Join us on the @snapeshiftersguild discord server to participate in our latest flash comp!
This monthâs flash fest is all about the wonderful people who work at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Our lovely server members cooked up a ton of fun rare pairs and scenarios to play with đ
(see prompts and timeline đđŒ)
Timeline:
Claiming opens: 3 May at 15:00 PST (-8 GMT)
Works due: 15 May 20:00 PST
Works released: 16 May 20:00 PST
Voting due: 22 May 20:00 PST
Reveals & Awards: 24 May 12:00noon PST
Prompts:
Severus Snape/Minerva McGonagall/Poppy Pomfrey: Severus loves being mothered and cared for and is eager to prove himselfâŠ
Severus Snape/Irma Pince: Severus spent a lot of time in the library as a student. Now that heâs all grown up (and returning his books on time,) Mme Pince canât help but drag him into the dark corners of her library every chance she can getâŠ
Any/Poly ship/Gen: Dumbledore's decided, after Lupin's fun DADA end of year exam and the 'success' of the Triwizard maze, that all OWL subjects will be tested via an obstacle course (like the one guarding the Philosopher's Stone.) To their chagrin, well⊠the staff have to set that up.
Severus Snape & Horace Slughorn or Snape/Slughorn: The old Potions Master regrets his relationship with Tom Riddle, and he's scared of the similarities he sees in his colleagueâŠ
Any ship/Gen: Annual summer beach holiday/staff retreat.
Severus Snape/Any: Character âXâ has secretly slept with Severus several times over the years. At a staff party, Severus ends up locked in a game of Never Have I Ever with this person, and they know exactly the right sexual questions to ask to ensure he gets absolutely steaming drunk.
Bathsheda Babbling/Severus Snape: The two work together to decipher old textsâŠ
Poppy Pomfrey/Severus Snape or Poppy & Severus: Healing and Potions go hand in hand and so they end up spending a lot of time togetherâŠ
Severus Snape/Grey Lady (Helena Ravenclaw): Snape has a type⊠unavailable women. And the ghost of Helena Ravenclaw is no exception⊠He has the wit beyond measure â but will she appreciate his⊠greatest treasure? đ¶
Any ship/Gen: Annual Staff Summer Potluck/Competitive Cooking & Baking ContestâŠ
Firenze/Argus Filch: Having a woodland clearing as a classroom is going to cause problems for the caretaker, Filch already told Dumbledore as much. But Firenze has a way of foreseeing the problems and solving them ahead of timeâŠ
Any pairing/Poly-ship: The Hogwarts House Elves come up with schemes to get professors together.
Severus Snape/Albus Dumbledore: Each of them has the ability to see the deepest most desperate desire of the other's heart in the Mirror of Erised.
Dolores Umbridge/Rubeus Hagrid: Umbridge's hatred for half-breeds is a projection of her own shameful desires. Hagrid helps her get over the shame.
Severus Snape/Charity Burbage: Charity wants to experience a real Muggle romcom-esque date. Thereâs only one man at Hogwarts who can navigate the Muggle world so wellâŠ
Severus Snape/Remus Lupin: After the DADA prof had a strange reaction to his last Wolfsbane potion where his lupine instincts had him tearing apart his classroom, Severus is tasked with dogsitting outside the castle to ensure Remus gets enough exercise this time around without being discoveredâŠ
Severus Snape/Any: Minerva just knows Severus is dating someone, and sheâs determined to figure out who it isâŠ
Severus Snape/Alecto Carrow/Amycus Carrow: Messy love triangle.
Any pairing/poly ship: Matchmaker Sprout locks potential staff couples in Greenhouse III⊠shenanigans ensue.
Remus Lupin/Rubeus Hagrid: Hagrid finds out about Lupinâs condition. Fascinated, he asks some very⊠personal questions.
Snape/Any: Dumbledore has finally decided that sex ed needs to be part of the school curriculum. He tasks Severus and another senior teacher(s) with developing the syllabusâŠ
Silvanus Kettleburn/Any: The Care of Magical Creatures prof has a habit of leaving his wooden limbs around the castle. As magical prostheses, they tend to have a mind of their ownâŠ
Any pairing/Gen: The school needs to do a fundraiser for repairs to the castle after the Battle of Hogwarts. Each of the staff come up with their own sickle-spinning schemesâŠ
Neville Longbottom/Severus Snape or Neville & Severus: Severus admits Neville is the better teacher, Neville smiles: "But you're the better student.â
Snape/Flitwick or Snape & Flitwick: Snape finds himself running into Flitwick every afternoon on the way out to the owlery. They bond over their favorite ornery messengerâŠ
You thought the hardest part would be finishing the book.
Itâs not.
Itâs waking up excited about your idea⊠then doubting it by afternoon.
Itâs rereading yesterdayâs work and wondering who wrote it â and why it sounds off.
Itâs watching other authors announce wins while youâre still fixing chapter two.
No one talks about the quiet weight of creating something from nothing.
The pressure to be original.
The fear of being overlooked.
The exhaustion of caring this much about imaginary people.
You love writing. Thatâs the problem.
Because when you love it, every flat scene feels personal. Every rejection stings deeper. Every slow month feels like proof youâre falling behind.
And still⊠you keep showing up to the page.
Thatâs what makes you a writer.
Not the perfect prose.
Not the follower count.
Not the launch graphics.
Itâs the decision to sit down again, even when it feels pointless.
If youâre doubting yourself right now, youâre in the middle of becoming better. The messy, frustrating middle is part of it.
Youâre not behind.
Youâre building.
And the writers who last?
Theyâre the ones who stay when itâs quiet.
Itâs been a while since I had to deal with the Great Plagiarism Machine at uni, but some things just donât change.
Lovelies, letâs not fall for scammy shite like the above that advertises âIâll read your words like theyâre my new favourite bookâ when the account is a day old and their post is the most generic LinkedIn marketing slop.
(Also, âIâll read your words like theyâre my new favourite bookâ is⊠not a compliment and distinctly not the simile AI âthinksâ it is, good God.)
âThe pressure to be original, The fear of being overlooked, The exhaustion of caring this much about imaginary people.â Weâve got three parallel fragments, emotional escalation, and boom: the most relatable item last. And this pattern repeats throughout this BS post because itâs that standardised algorithmic formula GPT and other AIs just love to constantly shove in our faces because by metrics it performs well with emotionally engaged audiences. Just open LinkedIn (yuck). âNo one talks about the quiet weight ofâ um, yes we do. We talk about it all the time. And a stalling mind does not equal a quiet mind. Humans get that. And cue trio negs too, right on schedule. Wouldnât be a proper LinkedIn post without the âNot [blank]. Not [blank]. Not [blank].â
Also, the predictable Q ending. âAnd the writers who last? Theyâre the ones who stay when itâs quietâ ⊠WHAT does that even mean? WHAT is up with AIâs obsession with quietude?
Please donât fall for this. The slopâs here to make you feel seen so youâll trust them with your writing and your money. What the bloody hell next.
@ash-feathers tagged me with the challenge to share the last sentence I wrote!
Severus stared at the Patronus, only now realising what the angel that had protected him countless times was.
this is a drabble I gotta polish up. Can you guess whose Patronus it is?
tagging a few people but if you are seeing this and I didn't tag you, go ahead and do it and tag me so I can see :>
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Her husband in Azkaban, her son away on a dangerous mission at Hogwarts, Narcissa Malfoy is left alone in the Manor. But someone has been waiting for such an opportunity. And Corban Yaxley has waited a very, very long time. But now at last, he knows this is his chance. Because Narcissa and he are meant to be together. And he intends to prove it to her.
all her hair in one long yellow string i wound (three times her little throat around) by @notlibatiusborage
So despite what my pinned post says, I might occasionally throw some fanfic/fandom discourse or fic updates on here actually.
:)
For now here are two of my fics:
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
In Cokeworth there's a chip shop. In 1976 the owner offers a boy a part time job.
The boy is far too sharp and Jack can't help worrying about him.
(Snape/Male Muggle OC, slow burn, chock-full of angst and Easter eggs, canon compliant.)
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
After Draco's failure to kill Albus Dumbledore he must be punished. But Severus Snape made an Unbreakable Vow to protect him. And there are far worse punishments than the cruciatus curse when Fenrir Greyback is lurking at the Manor. Severus' reputation is already in tatters, what does it matter if it bears one more stain? And just how long can he carry on yet another deception?
There are no Fic Update posts to be found here, but you might get a sense of how my writing developed.
If you do head onwards, be aware that there are likely untagged triggers.
Consider this a warning for everything beyond this point.
I don't plan to delete this tumblr or clear the old RP posts. The community I found with the other roleplayers got me through an intensely trying time in my life and through finishing my degree, gaining steady, stable employment and returning to socialising.
If you're one of the people who I RPed with, I love you guys. And I'm always happy to chat.
If you liked my fics or love Snape, also feel free to drop me a message here.
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