Snape/Harry
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[edit] Introduction
Snape/Harry is a slash pairing in the Harry Potter fandom. This relationship is also called Snarry, which is a portmanteau of the characters' names.
[edit] Terminology
Below is a list of terms and their definitions that are used in this fan fiction community.
- Slash: This is a term used in various fanfiction to refer to a male/male or homosexual pairing.
- Mpreg: Short for 'male pregnancy', a concept invented for the slash fanfic world .
- Snarry: A term used to refer to Harry Potter/Severus Snape pairing. Many ships in fandom have been given name, usually derived from mixing up the names of the two characters while still being recognizable. Initials can also be used, hence: HPSS also refers to Harry Potter/Severus Snape ship.
- Ship: This term essentailly means a romantic pairing of two or more fanfic characters e.g. Harry Potter/Severus Snape (Snarry). It has evolved to include 'Shipper', referring to a person * OOC: 'Out Of Character'. This is usually used as a warning on a fic's summary to let the reader know that their fic has portrayed the characters in it as out of character i.e. not as their are portrayed in canon (in the original authors work). This can refer to the a non-canon pairing (although non-canon is usually used as the warning here), but mostly refers major behavioral/emotional in the characters that the reader may not be used to. This is therefore something that Snarry writers must attempt to address when writing their fics and often writers prefer to change elements of the characters all together to make the plot work therefore creating 'OOC' in their fics.
[edit] Having babies
The Harry Potter fan fiction community tends to not deal much with babies in the present timeline for most heterosexual pairings. Characters like Ron and Hermione might have children but only after they age to a time when they can give consent. In that case, the babies don't tend act as plot devises to bring characters together but to show a commitment as a couple, in a pre-existing relationship. The reader is generally left to understand that the pair is a given for the story, with out a back story needing to be established.
The exception to that is the Snape/Harry (Snarry) pairing. This pairing is frequently the subject of mpreg. It is frequently used in humor stories.
[edit] Timeline of events
[edit] 1946
- On February 21, 1946, Alan Rickman was born.
[edit] 2000
- On October 23, 2000, Majolique posted her story, "Midnight Confessions" to the hpslash list. This story is credited as being the first Snape/Harry fan fiction published. [1][2][3]
- On October 31, 2000, Unquiet posted part one of "A Different Lesson" the hpslash mailing list. [4][5][6] Part two of this story was posted to FanFiction.Net. This was another early Snape/Harry story.
[edit] 2001
- In August 2001, Kangeiko posted "Two Loveable Young Women". [7]
- In August 2001, Telanu began writing her Tea series. [8]
- During the fall and winter of 2001, the Harry Potter fandom received a large influx of media fen. These fen included Luthien, Tboy (Lynda), iibnf (Bernice), Ellen Fremedon, and seeker (Brenda Antrim). By and large, these media fen congregated in Snape slash fandom, and specifically on the Snapeslash mailing list found on Yahoo. [9] The new mediafen were largely congregated on LiveJournal. Many of these new media fen became part of the Snape/Harry pairing community. This community had just become popular, in a large part due to Telanu's "Tea" series. [10] It was this group of media fen who had begun to, at this time, use the "smoosh" style pairing names. The term that Snape/Harry slashers ended up using was "Snarry."
- In October 2001, JayKay released the story "Too Wise to Woo Peaceably." [11]
- In November 2001, Luthien wrote the story "Aftermath" in response to a challenge posted by Telanu on the SnapeSlash mailing list. [12]
- On November 16, 2001, the Snapeslash community benefited as a result of the opening of the first Harry Potter move in theaters. This is mostly owed to fans finding Alan Rickman attractive. [13]
- On November 24, 2001, Alia founded the SnapexHarry mailing list. Members of this list included Telanu, Luthien and JayKay. [14]
- On December 1, 2001, Sushi became a Snape/Harry shipper. Her first contribution to this pairing was the story, "Marching off to War." This story is now part of the Civil War series. [15]
[edit] 2002
- In March 2002, Severus Snape Fuh-Q Fest opened. It was created and organized by Luthien and Tboy. It led to many more Snape/Harry stories. Cybele and Josan wrote their first stories for the Severus Snape Fuh-Q Fest. A number of Minx's early Snape/Harry stories were written for the fest. [16]
- In the fall of 2002, From Dusk Til Dawn, the SS/HP Fuh-q Fest, opened. [17]
[edit] 2003
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[edit] 2004
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[edit] 2005
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[edit] 2006
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[edit] 2007
- In late May 2007, the artsnarry LiveJournal community was deleted when StrikeThrough happened. The community was later restored. [18]
- In August, due to a rumor that Yahoo!Groups was removing users who were lurking on mailing lists in this fandom, a number of mailing lists saw an increase in participation so that would not happen. While this rumor was not true, and Yahoo was only removing people who had e-mail accounts bouncing in excess of six months, it did not stop a certain level of hysteria.
- By August 3, 2007, LiveJournal suspended two pornish pixies members for posting images of a Harry Potter characters who was a minor in a sexually explicit way. One piece of fan art featured an age ambiguous Harry Potter, aged between 14 and 20, giving oral sex or Snape, his 40 year old teacher.
[edit] Snape/Harry shippers
- Alia [19]
- Cybele [20]
- JayKay [21]
- Josan [22]
- Kangeiko [23]
- Luthien [24]
- Majolique [25]
- Minx [26]
- oulangi [27]
- Ptyx [28]
- Sushi [29]
- Tboy [30]
- Telanu [31]
- Unquiet [32]
- Vain_chan [33]
- Josephine Darcy [34]
[edit] Snape/Harry archives
- After Class [35] [36]
- From Dusk til Dawn [37] [38]
- The Silver Snitch II [39] [40]
- Snarry.net [41] [42]
- Walking the Plank [43] [44]
[edit] Snape/Harry LiveJournal communities
- Church of Snarry [45] [46]
- Pornicators [47] [48]
- SCHAL [49] [50]
- Snape/Potter [51] [52]
- Snarry 100 [53] [54]
- Snarry Angst [55] [56]
- Snarry Fic Find [57] [58]
- Snarry MPreg [59] [60]
- Snarry Olympics [61] [62]
- Snarry Slash [63] [64]
- SS/HP Prophet [65] [66]
- SS/HP Round Robin [67] [68]
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