Hello and good morning to you all, and welcome once again to another Fandom Friday. As always, this is your host Coffeelorian or if you prefer, just plain Coffee, back with another update from around the vast fandom that is Star Wars.
Before we begin, however, I wonder if I might ask you all a somewhat silly question:
Are people not interacting with fanfiction any more, or is it just my imagination…?
I only ask this because I’ve seen long form stories get little to no attention whatsoever, whereas (depending on the audience) the one-shots can get anywhere from 20 notes in total to well over one hundred plus…so perhaps this leads me to my next question of the day:
What areas of the Star Wars Fanfiction world could use more attention as far as readership goes?
Feel free to drop some hints in the comments or reblogs, and perhaps if I have the time, I can start adding a few more to my fandom recs tag!
Until then, however…here are my picks of the week.
THE PREQUELS
“Where The Dust Settles”, by @holy-kenobi.
“Bonded”, by @rosesloveletters.
THE BAD BATCH
“Cargo”, by @scribblesofshadow.
“Sunlight”, by @nonooos-stuff.
MAUL: SHADOW LORD
“Adagio”, by @donniesgaptooth.
“Storm”, by @maulsdear.
ANDOR
“What Will We Leave Behind?”, by
“Parachutes And Lost Faith”, by @mylovelies-docx.
THE MANDALORIAN
“By His Side”, by @din-cognito.
“No Matter What”, by @beloved-by-the-moon.
In conclusion, as part of my mission to poke around the Star Wars fandom and highlight those creators who might otherwise go unnoticed…I hope you will check out the links I have included for yourselves and like, comment on, and reblog them, as well as also giving the writers a few more followers to their Tumblr pages.
Please also like and reblog this latest installment so that these links can be spread around to as many other fans as possible, just in case not all of them can tune in at the same time.
An additional thank you goes to @djarrex for making the divider I used earlier in this post, but still want to give credit for.
If anybody likes what they see here AND would enjoy seeing more posts like this; please drop the rock star emoji (👩🎤) into the comments or reblogs, and I’ll be sure to tag you when the next update comes.
And finally, so that I do not forget…thank you to my friends, thank you to this fandom, and above all else, please stay safe out there.
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Let's spend this perfect Date by giving some under-appreciated fanworks some love and attention.
And of course by submitting some of them to Comment Exchange. Today you can do that without having to proof you commented on something else. But of course I encourage you to do so anyways. Check out our masterlist for some inspiration.
Do you have a Star Wars fic that you think of as the Definitive™️ example of a trope or genre, whether due to it being your favorite, one you reread a lot, etc? (ie, the Definitive “Echo becoming incorporated into the Bad Batch” fic)
A BL/GL Podcast (and YouTube Channel) Recommendation
I don't know these two personally and have never talked to either of them outside of a couple of comments on Billy's YouTube channel, but if you like BLs and GLs and enjoy podcasts on top of that, please check this one out. They work so hard on it, consistently update, and it honestly feels like spending time with friends whenever I put them on in the car, making long car rides less lonely. There are shows I plan on watching simply because they have covered them on the podcast and I want to listen to those episodes without being spoiled. Most of the shows they break down extensively, often dedicating an hour or more to each episode. They share their thoughts, theories, and have a great, friendly banter, even when they completely disagree. They usually have fun after shows where they discuss favorite and least favorite characters, play games, talk about ships, etc. I feel like they put so much effort into the show and don't get enough love due to currently having a small audience.
They started with KinnPorsche (I suggest checking out Billy's YouTube reactions out if you are into reaction videos. He takes episode 14 HARD). They have also covered To My Star 2, Love in the Air, 23.5, Only Friends, Sense 8, Pit Babe, Moonlight Chicken, and a lot more. I believe Love in the Air is one long episode, but the rest are broken down per episode, which gives listeners a lot of material to fill their time with on their commutes.
As for Billy's YouTube Channel, he reacts to a lot of different BL and GL series, some they haven't yet covered on the podcast. He also reacts to animated series and uploads gaming sessions from his Twitch.
Since most follow me for KinnPorsche related things, I will share his KinnPorsche playlist here, which has each episode reaction as well as BOC video upload reactions. Check out his profile and click on playlists for other shows. He organizes it all very well, so all the playlists are compiled by show.
Note: Both the podcast and the YouTube channel are in English. I believe both are American. I'm not sure of how accurate closed captioning auto-translations might be when it comes to other languages.
Anyway, I see love for fics and fanart, but podcasting and editing reactions are also fantastic contributions to the fandom and these two provide SO much material. So if you could, check them out and follow. They really put so much work into what they are doing.
Socials:
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Okay this is probably dumb, but where do y'all get your Kinktober prompt lists from? Any good sources? Any Marvel/Steve/Bucky sources specifically that anybody can recommend?
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You know how shopping malls have anchor stores? @perverse-idyll is like the anchor store of my rec list making. Because I usually start rec lists with PI's fics and build the rest of the list around them!
Generally I am super afraid to write author spotlights/love letters because it's definitely safer/less personal when I can just do content recs instead. Because what if you rec an author and you find out later they are a bigot or something! BUT NOT IN THIS CASE! <3 Because PI is amazing. A great author who writes brilliant fics who also happens to be a really generous and super supportive person to total strangers!
Snape fics
The White Road (2009)
Snarry. Length - 48000 words.
Observer POV anybody? It's a fandom favorite because it lets us see our favorite ships play out through a third party's eyes. But it's so hard to find one of these. That's why this fic is such a gem. We get to see Snape and Harry through Lily's eyes. Snarry fandom changed course after the Lily revelations and this is one of the first fics that completely absorbed DH canon and wrote Snarry on it. The themes and the handling of the Lily characterization in this fic went on to influence a ton of post 2010 Snarry fics to this day. Which makes sense. Because this fic is definitely in the go big or go home category when it comes to dealing with the Lily question. It does things on hard mode, doesn't take any shortcuts and somehow uses a framing device that really shouldn't work outside crack and makes it work like a Shakespeare tragedy.
When the Rose and the Fire Are One
Snarry. Length - 82000 words.
What is Snape about? If you want to know the answer you need to read this fic. This fic is a brilliant Snape character study which also has a spectacular plot, intense character dynamics and a really intense pace which somehow spirals faster because of the prose choices. You just become another Harry really because that's how close the POV writing is. But somehow at the end of the fic you not only get Snape through Harry's eyes but you also get the canon character Snape. Also mothers. OMG. PI knows how to write mothers and their influence. It's a really uncompromising fic. So find a weekend and let it just do its thing to you! You are going to be a different person afterwards.
Rec note - I just couldn't read Snarry fics after reading this. In fact I went to read other ships until maybe the pandemic.
No Room for the Weak (2010)
Genfic. Length - 10400 words.
Ever thought about how Eileen raised Snape and the dynamics of their relationship? Take a minute. Think about it. Then go read this fic. Get your mind blown! Actually make sure you have something to cuddle after reading because you are going to need it.
New Life (2010)
Snarry, Harry/Ginny. Length - 2200 words.
But he didn't belong here. Not just here in this room, on this connubial bed, but here in this world. He had to leave.
Beautiful fic about love and some really complicated themes on how letting go doesn't really mean letting go in a world with magic.
In Infinite Remorse of Soul (2011)
Snape/Albus Dumbledore. Length - 10800 words
This fic is complicated and brilliant. It's definitely not an easy fic to read. But it's totally worth it. Intense and unique. Both Dumbledore and Snape have strong characterization. YMMV on whether the characterizations are going to work for you because it can be pretty polarizing. I loved the concepts of forgiveness, penance, obsession and selfishness this goes into really deeply.
And Mine the Gall (2011)
Ships are really complicated. Length - 5500 words.
This fic is pretty hard to summarize. Because it's brilliant, dark and extremely unsettling in a sticky way. It will really help if you also read In Infinite Remorse of Soul which is equally amazing. It really reminded me of the Mario Puzo novel about the Borgias. A seriously rare type of fic for our fandom. Our darkfics never really go in this direction usually. Masterclass in writing Snape <3
The Nutcracker's Delight (2012)
Co author - Rinsbane Snarry. Length - 17200 words.
Severus, meanwhile, wasted several seconds haranguing his heart to stop banging around like a rogue Bludger, bruising his ribs. Really, if it wasn’t too much to ask. Instead, for no apparent reason, it took a running leap into his throat. Severus choked.
Already saw Halloween posts on Tumblr. So why not a Christmas fic! The best Christmas fic with the best Fanon Snape <3
The Lost World (2013)
Snarry. Length - 10900 words.
Secret Garden fairytale vibes! Also some Orpheus/Eurydice vibes! Dark fantasy with unexplained magic. This fic really shows the scary side of magic.
"Help?" The voice is bitter. "Not likely. But there is something you can do." The carpet of leaves rustles like a quilt being thrown back. "Potter. Let me touch you." Harry's heart stamps once, hard, in his chest. It leaves an impression like a cleft hoofprint, the track of something dangerous running through.
"One touch."
The Son (2014)
Genfic. Length - 5500 words.
I really love fics which deal with the Black Family after Sirius makes his decision to leave. This fic gets the reader into Regulus Black's head and we get to see what Regulus had to deal with when Sirius left. Because an unhappy family is still a family :/
In the quiet part of his mind where his fantasies got all mixed up together and spread out into one long tapestry of how he wished life could be, Regulus wondered what it would have been like if he'd been born first.
Elegy for a Goat (2014)
Snape/Aberforth. Length - 18000 words.
100% Snarry wins as OTP for me. But my second favorite ship is Snape/Aberforth! Why?? Because! Just imagine the potential because of the Dumbledore sibling relationship being so fucked up and Snape's relationship with Dumbledore also being so fucked up! It's like a recipe for the worst motivations and really fucked up relationships. This fic shows us that potential 100%.
Impossible Without It (2014)
Snape/Harry, Harry/Ginny. Length - 16557 words (WIP)
Harry being all about Snape is my favorite version of Snape. In this fic he is obsessed and being Harry he is a pro at investigating mysteries! Of course when you go looking for something sometimes you find it :D
"Unfortunately," she used her next sip of tea and the subsequent clink of cup in saucer to punctuate her disapproval, "you have a stake in determining if Severus is 'not dead.' I'm rather inclined to hope he's alive, and I don't consider that a mere syntactical quibble. Which makes it difficult for me to help you, I fear."
PI is great at writing Harry as the investigator and we get to see the plot happen with him when he is investigating. Honestly PI should just go write scripts for the Whodunnit mystery shows because they are brilliant at it.
The Blood of Stars (2014)
Snarry. 44191 words (WIP)
Pain blazes through Severus, the cruel joy of the impossible. His heart swells to twice its normal size. Yes, it hurts, but everything does, and for once he doesn't mind. Gasping, he forces his way through the darkness, his heart thundering like wings.
Pain. Angst. Tragedy. But also hope! Lots of hope! Because that's what the best tragedies contain! Also this fic has one of the most beautiful summaries ever.
Warm (2017)
Snarry. Length - 11300 words.
Best Snarry PWP ever. Great Dynamics. Great characterization. Great exposition with sex. ALSO RIMMING :D Sorry, PI. But it stands out you know :D
Soft Touch (2018)
Snarry. Length - 15000 words.
That classic cliche of a hot twink/muscled masseuse giving the MC the best happy ending ever. Except it's Snape. Poor Harry has no idea what to do when he goes for a massage with a happy ending and gets Snape as his masseuse. Everything about this fic is hot and right - Harry's going for a massage to rev up his sex life, Snape is working as a masseuse because he got addicted to touch during his physical therapy.
Why should you read it? - Masseuse! Snape is literally both the best and the worst masseuse out there. He's scary professional one minute before regressing into an emotional fuckup next minute.
Payback (2019)
Snarry. Length - 251 words.
Now was the time to run as if his life depended on it, but he was mesmerised by what a slap actually did.
Hotness! Maximum hotness!
Spirituous (2019)
Length - 200 words.
The Epilogue for HP doesn't work for a lot of people because it sort of glosses over the character traumas. This Drabble really looks at what it was like for a character who survived the war.
Jeeves and the Secret Society (2021)
Snape/Dumbledore crossover with Jeeves/Wooster. Jeeves POV. 12100 words.
This fic is an experience. I mean it. You don't read it! You feel it and live it. Brilliant and spot on characterizations for Jeeves and Bertie.
Glass in hand, I toasted my audience with the exuberance of a condemned man reprieved from the Agathaean gallows. Multi-coloured plaids and ascots and waistcoats galore dotted the room, whetting the sartorial appetite. Most cheering of all, the view was mercifully auntless to the horizon.
Bad Manners (2021)
Snarry. Length - 235 words.
:D They are the worst together. Also the best. Because they are really drama queens!
Year of the Thestral (2022)
Snape/McGonagall, Hooch/Mcgonagall. Length - 2300 words (WIP)
Sealed for more than thirty years, three vials lay side by side, their misty contents waiting to be reclaimed.
Angsty, complicated look at McGonagall and how she is going to have to make peace with something from her past. Avoiding spoilers but you really need to read it to see how something can haunt you for the rest of your life.
The Afterlight (2022)
Snarry. Length - 23130 words (WIP)
Snape's abandonment of their world left Harry strangely sore at heart, but it was fine. No big deal. He was used to people leaving him. In fact, it was probably for the best. Not as if he wanted Snape hanging around like a greasy-haired carrion crow, restored, if not to robust health, then to his old habits of Potter-hating.
:D The best thing about Snape and Harry is how they totally can't ignore each other. Like! They are obsessive in the best/worst possible sense. Which makes the ship fucked up, complicated and really intense <3 This fic captures that part of their dynamic so brilliantly! Also Hermione! Love Hermione in this fic <3
The Threefold Death (2022)
Snarry. Length - 22425 words (WIP)
Loved The Lost World? You are going to love this now!
The beauty and strangeness Snape reveals to him revive Harry's sense of wonder, reminding him that, even if he can no longer fly, the world is magical in ways he has almost forgotten.
This is Magic with a capital M. One of the things I love a lot about PI's fics is how they have so much magic in their descriptions, plots and the character arcs themselves. Because Snape and Harry are both characters who in the end are really powerful wizards who love magic and magic is a big part of their life/fate.
Podfics
[podfic] Truth Beyond by kelly_chambliss (2015)
Rita Skeeter/Minerva McGonagall. Length - 32 min.
Ok! So PI can totally ask us to jump off a cliff and we are going to do that. Because her voice is magic! Absolutely filled with love for the fic + the characters + tons of hope! A great fic you should first read before listening to the podfic.
[podfic] Covenant by AuctaSinistra(2015)
Snarry. Length - 1 hour.
Big Snarry fandom vibes here! One of the OG Snarry fics narrated by somebody who really really loves Snarry and the fic <3 Also cover art which is really peak Snarry fandom vibes from 2000s <3
Twelve/Clara fics
The Sorrows of Your Changing Face (2019)
Twelve/Clara. Length - 1500 words.
Always that moment of weakness when she sees what she can't give up in him, always the space-twisting, time-stopping brightness of his smile when she throws scruples to the wind, the ancient being behind his eyes wholly joyous for a moment, grateful, a brief star lighting up the darkest corners of the universe, the corners she now occupies in his memory, having lied to his face one too many times. and also The fire that waits to consume and renew him flickers and drifts from collar and cuffs, but he keeps it to a smoulder and seems in no hurry to move on.
I keep this quote in my saved notes and keep going back to rereading it. It's just them. But it's also 100% the best/worst of love. Super dangerous and super irresistible.
Truce (2019)
Twelve/Clara. Length - 100 words.
Twelve/Clara is pain. I mean they just...are like the best and worst things to happen to each other!
Her dark gaze brims, unflinching as ever.
PI's Clara and how Twelve sees her is brilliant. Heartbreaking but brilliant.
PI's recs!
PI is an incredible reccer! I really want to write recs like these one day. Check out their recs on their Tumblr for some amazing Snarry fics. They also write incredible recs on Reddit for people new to Snarry. Not linking to those because the user names are different and don't want to bring any weirdo anons to their asks :D
PI's podcast interview!
Ok! This was one of the best unexpected 2021 treats for Snarry fandom :D Also major love to Chaos Blue @fanficmaverickpodcast for doing this podcast for us with PI!
A lot of times people just don't get Snape. Even people who call themselves proshippers sometimes have a big exception about Snarry. So why are we shipping this anyway?
PI's podcast interview is just incredible. The passion for writing and talking about Snape, Snarry and fandom is so next level and inspiring. PI loves books, writing, reading and everything about character development. PI loves The Big Themes. Loss of innocence, redemption, forgiveness, LOVE all capitals. It really really shows in this podcast. Whenever I feel like fandom gets me down because of people who are bigots or judge darkfic shippers or whatever I just sit down with this podcast because it really drives home that lesson about why fandom is about people feeling passionately in love with things instead of hating things.
SO! IN CONCLUSION! There is nothing PI can't do! <3
Personal Story Time
The first time I recced a PI fic on Reddit I didn't even know PI was there. Which blew my mind and I went to 100% keyboard smash. Because PI was a big personal hero for me for some really personal reasons. I read When the Rose and the Fire Are One in maybe 2010 when I was going through a pretty weird time in my life because of a lot of family stuff and also because I was trying to leave organized religion type things. Anyway, this fic with its themes of family esp mother and child relationships and what it means to deserve redemption/what it means to love/deserve love/accept love in healthy/unhealthy relationships was a big deal to me back then. It honestly helped me make good decisions about my own situation. Not because I was projecting on Snape or Harry... at least not more than usual. But there is an OC character in the fic who just sees the situation more clearly than the protagonists. Senior Class Warden Odile Lalique doesn't take shit and says things straight...Slytherin straight at least! So that got me thinking about how to get good advice/other perspectives which worked out great for me. So best OC ever. Also thanks! Probably TMI. Anyway! <3
PI's works got me into a lot of things. Including poetry. I read The Wasteland because The White Road. Also some books I didn't like the first time around. Like Jeeves and Wooster! Also some books I love the heck out of! Like Angela Carter.
So when I met PI, I was really mindblown not just because they were my favorite Snarry author ever but also because of how much one of their fics meant to me. But PI was totally cool about my rec! Gave me lots of support and encouragement which was so critical for me to build confidence and start reccing more. This isn't just me! PI is like a superhero who encourages and promotes Snarry content creators and fans so much! They are the first to find fics for people new to Snarry fandom. They have recs and backups of deleted fics. They are super patient with people who don't get Snarry and ask questions about why this ship exists. They are super supportive of people who like other types of fics/characterizations/tropes compared to what they usually go for. I don't even! You know what they say about how not all heroes wear capes? Yeah. That's PI.
Lots and lots of love to the absolutely brilliant, amazing PI. You are the best. <3
