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Artemisia Absinthium by Shiradine (R)
Fandom: HARRY POTTER
Pairing: Severus Snape/Harry Potter if you squint, but it seems more like slashy gen to me
Author on LJ: None
Author Website: Author Page on FF.net
Why this must be read:
Although written for Wave VI of the HP/SS Fuh-Q Fest, this story seems more like gen than slash (there's no romance or sex here, and no sexual tension to speak of), but the main characters are Snape, Lupin, and Potter. Told from Snape's POV, we get a close look at the way he views life post-war and post-Hogwarts, and while Shiradine's Snape not a nice man, neither is he devoid of human feelings. This Snape is rude, snobby, and chilly, but he's human and consistent, and a real survivor. I liked the potions geek showing so clearly--Potions Master Snape loves his craft first and foremost.
I recommend this for the Snape characterization and the many details that flesh out Shiradine's wizarding society and the characters' lives. There's not a lot of action, but I think the author hit on some emotional truths with the three characters, and at the end my first act was to bookmark the story for a later read. I would love to have more set in this universe, but what's been written is juicy enough to savor. There's a dinner party in which Snape and Harry argue viciously but totally in character, while Lupin cringes. The altercation's never over the top, but it still made me wince in sympathy. In short, this story made me laugh at times as well as think, and it will be a pleasure to re-read it many times.
Artemisia Absinthium
Also on http://www.kardasi.com/, but you'll need a password to read it there.
Pairing: Severus Snape/Harry Potter if you squint, but it seems more like slashy gen to me
Author on LJ: None
Author Website: Author Page on FF.net
Why this must be read:
Although written for Wave VI of the HP/SS Fuh-Q Fest, this story seems more like gen than slash (there's no romance or sex here, and no sexual tension to speak of), but the main characters are Snape, Lupin, and Potter. Told from Snape's POV, we get a close look at the way he views life post-war and post-Hogwarts, and while Shiradine's Snape not a nice man, neither is he devoid of human feelings. This Snape is rude, snobby, and chilly, but he's human and consistent, and a real survivor. I liked the potions geek showing so clearly--Potions Master Snape loves his craft first and foremost.
I recommend this for the Snape characterization and the many details that flesh out Shiradine's wizarding society and the characters' lives. There's not a lot of action, but I think the author hit on some emotional truths with the three characters, and at the end my first act was to bookmark the story for a later read. I would love to have more set in this universe, but what's been written is juicy enough to savor. There's a dinner party in which Snape and Harry argue viciously but totally in character, while Lupin cringes. The altercation's never over the top, but it still made me wince in sympathy. In short, this story made me laugh at times as well as think, and it will be a pleasure to re-read it many times.
Artemisia Absinthium
Also on http://www.kardasi.com/, but you'll need a password to read it there.