Hey Sylum folks [Wed, November 25th, 2009 @ 1:19am] nightstalker [ mood | okay ] Give me shout out here so I can make sure you are on my Sylum filter. post comment

Thirty Days of Spam...Day 25 - The Holidays Begin [Wed, November 25th, 2009 @ 1:19am] accioslash ( WriSoMiFu Day 25 - I need a vacation from my husband's vacation ) 6 comments|post comment

snape100 challenge: Wikipedia: "Honi soit qui mal y pense" [Tue, November 24th, 2009 @ 9:18pm] snape100 [janus] [ mood | working ] Title: Shame Author: janus Characters: Severus Snape, Minerva McGonagall Rating: G Challenge: Written for snape100's prompt #309: "Honi soit qui mal y pense" "Let him who thinks ill there be shamed." Word Count: 200 Warnings: None "Don't call me Coward!" he had cried, propelling fury, pain and desperation from him with the explosive power of sheer feeling required for a Patronus. After he had betrayed his soul, his honour and any fine feeling for himself he had ever wanted to possess, this was the one thing he had left: He was not a coward. At breakfast he read The Daily Prophet, but also The Times to gage Wizarding effects on the Muggle world. The standard caught his eye, and he deciphered its words of old French via Latin. "Let him who thinks ill there be shamed." That would teach them, if they read it. He remembered the garter story from his first, Muggle school. McGonagall ought to be ashamed of thinking poorly of him after everything she should have seen and deduced. But he thought ill of himself also, he realised. So much he had done sickened him. If he heeded the motto, he could be ashamed for judging himself so. If he did not heed it, he could condemn himself without shame. He lifted the corners of his mouth bitterly, appreciating the irony. He vanished the newspaper and turned back to far more damning concerns. post comment

Recipe: Hershey's "Perfectly Chocolate" Chocolate Cake [Wed, November 25th, 2009 @ 12:10am] lupin_snape [scribbulus_ink] [ mood | tired ] Title: Takes the Cake Author/Artist: Arionrhod and McKay Excerpt: [Remus admired] the large photographs of cakes which decorated the corridor. They were all winning confections from past shows, and he couldn't help a small feeling of pride at the sight of his own two winning creations. He always did his best to create cakes which tasted as good as they looked, and he rather thought that his own specialty, which was fondant, made his compare quite favorably to the other winners... ...When Severus entered the conference room in the wake of his network liaison, Pansy, he swept his gaze around the room, curious to see whom he'd be competing against since the network had kept the participants list hush-hush. He'd only competed against one of them - Potter, whom he considered an arrogant little snot - but he knew the other two by reputation. It took considerable will power not to roll his eyes at the sight of Trelawney, whose works were praised as being "avante-garde", but which he called "artsy-fartsy". He'd take great satisfaction in seeing her eliminated, especially since he could scarcely believe she'd scraped a win to qualify her to be here in the first place. He was better pleased by the sight of the third competitor; he'd never competed against Lupin, but he'd seen the man's work in other competitions, and he could - albeit grudgingly - admit that Lupin had deserved his wins. Severus himself had two photographs of winning cakes hanging on the wall of fame he and Draco had passed on the way in, which put him ahead of Trelawney and even with Lupin, if he remembered correctly. Commentary: Well, it's cake! Granted, it's not as cool or as fancy as those created by the competing chefs in the story, but still... cake! Source: Hershey's Classic Recipes cookbook ( Hershey's  ) 1 comment|post comment

Recipe: Split Pea Soup [Tue, November 24th, 2009 @ 11:53pm] lupin_snape [scribbulus_ink] [ mood | sleepy ] Title: Snark and Bark RPG Author/Artist: Arionrhod and McKay Excerpt: When Severus stepped out of the Floo, Remus turned to him with a smile, taking his arm and heading toward "their" table. It had been some time since they had been to the pub, and even longer since Remus had been there with his memories intact. "I have to admit, I'm dying for a cognac," Remus murmured as he slid into a chair, loosening the sling so that he could rest the baby's weight in his lap. "I'm looking forward to us having a drink and relaxing. But no pea soup. Gah! I can't believe I actually ate that stuff!" "Not only did you eat it," Severus said with a smirk, "but you craved it." He might let Remus forget that in another thirty years or so, but not before. Commentary: Arionrhod and I began writing Remus (her) and Severus (me) in the RPG in 2004, and pea soup became part of our characters' story. It began when Remus craved pea soup during his pregnancy despite not actually liking pea soup; Severus discovered he did like it, and it became one of his favorite dishes. The love it/hate it dichotomy is now a long-standing foundation for teasing between them that continues to this day. Source: Fix-It and Forget It Lightly, by Phyllis Pellman Good ( Split Pea Soup ) post comment

Snupin Santa Contest: Stuff the Stockings! [Tue, November 24th, 2009 @ 11:21pm] lupin_snape [lore] [ mood | excited ] snupin_santa is coming and he's bringing presents to all us good little girls and boys. And for one especially enthusiastic Snape/Lupin fan, a hard-copy of Chocolate & Asphodel, v. 2! Stuff The Stockings '09!    The rules are simple (sort of, hee!). Promotion posts for the exchange on other communities, comments left on Snupin_Santa entries, and recommendations will all be awarded points. Whoever gathers the most points from right now to January 6 at Midnight EST will be the Ultimate Stocking Stuffer! ( More Detailed Rules and Point Scoring Under The Cut! ) That all sounds great, but what do I win again? The person who amasses the most points will win a bound copy of Chocolate & Asphodel, v. 2 UNLESS.... If the winner reaches more than 75 points, he or she may have their choice of the following: C&A2 bound (will need to be mailed), paid journal time (6 months, any journal or blog, even LJ), fan art from a well known Snupin artist, an icon set (negotiable), or volunteer uploading of up to 15 works to Moonshadow. We will award second- and third-place as well with smaller, but still cool! prizes. So, what do you think? Questions, clarifications? We made this a point-based contest so that everyone would be starting from a level playing field. It's open right now - you can make a promotional post right away - and will close January 6. I am looking for a second volunteer to count comments on the gift posts at the web site, IJ and LJ. The lovely zephre has already volunteered to be one of our counters, but we want a second one for verification. If you're interested in volunteering, please write me at the mod mail (lupinsnape @ gmail.com, no spaces). I can't wait to see everyone stuffing the Snupin Santas' stockings! ^_^ love, lore 2 comments|post comment

hem, hem... [Tue, November 24th, 2009 @ 6:44pm] snapelyholidays [odogoddess] [ mood | busy ] [ music | PoA on in the background ] chazpure and I are about to head out of town for Thanksgiving. We'll have intermittent net access at best... but that doesn't mean we won't be checking the SnapelyHols inbox for your submissions, those of you with extensions. So keep 'em coming! (and considering this fest, you can take that any way you like) 1 comment|post comment

Challenge 235: Teeth [Tue, November 24th, 2009 @ 11:56pm] snupin100 [cordeliadelayne] This week's challenge is Teeth. post comment

Drabble: Wand of Pleasure [Tue, November 24th, 2009 @ 5:28pm] alisanne [ mood | calm ] Title: Wand of Pleasure Author: alisanne Rating: PG Word count: 100 Characters/pairings: Harry Potter/Draco Malfoy, Ron Weasley/Hermione Granger implied. Challenge: Written for dracoharry100's prompt #141: Wand of Pleasure Disclaimer: The characters contained herein are not mine. No money is being made from this fiction, which is presented for entertainment purposes only. Beta: sevfan Authors Notes: Apologies for the unimaginative title. *g* ( Wand of Pleasure ) 11 comments|post comment

Who wants a new Profile Layout? [Tue, November 24th, 2009 @ 11:16pm] featheredwolf [ mood | happy ] I made myself one for my LJ (this is being crossposted to LJ and IJ) here and one for my IJ here. I can make one in that style if anyone wants it or I can do one with a banner at the top, with or without section headings. Personally I would *not* recommend the style I have unless you really want to faff around with the text for ages to get it to fit exactly (too short and it looks silly, too long and it protrouds from the top and bottom of the layout and also looks silly), but that's your decision :D Depending on what you want you may need to provide me with pictures. You'll get the graphic bits and the code and just have to paste your own bio text into it and if you really have issues I can probably talk you through it :D Gil is technically first in the queue but until her internet comes back on I can't really get into what she wants lol. post comment

Opposites Attract [Tue, November 24th, 2009 @ 12:04pm] snape100 [alisanne] [ mood | working ] Title: Opposites Attract Author: alisanne Pairing: Severus Snape/Harry Potter Rating: PG Challenge: Written for snape100's prompt #309: Wikipedia redux I got this. *eyeroll* Word Count: 100 Warnings: None that I am aware of. Beta: sevfan Disclaimer: The characters contained herein are not mine. No money is being made from this fiction, which is presented for entertainment purposes only. Opposites Attract post comment

Drabble: Opposites Attract [Tue, November 24th, 2009 @ 11:36am] alisanne [ mood | working ] Title: Opposites Attract Author: alisanne Pairing: Severus Snape/Harry Potter Rating: PG Challenge: Written for snape100's prompt #309: Wikipedia redux I got this. *eyeroll* Word Count: 100 Warnings: None that I am aware of. Beta: sevfan Disclaimer: The characters contained herein are not mine. No money is being made from this fiction, which is presented for entertainment purposes only. ( Opposites Attract ) 21 comments|post comment

Snupin Santa 2009: Coming Soon! [Tue, November 24th, 2009 @ 10:03am] lupin_snape [snupin_santa] [ mood | cheerful ] A week from today, posting will begin for Snupin Santa 2009, and there are just a few things I want to go over before we get started. Posting will begin on December 1, although I can't guarantee I'll stay up until midnight in my time zone (GMT -5) to post the first gift, which means it may be late on December 1 or maybe even December 2 for those of you in earlier time zones. Sorry about that, but Santa has to sleep. POSTNG: I will post either one or two gifts per day throughout December with the exception of December 25 and December 31, on which there will be no gifts posted. The big reveal will be on January 7, 2010. All gifts will be posted in full on the Fest website with announcements containing basic header information and a direct link to the gift on both Livejournal and Insanejournal, but I won't be posting the full text/image of the gift either at IJ or LJ. So basically, you can receive updates when new gifts have been posted in one of three ways: Snupin Santa Fest archive lupin_snape on Insanejournal lupin_snape on Livejournal The gifts posted most recently will appear on the main page of the archive (scroll down until you see the red bar reading "Most Recent"), and all gifts posted within the last 14 days will appear on the Recently Added page. All gifts posted for the 2009 fest will appear on the Snupin Santa 2009 category page in alphabetical order by title. Let me remind anyone who has not used eFiction before, if you don't like the look of the site, you can change it. There are detailed instructions on how to change the appearance of the site temporarily or permanently on the Help page (along with other useful info). There are several other "skins" to choose from, so everyone should be able to find something they like or at least can live with if they don't like the default skin for whatever reason, but if not, they're welcome to find an eFiction 3.0 skin they do like and send me the zip file of it. Fest-related news will be posted to the News section of the website (scroll down until you see the red bar reading "Site News") as well as on IJ/LJ. The most recent news posts will be on the main page, and all news posts, including older ones, will be in the News archive. LEAVING FEEDBACK: Unfortunately, anonymous commenting is not enabled at the Fest site because someone posted a link to a piece of art on the site in an unprotected area (either they didn't have the "limit inclusion in searches" checked on their journal or they posted the link to a site/forum that doesn't block search spiders), which resulted in that piece of art being flooded with 4000 spam comments. The Snupin Santa Fest site itself does block search spiders, and only one particular piece was targeted, which is how I know it came from an unprotected link. At any rate, it forced me to disable anonymous commenting for the site; I didn't want to do it, but I didn't want to leave the site vulnerable to more deluges of spam either. However, that does not mean you must register for an account at the Snupin Santa site in order to leave feedback for our authors and artists. You have three options for leaving feedback: 1) Sign up for/sign in to your account on the Snupin Santa Fest archive OR 2) Leave a comment on the individual gift announcement post on Livejournal. All gift announcement posts on LJ will have comments enabled. OR 3) Leave a comment on the individual gift announcement post on Insanejournal. All gift announcement posts on IJ will have comments enabled. NOTE TO PARTICIPANTS: 1) Once the gift you created is posted, whether it's a story or art, if there is a major problem that needs to be fixed, you may email snupin_santa @ yahoo.com and one of the elves will fix it. Minor tweaks, such as typos, will need to wait until you can fix them yourself in January when I flip the gifts from the Snupin Santa account to the author/artists' accounts. 2) Writers might also want to check the text of their story to make certain it's all there. I double-checked to make certain there weren't copy/paste errors when uploading long stories, but accidents happen. 3) DO NOT leave any comments on IJ, LJ, or the archive that might reveal who you are! This is an anonymous exchange, and we want to keep everyone guessing until the master list is posted in January. You won't be able to answer feedback comments anonymously on the website, so you'll have to wait until January to reply, but I'm sure in the interest of maintaining the anonymous fun, no one will be offended by the lack of a speedy response. 4) I strongly advise using the comment tracking system at both IJ/LJ, even if you don't normally use one or the other. There are people who will comment only at IJ and people who will comment only at LJ, so if you don't check your gift post at both places, you might miss some feedback. If you have an account at IJ/LJ, all you have to do is click the thumbtack icon at the top of the post. If you don't have an account at both places, you can always bookmark the post and check back. 5) I will NOT accept revisions of gifts that have already been completed and submitted after November 26. If you've already requested that we use a revised version of your story/art or you send in a revised version by the 26th, the revised version will be uploaded to the Snupin Santa fest site. However, I'm setting a deadline for revisions because I've already begun uploading gifts, and I'm busy enough as it is without having to deal with a flurry of last minute changes and having to upload gifts twice. After the 26th, you'll have to wait until January when I flip the accounts to make any major changes/revisions because I need time to get the gifts uploaded and ready to go by December 1. That's all our preliminary business out of the way, so all that's left now is to wait for the Snupin Santa sleigh to arrive! There will be over 50 new RL/SS stories and graphics posted between December 1-30 - all eras, all ratings, threesomes, long stories, short stories, smutty art, sweet art, romance, dark themes, holiday cheer, tear jerkers, and happy endings. No matter what flavor of Snupin is your favorite, I guarantee there will be something for everyone! 3 comments|post comment

Yet another icon post [Tue, November 24th, 2009 @ 2:49pm] featheredwolf [ mood | listless ] More icons for everyone :D There's still loads of these to go. I got carried away downloading images lol. ( Icons ) post comment

[Tue, November 24th, 2009 @ 7:54am] snape100 [ellid] Title: Justifying the Wolf, I Challenges: random Wikipedia article snape100 (Slawecin, Lower Silesian Voivodeship), politics lupin100 Word Count: 100 Note: this is part of the conclusion to the de-aged Snape plot begun a couple of weeks ago. He is in his twenties and has regained most of his memories. A door opened while Severus named the politicians whose photographs adorned the walls. The Princes had a long history of involvement in politics, and Remus was not surprised to learn that Eileen Prince had met her husband during work on a campaign to deal with an infestation of bundimuns in Muggle buildings in an obscure Eastern European village. "Severus?" A tall woman gripped an ornately carved cane. "My goodness. The Black girls owled me with the news." "Gran." Severus' fingers dug into Remus' palm. "This is Remus Lupin. My - " "We'll discuss this over tea," said Audrey Prince. 1 comment|post comment

Snupin Icons [Tue, November 24th, 2009 @ 1:38am] lupin_snape [whitestar] [ mood | creative ] I found a wonderful piece of art by karasu_hime that was used for the calendar's December image. I thought it would make a wonderful icon. Please be sure to credit karasu_hime for the amazing art :) These are the only icons I've made so far of this piece. If any of you have an idea for some simple text that a lot of you would like to see added to one of the icons, let me know and I can create it. Please do not change any of the icons in any way. 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) 7) * Credit karasu_hime for the art. * Credit whitestar for the icon. * Please comment (comments are love ^_^) * Save to your own hard drive * Do not alter * Most of all, enjoy! :) 14 comments|post comment

Thirty Days of Spam...Day 24 - Choosing What to Read [Tue, November 24th, 2009 @ 12:54am] accioslash ( WriSoMiFu Day 24 - Whatcha readin'? ) 16 comments|post comment

Enthralled [Mon, November 23rd, 2009 @ 11:14pm] snape100 [severed_lies] Title: Enthralled Challenge # 309: "Wikipedia, Redux! Author: Severed Lies Word Count: 100 Rating: G Characters: Severus Snape, Charity Burbage Warnings: None A/N: Clark's Law is an adage that reads: “Sufficiently advanced cluelessness is indistinguishable from malice.” “So you have stated that blasted 'Law' repeatedly, but I assure you, it is distinguishable and punishable.” Severus swept through the classroom, book in hand. He turned once, sketched a slight bow, then glided out the door into the dark corridor. Charity repressed a laugh until she was certain Severus had descended at least two levels. He was so determined to prove that her favorite author was a hack that he forgot the bottle of red ink he came to borrow. She disagreed with him whole-heartedly about Elsworth Haynes, however. Severus missed dinner that evening, enthralled with Imperial Earth. 2 comments|post comment

Drabble: Cracked [Mon, November 23rd, 2009 @ 9:19pm] alisanne [ mood | working ] Title: Cracked Author: alisanne Rating: PG Pairing: Severus Snape/Kingsley/Shacklebolt Summary: Dark and scary meets dark and lovely. Word Count: 100 Genre: Humor Warnings: None that I am aware of. A/N: Written for prayer_at_night, who correctly guessed which snarry_ldws fic was mine. Her request: Snape/Kingsley, prompt: contrast Beta: sevfan. Thanks to mordyn4 and the slashchat girls for their help. Disclaimer: The characters contained herein are not mine. No money is being made from this fiction, which is presented for entertainment purposes only. ( Cracked ) 14 comments|post comment

Birthday Wishes [Mon, November 23rd, 2009 @ 9:15pm] alisanne [ mood | working ] Happy Birthday today to mimiheart! Many happy returns! :) 2 comments|post comment

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