Joining the Little Black Dress Meme
May. 29th, 2010 01:57 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
therealsnapeWhich is as good a means of procrastination as anything.
I must admit that my own contribution in the daring pairing stakes is pitifully small. I've written a couple of Snape/Minerva friendship stories, and - surely that must count for something - a Snape/Slughorn.
Funny thing is, I had meant that as a story in which Slughorn sees Snape as the son he never had. And I thought I had made that perfectly clear; I even worried I had insulted my readers by making it too clear. But there's the wonderful bit about freedom of interpretation: I've had reviews turning that story into all sorts of things, from deep friendship to slash. And no-one mentioned Father/Son bonding. Which means that I'm now officially allowed to offer this up as a Black Dress and Velvet Jacket pairing.
I must say that I tend to agree with![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
r_gravejoy in that LBD's do have their limits, and Luna (Gravejoy calls her a pair of glittery, bright purple combat boots,) doesn't accessorize well. Nor does, to my mind, Trelawney. But then I don't want to write Trelawney, period.
And I do love to write Snape/Minerva being good friends and being sarcastic together. One of these days I'll bed them, and that's a promise.
In the meantime, I'd like to point you towards two of my absolute favourites. The first one is the perfect metaphor for my attitude towards Little Black Dresses in Real Life: I love them, I think they're marvellously stylish, I'd love to fill my closet with them, but I can't. Black doesn't suit me. I look like I'm attending my own funeral when I wear black close to the skin. Hence my obsession with black pumps - I can wear those.
Well, here's the story, and I couldn't write anything like it if my life depended on it, but I love reading it: Minerva is a slash-fangirl. And she has her birthday, so she should have a special treat, her friends and well-wishers think. Or do they? The ending is tantalizing. The bit in between is outspoken and surprising. And it's Albus/Severus. And at some point Minerva/Severus. And (from top to bottom) Albus/Severus/Minerva. Enjoy Dinner and a Show, by the fabulouspurplefluffycat.
The other one isn't so much Severus in a LBD, but Severus in the black turtleneck and black trousers once so beloved by Left Bank Existentialist groupies. It's a marvellously clever take on Sartre's Huis Clos (No Exit), with undertones of Waiting for Godot. Severus, Remus, and a carpet with an attitude. It's brilliant.
Do treat yourself to A Way Out byshiv5468
I must admit that my own contribution in the daring pairing stakes is pitifully small. I've written a couple of Snape/Minerva friendship stories, and - surely that must count for something - a Snape/Slughorn.
Funny thing is, I had meant that as a story in which Slughorn sees Snape as the son he never had. And I thought I had made that perfectly clear; I even worried I had insulted my readers by making it too clear. But there's the wonderful bit about freedom of interpretation: I've had reviews turning that story into all sorts of things, from deep friendship to slash. And no-one mentioned Father/Son bonding. Which means that I'm now officially allowed to offer this up as a Black Dress and Velvet Jacket pairing.
I must say that I tend to agree with
r_gravejoy in that LBD's do have their limits, and Luna (Gravejoy calls her a pair of glittery, bright purple combat boots,) doesn't accessorize well. Nor does, to my mind, Trelawney. But then I don't want to write Trelawney, period.And I do love to write Snape/Minerva being good friends and being sarcastic together. One of these days I'll bed them, and that's a promise.
In the meantime, I'd like to point you towards two of my absolute favourites. The first one is the perfect metaphor for my attitude towards Little Black Dresses in Real Life: I love them, I think they're marvellously stylish, I'd love to fill my closet with them, but I can't. Black doesn't suit me. I look like I'm attending my own funeral when I wear black close to the skin. Hence my obsession with black pumps - I can wear those.
Well, here's the story, and I couldn't write anything like it if my life depended on it, but I love reading it: Minerva is a slash-fangirl. And she has her birthday, so she should have a special treat, her friends and well-wishers think. Or do they? The ending is tantalizing. The bit in between is outspoken and surprising. And it's Albus/Severus. And at some point Minerva/Severus. And (from top to bottom) Albus/Severus/Minerva. Enjoy Dinner and a Show, by the fabulous
purplefluffycat.The other one isn't so much Severus in a LBD, but Severus in the black turtleneck and black trousers once so beloved by Left Bank Existentialist groupies. It's a marvellously clever take on Sartre's Huis Clos (No Exit), with undertones of Waiting for Godot. Severus, Remus, and a carpet with an attitude. It's brilliant.
Do treat yourself to A Way Out by
shiv5468