Tell me we both matter

PinaNaponi A sideblog for all things Snarry Gryffindor with a soft spot for Slytherin aesthetics and Severus Snape I draw and write to my heart's content

[lilbeanz]

AI is on Ao3 now??? 😭💀

This wasn't even a response to anyone or anything it was just random djjslsldkald

[stargazing-enby]

Oh, I've seen a Discord warning regarding this, actually.

Apparently, WebNovel spam bots have been attempting to recruit authors (with insane contracts) and reader memberships to monetise fanfic by commenting as guests on AO3 fanworks.

The best course of action, as far as I know, is to mark them as spam on sight.

Stay safe out there!

[lilbeanz]

Well there you have it!

That's honestly shocking 💀

Thank you!

#spamonsight

[gayboober]

i don’t understand why some fanfiction writers will put all of there work in one giant paragraph. i am constantly abusing a paragraph break. i use it every five seconds. new subject? new paragraph. slightly different angle? new paragraph. any sentence that holds any amount of weight? boom new paragraph. i will use one word then do another paragraph break. you can’t stop me.

[ad-wills]

[gerardpilled]

sad reality of the fanfic-to-published work economy is that the weirdest people are willing to do it. that's why there's now hundreds of shitty no plot cishet hate-to-love enemies-to-lovers books that are ex reylo fanfic. and it's not even good. that's because the people who wrote book-quality steve/bucky and kirk/spock fic are too normal to think to themselves "i should get this porn published". they're too busy working in local government offices

[vulnerasanenturmyprince]

reuploading bc affections between two consenting, loving adults is where tumblr draws the line, even when it's censored. Gave me time to colour the first, so eh.

Happy Birthday to Severus Snape, who still deserves all the love, cuddles and bIowjobs. And his Harry.

So a link is hopefully fine?

[vulnerasanenturmyprince]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

I also wrote an accompanying little drabble for this. No idea why I never posted that on here ☠️

[houseofsnarry]

With Love

With the saddest of hearts, we want to let people know that a much-adored member of our moderating team, Scarlet (@givereadersahug), passed away on the 26th December.

Scarlet was vivacious. She was caring. She was so much fun to know. She was passion personified. She’d write a drabble for a friend because they’d had a bad morning, and another because she heard a song that inspired her. She could work out what fic you were trying to remember from the vaguest of descriptions – pulling up something from a webpage no one else had visited for 15 years until she unearthed it.

Our community, the fandom, everyone, has lost a truly unique and wonderful person.

She left behind a legacy that we hope to continue on for a long time yet.

She was so happy with the collection of fanart in this blog. We discussed not long ago how it was probably the largest collection of Harry and Severus separate character fanart, and Snarry, on Tumblr – and we hope to keep that going at a minimum.

When the grief is less fresh, we hope to bring together some ideas for other ways to celebrate the things Scarlet would have wanted celebrating, and in that, celebrate Scarlet herself.

Scarlet participated in so, so many fests across her time in fandom. Her AO3 account is spilling over with a treasure-trove of fic. She was the most multi-shipper, multi-fandom positive person you could imagine. And this made it even more special she gave so much of herself and her time to the House of Snarry, helping us build and enjoy a community we're very proud of.

Last year alone, Scarlet founded three Harry Potter fests:

@harryjamespotterweek

@hpcottagecorefest

@hprecfest

And helped us yet again in running @snarryauctoberfest, which she did such an incredible amount of work on.

Her influence on the lives of many will be felt for a long time yet. She will not be forgotten. We couldn't have asked for a better co-mod or friend. Scarlet made our little House of Snarry a true home for so many.

Our thoughts are with her family.

[consistentsquash]

Author Love Letter - Scarlet

Folks, definitely chime in you want to add stuff because a lot of folks have probably met Scarlet in different contexts!

Also it's like 4am here so my spag and everything is going to be pretty bad. Sorry about that.

Scarlet, @givereadersahug on Tumblr and emeraldlove on AO3. Powerhouse of a human, brilliant multiship and multifandom writer, moderator, fest runner, community builder, absolute role model. 0% drama, 100% love. People first always. The Queen of giving without expectation.

We were like talking about having a Rec Fest sometime back in March 2023. Of course I was 100% talk 0% action. But Scarlet actually got a lot of great folks involved, started the fest, got comods to help out and literally just made it happen. That's a good TLDR intro: Make Things Happen Behind the Scenes. Like an iphone or something. Scarlet behind the scenes = it was going to work 100% without problems.

When I think about Snarry fandom, like any big and old fandom we have different folks with different strengths/contributions. Great writers, artists, podficcers, organizers. But it's pretty hard to find somebody whose first priority is making the fandom thrive because we are fans/fan creators, pretty attached to the stuff we are doing, we have time limits because fandom is a hobby and we have to prioritize between creating and community building a lot of times. Scarlet really said Community First, People First. I don't even know how to explain it but 0% transactional vibes.

Making space for people. Meeting folks where they are at. Obviously introverts have a hard time in communities sometimes. Some folks learn how to handle it. No judgment here because these experiences can be subjective. But I have seen Scarlet go the extra mile for folks who are new/introverted/feeling imposter syndrome/going through some complicated fandom experiences. Just being there for them and supporting them to get started.

Also a brilliant writer of darkfic!!! Scarlet's darkfic shorts are some of my all time favs because of how dark/delicious/intense they are. These fics really give me 2000s dirtyhotbadwrong vibes because of how totally out and proud they are about their fiction is not reality vibe. Tons of range and lots of genres but the darkfics get my special love because they are just dirtybadhotwrong shameless amazingness. Check out In His Bed to get a sense for that unique vibe! Her community building and cheerleading wins are huge but also her darkfic writing is some of my all time fav.

Also Queen of Attention to Detail. I have read some fests with her and she guessed authors just like that during anon phase. Just incredible observation Sherlock Holmes style.

My fav fest memory is doing Snapecase reading with her. She guessed the author for Candles Lit Against the Dark, @perverse-idyll based on the title because she noticed/connected a lot of the flame/shadow imagery in the author's other Snarry fics. I am pretty good about guessing some authors myself because I can identify their style but guessing from the title is advanced superpowers. I can't even!! So extra, Scarlet. So totally extra and I love love love <3

Another fav memory I have is about analyzing fics with her. When HotD was airing eldritcher's Ossuarium was being written episode by episode. It was an insane time. We had a brilliant time analyzing those fics :D We were both passionate but Scarlet was so extra passionate, noticed tons of detail that was totally lost on me, really good at connecting the dots, just a hardcore close reader.

Also dead dove fics! 100% supporter of folks writing dead dove, incest, darkfics.

Also reccing older fics! Her Dudley phase was insane and she was finding fics from like 2000s on wayback just like that with some superhuman skills. On like websites I didn't even know existed. Really Sherlock Holmes <3

Also smaller fests. Scarlet supported a ton of Dreamwidth fests and got new folks to join them/introduced them to Dreamwidth culture and literally was the bridge between different types of fandom culture a lot of times.

Also reccing fic! Her recs for For I Have Found Salvation by @lumosatnight and also for @wilfriede's podfics have so much love/passion/enthusiasm and I just love those works 2x because of the emotional connect of her reccing <3

Also nwhiker! I really got into this author's Snack fic, Second Life because of Scarlet's passionate, passionate reccing. When Scarlet got into something the reccing happened with big big love and for me that was like the best thing ever because folks who love things with big love are just super special <3

Also my concrit buddy for movies. Ingmar Bergman to Audrey Hepburn to Past Lives just a total knowledge wikipedia about movies/movie making/movie meta/movie crit. I really changed my perspective about movies after learning from her. Also shows! Watching HotD and doing episode reviews with Scarlet is like one of my best memories ever ever ever <3 Also books!

Also moderator of Snarry discords like @houseofsnarry, participated, started and ran a ton of communities and fests including the @hprecfest which is just finishing this week <3 <3

If I have to describe Scarlet in like one word I am going to say Connection. 100% about connection, 100% heart led. So special. Love, love, love.

pic source Los Angeles Street Art photography by bigcitiesbrightlights

[danpuff-ao3]

I know it's been said and it's so true: Scarlet was the embodiment of the best of fandom. Kindness, compassion, generosity, creativity. She had so many ideas and so much love.

Scarlet had such a gift in of herself, but it wasn't herself or her own work she cared most about. (In fact, she often joked about how she'd change her identity if she ever became fandom famous 😂) She was all about others. She saw the strength and importance of community, and gave so much to the community. She found ways to celebrate others and bring them together. She wanted to welcome others in to share all of the enthusiasm and passion she had.

I wish I had more words. But there aren't words really to say all that Scarlet was, or all that we've lost with her.

[hannaprashkovich]

[manri-snarry]

스내리

[ershebet]

I like the clothes in the game ( Hogwarts Legacy) :)

[manri-snarry]

7년

[bbluxart]

Quick warm up before a commission. It's been a minute since I last drew him :)

[consistentsquash]

Day 27

Commonplace Magic by Acid and Sinick

@hprecfest. Day 27. Muggle AU

Snarry. 19100 words. Rated E.

“Um. Hello. I, er. Saw your book and I thought...” Harry swallowed. “Can I borrow it? Please? Not to keep, just a loan. Not for long. I’ll give it back, promise. S’just, I’ve got to read it for a class. And the library’s out of copies.” The man arched an eyebrow; he looked unimpressed. Seeing him for the first time under the sunlight of the last warm day of November, Harry realised he wasn’t quite as old as Harry had thought: middle aged, no more. “Might I suggest another library?” he enunciated sternly.

I really love this fic. The characterizations and the relationship development <3

My other recs for this fest on Tumblr and also on AO3 collection

[danpuff-ao3]

Yes!!!! This is such a good fic.

[leave-her-a-tome]

When you’re dead but that novel won’t finish itself

[vulnerasanenturmyprince]

Some Dron Xmas fluff for @danni-the-puff who makes me feel all the soft, seasonal feelings.

[vulnerasanenturmyprince]

I completely forgot I drew this.

[vulnerasanenturmyprince]

throwback to me having a full on-snot out of my nose and hiccups-crying fit in the Berlin Philharmonia when they played Lily's theme

[aqua-regia009]

Der Erlkönig (Edited), ca.1887 — Julius Sergius von Klever (Russian, 1850-1924)

[vulnerasanenturmyprince]

Normally, I'd reblog this painting on my main blog, but since I wrote a Snarry adaptation of the poem this is about for Kill your Darlings fest last year, I felt like it had to go on here instead.

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works