Persistence of Memory

And that's it for now, this chapter is NOT complete just so you know. It ends awkwardly, I am aware but I wanted to see if it was worth continuing.

 

Here's part 2 and yes, I underestimated how much I had written. This is a three parter, I guess. lol. Part Three

Alright, so here's the preview for the new fic. I spent a lot of time building the background material so there's not a lot of story yet. Please let me know what you think of it.

Synopsis: Mastery of Death is overrated. Harry Potter learns this far too late unfortunately. Now he’s doomed to an eternity of being live entertainment for Death unless he can help Voldemort assume World Domination and stop the chosen Avatar of Death from obliterating the Earth.

 

 

This is Part 1 of 3. Please let me know what you think of it so far. Part Two

One Shots
[x] alisanne: About Mr. Right [PG]
[x] anonymous: Battle Born [PG-13]
[x] atypicalsnowman: A Dark and Stormy Night Never Seemed So Scary [PG]
[x] atypicalsnowman: The Ones In Between [PG]
[x] lemondropseven: Defeated in Victory [PG-13]
[x] torina_archelda: Once Earned [PG]
[x] torina_archelda: Where No One Was Looking [G]
[x] torina_archelda: Home [PG]

Works In Progress
[x] atypicalsnowman: Pains and Contradictions has been posted up to Chapter 27 [R- NC-17]
[x] kibatsu: Nights of Gethsemane has been posted up to Chapter 54 [NC-17]
[x] the_con_cept: It Sucks to be Severus Snape has been posted up to Chapter 8 [NC-17]

Drabbles And Ficlets
[x] Kyrie: Some Rescue [PG]
[x] alisanne: A Good Review [PG]
[x] alisanne: Breakfast of Champions [PG-13]
[x] alisanne: Doing His Duty [G]
[x] alisanne: Fruity Flavour [R]
[x] alisanne: In The Spirit [PG]
[x] alisanne: Lion in a Den of Snakes [PG]
[x] alisanne: Living On [G]
[x] atypicalsnowman: Sometimes Warnings Are Silly [PG-13]
[x] fancypantsdylan: What They Don't Tell You [PG-13]
[x] joanwilder: Building Beauty [PG]
[x] kibatsu: Halloween Drabble [Unrated]
[x] lilyseyes: Protective Heart [PG]
[x] lilyseyes: Samhain Distrust [R] chan
[x] naturegirlrocks: End of an Era [PG]
[x] quixe: Foiled Again [PG]
[x] shadowess: Family [G]
[x] sillypowers: Growing Up [PG]
[x] sillypowers: Sleeping Arrangements [PG]
[x] snarry_ldws: Week 6 Drabbles [PG - R]
[x] torina_archelda: Harry's Halloween by Torina Archelda [G]
[x] torina_archelda: Loss [G]
[x] torina_archelda: With You [PG]
[x] torino10154: Heat [NC-17]
[x] torino10154: One More Time [PG-13]
[x] torino10154: Seaworthy [PG-13]
[x] vividzephyr: Living in the Past [PG-13]
[x] weasleybits: End of An Era [G]

Art And Icons
[x] Yuki-Almasy: The Magic of Autumn [Unrated]
[x] tessisamess: Snarry Art [Unrated] NSFW
[x] veridian_dair : Undivided Attention (WS) [PG]
[x] weasleybits: Halloween Suckfest [G]

Miscellaneous
[x] potionssnitches: Weekend Update for October 25th

This Newsletter
[x] Send your Snape/Harry news to sshp.prophet@gmail.com!

I've been thinking about what being in fandom and out of fandom means in my case -- well, apart from the obvious, such as participating in various events, doing community service, and such. It also means that, for example, in my time in HP fandom, any couple of recs I posted were two from a hundred fics read or tried. Now it means two out of three that I tried :) I'm not going out of my way to find new interesting things anymore, nor am I willing to try a fic if I find something (even a tiny something) displeasing in the headers. And if I do try reading something, chances are I'll never finish it. I mean, finishing a HP fic has become exception rather than rule. I find this sort of change very amusing. :)


A Confusion of Will and Desire, by Gatewaygirl ##
Harry/Draco, some Harry/Ginny, Harry/OFC, NC-17, novel-length. Canon Compliancy: EWE. Summary: When Harry starts to have erotic dreams about his godfather, he questions his sexual preference. The real issue turns out to be even more complicated and disruptive. Warnings: highlight in the fic post.

Gatewaygirl writes my dream Harry/Draco. Well, she writes my-dream-many-a-thing; she's only of my favourite writers in general. But her H/D, rare as it is, is unique, as for me. It's long, plotty enough, sexy, and has this something undefinable that charms the pants off me. If you have read her Snakes and Lions, you'll love this fic: it has some similar ideas, only shown differently, and somewhat similar relationship dynamics. Somewhat, not quite. (If you haven't read SaL, whatever are you waiting for?)

I saw this story posted and thought the premise looked intriguing. Ha! The actual story turned to be even more intriguing, and I was completely hooked by the second thousand words. What's happening to Harry at the beginning is both interesting and creepy. Of course I wanted to know what was going on. When very soon Harry had to talk to a Muggle shrink, well, this was the scene that made me fall in love with this fic. It's hilarious, even though it's not comedic per se. It's just... try to imagine in detail how the story of Harry's life and various relationships would look if told to a Muggle. Yeah :)

Anyway, it's near 70K words that kept my attention all the way. The ending parts show us some ideal version of HP reality, of sorts. I don't mean that it's all roses, fluffy bunnies, and holding hands. It's hard to explain. I mean, in another story, I probably would dismiss the last few parts as too easy or unbelievable, but in this one, they weren't unbelievable at all. We've been led to it through the entire story, so as a result, those last parts are as enchanting as the rest of the fic, and not boring at all, as I would have expected. I probably confused everybody completely, so to summarise: I loved the story, the beginning, the middle, the ending, all of it :) Do try it!


Sweatin' to the Voldies, by [anon] ##
Harry/Draco, (mostly past) Harry/Ginny, Ron/Hermione, NC-17, 24,500 words. Summary: The-Boy-Who-Lived has become The-Boy-Who-Ate, and his girlfriend just can't take it anymore. After Ginny leaves Harry for presumably slimmer pastures, Harry realizes that if he has any chance of getting her back, he's going to have to get fit quick. It's really just his bad luck that a certain pale, pointy bastard owns the only wizarding gym in the country. Warnings: EWE, frottage, rimming, tiny bit of movie canon (flying origami notes).

If you are one of those people who are tired of Draco always been portrayed as slim or skinny, this fic is for you. It features bulky!Draco. Yes, it also features fat!Harry. Both of which I'm happy to see because after so many HP fics read, I welcome any believable step off the well-trodden road of H/D fiction. The fic is at once refreshing, entertaining, very vivid, and moving. What else to wish! Well, good writing of course but it has that too. To quote a reviewer, "It was the perfect balance of humour, plot, angst and reality." I do admit that I don't believe in this Draco's motivation of opening the gym -- or don't completely buy it -- but it's a really enjoyable reading on the whole, and certain scenes are plain hilarious. Which makes me strongly suspect who the author is, but I'll keep that to myself. Highly recommended!

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Dearest lyssaphra, happy birthday! Hope the day is fun and full of warmth and nice presents :) Here's some music for you. It's a selection I call "My German Super-Leaugue #1". Box.net tends to mess up the sequence of the uploaded files, so I've added links to each song as well as to the folder. I did make it with the proper sequence in mind, so that one song flows into the other smoothly. But in any case, hope you like a few of them!

The rest of you guys, feel free to partake. Files are uploaded to Box.net, which means that you can listen to them before/as well as download(ing).

Song title Length Band Album

Wo bist du 3:55 Rammstein Rosenrot
Herr Mannehig [Acoustic Version] 3:07 In Extremo Verehrt Und Angespien (Worshipped & Spat At)
Das Messer 4:19 Subway to Sally Herzblut
Vollmond 4:00 In Extremo Sunder Ohne Zugel: Unbridled Sinner
Stirb nicht vor mir (Don't Die Before I Do) 4:05 Rammstein Rosenrot
Der Wind hat mir ein Lied erzaehlt 3:50 Nina Hagen Return of the Mother
Kleine Schwester 3:59 Subway to Sally Engelskrieger
Falsche Gotter 4:39 Megaherz Himmelfahrt
Ego 4:16 Oomph! Ego Rock Duro Y Heavy
Die Gier 3:46 In Extremo Sunder Ohne Zugel: Unbridled Sinner Rock
Kleid aus Rosen 5:02 Subway to Sally Herzblut Folk Rock
Rosenrot 3:54 Rammstein Rosenrot
So rot 3:49 Subway to Sally Herzblut
Tranen Der Sehnsucht (part I & II) 9:37 Lacrimosa Einsamkeit [UK]
Story of Pain 4:45 Staub Trockenzeit
African Reggae 4:12 Nina Hagen Band Nunsexmonkrock/Nina Hagen Band
Der Morgen Danach 4:26 Lacrimosa Fassade
Seemannslied 5:17 Subway To Sally Nord Nord Ost

PS: Sorry, I lost umlauts somewhere when copy-pasting.

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Pokes: =======

One Shots
[x] alisanne: Lost and Found [PG]
[x] anonymous: Achilles' Heel [NC-17]
[x] anonymous: Sweet Religion [NC-17]
[x] drachenmina: A Holiday Romance [NC-17][Chan]

Works In Progress
[x] eriador117: Apprenticed to Love is up to Chapter 34/? [Adult]
[x] lucius_complex: Heart of Darkness is up to Chapter 3/?? [Unrated]
[x] the_con_cept: It Sucks to be Severus Snape - Part 3/? [PG]

Drabbles And Ficlets
[x] alisanne: By the Book [PG]
[x] alisanne: Cravings [PG]
[x] alisanne: Dramatic Entrance [G]
[x] alisanne: Her Secret [PG]
[x] alisanne: House Warming [G]
[x] alisanne: Joyful News [PG]
[x] alisanne: Night Bumping [PG]
[x] alisanne: Pet Name [G]
[x] alisanne: Real Life [PG]
[x] bertas: Porn for White Cotton [NC-17]
[x] bethbethbeth: Far From the Pegasus, A Home [Unrated]
[x] fancypantsdylan: Memories [PG-13]
[x] fancypantsdylan: Off to Hogwarts [R]
[x] fancypantsdylan: Solution to the Problem [PG-13]
[x] fancypantsdylan: Thngs that go Bump [PG-13][Severus/HarryDraco]
[x] joanwilder: Missing [G]
[x] la_dissonance: Lines [PG]
[x] leela_cat: Tough Love [PG]
[x] lilyseyes: Breathe with Relief - Part of the Breathe Series [R]
[x] lilyseyes: Fresh Things - Part of The Eastes Series [R]
[x] lilyseyes: Magic [NC17]
[x] lilyseyes: Sincere Praise - part of the Erastes Series [R]
[x] mac_tunes: Quick Recovery [R]
[x] naturegirlrocks: trick and treat [PG-15]
[x] sweetmelodykiss: No Words [PG]
[x] torino10154: End of an Era [G]
[x] torino10154: Meu Príncipe [NC-17]
[x] torino10154: Symphony in 'O' Major [R]

Art And Icons
[x] littleblackbow: Snape's Inner Monologue [PG]
[x] wochertonks7: Good Advice [R]

Miscellaneous
[x] potionssnitches: Weekend update for October 17
[x] snarry100: Has posted prompt #185 - End of an Era
[x] snarry_games: Final Announcement
[x] snarry_holidays: Has an announcemet
[x] snarry_swap: Has Posted a call for Beta Readers
[x] snarry_swap: Has Posted a call for Pinch Hitters

This Newsletter
[x] Send your Snape/Harry news to sshp.prophet@gmail.com!