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Like Shadows on the Winter Sky by Resmiranda (R)
Fandom: HARRY POTTER
Pairing: Hermione/Severus - Friendship, Companionship, UST
Author on LJ: Words Dismantled, Where Old Oblivions Gather
Author Website:
Why this must be read:
Chilling, Petulant, Melancholy, Uncomfortable, Brilliant, Resilient, Strange Symmetry. Words for the many moods and facets of Severus Snape and for Resmiranda's trilogy. For the end of the month and the onset of cold weather (for those of us in the Northern Hemisphere) I've decided to rec some stories which evoke the Harry Potter series' darker, creepier, more gruesome chords. At the opening of "Like Shadows on the Winter Sky" Voldemort discovers Snape's duplicity and attempts to personalize a punishment worse than death by magically blinding Snape, leaving him permanently dependant and unable to brew potions. While the magical world has few strategies for dealing with disability as all but the worst cases may be cured with potions and charms, muggle technology allows the blind broad freedom and independence. After stumbling upon the truth of Snape's predicament Hermione becomes determined to help him apply muggle methods to his situation.
Thus begins an inextricable intertwining of two lives through despair, war, the nature of magic, and the nature of the human spirit. Fighting Voldemort, and struggling to maintain their emotional autonomy, Hermione and Snape build toward a major metaphysical breakthrough which may turn the tide of battle, as well as personal breakthroughs, learning more about each other and themselves. Yet, entropy remains a constant, there is far to fall from the pinnacle of achievement, and the roots of depression and emptiness prove resistant to permanent eradication. An amazing ride through two relentlessly complex characters and the meaning and origins of magic.
Like Shadows on the Winter Sky
Sequels
Interlude: Dreary Hour
Door of the Morning
Pairing: Hermione/Severus - Friendship, Companionship, UST
Author on LJ: Words Dismantled, Where Old Oblivions Gather
Author Website:
Why this must be read:
Chilling, Petulant, Melancholy, Uncomfortable, Brilliant, Resilient, Strange Symmetry. Words for the many moods and facets of Severus Snape and for Resmiranda's trilogy. For the end of the month and the onset of cold weather (for those of us in the Northern Hemisphere) I've decided to rec some stories which evoke the Harry Potter series' darker, creepier, more gruesome chords. At the opening of "Like Shadows on the Winter Sky" Voldemort discovers Snape's duplicity and attempts to personalize a punishment worse than death by magically blinding Snape, leaving him permanently dependant and unable to brew potions. While the magical world has few strategies for dealing with disability as all but the worst cases may be cured with potions and charms, muggle technology allows the blind broad freedom and independence. After stumbling upon the truth of Snape's predicament Hermione becomes determined to help him apply muggle methods to his situation.
Thus begins an inextricable intertwining of two lives through despair, war, the nature of magic, and the nature of the human spirit. Fighting Voldemort, and struggling to maintain their emotional autonomy, Hermione and Snape build toward a major metaphysical breakthrough which may turn the tide of battle, as well as personal breakthroughs, learning more about each other and themselves. Yet, entropy remains a constant, there is far to fall from the pinnacle of achievement, and the roots of depression and emptiness prove resistant to permanent eradication. An amazing ride through two relentlessly complex characters and the meaning and origins of magic.
Like Shadows on the Winter Sky
Sequels
Interlude: Dreary Hour
Door of the Morning
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