who's sneaking now?

(I don't have a Pottermore account, but I've been following the posts at ontd_hogwarts [you have to be a member to see them] and the sudden flood of information is enough to make one go insane. Much of EA is now obsolete, which is fine, if a bit discouraging. There's just . . . so much backstory all of a sudden. Minerva! Flitwick! Sprout! Ollivander! The Sorting Hat! The Slytherin prefect's speech! And this is just the beginning. I'm not sure how to deal with this. Is it canon? Is it a paratext? Should I even care?)

*runs back to thesis*

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I have been plagued all day by a scene for a potential short Snape-centric story (whether Harry would be involved is not yet clear to me) set in Cokeworth.

I blame delphi, because I have been soaking myself in her Snape of late, rereading much of her marvellous Snilch and Snapledore and one of my absolute favourites, In Memory of Sigmund Freud. I also blame o_mayari for keeping me in touch with some of the new Pottermore information, because now that I know Spinner's End is located in Cokeworth, I can't stop thinking about it. My own research is possibly also at fault, as I have to think a lot about mining and class tension and the emerging working class in 18th/19th century Germany.

Anyway, now that I have this idea, I find myself eyeing certain upcoming winter fests: Snarry Swap, snapecase and snapelyholidays. The latter has its deadline in November, which is probably unrealistic for me (my thesis is due in November). Both snapecase and the Snarry Swap have deadlines around roughly the same time. It's probably insane of me to even be considering any of these fests, given the workload I know I'll have this fall/winter.

Ah, choices!

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( as the wind behaves, pt II )

Title: as the wind behaves
Author: caecelia_
Betas:: SO many thanks to accioslash and atdelphi for your invaluable advice; I learned so much from you both. ♥ Any remaining mistakes are my own.
Other pairings/threesome: Ron/Hermione
Rating: light R
Word count: 18,553
Warning(s): Harry is not quite 18.
SPOILERS/What you are fixing: (highlight for spoilers) *Snape does not exactly die. He is also ugly and somewhat deranged.*
Summary: Harry thinks he knows what he wants. Snape is unwilling to oblige him.
A/N: Written for my dear friend o_mayari on DW/LJ.

( as the wind behaves )