Thoughts of a Snape/Harry writer on HBP, plus lesbo cinema

[pen_and_umbra]

To add to the flood of HBP posts: My thoughts as a Snape/Harry writer on HBP, and where I will go from here with said pairing.

Comments

[cordelia_v]

I think that 7th year Snarry is going to be terribly difficult to write. I'm not sure if it can be done. But a post-war Snape/Harry, set during Harry's 20s? Perhaps. Assuming that it became clear by the end of the war that Snape was indeed deep undercover! Snape.

I'd love, love to see you try. At this point, I cannot tell you how great the emotional impact would be, of any Snape/Harry that was HBP compliant and also not non con. It would be balm for the masses, indeed.

So, perhaps that's a motive? My end of the fandom, at least, has never needed good Snape/Harry more than we do now. You have a chance here to write something that will have twice the emotional impact on the reader than it normally would, simply because of where we all are right now, emotionally.

/begging.

[pen_and_umbra]

I wouldn't write 7th year Harry anyway, I think, because I like adult!Harry better -- more leeway story-wise, and perhaps also emotional maturity. Plus, I severely suck at writing teenagers. ;P

I'm on Post-It note 21 in plotting (some recycled from fic ideas I've had) so the chances are, I'll start writing it soon -- as soon as I have all my ducks in a row. It'll take me a good while, though. I love it for the challenge, simply put. I'm very much looking forward to how the fandom will step up to it in general; IC fluff seems to be out of the question now and I know I won't be reading the non-con stuff, but ah, the possibilities! Wow.

[auctasinistra]

I think that 7th year Snarry is going to be terribly difficult to write. I'm not sure if it can be done.

Oh yeah. It can be done. I'm sure lots of Snarry writers are working up their theories. I'm not sure it's that much more difficult than it ever was. All Harry needs is the right facts from a source he trusts -- I'm sure lots of folks can come up with ways to pull that off. :)

[pen_and_umbra]

(Damn -- I go to bed and then all this interesting discussion happens. ;P)

There are theories. Oodles. But for me, it's become harder -- not because I can't marshal up the facts to explain why Snape simply had to kill DD, though. It's all because of #2 reason up there: nothing changes the fact that Snape killed Dumbledore. Harry clearly loved the man and hates the fuck out of Snape for what he did; such feelings really can't be rationalised away with facts. There needs to be actual healing (and not in the buttsex sense ;)

Furthermore, can't really see Snape going out of his way to make Harry believe or help Harry in understanding the reasonings. I mean, the man is a, well, an asshole.

Ah well. Where there is a will, there is a way. Me, I'm actually looking forward to writing my take on things! :D

[auctasinistra]

such feelings really can't be rationalised away with facts. There needs to be actual healing (and not in the buttsex sense ;)

Yeah, it's harder. But it was never soft and cuddly with those two. I think this'll spawn some good stuff (along with some not so good, but that's OK). I'm just desperately in love with Snape right now. Asshole,yes, but so much more as well. :)

[pen_and_umbra]

Asshole,yes, but so much more as well. :)

Yes, and that's why I continue to love him so, as a character. He's on the good side (well, in my little world, at least) but he's not a good person in any sense of the word. An asshole of a hero, in other words. What a lovely concept that is! :D

[auctasinistra]

I think he's a good person in the deepest, profoundest sense. I think he's a petty asshole on the surface, of course, but I think his life has made him that way.

In any case, we love him.

[pen_and_umbra]

Me, I think he's a genuine, grade-A asshole who is good not for altruistic reasons but for reasons of his own, whatever they are. That they happen to agree with those of what is considered to be "the good side" can be coincidental -- or perhaps he even is good, deep down. Don't know, and the many possible interpretations are part of why I (or dare I say, we) love him so. :D

[auctasinistra]

Oh yes. However he turns out in Book 7, this book has cemented and enhanced my love for him!