| Jan. 5th, 2009 @ 05:49 pm Some More Snusa Recs |
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I realize it's a bit late in the game for recs, but in case you're way behind on your Snupin reading (like me), I did want to post about some of the stories I've really been enjoying.
Taste -- A stunning piece in so many ways. It hit my literary kink for very well executed extended metaphor, and my characterization kink by making Snape exactly the rotten bastard that JKR says he is, but still making him so wonderful that you can't let him go. The exploration of the dark, wolfish side of Remus' nature is so well done, but the real gold here is how the writer shows the way their relationship changes over the years until the end. This will seem dark to some folks, but to me, it was more 'darkly romantic'. Oh, and did I mention that it's also OMFG hot? No? Well, it is! I have a pretty high smut tolerance but this left me squirming and biting my lip. Good stuff on a whole lot of levels.
The Voyage of the HMS Leviosa -- Yes, everyone in the world has rec'd this already, so I'm just tossing my 2 shillings into the pot. I have friends who've been trying to get me read O'Brien's "Master & Commander" books, and if they are anywhere near this good -- even without the slash -- I'm going to have to check them out. Also, I'm a complete whore for a good bibliography -- the sort that sends you scrambling for the uni library website and the ILL button -- and this one has that. If you haven't read this yet, then kiss the gunner's daughter and take 12 lashes from the boy's pussy. XD
Blood Moon -- Draco isn't a character I normally expect to see in Snupin fics. In general, I can take or leave Draco -- usually leave -- unless he's really well done, and here? He is really well done. This writer made me believe Draco would clean Snape's house -- and not even with sexual favors attached. OK, that probably sounds glib, and I really don't mean it to, because while we bandy the word "dark" around a lot, this fic really is dark. Not in a graphic way, though. You'll hear about throats being torn out and blood thrown around, but you won't see it for the most part. It's very restained in that way -- and to good effect, I think. The darkness in this story is the miasma that surrounds Snape and Lupin in this dystopic "Voldemort won" scenario. It's like a whirlpool that they are sucked into against their will, with their only consolation being that they are together. If you shy away from darkfic because of Snape/Lupin death, or graphic rape, non-con, blood or general gore, you can probably read this safely. It is dark, yes indeed, but it's so well done, I must recommend you try it. (And should you need something happy to read afterwards, perhaps a re-read of Magical Magazine would hit the spot? Yes, I already rec'd this, but really, if you haven't read it yet, you should. And it would be an excellent, high-spirited chaser after any dark fic.)
Forbidden Passion: A Soap Opera in Five Acts -- Normally, I'm not one for soap operas, but this? This had exactly the effect on me that soap operas seem to have on so many people: you can't stop watching. Or in my case, I couldn't stop reading. The framing for this story is so clever. Several of our familiar characters -- all of whom are exceptionally well-realized -- are addicted to a particular soap opera in which the usual bizarre and unbelievable soap-opera-type things are happening. As the characters follow their favorite soap -- and the 'excepts' alone are so entertaining they're reason enough to read this -- another soap opera is unfolding around them, and it was just as captivating to me as the 'real' soap was to Rosmerta, Remus and, oh yes, Dumbledore. Aside from the soap opera thing, I had my doubts about Remus as an ultra-femme gay guy -- it's not a way I normally imagine him -- but the writer has done just a fantastic job, following the prompt to the letter but still giving us a very recognizable and believable Remus. This fic really has everything -- it will make you laugh, it will wring your heart, it will make you shake your laptop and scream "What is WRONG with you!" at the characters, it will make you sweat from the UST, and squirm with the very hot and wonderful smex scenes. Even if you don't like soap operas, you have to experience this one.
Five Times Snape and Lupin Had Sex At Order Headquarters... -- How could I not read something where I'm assured of at least five smex scenes? That sort of promise is too good to pass up, and this one definitely delivers. While I will happily admit that I take great delight in PWPs, this one has more to offer than just the sexing. For those of you are familiar with her work, it has just a bit of a ![[info]](http://www.insanejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) fabularasa feel to it -- not in any derivative way, though; and of course I mean that as a high compliment. :) I really enjoyed this, but then, give me a hot, conniving Alpha!Remus who's willing to do whatever it takes to get Snape where he wants him, and I'm more than halfway to happy already. Nom.
I'm probably leaving out some things, but my brain is still fried from the holidays, and I'm still reading Snusas, so this will do for now. There are still 2 days till the Big Reveal, after all. So... what are y'all catching up on? |
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