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In fifteen days’ time, we shall all be waking up to a different America. It will no longer be the immoral and perverted America that has come from the Obama Administration. Indeed, we have a plan to ban abortion, ban gay marriage, ban pornography, and put in place strict rules targeting the pedophiles and the molesters. This will all be done with the help of Vice President Mike Pence, who is a committed Christian as seen by his moral leadership of the state of Indiana. He is a knowledgeable man who only wants to bring about God’s Rule on this Earth. There is nothing wrong with that. If we do not stay on the moral path that God gave us, we shall all fall.

You may be surprised that I am writing this. But the battle to reclaim God for America must take place on all fronts. I am a Harry Potter fan. I am also a Christian. And I am growing deeply concerned with the state of my fandom. For those who do not know me, I will re-introduce myself. I am a former supporter of the “Warriors for Innocence” organization, a group dedicated to bringing down the perversion that resided at LiveJournal as of 2007. Again, I am not affiliated to this group, I am acting in their name. I am doing my part to bring Christianity back to this country. Our group won some victories, particularly Strikethrough and Boldthrough. This put pressure on the LiveJournal staff to end the perverted blogs that resided in this country. The perverted fan artists and fic writers dismissed it as infringing on their freedom of expression. But it’s not. As we explained above, it’s not infringing on your freedom of expression to bring morality back. You can whine all you want, but do you perverse people realize that CHILDREN were viewing these blogs, and were being influenced by immoral behaviours? How can you be so decadent as to corrupt the morals of young children? This is why I am bringing back Warriors For Innocence, in their name. It has come to my attention that not only have you not stopped engaging in perverted and immoral depictions of my favorite characters, you have actually *increased* it. That surely isn’t moral.

Why do you people hate God? Why must you continue these behaviours? By writing fanfiction and drawing fan art of these despicable acts, you are condoning it in society. These acts offend God and are sure to reserve you a place in Hell. For you who do not believe in Hell, the Bible teaches that (Revelation 21:8) “But the cowardly, the unbelieving, the vile, the murderers, the sexually immoral, those who practice magic arts, the idolaters and all liars–their place will be in the fiery lake of burning sulfur. This is the second death.”

Thankfully, in this country we still have freedom of speech and hence I will speak my mind. You have freedom of speech too, but you are misusing it to spread evil ideas among the young of our society. I am using it to bring our country back to Jesus Christ. You should be honored that I am writing to you, yes you, on these lists. You are officially on the Big Name Sinners list.

We have heard it said many times: “We all pray to the same God; we’re all going in the same direction; we’re just on different paths." Does it matter if we are on different paths? What do we know about this path to the kingdom? God has given a direction to His kingdom and it’s up to us to stay on the right path if we want to get there. God’s directions to us are not complicated. In fact, they are crystal clear. Additionally, Jesus gave us direction on what choices to make in life. He told us the way.

John 14:15 15 If ye love me, keep my commandments. (KJV)

Homosexuality is absolutely a sin in the Bible, which is the literal word of God. Therefore, you must stop doing this. And don’t come with the nonsense that God does not exist. The Bible is literal proof of the existence of God. That you don’t realize that shows how much you are morally in the dark. But there is still hope for you, hence why I am addressing this to you.

Here are some verses to prove that homosexuality indeed is a sin and against God’s Law:

Leviticus 18:22, “You shall not lie with a male as one lies with a female; it is an abomination.”

Leviticus 20:13, “If there is a man who lies with a male as those who lie with a woman, both of them have committed a detestable act; they shall surely be put to death. Their bloodguiltness is upon them.”

1 Corinthians 6:9-10, “Or do you not know that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived; neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor homosexuals, nor thieves, nor the covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers, shall inherit the kingdom of God.”

Romans 1:26-28, “For this reason God gave them over to degrading passions; for their women exchanged the natural function for that which is unnatural, and in the same way also the men abandoned the natural function of the woman and burned in their desire toward one another, men with men committing indecent acts and receiving in their own persons the due penalty of their error. And just as they did not see fit to acknowledge God any longer, God gave them over to a depraved mind, to do those things which are not proper.”

This thus means that supporting Drarry, Wolfstar, and other homosexual pairings makes you a sinner and thus you are immoral. Even if you draw fanart and write fics about it, you are condoning this behavior, so you must abstain from this behavior. Save yourself before you meet your end.

If God says an activity is sinful and an abomination, then I am prepared to call it unnatural. In Romans 1:26 God, through Paul, describes homosexual acts as unnatural. He does so because God created our bodies and gave them particular purposes. One of those was for sexual pleasure between a nan and a woman, as well as for creating of children. For this reason it is unnatural for a man to have sex with an animal and for a woman to have sex with a woman. God calls these activities unnatural and shameful. He calls homosexuality "perverse.” (Romans 1:27) If God says so, then I, as a Christian accept this conclusion.

The same goes with pedophilia:

Ephesians 6:4, Fathers do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.

Mat 18:6 But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and [that] he were drowned in the depth of the sea.

Mar 9:42 And whosoever shall offend one of [these] little ones that believe in me, it is better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he were cast into the sea.

Luk 17:2 It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he cast into the sea, than that he should offend one of these little ones.

This means that supporting Snape/Hermione as well as Tom/Ginny is SINFUL AND MUST BE BANNED. Do you not realize how wrong it is to support a man and a young girl being together? Have you lost any sense of morals? What is happening to this country that you can support this degeneracy? Did your parents beat you? Is that why you became atheist? If you had received a truly moral upbringing, then you would be Christians like me, willing to spread God’s rule to all 4 corners of the Earth.

And finally, you must not support incest:

And the man that lieth with his father’s wife hath uncovered his father’s nakedness: both of them shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them. Leviticus 20:11

And if a man lie with his daughter in law, both of them shall surely be put to death: they have wrought confusion; their blood shall be upon them. Leviticus 20:12 And if a man take a wife and her mother, it is wickedness: they shall be burnt with fire, both he and they; that there be no wickedness among you. – Leviticus 20:14 Lev. 20:19-21, “You shall also not uncover the nakedness of your mother’s sister or of your father’s sister, for such a one has made naked his blood relative; they shall bear their guilt. If there is a man who lies with his uncle’s wife he has uncovered his uncle’s nakedness; they shall bear their sin. They shall die childless. If there is a man who takes his brother’s wife, it is abhorrent; he has uncovered his brother’s nakedness. They shall be childless. — — — But some may point out that Adam and Eve had children; and since there were no other people around, their children would have had to commit incest in order to produce more children. At the time of creation, the genetic line was pure. It wasn’t until later, at the time of Moses, that incest was then forbidden as the genetic pool became less and less able to stand interbreeding. “No one is to approach any close relative to have sexual relations. I am the LORD,” (Lev. 18:6). — — —

This means that supporting Harry/Hermione, Weasleycest, Malfoycest, Blackcest, Pottercest etc. makes you devoid of morals and thus hate God. Yes, I know that Harry and Hermione are not technically brother and sister. But they view each other as that, and thus to support them together is an act against God, and the values that moral Christians hold dear.

These pairings go against God’s will and I feel it is my right as Christian and HP fan to turn fandom into a moral direction. You have been warned. How can you people even pair these people together? It is a Christian crime and sin and you will burn in hell for this, if you do not turn back to Jesus Christ.

You people have took my favorite characters, Harry, Hermione and Ron and made them do horrible things that poor JK Rowling must cringe at. She has also condemned this, since she also is a Christian. The only reason why she posts pro-gay propaganda is so that she doesn’t get hate from people like you. And I don’t blame her, but I am willing to take this in my hands.

Hence, I am (re)introducing a different voice in this fandom. It has been dominated by you perverts, it has been dominated by you for too long. January 20th marks a new beginning to the HP fandom, one that ACTUALLY RESPECTS MORALITY. I am here, and no one will make me go. We will prevail. Once January 20th rolls along, we can be sure that the Trump Administration will ban all of this perversion.

Praying for you,

Warriors for Innocence

You can learn more about us here at: http://warriorsforinnocence4.blogspot.com

As well as our supporters that have stood by us through thick and thin, trying to put morality back in America: http://babtg.org http://onemillionmoms.com

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21 HP slash recs from 21 years (2001 to 2021)

21 slash recs from 21 years

I picked the best slash fic posted in each year from 2001-2021 based on what I read. We are spoiled for choice with heaps of great fics, so it's really impossible to pick a best fic by any metric. The criteria I used to select - each fic meant something to me at a fundamental level, I read it multiple times and I think about it frequently.

Since older fics often got posted on LJ or Geocities, I gave it my best effort and tried to go with the archiving dates on public websites as much as possible.

List and reviews follow! This was first posted on Reddit hpslash sub. AO3 COLLECTION LINK

2001 A most disquieting tea by Telanu

2002 A Bittersweet Potion by Alchemia and Bugland

2003 Primer to the Dark Arts by Icarus

2004 Consanguinity Arc by Tryfanstone

2005 Peripheral Vision by Alexandra Dane

2006 Snape: the Home Fries Nazi by pir8fancier

2007 In the Gloaming by RaeWhit

2008 Down the Rabbit Hole by RaeWhit

2009 Sex, Lies, and Audiobooks by RaeWhit

2010 Storytelling by kelly_chambliss

2011 The Boy Who Fell by bussaiko

2012 The Bone Mother by rinsbane

2013 The Muggles Have a Word for Them by kelly_chambliss

2014 The Judas Sextet by eldritcher

2015 Gods and Monsters by writcraft

2016 Love in the Eye of a Storm by rattlesoft

2017 A Promise Made by BeyondStarlight

2018 Almagest by eldritcher

2019 a certain optimism by hippocrates460

2020 Crooked Neighbors by ebparentheses

2021 Pandemic by eldritcher

2001

A Most Disquieting Tea

by Telanu

One of the classic Snarry fics that influenced many authors afterwards. I discovered The Tea Series through painless_j's recs way back when. (painless_j's work actually inspired me to do this rec list.) Albus Dumbledore invites Severus for tea to discuss a Harry problem. Madame Minster's Mint Madness. Dumbledore's sentient armchair is called Toby. How the author handles a complicated subject in a tasteful manner really impressed me. It was one of the first fics where I realized how writers use fiction to explore taboos. No longer available since the author took their fics down.

Severus/Harry

Angst, Romance, Pining

2002

A Bittersweet Potion

by Alchemia and Bugland

Write for yourself is common advice. A Bittersweet Potion is one hundred percent written without trying to pander to readers. Alchemia's first person Harry and Bugland's Severus are unique and lovable, but the world they are in is dark and tragic. I like the fics with Harry's narration the most in the series but both are equally good and really powerful. It is a controversial fic but it will make you feel something. The one exception to going for only completed fics in this rec list.

Hermione eyes me critically. "Maybe you should kneel."

"Is that part of the ritual?"

"No, but it'd be humble," she says, pushing me down by my shoulders.

I kneel on the cold, damp tiles, grabbing her sleeve to pull her down beside me - right into a puddle that I hadn't noticed. "Now they'll be twice as impressed," I say.

Severus/Harry

Angst, Romance, seriously dark

2003

Primer to the Dark Arts

by Icarus

Primer is the first Severus mentors Harry before they fall in love fic I have read. It is one of the fics that really convinced me about the pairing. This fic is written before OoTP and you can see that in the plot elements. There is Snape Manor. Severus is rich and pureblood. But all that doesn't detract from how unique the fic is. Severus is brilliant and loves the Dark Arts. Harry is trying to learn without getting killed. Ron gets the popcorn. This is one of the classics without a ton of angst going on.

"It's still dark out," Harry complained. The window could have been a wall for all he could see outside. "You are certifiable."

"Yes, well, collecting Cursed Artefacts is a registered form of madness in the Compendium of Wizarding Mental Disorders and Other Things That Make You Twitch," Severus said, "alongside most compulsions to collect. But it's very a popular one, and I intend to be there early to beat everyone else to it."

Severus/Harry

Unresolved sexual tension, snark, not angsty

2004

Consanguinity Arc

by Tryfanstone

Severus and Harry are trying to get a divorce. They are only married on a technicality. But are they really wanting to be divorced? A dark and complex story. Mature and brilliant. Harry claims Severus because he wants to kill him himself.

Prior claim has been made and recognised. In the case of Wizengamot versus Snape -

He looks down

possession is, by law, precedent Brown versus Lamont, 1875-

It is Padfoot's collar.

This fic is the first one where I really liked OCs in a fan work. Jonathan, the solicitor. Kate, the marriage counsellor are both written brilliantly. Incredible Severus characterization.

Severus/Harry

Dark, Angst with a happy ending

2005

Peripheral Vision

by Alexandra Dane

"Ex-wizards, Potter. Very ex. Surely you remember - one last final surge of elemental magic ripping through everything, Dark Lords dropping dead, Malfoys blasted to vapour, all the witches and wizards in the world losing their powers simultaneously?"

This fic made me fall in love with the Loss of Magic trope and Room mates to Lovers trope. Really clever writing. The first fic where I discovered what good pacing does to make the story great. The relationship progress is shown through conversations between Harry and Severus. Harry hasn't lost his optimism. Severus hasn't lost his grit. The world is a mess outside but in their room they have got books, snark and heart to hearts... and pining for each other.

Severus/Harry

Snark, Pining, Angst with a happy ending

2006

Snape: the Home Fries Nazi

by pir8fancier

The only story fanfic or otherwise I read set in Arizona. This fic made me want to see the desert. Harry and all the Death Eaters have lost their magic after Voldemort's death. Harry is on suicide watch and dealing badly with his dying magic. He tracks down Severus in Arizona where Severus is a fry cook. They don't exactly get along. Severus is as prickly as the desert plants. The desert itself is an allegory for their loss of magic. But like the desert they find something beautiful. Harry is a mess. Severus has issues. Absolutely brilliant fic that packs a punch.

Severus/Harry

Snark, Angst with a happy ending

2007

In the Gloaming

by RaeWhit

The first fic I read that convinced me about the faked death trope. Really amazing pacing. Dumbledore faked his own death with Severus's help. Let's just say that Harry isn't their biggest fan when he found out.

Snape observed as Potter walked with his friends to the door, then waited until the man was about to turn back to murmur, "Finite Incantatem."

He watched with satisfaction as Potter's eyes went wide, then feared he might faint when the color drained completely from his face. Standing, he held out a hand and guided him to a chair, then Albus Dumbledore said kindly, "Hello, Harry."

Neither Albus or Severus are happy when Harry pulls the same move on them later. I actually like this plot much better than Deathly Hallows. Not surprised! RaeWhit is an amazing author who knows how to construct not just a world but also flesh and blood characters in it with realistic motivations.

Severus/Harry

Romance, Angst with a happy ending

2008

Down the Rabbit Hole

by RaeWhit

Another RaeWhit fic! Brilliant and angsty. Nonlinear and whimsical narrative. This one made me finally read Through the Looking Glass. Sentient Castle saves Severus after the war. But Hogwarts keeps him a prisoner because he failed his duty to the Castle. Whenever Severus tries to leave his rooms, he gets agoraphobia. Harry is the only person who knows that Severus is alive and trapped in the dungeons. Binns the ghost is part of the Castle's sentience. Really complex and beautiful plot, excellent pacing. Harry saves Severus. But getting Severus out of Hogwarts isn't easy. This Harry is a savior who doesn't hesitate to go to war with the Castle for Severus's sake. Binns likes Severus and that is the only reason why the Castle saved him. It turns out that Binns traded his magic to the Castle in returning for binding him eternally to the sentience. So the Castle sometimes listens to him. A great plot and reveal, like I mentioned earlier.

"And who would you be, if I'm the Cheshire?" Harry asked him once they were seated, side-by-side.

Severus didn't even stop to consider. "Oh, I'm most definitely the rabbit. Down the hole, ever late for a very important date," he said, giving Harry a challenging smile. "You would be Alice, though, chasing after the silly rabbit."

The best sentient Hogwarts fic I have read. The best Snarry fic I have read.

Severus/Harry

Angst with a happy ending

2009

Sex, Lies, and Audiobooks

by RaeWhit

Another RaeWhit fic! RaeWhit wrote some of the best Snarry fics so definitely not surprised that her fics ended up on my list three times. I am a big fan of her pacing and plots as well as of how she conceptualizes the Snarry dynamic in a mature setting. Harry in her fics is his own man in a postwar setting. He is written as an equal to Severus in her fics which I really love.

This fic opens with Harry and Severus in Scotland in Lochdubh. They are there to settle Dumbledore's will. Harry is left a cottage with mysterious tenants. The relationship deconstruction between Harry and Severus happens as they deal with the cottage problem. Harry is now making wooden rocking chairs. Severus is now recording audio books which I really liked as a career for him. Harry is kind of lost in his life. Severus is finally at peace or so he thinks but he's lonely. They have history between them. Severus sent Harry away after one night together immediately after the war. Harry hasn't really recovered from the rejection but Severus had his own confusing reasons. They keep picking at each other's scabs and hurts but with a lot of mutual respect and love. The pacing is just perfect.

Severus made a face. "After ten years, still finding himself. For god's sake, he's twenty-eight. If he's not done it by now…" He shook his head.

Whitney rested his chin in a hand, then asked softly, "And you, Severus, had you found yourself at twenty-eight?"

Ah, touché. "Lost myself, was more like it," Snape had to begrudgingly confess.

Severus/Harry

Pining with a happy ending

2010

Storytelling

by kelly_chambliss

Hermione falls in love with Minerva. This isn't an easy fic. Brilliant and incisive, it cuts to the core of Hermione's characterization. kelly_chambliss writes female characters beautifully. So no surprise that this fic is my favorite femslash story. It starts with an obituary column Hermione is reading. Then the fic goes into a flashback through time, from Hermione's Hogwarts letter and her years at Hogwarts. Each flashback shows us an interaction or an observation by Hermione of her teacher. The progression is written in a realistic and sharp portrayal of Hermione. She knows that she is falling in love very early on. She learns to masturbate from a book. She finds out that Minerva is interested in woman when she discovers Minerva's relationship with Wilhemina Grubbly-Plank. She wants to know what attracts Minerva to the other professor. She watches Minerva through the Marauders Map. HBP/DH years are hard on everyone. Hermione marries Ron after the war. She can't let Minerva go though. She comes back to Hogwarts to teach. This fic is realistic. There is no happy ending with everything working out. Things are complex and unresolved but they make their peace with it.

She liked to think that "bewitchment" came closest. She felt like the word itself -- "be-witch-ment," the "witch" tucked inside, encased and enclosed by another's being and essence. The structure of the word was a lovely metaphor for the way the pleasures of McGonagall's presence and voice and regard surrounded her like a cocoon, like the blanket of a warming spell cast and welcomed.

The best femslash fic I have read.

Minerva/Hermione, Minerva/Wilhemina

Pining with a bittersweet ending

2011

The Boy Who Fell

by bussaiko

It's not a big secret that the best fics are in rare pair land! This fic is full of hurt/comfort and soft things that will make you go gooey in happiness. Dudley redemption but not really. He is not falling over himself to go apologize to Harry or anything like that. He thinks about Harry but he's not in touch with his cousin. He is an interior decorator. He's adult and written as an adult with brilliant characterization. His relationships with his parents are still strong. Petunia tries to set him up with gay dudes when he comes out. Vernon doesn't like queers but this is his son so he makes an exception. Things are going normal for Dudley. That's when he sees Dennis Creevey getting beaten up. He saves the younger boy. The wizarding world makes a reappearance in his love as they fall in love. Dudley is a good boyfriend even if it means going to Mrs. Figg and begging her to take him to buy a wand to replace Dennis Creevey's broken one.

"So," Dudley says. "Gay, huh."

Dennis snorts. "It was the Victor Krum at Hogwarts effect. Everyone either wanted him or wanted to be him. I was young and impressionable and madly in love, and then I figured out it wasn't just him."

Dudley waits a moment and then says, "At my school, they called it the Dudley Dursley effect."

Dudley/Dennis Creevey

Hurt/Comfort with a happy ending

2012

The Bone Mother

by rinsbane

Rinsbane has written some amazing fics in our fandom including great Snarry fics. So definitely not surprised that they ended up on this list I was making. This fic is one of the most complex and beautiful ones they have written. I am confident that this fic is older than 2012 but I just went by the AO3 posting date.

Andromeda is completely fascinated by Bellatrix. Bellatrix is cold and calculating, even if she does love Andromeda in her own way. Andromeda hates Narcissa who is equally fascinated by Bellatrix. Everything goes to hell when Bellatrix becomes obsessed with Voldemort. Things spiral from there. This is a seriously dark fic. It is brilliantly written and characterized. Bellatrix is predictably cruel. Andromeda is not far from Bellatrix in her personality. They both have a mad obsession and attachment to each other. Voldemort, Narcissa and Ted Tonks change their life but nothing breaks that bond between them even if it gets poisonous and deadly.

They pretend it’s a game, though, no matter how serious it becomes. For if there’s one thing Bella hates, it’s to be out of control. Andromeda would hate it too, if it weren’t Bella seeing her so. In the end, then, Bella thinks she wins because she usually manages to make Andromeda fall apart first, and Andromeda knows she wins because she’s getting exactly what she wants.

Bellatrix/Andromeda

Angst, Horror, dark, bittersweet ending

2013

The Muggles Have a Word for Them

by kelly_chambliss

This fic made me fall in love with the magical portrait matchmaker trope. I loved this fic because it was one of the first fics that I read which was good without being weighty, if that's the right way to explain it. The Fat Lady is a self-appointed Cupid at Hogwarts. Violet is another magical portrait of a woman who isn't famous or heroic who goes in other portraits of Hogwarts to collect gossip for The Fat Lady and helps her to do matchmaking. Their latest targets are Madam Hooch and Professor Sinistra.

"A butch. Madam Hooch is one as well. A woman who acts like a man, wears men's clothes, cuts her hair short. No adornments. Not even the lightest touch of rouge."

Oh, one of those women. Well, I don't know why Violet thinks I need to know some vulgar Muggle term for them. We have such women in the wizarding world, too, of course; we call them "hitches," for "he-witch," a much more tasteful expression, if you ask me. Why Violet doesn't know this, I can't imagine, I mean, she did receive a fine magical education.

Madam Hooch/Sinistra

Humor, Romance with a happy ending

2014

The Judas Sextet

by eldritcher

This fic is the first Voldemort pairing that actually worked for me. He is completely barking mad and somehow a kind lover to Severus. Severus betrays him anyway. After the War, Harry falls in love with Portrait Severus. The sparse but deeply emotional and intense writing style works for Severus. He feels everything so much but he doesn't have the words. And Harry! Harry is brilliant here. The flesh and blood of the characterizations is very much three dimensional and present. Voldemort's madness is written without holding back. Really, really powerful fic.

Perhaps she had expected Harry to call the dead man Severus. He didn’t know why he would. It wasn’t as if he had ever known the man without smokes and mirrors. He was not sure that he mourned the loss of a beloved as the Daily Prophet declared often. He had happened to fall in love with a dead man, after the death had happened.

Severus/Voldemort, Severus/Harry

Pining, Romance with a bittersweet ending.

2015

Gods and Monsters

by writcraft

This fic made me restless and uneasy for days. Umbridge manages to curse Harry through the scar she gave him on his hand with the quill. Years later he is dying because of that. He is plagued by dreams. Severus is affected because he has some of Harry's blood. They are both dying slowly. The author does a great job of showing the layers of their relationship here. They have a lot of emotional unresolved issues between them. Sexual attraction. Bonded by Umbridge's curse. Slowly dying without being able to do anything when their entire life was about doing things. This is a great fic but definitely not an easy one to read.

Snape pointedly ignores Harry and continues. “I am now certain that Potter was cursed before the end of the war. I believe my final interaction with Potter resulted in some of his blood entering my system. The result is, unfortunately for me, that Potter and I appear to have developed some kind of connection which means my life is now inextricably bonded to Potter’s.” Snape finishes with a snort, avoiding Harry’s eyes.

“You didn’t tell me any of this.” Harry clutches his wand and stands, ignoring Kingsley’s attempts to calm him. He shoves his chair backwards. “I’ve been in your company for days and you’ve been stalking me all over the place and you didn’t think to tell me we were bonded?”

Severus/Harry

Angst and horror, dark, Ambiguous ending.

2016

Love in the Eye of a Storm

by rattlesoft

This fic didn't stay with me because of the femslash. It's honestly one of the best divorce and midlife crisis related fics I have read. Narcissa's divorce from Lucius doesn't happen with arguments or fighting. But it is unpleasant and leaves scars.

All of it could be blamed on Lucius. He hadn't been happy about the divorce. That had been clear from the beginning. But, and this was the part that stung now, he had been civil. He hadn't fought over money or possessions. It helped that Narcissa had money of her own. All that civility had dried up or had never really been there at all.

His suggestion of Autrey Island was no longer an olive branch. Narcissa saw it now for what it had always been: a way to get her disconnected from the world so that he could manipulate the public's view.

Narcissa/Hermione

Romance with a happy ending

2017

A Promise Made

by BeyondStarlight

One of the best fics I have read showing Severus's Imposter Syndrome when he comes back to teach at Hogwarts at a young age. This fic is intense. Albus failed the promise to keep Lily alive. Severus still comes back. He doesn't know why. He is tired. Albus makes him swear to live for him. Severus isn't attracted as much as he is clinging to the last thing that's keeping him standing. Albus teaches him Occlumency and their lessons go every bit as disastrously as the time Severus tries to teach Harry. Albus isn't a kind teacher. But there is something between them. It grows and grows. A beautiful and powerful fic. It made me cry for both of them.

Before his eyes, Albus had become another man. He was no longer the Albus he had met first – the Headmaster to his student self. A man not unlike the god Severus had learnt about at home. A distant god, with the power to change the ways, and judge the people. Not always a fair god. And he had seen Albus as the Devil too. More powerful even, but on the other side of the war. A man who believed in his own righteousness and his own justice more than anything. And, not long ago, Albus had become a god once more. A personal god. A father. Who forgave and guided. Now, Albus was no longer an Almighty Being. He was no longer part of a dichotomy – either all virtue, or all sin. Albus was, finally, just who he was. A man. Flawed and beautiful. Strong and soft and warm to the touch.

Albus/Severus

Romance with a tragic ending

2018

Almagest

by eldritcher

Another eldritcher fic! This fic makes me feel everything I am capable of feeling and then some. I am not a fan of Voldemort/Harry fics because of the tropes they usually have and the characterizations they go for. Almagest does the impossible. Beautiful writing, mature characterizations, brilliant plot. Canon divergent after OoTP. Albus is spectacular as the beating heart of the fic. Voldemort is brittle and cautious but he can't really hide his love for astronomy. Harry is true to himself here. Kind even when he doesn't want to be. He can't look away from the wreckage of the relationship Voldemort and Albus had. He falls in love with astronomy just like Albus and Voldemort. Albus sacrifices himself to save the world. Voldemort breaks. Harry puts him back together.

He had not minded incorporeality; he had not felt corporeal in his body for most of his life. In Albania, as a spirit, his existence had been simpler. What would he do now? There was no end to this, he knew. Take my triumphs, Albus had said, and had omitted to tell him that he was placing a world upon his shoulders, a world Albus had not wanted to deal with. Death danced in his veins now, and he struggled to overcome being pulled into its mysteries. Mastery was not a single day's combat. He fought the hallows into submission each day, with his will, knowing that the mantle would fall upon Harry if he failed.

The best slash fic I have read.

Albus/Voldemort, Harry/Voldemort

Romance with a bittersweet ending

2019

a certain optimism

by hippocrates460

hippocrates460 writes an amazing Snarry. I love all their fics but this one is special to me because it made me fall in love with Snarry again. Definitely different from the earlier classics but absolutely beautiful. The first secret identity conversations in a book fic I loved. The characterization for Severus is amazing. What he feels, how much of that he is willing to share (not much). The book is a lifeline for both Severus and Harry during the war. This isn't a surprise given what they were doing. But after the war they need it just as much to stay afloat in The New Life.

The person that has the other book, Severus has started thinking of them as The Person That Has The Other Book, writes as often as they did during the war.

Severus/Harry

Romance with a happy ending

2020

Crooked Neighbors

by earlybloomingparentheses

Set during PoA. Remus is appointed to teach at Hogwarts. He gets along with the staff just fine. Albus asks Severus to make Wolfsbane for him. Things are going well...until he hears about Sirius Black put on the line to be Kissed. Albus tries to show connection by sharing a memory with Remus. Instead of getting the comfort, Remus gets fascinated by seeing Albus as a man. It snowballs from there. The author is really good at hinting about the complicated motivations Remus has. But things don't become easier for Remus. Sirius has broken out of Azkaban. Harry is in danger. Remus finds out that Sirius is at Hogwarts but he doesn't tell anybody. It is a predictable tragedy from there but that doesn't make the blow land softer.

Remus/Sirius, Remus/Albus

Angst with a bittersweet ending

2021

Pandemic

by eldritcher

Another eldritcher fic! Not a surprise given that the author is really good at mature psychological characterization that shows instead of tells. I am a big fan of how they balance grand saga plots with intimate relationship progression between the characters. Pacing is brilliant. Their fics take unique directions especially when it comes to relationships and sexuality.

Pandemic can quickly trip you up at every turn if you aren't paying attention. Brilliant, layered, subversive and packs a punch. Yes, it's set in 2020. Yes, there is the pandemic and its tragic effects in the community. But there's also Harry, who is now a 40 year old single gay man waiting for the spark with a midlife crisis. We find out they ended the war in the 90s by dividing the country into two. Voldemort appointed Griselda Minister in his half. Dumbledore is still the Headmaster and Fudge the Minister in their half. The Pandemic response brings them together after two decades since the war was ended with this pact. It feels at first look that it's a standard slash fic around Gellert, Albus, Voldemort and Harry. The fic peels the layers to show us four pandemics (Spanish Flu, Polio, HIV, Coronavirus) and four women (Ariana, Minerva, Narcissa, Delphi) and how they changed the course of the Wizarding World. A story told in motifs of rivers, astronomy and wandlore.

"I had an epiphany on the nature of viruses."

"Pray tell."

"They spread by touch, by proximity, by intimacy. How clever of them to know that we, in our imperfections and desperate loneliness, crave to seek and hold and be held, as is the course of human things."

Abraxas/Voldemort, Harry/Voldemort

Romance with a bittersweet ending

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