Friday, September 16, 2011

Fanfiction Friday #31

Thanks to Blogger's new layout, it now takes me about three less seconds to sign in... Sweet.

But anyway, today I have a fic that is very explicit. Normally, I really don't care on a moral level and I simply warn you to make sure your parents aren't home or to delete your browsing history after reading it, but this goes into real detail. Unless you are past the stage in life where you think sex is disgusting, you should probably just leave this post right now. And you definitely should not be reading this fic if you don't yet know the mechanics of sex... Then again, if you have uptight parents who are very squemish at the thought of giving you "the talk," then this would be a good fic to read.

Yes, it's a 'Snape teaches Sex Ed' fic. And it's called Severus Snape and the SexEd Snafu. And obviously, it's rated M. Personally, I love these kind of fics. I think we all want to know how they dealt with Sex Ed at Hogwarts, or if they had it at all, or if they just let the parents take care of it... Perhaps it's much less of a deal there, because anyone can brew a Contraceptive Potion, and they don't have to be prescribed, and I don't think STDs would be a problem, because they'll have potions for that too... But whether or not they actually have it, reading fics about it is hilarious, especially when Snape is involved.

This is honestly one of the most hilarious fics I've ever read. Snape is kept entirely in character, even when talking about sex... If you're mature enough and you're in the mood for a good laugh, read it.

Tha's right, now bow nice an' low... Al--alright, look! Buckbeak bowed back! Now you get ter pat his beak, and this link ter fanfiction! http://www.fanfiction.net/s/439510/1/Severus_Snape_and_the_SexEd_Snafu

Thursday, September 15, 2011

Snape Quote of the Week #30

  "What would your head have been doing in Hogsmeade, Potter?" said Snape softly. "Your head is not allowed in Hogsmeade. No part of your body has permission to be in Hogsmeade."
  "I know that," said Harry, striving to keep his face free of guilt or fear. "It sounds like Malfoy's having hallucin--"
  "Malfoy is not having hallucinations," snarled Snape, and he bent down, a hand on each arm of Harry's chair, so that their faces were a foot apart. "If your head was in Hogsmeade, so was the rest of you."
  "I've been up in Gryffindor Tower," said Harry. "Like you told--"
  "Can anyone confirm that?"
  Harry didn't say anything. Snape's thin mouth curled into a horrible smile.
  "So," he said, straightening up again. "Everyone from the Minister of Magic downward has been trying to keep famous Harry Potter safe from Sirius Black. But famous Harry Potter is a law unto himself. Let the ordinary people worry about his safety! Famous Harry Potter goes where he wants to, with no thought for the consequences."
  Harry stayed silent. Snape was trying to provoke him into telling the truth. He wasn't going to do it. Snape had no proof--yet.
  "How extraordinarily like your father you are, Potter," Snape said suddenly, his eyes glinting. "He too was exceedingly arrogant. A small amount of talent on the Quiddicth field made him thin he was a cut above the rest of us too. Strutting around the place with his friends and admirers... The resemblance between you is uncanny."
~Prisoner of Azkaban, Ch. 14 "Snape's Grudge"

This is one of my favorite quotes, because it starts out hilarious and ends very seriously with some insight on Snape's past. I've always loved the "no part of your body is allowed in Hogsmeade" thing... It makes me wonder how that conversation between Snape and Draco went down.

And I always get really mad at Harry when I read this, because Snape isn't even being unjustifiably cruel. He has a valid point, and that is how Harry seems to be the only person who doesn't care about his safety, and also the only person that ultimately controls it. Snape must have been way angrier than he was letting on here, because he must hate it so much that he can't help but worry over the life of a kid (even when it's not in his control) that insists on putting himself into possibly dangerous situations. He would obviously hate anyone that puts Harry's life in danger, and that includes Harry himself.

And of course, there's everything about James... God, I feel so sorry for Snape having to deal with Harry.

On another note, this is my 200th post! ^_^

Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Snape Video of the Week #30

"Mudblood" - The Prince's Tale

Sadly, this is the last video from this album that I'll be posting, because Lauren hasn't posted videos for any of the other songs from The Prince's Tale. But anyway, I love this song, because I think it's very accurate according to how Lily must have felt about the entire 'Mudblood' thing. I've said this many times before: Lily must have loved Snape the whole time, but she was just as insecure as him when it came to admitting it. And she was also stubborn. So when her best friend called her that name, she was extremely hurt and decided that he must have never liked her in the first place, and decided that she never wanted to be hurt again.

But once again, that's just what I think.

Monday, September 12, 2011

Weekly Snape-ly Event #30

I have two pieces of news (sort of) today, and the first is something you Rickmaniacs might already know. Well, Benedict Cumberbatch (AKA Sherlock Holmes) is apparently VERY good at impressions. When I saw this, I was in awe for several minutes at how good his impression of Alan was. Here's the link: http://www.anglotopia.net/british-entertainment/brit-tv/video-benedict-cumberbatch-sherlock-impersonates-alan-rickman-david-tennant-and-jonathan-ross/

And second, Alan has been nominated for Best Supporting Actor for the SCREAM Awards as Severus Snape!  http://www.spike.com/events/scream-awards-2011/voting/best-supporting-actor GO VOTE FOR HIM.
NOW, BITCHES.

Sunday, September 11, 2011

Snape Picture of the Week #30



I decided to post this because this is one of the Snape shirts I ordered today. ^_^ Yesterday was my birthday, and my mom got me really stupid presents that she knew beforehand I'd hate, so she let me pick out a Snape shirt to order off Redbubble. I couldn't narrow it down between 4, so I decided to pay my own money for three of them.

So this blog post is basically me bragging about the Snape shirts I'm about to get. :P

Saturday, September 10, 2011

Snape Poem #2

More Fruits of Solitude by William Penn

They that love beyond the world cannot be separated by it.
   Death cannot kill what never dies.
   Nor can spirits ever be divided, that love and live in the same divine principle, the root and record of their friendship.
   If absence be not death, neither is theirs.
   Death is but crossing the world, as friends do the seas; they live in one another still.
   For they must needs be present, that love and live in that which is omnipresent.
   In this divine glass they see face to face; and their converse is free, as well as pure.
   This is the comfort of friends, that though they may be said to die, yet their friendship and society are, in the best sense, ever present, because immortal.

This poem was at the beginning of Deathly Hallows, and I think it fits with Snape just as well as the rest of the book.

Voldemort may have killed Lily, but that didn't sever what was left of their friendship, even if neither of them knew the other still cared, and it didn't stop Snape from loving her. It wasn't until Lily's life was threatened that Snape realized what a mistake he'd made, how stupid he'd been in his life... His love for her was immortal, and his love for her is what kept so many people safe, even after he was killed by Voldemort.

Friday, September 9, 2011

Fanfiction Friday #30

I would have posted this earlier, but I got a little sidetracked in writing the newest chapter of my own fanfic. Ironic, isn't it? Or--wait, maybe that's the opposite of ironic... whatever.

Anyway, there's no particular ship in this fic, except for the residual Snape/Lily theme that is with all mostly-canon fics. It's based on the movie version of Snape's death, and is AU after the event of his death. Spolier: he's not really dead. It's called You Have Your Mother's Eyes, obviously because of that quote in the movie...

And I'd like to take a minute to rant about my mixed feelings on that scene. Firstly, I was crying my eyes out, but that much is obvious. And I think Alan Rickman played his part beautifully. But, being the die-hard HP fan that I am, I can't help but be frustrated that they had Snape say 'Take them, take them... please..." instead of "Take... it.... Take... it...." YES, THERE IS A DIFFERENCE. I can't blame Alan, because he didn't write the script, and I don't necessarily hate that they added the "You have your mother's eyes" so that "Look at me" WEREN'T his last words, but still... I think they should have stuck entirely to the book for once, if only for that scene. Snape's death scene is worthy of an accurate film adaptation.

Either way, I really like this fic, mostly because of how well it's written. And because Snape lives. But that's another extremely ambivalent part of me, because I hate so much that Snape had to die, but then again, I think he's where he wants to be. I mean, I'd like to know what Snape's life post-Voldemort would have been like, but I think that death freed him. He was finally with Lily.

Take... it.... Take... it.... Take the link... http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7217503/1/You_Have_Your_Mothers_Eyes