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bethbethbeth, posting in snapenews @ 5:55pm: Issue #779: Thursday/Friday, November 5/6, 2009
Hello, and welcome to the latest issue of snapenews. Thank you all for your continuing support and useful links! Feel free to comment (either below or at snapenews@gmail.com) and let us know how we're doing!

COMMUNITIES

snupin_santa is looking for a pinch hitter. For more info, click here

CHALLENGES/CONTESTS

This week's challenge on snupin100 is The Games We Play.

This week's challenge on snarry100 is Methods of Communication.

This week's challenge on quiz_sshg is Save our Snape

Sign-ups for wizard_love (the het art and fic exchange) remain open for five more days. For more info, click here.

REC LISTS/ARCHIVE UPDATES

The hgss_digest has been updated here.

DISCLAIMERS: The warnings listed here are those given by the artist/author/poet. Please pay attention to all ratings and warnings when following links.

We aim to bring you the latest Snape-centric items in the fandom but some might slip through the net! You can help to ensure this doesn't happen by sending us links via email to snapenews@gmail.com. There are submission guidelines in the snapenews user profile, but for the 'Today in' sections we just require the basic title/creator/rating/warnings/link info.

snupin_santa, posting in lupin_snape @ 4:41pm: Pinch hitter needed!
We need a pinch hitter! We're looking for someone who can write romance, smut, and light kink, preferably someone good with threesomes. No dark!fic or heavy kink for this one, sorry. The deadline for the pinch hit will be November 30.

If you're interested, email the Snupin Santa mods at snupin_santa @ yahoo.com. Thanks!

azure_rosa, posting in lupin_snape @ 10:44pm: Standing Outside the Fire, part one
Title: Standing Outside the Fire
Pairings: Snape/Lupin (explicit) and Harry/Hermione/Draco (implied only)
Rating: NC-17 eventually. Brought to you by Dizilla who convinced me I could write porn, Thanks Diz!
Author: azurerosa
Summary: How does a Gryffindor court a Slytherin until he wants to be part of his life?
( Standing Outside the Fire part one )

cardigrl, posting in snapenews @ 10:52pm: Issue # 778: Tuesday/Wednesday, November 3-4, 2009
Issue # 778: Tuesday/Wednesday, November 3-4, 2009

Hello and welcome to today's issue of snapenews. Thank you all for your continuing support and useful links! Feel free to comment (either below or at snapenews@gmail.com) and let us know how we're doing!

COMMUNITIES

severus_shorts is looking for pinch hitters for its Brief Fics Showcase

NEWSLETTER/ARCHIVE UPDATES

The snarry_reader Master Lists have been updated for September and October 2009

hgss_digest has been updated here and here

CHALLENGES/CONTESTS

snupin100 has posted Challenge 233: The Games We Play

DISCLAIMERS: The warnings listed here are those given by the artist/author/poet. Please pay attention to all ratings and warnings when following links.

We aim to bring you the latest Snape-centric items in the fandom but some might slip through the net! You can help to ensure this doesn't happen by sending us links via email to snapenews@gmail.com. There are submission guidelines in the snapenews user profile, but for 'This week in' sections we just require the basic title/creator/rating/warnings/link info.

odogoddess @ 12:42pm: still here, still hacking
Just a big thank you and hugs to all who sent well-wishes on my having caught (and apparently caged deep in my lungs) the scourge of the ages; i.e. - h1n1.

I'm *still* badly fatigued and ill. I can manage sitting up a couple times a day and using the laptop, but most of the time I'm down and coughing my torso muscles into painful jelly. There is no energy for anything else.

I miss my flist. I hope to catch up eventually. For now... recovery.

I leave you with these words of wisdom: Letter to young American women

snupin_santa, posting in lupin_snape @ 1:09pm: Reminder!
This is a reminder to all RETURNING participants in Snupin Santa that your deadline is November 15! You must have your story or art OR an extension request submitted by that date.

All necessary submission information is in your assignment email, in the rules post, AND on the rules page of the Snupin Santa archive, so please reference one of your THREE resources for header guidelines, formatting, etc.

bewarethesmirk, posting in snapenews @ 10:03pm: Issue #777: Monday, November 2, 2009
Hello and welcome to today's issue of snapenews. Thank you all for your continuing support and useful links! Feel free to comment (either below or at snapenews@gmail.com) and let us know how we're doing!

COMMUNITIES
• severusbigbang has a few announcements
• quiz_sshg latest challenge answers: Time Turner II

NEWSLETTER/ARCHIVE UPDATES
• hgss_digest’s Monday update
• The Petulant Poetess’ Snape/Hermione section, Potions Under Duress, has been updated with these G – PG-13 rated works

DISCLAIMERS
The warnings listed here are those given by the artist/author/poet. Please pay attention to all ratings and warnings when following links.

We aim to bring you the latest Snape-centric items in the fandom but some might slip through the net! You can help to ensure this doesn't happen by sending us links via e-mail to snapenews@gmail.com). There are submission guidelines in the snapenews user profile, but for the 'Today in' sections we just require the basic title/creator/rating/warnings/link info.

lzqsk, posting in lupin_snape @ 4:47pm: Drabble: Waxing Gibbous

wolfiefics, posting in lupin_snape @ 11:07pm: Recipe: The Perfect Cup of Tea
Title: In the Night Kitchen

Artist: Karasu Hime

Excerpt: Um, I have no idea how to do a thumbnail, so here's the link = http://www.ssf-moonshadow.com/art/archives/InterludeinKitchen.jpg

Commentary: I always pictured this as an exhausted Severus avoiding Hogwarts and sneaking into Grimmauld Place instead. He goes to the kitchen to relax in the quiet, gather his thoughts while nursing a strong cup of black tea. Now tea isn't just throwing the bag in hot water straight out of the microwave. To really enjoy tea, you have to do it right and have the right tea! For this, I imagine Severus going for a black tea, slightly biting to wake his senses up and loaded with caffeine to keep him going just a little bit longer.

Source: Alton Brown's Perfect Cup of Tea Recipe @ http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alton-brown/perfect-cup-of-tea-recipe/index.html

Ingredients:
4 heaping teaspoons loose tea
4 cups water

Instructions:
Place loose tea leaves into a warmed tea kettle. Pour heated water over loose tea leaves. Let steep. Strain tea and serve.
*Note: For Oolong and Green tea, water should simmer at 200 degrees F. and 180 degrees F.
*For Irish and English tea bring water to a full boil.
*Black tea should soak for 3 to 5 minutes. Oolong tea should soak for 4 to 7 minutes. Green Tea should soak for 2 to 3 minutes.

Submitted by: wolfiefics (Bagoas Alexandros or Wolfie, whichever you prefer)

wolfiefics, posting in lupin_snape @ 10:41pm: In desperate need...
My Co-Ed Naked FanFiccing Slytherin stainless steel travel mug from Fiction Alley aeons ago broke last week. It wobbles. I need a new mug, preferably something Harry Potter. It has to have a lid too, per work's requirements on liquids in the office. I would like my fellow Snupiners to let me know if there are any Snupin, Snape or Lupin travel mugs somewhere that I can snag up for my morning tea drinking enjoyment. I am most desolate and hate my boring, unadorned cheapo from KMart. The nasty thing. It has no niftyness, durn it!

Mayhap we should do one for the group? Some nifty Snupiny setup? It must be work safe, of course...

Thoughts? Advice? Help for the pitiful?

Wolfie/Bagoas Alexandros

bethbethbeth, posting in snapenews @ 6:59pm: Issue #772: Thursday-Sunday, October 29-November 1, 2009
Hello, and welcome to the latest issue of snapenews. Thank you all for your continuing support and useful links! Feel free to comment (either below or at snapenews@gmail.com) and let us know how we're doing!

NEWS/MISCELLANEOUS

There's been a Mod note to say that, effective immediately, the snupin_prophet is going on hiatus until December 5.

COMMUNITIES

A new Mod note's been posted in close_contrast (the Snape & McGonagall community), with information about the new Mirror Site - and the big update to the Fic and Art Master List, featuring 61 works of fiction and 34 works of art! Click here for more info.

META/DISCUSSION/RANT

geri_chan has posted thoughts on Snape and his Fears.

CHALLENGES/CONTESTS

This week's challenge on snape100 is The (Traditional) Five Senses: Smell.

Sign-ups for wizard_love (a het Fic and Art exchange) are now open. For more information, click here.

This week's challenge on snarry100 is Sleeping Arrangements.

The community severus_sighs has issued a new challenge: Write your own Canon!Snape

This week's challenge on quiz_sshg is Time Turners, Part II>

This week's challenge (and Mod info) on grangersnape100 is the "magical loveseat challenge".

REC LISTS/ARCHIVE UPDATES

The sshp_prophet has been updated for October 24 to 31

The hgss_digest has been updated here and here and here.

TODAY IN ART

Gen

glockgal drew "Snape and Tonks" (Snape, Tonks - followed by a Snape and Harry dressed in Stargate:Atlantis costumes *g*)

TODAY IN FIC

Het

Anonymous (posting in less_for_you) wrote "Unfogging the Future" (Snape/Lily. G.)

snarkysweetness wrote "Without You" (Snape/OFC. PG-13)

DISCLAIMERS: The warnings listed here are those given by the artist/author/poet. Please pay attention to all ratings and warnings when following links.

We aim to bring you the latest Snape-centric items in the fandom but some might slip through the net! You can help to ensure this doesn't happen by sending us links via email to snapenews@gmail.com. There are submission guidelines in the snapenews user profile, but for the 'Today in' sections we just require the basic title/creator/rating/warnings/link info.

shadowycat, posting in lupin_snape @ 12:07pm: ART: Embrace, NC-17
Artist: shadowycat
Title: Embrace
Pairing: SS/RL
Rating: I'm going to err on the side of caution and say NC-17. Definitely NWS.
Medium: Pencil
Disclaimer: Not mine, I'd have been kinder.
Warnings: Nudity
Notes: I haven't done a lot of male nudes, and those art classes were a very long time ago, so I hope it's okay.

( Embrace )

arionrhod, posting in lupin_snape @ 6:53pm: Fic: Takes the Cake - R - for Lore
Today is a very special day, as we all know. Not only is it Halloween, a favorite holiday for many of us, but it's Lore's birthday! That's plenty of reason for Snupiners everywhere to celebrate all by itself!

As a gift, scribbulus_ink and I have written a fic, which we'll be posting over the next few days. We hope you enjoy, darling - happy birthday and thank you for all the fantastic things you do for Snupin and for being a fantastic friend!

Title: Takes the Cake (part I)
Pairing: Remus/Severus
Summary: A special competition on the high successful cable show "Takes the Cake" pits two-time winner Severus Snape against equally successful Remus Lupin. As things heat up in the kitchen, will Remus be able to convince Severus that they share more than just a passion for baking?
Rating: R
Warnings: None

snegurochka_lee, posting in lupin_snape @ 11:11pm: Ficlet: White Shades, Black Morning (Snape/Lupin, PG-13)
Title: White Shades, Black Morning (the In-Between Place Remix)
Author: snegurochka_lee
Pairings: Remus/Severus, with implied Remus/James/Sirius
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: ~750
Warnings: Infidelity, but you might also view it as simply non-exclusivity, depending on your goggles.
Summary: You get him in the shadowed times, those precious, hidden hours between dawn and eternity when the castle sleeps, or the Quidditch pitch roars, or the sweet, gummy stains of Honeydukes drip from fingers too far away to care where he is.
Notes: Written for the All (Re)Mixed Up Challenge at hp_unfaithful, this is a remix of purple_chalk's enchanting fic, five shades of white.

White Shades, Black Morning (the In-Between Place Remix)

cardigrl, posting in snapenews @ 8:00pm: Issue # 775: Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Issue # 775: Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Hello and welcome to today's issue of  snapenews. Thank you all for your continuing support and useful links! Feel free to comment (either below or at snapenews@gmail.com) and let us know how we're doing!

COMMUNITIES

severus_sighs has posted a Snape drabble/ficlet challenge

deatheaterfest has posted the sign-up post 2010

NEWSLETTER/ARCHIVE UPDATES

hgss_digest has been updated here

TODAY IN FIC

Gen

MystFatale has posted Chapter 12 of The Pureblood Prince (PG-13; Snape)

TODAY IN ART

Gen

jin_fenghuang has posted Snape (PG)

EDITOR'S CHOICE(S)

Elsa2 has posted the final chapter of The Horse (R; Gen; Snape, Draco and Harry are main characters (non-pairing))

DISCLAIMERS: The warnings listed here are those given by the artist/author/poet. Please pay attention to all ratings and warnings when following links.

We aim to bring you the latest Snape-centric items in the fandom but some might slip through the net! You can help to ensure this doesn't happen by sending us links via email to snapenews@gmail.com. There are submission guidelines in the snapenews user profile, but for 'This week in' sections we just require the basic title/creator/rating/warnings/link info.

lesyeuxverts, posting in snapenews @ 10:38pm: Issue 774: Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Hello and welcome to today's issue of snapenews. Thank you all for your continuing support and useful links! Feel free to comment (either below or at snapenews@gmail.com) and let us know how we're doing!

COMMUNITIES
•lovedraughts posted an announcement about the SS/HG awards

NEWSLETTER/ARCHIVE UPDATES
• hgss_digest posted an update here

CHALLENGES/CONTESTS
• snupin100 posted Challenge 232: Something Wicked This Way Comes

TODAY IN FIC

Threesome/Moresome/Other
•Dinner and a Show by purplefluffycat (Albus/Severus, Albus/Severus/Minerva, NC-17)

RECENTLY RECOMMENDED
•elethian posted fic and art recs, featuring several Severus-centric pieces

DISCLAIMERS
The warnings listed here are those given by the artist/author/poet. Please pay attention to all ratings and warnings when following links.

We aim to bring you the latest Snape-centric items in the fandom but some might slip through the net! You can help to ensure this doesn't happen by sending us links via e-mail to snapenews@gmail.com). There are submission guidelines in the snapenews user profile, but for the 'Today in' sections we just require the basic title/creator/rating/warnings/link info.

bewarethesmirk, posting in snapenews @ 10:55pm: Issue #773: Monday, October 26, 2009
Hello and welcome to today's issue of snapenews. Thank you all for your continuing support and useful links! Feel free to comment (either below or at snapenews@gmail.com) and let us know how we're doing!

COMMUNITIES
• quiz_sshg recent quiz answers for: Crazy!Hermione

NEWSLETTER/ARCHIVE UPDATES
• hgss_digest’s Monday update
• The Petulant Poetess’s Snape/Hermione section, Potions Under Duress, has been updated with these G – PG-13 rated works

TODAY IN ART

Gen
• protowilson created Accessory (a Snape Halloween comic) (Snape, OC, G)

TODAY IN FIC

Threesome/Moresome/Other
• Dinner and a Show (Minerva-centric, Albus/Snape, Albus/Snape/Minerva, NC-17, see warnings)

DISCLAIMERS
The warnings listed here are those given by the artist/author/poet. Please pay attention to all ratings and warnings when following links.

We aim to bring you the latest Snape-centric items in the fandom but some might slip through the net! You can help to ensure this doesn't happen by sending us links via e-mail to snapenews@gmail.com). There are submission guidelines in the snapenews user profile, but for the 'Today in' sections we just require the basic title/creator/rating/warnings/link info.

odogoddess @ 2:57pm: Update
Hi, All - chazpure here. odogoddess asked me to log in and let everyone know she's got the crud. :-( She came down sick last Tuesday night, while we were out of town, and since she had her flu shot early, we're pretty sure she's got H1N1.

( more info )

mailroomy, posting in lupin_snape @ 4:21pm: 1-Week Challenge Fic: Costumes etc etc, PG
Title: costumes to make a boy, a man, a person
Challenge: 1 Week Challenge: Costumes
Rating: PG
Summary: Ding! Ding! A package for Remus and Teddy Lupin
Warnings: Unbetaed, possibly AU re: Snape's childhood.
Word Count: ±1,880 words.
Disclaimer: Not mine, I'm just borrowing them for my twisted means.
Notes: A Halloween side-story to this series.

sweetmelodykiss, posting in lupin_snape @ 8:36pm: Halloween Blues
Title: Halloween Blues
Author: sweetmelodykiss
Pairing: Severus/Remus
Rating: PG
Summary: Humor: Remus leaves Severus unattended to hand out the Halloween candy.
Warnings: None
Word Count: 229
Disclaimer: I do not own these characters.
Written for lupin_snape's 1 Week Challenge: Costumes

Halloween Blues

ellid, posting in lupin_snape @ 9:18am: Recipe: Baked Scrod
Title: Motherless Child

Author/Artist: ellid

Excerpt: "Yes." Severus carefully lifted Remus's chin and turned his face so that their eyes met. "My petition was granted contingent on my statement that I planned to marry in the near future - it's a sub-clause in the 1917 statute giving precedence to married or engaged couples, to ensure that the child grows up in a stable home. And since I'm not as yet married - "

The joy at having Johnny home vanished. Severus had no use for women in any physical sense. What was going on?

"Married? Severus? I don't understand - "

"It's not what you think." Severus, suddenly flushed, conjured a crumpled newspaper and hastily unfolded it. "Here. From the local paper in Salem. I didn't tell you because there were legal challenges until the last minute, but - "

The headline was at least an inch high, big enough that Remus could read it without his half-glasses:

GAY MARRIAGE SURVIVES COURT ATTEMPT; FIRST COUPLES TAKE OUT LICENSES


BOSTON: AP - Opponents of gay marriage saw their last-minute brief dismissed by the Supreme Judicial Court today, opening the way for thousands of same-sex couples to wed…

The words blurred so badly Remus gave up after the first line or two. It was almost too good to be true.

Gay marriage. Legal. In Massachusetts.

In Salem.

"Severus?" His voice caught. "Does this mean what I think it does?"

( Read more... )

lore, posting in lupin_snape @ 5:56am: 1-Week Challenge: Costumes!

I had some people request this, and in the spirit of the season, let's see what you all can come up with on the theme of Costumes until November 1.

Drabbles, sketches, art, fics, color bars, photomanips, icons, knitted pieces for existing Snape/Lupin dolls, photo stories, essays, lists of fics involving costumes, etc. -- all welcome for one week only at lupin_snape. I know many of us are on exchange deadline, so please remember to take part in this challenge responsibly. If you're not normally someone who takes place in the creative side of the community, now's your chance!

If anyone has any questions, or needs more inspiration, please reply. Otherwise, I can't wait to see how you celebrate this spooky season!

love, lore

P.S. People new to snupin_santa, November 1 is your deadline and McKay takes it seriously, so you should, too. If you are running behind, don't wait until the deadline has passed to get in touch with the Snupin Santa mods, or you just might lose your place in the exchange. I hope the writing/arting is going well for all of you SSers!