― Natalie Diaz, Postcolonial Love Poem

The Spy Position was Compromised.

Please listen to Adagio For TRON-Cover by Marc-Andre Gautier, as it is what inspired me to draw this.

I have many mixed feelings about this piece. I am also my own worst critic.

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preparation for the DADA lesson

the whole of my heart is an infinite cauldron of honey, for you. remove myself to make room. to house you with these bones as tired as blue ocean. im a good beggar. have the teeth for it. knelt to you for my knighting. waiting, a trembling dog, for you to name me beloved or beheaded. the weight of the world in your yes, in your hurricane decision. no sugar runs over. i clean my mouth after every kiss. i clean my wounds like ritual. this cauldron of honey, where flies sink & drown. this brittle collection of limbs ive coddled for you to make a bed out of. my loathing made small & menial in the shadow of your love. dwarfed by the hands you cast over me. your hands, touching me, that could smother any fire, could clench quick as a snake strike. your hands polishing me until i bleed honey into the mattress.

Silas Denver Melvin, from Grit: Poems; “Backdrop made beautiful by pity”

Random Fandom Recs

There is so much dang talent in this fandom, truly!! And so many creations I love so much and want other people to enjoy with me, but individual recs for all of them would take way more time than I reasonably have! So for now....here are a list of cool fandom things you should definitely check out!

5 Fics

The hand that beckons

@bluesundaycake. Lily Luna/Narcissa. Rated T. 1k.

Seductive setting, charming characters, mythical and magical and just plain beautiful!

A young woman with hair like burning coals enters into gardens guarded by fire. 

Or, in which Lily Luna Potter is offered a feast and pomegranate seeds from one Narcissa Malfoy.

A Careful Approach

@digthewriter. Draco/Sirius. Rated E. 700 words.

Hot hot hot! Daddy kink Drarius brings me much joy. More, please!

Draco has wanted this for a while but never had he dared to ask. Until tonight.

white as death, fresh as snow

@lqtraintracks. Pansy/Narcissa. Rated M. 200 words.

Short, intriguing, lovely.

Narcissa visits her husband's grave on Samhain... with her new lover.

it's an inevitable

@swoontodeath. Harry/Snape. Rated E. 800 words.

A most special birthday gift to me from the ever sweet swoons! Voyeurism, student/teacher Snarry?? What more could a gal want??

Severus Snape can be patient. He's spent six years watching and waiting, after all.

Where Thestrals Fly

@writcraft. Harry/Snape. Rated T. 2k words.

Darkness & death, light & life...AO3 keeps telling me I've already left kudos here, which, rude. But I love the thestrals and the ritual of it and, of course, my BOYS!

Every Beltane, Severus and Harry undertake the ritual of moving Thestrals between the Bel fires. As they grow closer the light in their future steadily overpowers the darkness of their past.

4 Art

Untitled Snarry Art

@inarticulateimbecile. Harry/Snape.

Their work has so much character! And I especially love their Snape, with his harsh but captivating features! This piece especially does it for me, with the way Harry holds Severus close, and the way Severus touches and admires Harry's face...so much tenderness and passion here!

Untitled Snucissa Art

@luendland. Lucius/Snape/Narcissa.

Lu's art always just does things to me. Every line she draws captures so much feeling and I wish I knew how she did it!! And while I'm always partial to their Snarry work, this Snuciussa piece gave me all sorts of feelings!! The Malfoys are so pretty and hungry here, and Severus is on the menu!

Snape Tattoo Art

@mrviran. Snape.

So much dark, delicious art from Viran, and I always feel so dang inspired by their work!! Vivid and dark and evocative all at once! It was hard to choose, but I narrowed it down to this piece with Severus' Dark Mark + flower additions. I just have so much love for Severus and I have such feelings about him moving forward and growing and something about incorporating a new tattoo onto the Dark Mark evokes this sense of both acceptance of his past, and the independence he has to move on with his life.

Practice Makes Perfect

@sugareey-makes-stuff. Ginny/Cho. NSFW art.

God, I would recognize Krissy's art anywhere and I love it!! I was actually going to go grab her Pansmione art, but I noticed this one that I'd not seen before and WOW! I love the darkness for the passion and intimacy it speaks to. And the yoga here!! Two athletic ladies having a fine time, nothing to see here! Super spicy! Makes me need much more Ginny/Cho in my life!

3 Poems

rhyme, kissed

@imanakletos. Ginny/Luna. Rated G. 200 words.

Love Ginny's growth as a poet, and how clear her adoration for Luna is!

Free verses run rampant like wildflowers in your hair.

(OR: Ginny tries to write a poem)

An ode to Severus Snape

@bluesundaycake. Harry/Snape. Rated T. 100 words.

Who doesn't love some Snape love, especially from Harry's perspective? 'Exacting and eternal', indeed!

Harry is a masochist and it's definitely part of why he loves Severus so much.

Lovers' Flight

Anonymous. Harry/Snape. Rated T. 200 words.

Part of the Kill Your Darlings fest. So haunting and beautiful. Based on Goethe's poem "Der Erlkönig."

When Goethe meets Snarry

2 Recs

(Am I reccing rec lists? Yes. You can never have too much to read, after all.)

21 HP Slash Recs for 21 Years (2001-2021)

@consistentsquash

My advice would be to check out this list, read everything on it, then go follow Squash and check out her other recs. Sooo many cool lists with MANY excellent recs, but this is the list that brought me to Squash so it is the most special! Lotsa goodies on this one!

any draco/ron recs?

@sitp-recs

Another reccer to follow and read anything she tells you to!! Such a great joy to see all of Liv's recs, aaaand since I really love Draco/Ron I had to link you this one! (Though, seriously, read through these then go follow Liv for more!!)

1 podcast

Ep. 25 interview with perverse_idyll

@fanficmaverickpodcast @perverse-idyll. Harry/Snape. 2 hours, 33 minutes.

I've had the great pleasure of speaking with ChaosBlue and perverse_idyll both and they are both such stellar people I HAD to come rec you the thing that has them both in it!! They've been in fandom for a while. They have a lot to say. A lot of great things to say! All about fandom, writing, and one of my favorite fanfics! 10/10, can't recommend enough. I've listened to this episode quite a few times and it's definitely my favorite from The Fanfic Maverick!

ChaosBlue is such a PROFESSIONAL with hosting this pod so if you like this episode, please check out the rest! Super prepared, super sweet and patient and understanding, and such an outstanding human, I gotta say!

Snarry Recs: Creature Feature

It's spooky season!! Time to put on your costume, surround yourself with sugar, listen to "Monster Mash", and read some fun Creature Fics in the light of your Jack-o-Lantern!

...actually I can't listen to music and read at the same time. I'd totally wanna jam out to "Monster Mash." But if you want some fun Snarry stories to read while you work on your sugar high, here are a few for you to check out!

Je m'abandonne

by asecretchord. Rated E. 22k. Veela!Snape. Humor. Mating. Public sex. Student/teacher.

Snape is a wild Veela whose mate has finally come of age, and nothing will stop him from claiming what's his. Not even if that mate happens to be a bewildered Boy-Who-Lived-Again.

Nightbreak

by crystalusagi. Rated E. 4k. Vampire!Harry. Open-ending.

In an Auror raid before Christmas Harry is captured by vampires and turned. Snape tries to cure him.

You Were Myth-Taken

by Hokee. Rated T. 23k. Vampires. Humor & puns.

When vampire attacks hit Hogsmeade, Severus Snape is the prime suspect. With Harry and Albus not taking these accusations seriously and the students threatening to expose him at every turn, this term was going to be just fangtastic.

Unexpected Effects

by made.of.bees. Rated M. 160k. Were-basilisk!Harry. Partners to lovers. Potions master Harry. Drama & adventure.

Two years after being impaled by the Basilisk in the Chamber of Secrets, Harry starts noticing some...odd changes. During eighth year he can no longer pretend, and has to deal with what he's become. In order to do that, he has to get help from someone less-than-ideal. Over the years, Harry and Snape's relationship grows; now with an alternative Snarry ending. 

Dragon's Grace

by MagicaDraconia16. Rated M. 22k. Dragoonal. Mating. Crack. No underage. Time jump.

Unbeknownst to everyone, the Dragon Pox vaccine does more than just vaccinate against Dragon Pox. The Potters are in the middle of little Harry’s vaccinations when they must go into hiding. Fast forward to the first Task in the Triwizard Tournament, and the dragon Harry faces calls to a part of him that’s not quite as gone as it should be.

Siren

by @necromanticnoir. Rated E. 6k. Siren!Harry. PWP. Hot as all heck.

Severus Snape was not one for ‘dating’. It fell to him, then, to capture himself a Mate.

Instinctive

by neymovirne. Rated E. 10k. Veela!Harry. Fluff & humor. Courtship. Bob the Cactus. (Don't ask, just read.)

Harry can’t hold his tongue from blurting stupid things, learns something new about himself, and gets a cantankerous companion; not necessarily in that order.

Blood Donor

by Predatrix. Rated E. 15k. Vampire!Snape. Student/teacher. Suicidal ideation.

Prompt: Severus Snape is a vampire. And he wants to suck Harry.

Incubus

by sunshine. Rated E. 163k. Incubus!Harry. Master/slave. Kink. Drama.

Harry Potter comes into his creature inheritance on his sixteenth birthday. He is an Incubus, and is driven to seek out a mate that his subconscious is able to trust. That person is Severus Snape, who takes advantage of the availability of an Incubus -- an inherently submissive creature who will obey his every whim. Together, they find that they're actually well suited to one another, and develop a meaningful relationship.

The Wicked Fairy and His Sweet Prince

by TessaVance. Rated E. 8k. Fairy!Snape. Mpreg. Porn with Plot. AU.

Prince Harry tells Potion Master Severus that he is worried the courtiers will take advantage of his virginity, and does he know of anything that could help?

Severus, well Severus knows quiet a few things that could help now that you mention it.

i love when im scrolling and this app just randomly closes. ur right ive seen enough.

been experimenting with some Harrys

“You read something which you thought only happened to you, and you discover that it happened 100 years ago to Dostoyevsky. This is a very great liberation for the suffering, struggling person, who always thinks that he is alone. This is why art is important. Art would not be important if life were not important, and life is important.”

— James Baldwin, Conversations with James Baldwin