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Have you ever seen something in the Harry Potter Universe and thought "Wait. Why isn't there a solution to...?" or "But what if...?", and then gone on to create your own spell / potion / invention to fix it?

If yes, then this fest is for you!

What is the HP (i)magineventors fair?

The HP (i)magineventors fair is a prompt/claim fest open to all fanwork formats. Its goal is to showcase the creators' inventions that can make magic in the HP universe safer, more practical, more interesting and/or more fun.

The (virtual) fair format is implemented in the modified prompt/claim format as follows:

Prompts are standalone mini-fanworks of 200-500 words or equivalent effort that answer a certain pre-defined set of questions, These mini-fanworks, in turn, can be linked back to in AO3's "inspired by" function. (Think elevator pitch, or what the seller of your choice could say to their customer.)

Claims can either be based on existing mini-fanworks (as above), or can be "new" mini-fanworks plus at least one additional item with a minimum wordcount of 1000 words, or equivalent effort.

You are more than welcome to team up with fellow creators to create an immersive, multimedia expreience!

When is it happening?

Prompting: mid-May - late June

Claiming: early July - mid-September

Reveals: sometime between late September and mid-October

What kinds of fanworks or inventions are allowed?

Anything you can think of - there are no limits to your creativity!

Do you want to write fic / create art / or other fanworks featuring your invention in use? Do it! Do you want to craft/build/cook a prototype of your invention? Brilliant, go for it! Do you want to write a manual, or a paper about the results of a study featuring your invention? Absolutely! Do you want to dive deep into flowcharts of magical theory and why your invention makes sense in the HP universe? Heck yeah! Are you a journalist who wants to interview the creator of the breakthrough invention of the century? We can't wait to hear it! Are you a repesentative of the PR department of a company of your choice, and want to create a commercial for your product? Yes! Have you tried a new product and found it lacking? Here's your place to complain!

Any kinds of inventions are allowed as long as it doesn't already exist in HP canon - though inventions inspired by canonical elements are very welcome.

(We might move not-safe-for-work inventions to a separate showcase.)

Any character, whether minor, major, original character, canonical company (think Weasley's Wizard Wheezes) or original company, can be the creator of your invention in-universe --- as long as the idea is yours and/or you have permission to create/formalise the invention based on another's fanwork.

Is there anything else I need to know?

We're still looking for co-mods; for more details, check out this post: https://www.tumblr.com/hp-imagineventors-fair/805832240867180544?source=share

If you have any questions, feel free to hit the ask box on the @hp-imagineventors-fair tumblr, respond to this post, or DM @serenaew on tumblr or Discord.

We're very excited to meet you and your lovely lovely inventions!

Embrace your creativity, and see you soon!

Your Mods (Back_to_Fanfic and SerenaEW)

Credits

Many thanks to the contributors to this fest idea:

[Audio Drama and Fanfic] Escape Clauses

My friends --- the Severitus Escape Room Podcast / Audio Drama project created for @severitus-big-bang 2024 has finally, finally, finally been finished!

I am immensely proud to be able to present the two-and-a-half-hours long audio drama including audio with sound effects, script, prose and art in full, and would love if some of you listened in!

The Snarry Prompts Subreddit / kinkmeme is live! I did an interest check a while back on r/Snarry to see who would be interested, and it seemed at least 15 people were, so that’s good enough for me.

This community was created because a lot of old prompts from old Snarry fests were forgotten about, and prompts on the House of Snarry server typically are buried within a day. Same with tweets. On Reddit, there’s an upvote system to hopefully bring the ones people really want written to more attention, where hopefully people can Save the ideas more easily for later with Reddit’s bookmark system. The hope is to revive old prompts. It’s easier to search (and it’s public). There’s also more room to chat about the ideas and flesh them out in a group setting if people wish.

Please come join us and port over your prompts! (FYI, if you log in with google, you get a random username)

Claiming for HP Kintsugi Fest is open! Reminder that there are no limits to how many times a prompt can be claimed, so you don't have to worry about the prompts being 'taken' Prompt list https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-IwxS42iWU8XCLslHAii-SEJl9TzBv4OCpGg-axGX3I/ Claiming form https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeJ7TjwsleAN2M_vFjFcbRTDfndxKotGeNni7_b_PZbO1zNLQ/ Submission form https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSel2scbRWLt61imXV52f3I2CtgYeMz9oXx0PzHJPbuqtAZp8w/ See the Rules and FAQ Part 2 for details on How to Claim https://www.tumblr.com/hp-kintsugi-fest/791880972964593664/rules-and-faq-part-2 Rules and FAQ Part 1 for other info https://www.tumblr.com/hp-kintsugi-fest/789626090236837888/rules-and-faq-part-1 AO3 Collection https://archiveofourown.org/collections/HP_Kintsugi_Fest_2025

Title: The Golden Trio

Creator: ???

Pairing: Harry Potter/Severus Snape

Prompt: 2025-51 Never meet your idol

Rating: Explicit

Word Count: 48.6k

Summary: The Golden Trio, an all-male K-pop Idol Group (Harry, Ron, and Hermes) care for their fans above all else. One fan in particular stands out. A hidden fan by the name of Dr. Severus Snape who seems even more wrapped up in Harry than they ever imagined. It'll take a world renowned K-pop Idol Group, a doting disconcerting Doctor, a twinkling outlandishly dressed Manager, an ugly cat and a cute owl, a once famous Singer, and a pile of Marauding Officers to keep the fans safe from Riddle.

For the Fans!

💚❤️ Read on AO3 💚❤️

Title: The Brewing Oath

Creator: ???

Pairing: Harry Potter/Severus Snape

Prompt: 2021-41: Instead of the Dursleys, Fleamont and Euphemia Potter raised Harry. Desperate to avoid the poverty he was raised in, Severus took the best-paid job available and went to work for Fleamont's potions company. Harry grows up often seeing Severus around, and develops a deep fondness for his grandfather's protégé.

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Word Count: 34.8k

Summary: Harry thought escaping the Dursleys to live with his grandparents would be the start of his happily ever after. He didn’t count on Severus Snape, the sharp-tongued and impossible-to-please employee of his grandfather, coming into his life.

Between exploding cauldrons, murderous, vengeful Death Eaters, and a new prophecy that refuses to let life be normal, Harry and Severus discover that sometimes affection, once brewed, is difficult to bottle.

💚❤️ Read on AO3 💚❤️

When magic bends to his will

by [redacted] for wendymarlowe on AO3

Explicit No Archive Warnings Apply Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling

Characters: Harry Potter, Severus Snape, Albus Dumbledore

Additional Tags: Overpowered Harry Potter, Forced Bonding, Accidental Bonding, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Albus Dumbledores is an animagus, we skip most tragedies bcs we want the happy sailings, Magical depletion, Severus Snape Lives, Switch Harry Potter, Switch Severus Snape, Dreams, magical connection, Eventual Happy Ending

Words: 3,468

Summary: Including forced bonding through Harry's Hogwarts years! Overpowered Harry making all the pieces fall into place (he will deny everything by running on adventures until he goes chasing his prized love).

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❤️🧡💚Claiming is now open! ❤️🧡💚

Claiming for the 2025 Snarry AUctoberfest is now open.

This fest is a celebration of anything Snarry AU, be that omegaverse, Muggle AU, an AU based on an existing media (did someone call for an Ice Age Snarry??), or anything else your imagination can think of.

We have a collection of 200 new, fresh and juicy prompts, as collected from Snarry fans in June. We also accept use of prompts from previous years (which can be found here) in addition to having a Wild Card option (if you don't want to work from a prompt).

The current year’s prompts are listed on the claiming form page of our website. The bottom of the page will be updated as prompts get claimed so people can if they wish what's been claimed so far.

We encourage participants to focus on Snarry and Alternate Universe possibilities (ie. a radically different time period or location, non-magic, outer space etc., or those influenced by other media). Fest works are permitted within the canon universe as long as there’s a major divergence from the canon world or storyline. 

Please consider the spirit of this fest: imagining the multitude of ways in which Severus and Harry fall in love across all different worlds, timelines and possibilities. 

To that end, we request no works be submitted where the only AU element would be considered as “EWE” or “Snape lives”, or other minor divergences Snarry fans would expect to see in Snarry fanworks. 

If you wish to take part, please fill out all the required information in this form. Once you submit your claim, just sit back and wait for confirmation via your preferred method of communication (Discord or email). (Don’t forget to check your spam folder if you choose email! Our emails often end up there initially!!! Please, please do check your spam folder!) 

You do not to have submitted a prompt to take part, nor do you need to be a member of the House of Snarry Discord community. This fest is open to all Snarry fans, and we strongly welcome and encourage people who are new to fests as well!

You have until the day submissions are due on September 15th to claim a prompt if you want to participate.

For fics there is a 500 word minimum word count. There are no limits on any other form of fanwork. We accept fanfic, fanart, podfic, fan crafts, fan baking(??? if that's a thing!) or whatever else your imagination can come up with. Participants must be 18 or older to take part. This year marks the 6th AUctober fest! Let’s make it a memorable one!  🧡The Claiming Form can be found here 🧡

If you wish for clarification on any part of the process please email the mods at [email protected] or send a DM to the HOS mod Discord account: House_of_Snarry. If you’re in the House of Snarry Discord server, you may also DM a mod.

Hi Anon!

Thank you so much for letting me know!

Hello everyone!

This is... Honestly? This is devastating for me. Because I try to be as positive and as encouraging as I can be, and to see bots / haters abusing my name to spead their hate is just... No words.

Anyway:

I do not post hate comments. Hate is a waste of energy that I Do. Not. Have.

I will only leave comments with my name in non-Guest mode.

I usually do not comment under my pseuds either.

Thanks again for bringing this to my attention, Anon.

To my followers: If you ever see a hate comment made in my name, please link them to me so I can try to report them to AO3 if that helps at all.

Hope you're all well!

Best

Prompt: 94 - Lily keeps trying to set Severus up on dates, deciding he's been alone for far too long. Severus didn't know how to tell her that Harry was already taking up most of his spare time as it was. Meanwhile, Harry tried very hard to chase those gay inappropriate thoughts about his Professor—and his mother's best friend—away, between his adventures and time he spent with his friends... but he keeps getting kidnapped. tags/warnings: romcom, 3rd person omniscient* (there are issues), chan 16/17 (Harry is at the tail-end of 16), student/teacher relationship (Harry will be calling Snape Professor sorry), and additional warning that S has known H since he was ~9

47k. baby's first Snarry. Fair warning－it's not good, lol. But I hope people will give it a go... I bled and suffered over it a lot. I hope you can at least get a chuckle out of it.

First extra is out.

Happy mid-May! We are (almost) back for another year! Prompting for AUctoberfest 2025 opens a month from today on June the 14th.

AUctoberfest is a prompt-based, Snarry fanwork-centric celebration. We allow use of past prompts as well as self-prompting, in addition to any new prompts we might yet gather next month.

All of which means that if you're an early bird and want to get started on a work for the fest, you're very welcome to do so if you already have an idea for what you want to draw/write/craft/podfic/whatever your medium is of fanwork.

All AUs are welcome! Coffeeshop AU set in Victorian times? A musical, vampire Barbie Snarry infusion? Sleeping Beauty Vs Cinderella retelling with added Snarry? The sky is the limit! (Speaking of sky: Space AU??) How does one get Snarry to fall in love? ❤️ (Or fall out of love?💔)

The fest is run by members of the House of Snarry Discord server, but you do not need to be a member of our server to participate in the fest.

You can find guidelines and the fest rules on our website here.

All previous prompts from past years are viable for this year's fest too, and we'll have a new prompting session starting June 14th. You do not need to participate in the fest to leave a prompt, nor do you need to leave a prompt to participate in the fest. ➡️ Past prompts can be found here. ➡️ Prompting for 2025 will be available through Google forms here come June 14th but we will have additional posts about it when the time comes.

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Snarry AUctoberfest 2025 Timeline:

Prompting: June 14th–June 30th Claiming: July 5th–September 15th Works due: September 15th Posting: October 1st

Have either the green or purple version of our timeline to download for a keepsake!

If you have any questions, you can DM on here, on Discord (house_of_snarry) or send an email to [email protected].

They'll hopefully all get realised sooner or later, I hope (looking for co-mods and brainstormers here XD but...) I guess the speed I'll be getting on to them is proportional to the number of votes an idea gets.

Cheers,

their reasoning being that "we couldn't ban it even if we wanted to, every writer already uses it anyway"

"Every writer"?