New layout, new OTP and searching for new fics.

[starsthatshine]

I have gone back to my favourite thing about LiveJournal (besides my flist): icon changing. Seriously, I have probably millions of new icons it feels like and soon I'll do a complete icon make over. That does sound nice doesn't it? Also, there's a new layout in my blog: aliasagent. It's no longer Boxer but Opal. From Mischa Barton to Harry Potter. The colours suck though.

What else? Hmm. I dont have hosting by Fan-sites.org which completely blows because I did do this fantastic layout for my Tom Welling site. I need to either apply back in a while or find someone who's willing to host me with about one gig as space and perferrably unlimited brandwith. Which is just as likely as I find a fish in the desert.

I have a new pairing that I love beyond everything else (sort of) - Remus/Sirius (which I guess isn't the most original pairing in the world). I love fics that are set when they are at Hogwarts.... Can anyone rec me those kinds of stories and maybe some good Lily/Snape if you've come across any? I'd love you forever.

Comments

[moonlite-fading.livejournal.com]

Ah, my first comment was deleted! Oops. :$

Ok, so I guess now I'm going to second the shoebox_project rec. I could also recommend to you some authors I know of that write purely smut... would you be interested?

As for Lily/Snape... I've been dying to find good fics for this pairing, too (actually, good and angsty would be the right word). It's hard b/c they're not popular b/c of Lily/James, but have you ever read this essay? It's amazing. At the end, there are some fic recs. Not all of them are all that great, but some are definitely worth it.

[moonlite-fading.livejournal.com]

*this (http://www.livejournal.com/community/ship_manifesto/38312.html) essay. Sorry toi spam you! I don't know what's up with me this morning.

[aliasagent.livejournal.com]

hehe. I loooove spam so there's no problemo :)

Lily/Snape... *sigh* I've been planning for ages to do a fic.... would be interested to read if I wrote? And it's very hard to find fics... We should make people write more of them - very soon :P

That essay made me consider the pairing and then made me a fan. The essay is fantastic is it not?

[moonlite-fading.livejournal.com]

I would absolutely be interesting in reading your Lily/Snape fic! In fact, I encourage you to please, please write it! :D I'm considering writing a one-shot, but I keep getting distracted by other fics and I only have 10 days left before I leave for college, so it probably will never happen. :/

Yes, that essay is what opened my eyes to them, too! After reading it, the evidence was SO clear that I couldn't believe I'd never seen it! I definitely see the infatuation to be more one-sided, but after reading HBP, I am more than convinced that the two of them are connected on a much higher level than just classmates.

[aliasagent.livejournal.com]

Never say never ;) I can write one shots in a day or two so I encourage you to write that one shot.

After HBP I'm more than everlasting convinced, like you, that they are connected. Perhaps they dated in Hogwarts? Or had a secret fling 'cause... Snape's worst memory and the fact that both were fantastic in potions just... says it :P

[moonlite-fading.livejournal.com]

Yeah, but I've been feeling horribly uninspired as of late, and I'm working on another fic at this very moment. But you're right - never say never. We shall see. :)

Oh, there is, without a doubt, a connection between Snape and Lily. Aside from the fact that, when asked if either Remus or Snape had a crush on Lily, JKR only answered for Remus and easily side-stepped the Snape part, the whole potions thing is certainly a factor.

I happen to see it as more of an unrequited love, on Snape's part, than mutual, but Lily probably felt SOMETHING, as well. In regards to the pensieve, I think that Lily's willingness to defend Snape probably has a lot to do with whatever relationship they had, especially since she seemed SO surprised that Snape insulted her after she had tried to help him.

[aliasagent.livejournal.com]

Exactly. However, with fanon you can turn that one-sided crush into a two sided crush ;) And I have a pretty good idea on how to make that happen... *feels a half-bad fan fic take form in my head*

[moonlite-fading.livejournal.com]

Very good point! Sometimes I have trouble straying from canon. ;)

I'm sure it's not half bad, but full parts good! (Or something that makes more sense. Heh.)

[aliasagent.livejournal.com]

lol. I guess we'll see how it turns out. Although, I can say to my defence that I've never written young!Snape or Lily before so when I publish it, I will have a reason to why it sucks so badly.