Aletheia

1. I dreamt I was Hikaru Sulu (the John Cho version, except even more kickass), and I was fighting T-1000 with my BARE FISTS. T-1000 first took on Chekov's appearance, then Hikaru's appearance.
Wrong crossover, brain. I'm still waiting for a Merlin-related dream!

2. It was interesting to watch Star Trek with Japanese voice acting.

Spock's voice = the straight-laced, class president type who's quiet, serious, and perfect in every way. With hidden depths (or secret, endearing vice)! Sometimes with bonus hot geek glasses.
Like Death Note's Light/Raito pre-psychosis, basically. Or like Kare Kano's Soichiro Arima, minus the weakling appearance.

Kirk's voice = the happy-go-lucky youngster who just. Never. Gives. Up. And is inexplicably loved by everyone, friend and foe alike. Have the devil's own luck.
In other words, the main character of every single shounen anime out there. But nowhere as whiny as Naruto, dear lord.

Bones' voice = the laid back old guy who drinks sake and is vaguely lecherous/flirtatious to everyone, esp. their subordinates. Usually the mentor/teacher figure to the main character. And always turns out to have a dark, tragic past.
Like that pink flower kimono + straw hat-wearing captain in Bleach.

Uhura's voice = the straight-laced heroine who has Clear Views regarding Justice. Hates bullies and will fight them to protect the weak. Usually admires/has a crush on the class president, or is a class president herself.
Like lots of Hayao Miyazaki's heroines.

I was so disappointed by Sulu's voice, because he just has a generic voice. The you'll-only-see-me-in-two-episodes-max voice T_T

ETA 09/22/09: Bonus Kirk/Spock shounen rivalry summary and McSpock salaryman Boys' Love summary

3. remixthedrabble--need to update my fic masterlist first before browsing/reading my remixees' fic masterlists ^^;;
Hopefully will be done updating tonight or tomorrow.

This LJ post will be updated as I write more drabbles in this 'verse. If this ends up being more than 25 X 100 words, I'll give up and write a proper fic set in this universe X_x;;

Because all the cool Merlin kids did it, and I saw givemethebook (IIRC) did a ten-drabbles version & b_hallward (?) did a CONTINUOUS storyline.
This was hard. How did people do it in order, stick to the storyline, and make all of them Merlin/Arthur? =O

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"The King's Bastard" (Uther AU gen, PG-13, 100 words) ( Angst )

"The Anniversary" (Uther & Merlin AU, PG, 100 words) ( Hurt/Comfort )

"The Cupbearer" (Merlin & Arthur AU, PG, 100 words) ( AU )

"Shared Breath" (Merlin/Arthur pre-slash AU, PG-13, 100 words) ( First Time )

"Stranger" (Merlin/Arthur AU, PG-13, 100 words) ( Unresolved Tension )

"Lovers" (Merlin/Arthur AU, PG-13, 100 words) ( Implied PWP )

"The Mask" (Merlin/Arthur AU, PG, 100 words) ( Humour, dosed with angst )

"Forever" (Merlin/Arthur AU, PG-13, 100 words) ( Fluff )

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Extras:

"The Half-Brother Plan" (cameos from Aziraphale & Crowley, PG, 100 words) ( Bonus Good Omens crossover )

"Not an orphanage" (Uther, Arthur, Morgana AU, PG, 100 words) ( Bonus crack )

"I shouldn't have kissed you."

"Sorry?"

"I'm sometimes bad at receiving other people's signals. Not as bad as you, obviously—"

Merlin gave Gwen a confused little smile.

"And with what you said about Prince Arthur last night, I realized you only feel that way for one man in particular."

He opened his mouth to ask What way?, but Gwen went on, "I'm glad we can be friends."

She was looking at him with a painfully earnest expression, and he couldn't bring himself to correct her—that this was not the secret that he was keeping from her.

"...Thank you."

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Remixed from sophinisba's "Just Friends" for remixthedrabble.
Beta-ed by roflolmaomg and snakeling.

Bonus crack gag reel: ( I wanted to do a plot twist for the remix, but the plot refused to budge. )

[ LJ | IJ | DW ]

1.

Fandom is drama. Fandom is melodrama. Fandom is high school. [...] Fandom is smarter than you. Fandom is stupider than you. Fandom is five arguments over and over and over again. Fandom is the first time you've ever had them. [...]

Fandom is love for characters you didn't create. Fandom is recreating the characters you didn't create. [...]

Fandom is signal and response. Fandom is a stranger moving you to tears, anger, laughter. Fandom is you moving a stranger to speak. [...]

Fandom gets no work done. Fandom is too much work. Fandom was/is just a phase. Fandom could never be just a phase. Fandom is where you found a friend, a sister, a kindred spirit. Fandom is where you found a talent, a love, a reason.

Fandom is where you found yourself.

--hesychasm's "in lieu of life."

♥ Hard to not c & p the whole thing *_*

2.

"I'M BRILLIANT. MORE MILK, MORE MILK! NOW SCOWL, I WANT FIERCENESS. GROWL AT THE MILK! HATE THE MILK! GRIMACE! I'M SUCH AN EPIC ARTIST I SHOULD JUST CHOP MY EAR OFF NOW"

-- ifyouweremine channeling the photographer of that video of milk being "flung suggestively" at Zachary Quinto X-D

...you'll have to watch it yourself. I recommend the "I'm Too Sexy" alternate soundtrack. (The milkshake thing is overdone, really.)

ETA 06/01/09: Icon made by zed_pm on my request >=D /o/ \o\ \o/

3.

Mr. Spock [...] holds the valid belief that he shares a bloodline with Mr. Holmes. The relationship at first seemed easy to explain; While Mr. Spock exhibits the physical characteristics and upbringing of his native planet Vulcan, he is in fact half human. His mother, Amanda (neé Grayson) was American, but the name Grayson is of English extraction.

[...]

[T]he Graysons can only trace their family back as far as Professor Jeremy Grayson of Boston in the year 2045. Spock cannot know, then, that his mother's family tree includes a Holmesian branch. At this point, we have eliminated one possibility: the only other one, that Spock gets his Sherlockian ancestry from his father's side, must by Spock's and Holmes' own rule be true. But this is an audacious possibility, because we know from Spock's World that the marriage between Spock’s father Sarek and Amanda Grayson was the first interracial marriage between human and Vulcan, and that genetic engineering was needed to produce Spock. If Holmes was Spock's ancestor, then, it follows that Holmes was a Vulcan.

--Scott, David M. "Sherlock Holmes: Visitor to a Small Planet"

Not only does Spock descend from Sherlock Holmes, he's related to Dick Grayson, twelve years old >=D Oh wait, actually it's not a good thing to share Nightwing's genes.
Genetic engineering --> Spock ~ Conner Clark Luthor? X-D

( The turtle moves. )

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This was originally submitted as an answer to armer_gayms' ModernDay!AU challenge. Check out roflolmaomg's submission, 'tis epic! Whereas ifyouweremine slays you with baby cuteness =P

[ LJ | IJ | DW ]

tiny!Merlin: "Help, help! I'm being swallowed by the mystical Black Sleeping Bag monster!"

( Never fear, Merlin! Your prince in shining armour shall rescue you! )

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✔ Made a poll on Merlin characters' age (and Tristan fanon).
✘ Link to the poll at merlinxarthur, maybe. With a mini-meta on the basis of my fanon ages.

✘ Write a companion drabble to "Discovery." Maybe.
* How will Arthur deal with Bran? Smth from the perspective of the knights, maybe? Or the moment of discovery, what the heck was Merlin doing?

✘ Write "The Tome of Magical Delights"

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PSA: If you're on my F-list and you saw a post that appeared then disappeared about 1-2 hrs ago, don't worry! I only do that about once a year.

No, you're not losing your mind =D I just want to spare you from my burst of rl annoyance.

Love,

lilian_cho.

1. A Very Serious Business Story (a Merlin/Babysitters' Club crossover) by syllic
Logan!Merlin/Stacey!Arthur, one-sided Nimueh/Arthur, Claudia!Morgana/Gwen
Word Count: 8,500 words

My only complaint is: Isn't Logan supposed to be Mary Anne's boyfriend? Stacy you h0r.
Also: I can't believe I never realize the depths of Kristy/Mary Anne in BSC. Now someone just needs to write Kristy!Bradley and MaryAnne!Colin and the crack will have reached ITS FULL POTENTIAL OF CRACKTITUDE.

2. Love-Trap, aka No Invisible Worms Allowed by xsmoonshine (PG, 760 words)
Warnings: Merlin eats worms. (in other words, crack is the new black.)

It's cute like a v. cute thing *_* And funny too!

3. Ten drabbles over at merlin100 here. Mine's #4. My fav. is #2. Only the original 50 members can vote =)

4. armer_gayms sign-ups close tomorrow.

5 a. merlin_flashfic's current challenge is anachronisms. Open until Friday 13th March.
5 b. merlin100's 15th prompt, Mask, is open until 13th March.
You know you want to write about the evil bunny mask on Gaius' desk >=D

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Everyone has seen Draco in shabby muggle clothes Tom Felton with floppy hair.
Let's relive his uber-cute 12 y.o. self and his ickle!w00bie-ness, shall we?

Also, Tom's twitter is a thing of beauty:

- writing songs in my pyjamas!
- In bed watching The Truman show, freaked me out a bit,starting questioning everything!? Early morning tomorrow, night world x
- i'm sitting in bed reading a new script...interesting stuff :) why does reading always make you so sleepy?!
- p.s i love tweeting! :) is that really sad?

(X-posted @ IJ)

So Draco Malfoy was secretly Sirius Black's underage lover, and he was being all angsty in the library of Malfoy Manor because he couldn't see his cousin, who was confined at Grimmauld Place.

In comes Snape with his black robes whipping behind him, telling Draco that "the fool Black" had gone to the Department of Mysteries and fell into the Veil.

Draco shed a perfect teardrop. Snape tried to console him.

Sixth Year happened. Voldemort (who's now all pretty and young again thanks to some awesome elixir Snape brewed up) loved to taunt Draco about Sirius, Lucius and Narcissa.

Seventh Year. War, blah blah blah. Harry was going to hold Draco's wand ransom until Draco would agree to shag him. To his consternation, Draco could not be found anywhere.

One day, Harry was ogling pretty figure skaters on TV when he noticed that the slim French Canadian skater had the same Sectusempra scars that Draco had.

To be continued...

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P.S. Today is Rabbit Hole Day, as seen on nekare's LJ.
I did it last year here ;-)

P.P.S. The cracktastic plotbunny above is inspired by this AWESOME Harry Potter fan anime video. (Don't you wish it's a real anime? D:)

P.P.P.S. I've submitted more prompts over at Phoenix_Flies @ IJ:
- Schizophrenia/Possession
- Malfoy blond: Blondes are going extinct!'
- Figure-skater!Draco

(X-posted @ IJ)

Lucius: "I don't understand why you won't use the hair-fluffing charm I taught you."

Draco: "With all due respect, Dad, I look gay enough as it is by virtue of being a Malfoy. Just yesterday someone groped my arse at the Ministry lift!"

Lucius: *is interested* "If you flirt with them, will they give you a promotion, do you think?"

Draco's hair: *threatens to stand up*

Draco: "ARGH!111" *leaves the room with a dramatic robe swirl*

Lucius: "That boy. Wherever did I go wrong? I suppose I should be thankful he washed his hair everyday unlike Severus."

Narcissa: *pats her gay clueless husband*

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The conversation that led to above crackfic:

lilian_cho said: The Epilogue feels tacked on to me, actually. And that hair thing seems like a cheap shot to all the Draco fans =P

babsbyend said: The hair thing and the coat thing. Is the coat suppose to be hiding something? like from Snape wearing a coat in his childhood to hide his poverty?

( Read more... )

Warning: Might offend some Christians

So I was talking to spiderstars on MSN about The Magician's Nephew, and the conversation veered to the Bible:

lilian_cho said: One thing I dislike about people in general is their assumption that "This is the way things have always been done."
Uh, says who?
Just because you're Christian doesn't mean a Christian from Korea or a Christian from S. Africa would agree with you =P

Which is also why I think trying to translate the Bible into "everyday language" is a doomed project. Entertaining, but doomed.
The Message always amused me with their contemporary American proverbs =P
In this one passage they translated, Jesus sounds...spastic and bipolar. (ETA: without the medication, that is). I LOLed.

spiderstars said: the message?

lilian_cho said: It's a Bible translation. Trying to translate it into contemporary culture.
Doomed, I tell you. Doomed.

Some Christians like it, but I always go WTF from time to time when reading it.
Which is not the reaction you expect when reading the Bible X-D
let's see where I saved that passage...

"What did you expect when you went out to see him in the wild? A weekend camper? Hardly. What then? A sheik in silk pajamas? Not in the wilderness, not by a long shot."

That's the funny part. The spastic part...( Read more... )

So someone left a rant-y "review" to one of the F-list saying Scorpius/Rose will never happen "because there is too much blood feud between the Weasley and the Malfoy family" (all typed in CAPSLOCK).
Note: the reviewer ships a non-canonical het ship that has been debunked--and meanly laughed at--by Rowling during interviews, so reviewer is not only stupid and rude, but also a hypocrite.

Anyway there was much WTFLOLlery over at said friend's LJ. The comments made me think of Ron/Draco and Scorpius/Rose.

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Although I ship H/D, from early on I recognize the parallels between Malfoy/Weasley and Montague/Capulet. (Which is why although Ron does come across as heterosexual to me, I love reading Ron/Draco X-D)

Take away SuperMagical!Harry, and you have your regular schoolboy stand-off between Ron and Draco going:

Ron: "My Dad is better than yours."
Draco: "Oh yeah? well we're richer than you, and your mother's fat."
Ron: "D:< You take that back, ferret!111"
Draco: "Shut up Weasel, you stink!"
Snogging and wall!sex scuffling and fistfight: *ensue*

Plus! Scorpius/Rose totally sounds like the name of a rock band! =D

And Scorpius/Rose can totally exist in the same story as Albus Severus/Scorpius! Because Scorpius has to work out his bisexuality first.
At first Draco grudgingly accepted that Rose is a nice, sensible kid considering who her parents are. Ron wouldn't admit it, but he thinks Scorpius is v. polite considering that he's a Malfoy.

But then their relationship is too sedate because both Scorpius and Rose are serious and calm.
In the meantime, Albus Severus languished in the background for his love that will never be O:

Until one day, Al got drunk and attack-snogged Scorpius!

Scorpius: "WTF mate?!111"
Albus Severus: *snogs again*
Scorpius: *thinks* Hey, this isn't so bad "But what about your cousin and my--Mmmmph..."

Rose gets heart-broken, but then realized her feelings to Scorpius was more of a crush borne out of friendship.

And then we have the first Wizarding gay marriage ever! Harry and Draco become sorta in-laws! >=D Which totally squicks them because they're having a secret affair behind their wives' back because their sons look so much like them.

The end <3

...and when I misread "homemade furikake" as "homemade revolver," it's undeniably time to go to sleep ^^;;

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Here, meme:

I did this meme November 2006, so it’s high time to do it again! =D
This is the 25 Qs and not the 18 Qs version.

1. Randomly list twelve of your favorite Harry Potter characters (I cheated and included my OFC, Jade Malfoy)
2. Click on the cut below to read the questions and answers

1. Scorpius Malfoy 2. Draco Malfoy 3. Severus Snape
4. Narcissa Malfoy 5. Blaise Zabini 6. Pansy Parkinson
7. Albus Severus Potter 8. Lucius Malfoy 9. Charlie Weasley
10. Ron Weasley 11. Harry Potter 12. Jade Malfoy

( Shippy Meme, Take Two )

ETA 3:44 p.m.: Oy. So is it the Fire Pig or the Golden Pig? I'm getting conflicting information here. Well only ruien can possibly know the answer, but I just feel like whining, haha.

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I'm bored. No Hufflepuff at hd_boardgame, nor fellow Ravenclaw.
Neways, here's a Book Seven meme, a 21 Qs meme and some crack.

Book Seven meme: Harry Potter and the Subliminal H/D Title.

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21 Qs Meme modified from gelsey
( 21 Qs meme )

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Draco and the Ducklings (rea_saint suggested "Draco is in the House." I think not.)
Anyone up to beta, btw? It's ickle!Draco meet Dr. House. At least 3000 words.
( 200-word cookie )
( crack )

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In response to flyingskull's comment in her post: "He hath the Power that Voldemort Knows Not, but given Voldemort's track record that could be the power to make paper-clip chains."
( random HP crack )

ETA 3:19 p.m.: Evening nosebleeds: V V Double-check. 9:30 p.m. -- dripped on a clothing store's wooden floor. 10 p.m. -- almost bled into my chicken soup. Haha.
Such a conducive condition to write "Dragon Rose" >_> If I write the fic, will the nosebleed stop already? Bleagh.

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Happy Birthday, 1ightning! :-D

Since I can’t leave perfectly good drabbles alone, this is sorta a continuation to “The Holy Book,” a AziCrow drabble nekare wrote me last year.

"Reading Omens in Harry Potter" by lilian_cho
300-word drabble for 1ightning. Prompt: The reaction of anyone from GO after reading HP. A/C = extra brownie points!
Warning: Spoilers for OotP :-P

( Reading Omens in Harry Potter )

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ETA 06/22/09: Remixed by benebu: It Started With An HP Box Set (The Footnote-Happy Remix)
[Crowley/Aziraphale, 100 Words, Rated PG]

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"The punishment will suit the crime"
Snamione drabble by somigliana's husband
somigliana wrote: Yes, he loves ripping this one off
(The crackish H/D he wrote is here: “Well...you put the tip in your mouth and suck.”)

Rating: PG-13
Pairings: Snape/Hermione (d-uh)
Length: 163 words
Beta-ed and edited by: lilian_cho
Archive: Ask somigliana for permission :-P

Disclaimer: This story is based on characters and situations created and owned by J.K. Rowling, various publishers including but not limited to Bloomsbury Books, Scholastic Books, Raincoast Books, and Warner Bros., Inc. No money is being made, and no copyright or trademark infringement is intended.

( The punishment will suit the crime )

Crack drabbles originally posted at hd_boardgame here and here

Warnings: Threesome with Blaise, voyeurism, crossover crack with House, M.D. X-D

In response to aldebaran1977 and nekare's questions:

1. If Luna, Blaise, Pansy and Harry would go on a holiday together, where would they end up and what would be the worst thing that could happen to them there?

2. Which character would be the most likely to go insane and go into a cannibal escapade, and who would he pick as main course and why? (bonus points if you also tell me who'd be the dessert)

Harry, because—well, starved as a child. *nods fervently*

Main course is Draco, the other white meat™. Dessert is Blaise because Harry’s a shameless h0r for chocolate.

3. If Draco, House and Harry would host a charity event, whom would they invite, what kind of event would it be and for what good cause will they collect the money?

( Cooked white crack is here! )

Dear Body,

I know you're overdue for a sick leave since June, but must you invite multiple sicknesses at the same time?
First there was the cracked molar, then there's the sore throat and persistent cold. Must you add nosebleed to the mix?
And while I'm at it, please to be losing those four kilos of extra baggage.
That is all.

Brain

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You all should be happy that the nosebleeds had inspired me to write the sequel to "Dragon Dreams" D:
Remember when I said I won't think about the sequel until next year? Well, I lied. Apparently now I'm in the perfect mood to write stabbity-stab-angst sequel. I'll fit it in with the other seven writing projects I have for Nanowrimo :-P

Again, poll on what the title should be. I need something fairy tale-y, preferrably with the word "dragon" or "dream" in it.

( People's suggestions so far )

( Le Poll for le F-list et lurkers )

( Crackified Dragon Dreams, 225 words )

ETA 10:23 a.m.: AUGH I missed gelsey's birthday! *headdesk*

Happy belated birthday, dear :-)
And I was going to write you a birthday fic, but didn't realize that yesterday was the 27th so erm, consider this your birthday fic. Sorry for lack of mention of Snape :-P

"Tale of Houses Four" by lilian_cho
This public message was brought to you by Bertie Botts' Every Flavour Beans
A birthday fic for gelsey
ETA 12/17/06: The Russian translation by l_olga is here <333

Rating: PG-13 for gayness warped worldview
Pairing: bean/bean
Warnings: Gen, slash (if you can conceive beans as having gender)
Length: 535 words
Archive: Please ask permission first.
ETA 12:32 p.m.: Thanks ruien for pointing out that I didn't explain the existence of the white beans in the spehshul Gryffindor bowl.
Disclaimer: I don't own Bertie Botts' Every Flavour Beans, Jelly Bellies, or any other candy company. Sadly.
This story is based on characters and situations created and owned by J.K. Rowling, various publishers including but not limited to Bloomsbury Books, Scholastic Books, Raincoast Books, and Warner Bros., Inc. No money is being made, and no copyright or trademark infringement is intended.

( Hogwarts beans )

( Gryffindor beans )

( Slytherin beans )

( Ravenclaw beans )

( Hufflepuff beans )

( Foreigner beans )

( Muggle beans )

Harry and Draco drabble by somigliana's husband
somigliana wrote: I think this is in retaliation for him [husband] catching me reading slash. I think the ficlet is also a comment on my habit as well. hehe.

ETA 01/11/07: He also wrote a funny Snamione one here: "The punishment will suit the crime"

Rating: PG-13
Pairings: Harry/Draco (d-uh)
Length: 228 words
Beta-ed, edited and canon-picked: lilian_cho
Archive: Like umm, no? Ask somigliana for permission, lol.

Disclaimer: This story is based on characters and situations created and owned by J.K. Rowling, various publishers including but not limited to Bloomsbury Books, Scholastic Books, Raincoast Books, and Warner Bros., Inc. No money is being made, and no copyright or trademark infringement is intended.

( Well...you put the tip in your mouth and suck. )

I'm getting on the plane for the long, long trip back to my home country :-D So I won't be around much on LJ for the whole month of February (unreliable Internet connection etc.)

somigliana wrote a darefic drabble for me ♥: ( H/D splinter prompt )

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Fun fun fun Letters from Fictional Characters Meme. (Sorry for those who I still owe letters and/or replies to. I'll do them when I arrive in my home country)

( Luna Lovegood's letter and my reply )

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( My Lucius' letter and Cilla's reply )

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( Dobby's letter and my reply )

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( Lucius' letter and my reply )

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( Dumbledore's letter and my reply )

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( Remus' letter and my reply )

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( Draco's letter and my reply )

When Harry Met Tenipuri Fangirls by lilian_cho
A birthday crackfic for anyotherknight
Rating: PG-13 (rabid yaoi/slash fangirls)
Fandoms: Harry Potter, Prince of Tennis (Tenipuri)
Pairings: Harry/Draco, implied Momo/Kaidoh.
Length: 596 words (plus a 288-word explanation of Japanese terms, lol)
Warning: Crossover crackfic, random Japanese words and rampant cultural misunderstandings. Not as funny to those not fluent in Japanese pop culture (read: those who're not manga/anime otaku)
Beta-ed and Jap-picked: rea_saint
Archive: please ask permission first

Disclaimer: This story is based on characters and situations created and owned by J.K. Rowling, Takeshi Konomi, various publishers including but not limited to Bloomsbury Books, Scholastic Books, Raincoast Books, and Warner Bros., Inc. No money is being made, and no copyright or trademark infringement is intended.

( When Harry Met Tenipuri Fangirls )

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...I can go on forever, but then my footnotes will go on forever too.

So, explanations: ( Terms explained )

This is a Voldemort!Snape crackfic I wrote for allara, who gave a v. v. creative answer to my Question #1: What’s the significance of boggarts, vampires, werewolves, dementors and banshees in relation to canon!Snape, fanon!Snape, and/or the Snape in this chapter?

allara wrote:

Three out of the five (vampires, werewolves, dementors) can turn normal human beings to their species. Since that's the majority, I'm going to guess that the other two creatures have the same ability. I'm not sure how else the creatures would have offspring, so I'll build on that assumption and say that your Snape will be affected by that, perhaps by (I'm guessing) Lucius "turning" him to Voldemort. Or perhaps canon!Snape is a "turned creature", infected by the Dark mark that he bears. A connection between fanon!Snape and "turned creatures" is that there is no protection or cure from being turned, like there is no protection from a badly written Snape =P

So here’s the Voldemort!Snape crackfic. Warning: potential subtext for Lucius/Severus, Lucius/Narcissa (d-uh, canon anyone?), Remus/Sirius, Peter/James. I always write slash!crackfics for some reason…

( Leave your brain here please )