- truth? -

[reenka]

One would think it was impossible-- surely there's no such beast as an in character, entirely canon-plausible NC17 Harry/Snape post-OoTP one-shot.... Right? I mean, Harry/Snape is a pairing that goes against the very grain of canon... right? (Not that H/D doesn't in enough ways....)

Wrong. That is to say, I've finally found an H/S I could believe in. And I studiously -avoided- reading anything but H/S smut 'cause I didn't -want- to believe in them. But thisveryinstant's `Truth' completely worked for me. I could... see it happening. Snape & Harry were... human. What's even more disturbing, actually, is that Snape became 'Severus' for the duration of the fic probably for the first time ever-- which mirrored Harry's own shift in perception rather well.

All without prettifying any of their ugliness or resentment or even the physical awkwardness. Snape wasn't the 'hot & sexy Potions Master'-- he was just Snape. And as another barometer of goodness-- Draco was well-treated, too. Not skipped over, not made into a complete caricature-- he had a in-character part, too. God, I love this fic.

I'd love people's opinions on this fic, mostly (well, given that you're at all willing to read H/S). Do you think it works? If it doesn't, why not?

Man, I'm trying to think of an H/D that's equally believable, and can't think of anything outside of Miss Breed's fics. Le sigh.

Comments

[tinderblast.livejournal.com]

I mean, Harry/Snape is a pairing that goes against the very grain of canon... right?

Whachoo talkin' 'bout, Willis? I take it you don't read much outside your H/D ghetto, but as of OotP H/S is more canon than not ... as Harry, on his knees again in Snape's office, would probably agree.

*rubs hands together, gleefully*

[yourpoison.livejournal.com]

Hehehe Well.
You're right in that I don't read much outside my ghetto (OUCH) but hey, I read OoTP too, y'know. *pouts* I didn't think H/S was any more canon after that. Sure, I mean, they had more "issues" & a new level of connection, but that's a long jump to a believable fic between two people who hate each other. Mind you, I'm a person who sort of wobbles weakly on the side of not finding any slash pairing fully "canon plausible" in HP, at least, so there you go, but certainly not H/S or H/D... S/R either, really, in reality... though it' -could- have happened (and didn't, I think). A part of me also thinks that if S/R -did- happen, events would've went somewhat differently, but that's pure conjecture.

While I agree there's definitely -material- for H/S (and H/R and H/D and, and... Draco/Lucius, too), that doesn't mean I find it plausible, y'know? Or have ever read H/S I fully found plausible before, anyway. Then again, I read -tons- of H/D and most of it is not-so-plausible, so it can't be just lack of exposure entirely :>

[tinderblast.livejournal.com]

Ghetto ouch? No, I've been that way myself with certain ships - and still am, in terms of only reading het at gunpoint. And I think that, strictly speaking, any ship is as plausible and yet impossible as the other (I mean, what we're going to see is so minimal compared to what people want to see). But plausibility can also ruin fun and part of what I love about slash is that it can be quite challenging.

*soothes your wounded ghetto pride*

[yourpoison.livejournal.com]

Heheh it's just that I've made a point to... be open-minded, I guess...? I read non-H/D things 'cause I don't want to be like... stewed and marinated in the pairing until my brains leak out :> After 3 years, it gets to you, man :>

Well, I mean, I'm certainly not a canon-whore when it comes to shipping, but even so, I like plausibility in any story-- whether or not it seems logical for it to be there. That's even more challenging, isn't it? That's what I want, though. Make the impossible plausible :D