- 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

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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