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harry potter fan fiction

date: 25 Sep 2008

I came late to the Harry Potter fandom, but I was captivated by book #1, and downright in love when book #3 came along. The glimpses we were given of the adult world, the hints at the tragedy in the background, Remus Lupin and Sirius Black, Harry's parents and Severus Snape... they all intrigued me and soon eclipsed my interest in Harry and his friends. Which was the reason the first pairing I fell for was Sirius/Remus, soon followed by Harry/Snape. The first was practically canon, the latter was interesting because of the dynamics (age, enmity, Voldemort) and the fact that it quickly became so popular. But my greatest love snuck up on me, and Fabula Rasa is to blame: Snape/Black. I love Sirius, and I cannot abide stories in which he's constantly put down and ridiculed while Snape is given the power to hurt him. To me they are equals, and book #5's canon (as well as the Veil) are things I try to ignore. I want Sirius to be exonerated, recompensed for the lost years of his life, and healthy and happy again with the people he cares about. The greatest cruelty ever committed by oh-so-saintly Dumbledore has always been, in my opinion, the high-handed choice to lock him up in 12 Grimmauld Place with nothing but shadows and alcohol for comfort.

The stories are sorted by author and are most likely a mix of gen, possibly even het, and of course slash (of various pairings). Each story is clearly labeled as to its content and rating. Please abide by these criteria and only read what you're comfortable with/allowed to access. I will not be responsible if you don't.
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The main pairing on this page is
Severus Snape / Sirius Black.

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Aucta Sinistra

e-mail: auctasinistra@sbcglobal.net Website: The Phial Cabinet livejournal: auctasinistra

Title: Quid Pro Quo Story Length: ~ 387 KB Series: none Rating: NC-17 Category: Slash Warnings: none Pairing: Harry Potter / Severus Snape Time Frame: Future Post-"The Order of the Phoenix" Genres: Angst, First Time, Romance Recommended: 15 Aug 2006 Summary: Harry is cursed, and comes to Snape for the cure. Review: In "Quid Pro Quo", the author puts Harry and Snape on equal footing by letting Harry return to Hogwarts as an adult, an Auror hit by a lethal curse. Their old animosity has already been overcome by the time they fought together during the war, but the weeks they are forced to spend in close proximity while Snape brews the potion to cure Harry allow both to take a good look at the other and finally see him as a man, almost a stranger, and not the bane of their existence from a few years back. Aucta Sinistra's characters are likable while still believable extrapolations of their canon selves, and their slow rapprochement is portrayed very realistically. Well worth reading.

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Devi the Wynter Wytch

e-mail: wynterwytch@wmconnect.com Archived at: PSA: The Potter Slash Archive

Title: Just a few Letters off [1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], [7], [8], [9], [10], [11], [12], [13], [14], [15], [16] (story index) Story Length: ~ 141 KB Series: none Rating: PG-13 Category: Slash Warnings: none Pairing: Harry Potter / Severus Snape Time Frame: Post-"The Goblet of Fire" Genres: Romance, Humor, Pre-Relationship Recommended: 15 Aug 2006 Summary: A romantic story about two lovers who find each other through the delightful whims of serendipity and a hard-of-hearing owl. Review: Normally I cannot abide humor mixed with romance, but this story has been one of my favorites right from the start. "Just a few Letters off" has all the trappings of a lighthearted piece of theatrical comedy, but is still tailored well enough to the Harry Potter universe to be a welcomed distraction from the usual drama and tragedy rife in this fandom. For once, the war against Voldemort doesn't cast its shadow over Hogwarts: Harry is a teenager finally growing up, Snape opens up to his anonymous pen-pal, and an owl named Eros lives up to its name. Enjoy.

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Fabula Rasa

e-mail: fabularasa@livejournal.com Website: Fabula Rasa's Fiction livejournal: fabularasa

Title: Eight Times Story Length: ~ 90 KB Series: none Rating: NC-17 Category: Slash Warnings: character death, graphic m/m sex Pairing: Severus Snape / Sirius Black Time Frame: Post-"The Goblet of Fire" Genres: Action/Adventure, AU, Drama Recommended: 15 Aug 2006 Summary: How many times will it take to undo them both?

Title: Epistula Ultima Story Length: ~ 91 KB Series: none Rating: NC-17 Category: Slash Warnings: graphic m/m sex and violence Pairing: Severus Snape / Sirius Black Time Frame: Post-"The Goblet of Fire" Genres: Action/Adventure, Angst, AU, Drama Recommended: 15 Aug 2006 Summary: A letter from Snape helps Sirius Black unravel the tangle of their mutual hatred. But can anything change?

Title: Repechage Story Length: ~ 185 KB Series: Prequel to "Misericorde" Rating: NC-17 Category: Slash Warnings: graphic m/m sex, references to past child abuse Pairing: Severus Snape / Sirius Black Time Frame: Post-"The Goblet of Fire" Genres: Angst, AU, Drama, First Time Recommended: 15 Aug 2006 Summary: A dare has unexpected consequences.

Title: Rats' Alley Story Length: ~ 255 KB Series: Prequel to "Other Alleys" Rating: NC-17 Category: Slash Warnings: adult themes, graphic m/m sex, references to past child abuse and rape, violence Pairing: Severus Snape / Sirius Black, Sirius Black & Rosmerta, Harry Potter & Hermione Granger Time Frame: Post-"The Goblet of Fire" Genres: Action/Adventure, Angst, AU, BDSM/Kink, First Time, Supernatural Recommended: 15 Aug 2006 Summary: Snape has a dark secret that Sirius discovers, a secret that threatens to undo them all.

Review: I cannot recall how exactly it happened that I found Fabula Rasa's stories, I just remember that I soon haunted Titti's "Thin Line" archive daily in hopes of another one being posted. Fabula is one of the few authors capable of finding the perfect balance between her protagonists and succeeding in making neither the sole victim nor perpertator. Her Sirius and Snape always give as good as they get and somehow still manage to overcome almost two decades of loathing and mutual hatred. I enormously regret that the new canon bits introduced in OotP pulled the rug out from underneath Fabula's speculations on Sirius' family and the dynamic of the Marauders' and Snape's interactions during their Hogwarts years and succeeded in discouraging her from writing anymore in this fandom.

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Helene (aka Atalan)

e-mail: helene@brightwanderer.net Website: brightwanderer.net v2.0 livejournal: brightwanderer

Title: Beyond the Veil [1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], [7], [8], [9], [10] (story index) Story Length: ~ 433 KB Series: none Rating: PG-13 Category: Slash Warnings: none Pairing: Sirius Black / Remus Lupin Time Frame: Post-"The Order of the Phoenix" Genres: Action/Adventure, Angst, AU, Romance Recommended: 15 Aug 2006 Summary: Trapped in a world where he can be neither seen nor heard, Sirius Black struggles to communicate to his friends that he may not be as dead as they think he is... and that something dreadful lurks beyond the veil. Review: This story was a balm on my soul after OotP, and what I wish J. K. Rowling had devoted her next book to: Sirius returning from behind the Veil. Helene gives us an original plot and a believable explanation for the history behind the artefact and subtly centers her story on Remus. She treats all characters fairly, doesn't resort to fanon clichés and by hinting at, rather than exploiting the intimate relationship between Sirius and Remus, makes it all the more real. Unfortunately, despite the hints at further mysteries, there's no sequel - which really is a shame. A must-read.

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kai (aka Boyd)

e-mail: kai.zee@gmail.com Website: The Zone livejournal: kaiz

Title: Contemporary Magical Innovations, by H. Granger Story Length: ~ 176 KB Series: none Rating: PG-13 Category: Slash Warnings: none Pairing: Harry Potter / Severus Snape, Hermione Granger & Draco Malfoy, Minerva McGonagall & Ron Weasley Time Frame: Future Post-"The Goblet of Fire" Genres: Action/Adventure, AU Recommended: 15 Aug 2006 Summary: The difference between History and What Really Happened. Review: kai has dabbled in almost any big fandom you can name, and her contribution to Harry Potter slash is brilliant as always. In this post-GoF world, her Order faces a new challenge after Voldemort's fall - an imperium of unscrupulous dark wizards who've managed to render a great number of magical means useless. Forced to work together by Dumbledore, Snape and Harry develop a hybrid between charms and potions called the Unconscionables, and kai intersperses and juxtaposes the story of how this came to be by a fictional thesis on the same subject written by Hermione Granger. Fascinating, innovative and a joy to read.

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Marina Frants (aka Mariner)

e-mail: rusalka@ix.netcom.com Website: Marina's homepage livejournal: marinarusalka

Title: The End of the Beginning [1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], [7], [8], [9], [10], [11], [12], [13], [14], [15], [16], [17], [18] (author page @ ff.net) Story Length: ~ 456 KB Series: none Rating: R Category: gen Warnings: violence Pairing: none Time Frame: Pre-"The Philosopher's Stone", Pre-"Buffy: The Movie" Genres: Action/Adventure, Angst, Death Story, Drama, X-over with "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" Recommended: 15 Aug 2006 Summary: London, 1981. Rupert Giles and Ethan Rayne thought they understood magic until the night they saw the Dark Mark floating above a quiet suburban street. Now they're caught up in a civil war in a world they never knew existed. But can their Muggle magic really win the war? And for which side? Review: I've encountered this story twice at different points of my fannish obsession, and twice it managed to unbalance and depress me to an amount I still find astonishing. Despite the fact that it's a crossover with Buffy, the interactions between the original Marauders and their friends scream "canon" to me and detail a life - and fate - that feels as clear and painful as cut glass. Inexorable, the beginning tumbles along into oblivion, and the flashes we are offered of another, a happier time, make it all the more tragic. Painful. Utterly beautiful.

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RobinLady (aka Robin4)

e-mail: evendar@cox.net Archived at: Fiction Alley > The Dark Arts Mailing List: [Unbroken_Universe] @ Yahoo! groups

Title: Grim Dawn [1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], [7], [8], [9], [10] (story index | author page @ ff.net) Story Length: ~ 346 KB Series: none Rating: PG-13 Category: gen Warnings: adult themes Pairing: none Time Frame: "The Prisoner of Azkaban" AU Genres: Action/Adventure, Angst, AU, Drama, Fix-It Recommended: 15 Aug 2006 Summary: Prior to Harry's third year, he leaves the Dursleys, desperate to escape. But before the Knight Bus can stumble upon him, he encounters someone far different, and his world begins to change.

The Unbroken Universe

Title: Promises Unbroken [1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], [7], [8], [9], [10], [11], [12], [13], [14], [15], [16], [17], [18], [19], [20], [21], [22], [23], [24], [25], [26], [27], [28], [29], [30], [31], [32], [33], [34], [35], [36], [37], [38], [39], [40], [41] (story index | author page @ ff.net) Story Length: ~ 1.466 KB Series: Part 1 in the Unbroken Universe Rating: PG-13 Category: gen Warnings: adult themes, character death Pairing: none Time Frame: Pre- and Mid-"The Philosopher's Stone" AU Genres: Action/Adventure, Angst, AU, Drama, Fix-It Recommended: 15 Aug 2006 Summary: Sirius Black remained the Secret Keeper and everything he feared came to pass. Ten years later, James and Lily live, Harry attends Hogwarts, and Voldemort remains - welcome to a darker world.

Title: Promises Remembered [1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], [7], [8], [9], [10], [11], [12], [13], [14], [15], [16], [17], [18], [19], [20], [21], [22], [23], [24], [25], [26], [27], [28], [29], [30], [31], [32], [33], [34], [35], [36], [37], [38], [39], [40], [41], [42], [43] (story index | author page @ ff.net) Story Length: ~ 1.788 KB Series: Part 2 in the Unbroken Universe Rating: PG-13 Category: gen Warnings: adult themes, character death, violence Pairing: Sirius Black & OFC Time Frame: "The Chamber of Secrets" AU Genres: Action/Adventure, Angst, AU, Drama Recommended: 15 Aug 2006 Summary: Sirius is ten years out of his time. Remus is having disturbing visions. James is struggling to hold the world together. Peter is trying to learn how to live without lies. The Wizarding World remains on the edge of disaster, and Voldemort seeks final victory.

Title: Promises Defended [1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], [7], [8], [9], [10], [11], [12], [13], [14], [15], [16], [17], [18], [19], [20], [21], [22], [23], [24], [25], [26], [27], [28], [29], [30], [31], [32], [33], [34], [35], [36], [37], [38], [39], [40], [41], [42], [43], [44], [45], [46], [47], [48], [49], [50] (story index | author page @ ff.net) Story Length: ~ 1.991 KB Series: Part 3 in the Unbroken Universe Rating: PG-13 Category: gen Warnings: adult themes, character death, unfinished WIP, violence Pairing: Sirius Black & OFC Time Frame: "The Prisoner of Azkaban" AU Genres: Action/Adventure, Angst, AU, Drama Recommended: 25 Sep 2008 Summary: The war has been raging for 22 years. Voldemort has taken Azkaban, destroyed the Ministry, and massacred innocents in Diagon Alley. The government is in pieces, the Aurors are crippled, and the Order is struggling to hold the world together. Little stands between the Dark Lord and final victory, save the bonds between four friends - bonds by which the Wizarding world will live or die.

Review: I cannot recommend these novels enough. Robin's alternate universes are bittersweet and yet a balm to the soul to anyone quarreling with the events of OotP. In both stories, Sirius gets the chance to win his life back after Azkaban, and matures instead of sinking into despair. Harry also grows up far faster and learns what responsibility means. Style, imagination, characterizations, relationships and character developments are all spot-on and offer a look into a different world in which old elements come together to create something new. Especially 'The Unbroken Universe' is outstanding in its ambition, attention to detail and creativity, and finally affords Sirius the pivotal part I've always wished for him and the Marauders to hold in J. K. Rowling's world.

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Sam Vimes (aka Sam Starbuck, aka Ellis Graveworthy)

e-mail: copperbadge@gmail.com Website: none livejournal: sam_storyteller, copperbadge

The Stealing Harry Verse

Title: Stealing Harry [1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], [7], [8], [9], [10], [11] (story index) Story Length: ~ 585 KB Series: Part 1 of the Stealing Harry Verse Rating: R Category: Slash Warnings: graphic m/m sex and violence Pairing: Sirius Black / Remus Lupin Time Frame: Pre-"The Philosopher's Stone" AU Genres: Action/Adventure, AU, Drama, First Time Recommended: 15 Aug 2006 Summary: If Lucius Malfoy got to Peter Pettigrew before Sirius could, Sirius would be a bookshop owner, Remus would have a steady job, and one day, when Harry Potter was eight-and-a-half years old, they might kidnap him from the Dursleys...

Title: Laocoon's Children, Year I: The Philosopher's Stone [1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], [7], [8], [9], [10], [11] (story index) Story Length: ~ 524 KB Series: Part 2 of the Stealing Harry Verse Rating: R Category: Slash Warnings: graphic m/m sex and violence Pairing: Sirius Black / Remus Lupin Time Frame: "The Philosopher's Stone" AU Genres: Action/Adventure, AU, Established Relationship, Friendship Recommended: 15 Aug 2006 Summary: In Harry's first year in Hogwarts, inter-House friendships are forged and a different group of children learns about the Philosopher's Stone.

Title: Laocoon's Children, Year II: Secret Tongues [1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], [7], [8], [9], [10], [11], [12], [13], [14], [15], [16], [17] (story index) Story Length: ~ 612 KB Series: Part 3 of the Stealing Harry Verse Rating: R Category: Slash, Het Warnings: none Pairing: Sirius Black / Remus Lupin, Nymphadora Tonks & Severus Snape Time Frame: "The Chamber of Secrets" AU Genres: Action/Adventure, AU, Established Relationship, Friendship, Pre-Relationship Recommended: 15 Aug 2006 Summary: There are strange things happening at Hogwarts. Sirius and Remus consider getting a Dorian Grey-style painting done while Professors Snape and Tonks have to learn to get along as colleagues.

Title: Laocoon's Children, Year III: The Fugitive From Azkaban [1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], [7], [8], [9], [10], [11], [12], [13], [14], [15], [16], [17], [18], [19], [20], [21], [22], [23], [24], [25], [26] (story index) Story Length: ~ 514 KB Series: Part 4 of the Stealing Harry Verse Rating: R Category: Slash, Het Warnings: unfinished WIP Pairing: Sirius Black / Remus Lupin, Nymphadora Tonks & Severus Snape Time Frame: "The Prisoner of Azkaban" AU Genres: Action/Adventure, AU, Established Relationship, Friendship Recommended: 05 Jun 2008 Summary: Insane Lucius Malfoy has escaped from Azkaban prison, and Draco and Harry might be in danger. Hogwarts now houses Dementors, and Remus has accepted the post of DADA teacher.

Title: Tales from the River House [1], [2], [3], [4] (story index) Story Length: ~ 102 KB Series: Part 5 of the Stealing Harry Verse Rating: PG-13 Category: Slash, Het Warnings: none Pairing: Sirius Black / Remus Lupin, Nymphadora Tonks & Severus Snape Time Frame: Pre-"The Philosopher's Stone" to Post-"The Order of the Phoenix" AU Genres: AU, Established Relationship, Romance Recommended: 15 Aug 2006 Summary: A collection of interludes in the Stealing Harry verse, most of which feature the River House in Betwys Beddau.

Review: Sam's "Stealing Harry" universe is brilliant in its consistency and imagination. Here, Sirius Black is not a broken man, and Remus Lupin has never known the deprivations of loneliness and poverty. When they find in each other the man they love, it is far from dramatics or angst, and feels more like a comfortable set of clothes one slips into. I've found that I rather miss Hermoine and Ron during Harry's new adventures, but the interactions between Ravenclaw Padma Patil, Hufflepuff Draco Malfoy, Gryffindor Neville Longbottom and Slytherin Harry Potter are a nice substitute and offer an intriguingly different view on the books' plots we already know. Well-written and hard to stop reading - I know I'll be checking Sam's lj for new chapters regularly.

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Telanu

e-mail: telanu@thirteenblackbirds.net Website: The Rag and Bone Shop livejournal: somniesperus

Title: The Tea Series [1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6] (index for [5] - "A Wizard Song") Story Length: ~ 1.921 KB Series: The Tea Series Rating: NC-17 Category: Slash Warnings: character death, graphic m/m sex, underage Pairing: Harry Potter / Severus Snape Time Frame: Post-"The Prisoner of Azkaban" to Post-"The Goblet of Fire" Genres: Action/Adventure, Angst, AU, Drama, First Time Recommended: 15 Aug 2006 Summary: Despite having feelings for 'The Boy Who Lived', Snape never expected anything to come out of it - until his spying is revealed and a clandestine affair with his student commences. Review: I've always felt horribly torn about this series, for Harry is only 15 when he and Snape admit to feeling something for each other. It is wonderfully well-written, Snape's vulnerabilities - as witnessed through Harry's eyes - and Harry's teenaged insecurity and stubborn determination are almost tangible. Telanu's Snape is not entirely canon, but her grasp of his changes of mood from calm dignity to cold fury, screaming anger or a wondering sort of contentment makes him even more real than Rowling's books. Her Harry fights for what he wants, he grows up and sometimes shows a hint of ruthlessness that is disquieting. Unfortunately, the final two installments in the series are not at all what I expected, but all in all, the series - as disputed as it is - is a must-read in this fandom.

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UnexpectedInspiration (aka Faren Maddox, aka penandink4)

e-mail: none livejournal: faren_maddox

The Wise One

Title: The Wise One: Book One: Becoming [1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], [7], [8], [9], [10], [11], [12], [13], [14], [15], [16], [17], [18], [19], [20], [21], [22], [23], [24], [25], [26], [27], [28] (author page @ ff.net) Story Length: ~ 1.018 KB Series: Part 1 of the The Wise One Rating: PG-13 Category: gen Warnings: violence Pairing: none Time Frame: Pre-"The Philosopher's Stone" to "The Goblet of Fire" AU Genres: Action/Adventure, AU, Drama Recommended: 03 Sep 2008 Summary: When Sirius Black escapes Azkaban and 8-year-old Harry Potter disappears, the world is thrown into upheaval. What will Britain and Harry be without each other, and who will face the Dark?

Title: The Wise One: Book Two: Awakening [1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], [7] (author page @ ff.net) Story Length: ~ 292 KB Series: Part 2 of the The Wise One Rating: PG-13 Category: gen Warnings: unfinished WiP Pairing: none Time Frame: Pre-"The Philosopher's Stone" to Post-"The Goblet of Fire" AU Genres: Action/Adventure, AU, Drama Recommended: 03 Sep 2008 Summary: Harry and Sirius have returned to England to join the Order in combatting Voldemort's rising influence. Harry, in the guise of an unimportant student, struggles for an identity. Can a teenager with a destiny have a normal life, with friends and loves?

Review: Faren's Sirius Black is not the irreparably damaged man we met in Rowling's later books, and his and Harry's world is not the gloomy claustrophobia of Magical Britain. In this story, Sirius and Harry travel the world, heal and grow up in the process, and prepare for what is to come. Add to that perfect grammar, good characterizations (sometimes deservedly unflattering), OCs that feel like real people, and an utterly believable alternate way events unfold at Hogwarts in Harry's absence, and the only thing this story lacks is a lot more chapters... and a satisfying ending.

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Links

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information/discussion

jkrowling.com J. K. Rowling's official website. Warner Bros. Studios: Harry Potter The official Harry Potter site of Warner Bros. Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: Harry Potter is a very informative source on both the books and how they came to be written, but the article is also very spoiler-heavy. Wikipedia has also individual character profiles, among them ones on Harry Potter, Sirius Black and Severus Snape. The Leaky Cauldron is a good source of information on the books and movies, and hosts the oldest and most comprehensive Harry Potter news archive on the web. MuggleNet.com includes book and movie info, discussions, fan fiction and art. What's In a Name? by Priscilla Spencer is the place to go for people interested in the Harry Potter name etymology, although everything aside from the alphabetial listing is still under construction. Harry Potter Facts including chapters-reference and summaries site for magical creatures, objects and names in the Harry Potter books. The Harry Potter Lexicon is the ultimate Harry Potter reference for fan fiction writers, including encyclopedias, atlases, a bestiary, etc. Snape and Black Shipper Manifesto: A Distorted Mirror written by Isiscolo and Fabula Rasa wonders why this prime example of an antagonistic pairing is not more common in the fandom. Sirius and Remus Shipper Manifesto: Strange and Beautiful by Ariel (aka blacksatinrose) takes a close look at both Sirius and Remus and the dynamics drawing them together. Harry and Snape Shipper Manifesto: A Fine Line by atrata is a very comprehensive, well-structured and convincing essay on the lure of the pairing Harry/Snape. Its expanded version can be found here. newbieguide: A Guide to the Harry Potter fandom on LiveJournal by penknife tries to give an overview over the biggest and most active Harry Potter lj communities. snape_potter @ livejournal is for the posting of all Harry/Snape-related fan fiction, fanart, recs, icons, discussions, essays, questions, etc. snarry_reader @ livejournal is a large Harry/Snape recommendations list compiled by Aubrem, Gaycrow and Cordelia_v. snarry_recs @ livejournal is for the recommendation of memorable Harry/Snape stories. sshp_prophet @ livejournal is a newsletter dedicated to the Harry/Snape ship scheduled to appear on Wednesdays and Sundays. 12am_nosh @ livejournal is focused on the pairings Sirius and/or Regulus Black and Severus Snape. Members are welcome to post fan fiction, icons, fanart, drabbles, discussions, etc. remusxsirius @ livejournal is dedicated to the Sirius/Remus ship. Their motto "Their love is so canon." suffered a severe blow with the release of OotP, but they're still going strong. ArtDungeon.net is marta's homepage and the place she uploads her fantastic Potterverse art from the original Marauders era to book #6.

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