Am (Snape/OFC, NC-17)

Slash

• alisanne wrote Some Most Exquisite Jewellry (Snape/Draco; NC-17, warnings: dub-con, chan – Draco is 16)

Threesome/Moresome/Other

• bamachick73 posted Chapter 64 of Severus Snape Revealed, Part I

• amejisuto posted Chapter 5 of A Wing and a Prayer (Harry/Snape/Draco; R)

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anthimaeria and I took a super-early bus down to NYC (you can see her post about our trip here) and met up with fbowden and her friend, who were both awesome! OMG, we had so much fun ... went over to see the Statue of Librety and Ellis Island on a ferry (I'd never actually been; the last time I was in NYC was just post-9/11 and the ferries weren't allowed to actually go to the island, so I enjoyed that.) and then we went to see the World Trade Center site and a shopping store called Century 21, where we looked for shoes for fbowden but didn't find any. Sad days. :(

After that, the four of us went, in spite of some confusion, to dinner with alisanne, sassy_cissa, lotus_lizzy, and heathen_ursidae ... a place called Angus McIndoe's which is apparently Dan's favorite restaurant in NY. He wasn't there, but the waiter did confirm that he had seen him there three times, in spite of the fact that he hadn't been working there very long yet. The food was good, and I had a scrumptious Sauvignon Blanc from New Zealand. :D :D :D

After that, we all went to the Atrium bar in the Marriott (where we were originally supposed to meet before things were confusing), and met a bunch of people there: ziasudra, treewishes, tray_la_la, accioslash, dracofiend, bk7brokemybrain, venturous, dementordelta, theentwife ... and possibly some other people? I had a really yummy (realllly expensive) chocolate martini and the alcohol muddled my brain a bit, lol!

And anthimaeria and I had time to grab cheesecake from Junior's on our mad dash to catch our bus, and we were tipsy (and talking loudly about fandom) while we ate cheesecake on a bus full of unsuspecting normals, lol! It was such fun!

OH! And I forgot to mention the amaaaazing chocolate chip brownies that fbowden and her friend found for us at the bakery/mini grocery store that was across the street while we were waiting in line for the ferry. We also got yummy goat cheese pizza there afterwards when we were starving, and it tasted so good! New York is just made of awesomeness when it comes to food! :D

So, yeah. When're the next crowd of fen going to be in town for Equus? I want to go back to New York! :D :D :D