I asked, and now you may enjoy the bounty. Painless_j's picks for Harry/Snape.

[icarus]

I asked, and now you may enjoy the bounty.

I asked painless_j what she thought were the must-reads of the Harry Potter fandom. She felt only qualified to pick the Harry/Snape and Harry/Draco pairings.

So, drumroll please... for Harry/Snape.

Snarry, long.

Civil War series, by Sushi
http://www.walkingtheplank.org/archive/viewseries.php?seriesid=3

Cambiare Podentes: Invocare, by Jordan Grant
http://www.walkingtheplank.org/archive/viewuser.php?uid=1073

If You Are Prepared, by Cybele
http://www.swish-n-flick.netfirms.com/images/coverpages/iyap_cover.htm

The Mirror of Maybe, by Midnight Blue (gah! but it's a fic that everybody read)
http://www.greyblue.net/MidnightBlue/story.php?storyid=2

A Nick In Time and sequel, Growing Pains, by Tira Nog
http://www.walkingtheplank.org/archive/viewstory.php?sid=799
http://www.walkingtheplank.org/archive/viewstory.php?sid=80&warning=4

The Same Coin, by Meri
http://solo4.abac.com/CircuitArchive/TheSameCoin.html

Sanguis-Vinculum, by Meri
http://solo4.abac.com/CircuitArchive/SanguisVinculum.htm

Tea Series, by Telanu
http://telanu.thirteenblackbirds.net/

Medium-length

Absolution, by Rushlight
http://slashcity.org/rushlight/hp/absolution.htm

Clipped Wings, by Teka Lynn
http://www.walkingtheplank.org/archive/viewstory.php?sid=100

Consanguinity Arc, by Jay Tryfanstone
http://tryfanstone.co.uk/warning.htm

Contemporary Magical Innovations, by H. Granger, by Kai
http://www.squidge.org/~kali/hp/cmi.html

The Courtship of Harry Potter, by Diana Williams
http://diana.slashcity.com/Potter/courtship.htm

The Dreaming Spires, by DementorDelta
http://archive.skyehawke.com/story.php?no=4559

Hall of the Mountain Kings, by Tara Tory
http://inkstain.inkquill.net/isf/archive/12/hallof.html

A Life More Ordinary, by Lexin
http://inkstain.inkquill.net/isf/archive/5/alife.html

Parseltongue-tied, by DementorDelta
http://www.skyehawke.com/archive/story.php?no=386

Snape: The Home Fries Nazi, by Pir8fancier
http://archive.skyehawke.com/story.php?no=12372

So Lonely Without Me, by Calligraphy
http://archive.skyehawke.com/story.php?no=5658

Shortish

The Care Of Infants, by Perfica (Stellahobbit)
http://www.walkingtheplank.org/archive/viewstory.php?sid=2228

The Challenge, by Cybele
http://www.swish-n-flick.netfirms.com/stories/thechallenge.htm

The Cure, by Nimori
http://www.the-archive.net/viewstory.php?sid=55

Disarmed and The Key to the Kingdom, by Luthien
http://luthien.ebonyx.org/docs/fic/disarmed.html
http://luthien.ebonyx.org/docs/fic/key.html

Edited, by Predatrix
http://predatrix.slashcity.org/fiction/edited.htm

The Familiar, by Resonant
http://trickster.org/res/familiar.html

Fly-fishing for Beginners, by Jay Tryfanstone
http://tryfanstone.co.uk/warning.htm

Fool, by Kass
http://www.trickster.org/kass/fool.html

The Life Debt, by Rushlight
http://www.slashcity.org/rushlight/hp/lifedebt.htm

The Love Song of Bastard and Idiot, by Predatrix
http://www.walkingtheplank.org/archive/viewstory.php?sid=151&warning=4

Comments

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

My actual question to her was "what do you consider Harry Potter fanfic canon?"

She said she could only make those choices for Harry/Snape and Harry/Draco, and these were her picks. She has some stories she doesn't particularly like (The Mirror of Maybe being one) that she considers canon because of their following.

I just wanted to avoid the label of "canon" on my post, which in my experience at least, could make people go a little nuts.

[enname.livejournal.com]

Mm, it is just interesting because about half of those I would run screaming at, no matter how much I might agree that they are considered canon. It is quite possible that I would have a better reaction to the word canon, rather than considering them as must reads to anyone who is entering the SS/HP end of HP fandom. Apparently I have no problem acknowledging that fandom has bad taste (yes, yes, my bias I know!) every now and then, but I draw the line on insisting everyone partake of it.

*snort* Just goes to show that I am odd.

*glares at thesis* ONE MORE PARAGRAPH IN THE CONCLUSION AND THEN I CAN GO TO BED. *shakes it hard* Come on, you are then officially complete barring edit nitpicks.

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

Maybe I should call it HP Harry/Snape canon then. It just seemed... cocky.