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Some fics I like
Aug. 5th, 2003 01:24 amVery much to my surprise, I've finally got to read Snape/Lupin fics I really like. I've liked this pairing - in theory - ever since I discovered HP slash, but it's so difficult to write and not many authors manage a Lupin who is believable in my eyes.
Unsurprisingly, both fics have been written for the Snape FQF. "Hidden" by Nny![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
villainny is basically a PWP featuring a highly believable Aggressor!Lupin, a needy Snape, and some very hot sex. The main reason I like it is that she doesn't have them proclaim true love in the end and be-happy-ever-after, and instead creates an atmosphere of resentment, aggression, and painful need. The passage
"Snape rolled over and raised himself onto protesting hands and knees - the angle of entry would be easier and...
And he wouldn't have to see Lupin's face."
really did it for me.
The other Snape/Lupin author is the brilliant Juxian Tang, who also wrote a heartbreaking Snape/Firenze ("Gross Infringement") and a Snape/Harry ("Plight") I actually enjoyed reading. Well, "enjoy" is probably the wrong word. It's a heavy punch right in the solar plexus, dark and compelling, but with a ray of hope in the end.
"Lukewarm", her Snape/Lupin fic, features a dark and angry Lupin, and the slow development from a convenient, stress-relieving arrangement to something resembling a relationship between two very damaged characters. Go read!
And finally, an older fic but one I've only come across very recently:vignette00's Phineas Nigellus-centred story portraiture. (Have you read it yet, isiscolo?) It contains major spoilers for OotP, so I'll cut the rest of my rec for the sake of the two people who haven't read the novel yet.
( Read more... )
Unsurprisingly, both fics have been written for the Snape FQF. "Hidden" by Nny
villainny is basically a PWP featuring a highly believable Aggressor!Lupin, a needy Snape, and some very hot sex. The main reason I like it is that she doesn't have them proclaim true love in the end and be-happy-ever-after, and instead creates an atmosphere of resentment, aggression, and painful need. The passage"Snape rolled over and raised himself onto protesting hands and knees - the angle of entry would be easier and...
And he wouldn't have to see Lupin's face."
really did it for me.
The other Snape/Lupin author is the brilliant Juxian Tang, who also wrote a heartbreaking Snape/Firenze ("Gross Infringement") and a Snape/Harry ("Plight") I actually enjoyed reading. Well, "enjoy" is probably the wrong word. It's a heavy punch right in the solar plexus, dark and compelling, but with a ray of hope in the end.
"Lukewarm", her Snape/Lupin fic, features a dark and angry Lupin, and the slow development from a convenient, stress-relieving arrangement to something resembling a relationship between two very damaged characters. Go read!
And finally, an older fic but one I've only come across very recently:
vignette00's Phineas Nigellus-centred story portraiture. (Have you read it yet, isiscolo?) It contains major spoilers for OotP, so I'll cut the rest of my rec for the sake of the two people who haven't read the novel yet.( Read more... )
