“But Longing Is Momentum In Disguise: It’s Active, Not Passive; Touched With The Creative, The Tender,

Philips de Marlier  - A Vase of Flowers - 

Philips de Marlier (nickname Dicke Lup) (c. 1600 – 1668) was a Flemish Baroque painter and copyist mainly known for his still lifes of flowers and garland paintings.

October Frolic: Controversial Fanfic Ships & Tropes

ChaosBlue and guest co-host Danpuff sit down together for an informal chat about controversial ships and tropes from various popular fandoms

The latest episode of The FanFic Maverick podcast is out! The show is available through the link above and also on Apple Podcast, Google Podcast, Spotify, and iHeartRadio.

ChaosBlue and guest co-host Danpuff sit down together for an informal chat about controversial ships and tropes from various popular fandoms in this judgment-free revelry on all things taboo.

Thanks for co-hosting today, @danpuff-ao3!

been experimenting with some Harrys

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.

Frills & pearls

I'm so, so, so pleased that you liked it, Danni, and am so appreciative of all of your kind, thoughtful words!!! 💖💖💖

Fic Rec: Post Mortem

by @inarticulateimbecile. Snarry. Rated E. 17k. Postwar. 8th year. Student/teacher. Hot as hell.

"You're disgusting," Potter quietly bit out.

It was an insult, so why did that mouth-watering heat race downward like he'd been called brilliant and wonderful and all things nice?

"And what does that make of you, I wonder?"

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A tale of hero worship and failing to pretend.

danpuff notes: This fic was recced in the Snarry Sanctuary server and when I saw who the author was I thought "Oh I need to read that." Then I saw the Reluctantly falling in love tag and thought "Oh I need to read that RIGHT NOW." 0 regrets.

It does seem rude that their name is inarticulateimbecile when I was the one being an inarticulate imbecile in their comment box, but I digress.

This is Snarry how I like it: love born two seamlessly between two men destined to FIGHT. All of Severus' inner turmoil, not only regarding his feelings for Harry, but generally being a bitter mess postwar. Dealing with his fear for Harry, and his fear of Harry. How that fear is so easily disguised as, or transformed into, anger. Fighting Harry's advances, and his own attraction (and obsession) every step of the way. It isn't easy for him, or between them, at all, not in the least because he refuses to let it be easy.

A big part of what draws me to Snarry is just how fraught it is with tension and anger and passion. All of their rough edges, the poison in their veins, the fire at their cores. The way they clash and break and mold together. How it's destructive and transformative both at once. And it's that feeling, that dynamic, that's so beautifully portrayed here. This is Snarry exactly how I love it and I could not be more thrilled!!!!

Anyway please forgive all my babbling and go read instead!! 🙈

Pedro Salinas, tr. by Ruth Katz Crispin, from Memory in my Hands: The Love Poetry of Pedro Salinas; “Long Lament (Love, The World in Danger)”

[Text ID: “Love, love, love. / Because who has ever known / if it creates or consumes? / And whether when it burns us / it’s exalting us to flame, / or willing us to be ashes?”]