- 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

[glitterdemon.livejournal.com]

well, damn. i hadn't realized that 'truth' had been updated beyond the first part. oh, happy day.

as for canon plausibility and the h/d 'ship, i'm curious what you think of miggy's the requirement (http://www.livejournal.com/users/miggy/480541.html?mode=reply). it's one of the very few h/d that have worked for me beyond simply being an enjoyable story.

but at the risk of seeming a little scattered here, about thisveryinstant: she does seem to have a particular, rare talent (in fact, i don't think you realize how rare it is until you read stories like hers) for making unbelievable pairings believable. she wrote and made me believe snape/black, a pairing i absolutely loathe, in a night on the tiles (http://snapeff.ebonyx.org). she has this terrific ability to find her way into the nooks and crannies of the characters' heads and draw them out like the manipulation is the easiest thing in the world.

[yourpoison.livejournal.com]

Hahah `The Requirement', eh :D :D I've read that-- that's the one where... er... there -is- no H/D (or at least, no Harry & Draco interaction), precisely, and mostly just Harry wanking to Narcissa :> Yeah man, the tricky thing about H/D is actually making Draco likable to Harry-- so if you take away Draco's nastiness by... er... relegating him to the background, H/D starts to look a lot shinier~:))
I mean, I enjoyed the fic-- as far as it went-- but I dunno if it 'says' anything about the ship, y'know? I mean... as far as dealing with Issues, which is what I'm always looking for. And besides, Draco will ALWAYS look at Potter. ALWAYS :> (Am biased but certain! heheheh I don't mean it in a shippy way-- I just mean he has to finally win, doesn't he? So of course he'll keep waiting.)

Am now all interested in the Snape/Black, thanks! :D