Fandom: Harry Potter
Title: A Small Truce
Author: marinarusalka
Character(s): Sirius Black, Severus Snape
Rating: R
Summary: Severus Snape threatens an owl, faces a moral quandary, and talks to a wall.
Claire's Notes: I understand that Snape didn't have much time, but one would have thought he'd cook up a better excuse for his "failure." Not to mention that a ( Read more... )

Fandom: Harry Potter
Title: My Fucking Life
Author: prillalar
Character(s): Sirius Black
Rating: PG-13
Summary: N/A
Claire's Notes: Not really a fanfic, but somewhat amusing.

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Fandom: Harry Potter
Title: Civilised
Author: copperbadge
Character(s): Remus Lupin
Rating: PG
Summary: Lupin gives up his bed freely enough, because sometimes you have to make sacrifices to be human...
Claire's Notes: Perfectly explains why Remus Lupin is who he is.

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Fandom: Harry Potter
Title: Lusus Naturae
Author: nishizono
Character(s): Tom Riddle
Rating: PG-13
Summary: Once upon a time, I was human.
Claire's Notes: A look into Riddle's past. It gave new light to one of the scenes from the book that I found particularly irksome.

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Fandom: Harry Potter
Title: Faith, Hope, and Scotch
Author: atrata
Character: Severus Snape
Rating: G
Summary: Severus loses hope, and then finds it again.
Claire's Notes: After all his sacrifices and endless struggle, if there is one thing Snape deserves it is hope.

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Fandom: Harry Potter
Title: As Before
Author: atrata
Character: Harry Potter, Severus Snape
Rating: PG
Summary: "That's the worst, I think. When the secret stays locked within not for want of a teller, but for want of an understanding ear." -Stephen King
Claire's Notes: *chuckles* After all he had sacrificed, would Snape refuse to defend himself in the ( Read more... )

Fandom: Harry Potter
Title: Aftershock
Author: atrata
Character: Harry Potter
Rating: PG-13
Summary: Harry loses it. Post-war.
Claire's Notes: Snape rightly putting Harry into his place. Hell yeah.

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Fandom: Harry Potter
Title: Rotten
Author: atrata
Character: Hermione Granger
Rating: PG
Summary: She doesn't like horor movies.
Claire's Notes: Awesome. It's such a short li'l ficlet, but perfect. The ever practical Hermione scoffing at horror films only to step right into one. I love the bit about the smell, imagined or otherwise. Did you know that we ( Read more... )

Fandom: Harry Potter
Title: Mirror, Mirror
Author: atrata
Character: Harry Potter
Rating: NC-17
Summary: Your eyes on your own are strangely intimate.
Claire's Notes: I truly enjoy the idea that Harry would see himself as reflections of others instead of his own person. Between Voldemort and his resulting fame, he's had too few opportunities to just be ( Read more... )

I must admit that I have been curious about Filch since I started reading the books. He appears to be similar to Snape in that he is such a bitter man. Between the disappointment from his family and thoughtless torture from his peers, he too probably had a rougher childhood than most. It is easy to imagine that he would resent students for the ( Read more... )