Snape Manor

[icarus]

Woah. I've just spent the last [insert ridiculous number because I lost count] of hours talking to cordelia_v about Snape Manor. She now knows the entire plot as it stands now, and why I've been struggling with it.

Do I want to write this story? Even after two years it continues to haunt me.

Am I the last person to read In Between Days by atrata? Because if I'm not and you haven't, you must read this, as it's the finest, most uncompromisingly relentless characterisation of Snape I've ever read. Snape/Harry, NC-17.

For the time being, I'm off to write Percy/Snape. Or perhaps Jack/Daniel, I'm not sure which, but I'm writing something today.

Comments

[aubrem.livejournal.com]

I almost always identify with the sub ... would you have guessed that?



(it's because I identify with the sub that I enjoy the dom character)

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

That's interesting.

I feel like I'm interrupting here, but it's because I identify with the dom that I appreciate the sub.

Icarus

[cordelia_v]

and how could you possibly be "interrupting" a give-and-take that's on your lj, dear? Obviously, we're choosing to do it here, rather than over at aubrem's.

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

Point. Though I could conceivably interrupt a conversation happening in my house. *eyebrows raise*

Icarus

[aubrem.livejournal.com]

well, thank you for your hospitality. I think this is TMI about me for the people at *my* house. : )

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

Well, at my house it is a welcome and fascinating topic -- so welcome. :D

*sits back and enjoys the conversation gleefully*


Icarus

[aubrem.livejournal.com]

Makes sense to me.

[cordelia_v]

I'm sure I mentioned this to at least one of you, but did you know that in my circle of historian friends, I'm known as the "academic dominatrix"? That's because I force them all to get their books done, and mailed to the publisher. :-)

One of my friends (I literally went to her house, grabbed the ms. off her desk, and mailed it off for her) wanted to have cards printed up for me with that on them.

I should ask amelia_eve to make me an icon with that on it, come to think of it. Or, one with a picture of Sirius that says "rimming is the new black."

[aubrem.livejournal.com]

That's a yes, you would have guessed I identify with the sub?

: )

Yes, I remember you saying you are the 'academic dominatrix.' : )

[cordelia_v]

OK, since you ask. Yes, I knew that you identified with the sub; it was intuitively obvious, for me. That's why we work well together, eh?

And this is all closely related to that essay I am not writing (yet) about why creating fanfic reviews is akin to seduction and sex. For me, it's an act of domination.

[aubrem.livejournal.com]

hm. interesting you were able to read me that way - b/c I don't respond to you that way.

god, fascinating stuff, isn't it? i love this fandom!

[cordelia_v]

I don't respond to you that way.


Oh, no. You're in the role of a committee chair peer with me, usually. I'd treat someone I was mentoring much differently, of course. But, yes, I knew that about you.

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

(I literally went to her house, grabbed the ms. off her desk, and mailed it off for her)

I am so impressed.

WG says that Percy would be too much work for Snape to dominate, but he just doesn't understand Percy drive to achieve: he's actually quite low-maintenance and useful. It's very hard to find a sub like Percy, who's persistent without being demanding, utterly obedient without being passive.


Icarus

[cordelia_v]

I am so impressed.

I'm not sure you'd be so positive, if you'd been in her shoes. I did warn her that I was going to come do that on Feb. 15th, but . . I don't think she took me seriously. When I took the ms and walked out with it, she was not pleased. But she had a problem getting tenure (as it later turned out), so she ended up thanking me, since she would have lost her job, if it hadn't been in press by then.

It's very hard to find a sub like Percy, who's persistent without being demanding, utterly obedient without being passive.

*snickers and shakes her head* Oh no, come to the American Historical Convention meeting. People like that will be easy to find there, I promise.

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

*snickers and shakes her head* Oh no, come to the American Historical Convention meeting. People like that will be easy to find there, I promise.

Allow me to fetch my net.


Icarus

[atrata.livejournal.com]

Yeah, me too. I'm all subby and stuff, so I can write the things a good [well, IMO] dom would say or do, but the second you ask me to get into his head, it all falls apart.